A severe shortage of hospital beds one week on from the beirut blast cleanup efforts reveal be extent of the devastation. Reports of a social media post considered offensive to islam that sparked violent protests in southern india. And historic moment in american politics will play out in just a few hours from now the Presumptive Democratic president ial nominee joe biden will make his 1st joint parents with his pick for Vice President senator. She is the 1st black woman to be included on a major partys president ial ticket the 2 are expected to deliver remarks in wilmington delaware thats bidens home town just ahead of the event the biden heris campaign released its 1st ad since the announcement. I was raised to take action my mother knew that she was raising 2 black daughters who would be treated differently because of how they learned growing up whenever i got upset about something my mother would look me in the eye and ask so what are you going to do about it we are in a battle for the soul of this nation but together its a battle we can win we just have to take action. Us President Donald Trump took aim at harris at a tweet he said started strong in the democratic primaries but could not hold on to support went on to say that makes her the kind of opponent everyone dreams of. Joins us now live from washington d. C. Ellen so this event in delaware is not going to be your usual formal running mate introduction is it. No when you think about one i can remember with mitt romney doing it in naval base with paul ryan that was 8 years ago its not going to be that sort of thing theres not going to be a lot of supporters there is not going to be the hierarchy the. Major figures of the Democratic Party behind giving their endorsement this is going to be a lot more lucky because of covert there is going to be media but i would guess if i was running the campaign i would tell them to make their statements and then not take any questions you dont want your message getting muddled up on a deal like this by getting an awkward question from an awkward journalist who is going to be a lot more low key but its still important and significant and of course its important because the democrats can announce their Vice President ial candidate the republicans dont have an event like this because we are told that donald trump is absolutely stuck on mike pence being his Vice President going into the election so that wont change but it is an important day for joe biden for this campaign and for american politics as well as weve been saying. This is the 1st black woman to be included on a major partys president ial ticket this is historic but if shes seen as someone to unite the democrats what does she bring to the ticket. Well certainly the republicans are already trying to frame her as one thing and another just on my twitter feed in the last couple of hours i saw one republican senator saying oh wall street is going to love this appointment thats fantastic camelot is terrific is not great another one immediately underneath the chairman of the Republican Party chairwoman of the Republican Party ron mcdaniel seeing all the anarchists and the people who are on the streets and the far left are going to live the love this appointment as well so theyre kind of mixed in their message even though theyve had more than a month to prepare as we all had about who would be the Vice President ial nominee theyre going to see shes never pleased anyone in the Democratic Party but if you look at social media this has been an appointment that has been fairly widely. Appreciated and accepted many people saying it was important and in this moment in particular in the United States when civil rights as again very much i political hot potato it was an important decision for joe biden to pick a woman of color so i think she will bring more voters in than alienates but thats a question that will only be answered come november the 3rd thanks for that allen thanks there live from washington d. C. The uns human rights chief michel has condemned the violent crackdown by the belorussian government on protesters after 3 nights of unrest hundreds of women in the capital minsk have been marching to protest against Police Brutality antigovernment demonstrations show no signs of easing around 6000. 00 people are still detained it began after president Alexander Lukashenko was declared the winner of a vote that his opponents say was rigged lithuania latvia and poland are offering to mediate the family members of those detained say they still dont have any news on their whereabouts. He went for a bike ride in the evening at 8 oclock i called him and said my son have pity on me and dont go anywhere. I dont know where my grandson is he was taken away on the night weve been searching for him for 3 days and could not find him his father searches for him and i search for him steadfast and has more now from an. What we saw in the last couple of nights when the people came out at night protesting not knowing really what to do so there were different parts of the city now this is one group of women as you can see theyre all waving flowers they are also saying stop beating us and they get an enormous response from people around this area who see them there honking their horns as a sign of opposition and also they always think people are crying people are really emotional to see this act of defiance because these women are very brave if we consider what violence has been happening in the last couple of nights around 6000 people have been detained already of course they are now also risking arrest but so far police has left them alone i think the government to look at shanghai is