A. Factory walkouts of protests continue in belarus with growing calls for president Alexander Lukashenko to resign. We have got to do everything we can to elect my friend joe biden as the next president of the united states. Democrats rally us voters to support their presumptive president ial candidate joe biden at an online party convention. Its taken 50 years and cost close to a 1000000000. 00 now the investigation and trial and the assassination of former lebanese Prime Minister at a fico d. D. Is finally reaching its climax in the last few hours a un banks tribunal has been delivering its Closing Remarks ahead of the. Picked the 4 defendants sole members of hezbollah and course refused to hand them over and denies any involvement had 80 and 21 others died in the suicide bombing in 2005 deep in exact area and political divides and their ruling judges have already said theres no direct evidence that leaders of hezbollah and syria were involved they say the nature of the killing was clear the attack was an act of terrorism that was designed to spread fear among the lebanese population it was committed full political and not personal reasons the Trial Chamber is of the view that syria and hezbollah may have had motives to eliminate mr hariri and some of his political allies however there was no evidence that this hezbollah leadership had any involvement in mr hariri murder and there is no direct evidence of syrian involvement in it. Well that what is live for us now in beirut zain to just tell us what does this all mean for the lebanese people. Well its not going to heal divisions ever since going to be and how easy it was in the country plunged into turmoil there is a divide the nation is a polarized you mention has a law their members have been indicted there are suspects and this is not the nation but the group has this miss the court as a Political Tool and their supporters believe that the rest of the population think otherwise they believe that it was the Syrian Government and hezbollah they were controlling the security establishment at the time they controlled political their political allies were in power they were responsible really for for this attack so the Lebanese Court of Public Opinion has already issued its verdict theyre not waiting for the verdict to be announced to by by the courts now how will this change things that will definitely not heal divisions but we have to see whether or not the 2 main players now in this country which is has will last Ansaldo Heidi who is now in the opposition and the son of the slain Prime Minister who is in the hague how he will react to the verdict it will give us an indication whether or not where his political calculations lie on whether these 2 main actors in lebanon will Work Together and move on after the verdict whatever the verdict may be we are expecting him to speak i believe in the coming few hours zain what is the position of hezbollah being in all of this. Hezbollah from the start even before the indictments try to discredit the court saying that it is a tool be used by israel and this is all aimed at diminishing hezbollahs influence in the country but hezbollah does not to shy away from the fact that these men. Belong to the group in fact one of them the 5th man who was indicted but later died in mysterious circumstances in damascus a few years back is one of their commanders mostafa seen so many here do not believe that these operatives could have carried out this attack without the group giving a giving an order even the Syrian Government weve heard the Trial Chamber talk about the fact that the crime scene. They didnt even look for a missing person a missing person it was a bystander his body was left there for for over 2 weeks so it showed that those in power the security agents agencies which were in power and allied to syria at the child did not want to carry a thorough and credible investigation at the time so this verdict is not going to heal the divisions there is no government in lebannon the government resigned last week under public pressure because of the blast at the port that destroyed many areas of the capital so how is this going to affect the formation of the next government how is it going to affect politics the political fallout that will become clearer in the days to come thank you for that one of their live for us from beirut. Well lets bring in now International Lawyer they are she is also in beirut she is a full and legal outreach officer for the arab region at the International Criminal court thank you so much for your time he has been as you know a lot of criticism of the special tribunal for neven on what does you do you believe has come out of the process and of todays judgment. The main value of the vertical and of the whole course is the public and existence of a special lieutenant is to make it possible to hold the retailers or in great crimes in return and on to them even if it was in that in that sense even if justice wouldnt be unless the rules inhibits it will be put behind bars but it means we know that they will never be using their Real Identities or even the beat identities of their parents we know that we some political that knowledge means International Political and or. Treat those of off the political responsibility or as well not exist up to a verdict issued by an international or with holds the highest standards for justice so this is very important to a lot of pleadings were who have lost members of their families and assets the nation and the explosions and perhaps that the place after that so most in our party and also lost members in and pam of doing the civil war which really never went who the state never went through it was the Civil Justice