It has proof the russian opposition politician alexis was poisoned by the nerve agent nabil chalk the kremlin says it wasnt us. Protests in south africa or offer a scathing report shows the scale of mishandled qubit in 1000. 00 money. Voting is underway in libyas local elections but because of the conflict not everyone will be costing a ballot. The u. S. President donald trump asked suggested americans should vote twice in the Upcoming Elections despite the fact that that is illegal mr trump has been insisting without any evidence that an increase in mail in ballots would lead to widespread voter fraud hes also threatening to cut off funds. Into cities where protest as a rallying against Police Violence on people of color as more. In the battleground state of North Carolina every vote counts but donald trump said voters should be concerned about Election Fraud and should try to vote twice letter send it in and let him go vote and if their systems is good as they say it is then obviously there will be able to vote if it isnt job related theyll be able to vote so thats the way it is intentionally voting twice is illegal and is a crime in many states in North Carolina its a felony attorney general william p. Barr was asked during a c. N. N. T. V. Interview to respond to trumps comments the governments top lawyer said he didnt know the election laws in every state bar said widespread vote by mail is very open to fraud and coersion is reckless and dangerous and people are playing with fire according to an analysis by the Washington Post newspaper of 3 vote by mail states officials identified a fraction of one percent as having double voted in the 201628000 elections combined in a written memo trump went on to threaten to cut funding to cities which he says allow anarchy and violence hes requested a federal funding review of Portland Seattle new york and washington d. C. Its not legal it violates the temp amendment to the constitution and trump knows that this is purely political theater where. The cities in question all have democratic mayors and theyve all been the scenes of major protests against racism and Police Brutality why are africanamerican still dying at the hands of Law Enforcement in this country and so are white people so no white people what a terrible question to ask so are white people more white people by the way more white people. Another study by the Washington Post found that black americans are killed at a rate more than twice as high as whites. Rival in novembers election and the democratic president ial candidate joe biden says theres only one way to move forward this is not who we are at her best america has always been and 5 thing to do it will be again generous confident and optimistic nation full of hope and result biden is ahead in several recent National Polls following both parties conventions leah harding Al Jazeera Mike Hanna has more from washington. President trump says in the memorandum that he wants to review where these funds are going he says that he does not want tax payers money going to funding and as he puts it hes asked the federal agencies to report back within 30 days to his budget director to take a look at that budget with a view to cutting off funding to cities that president says are unable to maintain law and order the mayor of new york has been very quick to react bill de blasio held in urgent News Conference saying that this is nothing more than a political stunt thats here saying that president is not thinking there has no legal right to stop funding to big cities particularly cities where he refers to are all run by democrats held the interview with c. N. N. An exclusive interview in which he expressed a rather surprising thought that there is no racism in the policing or no attempts at racism within the actions after police he says that this is a false narrative that this does occur this despite statistics that are provided by a number of independent organizations such as universities and news media which indicate that African American is 2 and a half times more likely to be shot by a policeman then his white counterparts so certainly the figures would not appear to bear out william barres assumption the release of Police Body Camera video of a black americans death has provoked calls for officers to be charged with his killing protesters rallied in rochester new york state after the videos release which the city mayor describes as disturbing the police were called prude run naked in the street during a Mental Health crisis officers who did him on his back proved died when taken off life support 7 days later in march. The German Government says there is unequivocal proof that the russian opposition. Politician alexina valmy was poisoned with nazi chocola nerve agent who is seriously ill in a hospital in berlin after collapsing on a flight in russia 2 weeks ago chancellor Angela Merkel said the poisoning is attempted murder and that only russia can answer the serious questions that have been raised the kremlin is rejecting accusations of having been responsible and xander staying out of it. Is following this for us in moscow the spokesperson all russian president Vladimir Putin the media spoke about this case in essence what russia is saying that they didnt see the proof and what would possibly be the motive all for isnt enough so he says that also talking sanctions in an acceptable that there is no reason the for sanctions on the base case or even possibility to talk about the possibility of them what he also says is that russia didnt get access to any offer the evidence though they officially requested it before this informational what is exactly