A breakthrough for International Prosecutors chances of a no deal brecks it grow and the u. K. Government admits it would break International Law to bypass parts of its divorce agreement with the e. U. Last. Im people more going to invest some of the 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. To the welcome to the program new details are emerging about how a prominent Opposition Leader was reportedly snatched from the street in minsk more than 24 hours after her disappearance her whereabouts remain unknown its claimed unidentified men tried to force maria cholas nicol of across the border into ukraine but she tore apart past 4 so she could not leave by live loose the reports. Arriving at the Ukrainian Border in the early hours 3 belarusian opposition activists 2 men and one woman the driver and another man inside had been arrested in the bell russian capital minsk not long after maria collision to go over was detained theyd been told theyd be prosecuted if they didnt cross the border speaking in kiev the pair explained what happened ticklish week over the course of the last election the e. U. Either or as soon as she got into the car and saw her passport in front of her she ripped up into small pieces she threw them out the window at the unknown people surrounding the car then she got out through the rear window and started walking towards the belorussian border bellerose says Border Guard Committee has confirmed that kolesnik over is now being held by the belarusian or for it is she was a key supporter of the only candidate allowed to run against president Alexander Lukashenko former teacher spread learned he cannot skier in the center here from exile in lithuania to kenya sky has used a video link with the council of europe the rights body based in strasburg to call for tough action against the belarusian government meaning and International Pressure on this regime on this one. Desperately want to. We need some individuals who issue and exhibit huge criminal orders that violates International Norms and human rights. In the meantime the street protests on the crackdown continue here people trying to stop Security Forces taking away demonstrators who called for his release and bundling them into on motor vehicles. Such things happen every day now more than 600 people were detained on sunday according to the ministry of internal affairs for participating in Peaceful Demonstrations there will be trials for those who own 2 released a list of Political Prisoners is growing. For now the protests show no sign of dying down but neither does the governments determination to silence opposition figures. Well despite the mass protests against his leadership president Alexander Lukashenko says he will not step down from power but he says he hasnt ruled out holding an early president ial election because shankar claimed victory by a landslide in a disputed poll last month which is opponents say was rigged the announcement of the results triggered weeks of historic protests across the country. Un human rights chief. Is urging moscow to investigate the poisoning of a russian Opposition Leader alexei in a valley is now out of a medically induced coma and is responding to doctors in a hospital in Berlin Germany experts say that he was poisoned with a nerve agent novacek the russia this fits this question a says its not acceptable for russia to deny the need for a thorough transparent investigation into what she describes as an assassination attempt. In light of the assertion by german specialists that they have quote unequivocal proof that not only was poisoned with an overtrick nerd nerve agent high commissioner is also urging the government of the Russian Federation to carry out will fully cooperate with a thorough transparent independent and impartial investigation of the number of cases of poisoning or other forms of targeted assassination of current or former russian citizens either within russia itself or on for soil over the past 2 decades is profoundly disturbing. Many have called it genocide now 2 soldiers for me an army have provided the evidence needed to bring a case to the International Criminal court there are reports the 2 men are in the hague in what could be a breakthrough in the search for justice for the killing of muslim. Human rights group Fortify Rights says it has seen taped confessions from 2 soldiers who say they deserted from the myanmar army in the lengthy videos the men admitted to massacres rapes and the destruction of rigging of images the Rights Group Says that theyve also named other soldiers and senior commanders involved in the crimes aljazeera as mohammed jump jew has covered working a crisis extensively and says man was army used brutal methods to dry them drive the Muslim Minority from Rakhine State. Fortify rights representatives Fortify Rights of course is an International Human rights group they have viewed this video they obtained it by from the our 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 Rohingya Refugees over the years as far as the atrocities that were committed against them when that brutal crackdown by man mars military started in iraq and state in august of 2017 well steadfast and has more now from the hague. It we are hearing reports that they might have a right here on monday officially the court denies that they are and cost 30. 