after the civil war which led to the Current Situation look the. State of security and we none existence or series up to the ritz. And the reading out of the of the judgment today i believe that the full document is some 2 and a half 1000 pages long but from what we had today at least initially they went into a lot of real specifics about how mobile phones mobile networks were used in the lead up to the assassination what did you make of that was there anything new to come out of what we had today. Well this brings to us the. Discussion or there it to it which is well known by the defense that this crime or the judgment would be based on circumstantial evidence although it is acknowledged within the liberties and other national and also international to this is a system that such evidence is sufficient. Sufficiently acceptable to to indict an individual so what meant what is missing here that the prosecution was not the bill of linking. The responsibility of these 4 individuals who are. Those men. In the organization is build up they were not capable of linking this responsibility to the. Administration has pulled up to the orchestra so there was no criminal evidence although many statements. When probably by. Some a struggle would constitute at least crimes on sense according to court 60 in the states or this is a special type of authority granted it is something that we have expected at some one but the prosecution and the. And the special type will work with the brits or at least the concept there in order to issue criminal proceedings against the possible thats what will happen since we might be seen often. Thanks so much for your time they are there live for us in beirut we for shit. Well lebanese judges issued a warrant for the arrest of the manager of beiruts poss the explosion in beirut on the 4th of august originated at the port more than 200 people were killed when according to the government Ammonium Nitrate stored in a warehouse destination deccan joins us now live from beirut or stephanie what more do we know. Well he is part of those 25. 00 people who were detained 10 days ago as part of investigation senior cost of the physical boards officials and Security Officials he was questioned today for 4 hours we understand and that when it fishel arrest warrant has been issued that means that he will now be officially arrested that comes after yesterday the judge also issued an official arrest warrant for the customs the head of customs here at the port so what youre seeing now is the senior man the people in charge of this ports being officially arrested they have been detained theyve been the subject questioning there are 21. 00 more whove been detained who is still subject to questioning Going Forward so were seeing some movement lets say when it comes to this investigation when it comes to officially arresting people but there are still a lot of questions to be answered i can tell you we just left interviewing a family their father a husband worked at those silos he still hasnt been found they were saying we want on services no one we can talk to and theyve apparently stopped looking for bodies so people very angry blaming the system wanted alters and they were saying particularly they wanted an International Investigation they didnt trust the lebanese to be in charge of finding answers here because they say that the system is responsible for what has happened there so yes the investigation is moving but i think certainly for now the aunts are is going to be a long time off and whether the public will that accept them is another question thank you for that stephanie deck of the live from beirut. Go to some breaking news now coming out of mali there are multiple reports of soldiers taking up arms and staging an apparent new sunni in the town of county which is to say the troops are on their way to the capital bamako and that interests is following developments from nigerias capital of whats the latest. Well basically right now the movement of these no major troop movements inside bamako but what were hearing is that some group of young people young men are on the streets above mccoy expressing support for what is happening remember the country has seen sub reporter says soon after the parliamentary elections were declared by the opposition as raped which course the Regional Power was trying to mediate now what we know right now is that theyve been several arrests including military officers including ministers of the government of president it Brian Borcherdt the ministers who are thought to have been arrested the ministers of hoarding affairs of the ministry of minister of finas there were also reports of senior military officers walking in the ministry of internal affairs have been arrested right now president bush is said to be not been taken to a safe place and no statement no information as to where that is and were not sure whether these arrests that were conducted by Security Forces on top senior military officers oh a Government Official is what carried out by loyalists to the militant yes remember theyve been crisis in burma in mali a crisis Political Economic social and even security situation is developing in the north of the country and in the center of the country between ethnic militias and of course the rebels and armed groups in the northern parts of money so these are some of the reasons the people opposed to personally bribable caricature went to be out and this is of course not the 1st time the has been a big meeting like this there was one in 2012 eightys ago that pushed president obama to. To money out of power leading to a coup detat and then theres been some minor skirmishes on another mutiny was was about 3. 