E. U. Foreign ministers in berlin the pressure is on as the decision to impose sanctions on by the roots is approved over suspected Election Fraud. And the trail of destruction left behind by hurricane nora the task of cleaning up begins. To begin with the resignation of japans Prime Minister shinzo the 65 year old has long been suffering from all sorts of colossus about disease is the countrys longest serving data where gupta has more on his time as Prime Minister. A chronic illness that cut short his 1st term in office 13 years ago has come back to force should be japans longest serving Prime Minister to step down. In q oh i thought i would like to. Sincerely apologize to the people of japan for leaving my post with one year left in my term of office and amid the coronavirus was various policies are still in the process of being implemented. Oh d 7 the for most of the century should so our pay has told me to japans politics he comes from an influential political dynasty his grandfather was Prime Minister and his father foreign minister the conservative politician rose through the ranks of his liberal Democratic Party and became japans youngest Prime Minister since world war 2 in 2006 but thats didnt ended the full year due to help. 5 years later he returned if his 1st term was mauled by a political inexperience the 2nd had a renewed focus on agenda. Album is that what became known as the nomics was a series of a vicious reforms aimed at boosting japan struggling economy his vision of a well here stronger japan came with a lifelong ambition to amend the countrys pacifist constitution which bars it from hostile acts except in self defense many japanese oppose this constitution changes but he did manage to repeatedly win elections as a result of the stability that he brought the fact that hes won 6 National Elections that basically been unopposed and really has shown no sign of losing his power really up until now it is a year. That japan has been well governed has been predictably and consistently govern for that period and he has managed to translate that into a much more visible role for japan in asia and global rb strengthen security entry ties with the u. S. Making japan one of its closest allies. And despite total disputes he warmed up to regional superpower china and japans wartime legacy led to renewed friction with south korea causing their worst diplomatic and create dispute for decades. The 20 levon earthquake tsunami and Fukushima Nuclear disaster was a further test of his leadership another came in 2020 when the coronavirus pandemic scuttled his plans to showcase japan on the world stage by hosting the tokyo summer olympics the worlds 3rd largest economy already on the slide since 218. 00 slumped to a record low abbies resignation has set off a succession battle in the ranks of the governing liberal Democratic Party and their concerns about what the future holds for a country long used to stability Priyanka Gupta aljazeera or a country is in shock after obvious sudden resignation as all just as a father salami reports from tokyo. Well i have spoke with several people here on the street after the announcement of 5 days that is going asian you get mixed reactions some people showed gratitude on the procession to his insurance during all this years and especially after the pandemic during the last few months it was very stressful for everyone especially for him after all the criticism he went under for several reasons one of them is his handling of the procedures against the pandemic and also about issues other people express their relief and if you can hear the music in the background this is some people are. Using the drums to. Announce their happiness if i may say too for the resignation of he has been ruling. He has been in his position now for 8 years hes the longest serving Prime Minister and some of his policies and the laws that where they were active during his video were very controversial especially. Those concerning the this past month of the said Defense Forces some people also could this size him for his handling some scandals and also. Handling that pandemic so we are getting were getting mixed reactions in the street. U. S. President donald trump has formally accepted the Republican Partys nomination for a 2nd term he says novembers election will be a choice between saving the American Dream or allowing a socialist agenda to destroy us a White House Correspondent kimberly hellcat has. Never in modern history has a sitting President Campaign from the white house a political symbol that supposed to be for all americans i profoundly accept this. Nation for president of the united states. To buy but donald trump has again broken with precedent as he accepted the Republican Partys nomination and attacked his democratic rival joe biden this is the most important election in the history of our country. I spoke for more than an hour painting at apocalyptic picture of a biden presidency he told voters his opponent was campaigning as a democrat but would assure in an ideology much further left than any other liberal candidate your vote will decide whether we protect law abiding americans or whether we give free rein to violent and our kids and agitators and criminals who threaten our citizens. Trump how did what he saw as some of his administration successes in Foreign Policy i could not sit by. As career politicians let other