Opposition Leader Calls Police violence against protesters the governments worst mistake can tell soldiers there or the president must go. Im way hey reporting from chiang mai in northern thailand where well tell you why and all protest movement may be about to hit the streets again. Welcome to the program the house of representatives has blocked changes to the postal system that threatened mail in voting ahead of the president ial election they voted to give the agency 25000000000. 00 and rejected reforms that would have slowed mail delivery vehicle had reports. Its americas favorite Government Service my far the u. S. Postal service that is until recently louis to joy a trunk donor and loyalist was put in charge just about 2 months ago. Oh and quickly made changes to the financially unstable service mell boxes removed high speed sorting machines ripped out procedures changed over time stopped for money and as a result the mail has slowed considerably he blames a lack of staff because of the coronavirus democrats dont believe him just this week i heard from a good stitch with diabetes who feared her family was at risk of losing their insurance after learning her payment had arrived a month late after it was mailed her story is sadly one of many being heard across the nation official post office data. These new documents show that the delays we have all heard about are actually far worse for their part republicans say its not a problem nancy pelosi goes politicly postal and that is the reason we are here today for phony political theater to once again bash president charm just in time for this sunday talk shows and the Republican National convention the bill is passed so now the house has voted to reverse joyce changes and give the post office 25000000000. 00 the reason this is in such a political importance is because of the upcoming election because of the pandemic for the 1st time more than 3 quarters of americans will be allowed to vote by mail but the post office is warning the vast majority of states that they cannot guarantee that those ballots will be delivered in time to be counted the republican leader of the senate says he is unlikely to take up the bill the house leader thinks that will change theyll be hearing from their constituents because this hits home not receiving your mail on a timely fashion hits home not receiving your prescription especially for veterans hits home in a way that is harmful to our country as well theres more on the line than missed this could call into question whether they can deliver a free and Fair Election political gain aljazeera washington. The hill. I spoke to him earlier and began by asking him who benefits from postal mail ballots. President trump has just voted by mail and requested his mail in ballot from florida and it is those people with medical conditions those people who are elderly and remember the largest voting group in america are women over 50 years old and they are a Vulnerable Community there is a debate going on on whether the postal Postal Service will be able to do its job or not its an earnest question what donald trump is trying to throw is to make this look like it may lead to fraud no matter what the outcome is so these are 2 different tracks one where youre looking at whether people can vote whether votes will be delayed or not but donald trump will say it was a wobbly system no matter how the Postal Service behaves and run and performs state to dictate by the law their own circumstances in this problem is that many states are able to undo what they already have set in place some of them allow mail in ballots to be sent in. You know a day or 2 before the election and so in that case given the load that may occur the Postal Service has told some of the states that it may not receive those ballots in time to be counted i think that what you heard in the democratic National Convention and what youre hearing many others say is that those voters who want to vote by mail who want to request an absentee ballot or return a ballot do so as soon as possible and that is usually 15 days before the election and though should be ok those ballots should be ok its the crash near election day thats the problem. Well these as did president Abraham Boubacar Cantor has met west African Leaders trying to resolve the political crisis in his country as an occasional so met with military leaders behind the coup but as emmit interest reports now from neighboring nigeria both sides they have to make concessions. Even before the arrival of their course delegation the reality on the ground is not lost of both sides ballasts military rule us. In the seeming Popular Support they have a tool thousands poured into the streets and friday in solidarity with the cool and the course would want to see a quick resolution without losing face. But there. Was. A very serious effort in the early reports are that this. Meeting discussed returning the country to democratic governors and about releasing detained politicians including ousted president depression book akita. The army had promised to restore democracy without saying when its leaders also say mr cater was not overthrown but resigned from office and that hes held for his own safety but many dont see them returning the man they deposed to the presidency a mystic a disappointing and clear but his time is up now and you know concerned about coming here today we have the people and we are staying with the people the delegation is also expected to be diplomats before leaving. Observers here the political process could easily be exploited by armed groups and ethnic militias leashing violence in north and central body just like in 2012 when the military intervened and toppled a democratically elected president ahmed the priest al jazeera. The belorussian government has but dozens of websites that have been reporting on the mass protests against president Alexander Lukashenko thousands of people walk in the streets again on saturday demanding that t. Step down well despite a violent crackdown by testers have rallied every day since the disputed president ial election as the 9th because he has blamed the demonstrations on foreign elements. Well the belorussian Opposition Leader has told our desert that the people of our country will Never Forgive Police for their violent crackdown following disputed elections human Rights Groups say the violence was planned systematic and ordered from the top leadership theyve compiled 500 cases of torture join the protest and follow the disputed election 2 weeks ago well earlier my colleague fully but sievers spoke to the Opposition Leaders for atlanta to dish polish fire whos in