Minister of sri lanka months after his brother became the President Donald Trump signs executive orders for Financial Relief as talks on a new coronavirus rescue package collapse. Outrage over tuesdays explosion in lebanons capital has spilled on to the streets of beirut thousands of people have rallied furious so the government the protests descended into hours of street battles between demonstrators and Security Forces one policeman is dead dozens of people have been injured so of course the reports from beirut. They stood their ground in the face of power. Relentless tear gas by Security Forces at times live ammunition. But protesters didnt leave too angry at a Political Class they blame for tuesdays blast that killed dozens and destroyed and damaged many neighborhoods in the lebanese capital the authorities were aware that thousands of tons of highly explosive material were stored at the beirut port for years we have survived the explosion but part of all of us has died but what can we do i am one of the fortunate ones and establish myself outside but all the people you know what can we do what they did was returned to the streets they have been demanding a new leadership for months many were injured in running battles that lasted for hours. But this time they say they wont be silenced they want justice and revenge for the victims of the explosion and believe a government led inquiry into the disaster wont hold senior officials accountable. We are not leaving its either them or us in this country and you know what the people always prevails and we will fight we want revenge and all revenge is by putting all the political plus either either on the hiking shoes you see over there or in the dust bins but we want them out. Protesters also storm 3 ministries state institutions people say are run by corrupt politicians who they blame for draining the states treasury they say they want to state and a competent government currently levanon since the 2 sions are controlled by Political Parties and there is a parallel state run by the iranian backed hezbollah the Prime Minister has sandia who took office earlier this year is now offering a way out of the crisis conclusion as making ability when you know we we cannot face these problems unless we have a really elections to elect a new politicians and a new parliament we need a new political elite and a new parliament we need to Work Together to overcome the stiff aperient we know and i know the people have questions about the catastrophe and how the government plans to handle it the catastrophe is way bigger than anyone could imagine the impact my stay forever. Over early elections have been one of the oppositions demands but there are concerns the sectarian based political system and electoral law wont give independent candidates a chance. To every election is stored as a good step but im afraid that the Political Parties although they still have the power over the people and a soul about the system like im afraid that they will have just we will have the same people again i thought the 1st time central beirut turns into a battleground between the people and the establishment and the struggle for change is not new the anger has been building for years many feel those in power caved in by proposing early elections the governing alliance is not just facing pressure from the street the state is nearly bankrupt and the International Community wont help unless politicians fight state corruption for now many people here feel they won a round in what is likely to be a long battle. Beirut. The main opposition candidate in president ial elections in belarus has gone into hiding after 2 of her top aides were detained by police polls open in 2 hours time with one of skier running against Alexander Lukashenko hes expected to declare victory after sundays election for the 6th time in 26 years stop passing reports from an. Election observation belorussian style. Think its particularly independent observers have not only been detained but also been barred from entering polling stations nonetheless they have found irregularities in the voting process that started on tuesday and will have its peak on sunday the 1st day of elections. 39 people but even protocol. Commission said there where 89 so they added 50 is the mood of the sunni president Alexander Lukashenko has been accused of stealing previous elections but this time hes facing an opposition on a scale has not witnessed before led by this woman 37 year olds but learn at the hand of sky she reluctantly decided to run for president after husband a popular blogger was jailed suppose the elections were going to be free and fair how many percent of the vote would you get i suppose 60 fives and. You would be a big winner then. I would be yes who would. But the woman who attracted large crowds does not expect this to be the official election result she has promised that if she becomes president the 1st thing she will do is call for free elections even if this. Doesnt happen. Because elections will be. I dont think he will. I dont know how can a person. Country where people. Softly speaking dont like him just. Most of them. And. But will he go quietly. The talk this guy has accused the opposition of trying to cause a bloodbath and russia of provoking violence but analysts say these accusations are made to hide the countrys real problems. In the last 