A half meter section of the 20 centimeter think found wall of the last hotel was pushed back 60 centimeters by the explosion the mangled metal fragments found at the scene of the explosion and the presence of what is called quote rush out unquote on several of them further can firms that high explosives were use cheer in the attack this was an enormous explosion. The quantity of explosives use was between 2500 to 3000 kilograms of t. N. T. Quibble and the explosive use is r. D. X. Which is also available as 7 ticks some witnesses observe that it is so powerful that it is most suitable for military purposes it was ditto native approximately 50. 00 to 80. 00 centimeters above ground level and the explosive charge was rectangular in shape it created a crater that based on the conch a piece had the diameter of a round 11 to 4 meters with the dept of around 1. 9 meters within a margin of error of several percent the expert evidence was that an explosion in a narrow street with Tall Buildings with fewer openings will create higher peak pressure and peak impulse values because of reflections from nearby walls this is known as the canyon effect quote unquote the explosives were loaded on the cargo tray of the back of a white meat subi she cant or a common type of light truck covered in a tall pole in this vehicle stolen in japan was imported into lebanon from the United Arab Emirates in december of 2004 and then so ruled in tripoli and made in january 2005 to 21. 00 known men parts of the counter were recovered at the crime scene and in the waters of the nearby port the engine block identifies it as the japanese cant. Mr herreras convoy was equipped with jamming devices designed to prevent the remote determination of a bomb they were activated and work in on the fatal day the consensus of the various lebanese and International Investigation teams was that a suicide bomber triggered the explosion the Trial Chamber agrees each team eliminated the possible means of determination as inappropriate for the target in a move in convoy of vehicles this leaves only the possibility of a Remote Control device or a suicide bomber the Trial Chamber has found beyond a reasonable doubt that a suicide bomber triggered the attack. 23 people died in the explosion or in the aftermath of the blast included in the suicide bomber however. 20 watching are just there and we are listening to the reading out of the verdict and the special tribunal for lebanon on this is the case against 4 hezbollah members charged of the assassination of rafik hariri some 15 years ago they are being tried in absentia we have heard a lot so far the judgment is apparently 2600 pages long but weve heard judges gone go through events of that day talked a lot about the use of mobile phones the tracking of networks how the accused used phones near the convoy making final calls in the minutes before the attack and those those lines went silent immediately afterwards and were never used again more recently weve heard another judge talking about the chaotic approach to the crime scene. Describing the initial investigation as having gross deficiencies lets bring in our. Correspondent we have a correspondent standing by. But it has taken 15 years and now a u. N. Backed court is delivering a verdict relating to the assassination of former lebanese Prime Minister rafiq he and 21 others were blown up in a massive car bomb attack in 2005 the 4 defendants are being tried in absentia and members of the armed Group Hezbollah which has repeatedly denied involvement in the attack speaking a short time ago the Trial Chamber judge says the prosecutions case relies heavily on evidence from mobile phone networks the successful attack on mr hariri was carefully planned and implemented the 6 red Network Mobile users were responsible for mr hariri murder on the 14th of february 2005. The yellow blue and red mobile Network Mobile uses observed mr hariri and his convoy his movements in the weeks and months before the attack the attack was an act of terrorism that was designed to spread fear among lebanese population it was committed for political and not personal reasons were now lets go live to the anahata who is in beirut zaina what have we heard so far about the involvement by the Syrian Government or by senior hezbollah leaders always they have been big issues for people in lebanon. Well yes you heard the judge explain the circumstantial evidence but compelling evidence that they have been describing the prosecutors argument in this case those phone records showing a network where these suspects were directly in contact with each other found over those phones used in the same place where how d. D. Was in the months leading up to the assassination and they went dark just minutes before the blast theyre saying this is not. Because the defense is arguing that circumstantial evidence is just not enough but the prosecution says it is usually better than any other evidence and they are calling this a politically motivated crime theyre explaining the political atmosphere leading up to the assassination we have to remember it wasnt just a fickle howdy who was killed we saw explosions before that and this is a an assassination attempt against say an ally of his a former minister marwan mehdi and then we saw a series of. Assassinations after the how did the killing so theyre linking this a politically motivated because how did it was standing against the damascus government. And then you have him talk about the crime scene how the crime scene they really did not investigate the crime scene and who was in charge of the country at the time it was the allies of the Syrian Government in fact the syrians were forced to leave lebanon following mass demonstrations so the judge there are laying out the case what theyve really been talking about for years now say to do the people if