Joe bidens ahead in the polls for u. S. President but we look at his potential pitfalls against donald trump. Ivory coast is facing uncertainty off the sudden death of its Prime Minister im a do go on to lead belly collapsed and died during a Cabinet Meeting just 3 months before he was supposed to run for president there was no reports. Moments before his death Prime Minister i mean to go on the appeared upbeat as he entered a Cabinet Meeting chosen by the ruling party as its president ial candidate he just tweeted to have a vision is not about church and political gains but careful planning for decades to come but inside the meeting he suffered a coughing fit collapsed and died no official cause has been given but he suspected of having suffered a heart attack last thursday he was welcomed home by president want are after spending 2 months in france for medical treatment over his heart condition the 61 year old was chosen successor. Im back to take my place alongside the president to continue the work of development and construction of our country the ivory coast. In address to the nation what are described as his younger brother his son. With the death of. Ivory coast loses a mugging for the youth an example of competence and persistence. After the tribute to the political fighting his death creates a political vacuum with many eager to take his place and become the ruling partys candidate for octobers president ial elections the president s spokesman. And defense minister a. Favorite while the countrys economy back on track critics accuse him of failing to address the deep grievances that led to the 2011 civil war 3000 people died after former president refused to concede defeat to ouattara. Whoever replaces the will have to put up a Strong Campaign against experience rivals including former Prime Minister and Opposition Leader only good o. B. D. A former president with elections just 4 months away the sudden death of puts ivory coast into a new period of Political UncertaintyNicholas Hawke aljazeera. Executive director of the Africa International media group she explained what political challenges may lie ahead. The main problems occurring now you know we watch eat what really happened because we we can reckon with a lot of tensions and also maybe president wiped out our will say when it comes to sion allows me to run again and facing that situation we have a note the former president 86 years old who says why me and yet another tension we dont unite about a candidate. Within my property still maybe a run meisner president went to war was not in a great comfortable position to do to begin with but now with this openly everybody all of the political also may feel that its a signal to come up with their own ambitions and really i mean it may be great james the u. N. Secretary general is warning of unprecedented levels the foreign interference in libya antonella tears as warring parties and their International Back as to end the political stalemate and agreeing to a cease fire diplomatic efforts at james bays has more from un headquarters in new york. 2020 was the year the u. N. And the International Community said they would bring peace to libya instead of violence has intensified with repeated war crimes mass graves and civilian casualties there are new risks as well as opportunities for peace now that general have to forces have been pushed all the way to say that time is not on our side in libya. The conflict is and the new phase is foreign interference reaching and its ended levels including in the delivery of sophisticated equipment and the number of mercenaries involved in the fighting. Germany has been leading International Efforts in january it pulled together key players at a conference in perl in germany now has the presidency of both the e. U. And of the Un Security Council its foreign minister was blunt some of the countries who signed up to the berlin communique 6 months ago have been undermining it ever since with their actions foreign interference in may and the main driver of the conflict in libya it must be projects to an end that means no more planes no more tanks no more trucks or cargo ships full of weapons and no more lights so will those directly involved in libya now back down representatives of russia egypt and the United Arab Emirates said they support the u. S. Position even though theyre widely believed to back general have to militarily france has a growing Strategic Partnership with the u. A. E. And was strongly critical of fellow nato member turkey the main supporter of the government of National Accord. The problem is this porters of general haftar know hes now in a much weakened position and they may want to bolster his military standing before any negotiations on the other side supporters of the government of National Accord no battle with haftar insert would be very bloody but after that there be an open road to the part of libya where much of the countrys Oil Infrastructure is based james bays aljazeera at the United Nations libyas un recognized government says its found a prison used by warlords only for have to torture his opponents government leaders in tripoli are calling on the un to investigate mass graves discovered near the prison in whom the forces of the government of National Accord capture the city from have fighters in june as believe the warlords forces buried their torture victims. A local official of indias ruling b j p party has been shot dead in Kashmir Police say at least 2 gunmen opened fire killing was embury his father