Group accused of newton civilians the new threat theyre posing after briefly occupying a congolese town. And fighting to preserve their language protest in a chinese province where its feared mandarin is being promoted ahead of speaking monday only. Donald trump defending himself against claims he called americas war dead losers and suckers the president insists the allegations in the atlantic magazine are a hoax and a disgrace but is a growing backlash from veterans and his political rivals classical him as more. The u. S. Military and veterans are a big part of u. S. President Donald Trumps base he needs their support and now that could be much more of a challenge for those who believe the allegations that on this visit to france and 2018 the president was supposed to visit a cemetery were. More than 2000 american soldiers are buried he didnt go blaming the weather but according to the report in the atlantic he skipped it concerned about what the rain would do to his hair and he reportedly said why should i go to that cemetery its filled with losers the story claims he then called the marines buried their suckers and that he didnt want wounded troops to take part in military parades saying nobody wants to see that it also says on this visit to Arlington National cemetery with his then Homeland Security secretary whos son was buried there after being killed in action the president reportedly said i dont get it what is in it for them trump is denying the allegations and it was a totally fake story and that was confirmed by many people who were actually there it was a terrible thing that somebody could say that kind of thing but that denial is being met with skepticism because of the president s past comments like this one about senator john mccain but you know you lost sight of it like that was what you have to that because i dont like it. But right frank let me get to what he hit me is that a war hero or hero he is a war in iraq for years hes a war hero presumes capture i like people that werent captured ok i hate to say the Biden Campaign was quick to make this an issue really seen this ad. The former Vice President called the allegations if true disgusting my son volunteered to join the United States military as you turn the general want to rock for year one the bronze star and other commendations he wasnt a sucker servicemen and women he served with particularly those did not come home were not lose. Reaction was also swift on social media this from a retired general when he met with the chairman of the joint chiefs general dunford his comment was thats a smart guy why is he in the military and from a Veterans Organization opposed to trump my message to donald trump is that this you have no right being the commander in chief President Trump didnt serve in vietnam claiming to have bone spurs he denigrated the parents of a soldier killed in iraq and prisoners of war it didnt cost him support from the military community in 2016 the Biden Campaign hoping this time this might just be different political hane dizzier. Rosa jordan has more from alexandria virginia. Well the storing isnt going away because now a number of news outlets here in washington have confirmed the same and the same quotes that were in that story including fox news which had been the president s go to Television News network a channel that had really supported his presidency it seems up until this year it is worth noting that during the Late Afternoon press conference the president again did not like those allegations that he has been at any time disrespectful of those who are in the u. S. Military i just want to tell you its a disgrace because you look at what ive done for the United States military i love those people ive gotten in pay raises when they didnt get anything near what ive been able to do and ive rebuilt 2. 00 trillion dollars every built the United States military and now were including space force nobody has done more for them and then when i have to have a report read like that from a 3rd rate magazine thats not going to be in business much longer i look at that and i think its a disgrace and what raised a lot of eyebrows during the president s comments is his suggestion that john kelly the retired marine corps general who was also his chief of staff could have been one of the people who spoke. To the atlantic magazine he left the suggestion out there but certainly that is something that people are talking about on friday night here in washington. Ponys bodycount video has been released showing the arrest of black man daniel prude 41 year old died off of an account just become another focus of protest in the u. S. Against racism and Police Brutality officers put a mesh of a prudes head and have them on the pavement for 2 minutes in asia died from asphyxiation protesters in rochester new york have been calling for justice 7 officers have been suspended over the incident. And jacob blake the unarmed black man who was shot by Police Last Month in the u. S. City of kind osha has appeared in court and via video link. Are you able to hear me clearly today sir yes sir blake faces charges of Sexual Assault and Domestic Abuse police say they were trying to arrest blake on the charges when an officer shot him 7 times in the back leaving him paralyzed the shooting triggered days of protests in several cities across the country. So have agreed to normalize economic ties its been hailed