they dont feel like justice will be done here like there will be accountability. But at the pens who you talk to this is the 1st time a crime a political leader motivated crime has been investigated by an International Lebanon has seen its share of assassinations and bombings and people have little faith in those who. Our people have been in power for decades they dont believe that any. Politicized so there will be no justice if this remains in the hands of the lebanese judiciary so there are those who believe that finally justice will be served but there are others supporters of hezbollah for example who believe what the secretary general has on the has repeatedly said trying to discredit this court saying that this is a tool being used by israel and the u. S. Against the group to weaken the group. That sent her there live for us in beirut. Where the Trial Centers around 4 hezbollah members prosecutors accuse 56 year old salim leading the 2005 attack. 3 of this was on sabra lane on ac and ta. Are all being tried in absentia and their whereabouts are unknown hezbollah is a prominent Lebanese Political Party with an armed wing it denies any involvement and leader Hassan Nasrallah accuses the tribunal of serving a political agenda trial at the un backed court began in 2014 near the hague heard from 297. 00 witnesses during 415. 00 days of hearings investigation and trial has cost about a 1000000000. 00 lebanons paid almost half of that lets bring in bring in International Human rights lawyer toby cadman he joins us now by skype from thank you for your time what do you make of the evidence that weve heard so far is there anything that we didnt already know. No i dont i dont think it is anything that we havent heard already i think whats important to stress is the significance of this trial in that it is the 1st trial of its kind for many Different Reasons but looking at the evidence is the 1st of its kind to rely almost entirely on on evidence of this kind which is a cell site analysis i mean weve seen this kind of evidence used before notably in the can you not the case it into actual criminal court but we havent seen the case that rwanda is im so heavily on this type of evidence so starting it is significant for that reason. But what we all weve also seen is the rescue mission relying on circumstantial evidence and the defense saying that you cannot convict on that load i think it does calls the court some challenges and weve already heard that the court saying that theres no direct link to to the Syrian Government and theres no direct link to the head of hezbollah so i think that the strength of the evidence obviously was problematic ok those on trial in absentia as weve mentioned all operatives of hezbollah described as low level operatives of hezbollah why did no one go off to the deeper question of who ordered the attack. Well its interesting and i think if you if you go back to the very beginning of the trial youll see that in the opening speech of the prosecutor there is certainly reference to to the syrian regime. And there was very clear evidence of meetings with harriet and assad before and so you said oh that was an attempt to implicate the assad regime and to go off to the leadership unfortunately whether that is lack of independent evidence to to to produce such a link is anyones guess but they have gone against the these 4 q. s the 5th one dropped out there having died through through their being involved in the syrian conflict and i think from from the outside perspective i think there would have been more succession of close to a 1000000000. 00 has been spent that it would have gone off to those who actually ordered rather than the effect to be those that were on the low to mid level thank you for that International Human rights lawyer that had been thank you. Its more head on the news all including as the u. K. Tries to stop migratory rivals across the bush channel we ask residents on the coast if they think the situation is under control. Im waiting on the try. Its peace talks resume between the myanmar government and rebel armies well tell you why theres little hope of any significant progress. And well have an update on whether this world cup Winning Force will be ready for p. S. T. s massive Champions League showdown details coming up. Others is bracing for a 10th straight day of protests as pressure grows on president Alexander Lukashenko to step down after 26 years in power on monday he told the striking workers there wont be new elections a mess as opponents kill him demonstrators have been calling for his resignation after a disputed vote on august the 9th step fast and joins us now live from minsk she is outside a former k. G. B. Be run prison where the husband of an Opposition Leader has been detained to tell us whats happening there to. Be precise its actually not a former k. G. B. Prison its still a k. G. B. Brazen that the k. G. B. To state secret service in belarus is still called the cage would be like in the soviet times and the people are now gathering here they have been playing songs calling out to destroy the prison its an old soviet song this while they are gathered here because its the birthday of 1st the kind of the kind of ghost. Who is being held here hes jailed in the last couple of months he is a popular blogger and hes also the hospital for the main opposition candidates for a lot of the kind of course she is. An exile in lithuania right now so theyre asking here for his release hes a very popular president ial candidate but he wasnt allowed to register at the meantime there are strikes going on. More strikes also now at the happy industries also around minsk and these strikes are becoming more and more a headache for president as you can see in our reports. The strikes are now snowballing a wrong one after the other factory workers joining in