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U. S. Postmaster general after a warning that millions of mail in votes might not be counted in time for the president ial election. More demonstrations in jerusalem protesters have been calling for the israeli Prime Minister to resign over his handling of the Coronavirus Crisis and corruption charges. On me everyone should have the courage to talk about the monarchy. Breaking taboos in finding their voice the mass antigovernment rally planned in thailand on sunday. School. Football Champions League semifinals of the. Former indian cricket captain. Welcome to the program has been a 7th consecutive day of mass protests calling for longtime leader Alexander Lukashenko to step down after last weeks disputed election tens of thousands of people gathered in the capital minsk today but the mood was also subdued in cases as people laid flowers and lit candles at the site where a protester was killed in clashes with police by the russian Authorities Say the 34 year old died when an explosive blew up in his hand but opposition supporters saying he was. Shot by police one of the protester is also known to have died while in custody the demonstrations are the biggest challenge to lukashenko nearly 3 decades in power initially triggered by allegations of vote rigging in a telephone call with the russian president led him a person because she said the 2 were hoping for a swift resolution to the countrys problems well al jazeera stepped boston has been following the story from minsk. A mere pushkin. Metro station where the 34 year old car mechanic was killed on monday and night its still unclear how he died but its for should have he had an open. During the night and also nights in the week. So also here where a lot of remains. Rubber bullets we have found in the last 6 people have been streaming in. Put the. Car mechanic but also as a sign of protest and defiance thousands of people also carrying children. Around. Its a very euphoric atmosphere i have to say earlier in the day when there was a one minute silence for the victim there were a lot of people crying holding. Making a peace sign. Remarkable scenes here today again in minsk where protests are not stopping and only growing bigger the protesters are just. Waiting theres no police there are no Security Forces around for the last 48 hours i have to say. When the people were marching towards independence square. In front of the Government House lowered their shields to remarkable scenes with women. It was some riot police also standing by and there were also reports about trucks military trucks are moving into the city. Despite the fact that some people here have been trying to create that Everyone Needs to be very careful because riot police can come any minute we havent seen a sign of. This atmosphere of freedom that people havent felt here for decades. Or protesters in an eastern russian city have shown solidarity with their neighbors in paris many carried signs saying long live battery steering rallies on saturday activists have been protesting for weeks and her barofsky against the arrest of the regions former governor sarah gave her girl was detained last month hes accused of murder 15 years ago but he has denied the charges. Well i get more on the story now with julia. She is an associate professor at University College london joins us now via skype and this is really an unprecedented mobilization were seeing against the government in better rose isnt it people saying theyve not seen anything like this since came to power nearly 30 years ago what are people inside the country telling you. Good evening miriam. Its a pleasure to be to do you. Know and speaking to my friends actually family is. Really really lies and those have been turned in korbel stories of actually violence happening during the 1st 3 days after the elections took to the east in the complete information vacuum. They couldnt actually communicate with themselves to see who is still alive how to continuous is considered ition and quarters and also even on a bill to connect to our friends and family today we learned about a telephone conversation between Alexander Lukashenko and the russian president we know that in recent years there has been this kind of escalating geo Political Economic tension actually between bella recent russia hasnt there what might want from president putin now. Obviously. The talks actually are our claim to come have been confronted only by the bill or russian side not by russians yet they couldnt as a formal russian officials. In such talks actually the issues all secure in further support in order support from russia will surprise basically ours a protestant to store basically the crisis which is holding out in belarus at the moment. There are also some additions that. It may be. Poor that claim support would come at sikorsky deep integration this russian but these are only speculation because as asserts as there hasnt been any formal contamination from the russian side i mean even if that was a concession that you know is was willing to make you know maybe there would be concessions on sovereignty in return for Russian Support is there any indication that the russia that know moscow want to get involved in that way. In my opinion actually russia would know what one tool actually engage in. Providing support for the for the russian authorities at the moment even sad will be highly risky to bring. On dont fall. Into the in. These busy case because 1st of all its a conflict is. Definitely brings attention and has attention of the International Community and the school actually to has a sanctions introduce against russia as well as and they already facing all internal conflicts and problems. Started out of scams that supporters are there already for 40 nearly 40 days and now theyre also striking to support the bill or russians saw eve as a reason expression for support to an interviewer and bill are a success now then i. Expect. This strikes will rule the whole country so and its what putin does not want to do so the risk of too high thank you. Thank you for sharing your thoughts with us and your insight on this story junior associate professor at u. C. L. Thank