10 years they call me has gone down and society is not happy and basically all levels of society are united against looking despite their ideological position their values and their political priorities all of them think are the main obstacle for development is looking. But as long as the president is still backed by the military and high ranking officials he believes look i shant i will remain in power the moment of truth for look i shant go will not be on election day but on the days after that if as announced large crowds protests what they believe will be another fraudulent election here at this square the threat of violence can then become reality a scenario most valid russians want to avoid step fasten aljazeera meant. The swearing in ceremony for sure lankas Prime Minister will begin shortly Mahinda Rajapakse who is the brother of. The parliamentary elections in a landslide or 2 thirds majority means that it can push ahead with promise changes to the constitution finance joins us now live from colombo what do we expect to unfold in todays ceremony. As it is i mean here at the callan the hardware historic buddhist temple just on the outskirts of the capital colombo oh were going to have the official swearing in of the Prime Minister martin the rajapaksa if you just look over my shoulder just behind me where you see the 2 flags thats where the table is where all the action will be unfolding in a little more than 20 minutes or so youre going to have the 2 rajapaksa brothers thats president gautami rajapaksa and his elder brother the former president and incoming Prime Minister behind the rajapaksa essentially completing formalities these were the 2 main architects obviously of the reversal of the rajapaksa fortunes the return of the p. P. And the rajapakse is into power so i mean so thats whats going to happen its a relatively simple ceremony but we need to take note of some of the symbolism here in this historic buddhist temple we have the buddhist clergy in full force obviously there are representatives from other religions and other communities but that saying hello buddhist identity is very much to the fore in terms of the community and the majority that came behind that rajapaksa. And ensure them this great victory and this massive victory at the recently concluded general election i mean you know how much of a comeback is this for the rajapaksa brothers. Well put it this way nobody was surprised with the results i mean if that tells you anything because for the last couple of months weve seen ever since the victory of president gore tabio rajapakse it was almost a foregone conclusion that the rajapakse is a back and back in force now the sort of surprise or the element that people were looking at 8 months ago when president gore tabi rajapaksa sensually threw his hat in the president ial race people wondered you know because obviously back in 2015 the Prime MinisterMahinda Rajapakse of was voted out of office particularly a centrally people basically voted him out and the new government to the Good Governance government essentially was given a chance because at that stage of the waters opted for what they promised change essentially a change of the regime a change of the with the rajapakse as had been doing business of the 2 president ial terms and things like that but they made such a shambles of it that most people turned turned full circle and have decided that at least theyre out to do is thats what were hearing out on the street on sensually the we present go tubby rajapakse as handle the coronavirus pandemic that has hit contrasted with the way the previous government made a complete shambles of the National Security situation allowing one of the largest bomb attacks in this country on easter 2019 is something thats put side by side and obviously the rajapaksa has come out as the better option and thats how the people have spoken and thats why we are here this morning at the cullen the temple where youre going to see 3 time Prime Minister already mind the rajapaksa being sworn in once again essentially consolidating the rajapaksa hold on power here in sri lanka thanks so much and i often and those. Still ahead on aljazeera an appeal for help more issues spatters to contain an oil leak from a grounded ship. And the protests in memory of covert 19 victims brazil passes a grim coronavirus miles. Hello there no its about picture generally across much of the United States we have got some areas of rains and scattered thunderstorms you can see quite a cluster there working the way across the Northern Plains on towards the upper midwest but really it is just those 2 areas this one here the upper midwest of pushing towards the great lakes and sunday becoming quite widespread that rain it could be quite heavy at times as well and theres always the chance of course of the thunderstorms possibly severe with the chance of tornadoes a few more scattered showers and thunderstorms across the southeast and really the bulk of the west and read the bulk of the country is fine and dry a similar story on monday warming up again in seattle 27 degrees 28 down in los angeles and still those scattered showers through the Central Plains the southeast and again the line of all the heavy rain and thunderstorms working away further north so pushing on into quebec in canada then down across into the caribbean and Central America quite a few showers in the forecast across the leeward and windward on sunday and then you can see once again this heavy rain back in the forecast really all the way from costa rica up towards the yucatan peninsula and some or all the heavy downpours into southern areas of mexico so a very wet day in mexico city on sunday monday we could see a shot at the rain generally further to the south but again those rains becoming very heavy through the Central Regions and scattered showers in cuba and florida. But for. All the counting the cost russia war planes and the us mr scenes from the cold of Libya Biggest Oil Field last 11. 