the talks in that poison. Pill he also said that russia refuses the allegations that it is really not to jump to the conclusions and accused russia of poisoning oppositional. Girls and says that russia in no one in russia for the benefit from this at the same he repeated that the russian ease ready to cooperate on the case but as also was said before by the minister of Foreign Affairs the exchange of information so they possibly are thinking of actually being granted or who access to the results to date thats what the analysis everything concerning his health from the moment he left on that though but also how the german scientists how the german labs came to the conclusion that it was not a chilcote poisoning. Now the u. S. Is refusing to participate in the global vaccine effort kovacs because its led by the World Health Organization well in 70 wealthy countries have committed to fair access to any future vaccine the deadline of september the 18th has been set for countries to sign up and make binding commitments the coalition will buy and deliver 2000000000 doses of approved vaccines by the end of next year in july that from administration announced it had started the process of withdrawing from the w. H. O. India has recorded the worlds biggest single day rise in new infections more than 83000 cases were reported on whedons day the 3rd time this week the number is above 80000 the u. S. Held the previous single day record at 77000. 00 the bronx in new delhi she says rural areas are of particular concern. India has recorded get another single highest day rising for the pos thats been recording more cases than any other country in the world because of those numbers that said to us the 2nd worst affected country remains the worst affected state and warring the there and seeing that the virus has spread from the main cities of mumbai and to the rural districts 5. Tricks recorded a 500 percent increase in cases in august and the concern is that areas just dont have Adequate Health care. For the Southern States of. The was defective but theyre also conducting the highest number of tests and india itself conducted its highest number of tests on wednesday 1100000 and there is a correlation between expanded testing and the higher numbers the independent Health Experts continue to say that indias needs to be testing a lot more to have the real picture of cases in the country despite all of these numbers the government is easing more and more restrictions Metro Rail Services is set to Begin Next Week for the 1st time in 5 months in many cities including here in delhi and other states such as one of the worst affected. Is set to reopen and thats because the government keeps pointing to these numbers to the fate tally says india has one of the lowest rates at Something Like 1. 75 percent but we have to keep in mind with those numbers that only around a 5th of all deaths of india are actually medically certified. Thousands of Health Care Workers in south africa are demanding more protection from covert 19 as well as better pay the demonstration in pretoria was called by the countrys Biggest HealthWorkers Union it says personal protective equipment is in short supply and hospital managers are failing to follow safety protocols south africa is the hardest hit nation in africa with more than 630000 cases and more than 14000 i mean the miller has more from pretoria. A few dozen protesters have gathered outside the Union Buildings here in pretoria thats the seat of government just outside the president s office and while it is a fairly small group because remember that restrictions are still in place they cant be gatherings of more than 50 people they people here are vocal and these have also been very persistent complaints around the procurement of personal protective equipment equipment and hospitals and a lot of it revolves around alleged corruption weve spoken to a number of Health Workers who have said that there isnt enough p. P. In hospitals sometimes none of tool theyve also complained that the often theyve had to reuse and disinfect p. P. And theyre blaming corruption for this in that the companies that have supplied p. P. E. Often have connections political connections are connected to the Ruling African National congress here in south africa and thats how theyve come by these contracts when in fact they arent actually capable of delivering the equipment thats needed and they say its for this reason that Health Workers are at risk at least 24000 Health Workers in south africa many of them nurses have contracted covert 19 and at least 250. 00 have died so far and this is what angers the protesters behind us they say that South Africans have sacrificed so much so far during the slump down and to add to that you now have a government that theyre accusing of being in ept and corrupt only worsening this Health Crisis in the country russias Prime Minister is in belarus meeting president Alexander Lukashenko whos faced weeks of protests against his room russia has vowed to send Police Forces into if they are required demonstrators have been calling on the shanker to resign after he was accused of rigging last months election to continue his 26 year long rule he said tool to meet the russian president Vladimir Putin in the coming few weeks still to come on this program. But people are being nuts not to vote in elections. And warnings of coronavirus pandemic have reversed years of gains in refugee education. Hello this still a very active weather picture across into the north east of asia 1st of all this massive cloud here that is the remnants of what was typhoon may site working its way across into eastern areas of