Speaking in exile a plea from baton rouge an opposition candidate for the e. U. To act as a way of antigovernment protest builds. The man to take on trump joe biden is formally confirmed as the democratic candidate in the race to the white house. The painstakingly slow cleanup continues more teams arrive and to help contain an environmental catastrophe. And in school the latest from the European Champions League as. Advanced to the final plus a miserable start to the postseason for the l. A. Lakers the n. B. A. Favorites go down to portland and their playoff opener. Will begin in mali where soldiers have forced president Abraham Boubacar catered to resign military leaders say the elf. Im a transitional civilian government and organized what they call Credible Elections the west African Regional bloc ecowas has condemned the coup and is sending a delegation to the capital bamako and the coming also the u. N. Security council will also be meeting to discuss the crisis child strength that begins our coverage. Soldiers guard the residents of malis president. In the capital bamako. Prime minister bruce a say detained here on tuesday as rumors of a coup spread president cater appeared on state television announcing his resignation this with. No blood to be spilled to keep me in power and thats why i would like to thank the 1000000 people for their warmth i am telling you know that im resigning from my position as the president and all my other positions and i announced the dissolution of the assembly and the governor. Was the african bloc ecowas responded forcefully to the coup isolating mali through border closures suspending financial flows and called for sanctions against organizers and their supporters. Speaking on state television coup leaders say they are acting in the countrys best interest money and money and people of mali we are not holding on to power but we are holding on to the stability of the country which will allow us to organize within an agreed reasonable timeframe general elections to equip mali with strong institutions which are able to better manage our everyday lives and restore confidence between the government and the government. Many millions welcomed the coup crowds frustrated with the president and his government spurred the soldiers on some ransacked and burned government offices. We have come out today to call for the total resignation of president cater because we heard there were shots fired by the military and we come up to help our soldiers get rid of the president order for we are tired the country is paralyzed and i do not want this government at all. The soldiers began living to me at a base on the outskirts of bamako the same base that sword 2012 uprising would open the way to create his presidency heavily armed troops willing to seen a school sing a vehicle believed to be carrying the president. Were very happy because this is a liberation for the people of mali all of these people were waiting for this day all of malis people waiting for the president and his men to allow us to breathe. Ok to his face weeks of opposition protests calling for his departure of the disputed parliamentary elections earlier this year much of the country is already outside the control of the government struggled to contain an armed insurgency thats claimed thousands of lives. Lets speak now to. Idris whos following the story from nigerias capital ahmed just bring us up to speed with the latest. Well basically right now at course the regional bloc is trying to send a delegation to bomb a coat to meet the new leaders of the military that overthrew president booker kaita now the delegation is expected to be led by the president chairman or president of the organization in egypt president Mohammad Yousuf along with president s like mikey salgado as a call for and i call for i do however the what how theyre received in bamako would be a different case altogether not mainly by the military but the people of mali especially those whove been protesting against the government of president. That what were hearing now is that a number of young people use have gathered or are mobilizing to go to the airport to prevent the craft bearing these leaders from lending we are not yet confirming this but the report were getting out of michael most parts about mark off to the events of last night and early this morning calm and a lot of people are expecting now the delegation by of course to mollie will be there to discuss terms with the new military leaders however with the resignation of president bush. Their position is sort of we can probably what they will be doing now is to. Demand a quick return to democratic rule which the military leaders say they will but not specifying what amount of time is needed to do that because be there for a very long period of time and apart from the political. Chaos in mali currently we people are watching closely to see how the insurgents the armed groups the coming of. Has that been eating or tearing molly apart for the last 3 years will respond to the situation they recognize that there is that vacuum at the could probably explode bees and for the pledge the country into deep so she can overcome security crisis in the country amid what is the likelihood that this delegation will have any success given they have tried to mediate before this point. Their position is a bit weak. Already they have announced some sanctions against bali and like. Their blockade of the country mali is a land locked country and if all Member States of the Economic Community of West African States agreed and respected the sanctions imposed by accords to force the new government in mali to return power to civilians is enforced absolutely need the support of mauritania which at one time was a member country and of course algeria because these are the only 2. Countries that have borders with mommy if the whole of the region blocks or blockaded mali by. Then it will have little or no option but to succumb to the pressures of the regional bloc. Thanks for that bit your stare live from the cheeriest capital. Well mali is considered strategically important to ensure stability for the entire us the hell region of the country has been in turmoil partly stemming from another coup back in 2012 following bassa took control of large parts of the country and forcing a strict religious codes the driven out by French Forces that have continued to attack civilians in rural areas in mali and in neighboring became a fast so and the sheer well that 10000. 