countries take advantage of us on trade borders Foreign Policy and National Defense a domestic policy even as trungpa scored low marks from American Voters for his Pandemic Response with more than 180000 americans dead trump argued biden will not make things better instead of following the science joe biden wants to inflict a painful shutdown on the entire country whose shutdown would inflict unthinkable and lasting harm on our nations childrens families and citizens of all backgrounds as he spoke with more than a 1000 guests most of them not wearing a mask sat shoulder to shoulder ignoring the white houses own social distancing guidelines earlier in the day democratic Vice President ial nominee Camila Harris hit back charging trump didnt do enough in the early days of the pandemic to protect americans all we needed was a competent president one who was willing to listen willing to lead take responsibility have a plan. Do their job. Paris also accused trump of stoking racial divisions absent from trumps speech was any mention of jacob blake the man shot in the back last weekend of wisconsin by a white Police Officer even though the incident has caused nights of protests and the shutdown of the countrys biggest sports leagues and in true trump fashion his speech and the convention ended literally with a bang. But in an attempt to drown out the festivities protesters marched through the streets around the white house demanding justice and vowing to do all they could to prevent trumps reelection but donald trump is undeterred by the push back in an effort to build momentum following his acceptance speech he is immediately hitting the campaign trail friday hell travel to the u. S. State of New Hampshire to hold his 1st political rally since the Republican National convention cant really help it al jazeera the white house germanys chancellor has demanded the bellows the sovereignty be respected you Foreign Ministers way possible sanctions over a crackdown on protesters on the merkel is pushing for dialogue is the best way forward she made the comment says ministers meeting in better than discussed e. U. Ties with belarus is main regional ally russia and i was in president alexander look shanker has threatened to block transit routes if sanctions are imposed the dominant came is live for us now in the dominic i believe merkels press conference just finished what else has she been saying. Yes shes been giving a News Conference an annual summit News Conference to the worlds media and ranging on topics of domestic policy but also that all important European International policy and it was a bit of a Tour De Force by the chancellor without notes for an hour and a half taking questions and giving answers a say on many different topics one particular topic she wanted to touch on was the tension in the Eastern Mediterranean people recall of that was the a real topic of discussion by the e. U. Foreign ministers meeting in berlin these past few days that was discussed in berlin yesterday today im going to matthew was saying saying that she and the french president emmanuel have been holding intense discussions about the situation the tension between the greeks and the turks and the cypriots and also saying that it was pretty clear in her mind that the e. U. Has an obligation to support greece simply thats interesting because her foreign minister the social democrat in the grand coalition that governs germany well he had been indulging in shuttle diplomacy over the course of the past few days flying to both capitals both to ankara and to athens bringing a message of deescalation and dialogue those were the words that he said to the 2 relative governments saying it was important that they try to to take the tension out of the situation and clearly thats something that angle america was reinforcing in the News Conference is just finished giving ok so thats the Turkey Greece issue what about what if you have sound that front. Well this is a particularly interesting area and also it exposes the importance of the relationship between the European Union and the Russian Federation here because angle america was asked several times about the tension in vienna ross about the role of the European Union at the role of russia and the government of Vladimir Putin president putin and she said that she hopes not to see a situation in which any kind of Russian Forces be they Police Forces or armed forces being deployed in belarus she said it is important that the sovereignty of belarus be respected but remember also that she and president of france just last week had telephone president putin in moscow to say that it was important that he exercise restraint that all sides exercise restraint so its pretty clear a reassertion taking place here in berlin buying of the machall of the need for a peaceful democratic transition to take place in belarus to end the government of the current president. Thank you thats dominic came live for us and that led. Still ahead on aljazeera. Russias president Vladimir Putin to stay on for the better says political conflicts. On rest makes for an easy nights the u. S. If can osha but the days remain filled with hope for you to see. How i once again weve got yet more heavy rain spinning out of the northeast china pushing towards the Korean Peninsula lots of cloud showing up here this weather system will make its way further resorts dragging that wetter