exile in lithuania she began by asking her if she planned to return to bella reuss. You know im going back to paris i want to go where to be there is a indoor a country and i will go there and when i feel safe do you fear for your husband who is back in belarus. For sure i do here for my husband and the same is i am wondering about all the russian people who are in the air struggling for their rights. That violence that our authorities showed the russian people i consider to be their greatest mistake and i call for more. Authorities not to repeat this mistake because our people the real narrow in iraq forget and forgive and they still. President bill russian people changed and they will now there are and accept the. Old authorities and they will never. They will never accept an old president anymore and soon the only time he real have to separate and. Its better for everybody its better for country if it to happen in their shortest time. The russian Opposition Leader alexina valley is receiving treatment in germany for suspected poisoning he was flown from a hospital in the siberian city of doctors that had initially said that he was too sick to be moved but later changed their position of friday dominic cain has more from berlin. This is where these journey has brought him billions world renowned chef hospital and the start of treatment his supporters hope will save the life of one of russias most prominent dissidents he was brought here on board a special flight from siberia the man whose group arranged the journey says now than his condition remains paul insists just come on shore and this is basically its very worrying were all happy that hes landed safely here in berlin but it doesnt mean anything in itself because his physical condition is still of concern its clear that if his original flight hadnt made the Emergency Landing in arms when it did he would have died staff here have immediate relevant recent experience of treating patients with the sorts of symptoms that alexy now vanny has come here with now they get the chance to find out what exactly is in his system and how they go about removing it but how it got there in the 1st place remains unclear now families friends and family believe he drank tea that had been poisoned just before he boarded a flight to moscow from tomsk they say officials in russia then deliberately delayed his transfer to berlin to allow time for what ever was in his system to degrade making it harder to identify the authorities of the russian hospital where he was treated deny this. We have come to the conclusion that judging by the fact that there were no poisons found in his blood or other biological materials he has a metabolic disorder lowering of blood sugar levels to be specific due to a rapid change of pressure everyone thinks it was during take off but it did but i see alex in avani is well known for his fight against corruption in his country. But right now his fight is just to survive dominic cain aljazeera. Well still ahead here on aljazeera hes japans longest serving Prime Minister. Could take a hit to explain why. No end in sight firefighters in california struggle to contain massive wildfires why it could only get worse. However weve got some welcome showers pushing towards japan as we go on through the next couple days say welcome because that will help to break the heat you can see little more cloud just sliding its way in the south quite so welcome this is Tropical Storm barry thats going to make its way further northwards as we go on through the week ahead gradually pushing up towards the Korean Peninsula round about wednesday so thats some way off ahead of that well as i say 30 celsius in tokyo with those showers temperatures to pick up a little as we go on into monday prices guys come back more in the way of sunshine not so much sunshine for northeastern parts of china this area of cloud and rain the seasonal rise they will slide the way across the final phase pushing down towards north korea as we go to the early part of the way he continues in shanghai temperatures here at around 34 celsius showers there across southern parts of china joining up with the showers that we have around the philippines not quite as heavy as they have been recently because babie will pull that wetter weather out of the way some more in the way of sunshine but it really is a case of sunshine and showers right across Southeast Asia plenty of showers still there into were indeed china up towards the northeast of the go bangladesh still seeing some heavy downpours and heavy downpours right across much of northern india. But. Frank assessments what are you seeing. Here. Relation to life between suit is whats an informed opinion is ethiopia on the verge of a breakdown many calls all of the auto media region are actually under a de facto state of emergency and critical debate have to use a proxy because not every sunday enters the bill a few people indepth analysis of the days global headlines inside story on aljazeera. To to. Talk about what your deserve means the whole running reminder of our top stories the u. S. House of representatives has taken steps to block changes to the postal system the threatened mail in voting ahead of the president ial election the legislation now moves to the senate where the republican leader says it will not pass. A group of west African Leaders have met mollies ousted president Abraham Dubois catarrh and also with the military leaders behind the coup the ecowas delegation is pushing for a return to civilian rule. In belarus his government has bought dozens of up sites that have been causing a lot of protests against president Alexander Schenker thousands of people were on the streets again on saturday demanding that he set down. Well orks Prime Minister has vowed to find those that killed 2 prominent activists this week in antigovernment protests most of our enemy met with Security Leaders in the Southern City where the protesters were attacked on fridays acuity forces used live ammunition against demonstrations as they set the local Parliament Building on fire the studies and get a shot. Would be governor again god willing this is a message to all criminals and killers this is a new government that is working to establish the prerequisites of security it aims to establish security employee gun crime id like to tell everyone who carries a weapon contrary to the governments law they want as punishment and the killers will be brought to justice what is soon id like to tell the criminals who isolated the sherman has that seen and the young female doctor that your blog will be a vital for justice the challenges big i was in a meeting with the military commanders and i told them that basra should be secured and we will challenge all. Israeli police have dispersed. Thousands of protesters calling for Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu to resign for weeks now demonstrators gathered outside his official residence of west jerusalem theyre angry about the economic for the coronavirus and netanyahu ongoing trial for corruption its all thailands Anti Government protest movement looks set to only grow as leaders promise to intensify that action and others say they want to join pressure is mounting on the government after weeks of student protests calling for elections and a new constitution more sectors of the thai society are joining the demonstrations including the red shirts a group that staged many mass rallies in past as when he reports. Calling for political change is coming at a cost for many protest leaders in thailand here in the Northern City of lumpur 2. 