00 people have died in the violence more than a 1000000 have fled their homes and forces from france and west africa have suffered heavy losses. And we can speak now to fatima saad who is a political analyst who joins us now from bomb a call so we heard there from our correspondent that protest is are potentially trying to stop the echo us delegation from getting into the capital whats the latest youre hearing there on the ground. Can you hear us. Ok our apologies we seem to have some problems with the line there to fats and i will try and get her back a little later on the program. More ahead on the news are including. Manned mars armed groups and government leaders resume formal peace talks after several failed attempts. And love in the time of a Global Pandemic pakistans fairytale weddings are being downsized because of the outbreak. And barcelona call upon a club legend to get their house in order more details coming up in sports. The European Union is about to hold an emergency Virtual Meeting to discuss the political crisis and bell reuss bloc has already rejected the outcome of this months disputed elections which handed president Alexander Lukashenko a 6th term in Office Something these are hinting at expanding sanctions against after violent crackdowns on protesters said learn or take heed of sky the opposition candidate whos now living in lithuania its called on the European Union not to recognize the result of the vote people who went out to defend the ward in this rich or they say it is all across belarus where brutally beaten imprisoned and tortured by their regime they spread liquid on to power mr has lost all the legitimacy in the eyes of our nation and the war on our boat off here all i call in here to support that awakening. And the embattled president has threatened strong action against opposition that this set up a council to coordinate a peaceful transition of power because she is also accusing nato of ill intent and of increasing its military presence along his countrys border claim nato denies. The move at the moment we consider it clearly an attempt to seize power with all the attendant consequences western countries including some leaders are not given where where the bit loose is located however they make some treatments to prove that the president was right disgusted with the Defense Ministry tiny god we have reacted deployed and got to come back to the combat units of our army and the western borders today we have problems from both inside and outside see that these actions are completely coordinated and it is not even the peak events will develop a certain way but we understand in which direction. From the capital minks riot police are out in large numbers and there are reports of detentions sebastien joins us via skype from there with the latest update step whats happening we hear reports of a russian government plane making a trip to the capital. Exactly its a very different mood here and theyre meant to compare to the previous days i would say from euphoric its now gone back to fear the authorities that were sort of absent from the streets in the last couple of days are now back to sleep trying to get back in their control the fear to riot Police Called oman is also seen dispersing of protesters and strikers at factories also the national a television who was on strike is now blocked by police interesting leaders also an interview with one of the employees who joining to strike earlier saying she was not allowed to enter the building and instead of her and other colleagues who had joined the strikes now a russian professionals have been flown in she says we cant confirm any of that but what we do know is that theres a report about a plane thats normally used by the f. S. B. The state Security Service in moscow that has landed in mint last night and also departed again so its possible some assistance from moscow here to look at shankar in power at least for the moment and step whats the picture across the rest of the country. We hear reports of some people still on strike at Different Industries but it has been increasingly difficult for people to continue this National Strike because theyve been threats from the ministry that everyone was on strike will be fired and of course then people will lose their income which is already in their debt the Economic Situation is already a very dire also there is this Coalition Council been set up by the opposition which is supposed to meet today. Really lashed out against this council which is supposed to sort of organize a Transitional Government saying that these people are committing a coup detat and that he will take all measures possible to stop them so discounts all is as we heard still meeting today in an hour or so from now and we hope to hear from them in a few hours after death we will of course be staying across those developments thanks dan step vasant live for us in minsk. Was israel and the United Arab Emirates push forward with normalizing their relations there is growing confusion over one key element of the deal and bets whether the u. A. E. Will be able to gain access to u. S. Military hardware specifically if the 5 aircraft israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu issued a statement saying he opposes the sale of the warplanes