as a big step forward after decades of tension kosovo declared independence in 2008 something serbia does not recognize as part of a u. S. Brokered deal both nations have also agreed to normalize relations with israel reports. The 2 balkan rivals to informally recognize each other but after 2 days of u. S. Brokered talks and possible have taken the 1st step to establishing economic ties are on the table are jobs investments and extending transport links but fridays agreement falls far short from a political reconciliation to end years of tensions and thinking about economy of course because its resolved or problems there are still a lot of differences between us but this is a huge step forward while serbia is happy to discuss economic ties possible so frantic remains a red line possible with its majority Muslim Population declared independence from belgrade more than 12 years ago but its still unable to join International Organizations such as the United Nations and thats largely because of serbia which considers the break were province as its own and is supported by russia and china i think we need a huge step forward for normalization of relations lead eventually to mutually commission between the 2 countries we are fully committed to Work Together to improve peoples lives the new jobs in the region on friday the 2 agreed to put campaigns for and against normalizing political ties on hold for a year but donald trump with less than 2 months to go before president ial elections was eager to claim a Foreign Policy breakthrough this is a truly historic a very very important day especially in a beautiful part of the world im pleased to announce a. Truly historic commitment serbia and kosovo have each committed to economic normalization and trump did manage to secure a diplomatic way for ally israel serbia would become the 1st european country to open its embassy in jerusalem as well as a mutual recognition of muslim majority kosovo and israel the big story here today is really about israel and has far less to do with actual trouble relations between serbian possible basically theres the arm of the grand aim of economic normalization all it really does is and what were already agreed projects. This latest report follows last months u. S. Mediated deal normalizing ties between the u. A. E. And israel allowing 1st direct flights between the 2 trumps attempts to both to support for israel have been rejected by palestinians who say they become victims to select all of the sions gupta is here. But been protests on the yemeni island of subcontract gainst establishments of military bases by the United Arab Emirates and israel have been reports the 2 countries are planning to set up the bases following their agreement to normalize relations and the u. A. E. Began deploying hundreds of troops to a psychiatrist and 2018. Tensions mounting around a town in eastern democratic republic of congo after it was briefly occupied by an armed Group Hundreds of fighters are threatening to return to bosnia if their demands are not that theyve been accused of massacres against civilians as a story. For weeks fighters from the cadet group of been gathering around the town of. Theyve been expecting to be integrated into the democratic republic of congos army and given food rations by the government hasnt happened so on friday they marched into the town and occupied it for several hours they outnumber the government soldiers their residents were scared and angry. We cannot understand how a militia can enter the town easily in the presence of un peacekeepers and congolese soldiers un peacekeepers need to go. The un doesnt have much sympathy for the militias demands and wants them to be held to account for atrocities against civilians. You know amnesty mean saying that the facts never existed did you see how they cut people to pieces in the villages high going to provide amnesty normal to talk with amnesty in such serious situations and what about the victims do you tell them too bad. About a 1000 people have been killed and heart a 1000000 have fled their homes in italy province in the last 3 years. Violence between groups is on the rise. Congos army has been trying to defeated eco this year but its failed expected not the way this ever congolese government is not going to budge why the demand of these guys because the army is there but its doing nothing more no score your one force a nearby but but also doing nothing. By friday afternoon a fragile temporary agreement was reached the army took the fighters back out of town in trucks the militia said theyd be back in 2 days if their demands are met. There among several armed groups responsible for massacring and mutilating civilians in this area the people of tunisia face some 10 days ahead. Malcolm webb. Time for a short break here on aljazeera when we come back creating change at the ballot box so on the streets venezuelas opposition is divided on the best way to defeat the upcoming election. But it doesnt mean speaking about. The parents of the worst but hoping for the best india and sri lanka fight to control the oil town in that state. Theyre fairly quiet picture across much of the United States the house they want to showers and thunderstorms to the south and the east but really the bulk of the country is found in trying for the heat wave is back in place out across the west but the have been some fairly heavy downpours across the