Under a controversial security law. Protesting against what i calling a fake election opposition supporters reject Alexander Lukashenko is landslide win. And a race against time off the coast of the richest as volunteers work to stem the flow of oil spilling from a stricken japanese vessel. Well we begin this hour in lebanon where president michel aoun has accepted the resignation of his Prime Ministers government this follows a violent protest over the handling of last weeks explosion in the capital beirut which left more than 200 people dead thousands more injured and hundreds of thousands homeless has been asked to stay on as caretaker Prime Minister until a new cabinet is formed meanwhile on the streets thousands of protesters gathered near the Parliament Building with some throwing rocks and fireworks at Security Forces riot Police Responded with tear gas demonstrators have been calling for the complete overhaul of what they describe as lebanons corrupt political elite. But. At this particular moment we have to go back to the people to fight with them against corruption we need to open the door to National SalvageNational Rescue we need to be part of the people so i declare today the resignation of this government god bless lebanon lets go live now to burn it smith is in beirut so what has been the reaction there to the fall of the government ban it. Well the very least that people were expecting that had been calls for elections that is not going to happen instead were going to get it seems a new cabinet and a new Prime Minister people have lost faith anyway with the political system here and 11 on a political system that keeps a particular group of elites who wield it power since the end of civil war keeps them in power they. Change the laws theyve created a system that keeps their parties in power and persuading them to allow the system to be changed to allow more independent parliament to emerge in a more independent. Cabinet and Prime Ministers emerge is extremely difficult and a lot of people here are hoping that the International Community will put the pressure on those elites to finally change although people are extremely skeptical that they would be willing to do that change but in fact emanuel micro himself has said he wants to see some sort of government of National Unity before hell consider releasing the billions of dollars in reconstruction money that 11. 00 on needs on lebanon needs perhaps between 15. 00 to 20000000000. 00 in reconstruction costs. Thats right people desperately in need of International Aid to help that their recovery from this blast and as you say france has called for a rapid formation of the new government in lebanon but that concerns now that we could be getting into a period of. Protracted wrangling between the established parties. While there are already 2 names in the frame as possible bribe Prime Minister and one is already a name that people may have already heard about saad hariri he was only in that he was in the job in january and he was forced out. Because of a banking crisis that led to the collapse of the countrys economy and the collapse of the countrys currency so with him if hes back its in with the older now with the new another name that has come forward is now off hes a former diplomat im currently a judge of the International Court of justice he is more sort of acceptable to those people who were looking to change with the negotiations are now going on as to how that cabinet might be formed yes it needs to be a cabinet of some sort of National Unity to persuade the foreign donors to release cash its currently a cabinet dominated by hezbollah and its political allies its why its been isolated internationally really since since the beginning of the year when he came into power that is why the International Community wants to see change before they consider coughing up any money thank you very much but its math and beirut. Well United Nations office for the coordination of humanitarian affairs has been meeting to discuss the situation in lebanon u. N. Chief antonio terraces called for a credible investigation into the cause of tuesdays blast on sunday World Leaders an International Guys ations pledged nearly 300000000. 00 in aid it is important that the spread of the investigation of the serving the cause of the explosion and bring about the accountability of the man by the lebanese people. These also report the 3 forms the source with that asked the needs of the lebanese people for the longer term. Police in hong kong of may the highest profile arrests so far under a new National Security law or imposed by china prodemocracy media tycoon jimmy lie is been detained accused of colluding with Foreign Forces several others have also been arrested critics say its an attack on press freedom in hong kong sarah clarke reports. Police made the arrests on monday morning detaining jimmy lie at his home in calderon the founder of the prodemocracy newspaper apple daily is well known for his criticism of Chinas Communist Party hes been arrested on suspicion of foreign collusion under the National Security law imposed by china last month this morning at around 945. 00 together with our colleagues on the criminal Investigation Department and military staff we got a warrant to conduct an operation to search for evidence i wasnt the only arrest on monday 2 of life sons were also arrested more than 200. 