Truck Tractor metal factory smells of the countrys Strategic Industries are now experiencing large scale strikes. Yet what we dont agree with in justice the people in power havent listened to him for 26 years they run away they dont want to listen to all of us they dont want to know anything about your problem. Workers chanting no more fear signed up to 26 years of living under look at repairing rule they are ready for change workers have now at the factory urging us to write and you can see people coming out from inside the factory also president. Was in his face has to resign in an unprecedented move workers started shouting at the president a man who has long been referred to as the father of the nation. Thank you i said everything you can shout go away. Even previously most loyal media like balanced television went on strike broadcasting an empty studio in the morning protesters gathered to pressure the station to stop airing government propaganda and start telling the truth including about a Violent Police crackdown last week during election protests if. The recent National Television will start covering. This information like what was actually done on the streets i think that the regime will fall soon or you have gamey palin resigned last week from his job as one of the main anchors an interest in our country started work in the many information about her are. About people who are in prisons and we saw it and we didnt. Show this information our t. V. Channel so this is the reason its impossible work like these possible see the awful truth not even how but a small part of the truth look i shankar who initially refused new elections is now keeping options open but only he sat after the constitution has been changed a process which could take years protesters see this as a way for the president to buy time and trying to cling onto power they say they want him out now. Interestingly this morning german chancellor. Had a phone call with the Vladimir Putin did to discuss the situation here in. The russian president to put pressure on look to release Political Prisoners and also to earch him not to use of violence again against peaceful demonstrators of course its been interesting to watch what president putin will do so far this hasnt been any intervention and many people also dont believe that he wants to support this battle to president look so there might be another option another solution in the making also something to watch between europe and russia because of this phone call that we just saw this morning thanks for that update there stan fasten live for us in minsk. The u. Democratic party has begun its National Convention the event usually packs the stadium with huge crowds because of cover 19 its all being done online former 1st Lady Michelle obama and the month senator sanders were among a number of prominent democrats and republicans who made speeches backing joe biden for president alan fischer reports. A moment of american political history the 1st but chill president ial convention the democrats gaveling to order online large gatherings cast aside because of covert but a party torn by infighting 4 years ago this was about presenting a united front but its not easy to unite the Democratic Party were rebuffed just group joe bidens pulled it off on the 1st night the man many thought would secure the nomination this time around Bernie Sanders or to his supporters to backbiting in response to the unprecedented crises we face we need and unprecedented response a Movement Like never before of people who are prepared to stand up and fight for democracy and decency and against greed oligarchy and bigotry a huge Technical Team spread around the country dialed in reactions trying to make it feel more familiar and there were moments that will go viral every single. Grains. Dispassionately news from me there are still celebrity appearances musical breaks and in this project and moment Party Endorsement america is at the sick the former Ohio Governor who ran for the republican nomination 4 years ago giving his support to the party he spent a lifetime campaigning against and no one person or party has all the answers but what we do know is that we can do better than what weve been seeing today for sure and i know that joe biden with his experience and his wisdom in his decency can bring us together to help us find that better way the job is hard then the keynote speaker for the evening former 1st Lady Michelle obama a woman who says she hates politics delivering a scathing assessment of 4 years of trump donald trump is the wrong president for our country he has had more than enough time to. Proved that he can do the job but he is clearly in over his head he cannot meet this moment he simply cannot be who we need him to be for us it is what it is. Donald trump will hit the campaign trail again during the Democratic Convention and hes already said he is going to pardon someone he describes as very very important at some point on tuesday determined to grab the headlines as the democrats try to highlight what they see as his failings of his time in office alan fischer aljazeera washington. A rocket attack on a dependent stay in afghanistan has injured 9 people at least one missile landed near the main diplomatic district in the capital kabul its not yet known who fired them. And the Afghan Government has halted the release of more taliban prisoners the government says high says must free more captured soldiers before the release of the remaining 320 taliban prisoners will go ahead a prisoner release was a precondition in the u. S. Brokered peace deal to open talks that were due to start on thursday between the Afghan Government and the taliban meanwhile stalled Peace Process will restart with another round of negotiations between the government and ethnic crisis more than 20 armed groups have