Hello and welcome im peter w. Watching all to 0 live from our World Headquarters here in doha also ahead this half hour more rains expected in sudan where floods have already affected hundreds of thousands of people. And a prominent critic of the chinese president is sentenced to 18 years in prison for corruption. Also ahead increasing influence in sri lanka the president seeks to push through a bill that would remove limits on his powers. The u. S. To set the stage for a showdown at the u. N. General assembly this week slapping additional sanctions on iran to irans representative at the u. N. Dismissed the move as an act of desperation President Trump is expected to use his speech later on tuesday to send a strong message to iran is of ministration declared on its own that sanctions eased under the 2050 nuclear deal have been reimposed but nearly all u. N. Security Council Members reject this new sanctions mainly target those involved in irans defense sectors. Just imagine what iran would do therefore able to freely purchase more advanced weapons we have no intention of letting that happen the president s executive order announced today gives us a new and powerful tool to enforce the u. N. Arms embargo and hold those who seek to evade u. N. Sanctions accountable today i will take the 1st action under this new executive order by sanctioning the year in the ministry of defense and Armed Forces Logistics and irans Defense Industries organization and its director well as tensions increase between iran and the u. S. There are calls for unity at the United Nations the annual general debate gets underway in a few hours time but the special ceremony on monday marks 75 years since the organization was formed in his address the french president in manama said global rivalries up undermining the uns purpose. Our shared home is in disarray this is a reflection of the state of the world the foundations are crumbling the was a being chipped away at this and it times by those who built them to booze that were viewed as being unassailable of being breached wars of any chemical weapons use mess detentions are currently being used with impunity of rights hard won being trampled upon and International System as a hostage of rivalries and is being weakened in its ability to prosecute for these abuses and meanwhile those sentiments were being echoed by the Russian Foreign minister Sergey Lavrov that is easily lead the world is tired of dividing lines dividing states into them and us the world requires increasing multilateral multilateral assistance and cooperation in other words the aims that were laid down 75 years ago when the u. N. Was founded a more timely than ever we also must restate our commitment to the un charter and the norms of International Law well heres our diplomatic editor james bays. This was a major set piece of vent 75 years of the United Nations a glitzy video speeches by the secretary general and for leaders around the world now the pride of place as the host nation the 1st speech was reserved for President Donald Trump he didnt submit a speech and because his secretary of state mike pompei o and his ambassador to the un kelly craft were in washington for that event on iran sanctions instead it was left to a state Department Official relatively low level the acting deputy ambassador to the u. N. To give the u. S. Address the 75th anniversary of the u. N. Is the right time to ask questions about the institution strengths and weaknesses review and learn from its failures and celebrate its accomplishments it seems pretty certain that on choose day President Donald Trump will be making an address to take to address to the u. N. General assembly and people will be focusing on his comments on iran and on snapback libyas National Oil Corporations says its restarting some production and exports the libyan warlord highly for after imposed a blockade on Oil Facilities since january but announced an end to that on friday the state oil company says there are no longer any fighters or foreign mercenaries in her in the eastern breaker in the center of the country so production can resume its waiting for safety decisions on the remaining oil ports turkeys president says talks could resolve the maritime dispute with greece so long as fair proposals are on the table the 2 countries are in a bitter dispute over drilling rights in the Eastern Mediterranean sea. These or. The oh look we believe that there is no issue that cannot be resolved through dialogue negotiation and agreement of course this approach is valid on condition that they come in front of us with proposals that fit fairness and reality otherwise we could not evade any fight more heavy rain is forecast in sudan where flooding has killed 120 people and damaged or destroyed 100000 homes on top of that theres an economic state of emergency rising inflation has put food and other basics out of the reach of many families moment ago has been meeting those most affected he sent us this report from the tomb in the facade of family had hoped things would get better for them after that move all of saddams longtime leader a middle bush. But a year and a half later prices of basic goods are still sorting an officer who is disabled and makes falafel or being quick to support a family is finding it hard to make ends meet. She added of course this life is very hard prices are increasing by the day and some days we eat some days we dont. A week ago the Sudanese Government declared a state of economy can buy jency the move for a shop declined by the sudanese pound against the dollar since then inflation has risen to a record 167 percent with prices of essential commodities like bread and sugar rising to more than double long queues for bread are visible almost everywhere. If we are forced to wait in queues for more than 3 hours at a time to buy bread just 10 pieces of bread the elderly who cant stand for long are really suffering were all separate the inflation has also affected the provision of aid to tens of thousands of people displaced by the weeks long flooding in 17 of sudans 18 states aid agencies say theyre forced to deal with a huge shortfall in funding actually it has been quite catastrophic if i may. When we receive lets say a dollar only 0. 