00 police raided apple delis headquarters detaining Senior Executives including the tabloids chief executive officer detective search computers and interviewed staff many are shocked and horrified including myself and i think this is send out a very very negative message and of course it must have a Chilling Effect on people who want to speak out and particularly on the news media so this is a very very Disturbing Development the National Security legislation targets acts of subversion terrorism secession and collusion with Foreign Forces the maximum penalty is life in prison critics say the legislation is being used by chinas leaders to silence the opposition and crackdown on democracy in the semi autonomous region the Hong Kong Journalists Association says its a worrying development for Media Freedom it never happened before in hong kong in reason perhaps that that case weve seen there perhaps sent in for it well cities and countries but but we never expect that that would have happened in hong kong but you did happen causing direct and indirect threats through press freedom and journalists mondays arrests of the most high profile under the National Security law which was introduced just over a month the guy a number of countries have condemned the legislature. Including the United StatesUnited Kingdom and canada but the government here has defended the new study its crucial to restore order to a city thats been plagued by months of protests sirrah clock aljazeera hong kong. Or even several other arrests under the new legislation a Police Source said prodemocracy activist agnes chao as one of 10 people whove been detained verified facebook account said shed been arrested for inciting secession under the National Security law. Meanwhile china has imposed sanctions on 11 high profile americans including senators marco rubio and ted cruz said in response to the u. S. Freezing of the American Assets of hong kongs chief executive kerry lamb along with 10 of the senior chinese officials washington says beijings crackdown of prodemocracy opposition voices in hong kong is could tailing Political Freedoms china has accused the United States of interfering in its affairs on out tibet or ruse the main opposition candidate in the countrys president ial election is disputing early results that show a landslide victory for Alexander Lukashenko with more than 80 percent of the votes that would extend his 26 years in power to a 6 term so taken off sky it says she is gathering proof that the poll was raked. We dont agree with the Election Results we have absolutely opposite information we have official protocols from many poll stations where number of votes in my favor are many more times than for other candidates who are gathering proves of falsifications we have people who are officially ready to confirm falsifications up poll stations so we are starting to actively work on this and right now im going to the Central Election Commission to say that we dont accept results of the elections. Or president lukashenko is one that he will crack down on opposition protesters who challenge the official vote results. Around 25. 00 Police Officers have been injured they have their legs and hands broken they were deliberately hit so they replied why are you crying now the response will be adequate we will not allow you to tear the country apart well lets speak to step vasa now whos in minsk and so we have already seen pictures of Police Brutality against demonstrators last night and there we had a clip from the president threatening more violence have protesters return to the streets today. Yes they have after a quiet day of very calm day 7 oclock local they went back to the streets and its not like one big rally whats happening now is that there are protesters people who are supporting the opposition we can even call them process that basically ordinary people being upset and angry about this election result that they see as completely fraudulent they go from their apartments all neighborhoods around the country and also here in the capital make a sign with their face or theyre clapping and thats an opposition sign and what happens is that police riot police and now also today the military is really cracking down on them its a very heated and very dangerous situation we have heard reports of shooting military suddenly shooting at a group of people just standing there clapping riot police using tear gas rubber bullets and this is happening. Also in cities rioters protestors have fought back and actually chased away police and soldiers basically outnumber them and so its a situation which is very dangerous and very unpredictable because its not one location but its crap all over polaroids right now and all over the city the whole city center is cordoned off by police riot police and military as well all the government buildings are heavily protected right now but people are still like i dont know if you can hear it but theyre collecting their horns the cars are like driving around the city making this opposition sign of resentment and anger against what they say is just a collection all right thank you very much to vast in the latest areas we see the sort of mini clusters of protests continuing in the better russian capital minsk and elsewhere thank you. Much more still ahead for you on the program a u. S. Court issues a summons for Saudi Crown Prince mohammed bin salmond of allegations he ordered the killing of Intelligence Agency jobbery. And on course fresh showdown with greece turkey pushes ahead with its plans to drill in disputed waters in the Eastern Mediterranean. 