and brother outside the family shop a party called the attack shameful and mindless members of a Police Protection team which was absent during the attack have been arrested. Australia has suspended its extradition treaty with hong kong in response to a new security law imposed by china its also extending visas for hong kong residents in australia and offering pathways to permanent residence the government has warned its citizens and residents in the territory they could be at greater risk of detention under the law it punishes a range of crimes including submission with harsh prison sentences and our government together with other governments around the world have been very consistent in expressing our concerns about the imposition of the National Security law on hong kong and. To die we have agreed to announce that the National Security law constitutes a fundamental chinee of circumstances in respect to extradition agreement with Hong Kong Nicholas cage joins us live now from sydney to tell us a bit more about the elements of this announcement and how many people could we see entering australia. There are about 10000. 00 students and skilled workers based in australia right now and that is this announcement is targeting to begin with the Prime MinisterScott Morrison announcement means that their visas will be extended for another 5 years with the potential of becoming permanent residence at the same time theyre trying to entice businesses already in hong kong to move their operations. If they are looking to move out of the territory that doesnt seem to be any humanitarian intake plans at this stage so this announcement doesnt go as far as what the u. K. Is planning in terms of citizenship but of course it also includes the suspension of extradition toys there was the concern that if someone was extradited from a strictly it hong kong under these new laws they could be moved to Mainland China so quite modest but at the same time this will definitely struck a chord with beijing and we know that diplomatic ties have been deteriorating recently between australia and china is this law to make matters worse do you think. All this will no doubt infuriate beijing which will see it as a strangely a meddling in its internal affairs. Tensions have been hot and in the coming months since the strain did announce that it wanted to inquire into the origins of corona virus and that has led to huge trade disputes in the Agricultural Sector there has been no mass tariffs placed on bali imports. Beef products to spend it the Chinese Government has told its citizens not to travel to australia you know were in a pandemic right now and people want but at the same time a strong leader has updated its travel warning today for hong kong saying that a strolling citizens could be at higher risk of detention so this move will definitely anger beijing will just have to say what happens next thank you time for a short break here and aljazeera when we come back melbourne goes quiet as australia 2nd most populous city returns to look down on the fallout grows for colombias military ever again write the Sparks National outrage more on that statement. Out of the daily event of building big thunderstorms in the high ground in this part of the man continues there is profit writing thats finally dying off or just shows how much of this edge of the monsoon trough is sort of moisture is just showing itself in the developing countries in somalia but for most its drawing the orange indicates dust in the air stuff to the strong breeze and i mean in fact temperatures are rising partly because of that youve got 54. 00 cost in baghdad and 44. 00 in doha and the breezy day just is not particularly sandy. Through most of north africa is much the same but the rain belt is vast rushing from ethiopia through sudan and south sudan and beyond daily showers is hardly a surprise but we go to rejuvenation of the witness in this monsoon when all the way from normal up through the coast to tanzania to kenya it seems fairly wet in the next day or so weve been following the fortunes of south sudan for the full cost of juba still showing daily thunderstorms the temperature rising to 34 at best and 30 when its not quite so warm up tick humid environment so its welcome right in south africa just gathering here is cloud so for the next couple of days increasing wind and then rain stretches right up into namibia. John presence on down the time junior was promised damaging information about Hillary Clinton allegation like to see an investigation seductress did the Trump Campaign with russia did you at any time or birch the former f. B. I. Director james comey in any way shape or form the closer to back down the investigation into Michael Flynn and also as you well know. Next question battlefield washington on aljazeera. Welcome back a quick reminder of our top stories here on aljazeera ivory coast Prime Minister has died after fainting during a Cabinet Meeting a madugalle included was the ruling partys candidate for the president ial election in october. The u. N. Secretary general is warning foreign interference has reached unprecedented levels in libya and television is urging the warring parties in their International Backers to agree to a cease fire. And australia has suspended its extradition treaty with hong kong in response to china imposing a new security law its also extending these as the hong kong residents and offering ways to get permanent residents. So the Us Government is set to announce new coronaviruses directions after