00 or 4 years ago in mali in the same. Military zone called the cut to billy trees zone its not clear where this is leading to but there are rumors but some leaders of the mutineers are giving the government a good lie. Thanks for that and its just theyre following developments from nigerias capital abuja lets go now to Mohamed Salah who is a journalist and publisher of the mali mag dot com he joins us on skype from malis capital bamako you of this say as you said in by marco youre on the ground what are your sources telling you. Ok current leader satish on the remains still feels it here in bamako because since their morning. Went. And seconded the armys military which is the biggest one located in that city is located around 15 kilometers of the michael saw after dinner and stick in the countenance of the sheets on. The t. V. And onslaught they closed their market and asked the board to state is saying on phone. In every 10th of that it. He she is warning about the occurrence it is not and surely doesnt know what is going on its very important to say that in 2002 to meet in the. Bush how much money today to resign or went from a jetty and says that moment you see him in a molly that can buy my coffee or scotty gotten it done in bulk or their War Department our own clothes and people are still rushing when home is important what sort of that is that some genius charring of to regain our students are exploiting from their house or d their walking plus the working place ok just give us the background to this i mean my has been experiencing some protests thousands of people on the streets for some weeks now. Yes yes. People are under streets of the place of independence calling to resign or for the president republic brain. Does the poor little drop and fire of the easily lead in the broadest and molly since several months and just yet the the heart of the press conference to show new strategies and new dates show out on what they should do in the next 2 coming mean to push the president to resign we need a president to resign and what is the constitution in mali being an easy to order situation to keep you updated. The protests was sparked by the actions of the Constitution Constitutional court but the Constitutional Court had new judges appointed why has that not quelled the protests. The broadest stage of. R. And d. Leader stood before 2 british because of it crowd constitutional is not only the one point who is dissent which is the center of the controversy. Just a talk. Of the president under way at the club or so does the shot of the. Prime minister. They dont want on to the president of the parliament or the saw and if you try to to to to to to say what they see that its the problem of governance Good Governance is not only the problem of Prime Minister not to cut costs on the cards not but on a hunch area president its the program of but governance thats why they call it the president too busy ok thank you so much your time a homicide journalist and publisher of the molly mag dot com. Thank you more head on the news are including 2000000 people in gaza face paul shortages come to israel cuts fuel supplies to the territory and. Im wayne hay on the top i border as peace talks resume between the me and my 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 for bill be ready for p. S. G. s massive Champions League showdown details coming up in sports. This is. More workers in belarus are going on strike as pressure grows on president Alexander Lukashenko. Just as outside a factory in minsk chair when employees will tell us by continuing their calls for the shanker to step down after the disputed president ial election and on the 1st day of jail the opposition beat us gay people gathered outside the prison where hes been held since may his wife spent mana who ran against because she has been sending video messages from exile and the 20th. Of of all this flagrant injustice and lawlessness shows how this to caning system works where one person controls everything or it will give my husband sergei to canoe ski and other Political Prisoners are sitting in jail but hes calling on you to not sit idly by to do what you can to make a free country. Steadfast and joins us from minsk shes outside the prison where the husband of that Opposition Leader has been detained so d as weve been saying so many people have been detained so far but the man in prison behind you is particularly important in what has happened in recent weeks. Absolutely a people have been gathering here at this prison for the whole day for the birthday of. He is still a very popular figure here in belarus he was planning to run for the presidency but he was prevented because of his arrest then his wifes outline of the kind of sky i ran into that she was totally unprepared but she managed to get so much support a massive crowd came onto the streets for her rallies as well so now she is in exile in lithuania and all over a belarus there still are protests going on strikes are happening in Many Industries right now 0 but the government has issued an order to state companies to actually fire people who are on strike and it remains to be seen what the effect of this order will be we are hearing reports that last workers are now keen to go on strike despite continuous calls by the opposition to to to go for this National Strike and step by russias president putin has been speaking to european leaders about belarus merkel and mcconnell can you tell us. Yeah president clinton had a busy day on the phone america has called. Marco and also michelle has called in from the European Commission its interesting to see that all these leaders are calling a flight important to not look at shankar that means that put in