you thank you. Now our other top story this hour the u. S. Postal service has warned millions of mail in vote might not arrive in time to be counted on president ial election day as expected to be a huge rise in mail and ballots as a result of the crown a virus pandemic but the service says it cant guarantee the or posted votes will arrive for counting on november 3rd i did your caster has more from Silver Spring maryland. This is not the scene u. S. Public Health Officials want repeated on november 3rd when americans elect their next president amid a pandemic. But the alternative to have large numbers of people vote by mail may also be risky thats the warning the u. S. Postal service has issued to 46 states and the district of columbia. The government run agencies states must require voters to request mail in ballots at least 15 days before the election or those ballots may not be counted on time we could see a dramatic increase in the volume of mail of people returning their ballots which we would absolutely determine has to be done in a timely fashion so here ruins vote is counted historically mail in voting has turned out more democrats than republicans and polls show President Trump trailing behind his challenger for the white house joe biden thats led to allegations from democrats that trumps battle against mail in voting is for political gain theres a collapse of trust broadly in america right now in government in these institutions in the white house in congress those that are opponents of. President trump who are going to turn out at polls and are going to turn out at mail in ballots and those that support President Trump are going to support him enormously. In washington protesters accusing trump of Voter Suppression gathered outside the home of lewiston joy the former republican fundraiser appointed by trump to be u. S. Postmaster general in may their joy has removed some Mail Processing machines and cut workers hours citing the need to slash costs the post Office Inspector general is now investigating and lawmakers of both parties have voiced alarm theres no doubt that the Postal Service has a long term financial challenge. And those do need to be dealt with but now its not the time to be cutting back services. Earlier this week trump said he wanted to withhold funding from the Postal Service because he didnt want to see the money used for mail in voting now the president has backtracked saying he will agree to fund the agency but despite requesting a mail in ballot for himself trump continues to claim without evidence that mail in ballots will lead to massive voter fraud in november. Joe castro al jazeera maryland. Well former u. S. President Barack Obama Says that hes why the trouble ministration is trying to kneecap the Postal Service issue he said this saying everyone depends on the u. S. P. S. Seniors for their Social Security veterans for their prescriptions Small Businesses trying to keep their doors open it cant be Collateral Damage for an administration more concerned with suppressing the vote than suppressing the virus for more on this we can speak to Jennifer Victor shes a professor of Political Science at George Mason University and joins us live from washington d. C. Via skype what does this what could this warning from the Postal Service mean that for the the election in nevada. Well i think its too early to say alarms have certainly been raised between the president s public messaging and tweeting that hes doing about the post office and the shake up in leadership that hes made at the agency there are reasons to be concerned but there are a number of reasons to think that there is very much of robustness in the system this is were talking about a National Service that processes millions and millions of pieces of mail and packaging every day and so the election related mail is a fraction of that and so even with some disruptions its not clear that it will have an effect on the outcome of the election i think its its more accurate from an analytical point of view to say that what the president is doing is very similar to what we saw in the run up to the 2018 election in the United States that was a Congressional Election in which the focus that year was on the threat of these migrant caravans coming from Central America that the president painted as the in dangerous and threatening to the country and that was a way of stoking fear and anxiety and uncertainty and thats essentially whats happening here in a very different way and with a different message but the general idea is to sow discord and a sense of uncertainty about a National Election. But and then also we were just that tweet from back a bomber is interesting because of course the former president has really avoided criticizing condemning President Trump but here you have a former president and other democratic lawmakers accusing the president of the United States of Voter Suppression and sabotage what is the what is the significance of that. I mean it is significant its i mean were not just talking about mail service that were talking about. The the National Election which is the most fundamental feature of any democracy its literally what defines democracy if you have new elections its not a democracy and so making sure that there are free and Fair Elections is one of the things that the United States has a stance of league on around the world to promote but now it looks like this year the United States needs a support and it ensuring that that is in fact the case here its its unsettling sign to get this type of messaging from the president who appears to be doing it in a way that he believes would be advantageous to him its unclear whether or not it will be whether or not the message of uncertainty will resonate in the same way that hes tried to do in the past and and whether or not this kneecapping of the former president s words will in fact the effective one i guess i mean i guess there is the uncertainty for voters but then also its about the impact it could have on key swing states places like pennsylvania for example i mean i think trump won that in 2016 by less than than one percent of the vote i mean that could have i mean if if thats going to be pivotal