A damaged child Cancer Treatment center. And find out why the son of angolas former president has been sentenced to 5 years in prison. Thousands of workers from some of his largest factories have gone on strike his anger rises over the disputed president ial election and more mass protests are being held in the capital minsk nearly 7000 people have been detained since sunday in a violent crackdown that seen many beaten and tortured some protestors have been released but their treatment in detention has fueled peoples anger president Alexander Lukashenko is now urging battle scenes to get back to work all risking not getting paid. The question of what people must be told that they have the only chance to save the enterprise that feeds them only saving their factory will feed their families they can take to the streets there are thousands of them walking but there is no money or they will be paid for just 2 days opposition candidates for planted to come sky has fled to neighboring lithuania shes calling for International Help to set up talks with the authorities she also wants her supporters to join peaceful protests this weekend. I mean the law is we need to stop the violence on the streets of velour russian cities i call on the government to stop this and to come to the negotiation table i ask all town mayors to act as organizers of peaceful message vans in each town on the 15th and 16th of august. So of arsons live for us in so the Opposition Leader asking for peaceful protests whats the mood like there. Well the crowds are swelling here at the Independence Square in minsk right in front of one of the main government buildings some more and more people are coming from all kinds of folks who are honest this is been led by the tractor workers so worn went on strike and left their factory earlier in the day marched through the city center to arrive here to gather with a lot of other protesters women wearing white carrying flowers the old shoring to gather it was a very powerful moment when they were marching through the main avenue of minsk when they arrived here military police suddenly came out a wearing full military gear but then there was this very emotional moment when one of the soldiers just true is so shield on the floor and women started hugging him and sort of hugging all these soldiers it was a moment where lots of people were crying because you have to understand of course these people have been under also a tarion rule for more than 2 decades and having these gestures for from military towards them is a very powerful moment for them their worst riot Police Coming into the city center and also trucks military trucks so what we heard earlier sort of was a bit of fear that there would be crackdown again here at this queer but so far its all peaceful and people are still chanting and screaming you have has to leave its key how the military and the Security Forces behave in all this is not because look assange because rule has been supported by the military on the Security Forces for so long is there any indication that were at a kind of Tipping Point when it comes to how the Security Forces are going to behave. Exactly thats of course the most important question and also interesting to watch and this gesture that we just saw earlier here at this very important square at one of the countrys most strategic buildings that the soldiers sort of drop their shields of course is a very important signal theres also talks about the inner circle within the government some people have resigned already also prominent people in state Television Stage radio there was also a report about ambassador who has resigned or at least has spoken against the president s order definitely cracks in the system and in look. At the moment but we can also say that his gesture of releasing around 1000 to detainees earlier in the day and also throughout the night has not really helped him because people have come out of the said Detention Center so were nearly 7000 detainees but when they came out they told absolute horror Horror Stories as you can see in our report. Of torture and abuse inside cramped detention tantrums due to the lack of space detainees who are often forced to lie on top of each other young women say they were forced to undress they were beaten and threatened with rape. The Violent Police crackdown on mainly Peaceful Protesters has left deep scars on many belorussians it has also angered many of president alex on the local shankars former support us the call for him to step down has resonated around. The detained everyone everyone girls guys children who are 151413 years old there was a grandpa who was around 70 with us everyone got to taint even if you just came out of a shop to see whats going on youve got to tame me. I was pushed into a police truck they told me either you go with us for 15 days or we beat your legs and let you go the fact that im here now its clear what i chose. To call for alex on the lookout got to step down resonates around balad north after a violent crackdown this is what the president is facing more people on the streets and growing anger about the thousands detained and excessive violence used all the economists for a state owned newspaper is still looking for a 21 year old son detained with his friend on monday evening roy seems to be up to you know. When. My son is a student at the Law Department hes not an alcoholic more a drug addict i dont want our boys to be beaten they are the future of our country its very can the 21st century if they dont stop i will burn myself i