as quickly turning into some kind of mediator here for bella ruse maybe even a kingmaker because of course for russia. Of great importance the most important thing for putin is that belarus doesnt fall into the hands of nato or the European Union the opposition here in belarus has always made it very clear that they are not choosing a side did not but think really pro european or pro russian theyre all for the freedom of valor they are saying put in has also not shown any interference yet with the situation and bellows despite asking for help but what could be happening right now is that some kind of solution its been discussed between european leaders and russia about a possible different leader maybe someone who is less toxic as to look at shank who is of course completely under pressure now to resign ok thank you for that i believe we are going live now to the special tribunal for lebanon where were hearing some verdict spinning read out lets listen in to the attack 1432005 the Trial Chamber cannot conclude beyond reasonable doubt that the 2 would. In advance of the attack which you could at around 1255 that calling out just 0 and reuters later that afternoon was connected with the attack this is an essential legal requirement as an excess rian belief in these criminal code. The Trial Chamber except that if they indeed participated in making the calls to a the news outlet by virtue of the content of the letter that was read to during the cole they would have known then at that point that their actions were connected with the attack however this would not all that self prove then knowledge of this before the attack as is required to criminal liability as an accomplice under the lebanese criminal code. The Trial Chambers conclusion as to the lack of evidence that mr nessie or mrs sabra participated in the quote muhammad deceit unquote the quote abduction unquote of mr us or the dissemination of the false claim and therefore precludes that liability as a. Accomplices the Trial Chamber therefore finds that mr nesis and mr sabras liability as accomplices for the crimes charged has not been proven beyond a reasonable doubt. The Trial Chambers determination that the prosecution failed to prove the 2 accused took part in the folds claim is faisal to the charge of conspiracy against them the Trial Chamber therefore finds that mr n. S. E. And mr sabur cannot be found responsible for conspiracy to commit a terrorist act as charged in count one on the indictment but. Turning to mr hasan had been. Mr sole plaited role in the conspiracy is as the coordinator of the false claim of responsibility this depends upon mr and mr sabra acting as chad jd concerning the conspiracy and the alleged calls to and from mr bad to dean in the Green Network and in particular mr abu adust his disappearance. The only reliable evidence supporting it is of mobile calls between the 3 purple my balls over 2 separate periods and both aspects come solidly from the cold out to records of 2 mobiles in 20042005 namely his personal mobile purple 231 and the Green Network mobile 071 there is no reliable evidence of anything relevant to the case regarding the making of the claim of responsibility including its preparatory activities involving mr abbott das occurring on these days without these connections the coals between mr badger danes green 023 and green 071 lakh context there is it is no it is emphasized no evidence of what was said in the calls or any matings between the uses of the Green Network mobiles there is no context from which the Trial Chamber can determine why the coals were made it has insufficient evidence to connect these coals to mr abu adust his disappearance when the evidence regarding muhammad inverted commas goes all the remains of the coals between mr mantei and mr annecy and missed the suburbs shed mobiles in the weeks before mr abbott does his disappearance of itself no matter how holistically the evidence is viewed this cannot provide sufficient proof of their involvement in mr boyd does his disappearance and certainly not for the pleated purpose namely of finding someone suitable to make a false claim of responsibility. Mr sole role in the conspiracy is connected with the false claim of responsibility and coordinating mr and nessie and mr sabra. As the Trial Chamber is not satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that the pay did any of the plated activities namely those connected with mr abbott dust his alleged grooming luring disappearance alleged quote abduction unquote and subsequent appearance on the broadcast video 8 likewise follows that mr merrick cannot be guilt found guilty of coordinating these activities mr allegedly coordinated with mr batra day in the preparation of the false claim of responsibility he allegedly coordinated the activities of mr unless he and mr sabra in the lead up and aftermath of the attack but the Trial Chamber cannot find beyond reasonable doubt that mr mack high was using green 071 and even if he would there was no reliable evidence providing context to the coals with mr badger deans mobile green 023. The Trial Chamber cannot link missed the n. S. C. And mr savva to the false claim of responsibility accordingly the link between misdemeanor high and the false claim of responsibility is missing he must be acquitted. Turning to what that mr mostafa i mean badger dean had a role in the conspiracy to connect mr badgered into the conspiracy to commit the terrorist act and to murder mr hariri the Trial Chamber must be satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that the only conclusion raised conclusion available from the evidence is that mr badger again had the intention and performed the necessary acts to commit