completely confused what to do with this out poor of anger and this Opposition Force that has reached unprecedented heights he has never seen such a thing during his 26 years rule and the only answer he has found so far is to crack down on the ferry badly and hes been hitting a whole families women children men everyone has been hit by this so this has created even more anger and we see this women they may not want to accept this so you will need to find another solution there have been talks about negotiations with the opposition but the last comment we got from a president. That he wants to create jobs because he says all these protests protesters are criminals and they simply have nothing else to do. Here as secretary of state described the vote is neither free nor fair and said america was watching developments closely. We watched the action that we are we were very concerned about wasnt the way that was free and fair we care about that because we care deeply about the belarusian people this is i talked about the Czech Republic we want people della reese to have the freedoms that theyre demanding that they think are in their best interests lebanons president says more than 15000000000. 00 of damage was caused by last weeks massive explosion which killed more than 200 people a lot humanitarian effort is underway across beirut but the Health System is close to collapse the walls help Organization Says hof of the citys hospitals are not functioning and its with reports from beirut. Rich or poor the beirut explosion didnt discriminate 10 people died in the luxury Seaview Apartments that overlook the port and alice assads house. She and her 2 children had left home half an hour before the blast they raced back to find this. Alice pays a rent fixed in the 1960 s. The common practice here if the landlord cant afford the repairs or release the funds home will probably stay like this i now must soon i learned the most important thing is for the kids to have a place to sleep comfortably where with food we will not starve but we need our home back. Businesses too must find the money to rebuild if they think its worth it. This country was already enjoying an economic crisis after a shortage of foreign currency last year sent its currency into freefall i dont know 3 if you will be able to put more money into it i dont know we need. Not only also earlier everybody would. Need some 70000 homes and a so far uncalculated number of businesses were destroyed or damaged when 2750 tons of Ammonium Nitrate exploded at beirut port last tuesday. A dozen schools also need rebuilding this is the citys oldest the school of the 3 doctors in the challenges huge explosion of the scale is exceptional before rebuilding you have to appraise the structure see if everything can hold up sometimes you have to consolidate sometimes you have to destroy to rebuild so it will take real building expertise. Every homeowner every business every Institution Needs glass and Building Materials a nearly all of that is imported. So they need dollars. But their money is locked in inaccessible Bank Accounts for many here its effectively stolen by a political elite thats been running the country for decades so the pressure is on parliament to appoint a new Prime Minister and a new cabinet and its been made clear to them that theyll be no International Funds for the citys reconstruction until the Parliament Ends the dominance of iran backed hezbollah and its allies french president emanuel macron says he wants to see progress by september the 1st Bernard Smith aljazeera beirut. Taiwans president has called on china to use dialogue instead of oppression in hong kong monday Hong Kong Police arrested 10 people including a newspaper and a high profile prodemocracy activist under the new beijing imposed National Security law sighing when promised her government would support the hong kong people say they even though we are once again solemnly called 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 cam adrian brown has more now from hong kong. When you are leader of taiwan you have to do what you can to raise your International Profile because of course there are just 15 countries that recognize taiwan was dying when on wednesday was addressing the Hudson Institute thats a conservative think tank in washington and she had many themes to her through her addressed but i think the central one were her comments about hong kong she said that the world had been saddened to see that the beacon of freedom of been extinguished in hong kong she said that the ties between hong kong and taiwan go back many years and she also said and this was her only real reference to china without naming china she said that while some countries while the world has been distracted by covert 19 other countries have been targeting democracies around the world now why does all this matter well you know at the moment taiwan is a country which is basically regarded by china as a breakaway province to be taken back from by force if necessary president xi jinping had warned just a year ago that the people of taiwan had better accept that one day sooner rather than later they will be reunified with the motherland and the premier of china leak a chunk addressed the National PeoplesCongress Just a few months ago and he didnt refer to a peaceful reunification with taiwan he simply referred to a reunification so that is led to increasing speculation that eventually china will resort to force to take back this renegade province and in fact many analysts will tell you that the chances of that happening a greater now than they were 5 years ago. Still ahead on aljazeera a growing concern over russias