00 which is probably the case is that there is a Witness Protection Program here at the Prosecutors Office the Prosecutors Office i have to explain is independent from the court so so far there hasnt been any rest warrant against these 2 individuals from me on march the i. C. C. The International Criminal court has a significant Protection Program for witnesses so if they are here its very likely that the court has helped them get their travel to the netherlands and also provide them with assistance so during their stay here but the Prosecutors Office says they const confirm any of this information while this investigation is still ongoing and they also urge everyone not to speculate because you have to understand this is a very sensitive case its a crime against humanity of course what happened in myanmar has been described as genocide and this if this is told this would be the 1st testimonies from people within the military from me on my to come out so there is of course a lot of concern for the safety of these 2 people did to form a soldier so to court and the Prosecutors Office is not confirming if there are actually here in the hague right now salacious from the from the hague but meanwhile manned mars leader and son suchi is kicked off for governing parties campaign for november 1st parliamentary election its likely there could be a delay because of a recent rise in coronavirus cases Florence Louis has more. Young must leader Aung San Suu Kyi launches a 2 Month Election Campaign in the capital naperville with a rather low key event her 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 cast a vote for her party. The Upcoming Elections are seen as a step towards myanmars transition from military rule which ended in 2011 to full democracy the military still wheels 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. Remains popular at home even though internationally her reputation has suffered. In the National League of democracy have not used their parliamentary majority that begin to extend myanmars democracy and fight be about few districted the franchise of democracy to other minority groups and increase the targeting and persecution of journalists and also become apologists for general say as weve seen earlier this year and the International Court of justice also defended her government at the court describing allegations of genocide as incomplete and misleading the alternative Myanmar Military carried out a crackdown on the minority in Rakhine State in 2017 causing 3 quarters of a 1000000 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 the or 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 armed ethnic groups clients al jazeera the u. K. Government says it may break International Law in an attempt to change the breck said the of relating to Northern IrelandPrime MinisterBoris Johnson intends to impose a unilateral interpretation of how a range of events to avoid a hard border with the republic of ireland will actually work that of the u. K. Governments Legal Department has quit in response the send the pound has fallen sharply as the prospect of a no deal exit increases are insanely has. There been several rounds of talks already and mutual suspicion has only grown over time sticking points so betrayed to do with things like state aid and fishing with their already even before British Government minister confirms that the u. K. Now intends to break International Law a remake ing on parts of the divorce agreement with the European Union if you had already signed up to. I would say to my friend yes these guys great International Law in a very specific and limited why were taking the power to disappoint you know the concept of darren to create required by law school for in a certain very tightly defined circumstances no like the e. U. Some very senior conservatives who devoted for the bill were left asking who trusts the u. K. In the future how can the government reassure future International Partners that the u. K. Can be trusted to abide by the legal obligations of the agreements signed when Boris Johnson signed the Withdrawal Agreement which led to the u. K. Exiting the e. U. At the end of january it all seemed done and dusted the trade border would be in the irish sea thereby keeping the border between islands and Northern Ireland open and protecting the good friday peace agreements chipping away at it now risks destabilizing the entire process with fewer than 4 months left to finalize a whole set of trade arrangements quite apart from all this leading to the prospects of yet another rift inside the conservative policy critics of the government all due that the principle of breaking in startle law is sufficiently a knock it as to raise questions about the credibility of the u. K. In white away so it could also mean the entire dispute ending up in of all places the european courts the legislation will go before parliament on wednesday it may fail but the damage might already have been done barnsley aljazeera london. Still to come on aljazeera 9 a us Drug Companies pledge to deliver a Coronavirus Vaccine only when its safe after president trumps promise that one would be available later this year india and china hughes each other soldiers a 5 shops along their disputed himalayan border. Hello there plenty of blustery weather across much of Northern Europe fine and calm across much of Central Regions and then across the south particular western and the med were watching this itll disturbance has some rather strong thunderstorms been coming from the scene fact some are so its it did actually give rise to some warnings across the island of new york ahead of the empty beach and i felt pulsing shows across the area in austria carrying conditions that no sorry there really across this area of the western med southern from the northeast of spain and in fact as we head off into thursday that