been demanding independence for decades when a looks at why progress is proving difficult in many remote mountainous areas of me and my rebel soldiers are in control here on the border with thailand the quran National Liberation army has been in charge since 1949 when it took up arms against the government in a fight for selfdetermination. We demand that all ethnic groups to me amal have equal rights we want harmony not conflict but we havent achieved our goals for the quran people. Thats a sentiment echoed by many armed organizations in me and mom who are fighting or negotiating for a federal political system and with it greater rights for their people when the National League for Democracy Party won the 2015 election its leader Aung San Suu Kyi said peace was her top priority but after 3 rounds of talks little has been achieved. Here it is just the movie river that separates me and from thailand and over the years tens of thousands of quran and other ethnic minorities have come across the border to escape the fighting which in some places shows little sign of ending despite the existence of a socalled nationwide cease fire agreement. Socalled because fighting continues in several areas the worst is in Rakhine State in the countrys west where the our economy has been involved in regular battles with the me and my military the government has designated the rebels a terrorist group and they wont be invited to the talks for those who do attend experts say there is little hope of any major developments because government negotiators dont have the expertise to get the job done d. It will be less. Frustrated by a lack of progress the korean fighters withdrew from the process almost 2 years ago. And. Have decided to rejoin but theyre not hopeful suchi can deliver what they want. To live where near upward all we need she has been in office for years but the hopes of the ethnic groups in me amar have not come true so we have to stay in the battlefield and be prepared case they attack. This round of negotiations is likely to be largely symbolic and designed to ensure the process continues after the general election in november meaning the long wait for Permanent Peace will go on wayne hay al jazeera on the time me and my border. A major earthquake has struck the central philippines killing one person and injuring dozens of province was the epicenter of the magnitude 6. 5 tremor one family was trapped in the rubble of their heart when it collapsed cracks a pattern roads and debris scattered the streets i was no tsunami warning but aftershocks are expected similar and organism manila and says the quakes happened as the philippines lifts strict coronavirus restrictions. But it also comes at a time in a week when president would be good at there to also announce that hes going to ease restrictions is going to allow more trade to pass through different provinces and as you know most about the province is an agricultural area like many other provinces affected by this earthquake and officially though these restrictions will be eased wednesday morning weve spoken to several officials on the ground who say basically that search and rescue operations in capping and must there are well on their way but pictures are slow to come in there have been many provinces affected by this earthquake but the epicenter was really into buying and must buy their province now theyre also protectively according to the government they have also raised the alert to around 4 volcanoes in many parts of the Southern Luzon and central. Region basically to basically look at looking at the activity of these volcanoes it remains to be seen whether these have direct relation store to do earthquake that happened a few hours ago now according to rest government officials search and rescue operations are well underway at least one person has been confirmed dead several injured but the true extent of this damage remains unknown at this point. Time now for the weather has jenny with news on the hurricane in the eastern pacific even as its been a few days came but its getting stronger all the time and its now actually hurrican so it is quite a powerful storm so ill start with a look at the satellite you can see of course across much of the usual activity these are usually mans a cloud and this is this itll bundle you can see here right on the edge of the map this is this hurrican genevieve now of course its not actually going to make landfall this is a but it is very close to land and so you can imagine the waves have been very strong the surf is very high quite dangerous and also the rip currents are particularly for osha so you can see just how threatening the sea of course looks so this is actually it this is the track its going to be taking so you can see it almost runs parallel to that far west coast of mexico but theres plenty of rain pushing across land there are actually some Tropical Storm warnings in place as well but the storm will continue to get stronger so right now weve got winds 185 kilometers an hour gusting stronger than that it actually does make it a category 3 hurricane so it is a very powerful storm system and as i say creating this very dangerous surf and rip currents that as we go through wednesday it will continue his journey up towards the northwest it will stay just to the west of the baja peninsula but again there are warnings in place there i mean could see some very heavy amounts of rain now of course is a very different problem we had up towards the United States the tickler across the west it is about the heat and its about the fires this is in Northern California another fathers actually broken out to napa valley theyre fighting that one in the nichols in the south is another this is lake fiery talk about this for days its about 30 percent contained but to another one well keep a very close on is about the he came this is why its about across the west of the United States thank you for that jenny. Still ahead on aljazeera. More freedom to move around twice south africa is pulling back on months of tough crowd of our small towns. 