A chinese province where its feared mandarins been promoted ahead of speaking mongolian. Donald trump defending himself against claims he called americas war dead losers and suckers the president insists the allegations in the atlantic magazine are a hoax but as a growing backlash from veterans and his political rivals roslyn jordan has more. On friday u. S. President donald trump called a press conference to talk about the economy and the kobe pandemic but reporters wanted to know about the controversy that has been dogging trump all day and atlantic Magazine Article which says he has repeatedly disrespected the 2200000 members of the u. S. Military its a disgrace because you look at what ive done for the United States military i love those people ive gotten them pay raises when they didnt get anything near what ive been able to do and ive rebuilt 2. 00 trillion dollars every build the United States military and now were including space force nobody has done more for them the atlantic
Russian people. And a rare sight from enter mongolia protesters united over fears their own Mother Tongue could be replaced by mandarin. Beers president sounds denied claims the cold war veterans and dead american soldiers suckers and losers the allegations were made in an article published in the atlantic magazine reports still were trumped announced as a hoax and a disgrace but less than 60 days to go until the election its become the focus of both democrats and republican campaigns as more. The u. S. Military and veterans are a big part of u. S. President Donald Trumps base he needs their support and now that could be much more of a challenge for those who believe the allegations that on this visit to france and 2018 the president. Supposed to visit a cemetery where more than 2000 american soldiers are buried he didnt go blaming the weather but according to the report in the atlantic he skipped it concerned about what the rain would do to his hair and he reportedly said why should i
Peter wu watching aljazeera live from our headquarters here in doha also coming up refusing to give up hope rescuers in beirut stick further into a collapsed building looking for a survivor a month after the port explosion. We showed resolve for those who are still a lot of differences to. Serbia and kosovo agreed to work on economic links and a u. S. Brokered deal but remain far away from formal political times. And will speak to kenyans who say theyre struggling to survive after being evicted from the forests and a fight over land and the environment. Lets begin in the u. S. State of new york where protests against Police Brutality have continued into the night in the city of rochester dozens of people looking for justice after the death of a black man daniel prude in march he suffocated after being arrested by the Police Officers put a mesh hood over his head and held him down for 2 minutes whilst he was handcuffed 7 officers have been suspended. Only other side of the country a 100
City of portland where theyve been nearly a 100 nights of protests against racism and Police Brutality in sudan to close a 3 month state of emergency for some of the worst flooding in decades. And in sport believe the last thing is not happy but he is staying at barcelona and he wants to avoid a legal battle with the club who are blocking his departure with a buyout clause of more than 8 130000000. 00. So well begin this hour with an issue something affecting families and educators all around the world and that is simply how to get back to school during a pandemic a new Academic Year is beginning for millions of children but in this age of coronavirus just how do you balance going to school with protecting everyones health already in front. 12000000 students returned to classes on tuesday but then there was a jump of 9000 infections on friday which forced some to close again in spain teachers students and parents are protesting and they say the measures to stop the spread of covert 19
Can osha wisconsin testifies from his hospital bed as he faces charges of Sexual Assault. Lebanon fall silent a month after the explosion the toll through the capital beirut. And the philippines considers raising the age of consent from 12 to 16 we meet the activists behind the nations fight for womens rights. And i welcome to the program 2 countries that for one of the most devastating wars in the balkans are normalizing economic ties in a deal announced by the u. S. President on trump trump has called the equipment between serbia and kosovo a major breakthrough kosovo declared independence from serbia in 2008 but is not recognized by the government or its allies trying says serbia will also follow his controversial diplomatic policy and move its embassy to jerusalem while kosovo will establish ties with israel lets go live now to the white house our correspondent kelly halkett is following all of these developments and of course kimberly President Trump will be hoping that these cour