for this air isnt it and if those ballots are returned after election day thats it i mean they dont get counted. I mean in reality the 2016 election was won on an incredibly narrow margin and it was pennsylvania michigan and wisconsin that ship the Electoral College for trump and in each of those 3 states the margin of victory was really a few 1000 in the 10s of thousands of votes less than one percent and so if the 2020 alexion were as close as that election then absolutely an issue like the mailing of ballots could be the thing that turns the election its not clear that the 2020 and election will be quite as close as the 26000 election and the other thing i would say mike just to disagree a little bit with the intro that your reporter provided the evidence that ive read the research that ive read doesnt suggest historically that there is a partisan advantage in the island balloting republicans and democrats have both relied on it in the past so there is still the possibility that the president s message could back but backfire on his own party all right well thank you very much appreciate it Jennifer Victor pressor of Political Science at George Mason University joining us from washington the. U. S. Secretary of state has finalized a deal with the polish defense minister to redeploy troops from germany to poland might sign the agreement in warsaw a 1000 more u. S. Troops will be added to the 4 and a half 1000 current base in poland and to get announced last month that 12000. 00 soldiers are being withdrawn from germany and a half of those is set to be moved to other countries in europe a u. S. Government watchdog is saying the appointments of 2 top Homeland Security officials by the tribal ministration were improper report by the Accountability Office says that the acting secretary chad wolf and his deputy were appointed in violation of federal law since they didnt face confirmation hearings findings could prompt legal challenges to recent changes in u. S. Immigration policies a crackdown on immigration has been central to President Trumps time in office. Youre watching the news hour life from london more still ahead small scale coronavirus outbreak among children becomes a big concern for doctors in peru. No longer made in hong kong now increasing tensions between the u. S. And china are directly affecting the city Small Business owners. And a horrifying fall for the race favorites in the jiro along bardia peter will have those details a transport. Pastors have gathered in west jerusalem near the official residence of the israeli Prime Minister to call on him to resign demonstrations against Benjamin Netanyahu have been held on saturday evenings for several weeks now testers are angry at the governments handling of the coronavirus pandemic and also massing on his ongoing trial for corruption hari force it brings us the latest now from west jerusalem. Once again this is another major protest not far from his residence at a square in west jerusalem thousands of gathered again the local reports suggest its a little bit small the last 2 weekends when the numbers were excess of 10000. 00 and the majority of those there are concerned with the coronavirus Pandemic Response and that and you know whos a corruption trial which is due to start in earnest the evidentiary phase in january but there are others as well those not just from from the through going to zation is theres a group of doctors there there are groups representing self employed people whove been hit very hard by the economic fallout of the pandemic and for all of the of the diplomatic coup that has been trying to push this week in terms of the deal signed with the u. A. E. There are people here saying that that doesnt matter for those whove been hit so hard by whats happened during the pandemic. U. S. Secretary of state might pompei i was lashed out at members of the Un Security Council over a vote to extend an arms embargo on iran now the u. S. And rosa was widely expected to be defeated despite u. S. Pressure to win support but in the end only one country the Dominican Republic voted in favor of the resolution u. K. France germany and 8 other members abstained the trouble ministration has been threatening to use a provision in the 2015 Iran Nuclear Deal to trigger un sanctions iran says the us has never been so isolated a president has an rouhani describing the vote as a humiliating defeat better yet. The u. S. Has worked for months to prepare a resolution to his iran and it could only get one vote supporting it from a small country the Dominican Republic you see how theyve been humiliated the recent 11 countries abstained in 2 voted against it was because they believe the prison version of the j. C. Is essential for the interests of the region and the world yesterday was a political achievement through iran and a political failure for the us. All speaking in poland the us secretary of state might said that his government would not give up. This was a serious mistake we regret that United States simply want to extend the set of rules that been in place since 2007 and as we have said before the United States is determined to make sure that the iranians and this regime this theocratic regime doesnt have the capacity to inflict even more harm on the world and so well continue to work on that i think there are a lot of people on that heard it privately on this trip that understand that it is not in the worlds best interest to allow this arms above or to expire i hope they will find the courage to say so publicly and assist us in the ensuring this is arms embargo is extended. In all the developments the u. S. Is calling for a thorough transparent and credible investigation into the ports explosion and lebanons capital during a visit to beiruts destroyed port senior u. S. Official david hale said f. B. I. Agents would be arriving in the city shortly to help with the investigation more than 200 people were killed and thousands more injured when the 2 and a half 1000 tons of Ammonium Nitrate stored in a warehouse exploded we can never go back to an era in which anything goes out of court or the borders of lebanon. Had to contribute to the situation and i think its very important a lot of these are people who herman how best to do that but every state every sovereign state controllers its its ports and its borders thoroughly i magine that all of the news would like to return to that their home and not have the not anything goes atmosphere that weve seen in recent years. Well much of the focus in the oven is on rebuilding both a damaged city and a decimated economy the u. N. And aid organizations have Just Launched a 565000000. 