Schools destroyed one week on from the beirut blast cleanup efforts reveal the extent of the damage. Reports of a social media post considered offensive to islam sparked violent protest in southern india. And a historic choice the democratic president ial hopeful joe biden named senator harris as his running mate. The top story here you Foreign Ministers will meet on friday to discuss potential sanctions against dello russo over suspected vote rigging and a violent crackdown on demonstrators and follows a 3rd night of on risk in the capital minsk anger has been growing after the Election Commission announced a landslide victory for the president Alexander Lukashenko thousands of opposition supporters have been detained during the protests which began after the vote on sunday the opposition candidates for atlanta took on a skier has left and shes now in neighboring lithuania live to a Detention Center in mens going to our correspondent step vasant step are the people who are being held there and theyre being told when theyll be set free. Well very dramatic scenes here out peter adler the kanchan santa relatives here shouting at police shame on you. Just a few minutes ago trucks with the detainees left at the Detention Center what weve heard is there around 2000 people detained in the last couple of nights who are being held here these are people who are simply just on the street some of them might have shouted something maybe have shown an opposition sign with their hands but they were detained very much and many have been beat to be the badly beaten as well what were hearing is also the conditions inside the santa are very bad for 2 people in one cell also many beatings inside the Detention Center relatives crying here many of them have no idea where their loved ones are and as far as this idea of e. U. Sanctions potentially is concerned how much of a problem would that be for mr lucas. Not much im afraid of course hes been under sanctions of before as some sanctions were lifted in 2016 people here think its also a bit late to have this meeting on friday only i mean the very cruel Police Actions have been taken place in the last couple of nights lots of people have been injured of course they want to International Community to act but the European Union is very havent been until now because of course theres a very delicate the geopolitical balance here in belarus between europe on one side and russia on the other so thats why people here in belarus are telling me we need to make the decision what we want to do with the future of our country and as to the opposition candidates from atlanta to you know sky is anyone this speculating as to whether she might come back if she comes back at all. No im afraid that she wont come back any time soon and i think the threats that have been made to her you have to remember her husband is in prison here and a popular blog. Of course shes very sensitive and vulnerable for threats made that could cause him harm so he she is now in their little radio with her children but that doesnt mean that the opposition is a hapless so to speak its not about the leadership here this is a Mass Movement coming from only us are for the population im seeing a grandma those mothers fathers here also very very upset with the government crackdown what look of shock us trying to achieve with this Police Brutality its not going to help him ok step many thanks to you as correspondent there at the heart of the story in minsk. The European Union has put trade sanctions on cambodia after a review of human rights the country had been allowed to explore most of its goods to europe tax free under a scheme for developing nations but brussels is known for those tariffs around a 5th of cambodias exports to the e. U. Among its demands is dropping a treason case against band Opposition Leader kim. At least 30 people are still missing more than a week after a huge blast in beirut 173 others are confirmed dead and tens of thousands of homes remain uninhabitable on tuesday the Community Held a vigil to honor the lives lost as in a holder has more from beirut. A moment of silence for the dead the wounded and the missing Church Bells Rang alongside the muslim call to prayer for a few moments at least this deeply divided and broken nation came together. Lebanon remembered a moment that changed the lives of so many people its been a week since the explosion of beirut port destroyed lives and homes just meters from the blast site people gathered to demand justice and accountability so all those in power knew about the explosive supports and the risk the lives of the people the should be an International Investigation because we dont trust the lebanese investigations lebanese authorities including the president knew there was a large stockpile of Ammonium Nitrate at the port. But the 10 firefighters who died in the blast were not aware of the risks when they were sent to put out a fire of unknown origin were up against a competence were all up against corruption were up against all that system that got us where we are today and its the whole system that is wrong its the whole system that is flawed and we want bury our dead before we bury their corruption before we bury them the blast deep in then already dire economic crisis which pushed half of lebanons 5000000 people into poverty aid agencies are distributing food and medicine filling the void left by a government that has long failed to provide basic