Them in one of the neighborhoods that has been affected by floods from the nile river and ill be telling you about the impact of the floods on neighborhoods and the government response. British and e. U. Negotiators meet for another round of discussions as the u. K. Threatens to leave the block without a trade deal. And im leah harding with all the days sports Serena Williams books her place in the u. S. Open quarterfinals as she moves closer to a record equalling 24th grand slam singles title. Thanks for joining us many have called it genocide and now 2 soldiers from me and amar may have provided the evidence needed to bring a case to the International Criminal courts there are reports the 2 men are in the hague in what could be a breakthrough in the search for justice over the killing of muslim. Human rights group 45 wright says it has seen tape confessions from 2 soldiers who say they deserted from the me and maher army and in the lengthy videos the men admitted to massacres rapes and the destruction of her of in the villages the group says theyve also names other soldiers and senior commanders involved in the crimes lets bring in mohammed and hes covered the Rohingya Crisis extensively for us so what more do we know about what the soldiers have reportedly said muhammads. During Fortify Rights representatives for the fire rights of course is an International Human rights group they have viewed this video they obtained it by from the kind of army our kind of army is a rebel group in iraq kind state they are fighting the government of myanmar for greater autonomy in the region and they say that the video shows the confession of these 2 tatmadaw soldiers the tatmadaw is the name for me and more is military that they are foot soldiers and that these soldiers describe how they were ordered to exterminate rohingya who they saw in these villages that these soldiers name at least 19 other members of the military including senior commanders and that in these confessions they talk about the Clearance Operations in which they killed numerous villagers and in which they also participated in rapes of Village Women this is all very disturbing and of course ive been told by members of other Rights Groups that what is being described in these videos very much fits the pattern of testimonies taken from running the refugees over the years as far as the atrocities that were committed against then when that brutal crackdown by man mars military started in iraq and stayed in august of 2070 so what would this mean then for the rohingya in me and mar the refugees outside of. Well if these 2 soldiers are actually at the hague and if they are either in witness protection or in another part of the hague and they are providing testimony that could be a Huge Development there is this investigation that has been launched by the International Criminal court its been going on for a while now but this would be the 1st time that members of memoirs military have broken rank have admitted to crimes being perpetrated against the rohingya. And this is something that is quite stunning that there are observers who ive spoken with today who were stunned to have seen this testimony emerge so this could really be a catalyst as far as at some point perhaps bringing charges of genocide at the i. C. C. Against me and more ok thank you very much for clearing that up for us lets not cross over to the hague itself thats where stuff is joining us from so do we have any more details about the whereabouts of these 2 soldiers. You know not really the i. C. C. Has officially the night that theyre in the courts detention this could mean that they are possibly at the Prosecutors Office protection Witness Protection Program they have a fairy elaborate Witness Protection Program there are reports that 2 former soldiers have been times ported to the hague earlier on monday they might have had help from this Witness Protection Program there is a very strong link between the Foreign Ministry here in the hague and the i. C. C. For protecting these so witnesses the court the Prosecutors Office says that while the investigation is ongoing they dont want to give any details and theyre also urging us not to speculate and we have to remember of course this is a very sensitive case were talking about possible genocide it has been called genocide were also talking about 2 former military man these are the 1st minute 3 man if this is all true who have come forward to testify about the atrocities that have happened so of course its a lot at stake and also theres a lot of concern about their safety so force the i. C. C. And the Prosecutors Office want to make this as carefully as possible so step how does the court use witness protection to keep people safe ahead of potential trials. Well witness protection is crucial to the i. C. C. Especially because the i. C. C. Is under a lot of pressure to come up with more convictions so theres of course a lot of funding go into the i. C. C. And what weve seen in recent years is that there are lots of cases who have been acquitted so de are very much depending on people with in the army or within the governments who have been accused of serious crimes to come forward so they have actually been promoting this Witness Protection Program recently also in senegal 2 african countries who have also faced serious crimes so they are basically mentioning this again and again that people come forward and they are protecting these witnesses to the bitter end so to say because even after the trial its very often not know who these witnesses were so there is a possibility that we never find out if these former soldiers from me have actually been testifying in this case ok stuff awesome thank you for that update from the hague the bell russian president Alexander Lukashenko says he wont step down despite a rising tide of protests against his leadership but speaking to Russian Media on tuesday he did not rule out holding an early president ial election because shanker claimed victory