Names if we have any hope of ending this chaos we have got to vote for joe biden like our lives depended on it. The 1st ever Virtual Convention culminates thursday with bidens nomination as Donald Trumps challenger in november. Plus lines form in south africa as alcohol and tobacco go back on sale the government is easing coronavirus restrictions after a 5 month lockdown. Im sumi so misconducts good to have you with us german chancellor Angela Merkel has urged the government in belarus to avoid violence and to start a National Dialogue with the opposition this as the standoff between belorussia and president aleksander look i shant go and the growing public swell against him enters a. 10th day the longtime ruler has been resisting calls to step aside but angry citizens are showing that theyre not backing down. There the pressure on president Alexander Lukashenko is growing and the resistance is growing bolder. This video shows a Heated Exchange with striking workers at a truck to factory young men. Of your supporters dont worry i will not beat you up it is not in my interest but if somebody provokes something here we will sort it out the hard way. The phone down. Tempers and deliveries are running high on both sides and europes embattled strongman is facing opposition isnt. A nationwide strike was attended by thousands some of whom booed and heckled the president. At one event on monday told the worker that new elections were possible but only after the countrys another referendum on a new constitution. Critics say its a bit to buy time. More than a week after the controversial election Anti Government protests show no sign of letting up a good thing in the eyes of the countrys exiled Opposition Leader he conveyed words of encouragement from her jailed husband in a new video message while most of my husbands are gates asks me to convey his words to you or he and other Political Prisoners are in jail while he asks you to move forward. Not just sit back but to do everything to live in this country for life. The people who are filling the streets also have the support of many in the international community. Tolerating dissent may have to become part of Alexander Lukashenko is near reality. For more on the story we can speak now to york and hart hes the Foreign Policy spokesman of chancellor Angela Merkels party the christian democrats the c. D. U. Good afternoon mr hart its great to have you with us you called for a new elections in that is does that mean that you do not see Alexander Lukashenko as the rightful president of the country. I think its obvious that the elections president ial elections 10 days ago were money prelate that we have so many hints on. Money palatial that elections that new elections need to be necessary and i think it democratic the start of the country needs to have new elections but the elections under conditions as we have for example stated in the. Treaties of the council of europe where we have free press where we have free. Movement and free activity of candidates for running president ial and neutral observation from outside and i think the o. C. E. Or of the council of europe should present. A proposal to to the people in belarus that we are able and willing to observe free elections so that at the end of the new elections we can say the elected president is the really elected democratic president of the country otherwise we would have Something Like a. Better restart. And therefore i think you will actions are necessary now i want to ask you about germanys role in all of this we saw that chancellor and i call spoke to the russian president putin today urging for dialogue between the government and the opposition and also an end to violence towards demonstrators how far will germany go to make sure that that will happen. I think the message of that European Union and also the german chancellor. Gave all i asked to give to it to the russian president and also to catch and course that 1st we want to have a stop the violence on the streets 2nd that. We want to have information about the rumors that potentially. Russian police are russian Russian Military in civilian clothes is moving to what i think every activity from outside needs to be bent and would be a huge. Disturbance of the european peace order and said we want to try to have put in on the side of those who want to have a new future for forbearance and look i think or look into that what happened the last 24 hours is a lame duck and put in a might fail but its a broad check to do to support him in the future i think hes also he has to say find a way out for himself out of the situation because you can check cannot any longer if stability in belarus but as we see you know jenny does have these directional some dialogue with moscow so can germany really serve as a mediator here in belarus between the government to end the opposition. I think European Union true to speak with one voice as to whats better arose and 2 whats russia and what the others and therefore i would appreciate if the European Union itself would take this all off and negotiate a mediator between the conflict parties but if of us are asked for german politicians to do that all for the german chancellor i think we should step into that role and at the end of the day the results counts and the results has to be from my point of few new elections because otherwise it will be a failure of that necessary restart of that country it can only be a democratic restart and thing in between well have to leave it there youre going to have Foreign Policy spokesman for the c. D. U. Thank you so much for joining us and. Theres much and we have some of breaking news coming into us now from the west african country of mali