Central Regions of the being flash flood warnings in place and look at this this is you can see was jus to exactly that very heavy rain over several days and the ground gave way now as we go through saturday not too bad across his particular slice across into you can suck it out tools east but more rain showers heavy at times and thunderstorms working their way up from Northern Areas of mexico says spreading up into southern texas and then through sunday well see some rather heavy rain developing through the Northern Plains out towards the midwest and again those rains could be heavy at times especially if showers in the southeast but generally it is a fine and dry picture that we had down into Central America and the caribbean lots of cloud around in the last few hours we have a cool scene the end of the Tropical Storm nona but plenty of rain through saturday fairly well scott to put some heavy cuba out across into haiti and also more rain across the southern and eastern sections of mexico you saw those pushing up into southern as the one to states it will stay rather unsettled on sunday some areas could see some rather heavy rain and heavy rain in cuba. 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An armed group has left the city of bunia in the democratic republic of congo after a standoff there but hundreds of fighters are threatening to return to their demands which include receiving food rations are not met. Now the u. S. Has announced sanctions against venezuelas Election Officials ahead of the countrys upcoming parliamentary vote its an election many opposition parties intend to boycott calling it an attempt by president maduro to take control of the National Assembly to resign as more. This tunneling that i cast has become a source of water for people in venice with less capital and. People here call it the beach. Italy the us comes here a few times a week because theres no Running Water available at home just like many others in venezuela these days italys has lost hope and thats why shes planning to not vote in venice way less legislative elections in december. The general is again are these away i dont want to watch the news anymore the controversy is always the same politicians dont solve our problems i am not going to vote this situation is terrible there are people with nothing to eat i have Free University a look at where i am oh you are this week president announced a pardon to at least 100 members of the opposition some of them have been hiding in foreign embassies inside the country. The move analysts say was meant to divide the opposition events in the past week show the president s strategy worked. Who over 50 countries including the United States recognize as venezuelas president says the opposition wont participate in the elections he has been trying to run a parallel government but has not succeeded in removing her from office. We have a part thats a call to action to protest to mobilize an agreement with the dea and transit towards democracy not to participate in fraud not to participate in a trap by maduro. But why though is facing a rebellion by 2 time president ial candidate and we got us who says the opposition has to fight the government in the ballots. Is banned from participating in the elections but there are other candidates in his party who are willing to run. He says boycotting elections means losing all of position representation in. Congress knows that nobody can be surprised what is happening people are screaming for an option in an act of desperation we have to change that the plan we had is exhausted the agenda we presented to the country had failed its over but as the political battle rages on in venezuela there is also a fight for survival where millions have lost hope that there is see to ation is going to improve any time soon. And to see death. Libyans in the us a fall a civil lawsuit against the wall orderly for have top 2 families accuse him of war crimes human rights abuses and torture relating to his 2016 military offensive on benghazi calling on the u. S. Attorney general to begin a criminal investigation after fighting libyas u. N. Recognize government for control of the country the uns atomic Watchdog Group has confirmed iran is stockpiling and risk iranian well beyond limits set by world powers in the 2050 nuclear deal the i. A. E. A. Says its reach more than 10 times the limit decided on the agreement that promised iran economic incentives in return for curbs on its Nuclear Program to irans trying to pressure the remaining nations to help offset crippling u. S. Sanctions belarusian Opposition Leader svetlana chicken of sky is calling on the United Nations to condemn the governments violent crackdown on protesters shes accusing president Alexander Lukashenko of rigging his election victory last month you can have sky is urging the u. N. To send a Monitoring Mission to belarus one of smith reports from vilnius in neighboring lithuania. So a lot of chicken also believes that by now she should have been sworn in as the new president of ballads instead shes exiled in neighboring lithuania via video link she asked an informal meeting of the Un Security Council to help. Today in the country where the rose is in turn were a peaceful protest and been illegally detained beaten and imprisoned. In the balance capital mens cooperation colleague maria kalashnikov and others a former Political Party chicken