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Welcome back look at the top story now lebanons president has accepted the resignation of his Prime Ministers government as follows violent protests over the handling of last weeks explosion in the capital beirut which left more than 200 people dead and thousands more injured and hundreds of thousands unless in our Top Stories Police in hong kong of made the highest profile arrests so far under a new National Security law imposed by china prodemocracy media tycoon jimmy lie is been detained accused of colluding with Foreign Forces several others have also been arrested. And the opposition in baton rouge has rejected official results from the election they say present and xander location goes landslide victory was wrecked protesters have taken to the streets again today demanding a change of power. Now in other news a u. S. Court has issued a summons against the Saudi Crown Prince in relation to former intelligence agent sydell jobbery jaberi filed a lawsuit accusing the hand of been sound man of sending a hit squad to kill him 2 years ago hes now in canada where police and private security guards are reported to be giving him more protection as some avenger of 8 has mall the Saudi Crown Prince is again implicated in allegations of a hit squad sent to murder a dissident former saudi Intelligence Agency the job is accusing muhammad and so little of trying to have him killed in canada 2 years ago government and private security has been stepped up in toronto real job breeze reported to be in hiding he was advisor to the previous crown prince and the saudi government has attempted to have him extradited several times a driver is launched a lawsuit in the u. S. Which says an elite team called the tiger scored tried to enter canada in october 28th dean canada reportedly denied entry to bin salmonds purse the mercenaries. A u. S. Court has issued a summons to the sound the royal to acknowledge the Legal Proceedings against him the summons delivers the complaint to the various defendants that obligates them under our federal rules to answer within 20 days so it means that now the case is gearing up 20 days is not a long time. But i think having myself litigated many cases under the torture victims protection act that it signals that m. B. A. s will now the gristly lobby President Trump and secretary of state like pump a 0 issue whats called a letter of suggestion of immunity the alleged tiger squad attempt is reminiscent of what happened to some of the journalist tim i have also in 2018 International Investigators including the cia concluded been solomon was involved in the murder of the Washington Post columnist in istanbul jobby says the murder attempt on him was within 2 weeks of fresh obvious killing and he has implicated the same saudis named in the operation so i wouldnt have thought he was but its very famous person not being close to him and because of general those mandalas scottish psychos used to be theyd all his personal courts and the few others who will probably have the same names and because of. Unto all of the persons on our residents will be United States and that will be. Dangerous for him the u. S. President has stood by his middle eastern ally despite the cias conclusions 4 senators have written to the state department about the persecution of jobbies family members in saudi arabia the department responded by calling the job a valued partner to the u. S. Government and requests have been made to the saudi government about the whereabouts of all jobbies son and daughter the saudi government hasnt issued a response this isnt say it is becoming difficult for trump to can. When we defending the next in line saudi king you can see that good malaysian. Bad behavior that effect now lets take it from the american side like you can see the cysts and more than that political more than america against the soldier would see it so that congress is more. Active when its got tool issues with insights or the right job he says into border addicted salvia allegations of corruption as being politically motivated prosecutors suspect the saudis will ignore the summons but Court Cases Involving yet more murder allegations dont bode well for the successor to the saudi throne is on the government there. At least 900 people have been killed after an armed group attacked several villages in the democratic republic of congo the army has been sent to the troubled Northeastern Province of it in response to try and deal with the situation fighters from the political and religious sect known as slash people with machetes during the rights on sunday attacks by various groups has forced more than 400000 people to flee the region since march the french president in iran is denouncing what he calls a cowardly attack which killed 8 people in southern asia 7 french aid workers and a local guide with terry the west African Wildlife reserve near the town of curry when gunmen on motorcycles opened fire troops backed by the French Military as searching for the