00 appeal for help estimated costs of recovery though in beirut could be as high as 15000000000. 00 in ita nation says 6 hospitals 20 Health Clinics and 120. 00 schools were damaged lebanon was already under serious economic strain before the blast inflation was soaring and the cost of basic goods was also rising now its Health System is facing added pressure at a time of a Global Pandemic the u. N. Says half of the coven 1000. 00 infections that would diagnosed in the past 2 weeks. Into phase one we have to say to component there is there there in my save me the military leap and thats what i was last week and we started this week really putting together or what is needed for the early recovery for the reconstruction this is this is there are number of structure are 2 issues that we need to address which im not only related to lead to the impact of the blast but also some gaps in terms of infrastructure in terms of social services you address of course the government is a huge is related to corruption i dont saw a number of 3 problems related to a fine and a system they resist or an ongoing need that much Needs Assessment and we should be able to have a clear idea of the needs by the 20th of august based on that they will be parties ation of the different of the different repulsed trucks and restore ration there will be air and mix between because fraction and we still ration but we are not talking only about the reconstruction the physical reconstruction of the infrastructure its also related its a source of protection and social safety nets to access to electricity its access to water its access to have so the result a lot of that needs to be addressed and obviously are why at the working level who are also working with some of the ministries at these those who are involved it is very much an independent assessment that is going on well Health Officials in peru is saying the Hospital System is on the verge of collapse as coronavirus coronavirus cases that continue to rise country as a hoffa 1000000 confirmed infections and more than 25000 people have died now doctors at a National Childrens hospital of raising the alarm over a new outbreak john home and how small. Some of the tiny. Group of the National Childrens hospital some board half. The countrys case in death rate among the highest in the world and while theyre still very few of the seriously who did this young the number did begin rising in july and thats why. We have seen a 2030 percent increase that number saw children hospitalized and ending. The Franklin Mint also blames it on one thing more than. Parents behavior leaving children to play together in part or receiving shopping malls or family this is thats whats leading the increase in children. Serious coby cases among children still very far from widespread most of those here already had other medical complications. As in other countries the virus is effect on children is different from the symptoms shown by older sufferers. Its not the same as the adult infection which causes lack of breath after about a month theyve been developing pediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome which affects several organs especially their hearts. The staff are doing their best to help in learning new techniques as they go its tough for them to. Its really painful having to submit a little one to beijing or a ventilator we know we have to do it because if not the patient could die. And scenes like this make it worth it. The team here are hoping that this sudden increase in cases doesnt go on and that there will be more patients heading now than in today unit john homan how does it. While still ahead. On the program. Japans and probably expresses deep remorse as the world marks 75 years since the end of world war 2. Thousands of british tourists scramble to get home as new government quarantine measures come into effect. And a familiar position Lewis Hamilton is on paul for me once banished on train but i mean just. Hello there plenty of warm sunshine across most southern areas of europe Central Regions are all the more unsettled plenty of cloud across the central and southern regions of the u. K. But to the north in the late just to clear sunny skies and still fail as well this highland cooling off in the water there i have had some thunderstorms up into scotland its left plenty of mud like this so this white lived in making the most of it to cool off and then of course shake off all of that very muddy water northern sections of germany its fine its dry and warm plenty of people out enjoying this particular beach lots of really good social distancing going on there plenty more sunshine as a go through sunday not so its across the west that rain really pushing in across france Northern Areas really across into the low countries and then through monday it extends really quite rapidly across much of the u. K. And that with line of rain as well at the same time pushing across into germany and trading down into Northern Areas of clay but for the next few days in berlin so much is coming down steadily but really not cheap out atoll still close to the average for this time of year rather more unsettled in london the temperatures though again not too bad about 23. 