of sky having been told in advance but all signs insist any misunderstandings have been ironed out and the other more united than ever on the list with lionel score of the Nation Council we want Political Prisoners screech we want an investigation into the killings of Peaceful Protesters and we want new fair and transparent election as all of the force of law not our choice will stall on and were not going to leave it like that speaking to aljazeera the new vilnius had quarters of her coordiNation Council chicken or acknowledge the challenges of not being in belarus is difficult for both of us because im here its safer for me to be here but its more difficult to. Not morally to be here because i understand that i should be there in my people and its difficult for her as well because she is under pressure all the time she is in danger all the time as any person and. Also on friday Police Arrested students at the minutes state Linguistics Institute who ignored calls from arab ministration to stop protests. There been demonstrations across baton rouge since the august 9th election which president Alexander Lukashenko said he won 80 percent of the vote. Many russians and major western powers say the vote was great. Alexander lukashenko says lithuania and other neighboring countries are behind the protests and he says nato is building up its troops along the bell roofs borders u. S. Troops and tanks have started arriving here with the Lithuanian Government says there are exercises planned long before the elections next door burnitz made aljazeera vilnius. The World Health Organization is urging countries to join forces to tackle coronavirus saying vaccine nationalism would only slow the response to the pandemic when i was asian is leading a global Vaccine Allocation plan known as kovacs and helping buy and distribute vaccinations fairly but some countries have already secured their own supplies through bilateral deals and ive said they Wont Take Part in the global unification if france has recorded its biggest single day rise in new virus infection since the beginning of the pandemic nearly 9000. 00 cases were reported on friday the search has forced at least a dozen schools across the country to close just days into the new Academic YearAuthorities Say the rises partially due to increased testing. And patients taking part in a Clinical Trial of a Coronavirus Vaccine in russia who develop antibodies thats according to a report in the Lancet Medical Journal the journal says the trial is too small to prove the vaccine safety and effectiveness 40000 volunteers are due to take part in further trials cypruss said it will strip 7 people of the socalled golden passports that were bought in the country citizenship by Investment Scheme it follows an aljazeera investigation into a cache of leaks documents that reveal the e. U. Passports have been sold to a number of convicted criminals fugitives and political figures considered to be a high risk for money laundering. Dozens of people have been left badly burnt after a gas pipeline explosion in bangladesh the blast happened near a mosque as worshippers were finishing prayers just outside the capital most of the 37 people admitted to hospital i want to Critical Condition firefighters are investigating the cause of the explosion. The sri lankan maybe says theres no danger of an oil spilled from a supertanker that caught fire at sea on thursday the blaze in the engine room of the new diamond spread to the bridge of the ship throating east of the sri lanka coast will finance reports now from columbus more than 2000000 barrels of crude oil are on the tanker new diamond the sri lankan mv air force coast guard and their indian counterparts are battling to stop the fire spreading and a disastrous oil spill. In the indian coast guard has deployed special firefighting vessels with Trained Personnel an Indian Navy Ship with air capability and a number of our own took both able to maneuver large vessels are all part of the operation to control the fire and engine room explosion on thursday killed a filipino crewman 22 other crew were rescued as the flames spread the panama registered tanker was sailing from kuwait to the indian port of part of the now without power the giant vessel is drifting towards sri lankas eastern course. Immediately to be used to blow the ship weed wrong course so that even if there is any extreme negative like maybe there is not i dont. Need to be. And i understand i share this point in the indian cause god says a to me to crack has been spotted. We knew how intense hed been one place for quite a long of pain net to really those steel plates get deform the building line get correct and you will see it start to see these cracks its going to happen its very natural but it doesnt mean the ship is breaking apart sri lankas Marine Protection authority says an oil spill was a Severe Threat to the island and hes appealing for International Experts to help it in one of the not directly due to the west coast scenario is that there is a spill and entire cargo of oil on the ship 270000 tons of oil has leaked into the ocean we are now working on how to deal with it as a country if this leaks into our ocean region its not just this area but it will be a major Global Environmental disaster in the coming hours will decide with the sri lanka face is a major environmental disaster or just a burning tanker people here are hoping