to the u. A. E. But reports in an israeli newspaper suggest the deal includes language that would allow advanced weapons sales to the gulf nation where a force it is live for us and western heritage to explain this 5 issue for us. Well yes israel maintains something what it calls a qualitative military edge and soames of the kind of material that it can buy from the United States and under a congressional understanding does not get sold to other powers in the region and the question was which was raised by this explosive report in me yet what are not newspaper on Tuesday Morning was whether in this deal that has been done brokered by the United States between the usa and israel it allowed for such a high level military. Weaponry to be sold to United Arab Emirates in the future the report said that it did that netanyahu was aware of that that there was such an understanding in a deal netanyahu came out with a carefully worded denial later in the day talking about having there being no clause in the deal and that he maintained his opposition would continue to maintain his opposition to any other countries in the region being given this kind of weaponry especially the f. 35 aircraft which israel has in quite some numbers in growing numbers in the last few months but he didnt specifically say that israel had maintained its veto didnt specifically say that this was something that was impossible and there was a quote from the same newspaper from an unnamed u. S. Official later on tuesday saying that netanyahu was aware despite his opposition to it that this was on the cards Going Forward and theres been some confusion and argument between the 2 arms of the coalition here as well with the foreign minister defense minister of the blue and white party saying that they remain opposed to it they werent sure exactly what was in the deal because of course netanyahu negotiated it entirely without their knowledge so are they renewed signs then that those internal tensions might take israel into perhaps 4th election. Well yes there were concerns about that which seemed to be allayed as late as last weekend with talk of the crown extensions of it the critical issue which could trigger a new election which is a disagreement between the 2 arms of the coalition over a budget netanyahu wants a one year budget benny gantz of the blue and white wants a 2 year budget in accordance with the Coalition Deal netanyahu says he wants one year because of the coronavirus pandemic and needing to leave some adaptability in his in the Financial System but hes accused of wanting that because only having a one year budget means that he could trigger elections in self in march next year when that one year would expire that the Financial Year would expire now either by midnight on monday there has to be an agreement on the budget or that has to be legislation passed to have a delay so that deadline work towards that delay seems to be going on there was a 1st reading of that bill on monday but today wednesday there has been. Attachments of conditions so that its from the likud party Benjamin Netanyahu so there are people reading that signs that he actually wants to scupper this and potentially take israel to a 4th round of elections in november high philosophize live in west jerusalem thank you for. Joe biden is now the official democratic nominees take on donald trump and novembers president ial election he was picked on the 2nd night of the Partys National convention which for the 1st time was mostly virtual because of coronavirus from washington has alan fischer. This was the moment joe biden officially became the democratic partys nominee for the president of the United States thank you very very much from the bottom my heart thank you all raise the world in me and my family and ill see you on thursday thank you thank you thank you rhode island the oceans stay in a traditional convention the roll call is an important set piece im doing it for chile this time they made it slick and polished its job. This was a night to show the past and the future there were contributions from former president jimmy carter former president ial nominee john kerry and congresswoman alexandra keshia cortez an influential figure on the progressive wing of the party and considered a rising star it was also an appearance from bill clinton the former president whose lit up conventions in the past given just 5 minutes this time but still getting his message across at a time like this the oval office should be a command center instead its a storm center is only chaos its 20 years since bill clinton was president on wednesday hell celebrate his 74th birthday and hell still be 3 years younger than the current democratic president ial nominee. Former secretary of state colin powell was just one of a number of republicans who also spoke giving his endorsement to joe biden the values i learned growing up in the south bronx and serving in uniform were the same values that joe bidens parents instilled in him in scranton pennsylvania i support joe biden for the presidency of the United States because those values still define him i have always loved the sound keynote on tuesday was the nominees wife jill biden who lined what she thought her husband would deliver for america leadership to re imagine what our nation will be thats joe he and kaamelott will work as hard as you do every day to make this nation better wednesday will see Vice President ial pick haris deliver her speech that role is normally to attack the opposition to hit them and hit them hard and this time will be no different alan fischer aljazeera washington. The democrats say theyll present head with a bill to prevent changes to the Postal Service despite assurances that cost cutting plans are being suspended the postmaster general has halted some changes following a public outcry about the potential impact on the president ial election