25 of that maximum is what we are able to use because of the inflation last july inflation was at 144 percent in august was almost 167 percent so that means our ability to buy things is only 25 percent sudans Transitional Government blames the decline of the currency on what it calls a systematic operation to vandalize the economy by those opposing it well in the guy when evidently has been we will crack down heavily on those trying to manipulate the markets we wont be united in doing this as a government we will also introduce regulations for import and export of comment yet some people are blaming the government itself for the crisis. Raised the minimum wage from 5. 00 to 60. 00 just in the countrys history broken with more resources of its own the government opted to fund the increment by printing more money something done on a perth before the economic decline u. S. Secretary of state might recently have raised hopes of better economic prospects here when he announced the possible removal of saddam from its rule of state sponsors of terrorism perhaps even before the us elections in november that would allow sudan to shed its pariah status attract Foreign Investors and once again access credit from institutions like the i. M. F. And world bank but diplomats say thats hinged on sudan 1st normalizing relations with israel a bitter pill it may be forced to swallow to ease its own domestic problems without the world has either sudan. Turn or attention to mali because the former defense minister. Has been appointed as the interim president by the military colonel as to me going to be his deputy diplomats from the regional bloc echo also been pressuring the government the army rather to return power to civilians since the president abraham. Was removed from office last month the Transitional Government says elections will take place in 18 months. A critic of the chinese president xi jinping has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for corruption ran. As an influential former Property Executive he was the chairman of a state owned Real Estate Group and has been critical of the governments response to the outbreak of coronavirus and cope with 19 live to beijing and our correspondent Katrina Katrina hi there whats he been found guilty of. Well according to a beijing court a render child has been found guilty of taking bribes and embezzling public funds to the tune of 2900000. 00 now they say that he did this while he worked as the chairman of a state owned Company Inquiry on which is a rather Large Real Estate Company which he headed for 21 years and according to the beijing court wron has voluntarily confessed to all these crimes and he warned be appealing this verdict so he will be spending the next 18 years in prison for this and how critical was the of the government. Well many believe that despite this charge that in fact the main thing that did get him into hot water with the Chinese Communist party was his outspoken comments so much so that he was north here in china as the big candidate and unlike other dissidents criticize the party from the inside he was always a Chinese Communist member a very widely respected businessman in his supporters say criticize the party because he wanted it to improve its governance and he was known as a very popular commentator on way well which is like time is facebook he had more than 35000000 followers but in 2016 his account was actually suspended because he criticized president xi jinping has called for the Chinese Media to be more aligned with the communist party and he received a sort of rap on the knuckles and a warning but he continued to be outspoken any run a very popular elite book club where he promoted independent thinking now this year in march rendered chung penned and widely circulated article condemning the chinese governments handling of the corona Virus Outbreak he said that there was a cover up and he also referred to xi jinping as an emperor and as a clown and this seemed to really be the last straw for oil listen the Chinese Communist party was shortly detained after and it was in july where he was suspended and arrested and charged with these crimes from now which he has been found guilty to 3 a thank you so much good for you our correspondent there in beijing. The hong kong leaders as 12 prodemocracy activists detained on the chinese mainland should be tried there they were arrested last month as they tried to leave hong kong for taiwan by boat activists are being held for illegal entry into chinese waters as you find suspects on the mainland months of protests last year. They have run away from their legal liabilities but in the course of running away from illegal up on liabilities they committed an other crime in another jurisdiction so isnt it reasonable and fair that these trials people should 1st face that legal liabilities in that jurisdiction according to the north and