the president said the weekend curfew might not go ahead thousands of people protested across belgrade for a 2nd night of the governments handling of the pandemic reports. Hurling rocks flares and insults at the government protesters gathered 1st seconds night across the serbian capital belgrade. Security forces best outside parliament came to avoid a repeat of tuesdays chaos when some protests does manage to storm the building. But the tensions remain high with more tear gas from police some in the crowd intent on forcing their way inside again. Theres an accumulation of dissatisfaction the majority of people here dont have exact demands that most of them feel in justice protesters blame president aleksander for sudden spike in coronavirus dates and infections after it lifted a Strict Lockdown just weeks before last months elections. Demonstrations began on tuesday when the restrictions would be coming back to de lay said he had advised the government not to introduce a curfew but refused to take responsibility for the outcry. On the political rally was well organized a part of our Security Services on the before md and was saying there was an involvement of various not only criminal groups but also International Intelligence services. The church has asked people to stop attending antigovernment rallies to avoid spreading the virus warning there were no beds left in the hospitals to watch them initial problem over i dont have a problem with these measures but i do have a problem with ending them because of the elections and then reimposing them. The nation the south some in the crowd chanted the church is a. And that the money spent on the elections should have been invested in hospitals especially during a pandemic obvious to me. Our government to simply looking after its own interests the people are just collateral damage. 2 weeks after his passing surprise victory in the parliamentary elections is now facing widespread anger and is calls for calm head foodland on deaf ears. Brian al jazeera now 5000000 people in australia are 2nd biggest city are back in lockdown after a surge in new coronavirus cases melbournes Downtown District was deserted as residents woke up to the 1st day of instructions there barred from leaving home for 6 weeks and this is for essential reasons the citys the capital of the Southern State of victoria which has closed its borders well Stephen Schubert is a reporter for the Australian Broadcasting corporation a. B. C. He joins us from near a checkpoint on the outskirts of melbourne steve lets talk 1st if we can about these 9 talib locks in the city where thousands of residents are in lockdown tell us whats been happening there to them. Darron the latest on these tower blocks in melbourne in a north is that 111 out of 3000 people in these towers have tested positive for corona virus now theyve been in full lockdown since saturday evening and this is unprecedented in astrology its response to corona virus the whole country was looks down but people were still able to leave their house for 4 reasons and that hasnt been the case for these president s now a large proportion of these residents dont speak english is the 2nd language theres a high population in those towers and there has been some criticism about the numbers of Police Involved in enforcing that looked at there were 500 Police Officers on the shift every hour of the day so thats one of us of every 6 president s victorious coronavirus cases to keep ticking outwards and as you mentioned today the whole the whole of melbourne struggles 2nd biggest city is back in lock down to 6 weeks yet stephen and thats an important point to make in terms of the Bigger Picture melbourne now goes into its 2nd coronavirus Lockdown People must mean pretty frustrated as they face another round of stiff restrictions on their movement. Definitely frustrated but also i think understanding that this is necessary theyve seen those numbers jump up just 3 days ago we had 191 cases here in victoria and that comes out there it wasnt really that long ago that we had a few days with 0 new cases so people really do understand that but of course how breaking for cafe owners the gym owners Business People who were just getting back on their feet after the last lockdown and it is being enforced were on a checkpoint here just out of melbourne where Police Currently blocking one of the major freeways out of the city now we youve caught us on a shift change here of the police so theyre not stopping cars at the moment but they have been pulling cars over on a random basis and asking people why they are leaving no been there are only 4 reasons why people should be leaving melbourne and the fines if you know if you dont have a valid reason are about 1600. 00 astronomy and dollars which is a fair bit and for a lot of people that would really sting darron are just even just outside melbourne stephen thank you for that now the u. S. Has seen the biggest jump in corona virus cases recorded by any country in a single day more than half the states are seeing a rise in the number of infections despite that secretary of state mike pompei on says the world is looking to the u. S. For guidance as a Global Leader in the fight against a pandemic capitalism that has more now from new yorks. In states like new york where im at in new jersey the neighboring states the numbers have come way down but overall in the United States its a much much different story 35 states right now in the u. S. Currently are seeing their numbers of confirmed coronaviru