donald trump has suggested that mail in voting will be susceptible to fraud last week a admitted blocking Postal Service funding that would allow its to deal with a surge in ballots. There is no evidence of such widespread fraud and when they asked his chief of staff you dont have any evidence of a fraud in the. Vote by mail and he said well you dont have any evidence that there isnt room oh really i mean this is how they insult the intelligence of the American People and thats why they know they cant win the election on the level so they have to lie cheat and steal and thats what this is why cantor is in washington d. C. And says democrats are concerned that these changes have only been suspended and not scrapped. So thats what has been announced by the postmaster general and thats not a good enough for the speaker of the house nancy pelosi who says that this just means that no more changes are going to be made it does not mean that what has already happened will be reversed she says that the house is going ahead with a meeting on saturday calling all members back from recess to pass a bill that will move the Postal Service back to what it was on the 1st of january of this year before lewiston made took over as postmaster general so theres still dissatisfaction on congress and its increasingly bipartisan the Senate Oversight committee has now called on the postmaster general to appear before it this friday hes also appearing before the Democratic House committee on a monday so hes going to get a grilling in congress and certainly what the democrats are going to be asking is how did he get the job in the 1st place hes a noted republican donor and in february he gave his last the nation to the Trump Campaign more than a quarter of a 1000000. 00 he was appointed to the position of postmaster general by the board of governors in maine so questions from the democrats are going to be how did he get this job is it undue influence is it a case of trump patronage forcing the board of governors to appoint him to the job so lots to happen in the days ahead and of course theres still that great concern about the impact this will have on the Postal Service during that november election. After 15 years of trial and the killing of former lebanese Prime Minister has drawn to a close on tuesday the u. N. Backs tribunals found a member of has been guilty of the 2005 suicide truck bomb attack that killed 30 and 21 others 3 of the suspects were acquitted they were all tried in absentia then have reports from beirut. This special tribunal for lebanon reached its verdict in the trial of 4 hezbollah members charged with conspiracy to kill former Prime Minister rafiq ahead e. D. And 21. 00 others. Yash was found guilty the 3 others were acquitted because the circumstantial evidence was not Strong Enough to prove their guilt beyond reasonable doubt. Prosecutors have based their case on evidence of a phone network that monitored how d. D. Months before his death that went silent following his murder. Had a son assad himself a former Prime Minister was in the court in the hague for the judgement he welcomed the verdict vowing not to rest until punishment was served and calling on hezbollah to cooperate. With. Them in the name of the leaders family the martyr Rafique Hariri and in the name of all the families of martyrs and victims we accept the courts ruling and wish but justice to be served to be clear that we are not giving up our blood right. Judges did say there wasnt enough evidence to prove direct involvement by hezbollahs leadership or the Syrian Government which was in control of lebanon at the time of the murder they did note i asked his affiliation to the group and his communication with must have a better deal in a known hezbollah commander who died in mysterious circumstances in syria in 2016 going to be very difficult. To believe that. Was high. Well its carried out. Without any kind of green light. From the syrian regime. Hezbollah secretary general has long denied any role in the massive bomb blast in beirut 15 years ago its not clear how he will respond to saddam call to cooperate but has repeatedly vowed never to hand over the suspects. We dont feel concerned by the tribunals decisions for us it will be as if no decision was ever announced if that brothers are unjustly sentenced as we expect we will maintain their innocence. The former Prime Ministers killing tour Lebanon Society apart he was considered the leader of the muslims and the community whose assassin belongs to a shiite group the verdict is unlikely to heal divisions theres been political instability since killing it was also followed by a series of assassinations that targeted anti Syrian Government figures in the country since then the Political Landscape changed the balance of power favors hezbollah and its allies which control political and military power. But some see an opportunity to solve the latest political crisis. Saw hariri called on hezbollah to sacrifice the same way he and his group sacrificed and this somehow opens the doors for settling political issues the court which can only accuse individuals didnt tie as a bonus leadership to the murder but it indirectly implicated it leading many to believe the verdict could either set the stage for further instability or and years of confrontation that followed the assassination. So how does live for us in beirut zaina 15 years and almost a 1000000000. 