in a disputed election last month which was opponents say was rigged since then mass protests have been held across the country despite threats by Security Forces but the action is illegal well the belarusian opposition candidates take on a sky as president lukashenko no longer has the legitimacy to engage in Diplomatic Affairs she told members of the council of europe the future by the russian governments would not uphold treaties signed with him my contrary my nation my people now need. These need International Pressure on this regime on this one did you do all this perfectly clean then on to. Relate some actions on individuals who issue and exit your criminal orders that violates International Norms and rights and another prominent protest leader who disappeared from ment school is now being held at the border with ukraine so state media says Border Guards remove maria cohen a school over from a car early on tuesday a Ukrainian Government minister said she resisted attempts to force her out of belarus on monday called escobar was seen being snatched off the street in ments by masked men or journalist andrey vita which is immense with more on her disappearance. We know mostly from i didnt state media will from other sources because her lawyer still hasnt gotten any information during the last 24 hours weve seen this morning the video with one of her team member who was explaining then he has chosen to become tripped over now we know there are 2 of them there now in ukraine and Maria Kolesnikov i couldnt leave the country because she simply tore off her passport so she couldnt let into ukraine because of the incident so basically it proves once again that sees the park was and wasnt willing to use to the will to live the country should that couple of days to go to me that she will be staying here till the end feels of a career and today what we saw once again proves that the roots and authorities just tries to keep count from the country the main opposition figures so that they would not leave. Even if they dont leave defrosted but still they are very well known here and people will respect them average time to talk to them on the street during the process so this incident rules again that the building within authorities will continue the brush and now one journalist editor for one of the main Media Outlets she was the rock and there are 1 sort of the bachmann and the basically. The last sunday we see that the repression has gone back and that will continue in the next hour and the next day lets speak to her shes a visiting Senior Research fellow at Kings College london thats where she is joining us from thanks very much for your time with us on aljazeera so the Opposition Leaders one by one are either being detained or that theyre being forced out of the country what impact is this going to have on the authorization movement. I dont think that will have the effect which the president has and what i have expect because they already have it that they may prevail because of their position even much longer before the election but that isnt change because other people came out from the. National younger people less known people so now you know i have a little bit cut out of the country all they have the rest that i will look recognizable but. New people will be coming out of the. Big shit out of the bottle sell out and that is not going to make a huge all of our money because it went well belarus will not so lets just be clear though have these opposition figures been the ones that have been sort of calling the shots up at the demonstrations that are currently taking place in belarus or do we have to separate the opposition from the demonstrations going on. It is certainly one of the same thing well the. Local approaches are much bigger than you seem to call a position because. And it was because there has been a. A few opposition has been hit lee with benedict nice people names that have. Used it whether it was not what they have been in prison or whats out of the country long before the president ial election and the problems so people who one leaving the prison thats what kind of event people who watch the shader want them all to cape. Wait all these new protests so we havent reached the kind of all political tradition but also people coming out. Kind of division which now its not that there. Was an out of the country that people want to see what about Lucas Shankar himself i mean hes still hanging on to power we heard him say that there could be early elections in the country at the presser from within the country as well as from the International Community doesnt seem to be swaying him would you agree. Yes he made of the station but hes not acquired to go so he will dry out legal what that was possible for him to state remember he has nowhere to go if he resigns he will have to leave the country where would he go now that he doesnt really have many allies. Who will be very happy to host him so he well hes instant if these are something which can be managed and thats he still has quite a lot of support in the Country Security operation is largely remained loyal so he just has to live through this trouble and period but the country will be more difficult to gotham and there will be less sense of magick less comply less acquaintance which he used there a litle but so that ricci will have to rely on that oppression much more than they used to do before and that is aware when the project is going to come people are less afraid and huge it is becoming less pretty all right whenever there we thank you very much for giving us your analysis from london. Thank you. Now the u. N. Human rights chief michel bachan they is urging moscow to investigate the poisoning of a russian Opposition Leader election of ali is now out of a medically induced coma and is responding to doctors at a hospital in Berlin Germany experts have found he was poisoned with a nerve agent of each of the russia disputes that in a statement said moscow has been able to act with