killer as an antiterrorism prosecutors in paris of up and up an investigation into the attack well the aid workers were employed by the French Charity a c d t which described the attack as a tragedy. The design they were visiting was where usually the entire International Community based in the im a go on weekends we should build a present time had not seen any security incidents this explains why this route and this park are in the yellow zone and is also the reason why this is a terrible paradox that this incident this tragedy occurred in one of the countrys most secured zones United Nations has praised pakistan for its handling of the corona virus pandemic so far the countrys recorded 285000 cases have covered 19 and more than 6000 deaths this week the lockdown was partially lifted following a steady decline in daily deaths but as amos ravi reports from karachi arraf is the official figures could be an accurate summer rain storms in pakistans most populous city did a better job of keeping most people indoors than the partial lockdown being lifted this week the port city of karachi has been the hardest hit by the coronavirus the government says infection rates have dropped nationwide and its safe to resume public life. But not everyone agrees resign a bill some is a teacher when they called 900 outbreak closed schools he began a free service to supply coronavirus patients with oxygen cylinders to help them bleed. Reality. Exist at extreme level in Pakistan PakistaniCommunity Population of pakistan the people are not taking it seriously right that they are not picking their reality. He normally has dozens of tanks but in the last week theyve all been sent out hes down to his last 2 a sign he says that people are still getting sick and its too soon to lift the lockdown but months into the crisis even partial restrictions on public life seem impossible to enforce and easy to ignore the government push to ease restrictions is politically popular i want to more make off here and people whose livelihoods have suffered say its also necessary i dont know on a scale. Measures taken because of the coronavirus have completely shut down business i dont have the words to explain how much loss there has been for poor people its been devastating its a view many customers share they chrono me off countries video c. B. I. From a country everything depends on the economy and i agree that the do not buy this is also tracked by if you take precautions along with couldnt know about this i think the economy should open and we should allow people to look during recent Public Holidays precautions were not a priority and now people are gearing up for another major public event the countrys Independence Day markets like this are all over the country pakistans government says for the sake of the economy its important to keep them open but as far as Health Experts are concerned crowded public areas where people are not worrying about where there is no social distancing these are the perfect places for the virus to thrive just on these are quick to say years of hard living has made them more resilient to the virus than most but there is also the fact that there are too few tests and too many people and with so many taking the threat lightly medical experts say the real number of covert 1000 infections is likely much higher than official tally. 0 corruption. Meanwhile more than 97000 children in the United States tested positive for covert 19 the last 2 weeks of july according to a report published by the American Academy of pediatrics and Childrens HospitalAssociation Data shows that child cases of corona virus over that period increased by 40 percent it comes during back to School Season as Health Officials try to understand the effects of the virus on the younger population at least 86. 00 children have died since may according to that report. Greeces National Security council is meeting of a turkeys plan to conduct exploratory drilling in the Eastern Mediterranean turkish Navy Announced a survey vessel would operate in a disputed area between cyprus and greece the next 2 weeks greece says the move is an illegal action that threatens peace and security deployment comes 3 days after greece and egypt signed a deal on drilling rights in the Eastern Mediterranean johnson wrote the list is following the situation closely for us from the greek capital athens and as it has growing potential for the possibility of a hostile escalation this is the 2nd round of. Greek and turkish navy ships. In the aegean and these together to remain in 3 weeks at the moment though the turkish side has gone a step further 3 weeks ago even though there was an announcement that the Seismic Survey ship the old trace was going to. Distributed area of water in the Eastern Mediterranean which falls within greeces exclusive Economic Zone but which turkey dispute turkey has a similar agreement signed last october with libya that cuts across the same body of water. Egypt and greece on the one hand and turkey and libya on the other dispute each others agreements but the greeks springs out that their agreement has been drafted in accordance with International Law the United Nations law of the sea which turkey is not a signatory to and has serious disagreements with so the moment we have a situation for the 2nd time in 3 weeks where the greek navy is monitoring