gunfire is being reported at an army base outside the capital bamako now do you have you africa correspondent in that bomb a co say that the military has arrested several top politicians of the army base is the same one where a putsch was launched in 2012 and mali has seen mass protests in recent months calling for the resignation of the president and also of the Prime Minister well lets get more on this developing story now we have our correspondent remi my a from africa with us hi remi what are you hearing from your contacts and bomb a little. So all what we know is that there was gunfire in the compact the t. The company got tea which is like 50 kilometers away from marco and so many sources have said that the mean some arrests go from high or fissures like in the army and also some so minister and we also know that said jim riches the public broadcaster they have been if are created there and as a military convoy which was heavy into the public broadcaster so this is what tree have right now so its the situation there is a beats a few hours out and im very its a very fluid situation youre saying when we should see it we mentioned there have been signs of popular discontent in recent months of protests calling for the resignation of the president and the Prime Minister tell us more about that. So you have to know that there is a there is a more meant to reach for. June so this movement it was a social movement that was appealing for the reason you show enough mr kate had a president of mali and also from Prime Minister of mighty so there were there was your same that nothing was running well in the country and also the money judgment of the violence in the northern the northern part of the country was not was not so good manager and was there was a mismanagement so this was height see theyve been many many many protests and even on monday the opposition and the Civil Society the plank actually to do to go on the street and to protest against against the mighty government so its a bit there lets say its a bit hard to is very hot in the in the mind in society right now and well before all of this you know back in 2012 the military carried out a coup has mali ever really recovered from that. Yes thats a thats a good question because today is due to to this race in the countries looks a bit like what happened in 2012 because its all started in the in the same conflict the temple of gotti and its and those those those klim of the people back then nasty still reverenced today and theres also a report on the u. N. That state of ohio official voluntarily a bloke in the Peace Agreement that was that force signed in 2015 in algeria a Peace Agreement was supposed to finish with the 2 and virus it was signed between government officials and also the rebirth of the northern mali so its looks a bit like like the situation yes all right well well be keeping a very close eye on the developments in mali around me my a from d. W. Africa thank you so much thank you. Lets check in now on some other stories making news around the world a special u. N. Tribunal in the netherlands is hearing the verdict in the assassination case around and former lebanese Prime Minister rafik hariri 4 members of the hezbollah militant group were tried in absentia for the 2005 bombing in beirut that killed her very and 21 others judges say there was no evidence of direct hizbollah or Syrian Government involvement. At least 10 people have been wounded in a shelling attack on the Afghan Capital kabul Authorities Say more than a dozen mortar struck central kabul including the president ial compound injuring 6 guards the attack came on afghanistans Independence Day as the Afghan Government prepares to start peace talks with the taliban. German foreign minister heikal mosse has paid a surprise visit to libya berlin has been trying to broker peace in the country which has been locked in a civil war since 2011 call the recent low in fighting a deceptive calm and he warned that outside powers are still sending arms to libya. Youre watching the news still to come on our show prevented from working and on able to pay rent how the pandemic has pushed one in tens of mexico citys residents out of their homes. But 1st in the United States the Democratic Party convention has kicked off with a rousing speech from Michelle Obama the wife of former president barack obama this years convention is unlike any other because of the coronavirus and that make the event is being held online without crowds or confetti the democrats will formally nominate joe biden as their candidate for president to take on republican incumbent donald trump in the november election. And we have to use stacy bivins with us to tell us more about what we are seeing at this convention hi stacy and what do you think day one of the convention told us about what the democrats are trying to achieve with its image kratz of trying to do is for change joe biden as an every man somebody that regular voters can relate to somebody who is sympathetic to their struggles and somebody who has enough big ideas where he can draw a big tent so we saw progressives represented moderate democrats and also disenchanted republicans who once voted for trump but are now looking for another option ok so the democrats are trying to pull all these strands together a lot of people are saying the highlight of day one was the speech from Michelle Obama lets talk about that 1st lets look at a clip of what you have to say we have to vote for joe biden in numbers that cannot be ignored because right now. Folks who know they cannot win fair and square at the ballot box are doing everything they can to stop us from voting theyre closing down polling places in minority