A coup that isolated the country from its neighbors and drawn international condemnation. Emergency in china a story floods forced more than 100000 people from their homes and to threaten an ancient statue of the blood. And love in the time of coronavirus the condemning is foreseen pakistanis to scale down that flamboyant fairytale wedding. Hundreds of protesters in baton rouge have defied the president s warnings of a tough crackdown on dissent and xander look has told Law Enforcement agencies to restore order on the streets but protesters in the capital minsk are continuing to pile on the pressure accusing the president of rigging his election victory earlier this month and demanding he step down staff at a state run. Chemical plant of walked off the job joining other factory workers who would usually be supporters of the president now calling for a nationwide general strike protest as have found support within the European Union as well which has announced a new rofft of sanctions and says it wont recognize the election result well al jazeera stepped vos and is inside the country she was want at one of the main protests in the center of the capital today where large crowds turned out despite those threats from the president. It looked only or in the day very chance no protests riot police was back on the streets look at shanker threatening with another Police Crackdown so people got really worried and scared again but look at this square now hundreds have shown up again defying anything that the president has been threatening they are calling for him to be they say youre fired look at shankar and they want him to be brought to justice so the mood has actually not changed at all after all so the threats have been hollow there was also a lot of speculation earlier in the day that moscow was getting involved that because there was a plane from moscow that had arrived here in minsk there was also some talk about russian professionals working now at the state television but so far police have been absent again from the streets here and people are free to protest again the relationship between look at shank and putin has not been good at all in the last couple of years and look at shankar when he felt really desperate in the last couple of weeks when these protests were getting bigger he started threatening people here in bellows with russian invasion russian interference so basically as a threat to his own people not making sure how much put in was willing to get involved but these threats of course. Might have had some impact at least today people were really concerned that there was a change of heart in moscow because until now there was a strong belief that putin would not be willing to get involved here especially also because the relationship with look at shank is this bad but on the other hand of course. Putin is very worried about a pro democratic government here in in the minsk and thats why the opposition has been very clear to point out that there need a pro european nor pro russian that they want to fight for their own country. In independent belarus. All the European Union has now announced a new raft of financial sanctions against a number of officials it blames for alleged Election Fraud and the abuse of protesters that president Alexander Lukashenko has dismissed criticism from the bloc telling its leaders to concentrate on their own problems and he barbara points. If alex on the look is shankar is feeling the pressure hes not showing its the man hes rubella risk for more than 25 years and officially won this months election with 80 percent of the vote says his leadership is not in doubt yes it put the boot if anyone thinks that the power here is staggering and shaking youre wrong i want to say that the power has someone to rely on so we will not waver we will follow our path as we should those who today especially abroad and this is clearly visible are plotting against us will get a serious rebuff i was earlier the losing opposition candidate who fled to lithuania for her own safety and whose husband is in jail in belarus called on european leaders to get tough mr. Last order a jitteriness say in the eyes of our nation and the. Us off here all. I call and here to support the. Those e. U. Leaders gathered online for an emergency meeting convened by shell michel head of the European Council after talks broke up he outlined how theyd agreed to respond to an election they say was not free or fair and the subsequent crackdowns on protesters we stand firmly behind the writers belarusian people to determine their own food and the e. U. Will impose shortly sentients on a substantial number of individuals responsible for violence repression and election fruit on top of those sanctions that use making money available for prodemocracy groups in belarus as well as for its Health Sector and the European Commission will mobilize now an additional 53000000. 00 euros to support the belorussian people in these challenging times. 2000000 euro want to assist the victims of repression and unacceptable state violence. 1000000 year old to support Civil Society and independent media. And 50000000 euros of coronavirus Emergency Support or this of course is seen by the russian government as meddling a day after president Vladimir Putin wants his german counterpart not to interfere his foreign minister rejected calls for russia to press president Lucas Shanker to talk to the opposition to the deals to the who theres no news news to everybody believing mediation is the only way out i implore them not to forget the way our western colleagues mediated in 2014 during the my down in kiev when the esteemed representatives of the European Union mediated reached an agreement and we all remember what that led to. So for now with the president threatening to go after dissenters in belarus and his main ally rejecting outside involvement in dialogue the fear and uncertainty that surrounded the elections still there the dean barber al jazeera. Somalis the military leaders of all Civil Servants to return to work and say theyll oversee democratic elections within a reasonable amount of time though they gave no specific time frame for that president. Have resigned and dissolve parliament and shes day off to soldiers staged a coup and detained him at gunpoint