am ready to go on a hunger strike. If you think. You got. Around the country factory workers have started to join the protests at a large state owned lorry factory hundreds announce a strike demanding new elections former servicemen are throwing away their uniforms out of shame for what Government Troops have done to their own people serving Police Officer fled the country after he recorded a statement saying he wont follow what he calls criminal orders to use violence. Longer. European and u. S. Ambassadors in minsk laid flowers at the square one of the protesters was killed we call on the authorities to allow peaceful process protest and truly all those who have exercised this right the protests police have stayed away many belorussians have overcome their fears. And we want our country to develop and not to stay at a dead end it. Will stay here until our dictator is overthrown and happiness comes to our country more and more russians are joining the spontaneous protest after they were beaten and chased off the streets at night protesting during the day a new strategy that seems to confuse us why look might have been able to silence belorussians for many years this time theyre determined to have to stone him for 23 turn to them. That report from staff boston in minsk the situation in belarus is one of the topics being discussed at a meeting of e. U. Foreign ministers now for more on that and speak to leave barker whos live for us in london and even step support there we saw european and u. S. Ambassadors in minsk who were laying flowers at the square one of the protesters had been killed whats being discussed in this meeting at the moment. Well the forefront of Foreign Ministers minds is the possibility of punitive measures against minutes to bring look at shanker go into line it looks very much as if all e. U. Leaders are heading in that direction that is the direction of travel but it could take several weeks before we see sanctions being introduced weve heard from the Austrian Foreign minister saying that its unlikely that any decision will be made today so if it does happen within weeks that is still when it comes to how the e. U. Works relatively quick there is no shortage of solidarity for the belorussian people the protesters no shortage of condemnation for the belorussian or thora hes handling of not only the election which has been described as nowhere not being free and fair and also for the handling of these postelection protests according to a spokesperson representing the german chancellor Angela Merkel merkel was very shocked by scenes of violence in recent days the polish Prime Minister has been speaking to asking for an urgent fund to be set up to support independent media in the country and also the much needed work of n. G. O. S there in us live on the layer the president of the European Commission house talked of immediate sanctions being needed. Germany austria sweden countries of banks that call as well when it comes to the kind of measures needed there have been discussions about asset freezes for certain individuals of travel bans. On those closer look at those responsible for propping up his leadership in recent years there is already some talk about mediation as well Going Forward latvia lithuania and poland offering to mediate any discussions in the future that is being welcomed by the opposition but given a look at on going to finance his criticism for instance of the strikers over the course of the day it looks as if we may be some way off the possibility of talks Going Forward but most certainly it looks as if a plan is being formed should that be an eventuality but before that committee of measures what the e. U. Are talking about in order to bring looking into line. For us in london thank you very much indeed still ahead on aljazeera we visit son george was but let him be rude to a building so badly damaged in last weeks explosion its still not operational. Human trials for the chinese made Coronavirus Vaccine and underway in indonesia were going to have all the details. Hello there the right is still very much in the forecast across Northern Areas of asia weve got somebody go clear skies into japan and also right they down into these all central and southern areas of china but as you go 3 sunday the rain will increase again coming eastwards across towards the Korean Peninsula wanted to show likely into south korea but really sunday that is where well see some very heavy downpours across north korea but again mostly fine further to the south wanted to scottish as across in japan and really is a say the bulk of china is fine and dry showers and thunderstorms further to the south because if you those in hong kong and the same across into taipei very heavy rain stream will central and eastern areas of china plenty of clouds certainly again in the last few hours and weve seen some funny in new delhi there was a sunny deeper on the streets and his sunny causing plenty of problems on the streets as well the traffic really getting back to when youve got the roads like this now the symbol rate in likely n. C. New delhi but that is not where the heaviest rain will be likely to be odisha west bengal is an area of the pressure which were watching closely but slightly bringing the very heavy rain also some pretty strong winds funneling up into Northern Areas of the bengal but through saturday and sunday those rains really extending across Central Regions out towards the rest ra just on the west and gas and we could see another 300. 