Postal service is questioned over man and verging. On economy on the verge of collapse we need the people in peru who are struggling to even put food on the table. Now russian Opposition Leader alexina valmy has just arrived at a balun hospital to receive imagines he treatment to spectate poisoning russian doctors had initially said he was too sick to be moved from a hospital in the siberian city of homs but they changed their position late on friday while nominees wife yulia believes the delay in releasing him was intentional making it harder to detect any poisons remaining in his system and of on they felt during a flight from moscow on thursday when its now speak to john mccain he joins us from berlin dominic i can see the hospital when avani will be treated over your right shoulder it is one of europes best. This hospital of them are right shoulder is one of the worlds leading hospitals in all manner of different fields of medicine but it has the people there have specific direct immediate experience of treating patients who present with the same sorts of symptoms the same sort of condition as Alexei Navalny is presenting them with right now here arrived here within the last hour and so now at last the medics are able to begin treatments clearly they have to diagnose whats wrong with him but theyve been told by the people who arranged his flight here thats the cinema for Peace Foundation that he is in a stable condition well no great surprise there because hes been in an induced coma for some considerable time now since his ordeal began on board that flight from tomsk to moscow several days ago now the point to make very clearly here is that the doctors here in germany are looking to find out what is in his system and what how they go about removing it from his system and trying to bring bring him towards whatever full recovery is possible for him what they cant answer straight away at least is how or whatever it is in his system got there clearly those are the central questions in this certainly the supporters of alex in our value of their allegation is clear they believe that he drank poisoned tea prior to getting on board that flight 2 days ago which was going to take him to moscow and that that is what has caused him to be so great we feel we know that the russian side of things the doctors who treated him originally did not agree with that so what were waiting for now is some kind of steam as to how it got there what it is many many questions a very dominant can with all the latest for us from thank you Dominic Alexander strand of vets got for has all the reaction from moscow. After a fighting tooth and nail are requesting pleading and demanding for him to be transferred his family is for sure relieved and hopeful that now he will get right help and that hes away from that hospital that was at certain point filled with the secret Service People there left wondering indeed what happened to him and why these delay was its really to actually wait for any talks in that was in his by the to be removed doctors up on the signing this bill finally last night they repeated that there is risks and they kept on saying its not poisoning which act for that he was not poisoned he was initially admitted to with a preliminary that diagnosis of coma of unknown origin possible poisoning but now it is according to russian doctors metabolic disorder as for official reaction one should not expect too much since the official stand was from the beginning that now finally is like any other russian citizen they wish him well they wish him a speedy recovery and as any russian citizen he will get the help and assistance that he needs and this was voiced by the russian president s spokesperson known to be a person of the russian president Vladimir Putin never mentioned by name even when he referred to this is what we can expect to actually do wish him a speedy recovery this however leaves us with the question what happened actually 2 days ago to alexina while me why is in such a deep coma and was there a poisoning well before this incident the valley had been voicing his support for the thousands of demonstrators are now rallying for a 7th weekend and russias far east khabarovsk region those protests are in support of a Regional Government fergal who was detained last month and taken to jail and moscow hes accused of ordering full maddens in 20042005 which he denies federal supporters say the charges are politically motivated and kremlin plot against democracy. While staying in the region another sensitive issue for moscow the exiled better russian Opposition Leader has called for more mass protests against president Alexander Lukashenko sadhana to kind of guy is leading the call for his resignation there have been demonstrations for 12 Straight Days now and clearing some of the biggest antigovernment rallies in the capital minsk since the fall of the soviet union to kind of guy fled to lithuania after the election when she says was raped on moving on to the un recognized government in tripoli has called for an immediate ceasefire in libya the rival parliament in the east which is aligned with world Khalifa Haftar has also called on all parties to stick to a truce have to himself has yet to respond when you have one of those of you who can enter will have to will respect this is what they will to guarantee he would respect this is fly after the bearing talks or previous agreements if you respects this is fine we will welcome got because we do not want libyan bloodshed we call for peace however if you violates the Peace Agreement were ready to fight and we will force him to leave like we forced him to leave western libya when this potential breakthrough came as the warring sides were actually gearing up for a battle over the city of sirte. Has more context. On the libya has been in turmoil for