the crimes chad just. This is not a finding of mr badger deans guilt beyond reasonable doubt as he is no longer an accused person. The Trial Chamber cannot find that the Green Network operated as a command Mission Network with mr bad retain at its peak in other words that he was the main conspirator the Trial Chamber has carefully examined each cole in the Green Network but to be satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that that was indeed what was occurring and that no other reasonable inference conclusion is available from the evidence cole has to connect to evidence of what was occurring when the coals were made. Despite the brief calls made of the full might of a full months the charge Trial Chamber cannot reconcile the timing and the location of the colas with the prosecutors plated allegation that mr badger dane was at the peak of the conspiracy to commit a terrorist terrorist act in murdering mr hariri the coals have no content and finding context from the timing and location is very difficult there is also no evidence of what was said in the coals nor of any matings between mr bedridden and mr. One cole on 14th of february 2005 appeal is connected to the attack on mr hariri the remaining coals who of the cannot be linked to anything directly connecting to mr hariri his movements or any other evidence relating to the conspiracy pleaded therefore it is not the only reasonable conclusion from the evidence that the Green Network acted as the mission come out and to coordinate mr hariri assassination this does not alter the Trial Chambers conclusions in relation to mr irish. It is not necessary that the Trial Chamber found that mr badger dean had the play to drawl by the had the plated drawl alleged by the prosecutor to find that mr ibish participated in the conspiracy. The Trial Chamber with judge brady dissenting on whether it should make legal findings on this issue at all is not convinced that mr badger dane had the role pleaded in the amended consolidated indictment for. You to. Turning to the disposition of. The Trial Chamber therefore finds selima jameel guilty as a co perpetrator of count one conspiracy aimed at committing a terrorist act count to committing a terrorist act by means of an explosive device count 3 intentional homicide of refuge hariri with premeditation by using explosive materials count for intentional homicide of 21 persons in addition to the intentional homicide of refuge career e with premeditation by using explosive materials. And count 5 attempted intentional homicide of 226 persons in addition to the intentional homicide of refuge hariri with premeditation by using explosive materials. The Trial Chamber finds has. Mare high hussein has son and missy and assad has son sabra not guilty of all counts charged in the amended consolidate in the indictment namely counts 1678 and 9. 00. Judge knows where he has appended a comprehensive separate opinion analyzing several discreet aspects of the interpretation of the clickable law including on the definition of terrorism and customary International Law and on excess there it exists oriel liability judge brady as is just been mentioned has written a short a dissenting opinion confined to the legal issue of whether a chamber man lies the criminal liability of an absent alleged kovac used once the name is removed from an indictment. I have written a declaration expressing concerns about potential violation of hasan had been met highs fair trial rights during the trial i have also appended a separate opinion concerning several procedural aspects of the proceedings including delays in the pretrial phase and that neither the United Nations know little known lebannon has yet publicly recognized the injustice caused by the lengthy unlawful detention of the full quote full generals unquote the separate opinions the declaration and the dissent all on separate and distinct issues of concern to the individual judges the 3 of us and did not affect the result of the verdicts which unanimous. There are several other issues we have to deal with today the 1st is a madam Court Officer i ask you to distribute the copies of the judgment which is in 5 volumes 2 cells and 641 pages to the parties and the participating victims can you please do that. Ok were listening there to the reading out of the verdict at the special tribunal for lebanon on the case against 4 hezbollah members charged of the assassination of rafik hariri 15 years ago they are of course being tried in absentia and just one of the 4 defendants so far has been found guilty convicted on all counts that salim i asked lets go back to zain a hoarder who is in beirut zaina so weve got one guilty so far selim i asked who is he what do we know about him. Well the 4 men who were indicted in the killing of the they are known members of hezbollah the Lebanese Armed group does not disown these men in fact the secretary general have said these men are our brothers now according to the courts. Is guilty he is one of the main defendants and they acquitted on a c n sabra we have to make something very clear this International Tribunal they cannot issue any verdict unless they can prove beyond reasonable doubt now what the court has been relying on is circumstantial evidence they didnt have. They had phone records which they which they study the end network which these men used according to the prosecutor to plan and execute this murder so its. Now guilty they did prove his affiliation with the law they also did talk about his relationship with most of about dr dean now most of it but the dean is known has a commander he died in mysterious circumstances in damascus a few years back so the very fact that theyre linking selling my yash