00 on the Economic Analysis of the devastating explosion is it time from awful from los weaponize in place of information to manipulate elections. Counting the costs of. The usa always open for the people all right the world people Pay Attention to what were doing here and. Bringing the news to the world. Welcome back youre watching out the syria time to recap our headlines now protests over tuesdays explosion in beirut descended into street battles between demonstrators and Security Forces one policeman is dead and dozens of people have been injured Prime Minister has india says the only way out now is to hold early elections on the eve of bellows his election the main opposition candidate has gone into hiding after 2 of her top aides were detained by police. To the north is running against Alexander Lukashenko hes been in power for 26 years the swearing in ceremony for schrank his Prime Minister will begin shortly in the rajapaksa who is the brother of president got a biological one the parliamentary election in a landslide critics fear their plans to change the constitution will lead to an autocracy. The u. S. Health secretary is set to arrive in taiwan on sunday for the highest level visit by an american official in decades alex as ours visitors prompted from opposition from beijing which is threatening to retaliate the stated aim of the trip is to learn from the island success in fighting covert 19 china claims sovereignty over taiwan has imposed sanctions in response to previous u. S. Arms sales to the oil and. Ross tattled fine gold is an analyst on u. S. And asia relations he says the visit is more about strengthening ties between washington and taiwan rather than corona virus to the extent that people in the u. S. Might Pay Attention to this its about a question thats going to be asked but theres the diplomatic in the bilateral relationship aspects between the United States and taiwan that makes this visit appropriate and certainly among politicians in the United States whether democrats or republicans in Congress Cross the administration theres going to be great support for this visit because policymakers in the u. S. Generally favor closer relations between the talks between the United States and taiwan its definitely more the optics and the message being sent to the taiwan government and the people of taiwan as well as to the government in china as far as what what level the u. S. Wants the relationship with taiwan to be obviously the Health Secretary is not going to learn much during a 3 day visit and in fact taiwan the United States have announced various initiatives over the course of this year about joint efforts to do research on back scenes theyve had video conferences between the u. S. Health secretary as arent his equivalent counterpart here in taiwan so it is more about the Public Relations and the messaging than it is about anything that is are could learn being here on the ground for a short period of time. Now thousands in west jerusalem of stage another protest against israeli Prime MinisterBinyamin Netanyahu for weeks demonstrators have demanded netanyahu should step down while he stands trial over corruption charges have also voiced frustration about the governments handling of the corona virus outbreak. A former top saudi intelligence agent has been given heightened protection in Canada Canadian media reporting Security Services learned of a new threat on his life by agents of the Saudi Crown Prince sather jobbery filed a lawsuit in washington d. C. On thursday accusing mohamed bin salamander of sending his men to canada in 2018 to kill him National Police and private guards are now said to be protecting a job at an undisclosed location in toronto u. S. President donald trump has signed for executive orders that he says will provide Economic Relief to millions of americans the move Bypasses Congress it includes eviction protections Student Loan Relief and an extension of Unemployment Benefits democrats say provides little help the families though and will reduce desperately needed support for the unemployed mike whether reports from washington. Fresh from around on his course the president held a News Conference at his new Jersey Golf Club a number of the clubs Members Forming an admiring crowd heaped blame on the democrats for the lack of agreement in congress ignoring the fact that the house had passed a new stimulus bill back in may that the Republican Controlled Senate declined to vote on. The 1st stimulus bill was passed in march in a bipartisan vote but a number of its provisions expired at the end of july. Among them the 600. 00 unemployment benefit which the president has reduced to poor 100. 00 in his executive order why did you decide on 400. 00 when previously families were receiving 600. 