close to total impunity. In light of the assertion by german specialists that they have quote unequivocal proof but not only was poisoned with an overtrick nerd nerve agent the high commissioner is also urging the government of the Russian Federation to carry out or fully cooperate with a thorough transparent independent and impartial investigation. The number of cases of poisoning or other forms of targeted assassination of current or former russian citizens either within russia itself or on foreign soil over the past 2 decades is profoundly disturbing to morehead on the al jazeera news hour including safety 1st to be bold approved by drugmakers that put science over politics and the race to find a coronavirus vaccine. To find out why china china and india her choosing each other if escalating a dispute at the himalayan border region. We have in sport an impressive defense by the l a the 1st this player only used one finger to stop the basket take a look well have the details a little later. But 1st the u. N. Is warning that the situation in sudan could get worse as flooding continues to devastate some regions Officials Say about 100 people have been killed while more than 100000 homes are destroyed the government has declared a 3 month state of emergency flooding this year has far exceeded records set 70 years ago have brought morgan is in hearts whom she says many people are demanding more help from the government. Were here in the southern parts of sudans capital hard to me and the residents here tell me that up until nearly 2 weeks ago these areas including about 2 to 3 kilometers away all of it was dry land but as you can see right now theres not a speck of dry land inside they say that the nile river has overflowed its banks and when into the neighborhoods damaging houses filling homes that are concrete destroying homes that are partially concrete and that are weak forcing people to get displaced now according to sudans government at least 100 people have died as a result of the flooding over the past month and more than half a 1000000 people have been displaced people who have been affected by these floods which is the highest in more than a century say that the government response has been weak and the government says that they are trying their level best but some things were out of control the lava to see them in the hole where using sandbags to block the areas that are being swarmed however we cannot use them along the whole river over the past few days water levels reach record highs even bridges were flooded residents in affected areas have been evacuated and warnings were sent to those exposed now while the government says that they have tried to respond with some preventive measures but people are saying that theyre now looking into the neighborhood resistance committees common sees that have been active during sudans revolution mobilizing people and who are now working on the response plans forward for those affected theyve been trying to mobilize food donations via social media by going through neighborhoods to try to get people to come together to help those who have been affected by the floods people are saying the people who are affected are saying that they want to see more government response they say that theyre demanding medications theyre demanding shelter theyre demanding food theyre demanding clean water and theyre concerned about the long term impacts of the floods theyre worried that they wont be able to rebuild the destruction that has been caused by the floods especially in the country in the midst of an economic crisis and they say that the government needs to respond more and show its presence more so that they know that when the water south receding they can go back to their lives and they can start rebuilding with help from the government rather than being left out in the open with their future unknown. Well a new round of bricks of talks have started in london as the u. K. Acknowledged its plans to break part of fits with draw agreement would violate International Law it wants to override customs rules designed to ensure there is no hard border between Northern Ireland and ireland got more on this with lawrence these joining us from west minister so what more can you tell us about this lawrence. Well its really extraordinary to be honest with you as you said that the whole contradiction about rexs has always been how the u. K. Can divorce itself entirely from the European Union without pushing the border up. Things like boring but important things like trade tariffs and stuff like that treason may the former Prime Minister tried to do it tried to keep the border across and open by having this thing called the irish backstop but the conservative party regarded that as next of surrender to the European Union and got rid of and then still Boris Johnson in states who then put the trade voted down the irish sea so the peace daily still there the trade border is these on a one side in the u. K. Mainland on the other side and everybody thought that that was the deal done and dusted but it only works of course if there is a deal and as the months have gone on a no trade deal looks increasingly likely the u. K. Government looks now to be pressing the Nuclear Button by saying that it will undermine part of the Withdrawal Agreements that Boris Johnson the great sioux and so many conservative m. P. s hey voted for in parliaments many of them are extremely concerned about they send us the no not in secretary questions in holland today are you actually intending to break International Law and yes he said in a limited and specific way we are not in turn prompted sarees im a former Prime Minister to us whether the u. K. Could be trusted again as an International Partner which is certainly the point of view of the europeans who are absolutely apoplectic about this because only less than 4 months now. Over all these trade arrangements to be signed off to the talks were going very badly in the 1st place this has happened now