weather across north korea gradually fading up towards the north of japan ahead of that well as sunshine and showers some lively showers there in sioux japan but for the most part a lot of dry weather more hot sunshine tokyo touching 35 degrees celsius that was the weather will continue to feed its way further east which through as you go on through sunday more showers coming back into south korea at this stage and notice further south a developing typhoon thats something to watch out for next week come the middle part of next week this system looks likely to run up towards the Korean Peninsula taking a similar path to what typhoon babie said 71 to keep an eye on meanwhile across south asia weve got the usual russia showers across central and northern parts of india that cloud stretching all the way through the northeast of india so the northwest of india pushing right the way back into pakistan more big downpours coming through here heavy rain continuing right up the west and gets those showers they will make their way across the funnel west of india with more showers there for the southeast the pakistan. More than 7 decades ago a country was split into really big but did anything and now at the time then been shown to be my place all it took was a pan a map of the collapsing empire when the british had to draw a line they pulled his servant who had never been to india before aljazeera examines the violent birth of india and pakistan and asks what the future holds for these Nuclear Neighbors partition borders of blood. And watching are just there a reminder of our top stories this hour japans Prime Minister shinzo has resigned because of ill health 65 year old has suffered send intestinal illness for some time is your pants longest serving leader. U. S. President donald trump has formally accepted the Republican Partys nomination for a 2nd term he says novembers election will be a choice between saving the American Dream or allowing a socialist agenda to destroy us. Germanys chancellor has demanded that bella reduces sovereignty be respected is a new Foreign Ministers work on sanctions over a crackdown on protests and got merkel is pushing for dialogue as the best way forward. Thousands of demonstrators are expected stand out on friday for a socalled march on washington d. C. The protest against the Police Treatment of black people follows days of often violent rallies in the city of can osha in the state of wisconsin after police shot an unarmed black man jacob like the things were quiet on thursday night its on his records. Kenosha is still hunkered down boarded up and reeling from days of flaming buildings and anger in the streets. Hundreds of police in riot gear patrolling military vehicles as protesters defy nightly curfews but there are signs of progress many buildings remain shuttered but residents here are beautifying what they can often with a message i am just a small bit of trying to help and make our city just a little bit less of a. Boarded up war zone its just and it feels good makes me feel good to do it. Since hundreds of police and federal troops descended on conversion recent days thursday arrived with little overnight Damage Police apparently controlling the streets fully for the 1st time since the protests began. That pause in violence follows a bloody tuesday as an armed militia member fired on protesters killing 2 and wounding one then walking past police without incident. On wednesday police did charge 17 year old kyle britton house shown earlier that day explaining why he came armed with murder suspect is there somebody hurt im running into harms way thats why i am i right i think the civil rights leader Jesse Jackson called for charges to be filed against the officers involved in blake shooting bernabe on the spur of the. Movie move quickly. Remove them just as were the people people tend to view the protests through a political. And what you see depends on where you stand and for couple of hairs the black indian democratic Vice President ial candidate what happened here reveals a nation with a lot of work to do on criminal justice she lists a litany of names of africanamericans who died at the hands of Police People are rightfully angry and exhausted and after the murders of brianna and george and and so many others its no wonder people are taking to the streets and i support them but for President Donald Trump who declined to say jacob blakes name the protests show the need for more police power we called up the National Guard we sent it out and they did a fantasy jobless that we had. Virtually no incident. With hundreds of armor clad police filling the streets the nights micro quieter. But the Movement Marches on john hendren aljazeera can no show wisconsin. Nato and polands Prime Minister have joined germany and calling on russia not to meddle in the crisis thats after president Vladimir Putin sent his clear signal guess that hes prepared to send in Russian Forces against opposition protests shelob else reports. President persion says russia has actively prepared to intervene in belarus. Shanker asked me to create a reserve police force fame so i did we agreed that it would not be used unless the situation gets out of control it wont be used until the moment when extremists i would like to highlight that word using political slogans cross the line until they start to loot set cars houses and banks on fire and try to