to muster for about 3 d. And in one way or another links hezbollah as an organization and but again we have to make something very clear the International Tribunal when it was created by the United Nations one of the conditions was youre not going to try states countries and youre not going to try organizations so i think this is also a very important point to make and that is why earlier today when we heard the judge say we dont have enough evidence that the Syrian Government that has policy leadership was directly involved that doesnt come as much of a surprise. Because they werent able to listen in to those phone calls but but the the evidence that they presented which they repeatedly called throughout the years compelling shows how these 4 men were who were in contact with one another and that they were in locations how easy was present in the months leading up to the murder so so limited i found guilty they acquitted they acquitted the others you asked me whether or not this is going to bring closure well for the families of the victims yes but this will definitely not heal the divisions in this country. The one at least for now spend found guilty selim all of them hezbollah operatives but my to the political fallout from this. Well hezbollah is the main political power 11 on along with its allies they control the government which is now resigned but they they control political power its their the president is their ally the speaker of parliament is their ally they also have an armed wing which is stronger than the Lebanese Army so what happens next the court meets again they hand down sentences the lebanese government because the lebanese government at the time request that the creation of the tribunals is now obliged to hand over. Which the lebanese government is unable to do with an able to confront hezbollah simply because hezbollah controls political power in the country so the tribe you know is going to send the file to the u. N. Security council which in itself is divided a russian veto is possible so practically you cannot carry out this verdict you cannot. So for the for the victims this is a symbolic win a symbolic verdict theyre not going to see its very unlikely for them to see. Behind bars and if he does turn up there is a possibility that there could be an appeal so for the victims this is definitely a win for them some sort of closure but practically what it means it is still unclear because if the u. N. Security council cant do anything and the lebanese government the question is will levanon relations with the International Community be affected simply because hezbollah controls political power in lebanon. Thank you so much for that zen horror there across developments from beirut. To other news now the u. S. Democratic party has begun its National Convention the event usually packs a stadium with huge crowds because of course at 19 its all being done online Michelle Obama and Bernie Sanders were among a number of prominent democrats and republicans who spoke in support of joe biden for president since 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 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 for me there are still celebrity appearances musical breaks and in this proctored moment cross Party Endorsement america is at 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 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 it is 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. True 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 nearly 2000000 people in gaza are facing power shortages as the only power plant there has been 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 that has more from western muslim what impacts the power consolatory 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 blows out of course been shut down by coronavirus destructions among other things and so much now depends on how that egyptian mediation goes a rocket attack on Independence Day 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. South africa is easing coronavirus restrictions in an effort to revive its economy one survey found that the outbreak caused more than 3000000 jobs losses on the essential workers were allowed to leave their homes when one of the worlds strictest lock downs was imposed in march nationwide travel is allowed and the ban on alcohol and cigarettes is being lifted. Well strict crowd of virus lockdowns are being lifted also in the philippine capital and 4 other provinces aimed at boosting the recession hit economy president ford re going to tell us a says hes changing his tactics to increase testing as well as considering Clinical Trials of a russian vaccine the philippines has the largest number of covered 19 cases in southeast asia. We will ensure the safety of our people. Who are. Especially. Ease their lives are the only. Available human. Or likely use. The. Us oxy in. Brazil is hoping tourists may be able to save its pandemic had economy its borders have now reopened for foreign isnt some of the big attractions are operating again with the 2nd highest number of cases and deaths in the world is concerned visitors may not come at all monaco 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 kovan 1000 struck brazil in march the statues welcoming arms have become a symbol of social distancing but no more. Despite 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 the 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 brazils economy recover. But some are unable to wait for the tide to change Everest Hotel in ipanema not only closed down but is selling all its furniture. Into the car 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 wagners media bush has been out of a job since