a right to the sauce of the 8th round of talks and it just makes a very very difficult situation much worse. Is the Deputy Director of. The u. K. Thanks for your time so would you say that britain is ready for a. In practical terms that only not it is the case that if we were having no deal i guess if we were to go in bill the last time we were there would be some chance of britain preparing itself properly but at the moment we just havent seen the Infrastructure Spending the business preparation in place to actually make that happen so it could still be the case that this is very much of it goes yes it taps a practical proposition what does the u. K. Have to lose if it leaves without a deal well the short term disruption would be serious unless we can come to some kind of bilateral arrangement perhaps 2 you know specific fields there would probably be shortages of some basic goods including food stuffs as a result there will be higher prices we will see tariffs on some goods as well which will increase prices we may well see some. Busts result and certainly see i think todays course as well so those short destructions could be quite serious and 7 times will fall vote and what about a no deal exit what would that mean for the e. U. Well its certainly the case that the e. U. Would prefer a Free Trade Agreement with the u. K. Theres no doubt that it likes easier but actually the e. U. Has been preparing for this and probably in some ways simply that has the u. K. For some time you have to remember that although u. K. Is clearly a major a comedy in western europe it is still the case that the u. K. Does a lot more trade if you like when you try to. Than does the e. U. 27. 00 with the u. K. s proportion. Traced all over the e. U. Wouldnt really wants no deal next it they probably a are prepared for it you can cope with a rate something in the short of probably intermediate a little better than could the u. K. And how would you explain the sort of tough rhetoric thats coming out of the Prime Minister lawrence the our correspondent was just discussing that a moments ago i mean could there be domestic reasons behind that tough rhetoric or whats going on there. Well to some extent this government even though it has a large majority is always very concerned about what you might kill the brakes and say altruists those who would actually like to be without a deal and i guess he wants to keep them on saw even though i suspect the government still like the deal clearly obviously there are some voters take a hard line as well but i suspect this is as the government sees it anyway negotiations while the one they feel that unless they have credible strikes them walking away from the negotiations that maybe you will not compromise with a many people would disagree with that and they would argue that actually what government is doing is going to demonstrates a great bad faith to the other side but the government i think continues to think that talking tough will actually bad fruit in the end all right tim bell we thank you for joining us on on to 0. Coming up on the news hour in just a moment people in parts of california are being told to prepare for the worst as record setting heat fans dozens of wildfires its not so black and white why fair housing activists in the u. S. A president romney is clinging to an al dated vision of america suburbs and its the womens world number one tennis player will not be playing at the french open youll find out why would leah a little later in sports. Hello its still hot and dry course it is but its still hotter than it should be in places like jerusalem was temperatures in the middle thirtys theyre not quite record breaking but they were only a couple days ago and were in the middle to high fortys from iraq down towards kuwait theres not much of a breeze so what clouds in the sky just wandering around in society but this cloud is more significant that was a mass of thunderstorms that went through the middle of sudan just topping out the flooding most likely the 2 and there are masses elsewhere which form into little curves and just so you westwards nigeria has seen flooding recently it will see more flooding on wednesday and probably thursday and then eventually those things go through west leaving some flooding in senegal maybe or the gambia and just recently a Tropical Storm which is often a result of these things has gone through Cape Verde Islands so thats where the action is which means for the south you think you should be quiet and youre probably right but one thing that is happening is time the year is that the breeze is bringing more moisture on to the east coast of madagascar looking wet for the next 2 or 3 days i want to show end up in mozambique but for the most minor southwards its looking dry and sunny and surprising me. Journeys of danger. And hope im walking to get to read. Out is there a world follows for refugees facing the challenge of building a life in europe while staying close to their roots i still have this more than an ounce or so im very proud of that. Entirely and that the only chance a place of refuge rose and im stuck on aljazeera all i want to stay with most stay with my wife the rest internment and mass indoctrination all we go children are now in the process of reeducation or chinese assimilation forced labor and the use of high tech surveillance were being complicit in the human rights abuses that are occurring in an australian investigation into china systematic repression of the weakest tell the world on aljazeera. One of the new top stories on aljazeera news hour 2 men who say they deserted from the myanmar army have reportedly given confessions detailing mass killings and the destruction of rohingya villages theyre now set to be in the hague and could help the International Criminal court. Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko says he wont step down but is not ruling out Holding Early elections a claimed victory in a disputed vote last month which his opponents say. Its. A new round of bricks that talks have started in london the u. K. Acknowledged its great part of the Withdrawal Agreement over customs rules would violate International Law. In a move aimed at reassuring the u. S. Public 9 Drug Companies have pledged not to rush approval for corona virus vaccines unless there prove to be safe during Clinical Trials the promise from the c. E. O. s comes as President Donald Trump continues to suggest that a vaccine could be out as early as november and thats right before election day lets bring in our White House Correspondent kelly halakhah joining us from washington d. C. So why dont they want to commit to a deadline. Well because the bottom line is you put out a timeline and if you dont make it a lot of people are going to be unhappy and thats not something the Drug Companies want its not good for business but the other thing in all of this is that they want to make sure its safe and right now they are still doing the Clinical Trials human trials that has been reportedly taking a little longer than many thought because there are Many Americans that simply dont want to be the guinea pig if you will for these tasks so whats happening is that many are trying to politicize this particularly u. S. President donald trump who has often projected optimism when it comes to the vaccine saying it could be ready by the end of the year moving that deadline out to even the end of october of course thats in advance of the november 3rd election and so these c. E. O. s are saying look at were not going to commit to a political timeline were going to commit to a timeline that is safe now this is something that the rival to President Trump joe biden the democratic president ial nominee has seized upon not only has he put out a new ad saying and framing the campaign as a choice between what he calls done in terms of darkness and what biden says he is offering is a fresh start but hes also really seizing on his handling of cope and Donald Trumps contrast to that saying that essentially donald trump has refused to listen to experts and scientists and the issue of the vaccine is yet another example now donald trump is such a leave the white house shortly hell be heading to florida as well as North Carolina trying to counter the message being put out by the Biden Campaign but in the midst of all of this when the c. E. O. s are saying please dont politicize the vaccine well get it to you when were ready thats exactly what both donald trump and joe biden are doing all right kimberly thank you very much. At least 22. 00 people are dead after a rockslide was triggered a mining site in northern pakistan 20 injured miners were rescued from the marble corrie but there are fears that dozens more are stuck under the rubble the area is known for its high quality marble which is an export id globally. India and china are accusing each other soldiers of firing shots in a new confrontation along their disputed himalayan border china says indian troops crossed the line of actual control in the Western Region on monday and opened fire and its soldiers took what it called countermeasures but indias military has laid the blame with china accusing it of what it called provocative measures to escalate tension both sides usually avoid using fire farms in the area because you know you has more on the reaction from beijing. Now china has called this a serious provocation and violation of the border agreement we know that things between these 2 sides have been tense for some years but if this is true this will be one of the 1st times firearms have been involved in about 40 years that had been agreement to keep firearms out of it but we do know that things have been escalating with both sides building up troops for the past 2 months staring at times at each other eyeball to eyeball the longest disputed area both sides unable to agree over this line of actual control which is further complicated by this complex topography along the region now in our farms have not been news that things did escalate in june where there was a skirmish between both sides and these 20 indian soldiers will last china says that its conducting negotiations and dialogues with the indian side there have been talks at Different Levels for the past few weeks including very high level talks in moscow between both the defense ministers from both countries just last friday but it seems that those talks have been very limited in terms of what progress they have been able to make and india also says that china has captured 5 indian civilians and chinas Foreign Ministry when asked about this said they didnt have any information saying simply that they were continuing dialogue with india that they wanted peace but chinas Foreign Ministry has predictably laid the blame for escalating tensions completely with the indian side elizabeth purana has a new delhi and she says the indian Army Maintains it did not go across the line of actual control. They are saying that it was the chinese army that tried to close in on one of indias positions and when they were dissuaded by their own troops that they fired a few rounds in the air theyre also saying that despite grave provocation that indian troops exercised great restraint that they are committed to disengagement to deescalation that china continues to undertake provocative activities to escalate and theyre also saying that the latest statement by the chinese army about the firing is an attempt to mislead its domestic and International Audience now this happened just 3 days after that meeting between the 2 countries defense in this does at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit it was the highest level meeting between the 2 countries since the current standoff began in may and we also had both sides saying that the other agreed to deescalate the situation after that but we have had so many rounds of talks at Different Levels since may and each time they maintain that they are committed to disengaging and get weve had more incidents including the most serious between the 2 countries in june when those 20 indian soldiers and a number of chinese soldiers were killed we do have a meeting between the Foreign Ministers off the 2 countries coming up again coming up rather again at that Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit on thursday. 