the African Union and we. Suspended mali in response but the army says it will help the transition to a new government and organize what commanders have called Credible Elections meanwhile the u. N. Security council is meeting to discuss the political crisis and as the soldiers to release to tangle does and return to that barracks a number of International Powers including the e. U. And the u. S. Have condemned the take im going to address has more. Soldiers got the residents of this president. In the capital bamako. Prime minister. Were detained here tuesday as rumors of a cool spring president kate appeared on state television and also his resignation. I will no blood to be spilled to keep me in power and thats why i would like to think the most people for their warmth i am telling you know that im resigning from my position as the president and all my other positions that i announced the dissolution of the assembly and the governor of. West african bloc of course responded firstly to isolate to mali through border closures suspended from the shell flows and called for sanctions against organizers and their supporters speaking was to television coolly to 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 with an agreed reasonable timeframe general elections to. Quick molly with strong institutions which are able to better manage our everyday lives and restore confidence between the government and the government. Many romanced welcome the crowds frustrated with the president and his Government Support the soldiers on some ransacked and bowed 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 weve come up to help pass soldiers get rid of the president order for we are tired the country is paralyzed and i do not want this government at all but something about the soldiers began their beauty at the business of the outskirts of michael the same base but saw 2012 on your privacy but open the way to kate as president heavily armed troops while they to see this court in their vehicle believed to be carrying the president. Were very happy because this is a liberation for the people of mali all of these people waiting for this day all of malis people waiting for the president and his men to allow us to breathe. Kate who has faced weeks of opposition protests calling for his departure after disputed parliamentary elections earlier this year much of the country is already outside the control of the government the struggle to contain an obtuse agency that has claimed thousands of lies committee agrees aljazeera. The news from nigeria reports that dozens of people have been abducted following an attack in the northeast and the country. Around targeted the town of borno state attackers looted and torched government buildings and farming equipment people started returning to their homes in cocoa earlier this month after spending nearly 2 years in displacement camps. Gerri has been ravaged by a decade Long Campaign led by around tens of thousands of people have been killed and millions displaced. Now at least 45 refugees and migrants have died in the seas near libya with the u. N. Calling it the deadliest shipwreck of the year the engine of the vessel carrying the migrants exploded near the town of zawiya are on monday at least 5 children are among the dead 37. 00 of those on board were rescued by fisherman well joe biden is now the official democratic nominee to take on donald trump in 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 the coronavirus from washington his 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 our 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 ocean state in a traditional convention the roll call is an important piece and doing it virtually this time they made it slick and polished showed sound 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 accuser 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 whos lit up conventions in the past given just 5 minutes this time but still getting his message across that a term 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 perfect but 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 wear 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 outlined 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 widens the will see Vice President ial pick 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. Still ahead on the program a look at a divisive deal thats brought to rival palestinian groups together in a rash of unity. In the philippines promises a new approach to tackling the coronavirus reopening the economy despite soaring infection rates. How i was feeling a little like also im across northwestern parts of europe with quite a nasty area of low pressure swirling in here this is actually been named locally as storm l and it will bring some very strong winds into southern ireland into the republicans going to make its way further well through these phases be going through the next couple of days as some very nasty weather we are looking at winds gusting to maybe 100 kilometers per possibilities and damaging winds maybe some trees down and some Power Outages not out of the question ahead of that were dragging in the winds from the south so 30 celsius there in paris and also into 0 to 24. 00 in london pretty much but it should be at this time here further east was we got some showers along the spells of rain spilling into scandinavian somewhat or whether theyre just around that eastern side of europe but it will be a little draw down into the balkans down into greece across the maid it is essentially fine and dry there we go as we go on into friday more wet and windy weather that will make its way across scotland and northern parts of england come further south well 32 celsius in madrid only some rain as we go on through the weekend rain continuing through the next few days and on into the weekend across central parts of africa with some particular heavy downpours the southern nigeria. To jump into the stream and julian of Global Community this generation will have to create its own democracy with social media on air online be part of the debate let me put some you tube comments to you when no topic is off the table is taking on all the systemic violence that people of color have suffered not only now but for decades we are going to be to