thereafter of course we will arrange for them to come back to face a consequence of consists. To stay with us still to come here on this program for you anger in Colombia Police kill a man for breaking coronavirus restrictions protesters say brutality is systemic plus. Im just a washington in indonesia when locals are coming together to protect these coastal area by replanting thousands of mangroves. Hollow weve got some cold air freshener weather pushing into northwest and possibly a big line of cloud coming in here and that will slide its way further south which is a cold front hence the the cooler air tucking in behind it ahead of it so quite a rash of showers there into central and Southern France easing across italy and also into the balkans and thats all going to slide its way further south which in these was as we go on through wednesday still a few showers in play through central parts towards the northwest as well as still some showers there across by and portugal the dry weather the price of weather the sunny weather thats for a spot up towards the northwest as i said this system will sink further south which you can see the temperature in london falling away quite sharply as because through awareness day in fact youre looking at Something Like a 10 degree drop from choose day to friday just 1415 celsius for the back half of the week here but at least it should be. Bright if a little breezy breezy too across northern parts of africa certainly into Northern Areas of egypts northern parts of libya also seeing some of that breezy weather filtering through heavy showers across Central Africa some big downpours a possibility hey ben in tokyo seeing some heavy showers longer spells of right it runs away across the ivory coast all the way to liberia. Frank assessments what are you saying back in yemen 60 percent of the new poll relation life is being sued this is an informed opinion is ethiopia on the verge of a breakdown many parts of the old media region are actually under a de facto state of emergency and critical debate of that is a proxy because not every so be enters the bill of your people indepth analysis of the days global headlines inside story on aljazeera. Welcome back youre watching aljazeera im peter dhabi your top stories the u. S. Has placed the dish and sanctions on iran it follows a unilateral declaration that was rejected by most nations in new york irans u. N. Representative called it a desperate move. More heavy rains forecast in sudan where flooding has killed at least 120 people and damaged or destroyed 100000 homes rising inflation has put food and other basics out of reach for many. And a prominent critic of the chinese president xi jinping has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for corruption and. Is the former chairman of the states own real estate. Draft bill that would amend the constitution in sri lanka to give the president more powers has been put before the parliament if its passed it will allow the president go to buy a rajapaksa to dissolve parliament and give him full immunity against prosecution got it set to replace a bill from 2015 that strengthen the role of parliament in elfin and as joins us live from colombo whats in this proposed legislation. Most of the sort of things that are being proposed areas that strengthen the hand of the president essentially gives him. To make a sweeping number of appointments to high office the chief justice the heads of the armed forces number of sensitive sort of rules all that come under the purview of the executive president when this amendment goes through it also takes and gives him the power basically to take on any minister a portfolio essentially and run the government as a one man show and this is what is causing some concern the amendment some see literally the end of the Prime Minister and the cabinet as bystanders and backed is what. Sort of disquiet and concerns that have been expressed the fact that he does away with the Audit Commission i mean that is kind of almost a sub detail but essentially all checks and balances that keep. The monitoring on the rule of the executive president are just swept out of the window with these wide ranging changes being brought and proposed in the 20th amendment peter and staying with that idea of the questions that are being whats the reaction been like so what we think you might be going for. Here the reactions have come from a number of quarters but just within the last hour or so the building you see behind me over my shoulder the parliament of sri lanka has had scenes ascension lee of chaos within the house of parliament you have opposition m. P. s coming down to the well of the House Holding placards some of them displaying black armbands or black shawl is a play on the shoals adopt. Good by the rajapaksa family all protesting the changes being proposed in the 20th amendment now theyre all trying to drown each other out even the Justice Minister who tabled officially informally that draft 20th amendment a short while ago literally had to do it amidst the kind of coals and protests of the opposition even the parliamentary feed that were showing the proceedings in parliament didnt as much have him on camera making his presentation other than a few seconds and even the scenes of the opposition m. P. s essentially the cameras caught very quickly to the speaker who is trying to maintain some sense of decorum so overall there is disquiet there is concern i spoke to one constitutional expert who said the 20th amendment removes all constitutional checks and balances against a very powerful