2 australian journalists have returned home from china officer a tense diplomatic standoff which left them fearing arrest Chinese Police had demanded interviews with the men and initially barred them from leaving the reporters one from the state broadcaster a. B. C. In the other from the financial review sought refuge in australian diplomatic compounds while their safe departure was negotiated it comes after the arrest if another australian journalist chong wei who works for chinas state owned channel c g t n. A decided. They wanted to. Legalize their status. In. The country with genuinely. Yeah this is a whirlwind its not going to. Go to the police theory. Marcus strong as the president of australias media union the Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance he says china is using journalists as diplomatic bargaining chips. Were very glad that the 2 of them are back home and safe because in china theyre clearly not safe and this is a very disturbing pattern weve seen. Chung they is in custody not a number of reasons that we are unclear of and also we have another member of a uni and german whos in john has been so for 18 months facing its been charges so unfortunately this looks like a pattern that the Chinese Government is using journalists as just tools in a diplomatic can you hear very little about what happens after the journalists are detained we know that that has received consular assistance but thats thats about it and this appears to be a pattern of intimidation by the chinese authorities to try to get the story of china told in the way it wants and i mean it also appears to be a bit of tit for tat tied in with trade disputes chinas long struggle with this United States maybe a stray here is seen as a as a pawn or a patsy for the United States its very unclear whats going on and its very disappointing because i mean china does not have a Civil Society where freedom of the press exists so its disturbing that that pattern is being rolled out against western and other journalists you know diplomatic game that is very dangerous for our members and other journalists to cover china. People in senegal whose homes and businesses were destroyed in flash floods over the weekend say the government thousands are slow to respond parts of the country saw 3 months of rain fall in just 7 hours Victoria Gate b. Has more. In a post suburb of the capital dhaka homes are flooded and lives are ruined people say the government has ignored their appeals for help this. Every year the water rises every year the water goes further weve been living with this great for almost 2 years really difficult 3 months of rain fell in just 7 hours on saturday some people were forced to evacuate their homes others protested angry at the government for not spending more on flood defenses and sanitation facilities. Since 2012 the state comes in makes promises but unfortunately it was to not have proper drainage systems we have held demonstrations we have done everything for the state has sorry comes in hobson. President macky sall was accused of downplaying the impact of the flash floods he flew to new jeffress summit of west African Leaders on the crisis in mali leaving those at home to clean up. From. His bedroom his living room the toilets the kitchen everything is a disaster we voted for the president to help us but look at this the interior minister has been put in charge of the emergency disaster plan but many will the president to give it his full attention the tour a gate to be algis they are. India has sent firefighting vessels to help put out flames that rig knighted on an oil tanker nursery lanka ships and aircraft are battling the fire on board the new diamond tanker the Sri Lanka Navy now says the ship is leaking fuel from its engine room but its cargo of more than 270000 tons of crude oil is still intact. Wildfires in california have burns more than 800000. 00 hectares of land this year alone its set a new record for the u. S. State which continues to battle with extremely high temperatures and dozens of fires barber and go reports. Residents living near the Angeles National forest have been told to prepare for the way full cost to say strong winds will push a large wildfire in that direction our number one priority for this fire is the protection of Life Property situation that we have right now. Is a life threatening situation with the Weather Forecast that we have for the next 3 days. The forest blaze is one of 23 raging across california really need to Pay Attention to any instructions on evacuation the fire is likely to move south toward 6 community a lot of people a lot of property to the south of this fire right now california has suffered more the 900. 00 wildfires since may to august extreme heat and lightning strikes have been blamed but one fire was started by a fox display during a family celebration started i was pushing to the east end in north and big westerly wind shift and then today was moved to the south 8 people have been killed during this as wildfire season the challenge now is to help bring the blazes under control barbara. Sarah. There have been protests for a 6 night in new york state over the case of daniel trued a black man who died after being arrested demonstrators in rochester are calling for the 7 officers involved to be charged and convicted theyve been suspended with pay crewed was arrested in march and police put a hood over his head and held him down he lost consciousness and later died. Memories leader has kicked off her governing partys campaign ahead of november as parliamentary election and its likely there could be a delay because of her recent rise in coronavirus cases florence the