china Still Producing some very heavy amounts of rain but the winds of course weakening all the time not so with this this is typhoon high schenn on its way up towards there is not really getting the toll on friday but strengthening all the while this will be a category 4 by friday if of course as well as in the atlantic but that is how powerful the storm is winds sustained at about 210 kilometers an hour it is going to strengthen even further certainly by saturday and we could have gusts at about 300 kilometers an hour that the recall is beginning to feel the power of this storm as it gets closer plenty of rain extended across much of japan and also again across into these will sudden sections of south korea may want to cause the china some showers and thunderstorms to the south and still that band of rain across the northeast but generally its a fairly calm and clear picture then across into asia the south we have got more rain hey very widespread throughout india heavier again across into the west and gas down across into carola tama lighter but really elsewhere its just well scott of those monsoon rains and beginning to improve across into pakistan but as you can see also blue on the map again heavy on saturday into tunnel 90. 2000 mile trip across europe seems impossible. As the bone comes root begins to. Close for refugee it has become a race against time for one syrian famine. Its a perilous journey from greece to germany but theres no turning back to the ravages of war left at home. Sky and ground i witnessed documentary on aljazeera. Welcome back youre watching aljazeera im peter dhabi these are your top stories the u. S. President told trump suggest that american should vote twice the forthcoming elections despite the fact that its actually illegal mr trump has been insisting without any evidence that an increase in mail in ballots would lead to widespread voter fraud. German doctors say they have proof the russian Opposition Leader alexina valmy was poisoned with the soviet era nerve agent nabil chong who is being treated in a hospital in a statement the kremlin rejected claims russianness aids was behind what happened indias recorded the worlds biggest single day rise in new infections more than 83000 cases were reported on wednesday the u. S. Held the previous single day record with 77000 typhoon my sack has swept up the Korean Peninsula leaving at least one person dead winds reached more than 160 kilometers an hour severe flooding in both the north and south mcbride reports now from tucson. North koreas east coast cities inundated with flood waters as typhoon my sack drench is the Korean Peninsula unusual for north korea its state run t. V. Has been carrying live reports of the damage every hour my circuit already pounded the south korean island of jeju before barreling into the southeastern city of busan in the early hours of thursday at 1st light the amount of damage could be assessed but extensive preparations had kept it to a minimum. Not as much as i feared however it is bigger paper and then in previous years. I think a lot of preparations were in place i think this time we were ready for it as the cleanup gets underway here in busan People Living further up the Korean Peninsula are now dealing with the torrential rains brought by this typhoon many of them living in places already soaked after a summer of extreme weather north korea like the south was already suffering the effects of typhoon badly last week which came after unusually severe seasonal rains rather mcbride aljazeera busan south korea. Search and rescue crews have so far found one survivor from a cargo ship carrying livestock thats capsized in rough seas caused by the typhoon the ship a set of lost an engine before it went down in the East China Sea coast japan it was carrying 43 crew and nearly 6000 cattle from new zealand to china. The United Nations and human Rights Groups are condemning u. S. Sanctions imposed on the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal court its in response to an investigation into how the u. S. Forces committed war crimes in afghanistan is practical aim. Did u. S. Troops torture people did they commit war crimes here in afghanistan to the taliban or the Afghan Military the International Criminal court has been trying to find out and now a new move from the Trump Administration to try and stop them at least when it comes to u. S. For sales the United States will designate i. C. C. Prosecutor for 2 bensouda and the i. C. C. Is head of jurisdiction complementarity in Cooperation Division buckey so much to go for having material assisted prosecutor bensouda individuals and entities that continue to materially support those individuals risk exposure to sanctions as well that means the chief prosecutor and the head of an i. C. C. Department could be frozen out of the International Banking system have any of their u. S. Assets frozen human Rights Groups are outraged the practical effect could be ethical for these individual but i think well have to see how damaging that is have a u. S. Administration take the stand and that kind of a full full of fall full of all thats regard for the global role of law that using these actions. The spokesman for the u. N. Secretary general says the move raises concerns the i. C. C. As you know and especially the prosecutor are independent of the secretary general and of the u. N. We have always stood for the need for International Justice and for the issue of accountability and the fight against impunity the u. S. Has often used its vast power in the financial industry to punish war criminals now using the same tactic to go after the very people who