transform lives the way he treats human way be it business if were going to adapt to climate break down this street on out is there. Going back a look at headlines protesters in baton rouge have defied the president s warnings of a tough crackdown on dissent of xander look at shadows told Security Forces to restore order on the street protesters accuse him of rigging his election victory and they want him to step down malis new military leaders of our Civil Servants to return to work and say theyll oversee elections within a reasonable amount of time without specifying how long it might take the African Union has suspended mali following elster of president abraham because choose day. Dozens of people of reporting reportedly been abducted following an attack in nigerias milf east and want to stay the armed group targeted the town of looting and torching government buildings and farming equipment. Now the 2 rival palestinian groups hamas and fatah have shown a regular night in Front Holding a joint rally against the u. A. E. Israel agreement 2 countries agreed to normalize relations last week under a u. S. Brokered deal protests have been held in the occupied west bank and in gaza now to abraham has more now from ramallah. This is the 1st thread installation of the joint work both i and hamas about to do i guess its really expected in an exaggeration hundreds of public gathered here in response to an invitation against the knicks asian man the u. A. E. Is a plan to normalize with israel on tuesday. An Islamic Jihad there is at the end of the Leadership Meeting in which the message was clear no one has the right to speak on behalf of the Palestinian People and that the p. L. O. Is the sole and legitimate representative of the Palestinian People so this is a message of unity and while a rejection. Deal. Thats what happened in the Leadership Meeting on tuesday should have happened years ago its time for us to know that we have no one else to support us but our own unity. Vision is betrayed him for palestinian cause and for the arab and muslim nations we came to send a message to out of nations and to our immediate brothers to repudiate the israeli him about the agreement because it is a patroon for the palestinian cause rerouted here and will continue all kinds of resistance and you confirm that such normalization will not grant legitimacy for the zionist entity. This same sense of unity was reflected in the gaza strip hundreds from different palestinian factions have also participated in protest denouncing normalization some of the signs held in the protests read that palestine is not for sale while the iraqis are saying that their agreement with israel has managed to stop an accession palestinians say that an exceed is a reality to illegal israeli settlements are built here on the lands of the village where the protest is being held and they are expanding just like other settlements in different areas in the occupied west bank and the fear here is that more arab states are going to be normalizing relations with israel leaving palestinians alone in their fight and other stories were following chinas young say a river is expected to reach record high water levels in the next 24 hours after weeks of heavy rain dozens of people have already died in these floods which have destroyed property and are also threatening World Heritage sites katrina reports from beijing. For more than 1200 years this giant put a statue has stood strong in chinas lotion city now the World Heritage site is threatened by the worst flooding in decades in Southern China weeks of torrential rains have lashed the region causing devastating flooding in villages towns and cities asias longest river the yangtze and several of its tributaries have risen to Dangerous Levels forcing hundreds of thousands from their homes in all around 60000000 are affected by the Flood Disaster the 3 gorges dam the largest Hydroelectric Project in the world is facing the largest flood peaks in 14 years ago engineers estimate the flow rate at the dam will be 76000. 00 cubic metres per 2nd on thursday morning but they say theyre confident the data will hold that them can keep the water levels within a safe range relieving pressure on the middle in the lower reaches of the river president xi jinping told flood affected areas in a province one choose day meeting residents and calling for better Natural Disaster response measures we must abide by and know the law of nature at a we was a cowardly way our strong capability of resisting the last as last week chinas leaders called on all chinese to reduce food waste this serious of their flooding has wiped out so much time is more spent quarter farming regions the extreme weather combined with the slow recovery after the coronavirus pandemic has prompted steers over seas its the damage to chinas economy is estimated at 27000000000. 00 heavy rain and flooding a common across Southern China at this time of year but this year its being described as a once in a century. Aljazeera beijing. Taiwan has accused china of hacking 10 Government Agencies and 6000 email addresses in an attempt to steal data taiwanese officials of calling an infiltration from beijing of one citizens to be on alert for this Cyber Attacks reportedly started in 2018 investigators say some data might might have been leaked and that the hackers have so far concealed that tracks now spain has reported the highest number of coronavirus cases in a single day since coming out of a Strict Lockdown in june 3715. 