00 to get this result how lebanese people reacting to the verdict. Well mixed reactions you have those who are welcoming the verdict saying that justice has finally been served but they are calling this a symbolic verdict simply because punishment hasnt been served surname ayyash was tried in absentia what they want is for him to be apprehended but has well has made it very very clear that they will not hand him over to face justice and there are others who feel disappointed they believe that the its not enough to point the finger at d a low level operative of hezbollah they believe he took orders from higher up from the leadership because the courts established a communication link between ayyash and was the boundary dean who is a very well known hezbollah commander so there is this feeling that they should have pointed the finger at the has been the leadership but we have to point out that this court when it was created by the United Nations its mandate only allows it to accuse individuals and not states and organizations also International Courts like this one judges need to prove beyond reasonable doubt that somebody is guilty so they didnt have the direct evidence but what they had was evidence that allowed them to draw conclusions and that is why some people believe or some are trying to politicize the verdict already the true of the court has been politicized and now some are politicizing the verdict so the visions remain really since the day of how do these killing the verdict not not bring about any closure thank god had sent one of their life for us and by roche. Around 100000 chinese have been moved to Higher Ground because of some of the worst flooding in decades the young sea river burst its banks in the city of chongqing and tributaries of chinas longest river have submerged villages in Sichuan Province affecting around 16000000 people. Well time now for the way the hair is edited with more news of heavy rain in Southern China yeah thats right came this funds come from a Tropical Storm actually so it will join up with the one thats been fring those problems into Central China im afraid theres more rain in the forecast you can see this massive cloud just down into the far south of china look a little further north and this is the one were talking around there in chongqing has been making its way between chengdu and will hand down towards the south this is what was Tropical Storm system making its way further north woods and west was a final warning was issued around about 6 or 7 hours ago so in terms of the winds were not too concerned but we see very very heavy rainfall coming through hong kong with 169 millimeters of rain in the past 24 hours im pleased to say that they will get a little dry here as you go on through the next couple of days but that rifle totals around 40 percent of the all guest average rainfall to see the kind of conditions that we do have in hong kong winds not too bad but we have seen some very heavy rain there was of course some wind damage as the system made its way very close to home so the rain down towards the southeast not cheap out there pushing up to join him with a seasonal rains the one that brought that very heavy rain into Central China that will sink a little further south which in the swiss as we go on into friday pepping up as it pushes over towards ruhani for quite a legacy as showers are rolling in behind and then its more of the same as we go on into saturday one thing to notice just offshore consistent here thats going to cause some problems toward japan next weekend thank you for ever. To head on aljazeera. South korea times and social distancing measures some for a record 80 increase in the number of corona virus infections. 400000 jobs and counting when asked if south africa can ever recover a clone of our stand demick. And we want to speed c. Want to cyclings most an austrian stars of the most prestigious race over the year details coming up. Selfless act human bravery 10000 precious pieces of literature rescued from being punched to ashes and it besieged sorry. Its the bosnian women and men who risked everything to save their its imperative. The love of books on aljazeera. The soon as the sun goes down the shouting russia is a very challenging place to work from has begun to live even though the authorities here say you cant do it its not allowed to be a film pushing the always pushing the cloud of the sands of moscow with hunger love doll people are being taken from peacefully my fear for the simple fact that we are nobody travelling the extra mile we are the media dont go we go there and we give them a chance to tell their story. The. Thought you know just there are reminder of our top stories this hour leaders in ali say bellow oversea new election soft ill stick president abraham to the delegation of west africa to be busy expected to arrive there in the coming hours. U. T. D. Is a holding an emergency summit to discuss the political crisis and bella groups russias foreign minister has weighed in saying there is no need for mediation its accusing foreign powers of trying to meddle. The Us Democratic party has formally a job on its president ial nominee it happened on the 2nd night of its National Convention which is being held virtually because of the corona virus. More japanese experts are being sent to help clean up the oil spill in a 1000 tons of fuel leaked from the japanese oddball carrier which ran aground last month its since broken into this captain under arrest and awaiting another quarter parents an army of volunteers joined emergency teams to stop more pollution of tourist beaches and coral reefs in the indian ocean well i mean a good of him is a former president of marshes she is also a biodiversity researcher and a member of the african academies of sciences she joins us now via skype from the capital thank you so much for your time how hopeful are you that this new team coming in from japan will make a real difference. Thank you for having me and thank you for casting a light on whats going on in nourishes you know we are experiencing the worst ecological disaster in our history we are as you have rightly said we are expecting a group of japanese a researches and of course policymakers i presume coming here but up until we see. The place cleaned up we are not very hopeful so we just hoping that they come in there bring some good news