nearly a decade oh nato bunker full season ever to reach long time leader Moammar Gadhafi in 2000 level for the roots of whats often described as this old rich countrys civil war started after the disputed elections in 2014. Disagreement between the then house of representatives and the General National Congress made worse over a socalled road map for libyas future. The country split into 2 rival administrations the house of representatives led by the war lords relief after moved to the eastern city of 2 broke and what became the un backed government of National Accord led by Prime Minister fayyad as raj remained in the capital tripoli in the west. Thousands of people have been killed and many more forced to flee their homes in the 6 and a half years of fighting. The un accuses regional powers of repeatedly breaking a 2011 arms embargo on libya by supplying weapons to both sides egypt the u. A. E. And russia have supported hafta while turkey and qatar have backed the government of National Accord. In april last year half to ordinary fences to take control of tripoli aiming at what he described as cleansing the western zone of terrorist groups. His forces have shut down or taking control of major Oil Facilities in Eastern Libya depriving the country of billions of dollars in revenue tripolis only International Airport has been repeatedly bombed using heavy artillery many civilians have been killed and wounded large areas of southern and western tripoli have been almost completely destroyed in the fighting repeated attempts at un bank cease fire talks of failed. A ceasefire is a decision made by the power brokers by the circumstances and it is not necessarily a libyan decision despite the fact that its the jna and who announced this decision this time the decision is not libya the decision is uniquely turkish russia with some input from some of the International Powers and as long as it stays that way its unlikely the cease fire will bring. Friday cease fire announcement comes amid fears of an escalation by both sides mobilizing for a battle over the town of sirte the gateway to the major all terminals which are under the control of pro have 2 forces for now at least theres hope that agreement between powerful countries many say have contributed to libyas suffering a backing a cease fire that could end it civil war stratford up there. Now the head of the u. S. Postal service has told a Senate Committee that mail in ballots will be delivered on time ahead of the november election postmaster general noticed enjoy has been facing criticism for making changes to the service causing delays democrats accuse him of being president on jobs accomplice and trying to suppress the voters. Calling the accusations against him outrageous Lewiston Joyce says the cuts hes made to the u. S. Postal service were long planned and aimed at making the agency financially solvent not to complicate mail in voting in november as we head into the election season i want to assure this committee and the American Public that the Postal Service is fully capable and committed to delivering the nations election manal securely and on time thats a reversal from what the Postal Service said last month in a warning to 46. 00 states the agency had cautioned that millions of ballots may not be delivered in time to be counted and with the public fallout it joy announced further cuts to the Postal Service will be postponed until after the election the service will live every ballot and process every ballot in. That it sees President Trump claims without evidence that voting by mail can lead to massive Election Fraud thats despite voting by mail himself were not prepared for this 51000000 ballots. It will be a tremendous embarrassment to our country it will go on forever and youll never know who won so i say that for you i say it for the cameras because i assume that goes but i will tell you that this is a very serious. Problem for a great democracy democrats accused of trying to sow doubt in an election that polls show him currently losing without a budget and doesnt want to have vote by mail without a president who like him best of all without a president who would like to see the post of yours not do well to joy was a trump mega donor before becoming postmaster general in june a Postal Service board member resigned in protest accusing the trumpet ministration of interfering with the independent agency now an internal watchdog is investigating and 6 states are suing the Postal Service for harming their ability to hold free and Fair Elections the house of representatives will hold a rare saturday session to take up legislation against the Postal Service changes and a joy or face and nother day of grilling before a house panel on monday. Castro aljazeera Washington Well still ahead here on out of there as we follow the syrians who sought safety and lebanon but instead became victims of a devastating explosion. And a Police Roundup in thailand a weeks of antigovernment protests are brought to an abrupt end. I know there are plenty of cloud across much of indonesia they borneo has been fairly clear of cloud of the last few hours also to the south the marcha and certainly across much of java but the rain showers are back in the fore call such as we head through sunday some heavy downpours into the central and southern areas of borneo and you can see as well since any heavy showers across northern sections of the philippines and then for monday that rain will stay to the north but to really across areas in the south its a case of light scattered showers and thunderstorms we had downed tools australia the southeast its been wet but its also been very wintry some cold as meant for the coldest day so far this year across much of the southeast but its not just rain of course with that cold air plenty of snow has been coming