00 degrees that some heavy rain on monday tutting light of i choose day a cloudy day for the middle of the week and then in paris we have the threat of scottish for the next couple of days wednesday should be dry but a fairly cloudy day nonetheless. For. A Global Pandemic mass protests demanding change economic recession and geopolitical 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. The slums of mina home to an Extraordinary Community on the frontline remy a self taught me to life. Delivering new life into some of the toughest Living Conditions in the world. In a unique 6 part series aljazeera follows the lives of the remarkable people who work. And cry in the slot on aljazeera. A lot of the plan for months now is on world loving god we are the wild grappling the extra mile where are the media dont go we go there and we give them a chance to tell their story. Welcome back to headlines now demonstrators have gathered for a 7th day in belarus calling for longtime leader Alexander Lukashenko to step down people have also been laying flowers at a makeshift memorial where one man died this week in clashes with police. Former u. S. President Barack Obama Says hes worried about the trump of ministration trying to kneecap the Postal Service after it warned millions of mail in vote not to run even time to be counted on election day the head of the Postal Service has been accused of intentionally slowing down deliveries. And protesters have gathered in west jerusalem near the official residence of israels Prime Minister calling on him to resign demonstrations against Benjamin Netanyahu have been held on saturday evening for several weeks now. Or have been protests taking place in thailand and actually theyre planning another large rally for sunday as people continue with their push to remove the government and reform the monarchy one of the main student leaders organizing the rally has recently been released on bail. Supporters welcome to part it also known as penguin as he walked out of the Police Station he was arrested on friday taking part in an antigovernment rally last month and face the sedition charges the 22 year old activist vows to continue calling for political reform. I dont regret being arrested because since i joined the movement i knew this might happen but it wont be in vain everyone should have the courage to talk about the monarchy there is a police unit trailing me so im not sure about my safety but tomorrow there is a big rally so i needed to get bailed to get out and to lead the protests of the protests have been calling for significant changes to the royal familys role in their society which is considered a taboo subject in thailand when hey reports. Theres a new generation of protesters in thailand and theyre daring to go where few others have at times theyve been gathering in their thousands and speaking about an issue that supposed to be off limits i mean i just want to say that to speak out about the marquis something that we can do the royal family is protected by laws designed to prevent criticism but these protesters who are mainly students say they wont stay silent any more along with calling for elections and a new constitution have announced a set of demands to reform the monarchy and reduce its political power the student to announce the demands on stage is wanted by police but if it had all that i have mixed feelings im glad that ive started a conversation i think that im playing a crucial role in this movement but at the same time i feel bad because weve been suppressed for far too long and many people have been too afraid to speak up so far protests by royalist groups have been small but given the Strong Language from the students they could grow in the meantime theyre choosing to lay complaints with police but people have the right to protest but you have to do it correctly you have to follow the rules and the laws are not criticized the monarchy that criticism and questioning the role of the royal family has increased since the death in 2016 of king a do new day who reigned for 70 years his son king mother what you are long gone spends most of his time in europe but has strengthened his position amending the constitution and taking full control of palace assets since 932 thailand has been a Constitutional Monarchy and the king as head of state is supposed to have limited power but in reality he is the ultimate political power and thats what the protesters say they want to change theyre not looking for an overthrow of the monarchy but an overhaul of the system for gathering peacefully and calling for that the protesters are risking their freedom for the whole of the map but im bored. If im arrested i will ask for bail because that would prevent me from talking about politics id rather spend a few years in prison and come out swinging in thailand has a history of political upheaval and violence and given the unprecedented nature of these protests more could be on the way when hey al jazeera bangkok long awaited talks between afghanistans government and the taliban to just start on sunday have been delayed government officials have confirmed its because a 1000 taliban prisoners have not been released last week president bush afghani agreed to free 400 socalled hardcore prisoners and what was seen as a final hurdle to launching talks but only 80 of them have been released so far and the Afghan Government says a member of its Peace Negotiating Team has survived an attempt on her life koofi was attacked on friday afternoon in kabul shes part of a Group Representing afghanistan in upcoming peace talks with the taliban the armed group has denied any involvement in the attack turkeys president of type one says his country wont back down in its standoff with greece over Energy Exploration in the Eastern Mediterranean are due on dismissed threats of sanctions on saturday saying a Turkish Research vessel will continue its operations for another week to greece are at odds over claims to Energy Resources in that disputed area between the island of crete and Cyprus Police in chile have used water cannon against protesters demonstrating in santiago several people demanding rights for the Indigenous People were arrested sorry it has more. Oh this small group of activists are protesting the detention of 27. 