A beach in indonesia. Protesters in south africa accuse a leading pharmacy chain of posting racist advertisement for its hair products. Follow saudi arabia has reduced the sentences of 8 people involved in the murder of journalist. In turkey last year 5 of them were given the Death Penalty for the killing but that has been cut to 20 years in jail the others have been given sentences ranging from 7 to 10 years on the court has also declared the case closed he was murdered by a saudi hit seen inside its stumble consulate and 2018 his fiance has called the decision a farce and saudi arabia refused all calls for the men to go on trial in turkey when a. As of tweets the un special rapporteur on extra judicial killings said the saudi prosecutor performed one more active day and parity of justice she went on to tweet that the crown Prince Mohammed bin remains well protected against any meaningful scrutiny in his country and that the verdicts cant be allowed to what whitewash what happens what is the director of Global Engagement at the American University of beirut and nonresident senior fellow at Harvard Kennedy school he says many questions remain unanswered. Its assumed that the body was dismembered by the team that came from saudi arabia with a bone saw and other equipment to get rid of the body so that it can never be found thats an assumption that hasnt been proven thats one reason people want a more. Credible public trial based on International Standards of criminal law. And the issue of who actually ordered it thats still a big question the cia and agnes come out on the other say that well theres a direct link to the crown princes office and maybe to the crown prince m had been some and thats an accusation is is not Proven Guilty but its a serious accusation when it comes from people like the un special investigator who carried out a very thorough investigation and the cia you have to think that there may be some evidence that makes not credible so theres a lot of questions that need to be answered and the issue of course is not just why was one person killed like this there are other accusations that the so these and other people across the region Government Agencies and officials are following their critics and tormenting them and terrorizing them in some cases you know spying on them and trying to bring them home and put them in jail or in the worst case kill them as happened to shelter so there are many dimensions to this if there is as charged as a possible link to the office of the crown prince of the even to the crown prince himself that hes going to become king and the u. N. Agency and the cia and others think that he ordered this premeditated assassination of Soda National thats pretty serious stuff so the real issue is how can we find out. The European Union has condemned bellary says government for what it calls were oppression of the people following the disappearance of 3 opposition activists maria call a sneak over who spoken at many major rallies is missing after being taken away in a van by an identified people shes been a Campaign Manager for opposition politicians and a vocal supporter. Who is now in exile in the way they are this is completely unacceptable to you it was very very clear in our statements that we can see that the actions of the authorities in belarus unacceptable we are deeply concerned about the continued repression and intimidation of the population by unexplained our wrists very often arbitrarily our wrists our wrists of our wrists which are motivated politically this is unacceptable we call on all people who have been detained based on political reasons and arbitrarily to be detailed to be released immediately lets remember and its right is monitoring developments from neighboring the 20 or so what do we know about this particular case bernard. Well Maria Kolesnikov it was one of the last remaining main opposition activists still at liberty it seems until on monday when witnesses witnesses describe seeing being bundled into a bomb by must man she drops a phone they say in the skull form that was picked up by one of these men if they drugged her off and drove away now maria tell us nico the new risks youve spoken of the risks of what would happen by standing above the crowd and speaking out against. His decisions the victory in the oldest 9th disputed elections she herself formed with colleagues at Political Party only last week cold together to help push for those new elections so it will come as no surprise really perhaps to her and her friends that she seems to have been taken out of circulation for the moment leanest it could be c s he said that the waiting is foreign minister here in building as he has said that what is happening is that the outgoing leadership in belarus to strive to question his government is cynically eliminating the opposition warmed by warm and he says what is happening is reminiscent of the stalinist secret police. And what about these protests burner that have still been go and that have been going on are they still going on and in the same numbers as more recently. The levels of intimidation against the protesters have been stepped up but it doesnt seem to have affected the crowds turning out certainly on sunday on the pictures we were seeing coming in the crowds were as big as they have been over the last 4 weeks an interesting leap one of the belarusian websites that spin transmitting those pictures to you dont be why its been warned given a 2nd warning by the russian a by the by the authorities in