system once again regenerating some heavy showers across Central Regions of the certainly saladin your corsica down Northern Areas of africa and still some winds across the north some more showers heading into all scotland london fairly find their way over the next few days it be fairly cloudy with that want to see bits and pieces of sunshine the time which is close to the average for this time of year any fun quite nice and warm in paris although a little bit cloudy for the next couple of days that we had down into Northern Africa to say there have been affecting areas of tunisia and then plenty of activity across the central areas some heavy downpours again through nigeria out across the west i mean watching these 2 storm systems here renee. Both are moving away from. The while these very heavy of those coastal areas of west africa. Is a danger. And hope. To get to ground. 0 for those who are a few genes facing the challenge of building a life from europe but staying close to their roots i still have this moral. Force im very proud of her. And i only. Place of refuge. And im still on aljazeera. The the earth. Welcome back heres a reminder of the top stories on aljazeera new details are emerging about how a prominent Opposition Leader was reportedly snatched from the street in minsk its believed the unknown men tried to force maria across the border into ukraine protests have been held demanding her release 2 soldiers from e. M. R. May have provided the evidence needed to bring a case to the International Criminal court Human Rights GroupFortify Rights says that it has seen taped confessions from them admitting to massacres and rapes of muslim arabia. And the u. K. Government says it may break International Law in an attempt to change the brakes a deal relating to Northern Ireland the head of the u. K. The u. K. Governments Legal Department has quit in response and the pound has fallen sharply. A british it reigne an aid worker jailed for allegedly spying in iran and it faces new charges after being summoned by an iranian court. Is a Gary Ratcliffe was arrested in 2016 at an airport in tehran as she headed back to the u. K. She was sentenced to 5 years in jail for allegedly trying to overthrow irans clerical establishment sagar radcliffes husband blames his wifes ordeal on britains refusal to pay a 530000000. 00 debt to iran over the canceled sale of chieftain tanks which were not delivered after the 979. 00 islamic revolution. Severe flooding continues to devastate parts of sudan days after the government declared a 3 month state of emergency heba morgan is visited one of the affected areas in khartoum and 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 liver tissue to them in our new home where using sandbags to block the areas that are being swamped however we cannot use them along the whole river over the past few days water levels reach record high 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 they are 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 they demanding clean water and theyre concerned about the long term impact 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. Its got south africa now with a coronavirus pandemic and strict lock downs have crippled the economy and sent the country further into recession g. D. P. For the 2nd quarter contracted by 51 percent from the previous quarter thats the 4th contraction in a row more than 15000 people have died from over 1000 in south africa despite one of the worlds strictest lock downs almost 640000 people have been infected the lockdown designed to minimize those numbers has caused heavy the kleins in manufacturing transport and retail in particular now in a movie aimed at reassuring the u. S. Public 9 Drug Companies have pledged not to rush government approval for corona virus facts scenes that companies include madonna and astra zeneca who are trialing what are believed to be the most hopeful potential vaccines they say the drugs wont be submitted for approval until theyre proved to be safe during Clinical Trials the c. E. O. s promise follows suggestions from u. S. President donald trump that a vaccine could be out as early as november right before election day its go straight to our White House Correspondent kimberly had a pretty rare move this really kimberly for pharmaceutical companies concerned perhaps with the way that the Vaccine Development is being used politically. Absolutely this is unprecedented according to some drug Industry Experts what i can tell you is that the u. S. President has certainly been touting that the vaccine may be released by the end of the year then as recently as yesterday on the steps behind me at a press conference he said even by the end of october of course the timing rather interesting given that election day is november 3rd and that seemed to cause some alarm among the c. E. O. s of these major Drug Companies because quite unexpectedly and again without precedent they released this letter stating that they are only going to release a vaccine when it is safe to do so and they wont sort of rush for any arbitrary timeline put forward by a politician now in the case of donald trump he certainly is pushing to get this is quickly as possible looking for a success given the fact that he is lagging in the polls but he is not the only one politicizing it in fact his rival joe biden is hammering hard on Donald Trumps sort of claims that hes handled the krona virus very well in fact the focus of a new ad being put out by the Biden Campaign is that hes framing the contrast between himself and donald trump darkness versus a fresh start as he calls it but also criticizing donald trump rather sharply saying when it comes to that the president has refused to listen to experts and scientists and that was certainly applied to the criticisms about the president s claim of a rush for a vaccine now the other issue with the vaccine that may affect the timeline is of politics but the human trials Many Americans are a little nervous about being a test case for that and so as a result there has been a problem there too but the bottom line is these c. E. O. s are saying dont politicize the vaccine in essence thats exactly what both president ial candidates are doing can really help with the latest on that from the white house kimberly thank you. 