neighborhoods theyre purging voter rolls theyre sending people out to intimidate voters and theyre lying about the security of our ballots is they say its not a surprise that Michelle Obama is delivering a strong endorsement of joe biden but she really took on President Trumpeter speed. Didnt yeah i mean as a fellow chicago and i know when somebody is going for the juggler and thats exactly what she did and she put aside the niceties that usually come with being the 1st lady where you speak kindly of your candidate and you refrain from disparaging the incumbent she pretty much said that this man is a clear present danger and americans need to act they need to vote and she said. Shes known for talking about when they go low we go high and some people have thought of that as a you just say nice things about people and she was like no that means that you fight fiercely for what you believe in and you walk in truth and the truth is that donald trump cannot meet this moment and she says he simply cannot be who we need him to be for us whats the message in a speech that seemed to really resonate with a lot of people there was a lot of strong reaction also on twitter i think we have a few of these reactions we can take a look now here Franklin Leonard who is a film executive said ive just never seen a political speech like Michelle Obama tonight its a singular thing one of one and another user here saying enough that we can cancel the next 3 nights yeah i mean this was something that if you were a political nerd this was like your n. B. A. Championship. But she was really shooting 3 pointers and she was speaking as a mom who is worried about the example that President Trump a setting she was speaking as a minority who is seeing black and brown people and their allies marching in the streets for social justice and then hearing from the white house that these people are nothing more than agitators and shes speaking as somebody who knows what it takes to be in the white house and so as much as she was a character witness for joe biden she was a character assassin for President Donald Trump or we have to look also at the unity of the Democratic Party real so i heard form one of joe bidens biggest adversaries in the primaries Bernie Sanders a he delivered a ringing endorsement of biden heres what he said. Joe barden will end the hate and division from paris crude he will stop the demonization of immigrants coddling of white nationalists the racist or whistling the religious bigotry and the ugly attacks on women so stacy you know Bernie Sanders is someone who really took a shot at joe biden during the primaries how important was this endorsement and a strong message of unity of the democratic for it was vital it was also a full throated endorsement something that he did not give Hillary Clinton and i think that that speaks to the urgency that he feels so he was reaching out to conservatives saying i want to work with you and he was spoke to his supporters directly said saying look if you want to be able to see our Progressive Agenda go forward then we need to have joe biden in the office because its not going to happen under donald trump but we have to talk about how convincing this is to people i mean where do the polls stand right now how do things look in the race between joe biden and donald trump. The polls are so scary though right. You cant really always trust them and but. The gap has kind of narrowed so joe biden was up by 12 points and now its kind of contracted to 9 points but this is just the beginning of the. Conventions for the democrats and the republicans will have their eyes and so theyll be a little bit of back and forth so its too early really to tell whats going to happen next a lot of time left till november 3 faces evans our reporter thank you so much. Now south africa imposed one of the worlds strictest coronavirus lockdowns 5 months ago today the countrys easing its restrictions that includes allowing alcohol and cigarettes sales again which had been banned during the lockdown schools will open in faces starting next week South Africans are also allowed to visit family and friends for the 1st time since march with nearly 600000 and factions south africa has more than half of all coronavirus cases in africa. And correspondent is in cape town following the story for us hi adrienne good to see you so how are people feeling about the relaxation of lock on measures where you are. Well so we just came back from a liquor store where already an hour before the official opening time people started queuing to get some alcohol and many i talked to where happy to finally be able to buy legally alcohol again and cigarettes as well many admit as though that even during the lock down it was possible to buy both at higher prices on the black market i was also surprised though that many at least some told me they supported the measures of the government they supported the idea of shutting down the sale of alcohol for a limited time when the coronavirus cases reach their 1st peak because the logic behind is quite simple the government wanted to keep the hospitals empty so nurses and doctors can focus on 1000 patients and apparently that walked quite well quite well the trauma admissions caused by accidents and alcohol related incidents when significantly down but lets listen in what some of the people had to say. What are you going to mind even if you know still push i think the look theyre going to come back again if we dont behave ourselves. Because like you its maybe likely its dependent on people its oh. Im a smoker good. Our secret a few months without most of my specialty so yeah i make you happy to be respected and i can smoke what i want to smoke but why did i come here today because im desperate dogging all muddy kansas and. Got nothing left in it. Before they put another restriction all go on on coming here to stoke up so that i will be out of you know. I will be out today. And you really hear the relief there in peoples voices but the lifting of these measures comes as south africas president Cyril Ramaphosa said that the country has reached the peak so how confident are the ways that the outbreak is really under control. Well i mean the numbers of really been going down in the past days and weeks like a few weeks back we had daily infection rates of round about 10000 a day right now in the past week weve seen an average of less than 5000. 