services the state is cool. To bankruptcy this is all that it got from the doctor and the hospital no one supported me. Thats why. I lost my job 1st and i lost my home and i lost my car from schools private hospitals were owed billions of dollars by successive governments which left the Public Sector ill equipped and underfunded i just want to say to the International Community if you want if you can help these situations that really. Were substituting. For the country and the governments role towards its people it will be very interesting step the government has now resigned though it will remain as a caretaker ministration until a new cabinet is formed these people want what they call an independent salvation government but there are others who still support the sectarian system that they believe protects that they want a National Unity government that will bring back the same political elite. That is what people fighting for a new country fear they have the will but not the tools to bring change. French president. Is leading an International Initiative to solve the crisis he says lebanon needs fundamental change and a new political order he didnt elaborate. Beirut well the total cost of the destruction there could be as much as 15000000000. 00 aljazeera has been and smith has been to a damage school in a district near the port where he spoke to the principal. This is. Our school. And as you see from the toys and the sure is getting today there were children here were left at around 430 in the afternoon. This is the yes the courtyard of the school where the children usually play this structure was recently finished like a year ago i feel like i am transposed. Documents and im not realizing whats happening. As if we are in a nightmare its. Not just to have a vision or a plan clear for what is coming next its the building or the stones its all the people who live here all the students who depend on us. So. Every day we remember somebody someone its very hard. 3 people have died in violence in the indian city of bangalore sparked by an allegedly offensive social media post about the Prophet Muhammad dozens were injured when protesters clashed with police who fired on the crowd the post on facebook was made by a relative of a local politician elizabeth purana has more now from new delhi. Bangalore the police are saying that what theyre calling a very large mob of people gathered outside the home of a politician who belongs to the Congress Party and that they set to their cause on fire they say that the mob was angry because of an alleged post by this politicians nephew which was offensive to islams prophet mohammed they say that a very large group of people then dispersed that they went around this neighborhood forcing shopkeepers to close this stores and then damaging property and setting vehicles on fire they then went to 2 Different PoliceStations Police are saying that they set between 202250 Police Vehicles on fire that they were throwing stones at police demanding that Police Arrest this politicians relative who allegedly made the Facebook Post police said that they tried to charge the protesters with battens to try to make them stop their attacks that they werent successful then thats when they had to open fire and thats what led to 3 people being killed 60 Police Officers being injured but also they say that thats what actually stopped the protest is mexicos former president and. Has been accused of funneling millions of dollars in bribes to fund his Election Campaign and to buy votes and influence in the congress hes accused of taking money from the brush to brazilian construction firms admitted to paying bribes and 12 countries including mexico the former head of mexicos state run oil company. Whos facing charges of corruption says pena nieto demanded the money be given to his team. In the case of arthur braced lasorda said there were a series of bribes exceeding 4400000. 00 that were ultimately used for the 2012 president ial campaign and the man who later became president along with his finance minister are the ones who according to these accusations order the sawyer to give this money to various election advisers from abroad still to come here on aljazeera losing control in latin america find out why the coronavirus is surging in countries that previously had it contained. Plus the rise in child labor in syria how the war is forcing children to earn money for their families. Hello weve got the usual raft of showers across much of Southeast Asia plenty of a downpours coming for hip to clean to the philippines easing up across a good part of india china thailand seeing some rather wet weather more than possum entre as well less widespread there and so but in the heat of the day the shadows of course they will brew up by will be heavy at times come the often there and well see some showers that once again thats starting to show their hand across a good part of java indonesia becoming increasingly unsettled as we go on through the week meanwhile into australia illinois half of the country generally try and settle but weve seen some wetter weather rolling across the bytes this area of low pressure sweeping through cooler ratchets talking in systems made its way the southeast was because some a useful rainfall gradually making its way towards New South Wales so as we go on through thursday still a few showers across southern parts of wy those showers extend across the nullable pushing of its