Again im the star and this is aljazeera live from doha also coming up a call for change too and thailand demonstrators led by students want the government out and a new constitution. A ship that leaking oil off the coast of marriage just breaks apart raising fears of an ecological disaster. Well its become a battle for the future of that a race a week after the disputed president ial vote there rival rallies have been taking place in the capital president Alexander Lukashenko told his supporters he will not give up the country nor call a new election he spoke at a progovernment rally after a 2nd quarter with russian leader Vladimir Putin and you also accuse nato of gathering at the border while in another part of minsk the red and white flag of the opposition with flying high thousands have gathered for what theyre calling a day of for. Im. The growing pressure on the president is now also coming from within his own government his ambassador to slovakia has become the 1st high level official to publicly back the opposition protests but our correspondents have asked and joins us now live from minsk step i can see the crowds behind you slowly dispersing and you said earlier it was very festive can you give us a sense of the size of those crowds. Euphoric mood here and unprecedented scenes tens of thousands of people are gathering here some even estimate up to 100000. 00 that supposed to be the largest rally for Freedom People here are coming up to us saying we are changing the country you are witnessing history they really feel that they are winning the battle for the future of ballerinas here despite the fact that the president look at shanker has again said that hes not stepping down and he also said that the country will go down very badly if he is not the president and the longer these are holo words now to all these people here i cant of course of the show you how large these crowds are because theres no communication no connections over there but there are lots of people here and theyre all over this whole area and also planning to go to the Independence Square later on and this is the same place where a few 1000 people earlier today showed up to support look at shanghai but these people were brought in with the buses and trains and were not as euphoric as the people are here right now you were at that square earlier that progovernment protest which is nearby can you give us a sense of the size of the crowds there you said they were bussed in who was bust him. Yeah these are factory workers people from all kinds of States Companies who also as we heard were threatened that they would lose their jobs if they wouldnt come to maine some traveled even for 3 to 5 hours special trains war were also. Put in to bring these people to minsk also tens of buses we saw take it all came went out of the bus went to the square some were very much supportive of look at shanghai they were actually very much clapping and cheering but many others were just standing there slightly confused so this was definitely quite a desperate effort by the president to show to the world or to the people here in belarus that he still has support but that rally is completely divorced by the size of the crowds that were seeing here right now and well continue watching that very closely for you here on out is there a step that live from minsk with all the latest thank you step well ali i spoke to find out via troika hes a nonresident fellow at the Atlantic Council and also a political commentator on batteries he says the president now finds himself in an extremely difficult position. Who question trees like curry like carette in the car and there you know he he all the old possible solutions are back to him well 120 begin they go she ations with this new group formed by the most care about our condition but them to lose control over the situation and he will lose even his own supporters even control over his own them if he continues to violence hes losing even more legitimacy and more likely someone from the military from the army will decide to take over so now everything and everything can happen nobody knows what will follow it can be the popular revolution which will capture the government building some location called their arrested or it can be their their their takeover by his old people who will take control over the power and will pass this power to the new elected president we dont know nobody knows because the witness changes so quickly basically every 5 minutes and im excited to see what will happen tomorrow and but im pretty sure that the question will not stay in power for more than a few months or thousands of people have also joined student led rallies and thailands capital calling for political reform there theyre demanding a new election and an amended constitution and as wayne hale reports from bangkok sometimes a touching a sensitive subject which calls for reform of the monarchy. In big numbers they came to the center of bangkok to escalate their call for change protesters gathered around democracy monument a symbol of what they say thailand doesnt have. I can pick the fact that the government is so corrupt its been in power for far too long and things arent getting any better. After weeks of peaceful protests led mainly by students this was by far the largest and most diverse attracting thais from different sectors of society including other groups who staged mass rallies in the past. That well im glad more people have come out today the pair of young people and students alone cant force change we need everyone to work together. The protesters say