executive president and this is at the heart of the concern but for the people of sri lanka people one must remember that. 9 they have gone through a number of political experiments in recent times we had a government the rajapaksa regime voted out in 2014 and it just took one toe of the previous government essentially 2 to solve with that experiment they didnt deliver here again we have the rajapakse is back in the driving seat trying to ensure that they are in control. Thank you very much milton and reporting from colombo. To the states the us President Donald Trump says hell announce his pick for the Supreme Court in the next few days that would be before Justice Ruth Bader ginsburgs funerals for his mistress Republican Party wants to confirm his nominee as soon as possible but his democratic opponents say it is too close to the president ial election ellen trisha picks up the story from washington. Leaving for a Campaign Event in ohio President Donald Trump revealed he to shortlist for the Supreme Court vacancy and he wants a vote before the election 5 women are being. Looked at invented very carefully. By. And will make a decision probably saturday but friday or saturday its been confirmed the body of Ruth Bader Ginsburg will lie in state on capitol hill on friday the 1st woman to be given that on or the capitol hill is also the place where the arguments about her replacement continue the leader of the republicans in the Senate Mitch Mcconnell says there will be a vote what is telling he said by the end of the year not november the 3rd the date of the president ial election. And the fact that the senate will vote on this nomination this year the American People realize that our majority and 26 say theyre trying to do it further and 20 a day because we pledge to work with President Trump on the most Critical Issues facing our country. The federal judiciary was right at the top of the lives that day i am nominating chief judge merrick bryan garland to join the Supreme Court back in 201610 months before the election president barack obama named medic garland to fill a vacancy on the Supreme Court it was caused by the death of a conservative justice the republicans refused to push for a vote on his nomination insisting the election should be held 1st it was Something Senate democratic leader Chuck Schumer insists that a publicans should remember the senate has never confirmed a nominee to the Supreme Court this close to a president ial election. If that was how leader mcconnell and Senate Republicans justified their mindless obstruction of president obamas nominee surely they must abide by their own standard while donald trump wants the vote by november the 3rd Mitch Mcconnell understands the politics at play here he knows that donald trump one in 2016 largely because of his promise to reshape the Supreme Court more conservatives on the bench and that same issue might just drive more supporters to his side come november the 3rd democratic president ial nominee joe biden has also been on the campaign trail but in his speech the Supreme Court vacancy never got a mention hes concentrating on covert unemployment and Health Care Issues he believes makes donald trump more vulnerable in november election alan fischer aljazeera at the white house. Now with corona virus infections in the u. K. Rising and rising sharply the government has advised people to work from home but says schools will remain open the Prime Minister johnson is holding an emergency Cabinet Meeting and will address the house of commons and the nation later today englands chief medical officer says theres a risk of 50000 and factions a day by the middle of next month. Demonstrations against Police Brutality in colombia once again turned violent officers fired tear gas to disperse the crowds anger has been building after the death of a man in custody in bogota 11 days ago. Explains. Another round of protests in colombias capital. On monday Security Forces deployed tear gas to disperse hundreds of people who had gathered at. The plaza where demonstrators say its the police that theyre protesting against. Were marching against Police Brutality because its necessary to reform Columbus Police it is militarized police that are not trained to respond to street protests and treat social processes like criminals. Was the unrest follows the death of 44 year old. On september 9th. Vodafone wrote a video showing or the news being beaten and repeatedly taste by police went viral on colombian social media. Or doing his pleas for help set off several nights of protests were another 13 civilians were killed after police opened fire on demonstrators. Hundreds more were injured in at least 2 other major cities. Since then tries to reform colombias Police Forces have only grown Public Policy experts say the recent unrest is rooted in the countrys history of armed internal conflict or war. Colombias been defined as a country at war whether it be a war of secession a drug war a war on terror. Are all of the tools of the state here in the function of that or the result of this is that citizens who protest or who do not agree with the public order treats criminals delinquents terrorists. While the officers involved in the death of javier or dawn years have been arrested colombias president even due game has drawn criticism for downplaying the allegations of systemic abuse by the countrys Security Forces joey im glad that the institution is functions that they have arrested those who have dishonored their uniforms but also that our Security Forces continue to be brave and only