2000000 people in gaza face college shortages off to israel comes fuel supplies to territory. And in sport this and. Champion the hungry for another title playoff action coming up a little later on in the program. From fossil fuels to modern day renewable as societies develop the energy demands increase requiring Innovative Solutions to meet such to moms as a Global Power Development of Investment Companies nebraska power is uniquely positioned to deliver against the stigma we provide Business Growth promote social economic benefits and provide innovative safe and fire mentally sound Energy Solutions for future generations the brush Pioneering Future Energy frank assessment its. Like being sort of informed opinion is ethiopia on the verge of breakdown many pots of the old will meet region are actually under a de facto state of emergency and critical debate of that is a proxy he does not have recently enters the bill a few people indepth analysis of the days global headlines inside story on aljazeera. The. Your challenges are a reminder of our top stories this hour a un backed court in the hague has begun to live and its verdict on the assassination of former lebanese Prime Minister rafiq hariri in 20054 members of hezbollah are being tried in absentia. Denies any involvement. It is the 10th straight day of protests and ballards demonstrators are calling for president Alexander Lukashenko to step down after a disputed vote over the night he says there wont be new elections. And Michelle Obama and Bernie Sanders were among the speakers on day one of the virtual democratic National Convention which will formally name joe biden as president ial candidates. Of south africa is easing coronavirus restrictions in an effort to revive its economy one survey found that they are right cause more than 3000000. 00 job losses only essential workers were allowed to leave their homes when one of the world strictest lock downs was imposed in march nationwide travel is being allowed now and the ban on alcohol and cigarettes lifted. Well before coven one tame some african countries were already dealing with Economic Hardship as a result of floods droughts and the worst Locust Attack in decades while bank predicts Subsaharan Africa will go through its 1st recession in 25 years its a region where more than one in 5 people go to bed hungry collapse in oil prices is another factor thats expected to push africas biggest economy nigeria to its steepest recession in 40 years and south africa was already in its 2nd recession in 2 years before the pandemic now its in further decline with record unemployment well tough is an African Affairs social and political commentator and he joins us now live from johannesburg thank you so much for your time lets talk south africa one of the strictest lockdowns in the world one sort of cost is that had socially and politically. I think you well i think on a social level. Its created a lot of distance between people and i think its been a very strange time in terms of people not being able to to get our and see their friends and relatives so its been a very unusual period with. d is people been confined to their homes for the most part and as a lockdown has been eased somewhat things have become better but i think. Everything has to be taken in the context of. The lockdown has affected the economy and explicitly how its led to. Extreme job losses lets talk about that economically what are the predictions around how long it will take to recover lost ground to mean how much impact has it had. Its had. A die impact. The treasury. As much as 50 percent unemployment could reach as much as 50 percent. And you could see 2500000 jobs being shed within this lockdown period. In the worst case scenario. And behind that you do have a very severe food situation so theres quite a lot of hunger and. They also predict that it least 50 percent of the population could become food insecure. By the end of 2020 so its quite a dire situation and they are plenty of businesses shutting down. Obviously because of the lockdown of the restrictions or on the lockdown some businesses some businesses cannot simply survive under these conditions i mean those numbers are huge and those of people as you say struggling going to bed hungry what has the response been from the government to try and ease some of that pain well the government did come up with. A 500. 500000000000 i think well find polluted it did come up with. A similar spec of which which in effect was meant to help people. Go through this this lockdown period so people did receive a. In the form of cash payout. There were food parcels distributed. Throughout south africa but i think its been a very difficult time as in the food aid was although it was they did give out a lot of food aid it wasnt sufficient in many respects the sign mantua handouts were not. Where we were not that much so its been a very trying time although the government has tried but but i think its been its been very difficult to actually find all the Financial Resources all together all the Financial Resources to keep everybody from being adversely affected through to the job losses and through a lack of access to sufficient food. Thank you so much your time well have to leave it there for time to have a maka there an African Affairs social and political commentator thank you. Government troops are surrounding the port of mozambique up to it was captured by eisel linked fighters last week its the 3rd time awesome by the prior has been attacked this year over the last 3 years hundreds have been killed and tens of thousands forced from their homes and the gas