take over Administration Buildings and so on. Questions comments following mass protests and della reese this was thursday in minsk they began nearly 3 weeks ago when president lukashenko declared overwhelming victory in a makeshift was with his opponents so it was room to ensure 26 year rule would continue he denies allegations of a literal forward and says the crisis is born of foreign meddling yet these people say they have legitimate grievances many involve Police Behavior nevertheless we came here to demonstrate that we are against locking people down in the churches right police to jester day against the violence towards people of peaceful rallies we are here for the law to finally be practiced in our country not what our valley and Law Enforcement make up in their heads on thursday Police Detained dozens of journalists in minsk and confiscated the documents the interior Ministry Said it was to check their credit haitian most have now been released thousands of protesters have been arrested including prominent activists opposition leaders spent learned to see her sky has played to lithuania. Opposition Council Member maria collison a card that was questioned on thursday nothing but also 1st lady of the says that the cause or belorussians have been oppressed in the past 26 years and especially during the last 3 months i was treated very. Badly rue says not just facing an intern. Political struggle it isnt the cost of geopolitical tensions as advancer between russia and nato members. I think the. Behavior actually signals his weakness because if you remember ahead of the election he was warning about russias intervention to destabilize the situation and now he seems to have switched. The targets and huge warning about the west western intervention. Turning to russia to create a reserve police who has increased the stakes for protista is and is not being received well by nato poland charlotte dallas which is 0. And sunny gago has been monitoring developments from other. This whole situation here is really sort of pressing the European Union to try and do something of course they have stated before that the president ial elections that took place early in the month were neither free nor fair but there still is not really a unified tactic as to how exactly to deal with it yes there has been this idea floated this sort of political commitment to try and sort of see if they can issue a sanctions list now at the moment theyve collated a series of 20 names on there which they say were linked to Election Fraud and of the intimidation the violence that has been taking place there but there are differences between European Union members for example lithuania says that there needs to be more names on the list itself its its come up with a list of 118. 00 names that say that needs to be on there and also crucially they say look i shank and needs to be on that list as well this differs from what another member luxembourg is saying the same there have to take this to this to be in consideration have to be delicate about this and that what is most important is for there to be a maintaining dialogue with the with the better resplendent look at schenker to try and resolve this as peacefully as possible because of course the grandstanding that is taking place in the brinkmanship is ultimately that is happening between russia and the European Union belarus is right in the middle of that it stands as a bowl between the 2 so this could actually escalate further and could have impacts for either of the 2 countries. The west african bloc eco masses holding a new round of talks on mali of the coup leaders of president abraham because of from detention he resigned after soldiers seized him from his residence last week following months of protests across the immediate return of civilian room for the next election to be held in 3 years. 13 civilians have died in a roadside bomb attack in southern afghanistan 2 vehicles hit by the blasts were taking families to a wedding in the border district of spin boldak in kandahar province theres been no claim of responsibility and lebanon at least 2 people have been killed and others wounded in heavy clashes between supporters of sunni and shia parties. Gunfire was exchanged during the confrontations and some houses and cars were set on fire and called itself of the capital violence reportedly erupted so over a dispute involving a flag related to the show or religious ritual the Lebanese Army has been deployed 4 people have been arrested including 2 syrian nationals. United nations is warning that the real number of coronavirus cases in syria far exceeds official figures more than 2 and a half 1000 divisions have been confirmed but un humanitarian chief say many are reluctant to seek treatment in cases had not been properly trained sed. The wearing of masks is now mandatory across paris software a surgeon you quote a virus cases in the french capital estimated rate of infection in the country has quadrupled over the past month face coverings are already compulsory outdoors everywhere and some other cities france has recorded nearly 300000 cases of the virus and at least 30000 deaths south korea has recorded its highest daily coronavirus spike since march 441 infections were confirmed on thursday most of the new cases were in the capital so the countrys parliament has been shut down more than a dozen politicians are in quarantine