of course resources to help us along this very very tricky and very nasty nasty job the worst ecological disaster i mean you must be pretty angry. Yes we are because you know i think were angry because the way the shipping industry has been behaving we saw beirut a couple of weeks ago now we see marriages and the question were asking you know who regulates the shipping industry the ship belong to japanese you know it is japanese this ship the flag is panama and we dont know whose whose oil it belongs to and yet it came crushing on our reef so we will be at quite a loss to you know to start fighting for for new lawsuits because im sure all the legal you know the legal panel theyre looking into this but i think beyond this we are were going to be asking the question who regulates the shipping industry because this should not should not be allowed to happen ever again whats your take on the governments response so far and also on the help thats come from the japanese. You know the ship reached our waters on the 23rd of july. Against the coral reef on the 25th and on the 6 evening 6 of august this is when the 1st time we heard of the spill so there has been a lot of over 10 days over which i think the produce of low priority is should have been the siphoning off of the fuel this has been done as a matter of priority we would be here today so there has been a delay and i think everybody is quite vocal about it and we all are asking question why it took so long to do something about this oil which was of course on board the ship thanks so much for your time i mean it could have come there the former president of russia. Thank you. The latest negotiations in 1000000 miles Peace Process have started representatives of the government and ethnic minority armies are at the 3 Day Conference in the capital the conflict has forced hundreds of thousands of karren and other ethnic minorities from their homes many villages threatened by renewed fighting hopeful of any significant progress in the 1st talks for 2 years. South korea is reporting the every 300 new cases of coronavirus the highest in 5 months many recent cases the links to a church group in seoul the Church Pastor tested positive after attending an antigovernment rally this weekend 6000 Police Officers who were on duty of being tested new restrictions on gatherings have been imposed in the capital and surrounding areas. There are still many people were led to serang church who are being tested all waiting to get tested and medicine fictions continuously break out in other regions so we expect to see an increasing trend in the number of new patients until this week its our priority to slow down the virus spread through quick tracing and testing and social distance and this week will mark the most critical in preventing further mess spreed of a bride has more now from salt. It has led to your therapies to reintroduce the kind of social distancing that had been in place back at phase 2 on a 3 level scale this means for example that a number of venues which had been open and have told to close again public venues like museums galleries other high risk establishment like a nightclubs buffet style restaurants they are having to close also restrictions on gatherings be they indoor gatherings or outdoor gatherings weve recently just seen spectators being allowed back to watch for example baseball matches in small numbers well those baseball matches will still go on but without spectators most significantly perhaps are the restrictions on congregations of churches in the metropolitan Areas Services will now have to be held online and this is because of course there is real concern about this one particular Controversial Church here in the sole metropolitan area where where more than 500 of these now case of cases have been linked back to so theres a real concern especially about the cooperation of this church it is led by a controversial pastor who claims that 19 is all a conspiracy from north korea to get his congregation so theres been a lack of cooperation and the concern is of course that this all is happening in the northwest corner of the country the greater metropolitan area around seoul than in show which is home to hearth of south koreas 50000000. 00 plus population so theres a real concern that they have to get this under control. Breaking news coming to us now from nigeria there has been an attack on our town and on a stage there are reports of looting and arson by men lets talk now to their interests whos following the story. What more do we know. Well basically reports from the area says armed men suspected to be boko haram fighters descended on the town and then started firing guns burning cars and homes as well as looting homes and shops in the town there are no confirmation of casualties yet but. And other places like mughal mary have seen recently seen some activity. Violent activity is suspect if you will be carried out by book there are also look at some local media reporting some people missing we know recently the Nigerian Military either in border state or your base state have conducted several military exercises and military attacks or raids on the hideouts of book koran and right now a book has been reported to have attacked community is looking for food items from nigeria cameroon and even in the general public this has been going on for a very long time and the Multinational Joint task force of the Regional Force that is fighting book war on in the saddle and elected region has announced last week that book or arm by trying to even recruit more after the decimation of their fighting force so basically what we know right now are regarded kuko is that theres been an attack looting and some arson in that part of the north east of nigeria and some reports suggest that some people have been declared missing but its not confirmed yet we are yet to get any confirmation from the military or civilian authorities above us to go in this ok thank you for that update that we will see cross story live from the nigerian capital. Airline passengers in colombia can find nationwide again domestic flights have been grounded for 5 months because of the virus not down president ivan 2 k. Who greeted some arriving passengers says the restart is an important step in reviving the economy. South africas government is warning but the crown of virus crisis could cost the jobs of 400000. 