routes couple of them got a region the un has documented reports of kidnappings and torture. Has many troops there so to a russian and south African Military contractors south africa is reportedly considering sending troops along with angola and zimbabwe they dissolve the south African Development community have held a Virtual Meeting on the issue has more from zimbabwes capital. The annual say the kids of state meeting ended with the leaders saying theyre going to collectively assist mozambique deal with the violence in the north but they didnt say what that assistance is going to be this speculation a Fact Finding Mission could be sent in the other option is military intervention its happened before in the democratic republic of congo to add mozambique back when fighters from the group are normal or raiding villages and towns in go towards us so if this time around a military intervention was to happen which countries could send troops in and with world the money come from some and this relief something is being planned before security reasons leaders can say what that plan is. Close to 5000 undocumented migrants have been smuggled in small boats across the English Channel from france this year one british m. P. s calling the arrival of around a 100 people the day invasion but the numbers are fairly low compared with arrivals and other European Countries which on the whole looks at why the issues dominating the headlines of britain. The u. K. Government built on bricks it and taking back control has instead been losing it control of the economy jobs social care even education all thanks to corona virus now the borders seem under threat as well Asylum Seekers have been a riving in small boats for weeks hundreds on some days in the fine summer weather. We should have written in the Ruling Conservative Party m. P. For dover and deal didnt answer our requests for an interview but the question we might have asked her is this with Asylum Seeker numbers far smaller than on the continent is this socalled crisis being manufactured to distract from other problems there is no real emergency this is a slow trickle just as there is always been and what we get in response is this extraordinary heavy handed home office replied puts new jobs in tries to militarize the situation and treats most refugees as a form of sort of military invasion along the kent coast with france in the distance resentment is easily stirred among core bricks its supporters at the end of the day were paying for them i cant go i go on and on and on i dont fight and. Thats what im saying you know where these people going to go and what that resentment tells you is that for some people theres now more to worry about than economic recession and job losses or faltering trade talks with the European Union theres talk of deploying warships to patrol the channel the government demands france and others do more and in some of the usual quarters the take back control narrative is making a comeback leading the charge of the government as a criticism of all of this is of course the home secretary pretty purcell she has said what is happening in the channel isnt just unacceptable she said that its shameful Refugee Rights campaigners are concerned gould. Ali postle a made his own journey to britain from afghanistan 13 years ago the government wants to find somebody to blame and refugees are the easiest scapegoat so we have been blamed for the problems that we have not created so the public attention is goes away but im making the government responsible and accountable for their inaction no action wrong action and then that i look look all these people are in waiting as they are you know a bunch of migrants and so im really just human beings and we deserve dignity and respect in future britain outside the European Union will remain attractive to some seeking asylum but bricks it means therell be no recourse to common e. U. Laws and structures so theres an irony here that taking back control will make it harder to stop refugees coming and harder to send them back. John howard joins us now live from the town of deal in kent county jonah so if its not the crisis that the government is portraying this is being what is it i mean more people are arriving on britains shores by boat right. If indeed it is undeniable that the numbers have gone up 4300 estimated arrivals by boat or perhaps rescued intercepted by the border force and brought ashore some of them arriving on this very beach behind me here as opposed to some 850 people arriving last year so the numbers are certainly going up its also undeniable that these are extremely desperate people who have endured a terrible journey to get here many of them suffer from posttraumatic stress disorder when they arrive many have been the victims of torture Police Brutality trafficking along the way there are many children many unaccompanied minors so theres no denying theres a problem but the numbers and the facts there dont tell the full story because for instance part of the reason for those increased numbers arriving by boat is because truck traffic the formally preferred route into this country for many is vastly reduced because of coronavirus and the overall numbers of Asylum Seekers to this country have been relatively constant over the last couple of years around the 30000 mark far far lower the numbers registered on the continent 6 figure numbers in countries like france and germany and yet youve got these sort of outwardly heavy handed government sort of 0 tolerance response talk of warships patrolling the channel a new job created by the home office to oversee the response that has in the title the words clandestine channel threat the word invasion being bandied about by conservative party m. P. s demanding the government do more to stop it and all of that has led to campaigners suggesting that the government is using this as an opportunity a little summer opportunity to sort of on the one hand brick city its burnished burnish its brakes it credentials with a deadline looming for a trade deal with the e. U. In the next few months and also at least among a portion of the Government Support to distract attention away from the consequences of coronavirus ok i think that theyre live from deal in kent county. Nearly 2000000. 