reports. Yet mostly. Launches a 2 Month Election Campaign in the capital naked with a rather low key event original plan to visit her constituency had to be cancelled because of an increase in coronavirus cases but she was in full Campaign Mode jokingly telling journalists to cost to vote for her party for the Upcoming Elections are seen as a step towards myanmars transition from military rule which ended in 2011 to full democracy the military still wields enormous power its guaranteed 25 percent of the seats in parliament and retains control of 3 important portfolios but the governing party the National League for democracy is still expected to win by a comfortable majority on sun suchi remains popular at home even though internationally her reputation has suffered seems. To key in the National League of democracy i would not use the parliamentary majority that begin to extend myanmars democracy and the fact be about a few districted the franchise of democracy to other minority groups and the voters and the targeting and persecution of journalists and also become apologists for general say as weve seen earlier this year did i and the International Court of justice on. She defended her government at the court describing allegations of genocide as incomplete and misleading in the alternative Myanmar Military carried out a crackdown on the minority in Rakhine State in 2017 causing 3 quarters of a 1000000 get to escape to bangladesh there are also questions about how fair the upcoming election will be for the community that is being excluded not only there were hinge of that have been that have been moved out of this area but many of the other record time residents and citizens in those areas are completely been cut out and there are other fighting areas in the country that are also being excluded and this goes to the issue of legitimacy a lot of Migrant Workers because of corporate 19 are not going to be allowed to vote and these are again were talking about millions of people that are being excluded not small numbers the Election Commission has said it will decide in october whether novembers poll will go ahead in places where this fighting between the Myanmar Military and ethnic groups clients aljazeera. Cameroon is set to hold its 1st ever original elections in december they missed the ongoing violence into Western Regions president paul b r had promised special status to the English Speaking regions where years of separatist fighting has left thousands dead french speakers on the overwhelming majority in the country. Be sports theres this coming up in a moment and golfs world number one is firmly in the money. In just a minutes. Time again while the u. S. President has replaced an obama era role the salt and housing discrimination donald trump says this will give local governments more freedom from federal regulations but as caster reports from maryland the move is also part of Trumps Campaign strategy to link race to the safety of suburban communities. Its a Beautiful Day in this washington suburb of Silver Spring maryland and the election is less than 2 months away that means over picnics the discussion is sometimes politics and i think that we need a change in the United States we need. A new leader its very important for us to take it seriously and were going to make that difference in 2 months they were hoods like these are critical in picking who is president suburbs contain early half of all u. S. Voters and in 2016 they delivered a narrow victory to donald trump but this here he is struggling to keep those votes reach 911 im sorry that there is no one here to answer your contacts to call with polls showing trump trailing joe biden in the suburbs the Trump Campaign has aired ads like these playing to what the campaign believes to be the fears of white suburbanites will save our cities and our suburbs are the future of crime and chaos corruption and economic collapse that puppet joe biden would actually showed america but american suburbs are going through a dramatic transformation suburbs are now home to more immigrants and more africanamericans no longer the white enclaves of tribes thinking she wrongly assumes that black people and other people are are not already integral members of suburban communities and also rightly assume that white people and suburban communities are racists who want to keep everyone out. The trump continues to attack democrats and their housing policies cancelling and obama a rule that force cities to report on housing discrimination in their local communities new orleans had made strides under the obama rule says fair housing advocate delfin at martin she says trump will likely lose votes by demonizing minorities hes not really concerned about our though she. Again trying to appease and tap into the mind of those who already follow him it remains to be seen whether trumps racially charged Campaign Strategy works to sway those few who remain undecided. Castro aljazeera Silver Spring maryland solomon greene a senior fellow at the urban institute and he says trumps new housing policies make access to Affordable Housing more difficult so the troubled ministrations actually done 2 things neither of which actually gives local governments more control the 1st is that perverse to this. Requirement the essentially said all you need to do now to qualify for federal funding is certify they refer me to flee further in fair housing the previous structure didnt limit local control data in it gave up process to local governments to be able to do better and it also provided support to those local governments to look at the data and come out with better plans so again there is no. Required. Policy that local governments had to adopt and frankly over the years weve seen that local governments without taking a hard look for example at their zoning policies are often going to engage in exclusionary behavior and to require them to take a look at those policies figure out how they can do better strikes the right balance between