00 students were among the latest to be ordered to report to police to hate charges against them for their part in organizing a peaceful rally. For most of our but i feel like thailand is becoming a country that takes away peoples rights its honestly shocking whats concerning about this situation is the fact that a country that claims to be democratic is trying to stop students expressing their opinions. The student led Antigovernment Movement has spread to many parts of the country including the north and northeast traditional strongholds of a group known as the red shirts that staged large rallies in the capital bangkok in 2010 that ended in a violent military crackdown that been largely quiet in recent years but as the momentum of the current protests grows red shirt leaders in the north of fixing their loudspeakers and entering the fray panchen with the direction students are going these protests have more power than before because everyone is coming together it isnt just red shirts or adults or people who follow politics or. The protesters want a different more Democratic Political system from the one that allowed the army general who led a coup in 2014 to stay on as Prime Minister after last years election but they also want to change an Economic System that has helped to make thailand one of the most unequal countries in the world which is being highlighted and made worse by the corona virus pandemic the city of chiang mai in the north relies heavily on International Tourism and is being hit harder than most the protest movement is already showing signs of spreading way beyond just students and the city probably in capsule aids the threat that poses to the government most people here have never supported this government and now many are hurting economically. Despite all the arrests and charges against proteus leaders they say they wont be deterred and. Well continue fighting for a better future. For him and i just had a hung fear can only be used once or twice theres been many cases where they tried to report the protestors but at the end of the day after everyone is over that fear it becomes a catalyst to come out more and go against the government. Apart from arresting and charging lead is the government and police havent tried to stop the protests yet but as the Movement Grows and becomes more diverse intensifying the pressure on the government that approach may change soon wayne hay al jazeera chiangmai thailands. Since arbor has already japans longest serving Prime Minister now hes become the leader with the most number of consecutive days in office. Power and 2012 promising to revitalize the economy and change his countrys pacifist constitution pride reports his success has been mixed. When he became Prime Minister in 2012 shinzo of a was no stranger to the office hed already held the post for a year in 2006 during japans socalled revolving door premiership period when factionalism within the ruling party led to a rapid turnover in leaders by 2012 that period was over offering the chance to rule uninterrupted ive been amazed that i will increase jobs and incomes and revitalize the countryside he promised aiming to transform japans stagnating economy with his own brand of banal mix 80 years on the results are still disappointingly mixed and he cannot say the economy has to. Be our go to. So i think the abingdon need. Is now successful but it was stuck fast at some point a staunch conservative he also set about moving away from japans traditional pacifist role and become more assertive with his asian neighbors but it was the unseen enemy of kobe 19 the critics say saw him lacking in assertiveness contrast with you know president moon in south korea and sighing land in taiwan both of that have emerged of the pandemic with greater political power and stature abby has then basically missing in action 2020 was meant to be the high point of his premiership hosting the Tokyo Olympics which he successfully one for. Hand and aiming to achieve 40000000. 00 visitors even staging the games next year before he leaves office now looks in doubt even if he holds them its not clear that thats going to actually give him much of a bounce so i think we have seen peak abbe in now there is really a diminished leader and much weaker and his legacy looks to be in tatters they can blame a degree of bad fortune for a tanishq legacy but when he leaves office the fact that he served longer than any other Prime Minister might be the one achievement hes most remembered for Robert Bright aljazeera. Where he is a professor a cure university and a special advisor to the cabinet of Prime Minister joins me now from tokyo could have you with a search of the program from the outside while may view sort of sort of a stable captain of a ship in a rocky economic and political waters when it comes to sort of his his stance on north korea and financial meltdowns is that a Fair Assessment over the past sort of 12 years. I think so relatively balanced assessment the fact that the matter is she has allowed days the only Prime Minister in japans history has led his Ruling Coalition to win big for as many as 6 times in a row and out except that explains. Voters in japan have longed for Something Like consistency and. Commitment so my argument is that shes a lot of it has succeeded in providing these 3 cs continuity consistency. Yes of course but the lever and predictable factors have really been covert 19 and the economic downturn that has been associated with that one can always be very popular in the publics mind but when when your person is hate when your finances a hit they blame the politicians. Thats true. Japan so far has weathered this core and pandemic relatively well if you