00 people in gaza are facing power shortages as the only power plant there is forced to shut down thats because israel has cut off fuel shipments to the territory israel says its in response to rocket attacks and firebombs by the Palestinian Group hamas which controls gaza by force it has more from western on what impacts the power cuts are likely to have. That would mean that the amounts of electricity being supplied would be reduced to just 3 or 4 hours on and then up to 16 hours off so that is something that affects of course the whole industry and society will affect some 2000000 people are also talking about the impact on Sewage Treatment but that will have to end and it will mean a return to pumping last amounts of rule sewage straight out into the mediterranean of the time of course in high summer when people do use garzas beaches as a bit of a respite from the heat and the immunity and this is all tied to the recent rise in tensions which is included rocket attacks which is included those incendiary balloons and overnight a 7th straight night of israeli airstrikes on gaza israel saying it targeted underground targets infrastructure belonging to hamas there has been attempts to mediate an egyptian delegation was inside gaza on monday they returned to israel with a series of demands from hamas including help with Infrastructure Projects allowing more material into the strip allowing workers once again to go out and work inside israel those that of course been shut down by coronavirus instructions among other things and so much now depends on how that egyptian mediation goes. Turkey and qatar have signed a deal with libyas un recognized government to boost its military capabilities defense ministers from the 3 countries met in tripoli on monday part of the new deal will see turkey and qatar set up military Training Facilities in libya if it continued to secure a cease fire in the divided country turkey and qatar support the tripoli based government theresa may 4th off a 14 Month Campaign to seize the capital i wallowed have a half hour. At the same time germanys foreign minister paid an unannounced visit to tripoli a coma pressed for an end to the conflict he warns that the situation is deceptive the com World Leaders must keep up their efforts to negotiate a peace deal Chinas Foreign Ministry says beijing firmly opposes us if its to suppress weiwei thats after the trumpet ministration announced further restrictions on the chinese tech giant weiwei will now need a special license to access certain computer chips washington has been pushing for governments around the world to restrict weiwei claiming it hands over dato to the Chinese Government while weight denies those charges and unprecedented Emergency Response alerts been issued because of floods in southwest china tens of thousands of people are affected by the worst flooding in some parts of Sichuan Province for 100 years days of torrential rain caused the sea and charities of chinas largest river to overflow its forced tens of thousands from their homes and submerged farmland. So head on aljazeera and sports the Boston Bruins stage a stunning comeback to blow away the hurricanes n. H. L. Playoff action coming up after the break. For. The marrow of Rio De Janeiro has scrapped plans for somebody to have to make a booking to visit the citys famous beaches the idea for a new phone up was suggested to control the spread of coronavirus its caused widespread mockery among brazilians online of and on people using beaches like copacabana remains in place. Well brazil is hoping to wrists may be able to save its pandemic hit economy its borders have now reopened for foreigners and some of the big attractions are operating again but with the 2nd highest number of cases and deaths in the world there is concern visitors may not come at all monica yannick have reports from Rio De Janeiro its one of the new 7 wonders of the world for almost 90 years christ the redeemer has stood tall over looking the natural beauties of Rio De Janeiro opening his arms to throngs of tourists since cove in 1000. 00 struck brazil in march the statues welcoming arms have become a symbol of social distancing but no more. Spy brazil passing the grim milestone of 100000 covert related deaths and 3000000 infections the statue has been blessed and reopened to visitors along with 4 other main tourist attractions. Tourism represents 8 percent of brazils shrinking economy and employs 8000000. 00 people industry lost almost around 24000000000. 00 because of the pandemic and its struggling to get back on its feet. We have 45000 hotels in all of brazil with only 45 percent of the capacity being used incentivizing tourism is the fastest way to help rebuild economy recover. But some are unable to wait for the tide to change the Everest Hotel in ipanema not only closed down but is selling all its furniture. Into the i got and some mobile tables for 170. 00 normally it would cost 10. 