00 indigenous map each a people including their leaders philistine occurred over whos accused of murder. But police in the chilean capital san diego responded with this president Sebastian Pinera has promised to crack down on violent indigenous protests. And i hope were here to support them up which a Political Prisoners who are on Hunger Strike were supporting solace tino and. On the Sea International is calling on the chilean government to establish dialogue with the prisoners. In this public letter it says its extremely concerned with the conditions theyre being held in 19 of the detainees on Hunger Strike are still awaiting trial the government accuses them of terrorism. Theres been a rise in violent protests in the last 3 months beyond which an outcome a poor rebel group set a factory in dozens of trucks on fire just over a week ago in the southern are oconner region where 1700000 people live. On friday president pinera met angry Truck Drivers who are threatening to go on strike because of the arson attacks at least 50 people have been arrested recently. The violence has included destruction to a couple of municipality buildings and a radar its Regional Airport as well as a train derailment. Was. The majority of the Indigenous People in chile live in poverty most of their land has been sold off and the forested over the years there is no could. Be a long standing debate about me or the both. Reckon within the boundaries of the territories nothing like i have been in a long time so there are all these struggles that are also related with the existence of. Terror acts and violence you know from the state so we took a lot about about groups of people of the mysteries but also you have to remember that only if you can state and murder several members of the indigenous the screws. Put chere activists accuse the government of failing to uphold their historical land right. But the government insists it is open to dialogue without divine. Aljazeera. And egypt and sudan are calling for negotiations with ethiopia over the granary nascent stam after they were suspended last week sudans Prime Minister abdullah one doc is currently hosting is egyptian counterpart and hard to say the African Union mediation should continue until a deal is reached egypt and sudan fear ethiopias hydroelectric dam will threaten their water supply but ethiopia says the project will strengthen its economy. Russia says it started manufacturing its new Coronavirus Vaccine and initial batches will be rolled out within 2 weeks doctors will be the 1st to be immunized before the general public the institute which has developed the drugs says it will produce 5000000. 00 doses by december the vaccine is dubbed sputnik and is said to be the 1st approved in the world but that approval comes from russian regulators often limited testing on humans and human trials that last in just 2 months. With any pandemic its a Global Pandemic its impacting global its not impacting a single nation and so in addition to just the the spread of infection itself you also need to trade with these countries that would still be battling the pandemic and and the Global Economy would still be suffering even if there are brighter spots with less infection in nations but its also important to note that these vaccines these 1st batches of vaccines may also not be at the high levels of africas see that were used to seeing in vaccines in the u. S. The f. D. A. The Drug Administration is willing to approve axioms as low as 50 percent effectiveness now thatll give us leaps and bounds in terms of extending the impact of our social distancing policies masks things like that it will be a big help but it wont in another itself be a solution or an exit strategy to this pandemic so we do need to continue to think of this holistically even when a vaccine does come on the horizon that is available this is why the sort of announcement of axioms before there through their safety trials and efficiency trials are so incredibly dangerous because it feeds that cynicism and it feeds that suspicion and rolling out a vaccine that that doesnt work that has to work or rolling out a vaccine that is dangerous it could severely undermine your ability to have any widespread vaccination policies in the future. South korea has tightened coronavirus measures following the highest number of new daily infections in 5 months restrictions on gatherings and other activities have been rolled out in the capital seoul and in surrounding areas but that didnt stop a large demonstration against president lungi in government over new real estate policies and a series of sex scandals involving members of his administration. Now france has recorded more than 3300 cases of the crime of virus in the past 24 hours setting a new post lockdown high for a 4th day in a row Health Ministries announcement comes just after british holiday makers made a last minute dash home to avoid a 14 day quarantine requirement or a challenge has more from london. List scramble the British Press has called it a dash a Messy Mission but questionable french and bad puns aside this is be no joke for thousands of british and french nationals on thursday evening the u. K. Government gave them just 30 hours to make it back or face quarantine on a rival that just seems completely disorganized it just seems awfully ridiculous but. Hey. You know i have driven for 11 hours with breaks so you know getting back to make sure that i dont have to stop us like does it really hurt ferry ports airports and railway stations people struggled to make last minute changes to their travel arrangements i panicked bought a ticket spent 200 pounds on that she got up a 4 oclock in the morning went down to nor and. Basically keith bought it to get in exchange for those who missed the only 3 g. M. T. Saturday morning deadline its 2 weeks of staying indoors and minimal social contact to say that this is even hopelessness level i have my own business clients that weve built up the next 2 weeks as ive had to push them back unfortunately so its affecting my business im selfemployed so its not easy thats the way it is the president able other complications for those facing quarantine when they return a boss is saying they should take this as unpaid leave and self isolating children missing the 1st few days of the new school year another chapter in peru. A seemingly endless saga of covert 19 chaos for italians aljazeera london. Deepening hostility between china and the United States is hosting hong kong on several fronts many in the city of worried about beijings new security at all as well as the economic retaliate in from washington adrian brown explains. Jury in the past few weeks so