coronavirus taxing germany says it must be tested promptly before being made public. Around the clock curfew 3 days of violence in Eastern Sudan having restrictions. So looking pretty quiet now across the middle east we have got some bits and pieces that tab want to sue situation he writes in your possible doubts was the fos outthought of the peninsula but for most its going to be dry and sunny the way in the sense that weve been saved driving their way out of iraq down to wards the ha they will start to ease as we go through the next couple of days but temperatures still getting up into the mid fortys less in the way of lifted dust and sand so something to be rather more cheerful about some a shall we say just around the caucasus in the black sea in the caspian sea still a chance of wanted to show us just around that western side of yemen where we have seen recent flooding showers continuing to herat across central parts of africa as one would expect at this time of the year so some showers just sliding out of uganda pushing down into were kenya should be dry now for somalia and at least the side of kenya any come further south watch it dry across a good part of Southern Africa temperatures at around 60 or 70 degrees support elizabeth and for cape town over the next couple of days further north but im sure a breeze could just bring one of 2 showers into mozambique a robbery with a top temperature of 24 degrees. Frank assessments saying back in yemen 60 percent of the relation. Between stuff is its an informed opinion is ethiopia on the verge of a breakdown many parts of the overall media region are actually under a de facto state of emergency and critical debate after is a proxy because not the result of the interest of the if you do indepth analysis of the days global headlines inside story on aljazeera. Now watching aljazeera a reminder of our top stories this hour the Presumptive Democratic president ial nominee joe biden will soon make his 1st joint appearance with his pick for Vice President senator harris shes the 1st woman of color to be included on a major partys president ial ticket. The u. N. Human rights chief michelle has condemned the violent crackdown by the valor russian government protesters after 3 nights of rest of the 6000 opposition supporters have now been detained after sundays disputed president ial election. Lebanons president says more than 50000000000. 00 of damage was caused by last weeks quarter explosion which killed more than 200. 00 people the world health Organization Says half a retard spittles are not functioning. The German Health minister says hes skeptical of russias Coronavirus Vaccine on tuesday russia became the 1st country in the world to give Regulatory Approval to a covert 19 vaccine president Vladimir Putin even said his daughter was an ocular germanys schon says the vaccine has not been sufficiently tested and could be dangerous donna cane has more from the. Mr spann saying that the problem with rushing a vaccine out which hasnt been shown openly to be safe and to be effective against the corona virus is something which he fears he fears could kill off the efficacy of vaccines generally Going Forward the point theyre making therefore is that they need to be able to see the data upon which the russian government has based its assertions that this vaccine is good to go as it were contrast what the German Government is saying with what certain other governments are saying a suggestion that the governor of a large state in brazil is going to be in meetings on wednesday with the ambassador the Russian Ambassador in brazil about what might be able to be done there but even in brazil there are Certain Senior officials who have expressed grave reservations as i say about the haste with which the russian government is proceeding to marketing this vaccine as something that large chunks of society will be able to use anytime soon as i say the most important thing here is the germans are being very cautious they themselves have their own research into vaccines theyve put a lot of money in in towards it but they are saying what needs to be done here is proper Peer Research and open research where other scientists are able to analyze what the germans have done what anything to victim has done that says its found a vaccine so that it can be verified and falsified and because they say they havent been able to do that that explains the the caution with which they are viewing whats going on in moscow. The crowd of our spend democrat plugged the u. K. Into its deepest economic slump on record Gross Domestic Product collapsed by more than 20 percent between april and june the height of the lockdown the british 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. Recovered slightly in june as restrictions were eased. We talking about this a few months ago i said hard times were coming and todays figures show that hard times are here hundreds of thousands of people have already lost their jobs and sadly many more will but i will say to people although tough decisions lie ahead for all of us no one will be left without hope or opportunity 3 people have been killed in a Train Derailment in scotland the driver is among the day it 6 others were taken to hospital following the incident their stonehaven and aberdeen show Emergency Services are still on the scene and an investigation has been launched the us secretary of state says his department complied with the law on arms sales to saudi arabia 2019 a government watchdog found the state department did not properly evaluate the risk of civilian casualties in yemen members of Congress Asked for the investigation after the Trump Administration