00 millimeters of rain. Global Food Production is wasteful and its straining our planet. But pioneers are adapting with new food sources. Is delicious with a very light seafood taste texture. And innovative production techniques i have seen a vertical farm before but never in a restaurant have to say this is great earthrise feeding the 1000000000 on a jersey you know. You want to know is here our mind on our top stories this hour mass protests are being held in bellows his capital despite attempts to calm peoples anger following a disputed Election Night a Government Movement is growing thousands of workers from somewhere below us is the largest factories have gone on strike. The balance in government has started releasing some of the 7000 people detained at the protests this week but many have come out with accusations they were beaten while in custody interior minister has apologized. Turkeys president is threatening to suspend ties with the United Arab Emirates after it reached a deal with israel to normalize relations as part of the u. S. Brokered agreement israel will suspend but not scrap plans to annex palestinian territory palestinians have been protesting about the deal in occupied East Jerusalem they gathered in the courtyard of the al aqsa mosque compound after friday prayers some trampled on pictures of Abu Dhabis CrownPrince Mohammed bin zayed and the mit flag out a false sense in west jerusalem with reaction and more on that protest at alexa mosque. It was an expression of anger and repudiation of the u. S. Poet and carrying out this deal with israel which obviously is something that goes in contravention of the in the to what he had to at least publicly if not in the background policy of having a resolution in the Israeli Palestinian conflict before novelization with the arab states there was this protest at the al aqsa mosque compound there was a smaller protest as well and hebron and the south korea of the occupied west bank but the real pushback even come from the palestinian leadership itself saying that this is a betrayal this is a stab in the back of palestinians according to some senior officials and they say that the u. S. Should not have gone along with this from the u. N. Perspective what theyre saying is that they have acted in a way which has rescued the occupied west bank from the threat of imminent an extension of at least 30 percent of it and that is the that the prize that they have won from israel thats seen very differently of course in ramallah which is where the palestinian issue has had courted they say this is israel gaining something very valuable merely for not having done anything not having sacrificed any land not having given any major concessions its will to the palestinians. The u. S. Department of justice says it seized iranian fuel from 4 time because it says were heading to venezuela it claims its the biggest ever such seizure well lets go straight to alan fischer whos live for us in washington d. C. Whats the deal jay saying about this incident ali. Well it seems that the americans were tracking a convoy of iranian vessels heading towards venezuela on the 2nd of july they went to the courts and asked for confiscation order that was granted by the courts and then they say in what was not an operation that involved d naval or military force they managed to take control of 4 vessels there the bell or the bearing the panday and the luna these are apparently operated by independent contractors they were really in state ships and apparently the whole transaction of sending oil to venezuela was organized by someone who had links to the revolutionary guard which of course the u. S. Is designated as a terrorist organization so that would give them the reason to go to the court they say theyve seized 1160000. 00 barrels of oil those ships are currently heading towards houston in the United States but theyre saying that this is a Successful Operation because it means that venezuela wont get the oil but it also means more importantly as far as the United States and the trumpet ministration is concerned it will stop the arena and regime giving revenues from oil sales which they say is in breach of International Embargo so there is one problem for the d. O. J. In that iran is denying that the oil is anything to do with them. Thats right the Iranian Ambassador to venezuela has been speaking he was asked about this operation the fact that 4 ships were taken away from the other 3 by the United States and he says look this is nothing to do with us we were selling oil to venezuela you know for our north and we know right now theres nothing planned because we havent had a request from our venezuelan friends as they are reactivating their own refineries u. S. Officials are experts in fabricating lies and carrying out shows in the media i ask you who is the bigger victim of terrorism the u. S. Or iraq. So these vessels might be on the way to history but this isnt over yet the u. S. Government still has to prove its allegations in court so there will be another court date alan thanks very much indeed thats alan fischer in washington d. C. Beirut hospitals are struggling to cope in the aftermath of the recent port explosion 3 major hospitals and half of the clinics in the city are still not functioning that leaves the lebanese capital with a major shortage of hospital beds run smith reports from new life to near death in the blink of an eye. This is the Maternity Unit of St Georges Hospital in beirut as the shockwave from the port explosion hit we flew directly and land and over here. On the 9th floor omar 7 year