much has happened so quickly in hong kong none of it good according to more and more foreign leaders who worry about the citys future as a business hub caught in the middle of the dispute between Mainland China and the United States a small exporters like this watch manufacturer from the end of next month hong kong exports destined for the United States would have to show they were instead made in china a largely symbolic move but critics say still a setback for hong kongs identity oh its pretty end of the so i mean its all very disappointing because. I spend my last 4 to 6 years trying to create a brand of. Bring to the world what i believe is the quality side of it in hong kong President Donald Trump says hes ending his countrys special trading relationship with hong kong retaliate for a sweeping National Security law that chinas government imposed on the city more than 6 weeks ago on thursday trump warned that hong kongs days as a Global Financial center were finished because of china well this is a snapshot of an economy that was already in trouble before covert 19 or worsening sino u. S. Relations and what worries people here is that the u. S. Strategy seems to be that to hurt china you have to hurt hong kong and thats not acceptable says the citys commerce secretary as a deliberate tend to sort of undermine hong kong separate custom territory which is a very important to this. Whole cause the International Trading center yet some people here say the u. S. Action is justified because few other countries are prepared to stand up to chinas Ruling Communist Party the same way we wish that the world will know all on c. C. P. Is an evil party and we also want them to hear on monday both boys. Died. The reason for us sanctioning hong kong is because china has a problem they are intervening in hong kongs internal affairs if u. S. Is not sanctioning china who else is going to do so chinas leaders are accused of putting hong kongs freedoms in jeopardy and the trumpet ministration of doing the same to this citys economy adrian brown Al Jazeera Hong Kong its 75 years since Imperial Japan surrendered in world war 2 in effect bringing the conflict to an end a day has been marked with commemorations in several countries and the promise of a commitment to peace from japans leaders warning the baucus report contains flash photography in the japanese capital tokyo Prime Minister shinzo an emperor nor hito led commemorations expressing deep remorse over japans wartime past. But its been 75 years since the end of the war our country has consistently valued peace and moved forward we have made the most effort to make the world a better place never to repeat the tragedy of war we will continue to remain committed to this resolute pledge by 75 years ago countries echoed with the sound of heavy weaponry. The war in europe had ended several months earlier hitler was dead the nazi war machine destroyed. The conflict in the pacific against Imperial Japan continued on the island of it were jima u. S. Marines and Japanese Forces were locked in battle the us emerged victorious japan responded with intense resistance suicide pilots the kamikaze sped their planes into targets in the closing days of the war america unleashed on power destruction on japan 1st on the city of hiroshima 3 days later on august sucking. The Nuclear Attacks killed more than 200000 people and forced japan to surrender it was peace at a colossal price. Japans defeat also meant an end to its colonial rule in other parts of east asia in korea north and south this is liberation day with tributes before statues of past leaders and in the chinese city of nanjing the site of the massacre of 300000 civilians by japanese troops people gathered in solemn silence. In the u. K. Victory over japan day began with the sound of a lone piper. Parades who scaled back because of coronavirus but in the skies above british cities the war of iraq one of those he said. Today we remember and give thanks for the extraordinary bravery resourcefulness and tenacity demonstrated by those who fought in the asia Pacific Theater of the 2nd world war theres an evident when dealing dumba who remember the world of war firsthand for them the trauma still echoes down the generations the courage and sacrifice still cmon perspective. Aljazeera. Coming out. And right now its clear its all. Progress. Or a serious mistake. Intelligence is slowly invading every aspect of our lives. But very few of us really understand its capabilities for better or worse. In a new documentary aljazeera explores the impact of they are accessing vast amounts of our personal data for data on aljazeera the latest news as it breaks there is increasing pressure but none tend to turn its back on the asia and the u. K. Its finding itself caught between the palace with details coverage israels missed opportunities on testing and tracing is now being seen as part of a wider political failure to tackle the panda from around the world human Rights Groups say that at least 12 people have been either killed or disappeared by argentinas Security Forces. Pieces and now its for. Marian thank you rate as a small season for english football powerhouses Manchester City have been dumped out of the european Champions League beaten 31 by leon who make the same a final for just the 2nd time in the history maxwell corner a opened the scoring for the french club in the 1st off with 21 minutes left kevin the brain and equalized but any hopes of a comeback win would soon dashed. Struck twice in the last 11 minutes to send leon through to a final 4 clash against by munich the other semi is also france versus germany percentage of men taking on or be like sick. Indias most successful cricket captain a minister only has retired after a 16 year career the 39 year old lifted all 3 International Trophies for his country the world cup the t 20 title and the champions trophy he also laid india to the top of the test rankings for a time and means the final act at International Level was his 350th wonder it in 50 in last years world cup semifinal loss to new zealand its expected he will still play in the upcoming Indian Premier League dhoni made his debut for india in a test match against sri lanka in 2004 and went on to play more than 500. 