pressed ahead with the sale without the usual congressional review. We had United States senators imputed into a Foreign Service officer suggesting that done something unlawful it was outrageous that to arrange for them to continue to make those crimes we did everything by the book to comply with the law its what the state department why do you found it well and im proud 5 of the work that my team did and we got to a really good outcome and we prevented the loss of civilian lives. Demonstrators in yemen have burned tires and set up road blocks to protest against a terrier a sea of water and Electricity Services water has been cut off for days in the city of aden and there are daily blackouts protesters say essential Services Must be protected from rival powers vying for control. At least one soldier has been killed in an explosion in the yemeni city of tires 9 others were injured when a bomb was detonated inside a National Army vehicle in the area its the 2nd such incident in tires in less than 2 weeks. Police of mali have fired tear gas and water cannon to disperse antigovernment protesters in the capital bamako hundreds of demonstrators spent the night on the streets before Security Forces came to break them up in the morning for weeks theyve been calling on the president to step down accusing him of failing to deal with insecurity and corruption. The bail hearing for a prominent zimbabwe journalist a government critic have been adjourned until thursday Hopewell Chin old who was arrested alongside an opposition politician last month and charged with incitement ahead of antigovernment protests president m a synagogue or has been accused of cracking down on dissent as calls grow for his resignation is the 3rd time jonah has appeared in court requesting bail piers speedo is a Senior Consultant for the International Crisis group for Southern African nations he says hope is likely to be granted bail but have restrictions placed on his journalism. This is a renewed. Given his previous belloc the question was refused in the Magistrates Court and then that refusal upheld in the high court controversially last week so this is an attempt to say there are new circumstances and that i hope which an order should be granted well my sense is that hes likely to be granted. With some pretty severe restrictions on his social media and his Public Communications this will be used by the zimbabwean government to illustrate Judicial Independence and so forth. They would necessarily expect in the kind of negative feedback that they have received in the last couple of weeks around this case and related matters. So i think that this may be an opportunity to to release him now but they may be concerned also about the details that he will provide about additions inside prison and the concerns about the spread of code in prison as well so we will hear this all the noon but my sense is that its like he will be granted at. Least 127 people have been killed in south sudan during fighting between Government Troops and civilians the army was carrying out an operation to disarm civilians and wound up states when the violence began reports say on the use in the gray said tonge area attacked Security Forces an investigation is underway and so don and all my 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 to morgan in khartoum has more details. First of all lets look at how this has been unfolding this is not the 1st time we see a tribal clashes between the beni armor and the nuba tribes its been going on for years now and has escalated over the past 12 months for the last year weve seen fighting resulting in the deaths of dozens and injuries of hundreds weve seen a state of emergency imposed their will that was eventually lifted but it kind of gives you an idea of the wider context of not just the eastern part of sudan but really the whole country tribal identities and ethnic identities do play a role in how things unfold on the ground now in port sudan between 2 individuals from opposing tribes from the barrier and the move the tribes that eventually pulled in members of the same tribe so weve seen the government responding by sending more troops yesterday the Prime Minister is due to brief the security and Defense Committee tomorrow to try to figure out a solution on theyve called for calm the newly appointed civilian governor has imposed. A curfew in the eastern city so they are trying to mitigate the tribal clashes between the 2 sides but this needs to be addressed at the root the root causes of this conflict needs to be addressed now those 2 sides as i said have been clashing for several years now which has escalated over the past few months no solution no deep rooted solution has been found yet and for many they think that its an idea and an issue of who actually deserves to be in for today who deserves to be identified as part of the east and who is actually somebody who is overstepping on a territory that is not varies so a lot of issues right now at stake mostly the issue of ethnic identity and tribal identity and who belongs and who doesnt and it looks like every government does not step in which is something that activists have been called for then this violence will continue 3 people have died in the indian city of being a little violent sparked by an allegedly offensive social media post but the Prophet Muhammad dozens were injured 20. Testers clashed with police who fired on the crowd a Facebook Post was made by a relative of a local politician elizabeth prana reports. The charred remains of a violent protest burned out vehicles are strewn on the streets of Bengal Police say thats after a 1000 people went to the home of a politician on tuesday night angry about an alleged Facebook Post by his relative which insulted as labs Prophet Muhammad they said vehicles on fire outside the home and destroyed property in the neighborhood or thats a lot of. Muslim men came from there between 930 to 10 there were around 20 of them getting beaten so they brought the idiom and came here the only targeted our street and in our street they destroyed at least 2 auto rickshaws 3 cars and 22 windows they also broke all the windows of our house and. The protesters then went to 2 police stations and set at least 200. 