wars adelaide will see some wetter weather once again coming into victoria and then as we go on into friday here we go with that heavier right coming back in across New South Wales some wetter whether theyre also pushing into southern parts of queensland dry but last a cloudy the new zealand. Global Food Production is wastrels and its training our planet. But pioneers are adapting with new food sources jellyfish is delicious with it very night seafood taste and texture and some that kind of married. And innovative production techniques ive seen a viable farm before i would never in a restaurant have to say this is great earthrise just feeding the 1000000000 on a just you know. Youre watching aljazeera your top story so far this half hour e. U. Foreign ministers are meeting on friday to discuss potential sanctions against the roost theyre concerned about suspected vote rigging in sundays president ial election and a violent crackdown on demonstrators that follows a 3rd night of unrest in the capital minsk 3 people have died in violence in the indian city of bangalore sparked by an allegedly offensive social media post about the Prophet Muhammad dozens were injured when protesters clashed with police who fired on the crowd. 70000 houses have been left uninhabitable in lebanons capital beirut after last weeks explosion tens of thousands of businesses have been damaged or destroyed adding to the countrys economic crisis. For the 1st time in the United States a black woman will run for the office of Vice President after much anticipation the Presumptive Democratic nominee joe biden has chosen senator kaamelott heris as his running mates for the elections in November Allen fissures in washington. I am a harriss green the favorite to field a democrat the piece look for some time. She brings a High National profile as a former president ial candidate a senator from california. And family connections to biden she was Close Friends with his late son beau because this is my belief child of a mother from india and father from jamaica she takes 2 important boxes as a woman of color. Such a dynamic or and really good message right shes really good about complicated and made very clear to the audience into the American People former attorney general of california shes used her skills as a prosecutor in Senate Hearings to pick apart arguments put forward by the come to the ministration but that all title has also brought. Just as during her tenure as attorney general there are a lot of questions raised about her willingness to intervene in a variety of types of cases including Police Excessive use of force allegations as well as areas around drug policy that could really become a problem. In the 1st democratic president ial candidate debate she had a Tense Exchange when she said joe bidens past few on segregating schools was hard full of the modern us politics it all seems a long time ago smart and charismatic shes been the front runner for a reason and 55 more than 20 years younger than the candidate shes seen as the next generation of Democratic Leaders alan fischer aljazeera washington. The coronavirus pandemic has plunged the u. K. Into its deepest economic slump on record g. D. P. Collapse by more than 20 percent between april and june the height of the lockdown the u. K. Economy is now officially in recession for the 1st time since the 2008 financial crisis there are already some signs of recovery g. D. P. Did recover slightly in june and restrictions were eased our economics editor of italys in london he says britains economic slump is the worst of any european or g 7 countries. You may remember that spain contracted 18 percent and the United States 9. 5 percent in the 2nd quarter so this is really terrible for the u. K. Economy it was the last into lockdown and the last out of lockdown and that may explain the reason why the slump has been so bad in in the United Kingdom but the bank of england now expects a recovery sometime in 2021 and we just saw that the june the g. D. P. Reading came in that 8. 7 percent so there is hope that things are or moving and as the lockdown has been eased retailers are reporting that retail numbers are back to almost precode levels but the biggest fear has to be for jobs work only get 3. 9 percent and that could rise to 7. 5 percent by the end by the end of the year so theres an expectation that the chancellor war have to do something to keep people in jobs staying with the Economic Impact of coronavirus hong kongs biggest biggest carrier says its recorded a loss of 1270000000. 00 in the 1st half of this year Cathay Pacific has been badly hit by political and economic turbulence over the past year now a slump in passenger demand caused by the pandemic has grown did its International Flights cargo business is no generating more revenue than passenger flights. Singapore has destroyed at least 9 tons of confiscated elephant ivory its the largest haul in recent years as part of its efforts to prevent the illegal trade in wildlife industrial rock crushers will need at least 5 days to destroy the entire amount of contraband worth up to 13000000. 00 and sesame seed more than 300. 