thailands entire political system needs to change including the monarchy its a dangerous and sensitive issue to take on because the royal family is protected by strict laws designed to prevent criticism. Demonstrators also want the government gone and on thursday thailands Prime Minister the army general who led the military coup in 2014 addressed the nation he urged unity at a time when the economy is being hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic only. Right now we must focus on the economic survival of the 10s of millions of people here lets get the economy going 1st get that done by working together then we can look at fixing the other issues collaboratively later but the protesters say the pen demick is proving and highlighting one of their points that thailand is an economically Unequal Society and must change times are well accustomed to political protests but there is a sense this is Something Different a movement centered around a new generation theyre making unprecedented demands and wanting something profoundly different for thailand. In recent weeks the government has warned the protesters to be careful what they say and arrested 3 protest leaders but if that was a tactic to try to scare them and bring an end to the movement it hasnt worked and judging by the size of this crowd it may be having the opposite effect when hey aljazeera bangkok. Earlier i spoke to pavin touch on punk than he is an associate professor of thai politics the curator university he says the coals for the monarchy his reform have never been so strong. Since the official coronation we have seen the expansion of political power of the current king king was gone this also coincided with the Current Situation i think the students most of them felt that they have been let down by them or not you know in term of paying attention to the Economic Hardship of the people and at the same time he also seemed like he and you know who have now living long term in germany enjoying his life without you know once again caring for his people so i think beast frustrations thought of art at this point in time thats why we have seen them you know proposing a reform for them or not even its not the 1st time but i must say this time is very serious the emerge i mean something emerging out of the context we have seen today lead young activists most of them basically 1st d as well saw week with the clearly the disconnect disconnection between Cricket Party and student just while we could say that they are basically genuinely in support of democracy without any Political Party backing them up they have a lot of strategies they use the you know the social media in terms of promoting their campaign and they come up with you know artworks new way of protest they are so daring you know making banned nurse wish you know compare the new language if you would say well and to criticize him to want to know whats in the like that before. Now a new iranian Supermarket Chain has opened in venezuelas capital and the latest symbol of the growing political an Economic Alliance between tehran and caracas as well as a sign of defiance against us thanks to both of them reports. In the rain in tractor enhances the entrance of magasin as this spanking new mega supermarket in caracas is certainly an eye opener. No pated on the edge of caracas is largest the countrys 1st ever iranian supermarket offers products such as garlic shampoo and sweets flavored with date syrup all exotic items have been israel in Silicon Valley given chill and his wife the american in a little bit more but its the 1st time ive come its spacious and has a wide variety of products its a bit more expensive but i guess its because almost everything is imported. To make guys the Supermarket Chain says its a private company in that israel had to do business but the only person authorized to speak to us on its behalf was the 1st secretary of the remain an embassy who seems well versed on the subject their mother. Was one of the best sellers right now because of the pandemic is a vegetable based anti septic hand made from sweet beetroot also toilet paper napkins detergents and liquid soap also the typical things like past and reiss. Venezuelas close ties with iran date back to former president although chavis but under current president nicholas my little the 2 opec members have become even closer as both faced tough u. S. Economic and political sanctions in maine a fiver reining in gasoline tankers brought desperately needed fuel given israel and despite u. S. Threats to intervene. The u. S. State Department Says the iranian supermarket is the quote latest example of a growing alliance between 2 pariah states irans ambassador to the israel and tells aljazeera his country has every right to establish commercial ties with whom it pleases and both of them with a do so for the others not them of the american governments charges mean nothing to us theyre worried that were providing food and medicine to venezuela they want countries like iran from as well or in cuba to suffer from the sanctions all they want is that people to suffer until they are by washingtons orders. The ambassador denied us reports that the mccaskey Supermarket Chain is run by irans revolutionary guard iran is also providing Technical Support to venezuelas crippled oil industry its unclear what its getting in return except perhaps in israel and gold which is also subject to u. S. Sanctions but theres another explanation solidarity another way of demonstrating the ancient proverb that the enemy of my enemy is my friend you see in human aljazeera. After the head hair on aljazeera a shortage of funds well here how much more money that been needs to risk their bit torrent head explosion damage. And the 150. 