minsk but what hes doing could risk being shut down so a lot of sensitivity on the continued Media Coverage by the mystic channels in belarus of whats going on himself still not giving way hes off to moscow in a couple of days time for a meeting with Vladimir Putin a real change of fortunes that goes. Before the election was saying vote for me because russia is trying to interfere in our internal stop will now its reliance on the lot and it is survival without boots in supporting the status quo in belarus long could shank this position would be could be much weaker than it is ok bernie thank you for that update from lithuania. Now veronica is a better us Opposition Leader who has campaigned alongside maria call the snake over and she says that this is a typical tactic often against sanctions regime to try and intimidate leaders theres no information hopefully she was detained for a couple of hours because its in our country in belarus you know its normal its not normal but in a good sense but its normal when the people get the thing without any explanations so i hope for you she will be released as soon as possible that was having to worry about her and below is the entire nation became leader. If you see at the leaders that we see the leaders everywhere now in the streets in the students in the universities in their effectiveness in the plan plans look at encouraging works this way every time they see a leader and they would like to isolate this is the you know from the people from the nation and this is so cold as i said its normal in bill of rights now but i hopefully i will question will not be able to do the 9500000 people or for bill it was because this simply it will not be any space in the prisons but unfortunately this is how does it look at increasing his work among the protesters will never give up as you see has been almost one month since their peaceful protests those protests started and we believe for the similar question the better for the entire country for the International Community and to my opinion that we will never give up the dollars the nation will never give up because he is no like there is no another way for the lot of us we want another president who want to see your tree elections and who want all political upon the political detainees to be released the sons passed bill so we will fight until the day and we believe the bill or she leaves the russians the racial will never allow any troops on the delicious border or on dollars to and said look will find it until the day and its always i refer to the peaceful protests a 4th of the Peaceful Demonstrations and that we will fight until the leafs they were sent to look us into gives ups gives up his foreign the costs equip the lot of people do not support the question to no longer hear us not more than 50 percent of the votes no. Britains foreign minister has summoned russias ambassador to the u. K. Over the poisoning of the Opposition LeaderAlexei Navalny dominique robb called the poisoning unacceptable but added he was relieved to hear that no volley was been has been taken out of a medically induced coma german experts say he was poisoned with a nerve agent not be chalked before a domestic flight in russia last month doctors say its too soon to tell what the long term effects will be nearly 300. 00 Rohingya Refugees have been rescued from a beach in indonesia after drifting at sea 1st 6 months at least 30 people died on the journey from bangladesh those who survived have been moved to a temporary shelter but its not clear if theyll be allowed to stay in indonesia just a washington reports from jakarta. After 7 months at sea these children are exhausted and traumatized they survived a dangerous journey to safety in the news and province of answering nearly 300. 00 or hindu refugees disembarked in indonesia but at least those who died on the long trip from bangladesh. Still fortunately we came to indonesia and indonesian people are really helpful towards us local authorities are working with the uns Refugee Agency to provide support including medical care. That. I couldnt stretch my legs when i slept we were just sitting so it affected our legs so much that we almost got paralyzed. Some of the group told al jazeera they were trying to get to malaysia knows him to move out of one of the i have my sisters in the camps so i wanted to go to malaysia to earn money to support them i have come here from the camps of bangladesh they came ashore at beaches along a chinese coast overnight huddled together in darkness not knowing what would happen minutes hours later they were moved to a temporary shelter. Hundreds of thousands of for him to have fled from land where they face violence and persecution to bangladesh from then many try to reach Southeast Asian countries by boat to escape poverty in crowded refugee camps Community Groups are trying their best to help with food and other essentials that america was what they said they were from bangladesh and going to malaysia but the boat became broken so they stranded and actually actually is welcomed with open arms. As they get Health Checks and its not clear if theyll be allowed to stay here in indonesia thats the i think that theyll be kept here for the time being and tents and in the building the u. N. H. C. R. And government when we just each of them. Many of those we spoke to have made the same plane of the english out of it if the indonesian government allow us to study we will stay and if they dont allow us then maybe america or australia or canada