00 african elephants were killed for this batch of seas tusks. Investigators in new zealand say imported freight may have been the source of the 1st locally transmitted virus cases there in more than 3 months its largest city or cloned is now back in lockdown after 4 cases were diagnosed this week 4 other suspected cases are being monitored the government is considering delaying next months general election. Australia has recorded its worst day of the pandemic 21 people have died in the past 24 hours in the state of victoria the World Health Organization warning of a new surge in covert 1000 infections in latin american countries that had initially controlled the pandemic the region is being badly hit and the Economic Impacts of long lockdowns all that sparking protests understand the reports now from the colombian capital bogota. Policeman use a blanket to carry the body of a 19 victim in this morgue in the capital. As ospital struggle to cope with the number of dead in the poorest country in latin america. Plastic bags are used to cover workers shoes when proper protective gear is not available bodies left out in the streets or stored in the chapel relatives say they have to wait for days to collect the body of a loved one in the. Reality is that its all collapsed when it comes to care in the clinic for patients and moderate conditions as well as in intensive care the more has collapsed in this critical situation we didnt expect it will be so many bodies. Believe he has been ill prepared to cope with more than 1000 cases in almost 4000 deaths and the situation has been worsened by days of protests and roadblocks. With people angry at the interim government of the dinin and yes for postponing president ial elections for a 3rd time the road blocks are making it difficult for oxygen and other medicine to reach hospitals. As well a 2nd wave of 1000 infections and a growing political crisis has seen angry citizens take to the streets especially in mineral rich areas where the poor are demanding more economic aid and healthcare support at least 3 indigenous protestors have died and 17 people were injured in clashes with the police. The Oil Companies producing thousands and thousands of somalis a day while the coup karma communities of the poor in our basin are submerged in the greatest poverty and with this coronavirus pandemic that still does not cease weve seen their total abandonment due to the absence of medicine or medical assistance. Latin america is seeing worrisome spikes in. Infections even in countries that had initially controlled the virus columbia and tuesday passed 400000. 00 confirmed cases become the country with the 8 highest total the world on a per capita basis colombias fatality number at this time among the worst in the world which has out tory this year considering an extension of a number of restrictive measures that were supposed to be this week alison the. College football in the u. S. Has been for spurned across several states because of coronavirus the multibillion dollar industry will be put on hold until early next year in the west and the midwest and parts of the south the season will start as usual but with fewer games president from proposing such moves tweeting recently that student athletes have been working too hard for their season to be cancelled. Taiwans president has called on china to use dialogue instead of oppression in hong kong on monday on kong Police Arrested 10 people including a newspaper and jimmy law and a high profile prodemocracy activist under the new beijing imposed National Security law saying when promised that her government would support the hong kong people in their struggle for freedom and democracy i think they even though i once again solemnly call in the beijing authorities that when the people are taking a stand together and fighting for something the government should find ways to resolve disputes instead of oppressing the people and depriving them of freedom and human rights only by having a sincere dialogue with the people of hong kong can dispute speed result and can Hong Kong Society return to camp. In sudan an all night curfew has been imposed in the eastern city of port sudan after 3 days of violence medical sources say at least 25 people have been killed since fighting broke out between members of rival ethnic groups a state of emergency was imposed last year after fighting between the 2 sides. Argentina is ramping up the defense of its Maritime Territory to prevent Illegal Fishing by foreign boats countries across latin america are concerned about chinese ships entering their waters and depleting stocks to risible reports now from when osiris. Argentinas coastguards is corde a chinese fishing ship towards a poorly but i warn you. Its an operation by air and sea to control attempts by foreign vessels to fish illegally in argentine waters and if you dont want the starvation starvation International Ships are allowed to fish outside the economic exclusive zone but in recent years theres been a sharp increase in attempts to cross what is known as the mild 200. 