00 days iraq down and counting on in times question of the fact of us as the infection rate backlog. How theres more rain to come for the Korean Peninsula but probably for north korea wrong than south korea which is enjoying at least in the south a bit of a warm and sunny still a moment in fact the rains more likely to be showing itself in beijing where you had to be brief bit of flash flooding not significant but its been around in the last day or so could see some more the heavy rains down in sichuan the headwaters the yangtze in beijing itself the forecast is the thunderstorms from monday into tuesday there across a time on wednesday not particularly humid but enough the thunderstorms in the picture generally tuesday if youre not in beijing in this general area is to be she made one with showers in hong kong but shanghai looks fine the Korean Peninsula looks fine war almost or japan much the same for the south an increase in the light into showers is occurring now on will do in the forecast in borneo and sumatra and maybe in java jakarta city getting close is a mass of showers of the philippines which is not a big surprise they should be but far fewer in sort of ways it was popular weve seen recently the picture in jakarta isnt entirely dry run by the time we get there wednesday showers return now it is officially still dry season but the rain is thinking about coming back. But. In 2008 aljazeera documented a groundbreaking skiing. Preparing some of indias poorest children for entry into its toughest universities. We return to see how the students and the scheme a helping change the face of india. Super 30 announces era. Lets remind you about top stories this hour the russian president Alexander Lukashenko has told his supporters he will not call a new election nor given his country hes spoken to russian president Vladimir Putin for a 2nd time now and also accuse nato of gathering at the border. While in another part of the capital the red and white flag of the opposition has been flying high tens of thousands of people have gathered for what theyre calling a day of freedom theyre appealing because for you to step down. And antigovernment protesters in thailand are rallying in the capital bangkok also calling for political change there theyre demanding an overhaul of the government and a rewrite of the constitution. Now u. S. President on the trunk is defending the man that he appointed as postmaster general despite accusations hes trying to sabotage the system ahead of novembers election the Postal Service has warned that millions of mail in vote may not arrive in time to be counted cannot reports. Protesters gathered outside the new postmaster general steve c. Home. To joy was a prominent republican fundraiser and those here in so steves effectively assisting President Trump in what amounts to Voter Suppression former president barack obama in revere public criticism accuse the president of and i quote me capping the Postal Service for political gain to joy over time fired or reassigned Key Management figures and ordered the decommissioning of 10 percent of mail sorting machines the departments Inspector General has confirmed to congress that an investigation into problems in the Postal Service is under way. But President Trump has only praise for his appointee making reference to his own Campaign Slogan hes a fantastic man he wants to he wants to make the post office great again you ever hear the expression he wants to make the post office great again. And the president repeated his absolute opposition to mail in focusing youre going to have. A catastrophic situation with universal mail and birds and on top of it the democrats arent willing to give the people the money and the post office the money the polls indicate that more democrats and republicans are likely to vote by mail though ironically President Trump himself will be casting an absentee vote in an upcoming primary in florida the difference between an absentee vote and a mail in ballot is largely procedural in the form of voters request permission to vote by mail but in the 2nd case voters need no approval and simply post in their vote in all cases the vote is mailed its difficult to see why the president sees one process as acceptable and the other as fraudulent. Concern about the impact of failures in the u. S. Postal service on the election is becoming an increasingly bipartisan issue 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 theres no doubt that the Postal Service has a long term financial challenge and those who need to be dealt with but now its not the time to be cutting back services sitting in congress is the Democratic Party Coronavirus Relief bill that includes a 25000000000. 