00 that will be a hardship for many what do you say that there were no service hardship this is the money that they need this is the money they want and this gives them a great incentive to go back to work and controversially hes demanded that the states many of which have been economically devastated by the pandemic pay a quarter of the new benefit one of the points of disagreement in congress was the democrats proposal to offer Financial Assistance to the country states that had largely been forced to come to the kind demick with limited federal Assistance Legal experts argue the president does not have the constitutional power to cut payroll taxes as hes done in addition these taxes go to Social Security and medicare and its not clear now how these programs will be funded the House Speaker nancy pelosi and Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer issued a scathing joint statement President Trump still does not comprehend the seriousness or the urgency of the health and Economic Crises facing working families they say theyre disappointed that instead of putting in the work to solve americans problems the president instead chose to stay on his luxury golf course to announce unworkable weak and narrow policy announcements to slash the Unemployment Benefits that millions desperately need the president s executive orders will face a series of legal challenges and its uncertain when or if they will come into effect mike hanna aljazeera washington. Now the number of people who have died from covert 19 in brazil has now passed 100000 so only the 2nd the country to reach that tragic milestone after the us activists have marked it with an event on rios famous copacabana beach they sent out 100 black crosses and released a 1000 red balloons thats one for every 100 people have died since may brazil has reported nav ridge of 1000 day from the pandemic but president gerald ford serato has consistently downplayed the crisis despite getting coded 19 themself some market just same. 100000 deaths milestone represents what brazil is to the world why we in 2nd place what kind of answer can we give to this question here we only have one percent of the number of deaths 100000 where will this take us. Monaco reports from Rio De Janeiro. One time bus driver id shown that crash on was one of brazils 12000000 unemployed that is until the soaring death toll caused by the coronavirus pandemic landed him a job as a grave digger at the song the cemetery on the outskirts of Rio De Janeiro. Thought we had to recruit 30 undertakers to cope with the growing amount of boroughs and build a separate area just for infected bodies. I was shown the works in the cove in 1900 designed especially for the victims of the virus. The most painful part is witnessing the farewell which is different from many other people want to say goodbye to their loved ones but we cant allow them to get near. Brazils cova death toll keeps growing in part because the government is encouraging brazilians not to stay home while failing to take measures to stop the virus from reaching even remote parts of the amazon despite evidence to the contrary president. Continues questioning the seriousness of the pandemic and scorns w. H. O. Guidelines such as the need for widespread testing and using face masks. As a result many here are skeptical about the official number of deaths like lida dylon who does her morning exercises in front of the emblematic modicum a football stadium now converted into a Field Hospital you know removing man to the side i never saw anyone coming in or out of this hospital so i dont know if the story was made up or of politicians have just been using the pandemic to steal money this is one of the 5 Field Hospitals of Rio De Janeiro that are being dismantled some of them were not even completed the state Health Secretary and his deputy are in jail for allegedly misusing the funds that were given to fight the covert 19 pandemic and the governor is about to be impeached on corruption charges. Back at the cemetery 53 year old moyes says the colonel is about to be buried. His family is obliged to stay far away almost unable to see the casket being sealed off some of the few from sympathetic to signal unfortunately my brother in law has just become more and more statistic buried in a 5 minute ceremony. Gives the impression that nothing is going on but i think very and numbers of this are even higher than the official statistics and although the president and a 3rd of his cabinet have tested positive for corona virus critics say a deadly combination of corruption and a refusal to come from the pandemic head on will continue filling brazils graveyards monica aljazeera Rio De Janeiro. Venezuelan court has sentenced to former u. S. Soldiers to 20 years in prison for so far as hes called an attempt to overthrow president Nicolas Maduro luke denman and barry were found guilty of conspiracy terrorism and illicit weapons trafficking their lawyers say they werent allowed into the courtroom during proceedings of floor of the base Security Firm claimed responsibility for the failed raid in may which left 8 people dead and Dozens Injured gana stands highest Tribal Council the loya jirga has recommended the government release 400 taliban prisoners but it says they should only be freed if they promise not to return to fighting the release is seen as the