Crime economic trouble and a spike in coronavirus cases voters in Trinidad And Tobago are off to the polls in parliamentary elections. So lebanons Prime Minister has resigned along with the government saying hes stepping back in order to stand with the people this is in the wake of the beirut explosion which has on the says was the result of a corrupt political system protesters are unmoved by his words they have been back out on the streets the blast on tuesday killed more than 200 people and injured thousands more and left huge numbers of people from beirut and its not how small. Lebanons government has finally caved in like the shots of buildings along beiruts waterfront. It took an explosion of 2700. 00 tons of Ammonium Nitrate to bring down the Prime Minister and cabinet. Today we followed all of the people to hold accountable those responsible for this disaster that has been in hiding for 7 years and their desire for real change from the corrupt destructive state state of brokerages and theft to a state of law and justice and transparency to a country that respects its people theyd only been in power since january sworn in to replace a Previous Administration forced out after lebanons Banking System and currency collapsed now they have a new crisis to add to all the others. The Justice Minister was asked if she was running away from her responsibilities which i dont know if you can let anyone put themselves in our position no one wants to be in power under such circumstances when facing everything a financial collapse the current virus this National Disaster were facing so police its nothing like running from responsibility but even one of the biggest nonnuclear explosion since hiroshima might not be enough to bring significant political change here the countrys parliament an election system is controlled by a political elite the divided up power and influence after the civil war and this. And this crisis is not enough unfortunately for them to be convinced because most of them were the actors of the war and they do not think properly peacefully and their civilized way in order to get the people the power they want to keep the power in their hands. Many people in lebanon describe their circumstances as like being held hostage. Here and the manager if the government resigned then there is hope to be able to build the country and live our lives like we want to he wanted to become a proper state we do not have a country and were not able to live in one minute when i look it up with. What will a National Unity government do after just restriction blood and death we can change your many educated people who are suitable to run a country. That frustration with a government that seems to have left the cleanup operation to its citizens exploded Near Parliament on monday evening. Possible names when you Prime Minister include saad hariri he held the post until january but was forced out when the Banking System collapsed its not the sort of break with the past people here are looking for and the cabinet has just resigned it was dominated by the iran backed Hezbollah Group and its Allies International donors will expect to see members of the opposition in the new cabinet before they consider releasing billions of dollars in reconstruction aid Bernard Smith aljazeera beirut. While the head of the Un Food Agency says he is worried lebanon could run out of bread in about 2 and a half weeks David Beasley is in beirut assessing the damage spoke during a u. N. Briefing on the humanitarian situation 85 percent of lebanons grain came through this now devastated port beesley says it is possible enough of the port could be salvaged quickly to resume sufficient importance just in so that means that the u. N. In new york and explains what else was discussed in that briefing. This was a chance for the humanitarian affairs chief to brief members states on the situation on the ground in lebanon and the International Response so far secretary general antonio terrorist called it a huge catastrophe coming on the heels. Of the Socio Economic problems the coded pandemic and now this explosion and while he was calling on Member States to continue their support for lebanon he also sounded the theme of the need for a credible investigation and the need for government reforms that kind of underlie was underlying everything that he and really most of the speakers were saying so far the International Community has pledged 300000000. 00 to support lebannon but humanitarian chief mark lowcock says that billions will be needed to fully bring lebanon back from the brink and theres concern that money given by the International Community would not go directly to the people but would end up propping up this government which has had so many problems in the words of secretary general good terrace he said the anger on the streets is palpable and it has to be heard so that was really the message coming out of the briefing today it was echoed by other u. N. Officials David Beasley of the World Food Program he also said that without International Support lebanons food situation he would run out of food in 2 and a half weeks so the u. N. Is dealing with those immediate needs food and medical in particular 3 hospitals were destroyed in that blaze so that is a big issue right now for lebanon as well but long term we heard time and again about this need for reform coming not only from u. N. Officials but Member States who spoke as well like jordan in egypt and other neighbors in the region who are very concerned about lebanons ability to come back from this. An update on coronavirus now and u. S. President Donald Trumps current virus briefing was interrupted by a shooting outside the white house a secret Service Agent quickly ushered him out of the Briefing Room one person is reportedly injured and in an unknown condition the president resumed his briefing within minutes to talk about the controversy around children going back to school all the details now from mike hanna. President tramples minutes into the News Conference giving rosie predictions about the economy when he was suddenly interrupted. As the door closed behind him journalists in the Briefing Room turned to their pones to try and find out what was happening when it was reported that thered been a shooting outside the white house involving secret Service Agents but secret service issued a statement saying an agent and what it calls a male subject were injured and taken to hospital it adds that at no time during the incident was the white house complex breached or were any protect tease in danger the. President trump