are charged with punishing them political hane aljazeera. People in the libyan city of misrata voting to select municipal leaders other towns in the region are also planning elections the polling is going ahead despite the pandemic and attends nationwide ceasefire misrata has played a major role in the un recognized governments campaign to push forces of the warlords. Out of western libya malik traina is in must he says the polling has been going smoothly so far this is the 2nd center that ive personally visited today and it seems to be going well i mean once once residents enter into the polls they are forced to wear face masks they have to sanitize their hands and i have to say people are really happy i mean weve spoken to many people and theyre excited that you know they have the freedom to vote they said this is what the revolution was in 2011 for so that they can choose their leaders you know we met i met an older gentleman earlier who said you know a lot of fun in the revolution in 2011 and and my son died so that i can vote and that our future generations can vote can vote for their leaders for a free and democratic libya. Syria state News Agency Says the armed forces have shot down most of the rockets fired by israel towards an airport in the city of homs it comes just 2 days after 2 syrian soldiers were reportedly killed by an israeli missile strike near the capital damascus theres been no comment from israel but is believed to have carried out dozens of attacks targeting the Iranian Military in syria the Hong Kong Media mogul jimmy lie has been found not guilty of intimidating and threatening a reporter from a rival newspaper the judge said his accuser wasnt a credible witness the outspoken critic of chinas government is still facing separate charges involving prodemocracy protests on the Controversial National security law adrian brown was in court in hong kong. It was all over very quickly the magistrate said that the the main witness the reporter who had accused him a liar threatening him was in her words dishonest and an unreliable witness so jimmy left the court smiling broadly but he still faces an array of other serious criminal charges in august he became the most high profile figure of the prodemocracy movement to be detained under the new National Security legislation hes been charged with foreign collusion and that trial is probably going to happen some Time Next Year another leading prodemocracy figure agnes char was also arrested and charged with the same offense on the same day jimmy lie is also accused of taking part in an Illegal Assembly now the most serious charge he faces is that of you know foreign collusion because that carries a sentence if found guilty of up to 10 years in jail and theres also the very real possibility that trial could happen under the mainland under this new National Security legislation because of the involvement of a foreign power and of course if the trial were to happen in the mainland you know courts in the mainland have basically a 99 percent conviction rate to the chances of him getting a free and fair trial there say experts are very remote indeed the government of hong kong in a sense i think will feel you know in a central lead the jimmy lie has not been sentenced there because actually hes now facing much more serious charges and the case against him is much stronger than the one he was facing here but west kalou magistrates court. The political leader from the Czech Republic has defied threats from china to meet with taiwans President Senate president me last straw and this told me distrustful isnt burned by czech government policy not to send allegations to the island he declared himself taiwanese in a speech to Parliament Earlier this week the Chinese Government is warning youll pay a heavy price for visiting what beijing leaders regard as their territory. Student unions in myanmar are urging people to boycott novembers general election they say the country cant build real democracy as long as the constitution was a quarter of all all amount receipts for the army is florence very. In myanmar telltale signs that a general election is coming in downtown yangon try shots have been decked out with party flags and Printing Companies have been busy putting party logos on banners t. Shirts and caps the upcoming november election will be myanmars 2nd freely contested elections since 50 years of military rule ended in 2011 but for some the hope and excitement of the last election in 2015 have given way to a sense of disappointment University Student min cant chore is the Communications Officer for the old Burma Federation of student unions thats urging voters to boycott the polls. And the government elected from an election held under the 2008 constitution can never be seen to be one of that for the people is only for the interests of the really terry is happening now as well as why we need to dissolve these constitution which is why we need to oppose this election. Only 75 percent of seats in parliament up for election the rest are reserved for the military effectively giving it veto power over any constitutional change the ruling party the National League for democracy or an audi one a landslide victory in 2015 and try to amend the constitution but failed to obtain the 75 percent needed its politicians have criticized the no Vote Campaign as misguided and one reason in my view we cant separate elections from democracy. If you dont have elections democracy will feel. The vote because you want democracy we can make the constitution be the only issue. But the n l d has also struggled on other fronts its failed to stop the fighting between the