look at the death toll the number that scale is hovering in the neighborhood of 11. And 1200 japans track record is better than average not others as you have pointed out people have been unkind committing condit hoho much of a challenge has it been to Prime Minister be ready to stand up for example to north korea if we talk about politics now because theres been a great deal of verbal aggression from tokyo but his hands have been shackled by a pacifist calls to chew shouldnt how much of that would he have liked to have broken. Because he is the head of the Administrative Branch he has little to no say when it comes to shaking and rocking the parliamentary he has urged his Party Colleagues to do more by the very much complex. Process and arrangement whereby a constitutional amendment is for bitterly difficulty and shinzo are there has yet to manage that task nonetheless under his leadership japans become able for the 1st time to seamlessly work with its ally the partners notably the United States the joint deterrence capacity under japan and the United States has grown substantially in this shaky and predictable neighborhood and of course you know people like yourselves were talking about his leadership but they dont know the public and politicians are on the list the talking about his possible successor in your opinion who could be aware that successor come from because at the moment the foreign minister to she meets. If i pronunciation is correct is seen as a perhaps a decent frontrunner. Well i i dont have a crystal ball and i would not like to make any prediction for this matter. But the most important thing is to look at the political spectrum of the country very fear you still are in support of the Opposition Party and that explains. The Ruling Coalition the l. D. P. Liberal Democratic Party and its Coalition Partner have carried it the sentiment so far and i think guy whoever is going to succeed the foundation paved it and. Strengthened by chains of what it is going to continue to see what happens and the way he can turn a gucci thanks so much sir for joining us from tokyo my pleasure. Californias governor is asking for help and canada to fight hundreds of wildfires nearly 565 as a burning across the state after the number doubled in a single day at least 6 people are being killed with dozens others injured the ribbon manley has more. Stunning pictures of what was likely a terrifying drive through the hanafi area of northern california. These claims are part of a series of wildfires sweeping across the region the largest state seen in nearly 2 decades. There too long to 4000 square kilometers torching homes structures and trees a series nearly 12000 lightning strikes this week sparked the fires californias governor says all firefighters those is a being utilized and i asking for help we now are gage formally with mutual aid from 10 different states weve been on the phone with governors all throughout the United States not just the western states trying to reach out as far as the east coast to see if we can get resources here into the state of california address the stress that we placed on the 12000 plus firefighters that are on the lines as we speak trying to suppress these wildfires all up and down the state of california firefighters are battling day and night from the and land in an attempt to limit the destruction as the fire spread reduces the becoming gas california has struggled with the largest number of covered 19 cases in the u. S. And the state is known still a victim deploying to tackle the fires and its residents are suffering. Tens of thousands of being forced to leave their home many are afraid of what theyre find when they come back by tomorrow maybe you know well know more but pretty much and im thinking were going to house. Im really were. River burns down next 3 days. Pollution monitor showed this week the San Francisco bay area is having the worst quality in the world people here say its choking i cant get enough air oxygen and especially with this mask you have to keep an eye on the lightning strikes the coolth the fires along with the high winds have created the perfect conditions for these flames and with similar weather predicted in the coming days there might be continued to burn nor about a man the al jazeera. Your georges are with me so rob a reminder of our top news stories the u. S. House of representatives of steak and steps to block changes to the postal system that threatened wailin voting ahead of the upcoming president ial election now the legislation in now moves to the senate where the Top Republican leader there says it will not pass a group of west African Leaders have met with malis ousted president abraham boubacar catarrh and with the military leaders behind the coup the ecowas delegation is pushing for a return to civilian rule. I. Appreciate what is happening in the world and if were going to get. There were prefer to stick with it and invite him to. Come up with something thats going to give way. The government of valeries has blocked dozens of websites or to be reporting on the mass protests against president Alexander Lukashenko thousands of people were on the streets again on saturday demanding that he step down the belorussian Opposition Leader has told aljazeera but the people of our country will Never Forgive Police for their violent crackdown following disputed elections that violence that our starters showed the russian people i consider to be their greatest mistake and i call for. Authorities not to repeat this mistake because there are people real never in iraq forget and forgive and they still are our president. Russian Opposition Leader alexina valley is receiving treatment in berlin for suspected poisoning the valley supporters believe he drank tea that had been tampered with just before he boarded a flight in russia. Iraqs Prime Minister has to find those that killed 2 prominent activists this weekend and the government protests in basra was the met with Security Leaders in the Southern City where the protesters were attacked those were the headlines laura karl is here with more news in half an hour on the next aljazeera its super 32. 00 stay with us. London is one of the most important cities in the world and decisions made here have an impact on friday around the globe and so here at aljazeera we will show you the true impact of those decisions on people but how it affects their every day that. We are free to put them on air and to really engage those stories because we know that all audience is interested not just in the mainstream news but also the more hidden stories from parts of the world that often go on the reported