00 matches for his country is called more than 15000 runs across crickets 3 formats and india averaging 50 in one day internationals only also effected more than 800 dismissals as a wicket keeper. Earlier i spoke to former hampshire and in the navy captain winning writer presenter and commentator Mark Nicholas he says journeys prowess as a player and ability to inspire his teammates are what made him special. The ability to believe things possible no go was at a loss you have to apply as much pressure on the. Applying on you and if you did that he did it a very silent way most calculating sas in a sing kind of way. I think that hes bred the belief that you should do it your own way because he played cricket hes old ways so obvious so much a great mixture initially of flair and then of calculating see. Extraordinary which are actually over korea and i think he spread out through his team that ability to be yourself under pressure and the billeted to believe in yourself under pressure and so there was a great discipline developed from that. That perhaps hadnt been there before but i think its a car i think that over excite over a lot of situations driven perhaps by crowd but also by players under pressure he was able to settle down and and get his players took play themselves out of the situation rather overreact formula one World Champion Lewis Hamilton has now been teammate to take pole position for sunday spanish grand prix the williams driver will be 1st on the road for a record extending 92nd time in his career the 30 baht s. Joining him on the front row despite a shaky return after missing 2 races with coronavirus placing points so joe pitts can find 4th. And in another close call yamahas maverick vignette less has aged out pretty much to a car teaser jacmel a full proposition in moto g. P. Austrian grand prix its the spaniards 1st pole since last years australian g. P. The 2nd in the standings after 3 races. A brutal day on the bike for some of the worlds top cyclists just 2 weeks out from the start of the Tour De France race favorite remco if in a pool crashed out of the tour of lombardy in italy somersaulting over a bridge into a ravine a 20 year old belgians team says hell be sidelined for some time with a fractured pelvis and lung damage denmarks jacobo full song put in a surge to victory ahead of new Zealand George bennett. A painful time in the same race for Germanys National champion maximillian shukman a car driven by a member of the public getting in his way should still managing to finish 7th he seemed says he has a fractured collarbone. And the criterium to do from a leader was left with a road rash and the shredded jersey of the crashing midway into the 4th stage but each recovered it to retain his Yellow Jersey by 14 seconds 3 of the top 4 finishers in last years Tour De France have already quit the race. Another Major League Baseball game has been postponed because of a positive coronavirus case saturdays game between the Cincinnati Reds and Pittsburgh Pirates is all for after a raid player tested positive the 2 sides played on friday and cincinnati one usually 81. 00. The n. B. A. Regular season is drawing to a close in the disney bubble in florida the l. A. Clippers rested big names like oh i learned in the last game to keep them fresh for the playoffs but they still had enough talent to beat the Oklahoma City thunder including rookie Terrence Manning set a coffee for this. And also got 25. 00 points itself the clippers play the Dallas Mavericks in the playoffs while the fund faced the houston rockets. And defending champions the Toronto Raptors finished their regular season with the winner of the Denver Nuggets Stanley Johnson the standout with 23. 00 points and 6 assists in the playoffs the raptors play the Brooklyn Nets and the nuggets will face the utah. Jeds. 3 of last years u. S. Open semifinalists will not be playing at this years event thats after will number 8 but in the bin church announced on saturday she has withdrawn over coronavirus concerns meanwhile the woman who knocked 3 williams out of the lexington open in kentucky is now being eliminated and the self shall be rajas fully into jewel time insensitive a semifinal 6362 the School Transfer will play Jennifer Brady for the title on sunday thats all the sport back to you mary im all right thanks very much peter that wraps up the news hour but i will be back with all the days top stories are full but i said coming up in just a couple of minutes i will see them. History has called it the great war in the 2nd episode the declining autumn an empire forges its alliance with germany and the central powers as the war gives birth to 3 nationalist movements the will determine the future world war one through our of the eyes all knowledge is iraq. Another Early Morning another ceremony to bed Health Workers by well. 29000 cuban doctors and nurses are working in 59 countries around the world has confirmed cases of coronavirus increase such as demand for cuban medics medical services at the islands main export while western commentators assume cuba sends doctors mainly to expand influence experts on the others Health System draw a different conclusion youre making a big sacrifice why are you willing to go. Because there are other people that need many people that is sick and dying and not isnt right people shouldnt be dying when there are people who can help them. It starts in core Rural Communities with the promise of a prosperous marriage. But countless young indian women find themselves gee commodifying saul and sold again. To toil by day. Only to be violated by night. Slavery a 21st century evil continues with bridal slaves on aljazeera. Holding the powerful to account as we examine the us his role in the world on aljazeera. The. Tens of thousands take to the streets of baton rouge calling for the president to stand down and to pay tribute to a protester who was killed in clashes with police. Low i Maryam Namazie a watching aljazeera live from london also coming up on the program protests outside the home of the u. S. Postmaster general after a warning that millions of mail in vote might not be counted in time for the election