want to talk to us they desperately hoping they can make a new home for themselves wherever theyre accepted just go washington aljazeera jakarta. Still ahead on aljazeera india pushes on with reopening plans in even as the infection records keep coming its now the worlds 2nd worst affected country. An inquiry into the Manchester Arena bombing begins a survey ever seek answers as to whether it could have been prevented. The remnants of typhoon hi shan continue to make their way further north was it has now been downgraded to a Tropical Storm it did actually pick up a little bit of intensity as you just drifted out into the waters just to the east of north korea but we are still looking at some very strong winds winds of around 80 clumsiest gusting to 100 Kilometers Per Hour thankfully it is in the process of weakening and will continue to do so as we go through the next 12 hours or so is probably going to be downgraded somewhat further still its moving really quickly 40 Kilometers Per Hour sweeping across the area and thankfully it means that the heavy rain not lasting as long as it may well have done also just to the northeast of abuse and has seen 123 millimeters of rain thats nearly the average kind of rainfall would expect for the entire month of september and that came down in just 12 hours the west the weather will continue to drive its way further northwards had a switch gradually pushing out into the far north east of china eastern parts of russia showers come back in behind there into a good part of japan just notice still some showers in the forecast across the Korean Peninsula as we go on into wednesday some parts of china also seeing some showers but for central areas its hot and sunny. On counting the cost as Oil Prices Slumping economy strength and austerity kicks in is this the end of the middle east oil rush south africas unemployment ted a record high before the pandemic plus this fight to save the economy. Counting the cost on aljazeera. If you want to help save the world. Sneeze into your oh. Hello again the top stories on aljazeera this hour saudi arabia has reduced the sentences of 8 people involved in the murder of journalist john g. In turkey last year 5 of them were given the Death Penalty for the killing but that has been cut to 20 years in jail. A prominent protest leader is missing about the rooster after an incident in the center of the capital minsk there are reports maria cullen of scoville was taken away in a van by an identify people. Nearly 300 for a finger a few jews have been rescued from a beach in indonesia after drifting at sea for 6 months they were bound for malaysia but were pushed back as borders tightened because of the pandemic. India has surpassed brazil to become the country with the 2nd highest number of Coronavirus Infections in the world its had the Worlds Largest daily number of infections for nearly a month with more than 4000000 confirmed cases that represents just point 3 percent of the population elizabeth purana reports from new delhi. The delhi metro had been transporting millions of people every day until its closure and by march on its 1st day of reopening the few people on board were relieved the service had resumed. Because the. Next one. So i. Started doing pretty damn good will thanks be very good. Metro Train Services have reopened most of indias biggest cities including chennai and hyderabad would limited routes and times to avoid crowding passengers must have their temperatures taken before boarding and wear masks while maintaining social distancing despite india recorded more than 90000 cases a day more lockdown restrictions are being east alcohol can be served again in delhi from later this week which comes as a big relief to restaurant artists who say they have lost at least a quarter of their revenue want to ban was in place on the table to ordering food they want something to go along with the families you know the one to be along with it to be 2530 so weve got something coming back over the. Dog. Depending on when up to the start you know it opens up again so its like a big hit for those people. Its because of the lockdowns impact on the economy that the Indian Government is continuing to ease restrictions. Turn into normal the virus is spreading to indias remote villages more than half of all of the 19 cases recorded and oldest came from rural districts 65 percent of indias 1400000 people live in rural areas of the less developed tend to land has only 20 percent of the countrys doctors and 40 percent of its hospitals. Doctors say thats a big concern thing that they are not getting. To get professional 1st and 2nd thing even if the reach a proper healthcare professional i cared but i am ready health and. Community Health Center there the facilities are not. The divide between indias cities and villages has always been big Health Experts say its now imperative to bridge that gap by spending more on Rural Health Care if they are to get the coronavirus under control elizabeth pradhan aljazeera. West African Leaders are holding a summit in asia air that will focus on talks to form a civilian government in neighboring mali the 15 nation regional bloc ecowas has imposed sanctions on mali and closed its borders its pressuring the military leaders who took control of the country last month to hand over power to civilian rule the military leaders who overthrew president Abraham Boubacar say they will step down after a transition periods added reeses joining us in the nigerian capital and they also say that