returned to a bare arch of questions and confirmed hed gone back to the oval office for the duration of the incident not to the underground bunker it might not have anything to do with me then reports back to business with the baseless claim that children are less affected than adults by the virus i think that for the most part they do very well i mean they dont get very sick it will catch it easily they dont get very sick and according to the people that ive spoken to they dont transported or transfer it to their people or certainly not very easily so yeah i think schools have to open schools have begun to open in a number of states some are conducting in person classes but a greater number are defying the president by continuing the remote education that was started at the beginning of the pandemic. And another questionable claim above. The quality and extent of testing in the us to great record to have in many ways we have tested i guess close to 65000000 people right now and nobody is even close to that number in hard hit states like california and florida theres widespread concern about the delay in test results i havent talked about and microsoft founder bill gates has sharply criticized what he calls the testing insanity in the us adding and i quote its mind blowing that you cant get the government to improve the testing because they just want to say how great it is as is interrupted News Conference continued President Trump finally confirmed he would postpone the g 7 gathering until after the u. S. Election in november and repeated an earlier statement that what he called certain people who are not in the g 7 would be invited raising again the possibility that president putin would be asked to attend this despite the fact that his own intelligence agencies state russia is actively planning interference in the american voting process mike hanna aljazeera washington. Writes a lot so out of that briefing were also looking at the number of recorded Coronavirus Infections worldwide which has now surpassed 20000005 months after the pandemic was declared this is of course coming from the Johns HopkinsUniversity Tracker showing global deaths upwards of 730000 about 12000000 are known to have recovered the u. S. Brazil and india remain the worst affected countries with more than 10000000 recorded cases between them. In australia the state of victoria the epicenter of the countrys resurgent are reported another 19 deaths in 24 hours and another 330. 00 new infections tory announced its biggest one day rise in deaths on monday it began a 6 week lockdown last week including a nightly curfew in melbourne which is a straight 2nd biggest city. And having only a largely under control cuba is reimposing lockdown measures its seen its highest daily infection numbers since march with almost a 100 registered on sunday beaches and restaurants have been closed and there are further restrictions on International Travel the us said Health Secretary says taiwan has been excluded from various International Organizations such as the w. H. O. For political reasons ses are is the highest level u. S. Official to visit taiwan in decades he has praised the island of more than 23000000 people for its successful fight against covert 19 taiwan which china can says its considers to be a renegade province reported fewer than 480 cases. The leaders really believe things are going to be ridiculous even. If. He returns to the realization that if you were thinking the. Whole. Time for me it was really. Really. Believe. Me. Especially during. The realization. That there is. Here. More with katrina you now joining us from beijing katrine this is great stuff for taiwan isnt it all this attention on the country for a couple of days now and all this support from the United States in the face of china. Thats right so it was a very short speech by alex as of this morning but it was one that was full of praise the lord in taiwan basically as a role model in helping to fight and contain the current Virus Outbreak youll surprise its efforts in assisting other nations with containing their own outbreaks and he said that taiwans efforts and its successors deserve to be recognized on the International Stage and that they had so far not been then he turned to the World Health Organization he was full of criticism for this u. N. Agency accused it of political bullying in excluding taiwan from its membership and said that this was not only to the detriment of taiwan but for the World Community because it was denying taiwans ability to contribute to other nations in the fight against the court of arson other. Health problems as well around the world now he continued by saying that the us would continue to support taiwan and continue to advocate for taiwan in the International Stage presumably to become a member at some point of the World Health Assembly which is something of course china does not want to allow now then we heard from joseph who here who is the foreign minister of taiwan he thanked alex as up for his comments he said that taiwan celebrated the friendship and support of the u. S. He then turned to taiwans own approach and he really painted a contrast in picture comparing taipei to beijing saying about taiwans approach its government was completely open democratic transparent and said that this really was the best form of government when it came to fighting a problem as big as the core in a virus pandemic and joseph who also had quite a defiant message for beijing lets have a listen. To what he. Would say. The. Same. Thing. We. Believe. Hes next. So china the chinese leaders are definitely watching this meeting very closely its the 1st significant in the the highest level official meeting to take place between u. S. And taiwan officials since 1979 when taiwan when the u. S. Recognize china instead of taiwan officially in a diplomatic sense but at the same time this meeting is not really going to achieve too much in practical terms but its definitely symbolic its designed to get under the skin of beijing Chinas Foreign Ministry has said over and over again that taiwan is a symbol more sensitive issue when it came to us taiwan relace in taiwan u. S. China relations and says that this visit really risks harming regional stability and further deterioration of the relationship between the u. S. And china thank you for that update its katrina youre in beijing. The u. S. National security adviser robert or brian says he is deeply troubled by the arrest of the Hong Kong Media tycoon jimmy lie he was picked up by police on monday under the Controversial National security