00 workers and thats just in the Tourism Industry 5 months of lockdown restrictions are being eased at the Tourism Industry could take years to recover from ada miller has more from johannesburg. Lucky mardi relies on tourists to villa the street and so were told to make a living the car park attendant still comes to work during one of the worlds longest lock downs but business is quiet he applied to the governments covert relief fund for a grant of 20. 00 a month but says hes not received anything hes done for all of the people who say they have to do is quote fairly quote in the end. It was have been a full day and there are also hunger legs. For the street was once home to former president Nelson Mandela and archbishop emeritus desmond tutu the area usually bustles with tourists and students and school twas 5 months into south africas lock down its deserted. Before the covert 1000. 00 pandemic up to 400. 00 customers a day from all over the world would visit this restaurant which specializes in traditional food now its owner says hes lucky if he sees a handful of customers a day he hopes the easing of lockdown restrictions and the resumption of alcohol sales even if limited to certain hours will boost business for us its been difficult because we used to sell buffett before and for us to change from their profits set up to be in a locker or of sales plays adjustment was quite difficult and made as tool of about 1000 people to stay at home instead of the 100 and would normally have south africas Revenue Service is the ban on cigarettes and alcohol sales cost the economy almost 600000000. 00 in tax revenue and affected thousands of jobs so that ruka has an official Unemployment Rate of about 30 percent the government had hoped to use the Tourism Industry to boost the economy and create jobs but with Tourist Attractions deserted for months more job losses are feared the government says about 400000. 00 jobs in the tourist industry alone could be lost as of africas borders remain closed its hopes Domestic Tourism will pick up. While many are celebrating the easing of the months of restrictions others dont know when theyll be busy again. Aljazeera johannesburg. Having a big lavish wedding is traditional in pakistan a covered 1000 restrictions are forcing couples to downsize in a big way cut price ceremonies are bad for business probably has more from karachi. The coronavirus put a stop to pakistans flamboyant fairy tale wedding tired of waiting Many Companies are choosing smaller Family Affair because even a Global Pandemic cant stop love. Me delayed our wedding after more time when by our presence cited we should go ahead the spread the coronavirus. We waited for one month than 2 months than 3 months and the pandemic just wasnt ending so we decided to invite fewer people. Instead of the anticipated 800 guests there were only 250 that might still sound like a big number but in pakistan its serious crowd control some even go so far as to say that in a country where people can go bankrupt paying for big weddings the coronavirus is a blessing in disguise. Parents who are poor and feel pressured to host a sensation weddings theyve been able to save money because of a koran and i think they should be like this society should embrace it it would be better for everyone. The savings amount to shorter ceremonies fewer customs and perhaps most notably the dancing. Many of them to know that. That are events where everyone comes theres a couple could dance floor and we dance but this was a wedding at home so we did things on a smaller scale fewer people were invited and there are many traditions we could not observe. Many parts of karachi are known as wedding districts where main streets are lined with party halls able to hold hundreds of guests at a time the growing trend of home weddings could put them out of business these very years would normally be booked up months in advance in some cases you can do it here but theyve been empty now ever since the beginning of the coronavirus outbreak pakistans government has started reopening businesses but wedding halls are not a priority a failure owners say to understand how important they are to local economies. Backed by the nearly 650000 people working in waiting holes nationwide have been sitting at home for nearly 6 months weve tried to help giving them food rations and weve continued to pay salaries to stuff employees but the day laborers who the government said they would help right now they are the most worried and they account for nearly 500000 people. Run a month estimates 50 percent of pakistans industries are linked to weddings caterers and florists to benefit the Agriculture Sector fashion designers the textile mills jewelers the Precious Metals and stones industry the list goes on pakistanis say coupling up can bring good fortune in a post corona economy wedding Industry Leaders hope it remains true for more than just the bride and groom. All 25000000 australians who get free access to whats been described as a promising potential coronavirus taxi if trial succeed a minister Scott Morrison says a manufacturing deal has been signed with astra zeneca the pharmaceutical Companies Developing the vaccine in partnership with Oxford University australias 2nd biggest city melbourne is back on the lockdown because of a resurgent covert 19 infections. Dozens of wildfires in california have forced the States