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
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
York state. We showed resolve for. Still a lot of differences between. Serbia and kosovo agreed to work on economic links and a u. S. Brokered deal but remained far away from formal political times. Also ahead we speak to kenyans who say theyre struggling to survive after being evicted from forests and a fight over land and the environment. Our top story a search continues for possible survivors beneath the rubble of a collapsed building in beirut highly sensitive equipment attempted signs of breathing on friday if so far dug 3 tunnels to the spot where the signs of life were picked up but nothing has been found on friday lebanon fell silent to mark exactly one month since the explosion ripped through the city life to say an author whos near the spot in beirut where the search goes on saying up at the in a situation where hopes are beginning to fade that theyll find anyone. Head of lebanons Civil Defense said we havent found anything yet this is a painstaking operation let me just get
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
Violence in the u. S. City of portland nearly 100 nights of protests against racism and Police Brutality. And rescuers in beirut hold out hope of finding a survivor after last months explosion. Ok lets begin in iraq where Health Officials are warning that hospitals may soon lose control within days over a new spike in corona virus infections well in 5000 new cases were confirmed on saturday the highest daily number yet the Health Ministry has largely blamed it on people whove been taking part in big gatherings without masks or social distancing iraqi hospitals have suffered from years of conflict inadequate funding and neglect or such a body has more now from baghdad almost really behind this record. This is because last sunday on august 30th it was the holy day of assura in iraq its a very important day for share muslims across the world it is the day that the grandson of the prophet mohammad it was killed in karbala in 688 d. And they converge on to curb a lot to commemorate his pass