theyre in talks with the opposition groups what more are we learning about those talks. Well the talks us to will continuing in mali and they are spreading the talks to the regions so as to get why. Acceptance with a 1000000 people what they were looking for is how to reach a consensus about forming a Transitional Government and who will be part of that transition government as well as how long that transition government will be in place for for democratic elections to be organized and a formal handover of power to civilian administration is agreed now. The Economic Community of West African States insisted that a minimum of 9 months and months some of 12 months Transition Program should be in place and that the military should have no role to play in either the office of the president or the office of the Prime Minister however they made some concessions that. Retired military personnel who are not actively engaged in service can be either the Prime Minister or president of the republic now of course insisted that this should be done as quickly as possible but the military in burma court is insisting that ecowas and any other Country Organization has no business in deciding for mali who should head the Transitional Government and how long that will be they say that is an exclusive preserve of mali and people they should agree on what to do and they will consult with Economic Community of West African States but today at the meeting at the summit in the the ecowas heads of state and government insisted that this deal want the military in mali to run the government in the next row and while i have you with us ahmad what more can we expect to come out of that summit in asia. Well apart from ali they also discussed many issues people are talking about how the plate was full at that meeting they are talking about its impact on the economies of the region president obama the border of nigeria has briefed the summit about the pandemic in west africa and what is being done to curb its spread the president of send 70 on to be 0 alongside the president of ivory coast allison what tara and the chairman of the west african money tree union also briefed heads of states and government about the cole the local currency or the single currency for the west african sub region however there are 5. 00 or 6 west african french west african countries that are planning to ditch the sea if it front to adopt the eco ahead of the rest of the region so they are expected to hear or they have been briefed actually about what plants are there on the ground they also talked about political situation and elections in some Countries Holding elections this year ok. Russias foreign minister is calling for International Help to rebuild syrias economy after he held talks of president assad this is circuit lavrov as 1st visit to damascus and more than. A cent said hes keen to boost trade ties with moscow his closest ally in the face of new crippling economic sanctions by the u. S. An inquiry into the 27000 bombing of a concert in the british city of manchester has wrapped up for the day 22 people were killed when an attacker detonated his explosives at a concert by singer Ariana Grande day the inquiry will examine possible security failings in the lead up to the attack family members of victims and survivors will also make statements last month the bombers brother was jailed for life for his role in planning the attack paul brennan is outside the Manchester Court with an update well theres certainly a high level of expectation from the relatives that they will get answers to exactly what happened in that bomb attack and the lead up to it there are some concerns that the Security Services will be able to give evidence from behind closed doors. The relatives will not be allowed to have a representative in the room at that during that testimony but they asked giving the benefit of the doubt at the moment is John Saunders whos the inquiry chairman to give the the m i 5. Witnesses. A full interrogation to try to get to the bottom of exactly what the Security Services knew thats just one part of it but the actual bombing on the night doesnt actually lead to look a lot wider of what happened before that because it seems red flags are being raised about some of his actions even before that leading Retail Pharmacy in south africa has been forced to close some of its stores after accusations of a racist advertisement klicks pharmacy is under fire for posting this ad on its website that describe black hair as dull dry and damaged while calling white hair find normal and flats it has since apologized and pulled down the images but supporters of the Economic Freedom fighters party want the retail chain to shut down for 5 days. We are yeah peacefully were sane to please south africa close your shops if you want peace you dont want problems close your stops until friday then the will not be the only problem with pleats if you dont want to close your shops gleeks suspects and the people who are involved in projecting black people as ugly people coming to millers in johannesburg and says Race Relations are still very tense in south africa. Those protests that we saw outside several Clicks Stores across south africa did force some of them at least to close for the day and cliques when confronted with the spirit of protest by the Economic Freedom fighters that sit there on monday business would continue as usual that certainly wasnt the case now immediately after that ad was put on on its website last week and people then