down living with the leaving us with some very nice images such as this one of course as you can see enjoying i think the snow that system will clear away but its on its way across the tasman sea towards new zealand it does say a few more shots against and snow to the mountains quite a cloudy picture certainly through sunday cloudy out across the west no real rain though thats further to the south and in fact the temperatures beginning to improve in perth on monday and also weather conditions improving across the southeast of australia but as i say that rain is on the way towards new zealand not too bad on sunday but really its monday well see rain and snow. On counting the cost cracks in the Global Economy stocks soared to record highs despite the coronavirus that make billionaires become richer but the poor get poorer so is it time to finally come from capitalism plus remaking china and president shes been. Counting the cost on aljazeera. Every generation has a higher purpose. Ours. Hello again im mr. Thats remind you of our top stories here this hour russian opposition to the alexina valley has arrived at a balun hospital to receive emergency treatment for suspected poisoning novelli who is in an induced coma was initially considered by russian doctors too sick to be moved from a hospital in siberia but they changed their position on friday. Libyas un recognized government has announced an immediate cease fire the rival parliament in the east aligned with the world who for how often has also called on policies to help the fighting. And the head of the u. S. Postal service has told a Senate Committee that mail in ballots will be delivered on time for novembers election postmaster general lois to joy has faced criticism for changes that have caused a mail delay. In afghanistan they have been 3 separate explosions all in the space of one hour in the capital kabul they all targeted security personnel an army colonel is dead several other people are injured no group has yet claimed responsibility. Eisel is claiming responsibility for an ambush that killed 3 russian soldiers including a Major General in syria their convoy was attacked while on the road to damascus for a supply run the soldiers were inspecting the damage when a 2nd explosive device then went off killing them and injuring several others got his love of god is the fast russian general reported to be killed in syria since 2017. Now police have questioned the former Prime Minister of malta as part of the investigation into the mud of Anti Corruption journalist daphne caro and i collect c. A Joseph Muscat step down earlier this year after public pressure over the scandal threatened to bring down his government but said he was not under investigation corona glitzier was killed in a car bomb and 20173 men suspected of planting it are currently on trial and a business been called york infectious accused of plotting the mad turkey has announced its biggest natural gas discovery a 320000000000 cubic meter field beneath the black sea the country currently depends on imports for most of its energy needs present rush of time about one says he hopes to find those and techies controversial explorations in the mediterranean. Weve been making concerted efforts over the past years both the exploration vessels would be doing the same in the Mediterranean Sea both bases of jordan knowing wells in both the black sea in the mediterranean by the grace of god we found this big discovery and im certain that we will have similar good news from the mediterranean. And im cosier is in istanbul and she says the government is hoping the find could be a much needed boost to the economy. The size of the gas reserves found by that by turkey is of course very small compared to energy giant countries like china or United States or russia but will it be a remedy for the ailing turkish economy thats the question and this is what the turkish government is very positive about turkeys and that Energy Importer country for instance in 2902 key imported 45000000000 cubic meters of natural gas and it costs around 15000000000. 00 u. S. Dollars for turkey and it constitutes at least health of turkeys current account deficit so for a country like turkey totally dependent on Foreign Energy supplies even though its a short term gain its of course the size the scale of the. Resource is not enough to be a game changer but its going to provide tricky a lever rich in the black sea also a legitimate station of Energy Exploration in the Eastern Mediterranean this is how the government sees that of course this is good news for the ruling party to consolidate its electorate given a fragile economy to ribbons turkey is going through. Lebanese citizens were not the only victims of the bay reports explosion hundreds of syrians were among the thousands injured at the u. N. And aid agencies are providing help but they havent been able to reach everyone then a father has this report from beirut. 2 weeks after he was injured and where most of us pain hasnt eased knocked unconscious from the blast at beirut port he spent a few days in hospital and is now left to deal with his injuries alone the father of 6 is a syrian Migrant Worker who are among the worst hit being left out of an already struggling system is not hard. Can i go for a check up is no one to take me someone was supposed to pick me up 5 days ago to scan my heed and im very dizzy i cant get up. Hundreds of syrians were injured in the explosion many worked and lived near the port there were also 30 percent of the more than 180 people confirmed dead and they too are among those unaccounted for. The jewish truly when my daughter died it would predict a quote from. Those who are still on everybodys wife broke her buck and she needs legs surgery and cannot move my other daughter or broken bones on her neck. The cato family