00 injection into the Postal Service a bull where President Trump insists he will not accept in its current form mike hanna aljazeera washington now the japanese ship that ran onto a coral reef off the coast of russias last month has broken up the bulk areas leak fuel oil into a Marine Reserve as well as on to beaches popular with tourists there about many reports. Seawater flooding in oil out the japanese own vessel and the rock a share has split apart and the oil is there spreading along the pristine coastline of eastern russia. The ball carrier ran into a reef a point does need 3 weeks ago a 1000 tons of oil spilled into the ocean presenting a huge danger to Marine Wildlife some unique to the country. The area boasts colorful reefs mangrove forests protected wetlands and pristine beaches an environmental emergency was declared last week we are facing another threat of another 50 tons of fuel against being in the logo and in the long term were also looking at the in the longer term impacts of toxic elements containing the ship like the batteries toxic paints and other elements counting the ship which may seep into the sea and contaminate further. So the damage of the washer is not a short term damage its a very long term damage the japanese ship example he has issued an apology on its website saying its willing to pay compensation for damages japan and france responded to calls for assistance joining thousands of local volunteers who are bracing against the clock to protect the wildlife and some have got creative using booms made from human hair and husks from sugarcane to soak up as much of the oil and sludge as possible the island of 1300000 people relies heavily on tourism many are angry the government did not act quickly enough it blamed bad weather for the slow response and is investigating why the ship came so close to the shore it was supposed to stay at least 16 kilometers away many doubt fear the spill could impact the local economy for decades and do irreversible damage to the local wildlife. The of the sierra that aspect a happy camper laying is the Campaign Manager for climate and energy at greenpeace africa and he explained the risks to me after the cleanup isnt completed quickly the coral reefs that i run into the lagoon have been inundated with oil so meaning that there is and contamination of the coral reefs were also talking about a large extent to a large proportion of marine left that had that escaped the area or city. In this case because they can not agree with oil iraq but that also extends further and lends towards this shoreline as well as the mongrel contagions where you have an oil also going into the mainland and in some of the waterways where theres other areas of activity so essentially you cannot use the shore like you cannot access the lagoon in a sense and youre going to go fishing or spec to see the 1000000 lead because thats gone then the 2nd part is that if this if it is not removed as it has broken in half it might end up sinking. To such an extent obviously depending on where it is sitting in the cells of the time to see or sense of the undersea will to set as it could sink in certain areas and that it was it was still be afloat however we are also worried about the different contents with the ship also leaking further into the broader war 2 weeks. Israel has closed the fishing zone off the coast of gaza and i have a night as strikes were launched against hamas position from Southern Gaza the israelis say theyre responding to makeshift bombs attached to balloons being sent over the border from gaza palestinians and furious and by the day are signed by israel in the United Arab Emirates to normalize relations. Well the United Nations says it is 200000000. 00 short of donations to help lebanon repair catastrophic damage to the port of beirut the lebanese are counting on International Aid to rebuild many who were made homeless by the huge explosion are relying on volunteers charities and friends president michel aoun says all aid will go to people who need it but u. N. Workers in lebanon say theyre trying to ensure that their nations are distributed properly and immediate needs are really covering very specific sectors the 1st one is about education because we dont want to undermine the future of the children they really need to go back to school and to get. Food security and obviously we dont want to have any interruption in terms of food in terms of availability of the wheat or slower but also to make sure that we start to do that nationally grain supply well Al Stephanie Deca is at the port in beirut with all the latest on the investigation into the explosion. Well theres 2 parts to it lets say theres the forensic investigation weve been seeing going on behind us led by the lebanese we are also going to have the f. B. I. The americans the federal bureau of investigation joining them also the french but this is all under the lebanese investigation theyre here to help in that capacity so theyre going to try and figure out what exactly happened to cause the 2700 tons of Ammonium Nitrate to explode in such a catastrophic way then you have the other side of it which is you had arrest 25 arrests been made these are official Customs Security officials they are due to be questioned tomorrow we understand but many people here will tell you that its not the smaller people involved that have to be held to account its the Bigger Picture its the bigger elite its those that they are sure that you about this for years to have this amount of deadly highly. Explosive stored inside to have any populated capitol when people talk about the scale of this explosion they will say People Experts its downscaled or Nuclear Explosion it is that its one of the the worst most powerful nonNuclear Explosions in history and i can tell you weve been showing you this throughout the weeks even just looking behind every single building has been blown out apartments homes lost People Killed it is catastrophic and of course people one cers and theyre hoping that that investigation now with the help of the f. B. I. And the french will lead to some monsters now nigerias government is asking parliament to approve a 5300000000. 00 chinese learn the money is to be used to compute a railway line between don in the southwest and kano and roll the nigeria its in addition to almost 23000000000. 