criticized clicks for what it called racism clicks did issue a statement its c. E. O. Said im deeply disappointed that we allowed insensitive and offensive images to be published on our website and then went on to apologize under cervical for the hurt and anger that those images had caused but many people including a party like yes theres a saying thats not tonight because for a country like south africa that has a history of colonialism apartheid and is still trying to navigate its way through being one of the newest democracies in africa just over 25 or 26 years old it is still a very sensitive period in south africa where there are a number of issues around Race Relations and black african saying that with its corporate south africa with its institutions or even the government at times that they have been prejudiced this prejudice against them racism and that this is still an environment where black and whites are not adequately protected and understood and this again is an example where that has come to the fore we black people say black identity has been undermined in south africa with that but like that south korea has been battered by a 2nd major storm in a week typhoon haiyan brought heavy rains and strong winds rob mcbride has more from in south korea. Came howling ashore pummeling this southeast corner of south korea the 2nd destructive typhoon within a matter of days. This seafront restaurant was already extensively damaged by typhoon my sack last week the same family have been running it for 40 years and say theyve never experienced storms like these papa had the water that you get out things are completely wrecked im at a loss i dont know where to begin life is already tough before this like typhoon my sack this typhoon 1st pounded the main Southern Japanese island of q shu with winds gusting up to 200 Kilometers Per Hour prompting an order for nearly 2000000. 00 people to evacuate their homes. John battered the Southern Islands of japan it lost some of its intensity but by the time it reached the Korean Peninsula it was still a powerful typhoon bringing destructive winds and torrential rain. Already drenched from successive typhoons and then usually prolonged seasonal rains theres been more flooding especially along the potential is east coast extending up into north korea the countrys leader kim jong un has taken a prominent role in directing the cleanup of earlier typhoon damage and punishing officials for failing to prevent the flooding of the main eastern city of one son that city has been inundated once more by high fashion back in south korea. Inspects the damage to his fish distribution business if more powerful typhoons are now the norm he says maybe the country has to adapt to the new reality. Governments should build sea defenses along discoursed as a priority to start ways of the size in the future. He and his neighbors wait anxiously to find out what the surrounding seas might throw at them next bride aljazeera south korea. Hello again the headlines on aljazeera saudi arabia has reduced the sentences of 8 people involved in the murder of journalists. In turkey last year 5 of them were given the Death Penalty for the killing but that has been cut to 20 years in jail the others have been given sentences of between 7 to 10 years. Say has called the decision a farce a prominent protest leader is missing in belarus after an incident in the center of the capital minsk the reports maria call a disco vote was taken away in a van by unidentified people Bernard Smith as more its clear that being a member of the opposition profile position. Its now an occupational hazard risk detention or spending time in jail as happened to other Opposition Leaders and also lead us we could be serious hes a waiting us foreign minister he said that the outgoing leadership as he describes the shank as government should nikolay eliminated the opposition one by one and he says that methods like those of the stalinist secret Police Nearly 300 Rohingya Refugees have been rescued from a beach in indonesia after drifting at sea for 6 months they were bound for malaysia but were pushed back as borders tightened because of a pandemic britains foreign minister has summoned russias ambassador to the u. K. Over the poisoning of Opposition LeaderAlexei Navalny dominic robb called the poisoning unacceptable but added he was relieved to hear that never only has been taken out of a medically induced coma doctors say its too soon to tell what the long term effects will be. India has so prosperous will to become the country with the 2nd highest number of corona virus infections in the world in the past 24 hours a report of more than 1000 new cases and over a 1000 deaths west African Leaders are holding a summit in his area that will focus on talks to form a civilian government in neighboring mali its pressuring the military leaders who took control of the country last month to hand over power to civilian rule you have today its what the headlines on aljazeera was more news coming up in less than 30 minutes time dots after counting the cost thanks for watching by. This is counting the cost on aljazeera your look at the world of business and economics this week as Oil Prices Slump economies shrink and austerity kicks in is this the end of the middle easts oil rush also this week south africas unemployment hit a record high before the pandemic whats gone wrong for an economy that emerged from the 2008 financial crisis in a strong position. 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