Government to declare an emergency evacuation orders are in effect and the napa county wine region north of San Francisco and everyones being asked to conserve electricity to avoid rolling blackouts. Still ahead on aljazeera and sports Le Bron James out of business week not his the lakers opened their playoff campaign n. B. A. Action coming up in just a few minutes. Its time now for sports has that. Kanwar by sandra might have reached the champ is the final for the 1st time in their history p. S. G. Beating of germany 3 now in their semifinal the match was played behind closed doors and portugal. Headed home of the opener for the french champions with the mighty adding a 2nd just before half time kwan better scored a number 3 on the one other french team have ever won this title that was a must say back in 1993. P. S. G. Fans can witness that moment of history in lisp on many did gather to watch the match in paris the team has already won the domestic trouble of trophies the season on sunday p. S. G. Will face either by munich or yawn european footballs biggest club a game. To rob a Sports Correspondent for the Associated Press and hes in this one for these games that 1st of all rob i guess reaching the final is person the perfect way for p. S. G. To silence the critics. Yeah when you spent so much money a 7 year squad there will be those critics if you want winning european footballs biggest prize and p. S. G. A play 110. 00 Champions League games and more than any of the team and having never reached the final where they will be back here behind me its been a feat of stadium on sunday night a chance of finally lifting the european cup and it really was a night when particularly p. S. G. Tacking from 3 there was the harmony of the connection that really proved too strong for leipsic to stop and we saw the veterans like and got the maria at 32. 00 making such an impact with a goal and to assess and his goal was set up by neymar it was really night when he delivered you think back to the previous 2 seasons when p. S. G. Were knocked out of the Champions League in the last 16 against real madrid and Manchester United there was no neymar that night he was out suspended but he really helped to drive the team forward last night and establish himself as a key component and in the team and just show why he will be so important on sunday night behind me in terms of whether they can beat ivor by munich all the other lets talk about well lets talk about leon by munich do you think the french side have a realistic chance of winning this one. When youve knocked out the italian champions events us the premier League Champs from last season Manchester City you have that hope that it is possible to knock out even a team that is just crushed barcelona 82 but what we saw in that absolutely devastating performance from the very in giants the other night was the attacking might they have and particularly love and dusky who scored for 8 consecutive Champions League games he really is such a lethal force this season in front of goal 54. 00 goals and he is going to be hard to stop but leon to have this dynamic and young midfield and is a homegrown midfield as well youve got hackery. 20 and 22 and i think this is very important for liam tonight in terms of progressing because keeping the squad together is going to be even more difficult when so much of europe has seen the impact that this squad can make. To talk i know its a bit soon to talk about the final but do you who do you think will win the Champions League. Will cause a very much depends on who paris and huge amounts opponent will be i think the blockbuster game not so near looking for will be the by munich paris and your mind game really cap or has been a great couple of weeks of football here is a unique format the fact its all final 8 teams gathering in one city single games rather than over 2 legs and its really generated a new set of balls for football rather than these quarterfinal semifinals and final being spread out over 2 months so thats the only it being put in place because of the pandemic and you couldnt really imagine 8 teams getting together in one city your fans were allowed because it be quite literally the cool exercise and also if you werent having these 2 legged games then youd be missing out on the pictures which helped to generate the broadcast revenue which ultimately forms the players that we see on stages like this rob how Sports Correspondent for the Associated Press thank you very much of a down. Bus alone a president. Has revealed that the Ronald Koeman that will indeed take all those barcelona coach while speaking on the clubs channel homan himself has said he does want to take over the past. But that no deal has been finalised at the moment coleman is in charge of the Dutch National team he won 40 titles and the european cup. As a player. The l. A. Lakers have made a losing start to their playoff campaign and they went down to the portland trailblazers on the night that so Le Bron James make history so here malik has all the action. Those 2 things in school compared to seeing Le Bron James in full flight during the playoffs whats even more a basketball is biggest name pitching in a history making performance and coming out on the losing side its about despite becoming the 1st player in the playoffs to back more than 20 points 15 rebounds and 15 assists respectively it was not enough to stop the lakers going down to the portland trailblazers in game one and lewis 1st points us Damian Lillard didnt make history like his and lost his opponent but he did out scoring with 34 points. Blazers taken 857102903 running roughshod with no frustration you know because the game is the game and we were my shit when we. Had triple header jenison to to compo and the Milwaukee Bucks were also in for a shock as they opened against orlando. 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