00 motorbikes on fire police say they were forced to shoot at the crowds of people who wouldnt disperse when charged with battens or tear gassed several people were killed and 60 Police Officers were injured then a lot of police have a rest of the band accused of writing the Facebook Post but he says his account was hacked they also arrested one of the leaders of a Muslim Political group called the social Democratic Party of india in connection with the violence 145 others have been detained the police are also asking people to cooperate and maintain peace oh. This group of muslim men formed a human chain around a hindu temple to protect it from Protesters Police say the situation is under control but there is a curfew in place in 3 neighborhoods and a ban on more than 4 people gathering throughout the city elizabeth pradhan al jazeera new delhi. His new cabinet has been sworn in their wake after the governing party wonderlands. Victory in parliamentary elections and a 1st for the country the ceremony was held at an ancient buddhist temple in the central city of candy the election win paves the way for Prime MinisterMahinda Rajapaksa and his brother president to buy a rajapaksa to amend the constitution in alpha land as is in the capital colombo she reports that concern is growing of the future of minorities under the new government. Everyone is trying to the edge of what this government calls for for a long future while the fact that weve had essentially a government thats not had to rely on minority votes for that massive victory is something that is a little bit of a concern because this proved 1st of the president ial election in november 29000 and now at the parliamentary elections that they can pretty much go it alone and go it alone essentially to give them a 2 thirds majority a controlling stake in parliament so how that impacts on the way the mechanism of government takes place in terms of the actual cabinet thats been. There are 8 relatively few minority representatives very much their supporters being included so as to how inclusive its going to be or this field less is it dated to be something that well have to wait and see a lot of College Football in the u. S. Is being perspired because of coronavirus the multi 1000000000. 00 industry will be put on hold until early next year in the west and midwest parts of the south this is a well start as usual but with fewer games President Trump opposes such moves tweeting recently that student athletes have been working too hard for their season to be canceled. This is al jazeera and these are the top stories the Presumptive Democratic president ial nominee joe biden will soon make his 1st joint appearance with his pick for Vice President. She was the 1st woman of color to be included on a major partys president ial ticket has more from washington d. C. Critics will point to some of the comments that camelot harris made during the Election Campaign particularly in the primaries when she said that the way that joe biden talked about the segregation of buses back in the 1970 s. Had upset her defended her but then supporters will point out the strength of character that joe biden is willing to have someone who is critical of him in the very heart of his inner circle something they see that donald trump hasnt been willing to do so it will be a different sort of event but theres no doubt of its political importance as you see and historic moment when a black woman who has heritage as well will be on the ticket for one of the major parties as we move towards the election on november the 3rd the uns human rights chief michele bustling has condemned the violent crackdown by the belarusian government to protest as after 3 nights of unrest or than 6000. 00 opposition supporters have now been detained since sundays disputed president ial election e. U. Foreign ministers are considering sanctions lithuania and poland are offering to mediate. Lebanons president says more than 15000000000. 00 of damage was caused by last weeks port explosion which killed more than 200. 00 people the world health Organization Says half of beirut hospitals are not functioning a curfew has been imposed imports are done after 3 days of violence medics say at least 25 people have been killed fighting broke out between members of rival ethnic groups. Sri lankas new cabinet has been sworn in a week after the governing party won a landslide victory in parliamentary elections and a 1st for the country the ceremony was held at an ancient buddhist temple in the central city of candy. The u. K. Is ended its deepest economic recession on record Gross Domestic Product fell by more than 20 percent between april and june the height of the coronavirus lock down. Well as the headlines the news continues here on aljazeera why after inside story which is coming up next. Its approved cold sputnik why russia says its the 1st vaccine against covert 19 but many governments us skeptical so what are russian scientists russia took up corner on this the significance of the timing of the announcement this is inside story. Hello welcome to the program