00 times more brazil has reopened its borders to foreign visitors arriving by plane president right here before not all hopes the end of a 4 month probably will rival Tourism Industry but airports like this one remain empty. Tourguide vibing that may be a bush has been out of a job since the pandemic began and blames president also noddle for downplaying the virus brazil has a very very bad image all over because instead of a law down the president said that is just the flu so we all know thats going to take at least one of them have year to date back to you have to coming back to brazil. The christ the Redeemer Center has cut its price in half to attract locals Tourism Agencies know that convincing foreigners to visit brazil the worlds 2nd largest coronavirus hotspot may prove to be an uphill battle monica aljazeera Rio De Janeiro. Well its time now for sport has some thank you. My to can while the n. B. A. Playoffs are underway reigning champions that are on to the raptors that got off to a winning start on a night that saw some of their championship rivals also impress sam malik reports. The defense has been on display its the moment every boscobel find waits for the start of the n. B. A. Playoffs. While the surroundings might be different with there being no live crowd because of the pandemic change what remains the same from last year at the very least is that the trying to raptors are looking difficult to beat that shot seemed to be the reigning champions got off to a winning start with a big victory over the Brooklyn Nets 63 they beat them 1342112 take a one nothing series lead sticks to 3. Against those guys. Hard. Got. Another one of the top teams in the east the Boston Celtics also got off to a good start josh. Jason tatum put in a big performance double doubling with 13 rebounds and 32 points as they put down the philadelphia 76 ers in 10921 i want. To go out and i dont. Want to be aggressive. This. Piece is. Despite losing their last 3 games before the playoffs the Denver Nuggets had a pretty impressive regular season overall as they captured the number 3 seed in the west. They didnt disappoint in game one against the utah jazz sealing 81352125 overtime win. There was definitely a sense of playoff fever as the l. A. Clippers took on the Dallas Mavericks the clippers the certainly the most likely team to challenge the lakers in the west but they had to work hard to win their opener 29 points from franchise play acquire leonard saw them battle it out 281802110 when the clippers will need him to stay on target as they look to win their 1st ever n. B. A. Championship in the spring here so well malik aljazeera. Manager thomas to her says strike a kill him but there is fit enough to start his teams Champions League semifinal against rb like that it 21 year old striker has been recovering from an ankle injury he came on as a sub and the teams quarter final win over atalanta that time is coming up later on tuesday well to talk about we have a world hires our Sports Correspondent for the Associated Press hes live in lisbon for those games 1st of all well which team do you think is under more pressure going into this tuesdays semifinal. Well for parasites abound this is really the place where they have to prove themselves theyve won the Domestic Travel in 4 out of the last 6 seasons but the havent made it to the champ was least semifinals in that time nor in the decade almost ownership with all that money spent on the likes of and back pay and name are in fact its been 25 years since parasangs amount of made it into the Champions League finals that was a time when life didnt even exist they were only founded in 2009 when the red bull ownership took over the license for 50 club but its been a turbo charged ascent since then they reach the leader in 2016 and now here they are for the 1st time in the knockout stage all the way through to the semifinals and theyve beaten some big teams on the way they knocked out form a finalist and Athletico Madrid asked for power center man so we could go behind me here at benfica stadium that they left the really late to school the goals that knocked out atlanta but they do have a back pay potentially fit to start from the front from the start of the game now and also. Is back from suspension. Well theres been a very interesting tournaments so far weve got 2 french teams and 2 german teams in the semis how big of a shock is that. Well its never happened before having 2 french sides in the last 4 of the european cup in fact the french president emmanuel micron said at the weekend that it was a bit like the European Union the french and germans dominating what is interesting is the fact that were down to these countries teams 2 of the countries that actually had the best rest because the French League was curtailed in march so you have only played one competitive game since then and only played one game since then and the league it managed to get under way again earlier than other countries during the pandemics they finished at the end of june so both teams are well rested whereas spain england and italy who arent represented in this final 4 well they only finished their leagues in recent weeks so its a really happy reflection of fatigue and freshness but certainly the elite clubs like real madrid and. You ventus wont like the fact theyre not here paris Sports Correspondent thank you very much for that and enjoy the games. Well the Colorado Avalanche are one win away from eliminating the arizona from the stanley cup playoffs the avalanche dominated game 4 of the best of 7 western conference opening round series in edmonton nazeem cut the had 2 goals and assist to help the avalanche steal a one sided 71 victory and take a commanding 31 lead. The Boston Bruins dominated the 3rd period against the Carolina Hurricanes that come from 2 goals behind to win a 43 lead 31 in the 1st round series going into game 5 on wednesday. And that was well for me well have more for you later on including the build up for the Champions League semifinal but for now very exciting thanks ana thats it for me for the news hour rob will be back in just a moment with more pedestrians. Rewind returns with a new series. And brand new updates on the best about to series documentaries. Loonies and toonies. 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