law imposed by beijing 6 others linked to his prodemocracy newspaper apple daily have also been arrested theyre accused of colluding with foreign forces. To check whether in a moment on course for a showdown with greece turkey pushes ahead with its plans to drill in disputed waters in the Eastern Mediterranean and escalating protests in bolivia revive memories of last years violence which led to the resignation of former president evo morales. How the southeastern states of turned quite she bit at the moment with slow moving sunder storms the rather quickly moving water running through the upper midwest and the disappearing into Eastern Canada and then if you look at choose to not much going on unless you happen to be in georgia or a nice encounter if you are for example the Pacific Coast the us that breeze coming down the coast keeps San Francisco down 20 degrees and inland its still hot and fairly dry and those conditions continue into wednesday for those more of a growth of showers in the ohio valley by the look of it and this is during wednesday and carry on into thursday now that lack of action in the us is rising to return to normal in the caribbean with frequent so short lived showers in most the small hours protect the wind woods and briefly is going to be wet in nicaragua that rains past all that snow across to regroup panama guess what his weather and even in mexico the big showers as they were largely gone away but theres still a hint of work to more during wednesday dipping sauce to patagonia south the river plate its still winter and still proper when 2 is storms forming in the lead a south american but all down than the in chain is yet more snow. Capturing a moment in time. Lapse shots of a lot of. Other stories and why people are pretty calm when there isnt one chatting and providing a glimpse into someone else is what you are pursuing in the dream of off your life inspiring documentaries from impassioned filmmakers. Witnesses on aljazeera. With al jazeera these are the top stories lebanons Prime Minister has sunday has resigned along with all government in the wake of the beirut explosion that hasnt stopped protesters though can back out on the streets demanding more change. They Coronavirus Briefing from u. S. President omar trump has been interrupted by a shooting outside the white house a secret Service Agent should trump out of the room the president returned a few minutes later and the number of recorded corona virus infections worldwide is now past 20000005 months after the pandemic was declared as comes from the Johns HopkinsUniversity Tracker which also shows global deaths of more than 730000. Bolivians government has called in the military after violence broke out involving protesters are angry about elections being delayed supporters of the former president evo morales set up road blocks around the country to raise about as our report. Clashes on the streets of cochabamba once again these young people are known as the resistance may play a crucial role in the protests that forced a former president it will more or less out of office. Members of bolivias Workers Center and supporters of morales have taken to the streets in the past week anger has been on the rise since election of tribunal and ousted would postpone elections in the country for a 3rd time you have only are sorry but this man says protesters are trying to generate chaos force you know theres an old analog there waiting for us with explosive devices and barbed wire firearms and a lot of cocktails which we. Destroyed the bolivian people are no longer afraid of them its not the same as before the resistance is here to care for its citizens citizens come out to raise the roadblocks citizens the bolivian people and the youth here for this. Journey 9 years has been bolivias interim president since more or less was forced to leave the country november elections were originally scheduled for may but with the spread of covert 19 in this and a nation elections were postponed until september 6th and once again until october 18th. Over 85000 people have been infected in bolivia including the interim president. Social movements accused of trying to hold onto power and they have been blocking roads to demand her resignation. We are not going to go back and we want the resignation of the president she cannot solve our problems and needs to resign. These people denounce the groups that are trying to clear the roads accusing them of being the governments Paramilitary Force 1st of all on the as a small girl cell persecuting us and torturing those people on the motorcycles its unconstitutional my brothers and sisters blood will be spilled because of the governments incapacity to solve the economy our health and education. There are over 100 roadblocks across the country and they having an impact on the distribution of oxygen and medicines to cope with the pandemic blockades the government says have killed at least 31 people but protesters say the government wants to blame them for political purposes. Bolivia has been caught in a political crisis that has polarized the country since last year for many elections seem to be the only way to control the situation but the repeated elites have generated frustration and distrust. And. Police in baton rouge say a protester has died after a bomb exploded in his hands during a 2nd night of antigovernment unrest seems like these have been going on in minsk ever since the official early results showed longtime ruler xander. A landslide election victory that as an outcome rejected by his main rival who described today is a sham. From a viewer corker is about a russian journalist political commentator who told us protests like these are actually rarely come. I never saw anything like this and more than that i couldnt imagine anything like this because belarus sons are super peaceful people they hate cult leagues they hate scandals they dont like wars they are always disciplined we even called the russians as well Eastern European germans you know they do everything they do everything according to the rules and whats happening right now thats Popular Uprising people are and not with allies with the hunger of the regime and they dont associate themselves with a soviet leader who question case representative of the soviet past and people want europe they want modern civilization they want to open borders so i would say this is not just their religion against the question of their female revolution because there was the leadership is for male its a liberal revolution and its also a Media Digital revolution because all that