00 a day so that leaves some room for optimism theres also an 80 percent recovery rate and also the death rate is much lower than i originally anticipated however were not sure if these numbers are really true because up until now if you go to a Public Health care facility you will only be allowed to get tested if the age of 55 or if you have cold morbidity is other ways to not get tested thus it is likely that the fischel numbers are much lower than the actual numbers and theres still a lot of Testing Capacity still has to be improved the time until results are coming back still takes waste too long so up until now Contract Tracing is not even possible so this is something the authorities definitely have to to walk on because experts if you do more largest warn already of a 2nd wave they say boss open and are allowed to serve alcohol again we have seen that in other countries it is likely that well see another spike in cases in the weeks to come the economy is also an important factor south of africas Unemployment Rate increased over 30 percent in the 1st quarter of 2020 so will the easing of restrictions how to revive the economy. Absolutely well to some extent there will but the economy will not get back on track anytime soon already 2 to 3000000 people lost their jobs because of the lockdown this is a mess of problem and this is a problem that also affects the state in terms of tax revenues theyre making the south african takes 30 already said they will have a shortfall of about 15000000000. 00 euros tax revenues this year because of business closures and people losing their jobs and this is going to be a massive problem for south africa in the months to come because remember this is still one of this is already one of the most unequal societies in the world and this problem might increase even in. Weeks and years to come. Reporting from cape town thank you well lets check in now on some of the latest developments in the corona virus pandemic the World Health Organization says the spread of the virus is increasingly being driven by people between the ages of 20. 40 they were going to says many young people dont even know theyre infected and pose a danger to more vulnerable groups in australia and epidemiologists testify that 99 percent of current infections in the state of the turia can be traced to 2 Melbourne Hotels or families returning from overseas travel have been stay and philippines president rhodri go to terror is further easing the coronavirus lockdown in the capital manila and surrounding areas shopping malls restaurants and churches are being allowed to open from wednesday on. Mexico was the 3rd highest number of confirmed covered 900 cases in latin america 525000 for many residents in the capital this Health Crisis is quickly becoming a housing crisis nearly one in 10 of the citys residents have been forced from their home. Fashion designer is last hasnt been able to pay his rent since april because of the corona crisis his landlord gave him 5 months to leave his home work space where hes lived for 18 years he had to accept or face a forced eviction its a situation hes increasingly witnessed in this neighborhood of the historic city center. Board i was worried because i saw others being evicted they used to be print shops on the ground floor they were involved in a lawsuit were going to be appearing then one day the Police Showed up on the very day that Legal Protection ended they were evicted by the police unit of the law. A survey by the Habitat International coalition shows that more than 10 percent of mexico citys tenants have been forced from their homes during the pandemic 61 percent say they wont be able to pay their rent in the coming months. A neighborhood platform led by search of guns are others has proposed a rent law to stop a vixens during the pandemic and instead find solutions. Every year mexico city sees more than 3000. 00 of actions an estimated 20 to 30 percent of these are carried out in violation of basic legal requirements. The government must stop treating tenants like commodities and it should set rent price limits medical billing so they are the most. To mitigate the effects of the pandemic the Mexican Government is promoting alternatives aimed at helping homeowners buy or sell property and its also subsidizing new construction but the measures exclude 15 percent of mexican households the 2500000 people who are tenants of capital is weighing a reform that would ban evictions in cases where no rental contract exists but as the citys head of urban planning admits no concrete steps are being taken to protect tenants. Most of. This is Financial Aid so that people can pay their rent but there are no specific measures to protect tenants where you are. Because. Your group is yeah we urgently need to draft a new rent law that protects everyones rights in equal measure by making them whenever he was the governor in. The right to housing made even harder to insure by the corona crisis. 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