the oil trace and the turkish frigates accompanying it from various distances. Last time this happened greek frigates and turkish frigates were 3 tenths of a noticable mile away from each other that means about 550 yards extremely close and if that is happening again. If one of those monitoring distances is that close d that you can imagine provides plenty of opportunity for hostility that could quickly escalate volunteers in the vicious of racing against time to empty a stranded japanese ship a 2000 tons of oil Prime Minister says the leak is stopped for now but with cracks spotted on the vessels hull he expects the ship to fall apart more than a 1000 tons of fuel has already leaked from the bow carrier police in coral reefs protected lagoons and the shoreline Catherine Sawyer reports. Conservationists in more issues are calling it an ecological disaster but washed in the countrys history from above the scale of the spillage is obvious. The akasha ran onto a roof a couple of kilometers offshore from the town of maple 2 weeks ago but its only in recent days that it started seeping oil into the shallow waters of the indian ocean are under 1000 tons of fuel has so far spilled the japanese caria had around 4000 tonnes on board the ships operators have apologized and vowed to help clean up the mess. Some mauritians are blaming the government for its slow response to what it calls and environmentalists state of emergency government was acting on the advice of the company on their experts without taking the best interest of the people and the best interests of of what should be done to protect our country our. Potential it was a potential. And. Thousands of volunteers have come to help all booms made from sugar cane leaves are being billed to stop further spoiling of the beaches. Are the volunteers and government workers are pumping the remaining fuel off the stricken ship to prevent further pollution. In the air no muss mauritians are coming and most to help us make the oil booms this bombs are taken by a volunteer boat the boat men of market book have voluntarily put their boats at our disposal to go and place this all booms at sea thanks to various the booms are managing to retain the oil spilled from waukesha. Mayberg has a marine pack with coral reefs forests and other endangered species as well as several tourist beaches the area safety now depends on the many help is working to make sure that the oil doesnt spread father catherine saw all jazeera. Look at the headlines this hour now lebanons president has accepted the resignation of his Prime Ministers government follows choose days explosion in beirut which left more than 200. 00 people dead thousands more injured and hundreds of thousands homeless demonstrators have been calling for the complete overhaul of what they describe as lebanons corrupt political elite has and the others been asked to stay on as caretaker leader until a new cabinet is formed. At this particular moment we have to go back to the people to fight with them against corruption we need to open the door to National SalvageNational Rescue we need to be part of the people so i declare today the resignation of this government god bless Lebanon Police in hong kong have made their highest profile arrests so far under a new National Security law imposed by china media tycoon jimmy lie has been detained because of colluding with Foreign Forces several others have also been arrested including prodemocracy activist agnes chow critics say its an attack on press freedom in hong kong. China has imposed sanctions on 11 high profile americans including senators marco rubio and ted cruz its in response to the u. S. Freezing the American Assets of hong kongs chief executive kerry lamb and 10 of the senior chinese officials washington says beijings crackdown of prodemocracy opposition voices in hong kong is could tailing Political Freedoms chinas accuse the u. S. Of interfering in its affairs. The opposition in belarus is disputing early Election Results saying president Alexander Lukashenko has landslide victory was raked protesters have taken to the streets demanding a change of power with more than 80 percent of the vote looks set to win a 6 term extending his already 26 years in power so that id taken off sky of the Opposition Leader says she is gathering proof that the poll was fixed. And at least 19 people have been killed after an armed group attacked several villages in the democratic republic of congo took place in the troubled Northeastern Province of it turi fighters from the political and religious sect is called a coast slashed people with machetes cheering the rights. Of those the headlines this hour do stay with us the stream is coming up next well have another headline update for you in about 25 minutes time. I have the ok you are watching the stream today were going to take you to 1988 was a turbulent time for us around relations zot iran was living in the United States hed fled iran in a run american hostages have been grabbed from the u. S. Embassy in tehran and has to take he said we are not giving back these americans and to you give us the shah because we want him to stand trial for human rights abuses diplomacy wasnt working so in the midst of this back and forth president karzai was present at times the United States he essentially and a rescue mission for the