brought us and revolt so we have sort of right now it is made on all social media primarily. Turkey has resumed Energy Exploration work in the Eastern Mediterranean sea accusing greece of not keeping its promises regarding disputed gas reserves the turkish navy a nonstory Research Vessel will conduct seismic surveys in a disputed area between cyprus and greece for the next 2 weeks greece says that exploration is illegal and as a threat to peace last month the german chancellor Angela Merkel held talks with the countrys leaders they appeared close to issuing a joint statement but then on thursday resigned a maritime border agreement with egypt designating an exclusive Economic Zone he says this is not a pfizer rival deal reached last year between turkey and the internationally recognized government in libya well turkeys president says there is still time for everyone involved to settle their differences. Gillan we say lets come together as all countries of the mediterranean lets find a formula thats acceptable for everyone that protects everyones rights. We are always there and ready for the solution of disputes through dialogue and on a fair basis we will continue to implement our own plans in the field and in the field of diplomacy until common sense prevails in this regard. Cronies copleys is a Maritime Security analyst and an academy associated Chatham House who says there has been an increase now in naval activity. We have information about the over of the last few hours as there is a high density of 5 navy vessels in the region we have seen photographs released from the decks maybe were 5 brigades are escorting the Research Vessel and the information we have access to indicate the great naval vessels are also in the area so it is a very tense night tonight hopefully we wont have any issues by the definitely something that the International Community should keep an eye on it can have an escalation scenario what we are seeing right now from turkey is what is known International Relations as gunboat diplomacy so techies using mabel vessels and Research Vessels in the region in order to try to further boost it seem to assume there isnt it is very well tied to the situation in libya because we know that egypt is supporting the counterpart of sars and it is a situation that has several times in the evenings and we have to be very cautious in the steps that are taking because it has to be resolved in a diplomatic way there he needs to respect the International Law in order not to cause any further agent and not to have any unwanted accidents in the region because being an ex navy officer myself i can tell you that so many navy vessels in such a small Geographic Area could be very dangerous. The u. S. Inspector general says the u. S. Arms sales to saudi arabia and the United Arab Emirates did not break the law last year the trumpet ministration issued an Emergency Declaration to push through an 8000000000. 00 deal without congressional approval President Trump fired the departments ben Inspector General steve linnik who was looking into the discussion. Egypts government has extended the detention of al jazeera journalist and hussein by another 45. 00 days he has already been held for more than 3 and a half years without trial after arriving on a personal visit by thousands there and the United Nations have called for him to be freed his detention is in breach of egypts penal code now its being counted after Trinidad And Tobago parliamentary election Prime Minister the governing party is confident it will win despite soaring crime a migration crisis and an economic recession John Heilemann has. Trinidad and tobago at the polls on monday the caribbean nation went out to choose the next Prime Minister and house of representatives you know he got this young voters the main issues i think we should focus on the crime rate especially on a course. I think we should also focus on no employment rate which is also. Through atlanta the oil and gas sector the countrys main money earner has faced a dropoff over the last few years is also coated 19. 00 the incumbent party the pm to flatten the curve to the spike just a week before the vote thats unfortunate for Prime Minister keith rowley whos trying for a 2nd term. Come the perseid this is from the un see hes trying to replace him. She was also his predecessor the countrys 1st female Prime Minister. Political analyst. Says the battle for power here is more about ethnicity than policies. But i want to say. To me in the group. That we are the logic and reason. Well marty i dont believe. If you get well we wont but. While. Its not unusual to have. One party. Each of a party does get control of the country and radical change in direction is unlikely john homan does either. Of us they are on our desire these are the headlines and lebanons Prime Minister has resigned along with the whole government in the wake of the explosion in beirut last week didnt stop the protesters though who were back out on the streets demanding more change and splashed killed more than 200. 00 people. 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. The headline from u. S. President Donald TrumpsCoronavirus Briefing was interrupted by a shooting outside the white house a secret Service Agent i should trump out of the room for the president did return a few minutes later to dismiss concerns about children going back to school a report published by the American Academy of pediatrics and Childrens HospitalAssociation Last week said more than 97000 children tested positive for covert 19 in the last 2 weeks of july meanwhile the number of recorded corona virus infections worldwide has now suppose 20000005 months after the pandemic was declared this is from the Johns HopkinsUniversity Track which also showed global deaths at more than 730008 is the u. S. Brazil and india remaining the worst affected countries police in bellary say a protester has died after a bomb exploded in his hands that happened during a 2nd night of antigovernment unrest seems like these have been going on in mids since the official early results showed long time ruler Alexander Lukashenko had won in a landslide. And the Inspector General and the u. S. State Department Says saudi arabia and the United Arab Emirates did not break the law last year the trumpet ministration issued an Emergency Declaration to push through an 8000000000. 00 deal without congressional approval. And Fire Departments they in spec to general steve limit who is looking into the city cage up to date with the headlines on aljazeera witnesses next. Interview. Fyi. Theyre not. Going to