last hurdle before peace talks with taliban can begin its now up to president musharraf to make the final decision the chairman of afghanistans high council of National Reconciliation umbrella says the majority were in favor of the release emotionally this you know bill dont you know but i saw that none of the committees were against the release but there were different views and opinions about it some of them were saying that the release should be a precondition some of them were saying that a ceasefire should be the priority some of them were asking for local and international guarantees there were some individuals who were saying that with the release of 5100 prisoners the level of violence is still high they were against the release of our survivors and dignitaries are marking 75 years since the atom bomb was dropped on wagga sac in japan its a scaled back ceremony because of covert 19 about 140000 people were killed after u. S. Forces dropped the bomb in the final stages of world war 2 the attack came 3 days after the 1st atomic bomb exploded over the city of hiroshima. Mauritians has declared a state of environmental emergency after a japanese own ship began spewing tons of oil the islands appealing for help from france but the volunteer cleanup operation is already underway emily so reports aereo and Satellite Photos show the extent of the oil spill off the southeastern coast of. The japanese owned ballcarrier waka sheol ran aground late last month and began leaking its 4000. 00 tons of fuel into the indian ocean all 20 crew were taken ashore but rough seas hampered attempts to stabilize the ship and pump the fuel off after declaring a state of environmental emergency Prime Minister pravin juggernaut appealed for help from france he says islanders dont have the expertise to clean up the spill president emanuel qualm promised to send teams and equipment from the nearby French Island off. While the governments waiting for french help to arrive some volunteers have started their own cleanup effort building sea booms with straw to soak up the spill. To see them some movies we are here to see what we can save everyone here is trying to save what they can of our ocean which gives us so much and which supports us the border this is our heritage of the violence yes youre a leader we can see the situation is getting worse this spill is affecting so many sectors tourism the economy ecology. Some salons are offering free haircuts this weekend as hair can also be used to soak up oil. While 4000 tons of fuel may seem like a relatively small amount compared to major oil leaks its impact on the riches is huge. Islands are surrounded by some of the worlds most valuable coral reefs and tourism is crucial to the economy the impact will not only be ecological economical because many people erode their livelihoods from the fish to fish in the area there are a lot of hotels also in the area who market which market these place runs outside in order to get clients and you have a lot of people owning their livelihoods also on the land leader say is to 1st time the 1300000 islanders have been faced with an Environmental Crisis of this kind experts fear the ship could break up causing an even greater fuel leak and inflicting catastrophic damage to marine life at least to aljazeera. Than lets take you through some of the headlines here in aljazeera now protests over tuesdays explosion in beirut have descended into street battles between demonstrators and Security Forces hundreds of people have been injured Prime Minister has and the only way out now is to hold early elections. Conclusion as. We cannot face these problems unless we have early elections to elect new politicians and a new parliament we need a new political elite and a new parliament we need to Work Together to overcome the stiff achill period we know and i know the people have questions about the catastrophe and how the government plans to handle it the catastrophe is way bigger than anyone could imagine the impact of my stay forever on the eve of the ruses election the main opposition candidate has gone into hiding after 2 of her top aides were detained by police. One of squire is running against Alexander Lukashenko hes been in power for 26 years. The swearing in ceremony for sure rank as Prime Minister is about to begin the rajapaksa who is the brother of president carter by rajapaksa won the parliamentary election in a landslide u. S. President dog trump has bypassed congress signing for executive orders he says theyll provide Economic Relief to millions of americans think through extending Unemployment Benefits but it will lower weekly amount as well as protections and Student Loan Relief a former top saudi intelligence agent has been given heightened protection in canada sather jobbery file the lawsuit in washington d. C. On the 1st day here cues mohammed bin sandman of sending his men to canada in 2018 to kill him its counting the cost now stay with us. Hello im daryn jordan this is counting the cost on aljazeera your look at the world of business and economics this week russia seizes control of libyas Biggest Oil Field despite losing ground moscow flounce libya with warplanes and russian. Currency crisis debt default hyperinflation lebanons economic paralysis devastating exposure so is it time for a marshall fund. Weaponize in data and disinclination to manipulate elections