00 infections have been reported in the past 24 hours more than 40 percent in the madrid region with officials blaming the outbreak on family reunions and nightlife meanwhile more than 20000 iranians have now died from the corona virus country is struggling to bring the middle east worst outbreak on the control 350000 cases have been confirmed but International Health experts believe the real figure to be much higher despite that University Entrance exams are still going ahead for more than a 1000000 students some of those struggling with the disease sat their exams from the hospital beds. Now the philippines has the highest number of crime of arson factions in Southeast Asia a strike knocked down in the capital manila has been lifted and many are hoping that will help an economic recovery along it is going to be tough more than 83000 businesses have closed in 2000000 people are out of work jamila island reports. Joe we did joyce is checking whether his cash registers still work. You know he owns got the 18th in one of the most popular districts in manila but the Restaurant Bar has been empty for almost 4 months because of the corona virus pandemic so they are going before this bar was back. Here for 6 years so its very hard to tell them that the shutting down if nothing happens until december its a familiar scene all across the philippines businesses are closing at a pace and seem in recent years the Philippine Government imposed one of the worlds strongest strictest lockdowns which lasted from march to june more than 50000000 filipinos were forced to stay at home in the entire region of luzon but the soaring number of corona virus infections last month forced the government to announce another lock down 2 weeks ago we want to ensure this. Is. The Philippine Government admits it is forced to open the economy despite the growing number of corona virus infections that is because the country is now in one of its worst periods of recession in recent decades millions of filipinos have lost their jobs and more communities are expected to sink deeper in poverty in the coming months. But there is evidence the impact may be worse than the government says both are social weather station reports close to half of the 27. 00 workforce have lost their jobs largely because of economic ripple effects and the closure of businesses the government says it sees the economy rebounding in 20212022 people will. Look at our situation here for hours just to go to work there under the sun and then we go to work on the beat of the 3 although the outlook is bleak government restrictions start easing again on wednesday in selected businesses are being allowed to open for 2. Joey is preparing to reopen their restaurant he hopes that their days are here again. In dog an aljazeera manila. Of course the crown of viruses thrown up a number of different social cultural challenges and one of them is to do with marriage you can invite as many guests as you might want to a wedding and sometimes people are even allowed to donts together because of social distancing well in pakistan a country which is known for its large lavish weddings the downsizing is actually good news for Family Budgets but its also damaging the wedding industry as ports from karachi the crew of ours put a stop to pakistans from boyhood fairy tale wedding tired of waiting Many Companies are choosing smaller family. Because even a Global Pandemic cant stop love. Betting on the pentagon we delayed our wedding after more time when by our presence cited we should go ahead despite the coronavirus. We waited for one months then 2 months than 3 months and the penniman 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 the. 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 those. 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 run frighted 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 even up doing here but theyve been empty now ever since the beginning of the corona Virus 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. Back to 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 daily. Bruce who the government said they would help right now they are the most worried and they account for nearly 500000 people. Run out and murder estimates 50 percent of pakistans industries are linked to weddings. And florist to benefit the Agriculture Sector fashion designers the textile mills jewelers the Precious Metals and stones industry the list goes on pakistani city 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 the same bus robbery old karate. Just one run through the top stories now but testers in baton rouge have defied the president s warnings of a tough crackdown on dissent Alexander Lukashenko has told Law Enforcement agencies to restore order to the streets but protesters are continuing to pile on the pressure accusing the president of rigging his election victory this month and demanding he step down demonstrators have found support with the European Union which has Just Announced a new raft of sanctions against those behind the violence and election electoral fraud. Today we gave them 3 clear messages. Firstly we stand by the people of belarus one fundamental freedoms and democracy. Secondly we will sanction all those responsible for violence repression and falsified taishan love the results of the election and thirdly we are ready to accompany peaceful democratic transition of power and bellows. Well in our other top stories malis new military leaders of our Civil Servants to return to work and say theyll oversee free and Fair Elections within a reasonable amount of time without specifying how long its going to take president brenda because to resigned and dissolve the parliament on tuesday off the soldiers in his army staged a coup and detained him at gunpoint the African Union and Regional Group have both suspended mali in response to the reports dozens of people have been abducted following an attack in northeastern nigeria the armed group targeted the town of borno state attack as looted and torched government buildings and farming equipment people started returning to their homes and kwok only just this month after spending nearly 2 years in displacement camps and chinas young sea river is expected to reach record high water levels in the next 24 hours after weeks of heavy rain in the south of the country dozens of people have died in the floods which have destroyed property and a threatening World Heritage sites the stream is coming up next looking at zimbabwes human rights record. I have to be ok youre watching the stream home edition we are talking about zimbabwe today because as you all star student you sent us has sex including zimbabwean lives matter pray feel zimbabwe and freeze him bob what hes going on and. We are asked her image as correspondent in southern africa. The mood in zimbabwe changes depending on whats going on at a particular time sometimes people say they feel relatively free to express themselves but sometimes they are reluctant like u. B. S. Days off someone to comment
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