lived here for 13 years like so many others they had no idea the smoke that was billowing from the port less than a kilometer away would trigger such a devastating explosion that is why the family was outside when it happened. Falling debris killed allie kinos 16 year old daughter sidra the family has since moved in with the elder son mahmoud whose home is too small and income too little to care for them in an unwelcoming country. The hospital where my father was treated demanded money even though the ministry of health said a cup of the cost for all the victims Hospital Management insisted syrians had to pay we managed to discharge him after a journalist who was at the hospital brought attention to our case. The nearly bankrupt state has been largely absent in relief efforts but even before the blast human Rights Groups have documented how Syrian Refugees and migrants are discriminated against the keno family hopes they will receive support from the un which is helping 100000 lebanese and syrians rebuild their homes. I dont know where i will be in the near future im at my sons right you know i dont know what is next to. The explosion destroyed neighborhoods devastated lives and peoples livelihoods but for those who already live on the margins of society the road to recovery has to start. Beirut. A delegation of west african natives is expected to arrive in mali on saturday in an effort to reverse a career that ousted its democratically elected leader for manager in president Goodluck Jonathan and john called customer hes the president of the commission of the regional echo us expected to be among the delegation opposition supporters have been holding rallies celebrating the overthrow of president abraham back a case on the military says it plans to appoint a transitional leader but has not given a timeframe to doing so well thai police have begun arresting student antigovernment protest organizes. The movement is growing and for the fast time a minister sat down with some of the students scored high in bangkok asked him how it went the month old antigovernment protest was founded fronted and organized by thai students from high schools to university. I want to mock receive inequality where there is no difference whether one person has a higher social status than the other. Earlier in the week just after High School Class dismissal 100 showed up in front of the ministry of education asking for the minister to resign and for reform of the Education System less offshore tarion more democratic this after students said they were prevented from showing their support for the movement on campuses like using the 3 finger salute a symbol of the protest or wearing ribbons a sign of solidarity thailands Education Minister not upon it. Came out to speak to the protesters the 1st direct engagement from a top Government Official is this something that you think the top levels of government will continue to do kind of maybe follow your lead its a follow my lead i think its that dialogue that i have had with the Prime Minister and i think that by listening to them you. Minimize the damage that that will be done if there were. They would be escalating you know the level protests the minister says that he and others in the government are willing to continue and expand discussions with the protesters but theres a mixed message because more protests these are being arrested and its clear that the call by some of the protesters for an overhaul of the monarchy is a no go subject for youth is one of the 1st and largest groups to start protesting what it always thought about buying. And patting her that we have goals demands and a dream and a dream is to have a country that is ruled by a true Constitutional Monarchy like england japan didnt norway when the monarchy is under the constitution and the highest power belongs to the people. Although the movement is being driven by the students of this country others are joining the gatherings especially on weekends and they made organizing groups have already started to plan for the next round of weekend protests in september its got harder aljazeera bangkok will turn into the coronavirus pandemic now and south korea is said to reimpose otitis social distancing restrictions from sunday to cope with a resurgence that of infections the country has reported its 9th day of triple digit case increases 300. 00 session to record it on saturday night clubs and churches will be closed again and large gatherings are also to be banned. Virus expats are concerns the rollout of an only partially tested russian vaccine may actually encourage the corona virus to mutate some Scientists Say deploying a vaccine thats not going through full scale trials could cause the virus to evolve more quickly if its to be found in a possibly effective while such mutations are already stronger vaccines give the virus less opportunity said nan house of aids antibody defenses russia and says the vaccine is safe and effective well professor Lawrence Gostin is director of the Oneill Institute for national and Global Health know at Georgetown University he says a vaccine that doesnt work could make the pandemic much harder to control theres a theoretical possibility that through Natural Selection you have in effect that seen that the virus could mutate and it would need change in ways that enabled it to eat a antibodies thats the last thing we want we see this a lot with anti. By Resistance Research which it might just be look the worst in vaccine will be unsafe that is there might have adverse effects that might make code worse whove seen that with other vaccines like dengue. So this is a serious problem you cant rush Science Research or to know in addition to being. The problem of retaliation if there is a in effect a vaccine it might mean that people think theyre protected when theyre