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 in the us military has laid the blame with china accusing it of what it called provocative measures to escalate tension both sides usually avoid using firearms in the area between are you has more now 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 there had been agreements to keep firearms out of it but we do know that these 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 areas an able to agree over this line of actual control which is further complicated by this complex topography along the region now we know firearms have not been used but things did escalate in june where there was a skirmish between both sides and at least 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. India sent firefighting vessels to help out help put out flames that reignited on an oil tanker near sri lanka ships and aircraft to begin battling the fire on board the new diamond tanker on monday the Sri Lankan Navy says the ship is leaking fuel from its engine room the ship is carrying more than 270000 tons of crude oil. Smoke is blocking helicopters from reaching at least 50 people stranded by huge wildfires near fresno and california is just one of nearly 2 dozen blazes burning uncontained across the state california seem nearly a 1000 wildfires since mid august mostly started by lightning strikes the states fire Agency Spokesman says its alarming how early the wildfire season began this year. Donald trump has replaced and obama era rule that sought to end racial segregation in American Housing the president says this will give local governments more freedom from federal regulations but as castro reports now from maryland the move is also part of Trumps Campaign strategy tying 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 were going to make that difference in 2 months neighborhoods like these are critical in picking who is president suburbs contain yearly 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 or in 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 of color 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. But trump continues to attack democrats and their housing policies canceling 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 minds of those who are already falling it remains to be seen whether trumps racially charged Campaign Strategy works to sway those few who remain undecided. Castro aljazeera Silver Spring maryland. For a reminder of the top stories on aljazeera 2 soldiers from ian marr may have provided the evidence needed to bring a case to the International Criminal court there are reports the 2 men are in the hague in what could be a breakthrough in the search for justice for the killing of muslim Human Rights Groups Fortify Rights says that it has taped scene taped confessions from them admitting to massacres and rapes new details are emerging about how a prominent believe hussein Opposition Leader was reportedly snatched from the street in minsk its believed unknown men tried to force my way of listening cove across the border into ukraine protests have been held demanding her release u. N. Human rights chief michel bush is urging moscow to investigate the poisoning of a russian Opposition Leader and next in a valley german experts say that the valley was poisoned with the nerve agent of the russian disputes this russian they says its not acceptable for russia to deny the need for a thorough transparent investigation into what she describes as an assassination attempt. In light of the assertion by german specialists that they have quote unequivocal proof that not only was poisoned with an overtrick nerd nerve agent 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 of the number of cases of poisoning or other forms of targeted assassination of current or former russian citizens either within russia itself or on for soil over the past 2 decades is profoundly disturbing u. K. Government says it may break International Law in an attempt to change the brics a deal relating to Northern IrelandPrime MinisterBoris Johnson intends to impose a unilateral interpretation of how arrangements to avoid a hard border with the republic of ireland will work the head of the u. K. Governments ilLegal Department has quit in response and the pound has fallen sharply. More news in half an hour the stream is next looking at what is next for mali in the wake of a military coup thanks for watching a c half an hour of i. Hello im Melissa Chand and im guest hosting this week for a few days you are watching aljazeera is the stream competition and today were going to be talking about mali to be weeks ago a coup took place there after a summer of protests so now what does the future hold for this west african country as usual and get on you to post your comments and questions well try to get as many as possible so you too can join the stream. Welcome everyone and welcome to our guests