00 in loans approved back in june the International Monetary fund has previously warned nigeria about its debt to china now returning to the corona virus pandemic in the us food and Drug Administration has given emergency approval to a new saliva test for private 19 and follows a successful trial by the yale school of Public Health on pro basketball players in the n. B. A. Results as a found the socalled saliva direct test is nearly as accurate as a nose swab using saliva may also detect the illness alyea and other methods and is also significantly cheaper. Many arjan tyrants are questioning the effectiveness of the coronavirus lockdown there despite almost 5 months of restrictions argentina still has one of the worlds highest infection rates. Reports from the capital one is areas. It doesnt look much like a quarantine these residents of one osiris enjoying the glorious winter sunshine and escaping one of the worlds longest lock downs since march their movements of him restricted of the essential businesses have remained open and schools have been closed it seems to be working for theyre going to need an r. C. D. To avoid contagion when people cant sit on the grass of the benches they can enjoy the public spaces with a mask on and always respecting other peoples distance. Covered 19 infections are now surging more than 6000 new cases reported on friday alone in manhattan family the world is the truth is the only medicine we have is to limit as far as possible the circulation in the meeting of people. The president blames the setbacks on those who dont respect the rules he has extended the lockdown until the end of august. Because the number of infections is rising and the already struggling economy is feeling the strain signs are increasingly questioning the effectiveness of the restrictions on. The current teen was used as the only measure it was not accompanied as it could have been done by a strategy of Early Detection isolation and blocking of bricks that was a big mistake that were paying for today. Many are simply bored staying indoors for straighted that when they are allowed out theres nowhere to go yes i mean if you see that i thought as you know its very difficult since it affects every aspect of life the social the human the economic and some of the Health Measures are too much if you see that. There are many things we cant do a lot of customs but its what weve got to come to terms with and we have to let those who make the decisions get on with it. A Study Released this week by the university of one osiris also found that the consumption of alcohol and medication for stress during the pandemic has increased dramatically the author it is of found that for the lock down measures to work effectively they need the support of the majority of the population easier while the figures alone but more difficult to impose is the infection rates rise or more more people decide to leave their homes than before and there are 201 osiris also some better news an endangered sea turtles and tacky have been experiencing and nesting varian as beaches of the city of antalya usually full of tourists are left empty due to this pandemic and the lack of human activity has meant that nesting loggerhead turtles have been left so i understand that in some areas the number of nests has almost tripled. Well again this is out there and these are the headlines bellow russian president Alexander Lukashenko has told his supporters he will not call a new election nor give up his country hes spoken to russian president Vladimir Putin for a 2nd time and accuse nato of gathering at the border while in another part of the capital minsk the red and white flag of the opposition has been flying high tens of thousands of people have gathered for what theyre calling a day of freedom theyre repeating their calls for you to step down step basson is at that opposition protest in the capital euphoric mood here in minsk unprecedented scenes tens of thousands of people are gathering here so even estimate up to 100000 that supposed to be the largest rally for Freedom People here are coming up to us saying we are changing the country you are witnessing history they really feel that they are winning the battle for the future of valeries here despite the fact that the president look as she has again said that hes not stepping down well antigovernment protesters in thailand are rallying in the capital bangkok calling for political change then theyre demanding an overhaul of the government and a rewrite of the constitution. U. S. President on all trump is defending the man that he appointed as postmaster general despite accusations hes trying to sabotage the system ahead of novembers election the u. S. Postal service is warning millions of mail in votes may not arrive in time to be counted a japanese ship that ran aground on a coral reef and just last month has split apart spinning more oil into the sea the United Nations says it is 200000000. 00 short of donations to help lebanon repair catastrophic damage to beirut ports many made homeless by the huge explosion are relying on volunteers charities and friends. Nigerias government is asking parliament to approve a 5300000000. 00 chinese loan the money is to be used to complete a railway line between about don in the southwest and kano in Northern Nigeria and then addition to almost 23000000000. 00 in loans approved and during the i. M. F. Has previously warned nigeria about its debt to china well those are the headlines and next up that suit the 30. 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