it wont be the catastrophe you know if an end. Colomba at least 48 people have died in the latest monsoon in pakistan hundreds of homes are damaged or completely destroyed while many roads and bridges have been swept away days of torrential rain and flooding have caused chaos in the Financial Capital karachi. Now students and teachers in the northern chinese province of. Taking part in rare protests against a new policy requiring certain classes to be taught in mandarin the main language used now is mongolia representing a 5th of the provinces population. In beijing. Videos of students shouting. Mother language and storming School Grounds are circulating on social media protests have been held across the northern chinese province of Inner Mongolia after new education measures were introduced to reduce the use of the mongolian language in favor of mandarin that spoken nationally. Many parents have withdrawn their children from schools some have clashed with the local police. My fellow mongolians may not know one another but if they arrest one of us lets all go to the Police Station authorities are offering 150. 00 in return for information on more than 100. 00 of them wanted by police for taking quarrels beijing says the protesters have a political agenda and the new measures only affect certain subjects mongolian language class hours remain unchanged the textbooks remain the same the language used for teaching remains the same and the existing bilingual Education System remains unchanged. But activists say the new education policy will see the regions main language of instruction changed to mandarin by 2022 the vast grassland province borders mongolia where one 5th of the population is ethnic magali and. Culture. Policies erratic a. Culture of life similar changes have taken place in tibet and she jungle where ethnic languages are now only 2 of its special classes the United Nations says minority cultures are being suppressed Chinese Communist party. Is anything. Coming. d through any organization. Any sort of. Diversity chinas leaders say promoting the majority had culture and nationalizing chinese language provides ethnic minorities with better economic opportunities. But many people unconvinced and say they fear for the survival of their traditional way of life katrina you are just the right 6. Time for a quick check of the headlines on aljazeera the u. S. President has denied claims he called war veterans and foreign soldiers. The allegations are made in an article published in the atlantic magazine donald trump denounced the report as a hoax and disgrace president jordan as more. Well the storing isnt going away because now a number of news outlets here in washington have confirmed. And the same quotes that were in that story including fox news which had been the president s go to Television News network a channel that had really supported his presidency up until this year it is worth noting that during the Late Afternoon press conference the president again did not write those allegations that he has been at any time disrespectful of those who are in the u. S. Military off the decades of conflict serbia and kosovo have agreed to normalize economic ties the serbian president alexander. And kosovo as Prime Minister have been in talks in washington for several days because of the declared independence in 2008 or so that it doesnt recognize as part of the deal both nations agreed to normalize relations with israel. Have been protests on the yemeni army and of socalled truck gets their establishment of military bases by the United Arab Emirates and israel has been reported to 2 countries are planning to set up the bases following their agreement will normalize relations. And group has left the city of bunia in the democratic republic of congo after a standoff there but hundreds of fighters are threatening to return if it demands including receiving food rations meant the uns atomic Watchdog Group has confirmed that iran is stockpiling enriched uranium well beyond limits set by will powers in the 2050 nuclear deal the i. A. E. A. Says its reached more than 10 times the limit decided under the agreement the deal promised iran economic incentives in the 10s of curbs on its Nuclear Program. The World Health Organization is urging countries to join forces to tackle coronavirus saying the vaccine nationalism would only slow the response to the pandemic they want to plant out by and distributed back seemed fairly those were the headlines the news continues here on aljazeera after one i want to state that so much. Im counting the cost as oil prices slumping economy strength and austerity kicks in is this the end of the middle east so while russia south africas unemployment hit a record high before the pandemic tough this fight to save the economy. Counting the cost on aljazeera. Multiple sclerosis is a debilitating and cruel disorder with no known cure. Now a russian doctor is providing hope performing stem cell transplants on foundations of patients people are traveling from as far away as australia biggest fear right now is the m. S. Progressing maybe getting another episode that may result in further disability god knows what that disability could bring. Thats the scariest thing. But the covert 19 pandemic is throwing up unexpected challenges theres really nothing. Scheduled. 101 east follows 2 men risking their lives for treatment on the other side of the world