army and ethnic armed groups despite a nationwide ceasefire agreement in 2015 and several rounds of talks and the government has come under pressure internationally over a military crackdown on the rohingya minority in Rakhine State in 2017 which Rights Groups have said tend to mount to genocide havent moved the National League for democracy is one of the most worried about the no Vote Campaign and all day leaders know why the no Vote Campaign has been revived they once stood with the n. L. The against the military dictatorship they also vote for the n l d now they are unhappy with the n l ds performance and are not going to vote. Even so many Analysts Expect the n l d to win the election but possibly with a smaller majority than its landslide victory in 2015 Lawrence Cleary al jazeera. The un is highlighting the impact coronavirus is having on the education of young refugees a report from the u. N. A. C. R. Says the pandemic threatens to reverse gains made in recent years girls are of particular concern they already have less access to education than boys and its estimated half of refugee girls in secondary school wont return if and when classrooms reopen the government and the private sector being urged to do more to avoid what could be a lost generation matthew salt marshes with the u. N. H. C. R. He says the pandemic could shatter the hopes and dreams of young refugees around the world. Around half of the refugees are currently out of school and the numbers are not quite so stark when you look at Primary School level but its when you get to the secondary and Tertiary Education level things are really quite worrying because those are the really she views her student develop skills ok sure and langridge and so on and to build those tools that let allow them to work and lead independent lives and future and some of those numbers are the worrying and in the case of. The recent measures whether thats Health Whether thats the Economic Impact is it was having a really adverse effect on record your cation around well it is of course a global problem the estimates are that Something Like 1600000000 children around the world have missed large chunks of their education so of course its global every country is being affected but refugees are being dumped because for them this is an emergency on top of an emergency they were already living in very different conditions and 85 percent of them in developing countries now with very scarce resources difficult to find jobs difficult living and so on so its like a double whammy. For refugees Haitian Police in the capital have fired tear gas across protesting against the murder of a prominent lawyer student from a law school in Port Au Prince tried to put up blockades in the streets using burning tires the head of the Bar Association will ferry a doorbell shot dead at his home on friday no arrests have been made a number of fires in the amazon rain forest in brazil is expected to be at a 10 year high in more than 29000. 00 areas were ablaze last month despite the government promising to take action scientists to study is fired basis as the total number may be underreported because of a fault with a nasa satellite that monitors the area. Lets update you with the top story so far this half hour u. S. President donald trump has suggested americans should vote twice in the forthcoming elections thats illegal hes been insisting without any evidence that an increase in mail in ballots would lead to voter fraud the German Government says it has proof the russian opposition politician alexina valmy was poisoned with the nerve agent chalk hes being treated in berlin in a statement the kremlin rejected claims that the russian state was behind what happened russias Prime Minister. Is in belarus hes meeting president Alexander Lukashenko whos faced weeks of protests against his rule russia has voted to send Police Forces into belarus if needed demonstrators have been calling for mr lucas to resign after he was accused of rigging last months elections india has recorded the worlds biggest single day rise in new cases of the coronavirus more than 83000 cases were reported on weapons day elizabeth purana is in new delhi she says rural areas are of particular concern. Recorded yet another single highest day rising for the posse its been recording more cases than any other country in the world because of those numbers its possible the 2nd worst affected country remains the worst affected state and boringly theyre. Seeing that the virus has spread from the main cities of mumbai to the rural districts 5. Tricks recorded a 500 percent increase in cases in august and the concern is that areas just dont have Adequate Health care thousands of Health Care Workers in south africa demanding more protection from cope with 19 and thats a pay the demonstration in pretoria was called by the countrys Biggest HealthWorkers Union it says personal protective equipment is in short supply at hospital managers are failing to follow safety protocols south africa is the hardest hit nation in africa you are right up to date with all the top stories up next here on aljazeera is inside story kemal has another news out from 13 also you from 7 tomorrow but. Whats behind the latest things in saudi arabias role family the commander of the saudi led war in yemen and his son are accused of corruption and dismissed the poll being cleared for the crown prince to become king this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program. Many role family members in saudi arabia have been sacked or detained ever since mohamed bin so many was appointed to crown prince 3 years ago to princes are the latest to be purged