the pandemic began and blames president also now for downplaying the virus. Has a very very bad. Image all over because instead of a log down the president said that is just those blue so we all know theyre going to take at least one of the have year to day bad to work to have 2 hours coming back to brazil for 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 monika aljazeera Rio De Janeiro. Still ahead on and as there are in sport the Boston Bruins stage a stunning comeback to blow away the hurricanes and n. H. L. Playoff action coming up after the break. Business lakers just go to find the brass pot. Business leaders just go to find the brass pot. Org. Time of sports thank you very much kim while the n. B. A. Pelvis are underway reigning at champions the Toronto Raptors got off to winning start on a night that saw some of their championship rivals also impress selma reports really the difference 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 the 3. Guys. Heart. Out. For another one of the top teams in the east the Boston Celtics also got off to a good start just in time. Jason tatum put in a big performance double doubling with 13 rebounds and 32 points as they put down the philadelphia 76 ers 10921 i want to sort of figure out now i dont. Want to be aggressive. This. d 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 really clippers took on the Dallas Mavericks the clippers are certainly the most likely team to challenge the lakers in the west but we have to work hard to win their opener 29 points from franchise play acquire leonard saw them battle it out 281802110 when they clipped his will need him to stay on target as they look to win their birthday ever n. B. A. Championship in the spring here through hell malik aljazeera. By sound our man manager thomas to her says that striker killian bath is set in the 3rd to start his teams Champions League semifinal against rb like the 21 year old striker has been recovering from an ankle injury he came on as a sub 0 in the teams quarter final win over atlanta sam is coming up later on hughes day well we spoke to rob harris of the sociate at press earlier who says p. S. G. Are under huge pressure to not only but to win the whole competition. A parasite is about and 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 7 finals in that time nor in the decade almost on black atari ownership with all that money spent on the likes of and back pay and name fact its been 25 years since parasangs amount of made it into the Champions League semifinal that was a time when lights they 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 since then they reached the Business 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 former finalist tottenham and after madrid ask for paris and your man so we could go behind me here at benfica stadium that they left really late to school the goals that knocked out atalanta but they do have a backup a potentially fit to start from the front from the start of the game now and also. Is back from suspension while frances top division has suffered a major setback with the opening match of the new season respond to the outbreak of cold 900 cases that must say the club have confirmed 4 positive cases ahead of their opener against scented the match it was due to kick off on friday behind closed doors as of now the rest of the weekend fixtures are still going ahead as planned. You call the rather 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. They had 2 goals and assists to help the avalanche seal a one sided 71 victory and take a commanding 31 lead the Boston Bruins dominated the 3rd period against the Carolina Hurricanes to come from 2 goals behind before we went in our lead 31 in their 1st round series going into game 5 on the worst day. And of course well have the build up of the Champions League later on with andy which isnt but for now kim thank you for that sanna that is the news article where ill be back in just a moment with more news including more reaction from the u. N. Backs tribunals and lebanon and its verdict of the assassination of the stay with us. This underwater treasure is a risk of disappearing juta coral bleaching caused by rising temperatures. The Great Barrier drained the area its Cultural Heritage its iconic and the Tourism Industry based on steps we will lose instantly if we have another bleaching event of the magnitude if this continues they just will not be the opportunity for the corals to recover in between those major. Side to supporting for stronger Climate Policy from the government to reduce emissions without this situation what are they get worse. They come in here i did search of work to provide a better life for the families theyve left behind. But though their labor is vital to lease Food Industry they risk exploitation by corporations and organized crime. Trapped in a system with little hope of escape people in power investigates italy seeks links on aljazeera. Meet maria driven by poverty into prostitution and drugs as an early age now as a mother shes turning her life around with the help of a theatre troupe a group of colombia women fighting the challenges they face. Algis it was compelling series which showcases fresh filmmaking talents down the globe you find a lot in america presents acting lessons on aljazeera. Aljazeera where every. Salim joe male i asked the lead suspect in the 2005 bombing that killed former Prime Minister rafik hariri found guilty. The un backed tribunals acquits 3 other hezbollah members their involvement in the assassination. Im convinced this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. More chaos in mali now there are reports of senior politicians being arrested in a military news