00 argentine waters begin about the former going to our sea platform is one of the richest in the world so far this year we have captured 2 ships already we have a protocol so the captain can act according to international law. Using readers and other types of communication argentina contract ships violating its exclusive zone this type of vessels are the ones that are used to patrol argentina exclusive so if a ship is found to be fishing illegally in those waters then that ship can be captured and the owners have to pay a fine this vessel for example has been involved in several operations and it has the ships that it has captured in the past it has been name the date and the country belong to most of them belong to china and then spain. Even though there are Many Companies from Different Countries involved in Illegal Fishing china has become a main concern with an overseas fleet of over 16000 ships they pose a major threat to developing countries just recently 300 ships were located outside the galapagos sign and such fishing is not illegal because it takes place in International Waters but it can cause. Damage in one of the richest and biodiverse regions in the world. International. Pressure just like china but most nations do not want a conflict with china leaving developing countries to defend their resources in whatever way they can. When osiris. Nearly 5000000 children have been born in syria since the civil war began 9 years ago the conflict has had a devastating impact on their lives with many forced to drop out of school to support their own families now aid agencies are warning a deepening economic crisis could push even more children into working explains i. Am of madeira should be school. Instead hes spending his day at a car repair shop in italy province trying to scrape a living. I work to look after my family if i dont work we wont be able to live. At home his mother attempts to offer him a sense of normal childhood its father was arrested by Government Forces and 22 of the family has no idea where he is ama this only 13 but his short life has been defined by 9 years of war hes carried the scars into an uncertain future. He used to go to school then leave to work and he kept doing so until the day the repair shop with bombed and he got injured seeing ahmed like this breaks my heart because he cannot rest and he will never be able to he used to go from school to work and cant take a break due to poverty if he doesnt work we wont be able to live his younger brother also works now. Half of syrias children today have only known death devastation and. Placement 41 percent of those old enough to be in school are not getting education for 75 percent of families in poverty child labor has become an important source of income. There are fears that the collapse of the syrian currency and an economic crisis will force even more children like ahmed into work 8 percent of People Living in the war torn country are reportedly living on their 2 dollars a day which is basically nothing and with the inflation of the currency and with the economy crisis in syria with. Imposing sanctions it is likely that this number under estimated which means for children more are going to be pushed into child labor the war has killed maimed and traumatized serious children its all to deny them their childhood and as the conflict drags on the future for this last generation now seems even more stark product or art is here. And of course you can get lots more on our web sites aljazeera dot com more there on the comma harrisburg chosen by joe by. Updating the top stories for you so far today here on aljazeera e. U. Foreign ministers are meeting on friday to discuss potential sanctions against the roost theyre concerned about suspected vote rigging in sundays president ial election and of violent crackdown on demonstrators that follows a 3rd night of unrest in the capital minsk thousands of opposition supporters have been detained step bassam is in minsk. Shame on you just a few minutes ago with. What we heard is there around 2000 people. Being held here these are people who are simply just on the street some of them might have. Maybe have shown an opposition side with their hands but they were detained many have been made to me. What were hearing is also the conditions inside. 40 people and also many. Crying here many of them have no idea where their loved ones are. 3 people who died in violence in the indian city of bangalore sparked by an allegedly offensive social media post about the prophet mohammed dozens were injured when protesters clashed with the police who fired on the crowd the post on facebook was made by a relative of a local politician 70000 houses have now been left uninhabitable in the lebanese capital beirut after the explosion last week tens of thousands of businesses have been damaged or destroyed adding to the countrys economic crisis Presumptive Democratic nominee joe biden has picked senator harris to be his running mate in november as u. S. President ial election shes the 1st black woman to be on a Major Party Ticket previously fornia as attorney general mexicos former president and Ricky Pena Nieto has been accused of funneling millions of dollars in bribes to fund his Election Campaign and to buy votes and influence in congress hes accused of taking money from brushed a Brazilian Construction Company this admitted to paying bribes in 12 countries including in mexico those are your headlines the news continues here on aljazeera. The news from 10 g. Ill see you after that. A Global Pandemic mass protests demanding change economic recession and geo political tensions not to mention the small matter of a looming election join me Steve Clemons in conversation with leading voices on the bottom line your weekly take on u. S. Politics and society on aljazeera. Sustainable Food Production is one of the greatest challenges for the future. With Global Demand for food set to increase by nearly 70 percent by 2050. Aquaculture is one of the most polluting and ecologically damaging industries. If we want to keep food on the table without continuing to ravage on natural environments