old son yuri was having chemotherapy when i woke up when i open my eyes and he looked at u. T. At 1st i he was screaming his heart out. Had been recording the 1st explosion on his phone i dont. Im here dont be afraid omar says. Get out im scared thats your. Beauty still had his tubes stuck with him in and his entire cycle was still running at that point the very next thing i wanted to do was just put some shoes on because theres debris everywhere theres glass shards everywhere i could feel them in my feet and i was looking at your receipt and he was barefoot as well and was standing on glass there were a dozen children with their families up here at the time of the explosion unfortunately one of the parents died 2 parents in the very critical case of the i. C. U. And all in this was seen by the patients you can imagine how tough is for the patients they have cancer they are afraid from the explosion and from the noise and they see their parents or dying or in the very particular case dr newman has 110 child Cancer Patients with his unit damaged hes been driving across lebanon trying to find space in other facilities 3 beirut hospitals are out of action and around another 25. 00 Health Facilities are not functional according to the World Health Organization theres also been a surge in corona virus and thats a particular risk for child Cancer Patients with compromised immune at. Lebanons hospitals were in a crisis before the explosion and economic collapse and a shortage of dollars has left them without cash to buy foreign medicines and pay stuff and to this day its been very difficult we try to hold it together in front of our kids. But i mean even they come and speak to us about its everywhere everybodys talking about its on t. V. Its everywhere so as much as we can try to shield them from this horrible nightmare that we still get our own time where we are very very. I mean its very painful. Yuri has been found a place in a different hospital to continue his chemotherapy hes getting close to the end of his treatment his prognosis is very good the cuts on his head from the explosion will soon hell burn it smith aljazeera beirut iraq has recorded 4000 new corona virus infections its highest number for a single day nearly 70 deaths were reported a sharp rise in cases is overwhelming hospitals already stretched by decades of conflict and sanctions a curfew in a number of cities has been extended to contain the spread of the virus. And indonesia has started human trials of a chinese made vaccine as many as 1600 patients could take part if the vaccine proves safe and its successful its secured the rights to produce at least 250000000 doses china reached a similar deal with brazil where human trials are already underway jessica washingtons in jakarta with more on the trials. There are a number of vaccines all over the world in the early stages of development but this vaccine by the chinese pharmaceutical manufacturer sin of that is one of the handful thats in this really advanced stage of testing so while the vaccine has been developed by sin of back here in indonesia the trial will be monitored by a university in the city of fun doing and also indonesias state run pharmaceutical manufacturer biopharma if all goes well its expected that this trial will take around 6 months so today on friday in indonesia around 100. 00 candidates received the vaccination over the next few weeks more participants will and in total its expected that there should be around 1600 participants in this trial biopharma says that if all does go well theyll be able to scale up their capacity and theyll endeavor to produce around 250000000 doses of vaccine by the end of the year that would of course be welcome news here in indonesia this country has been hit incredibly hard by the corona Virus Outbreak with more than 130000 confirmed cases. Spain is shutting not clubs across all its regions as it tries to control the spread of corona virus the Health Minister also banned public gatherings awards and 10 people on our door smoking afternoon mergence who need to nearly 3000 new cases of covert 9 to move reported on thursday sperry now leads europe with more than 44000 confirmed cases in the past 2 weeks. Indian officials in the city of sanaa have moved hundreds of tons of explosive chemical Ammonium Nitrate to hyderabad thats after customs officers fast tracked its real cation all in last weeks blast in the lebanese capital beirut the chemical has been stored in chennai since it was confiscated 5 years ago elizabeth put on a reports from new delhi 3 making its way through a village on the outskirts of the Southern City of hi there a truck carrying the chemical explosive Ammonium Nitrate the last batch of around 700 tons is being moved from chennai to an explosives manufacturer and the state of talon ghana but some People Living near its new location didnt know about the huge blast in lebanons capital or the chemical being stored just 3 kilometers from their homes. There were articles precautionary measure taken. Part in it into dent in the village are the factors for which your trip to some other desert took place. As was the Ammonium Nitrate explosion in beirut on august 4th that prompted customs offices in chennai to move the 700 tons of the explosive chemical being stored in a Container Freight yard on the outskirts of the city and then. This information or this would be the police. Are not it was not a safer place to keep the known limited steps taken to. A designated store or whatever and bidding process the customs of a lady