local control and making sure we have an economy in a society that really works for everyone time for an update on sports news when the up thank you during Serena Williams is still on track for a record equalling 24th grand slam singles title on monday the American Made her way into the u. S. Open quarterfinals on home turf peter statement reports. Just 2 weeks ago Serena Williams was beaten by greeces maria sakari at the western and southern open in the u. S. Open 4th round the 2 would meet again and just like a fortnight ago williams won the 1st set before losing the 2nd but any fears of a repeat of the previous meeting was soon put to bed the american coming out on top 6367 and 63 despite no fans in the stadium to support her. Williams will be joined in the next round by victoria as a rinker and Tsvetana Pironkova its the 1st time 3 players who are members have made it into the quarter finals of the same grand slam only 3 members have won a slam in 50 years of the open era kim clijsters. And margaret court. Everything in mothering and yes its helped me. Obviously you become a different person you dont focus on yourself that much anymore like your focus is primary on your child and i guess thats a good thing i dont identify myself on the tennis court as a mother i still identify myself as a tennis player and me being in the quarterfinals is i didnt get there by being a parent i got there tennis. On the mens side 2nd seed domini team showed why he is a genuine contender for the title with 8766161 win over canadas felix seem 72. With Novak Djokovic out and wrap around the bell and Roger Federer absent they would be a new male grand slam singles champion for the 1st time since 2014. Just always tried to focus on my next match and. My focus or my concentration its the same it doesnt matter if its played one of the big 3 members or if i blame somebody else. Last years runner up Daniel Medvedev will be hoping to go one better than he did in 2019 the russian is also through to the quarter finals after defeating american francis 6461 and 6 love in just over 90 minutes. It also means the weight since 2003 for an american male grand slam singles champion goes on peter stammered al jazeera. One player noticeably missing from new york for the u. S. Open is womens world number one ashley barty she decided to sit this one out because of coronavirus concerns and the australian has now announced still not play at the french open later this month barty is the defending champion at Roland Garros she says she is still concerned about the health risks of traveling due to the pandemic. The Tour De France continues but the race director has tested positive for corona virus along with Staff Members of 4 teams christiane that and the 4 staff dropped out of the race bubble ahead of stage 10 for dom had contact with the french Prime Minister who is now also isolating the rules say that any team with 2 or more positive tests within 7 days of each other would have to drop out of the race which means a nervous wait for the 4 teams including that of defending champion again but now the next round of tests is on monday elsewhere in france another footballer at paris and your man has tasted positive for covert 19 killian was on International Duty with france but will now miss tuesdays game against croatia he joins a long list of p. S. G. Players to get hit by the virus including the worlds most expensive player neymar. The l. A. Clippers have taken a 21 lead in the western conference semifinal they were up against the Denver Nuggets nickel a joke a lead with a double double just 2 more assists and that was turned into a triple double inquire leonard remained a central figure for the clippers he delivered 23 points and 14 rebounds for a double double of his own for one of his most impressive blocks he only used one finger middle finger there. Compressive of the game came down to one of the 2 teams was going to play some defense. And 2 or 3 have corners you know basically score and in the last 6 minutes it was our d. That i thought that the political i was amazed i did nose would one think i thought he just blocked it but it was impressive. So it was a heck of a play in ice hockey the well rested Tampa Bay Lightning zapped a tired new York Islanders team in the eastern conference final opener the lightning showed no signs of rust following a near weeklong break after eliminating the Boston Bruins in their 2nd round series the islanders by comparison came out rather flat looking like a team that spent sunday traveling after a game the previous day tampa winning this one too and it was a day to remember for golfs world number one Dustin Johnson on monday at the tour championship in Atlanta Georgia johnson carded a final round 68 to finish 21 under par for the tournament that meant a 3 shot victory but it also means hes the winner of the fed ex cup and with it the recipient of 15000000. 00 in prize money johnsons the 1st world number 1. 00 to win the fed ex cup since tiger woods in 2009 yeah its definitely very satisfied you know be the focus cup champion you know obviously come in here i was and i was in 1st 2 shot lead i needed all of those strokes that i could get. You know stop golf course. But you know if played pretty solid all week. In baseball the new york yankees keep on struggling they just had their 6 loss and 7 games against the Toronto Blue Jays the blue jays erupted for a 10 run 6 and that included included danny jansons grandslam pitcher engine says the team is focused as having fun as they chase a spot in the playoffs. The phillies had a 6 run lead against the new york mets and they nearly blew it the mets are raced the deficit taking a 76. 00 lead on jeff macneills 3 run homer and a 7 and phillies were still able to hold out winning 98. All right thats it for me back to demean rightly i thank you very much thanks for watching the news hour back in just a moment with much more of the days news see you then. 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