not and they go out and have risk behaviors this is the last one because its reducing Global Confidence in a vaccine and what we need to do now is boost confidence in the code not backs in so we dont have to actually has the. Well perus economy has shrunk by more than 30 percent as a result of this pandemic millions of people have lost their jobs the government is trying to enforce measures to control the virus but people are breaking the rules as they desperately try to make ends meet Ariana Sanchez reports from the capital. For you over to rob her of the overall market. Selling bamboo plants the businessman turned Street Vendor says hell do whatever he can to put food on the table for his wife and children. I heard the Small Business but when the pandemic began i tried to stay home with my family and lost everything now i have no choice but to sell anything on the streets to make all the 6 or 8 dollars which is not enough for food. Reduce National Statistics institute says nearly 7000000 peruvians lost their jobs as a result of the government restrictions to prevent people from getting affected with covert 19 thats 40 percent of produce urban population out before in the last 3 months market by which of all the us theres so much poverty no work we have to sell whatever theres no money to eat. Businesses especially retail and services have gone bankrupt analysts say the worst recession in more than 100 years throwing a comic achievements back 10 years surely it cannot be the effects of brutal its the worst recession since the 19th century the economy was shut down completely in 12 or 24. 00 regions there wasnt one covert case instead of isolating them the quarantine was also imposed on them which reveals a lack of understanding of the effects of such a measure. Since the pandemic began the government approved an aid package of nearly 36000000000. 00 to reignite the economy including tax relief sent cheap loans the government is handing out more than 200. 00 in subsidies to more than 5 and a half 1000000 poor prove. This. The process is slow and inefficient and it doesnt reach everyone who needs it. They simply dont want it for any Historic Context including during a war the numbers a staggering and the long term effects a huge loss of Human Capital children with education and malnutrition problems well see the effects for the next 10 or 15 years since june 1000 cases up doubled the worst tell you that in america to brazil in the last 2 weeks more than 100000 peruvians were infected the government we imposed curfews and banned family gatherings most believe you can say they want to avoid getting infected without food on their tables the choice is tough but. To. Go again this is al jazeera and these are the headlines russian Opposition Leader alexina valley has arrived at a bell and hospital to receive emergency treatment for a suspected poisoning the valley here is an induced coma was initially considered by russian doctors too sick to be moved from a hospital in siberia but they changed their position late on friday john mccain has more from palins charity hospital. Now at last the medics are able to begin treatment clearly they have to diagnose whats wrong with him but theyve been told by the people who arranged his flight here thats the cinema for Peace Foundation that he is in a stable condition well no great surprise there because hes been in an induced coma for some considerable time there since his ordeal began on board that flight from tomsk to moscow several days ago now the point to make very clearly here is that the doctors here in germany are looking to find out what is in his system and what how they go about removing it from his system and trying to bring bring him to wards whatever full recovery is possible for him libyas un recognized government has announced an immediate cease fire the rival parliament in the east aligned with world Khalifa Haftar has also called on all parties to halt the fighting the head of the u. S. Postal service has told a Senate Committee that mail in ballots will be delivered on time for novembers election postmaster general lois to joy has faced criticism for the changes that have caused mailing delays delegation of west African Leaders is expected to arrive in mali on saturday in an effort to reverse a crew that ousted its democratically elected leader former nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan and john cloud Cassie Brewer the president of the commission a regional bloc echo us are expected to be amongst that delegation our position supporters have been holding rallies celebrating the overthrow of president abraham a case. In afghanistan there have been 3 separate explosions in the space of an hour in the capital kabul they all targeted security personnel an army colonel is dead and several other people have also been injured well those are the headlines rob matheson will have more news for you here on aljazeera after counting the cost and ill see you after that. I am Steve Clemons to the question asked these days its hard to filter out the newly sinking track of whats really important the bottom line tackles the big issues this is shaping the United States its people its economy and the way it deals with the rest of the world the bottom line only you see around. Hello im daryn jordan this is counting the cost on aljazeera your look at the world of business and economics this week crocs in the Global Economy stocks saw to record highs despite the coronavirus and demick billionaires become richer but the poor get poorer so is it time to finally come from capitalism. Remaking china in the world in president cheese image is the middle kingdom looking inwards as the chill of a new cold war threatens the factory of the world. And global debt saws as governments spend spend spend on the world cope with even more debt