after a journalist who covered a ruling ruling Party Meeting tested positive. The u. S. State of louisiana faces a long and costly cleanup process to hurricane Laura Bassett the region killing it makes 6 people all even hundreds of thousands without power one of the biggest storms ever to hit the state also caused damage in neighboring texas and the calico reports. The sheer power of hurricane laura left a wide trail of destruction through louisiana the storm didnt bring the un survivable tidal surges forecasters predicted but the damage is severe neighboring Southeast Texas escaped the woodstove lauras 240 kilometer per hour winds but more than half a 1000000 in both states without power as the storm steam rolled through louisiana it ripped facades off buildings down telephone poles and left a massive cleanup for those that rode the storm out its pretty bad i mean you can its written right around the corner there the whole garage is smushed down the power line is is is down in the yard. Fences down so you know its like a long road to recovery all i can do is pray that i have the faith of god right now that i know i have to have for my kids that if i panic theyre going to panic so i have to keep it together and thats what im doing in westlake louisiana the hurricane caused a fire as a Chemical Plant while flooding in some areas is still a major concern the full extent of the damage wont be known until the winds die down the storm surge recedes and officials consider some of the ball vulnerable communities it is clear that we did not sustain and sharper the caption catastrophic damage that. Was likely based on the forecast we had last night but. We have sustained a tremendous amount of damage and we have thousands and thousands of our fellow citizens whose lives are upside down. Because. Their businesses and or their homes have been damaged a massive search and rescue operation is now under way those who were evacuated were sent to hotels to avoid a potential spiking cases of the coronavirus its clear that hurricane laura could have been much worse but nonetheless the lives of hundreds of thousands of people have been impacted industries been damaged homes lay in ruins and a full recovery could take months President Trump says he plans to visit the region in the coming days now it turned out we got a little bit lucky it was very big it was very powerful but it passed quickly and so everythings on schedule will probably be going on saturday or sunday and will be heading to texas and louisiana and maybe an additional 6 louisiana has already been hit hard by the coronavirus with 145000 confirmed cases now theyre dealing with another disaster and a gallacher aljazeera. The sounds there and these the top stories japans Prime Minister shinzo abbay has resigned because of ill health the 65 year old has long suffered an intestinal illness is to pans longest serving leader. I needed to fight against the disease and be treated i was not really in the perfect state in terms of the Health Condition and still i have to make political decisions but important ones i cannot make any mistake in terms of the important Decision Making the support of the public i have to respond to so im not ready to respond to the mandate by the public and i made a judgment i should not continue my job as a Prime Minister i decided to step down as a Prime Minister. U. S. President donald trump has formally accepted the Republican Partys nomination for a 2nd term he says novembers election will be a choice between saving the American Dream or allowing a socialist agenda to destroy it germanys chancellor Angela Merkel has demanded that sovereignty be respected you Foreign Ministers way possible sanctions over a crackdown on protesters she made the comments as ministers meeting in berlin discussed to e. U. Ties with both his main regional ally russia the west african bloc echo us is holding a new round of talks on mali of the coup de does fried elster president abraham boubacar cager from detention. Urged the immediate return of civilian leaders want the next election to be held in 3 years 13 civilians have died in a roadside bomb attack in southern afghanistan 2 vehicles hit by the blasts were taking families to a wedding in the border district of spin boldak in kandahar province in lebanon at least 2 people have been killed and others wounded in heavy clashes between supporters of sunni and shia parties. Gunfire was exchanged during the confrontations and some houses and cars were set on fire in call there. Those are the headlines more news here on algis there are the bottom line which is coming up next. Hi im Steve Clements and i have a couple of questions can the Republican Party survive President Trump and what will that party look like if you wins again lets get to the bottom line. For the past 4 years donald trump has been radically reshaping the Republican Party and his image and with his trump brand in the partys convention this week he decided to speak every night bucking the tradition where the candidate accepts the partys nomination on the last night usually lots of confetti and balloons at that crescendo hes also stuff the keynote speeches with family members branding the convention as a trump a vent and less of a Political Party of educate but what happens if youre a republican but you find his policies or his leadership or his character distasteful is trump really a key