undertaking. Hydrabad based Company Bought the material months ago that its relocation has been fast tracked after the lebanon blast the explosive grade Ammonium Nitrate was seized at the chennai portion 2015 experts say it shouldnt have been stored in the area for so many years the one in madrid should be stored in a place specifically that would strongly if i wanted it for that you should not give me any other products and you know that but here in the port area they have stored the many other things that it is very very dangerous you know luckily this is not explored this is not guard fire or anything else but you know you cannot depend on luck always you know so youll have to ensure that all study blundered the company that now owns the Ammonium Nitrate says its been handing up to 2000 tons of the material every month without incident but environmentalists say no amount of Ammonium Nitrate is safe when stored in large quantities Elizabeth Piron of aljazeera new delhi angolas top court has sentenced the son of former president jose a lot of the song toss to 5 years in prison jose finney minolta son thomas has been found guilty of embezzlement and fraud he had been in charge of angolas 5000000000. 00 Sovereign Wealth Fund during his fathers rule the verdict was linked to a 500000000. 00 transfer that had been made to an overseas account in 2017. Well the santos is just one of several prominent angolans now facing scrutiny including a sister billionaire isabel the son posts has been accused of widespread corruption until tuesday she stepped down from the board of angolas largest mobile phone operator citing a climate of prominent conflict is often described as the wealthiest woman in africa angolas government confiscated her assets last year accusing her of stealing a 1000000000. 00 to companies where she and her husband held stakes santa says prasanna like cans those of the firm she owns in portugal were frozen in february the portuguese newspaper said she owed more than 615000000. 00 to 13. 00 banks joseph who is a political analyst and a former columnist at the new africa magazine he says the sentencing shows the president s commitment to fighting corruption in the country that russia is here to give the law a friend of all of all its certainly the 2nd largest oil reserves. In the country that is rather poor and rather theyre going to need they need money but to say that it is our question from our plate as opposed to be able frankly the earth to do that is 7 dollars of corruption well not really one was around me are a lot think this is moving ahead they need to think this is something that. Is not going to call one only course to how leaders and read read know that children actually do you could be they were all as the head of operations thought what was written well creation in back when if you got it is a problem for the president some who are you know all of that period just 10 years ago so i think the president realizes they need to do this on behalf of his interest or there will be. The body of taiwans 1st democratically elected president has been cremated in a private ceremony senior government officials paid tribute to leave as this hearse passed by the president ial office we ended autocratic rule and pushed for taiwans independence from china when he was president between 19882000 he died last month at the age of 97. This is aljazeera these are the top stories mass protests are being held in belarus is capital despite attempts to calm peoples anger following a disputed election the antiGovernment Movement is growing thousands of workers from somewhere below says largest factories are going on strike president Alexander Lukashenko is now urging us to get back to work or risk not getting paid this is the question a lot of people must be told that they have the only chance to save the enterprise that feeds them only saving their factory will feed their families they can take to the streets there are thousands of them walking but there is no money or they will be paid for just 2. 00 days. Opposition candidates for the sky has fled to neighboring lithuania shes calling for International Help to set up talks with bela lugosi in authorities she also wants her supporters to join peaceful protests this weekend and. We need to stop the violence on the streets of by the russians i call on the government to stop this and to come to the negotiation table i ask all town mayors to act as organizers of peaceful message vans in each town on the 15th and 16th of august turkeys president is threatening to suspend ties with the United Arab Emirates after it reached a deal with israel to normalize relations as part of the u. S. Brokered agreement israel will suspend but not scrap plans to annex palestinian territory palestinians have been protesting about the deal in occupied East Jerusalem they gathered in the courtyard of the isle aqsa mosque compound after friday prayers. Iraq has recorded 4000 new Coronavirus Infections its highest number for a single day nearly 70 deaths were reported to shop rising cases is overwhelming hospitals already stretched by decades of conflict and sanctions indonesia has started human trials of a chinese made vaccine as many as 1600 patients could take part if the vaccine proves safe and it successful it secured the rights to produce at least 250000000 doses china reached a similar deal with brazil where human trials are already underway those are the headlines the news continues here on aljazeera off to rise by. 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