as defend the National Interests because we cant let the institution be stigmatized we have to individualize those responsible and make an example of them. Critics of the colombian president say the countrys problems go far beyond police abuse pointing to a recent uptick in violence nationwide. There have been at least 17 massacres recorded in the last 2 months alone and attacks from paramilitary groups are becoming more frequent. The recent protests highlight the concern many share that the violence of decades past is returning to colombia. Others worry its a situation thats growing beyond the governments ability to control. Aljazeera honduras says filed a complaint with neighboring guatemala after a rubbish washed up on its beaches Officials Say waves of ways to flowing from a river on the modern side of the border damaging the environment and putting off tourists. In the news is coastlines are home to more mangrove forests than anywhere else they protect land from erosion and absorb Carbon Emissions as jessica washington reports from a slump on the governments promising to do more to protect the. Thousands of trees boarded this Coastal Region but this is more than just a visual spectacle. These mangroves help protect the land from erosion and the livelihoods of the community. Not our own god. If there was no mangrove forests along with the road that would be very bad for our livelihoods without the forest there are a few fishing crabs i care about the forest because its for the future of my children and grandchildren suba says many of the mangroves in this area would damaged in the ninetys by Water Pollution and erosion as the forests depleted there were fewer fish to catch and the community struggled now he coordinates the areas mangrove revitalization efforts nurturing the seedlings and replanting them when theyre ready i dont know about ive got i know people now understand the importance of the mangrove forests they wouldnt dare to cut even one tree. With more than 50000 kilometers of coastline across thousands of islands around a quarter of the worlds mangroves are found across this vast archipelago but across the country many mangroves have been cut down to make way for farms and tourist resorts indonesia has more mangroves than anywhere else in the world and Scientists Say preserving them is one of the cheapest and most efficient ways of reducing Emissions Research shows the soil beneath mangroves can store more carbon hector than rain forests. Indonesias government has pledged to restore 65000. 00 hectares of mangrove forests this year. Apart from Natural Causes the biggest cause of damage to mangroves comes from people who dont understand how to protect them for example how to start a problem farm without damaging the main groups. Government data shows more than half of engine asias mangroves are damaged by. There are many locations where we cannot replant because the environment is already too damaged. Scientists welcome the plan to revitalize the coastal forests but say more action is needed. For space and from the season or east. Here. So. These forests are not just beautiful but a vital something this Coastal Community knows firsthand just how washington aljazeera indonesia. Ok lets recap your top stories so far today the u. S. Has placed additional sanctions on iran tehrans representative at the u. N. Called it a desperate move and follows a declaration by the trumpet ministration that previous sanctions have been restored a move rejected by most countries that just imagine what iran would be therefore able to freely purchase more advanced weapons we have no intention of letting that happen the president s executive order announced today gives us a new and powerful tool to enforce the u. N. Arms embargo and hold those who seek to evade u. N. Sanctions accountable today i will take the 1st action under this new executive order by sanctioning the are a ministry of defense and Armed Forces Logistics and irans Defense Industries organization and its director more heavy rain is forecast for sudan where flooding has killed at least 120 people and damaged or destroyed 100000 homes rising inflation has put food and other basics out of the reach for many Libyas National Oil Corporation says its restarting some production and exports the libyan warlord after had imposed a blockade on Oil Facilities since january but announced an end to it on friday. A prominent critic of the chinese president xi jinping has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for corruption rangels young is the former chairman of a state owned real estate company. A draft bill that would amend the constitution is trying to give the president extra powers has been put before parliament passed a bill our president go to by rajapaksa to dissolve parliament and give him full immunity against prosecution. And the u. K. Government has advised people to work from home as coronavirus cases spikelet says schools will stay open the Prime MinisterBoris Johnson let us the house of commons today includes chief medical officer says theres a risk of 50000. 00 infections per day by the middle of next month up next here on aljazeera its inside story i will see you very soon for the moment. Snap back shows and the United States reinforces Nuclear Sanctions on iran but all other members of the u. N. Security council including close allies are rejecting the action so will this help iran strengthen its case and is donald trump strategy of maximum pressure against iran achieving its goals this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program