Protesters calling for the president to step down. And garzas only power plant shuts down leaving 2000000. 00 people with only 4 hours of electricity a day. Hello what appears to be a coup is unfolding in one of west africas largest country soldiers have staged a mutiny as a military base near malis capital bamako and of detained the president and Prime Minister the head of the United Nations has demanded their unconditional release but mali has been in crisis for months with demonstrators demanding week after week the president Abraham Boubacar kater step down beat barca reports. Hundreds of antigovernment protesters border to the streets of the body of capital public radio. Some ransacking and burning government offices. They were responding to reports of an intervention in the countrys troubled politics and the rest of president abraham. A Prime Minister to say i. Have to be on troops were seen as scorching a vehicle believed to be carrying the president. We have come out today to call for the total resignation of president kater because we heard there were shots fired by the military and we come out to help our soldiers get rid of the president or if. We are tired the country is paralyzed and i do not want this government that is something that soldiers were seen patrolling the streets of the garrison town of qatif 15 kilometers from the capital where there were earlier reports of gunfire at a military base its believed mutinying soldiers rounded up a number of senior officials a 2012 uprising of the base opened the way to cait his presidency prompting reports of another coup attempt. But. If its a coup de tat its a peace thanks be to god to end this regime everything is being done peacefully as a member of the Opposition Movement i thank them. There were reports that a small number of the National Guard had seized a military facility and goodby a dispute a French Military source said discussions are taking place between malis army command of the me to me is. President catos faced weeks of opposition protests calling for his departure after a disputed parliamentary elections earlier this year so ways of the country are already outside the control of the government the struggle to contain an armed insurgency thats claimed thousands of lives the failure to end that conflict has led to growing frustration with his rule leave al jazeera. Monitoring the story from the capital. And what is the latest youre hearing that is happening in mali right now. Well basically the president Prime Minister top members of his cabinet are still being held by the by the soldiers the meeting is considered kookiest in mali so basically there are expectations that a statement will be issued by the military any time from now. There are 2 scenarios or even 3 1st of all the will ignore what kind of case that and issue a statement announcing a coup in mali all that will force the president to make a statement probably announcing his resignation or they do both however its been very very long its taking very very long a lot of money and so still up waiting to hear from the the soldiers and probably maybe from president. Himself however the pressure is mounting from the International Community the secretary general of the United Nations the African Union the regional grouping of course france which has thousands of troops in mali. And a lot of other countries expressing concern about the situation many of them are calling for the restoration of or Constitutional Order in mali however it looks like the military on announcing themselves in power what remains to be seen is in what capacity at the going to announce they going to stay as an interim government are they going to form a national or Coalition Government including the civilians before a transition is being walked out nobody knows for now but the situation is a bit confusing in mali as its been more than 12 hours now since these incidents started in the capital bamako without any statement from either the president of mali himself bramble because or the soldiers who executed the coup and also might give us some context some background if you like were talking here about a west african country that is fragile and is in chaos in in some areas. Absolutely to stop with the cool the barracks where were going to cater was taken today was actually the origin of another coup in 2012 that was when some military officers launched a mutiny that resulted in a coup that toppled the government of president amounted to money to rape who was accused of failing to deal with the rebellion rebellion in the north of the country and then Money Administration eventually that coup. As president of miami but over the years what mali has witnessed is what the opposition has called rampant corruption maladministration and failure to secure life and property initially the government was dealing with a secure to situation in northern mali in the quarter held area dealing with alqaeda then the french and African Intervention force went in and things quite a little bit now but now things are getting worse on the border with my book in a fossil border with. Ivory coast even in the past few weeks weve seen attacks and also the border with jeff constantly theyve been security incident and then the movement the violence has moved from the north to the center of the country that invited on groups as well as local militia fighting themselves so i look to people are wondering how long will it take before the state finally collapses people while waiting and a lot of us both local and International Way of thinking that its only a matter of the Something Like this would happen the colonel economy is down and there is no sense of direction in government as well as the security situation in mali so that is the situation money was and when the soldiers struck this morning i mean these are a set reporting live from a less offensive thank you. An International Tribunal backed by the un has finally reached a verdict over an assassination that calls shock waves in the middle east and transformed lebanons political future so am i a sure member of has been law has been found guilty over the 2005 bombing that killed former Prime Minister rafik hariri it took 15 years and a 1000000000. 00 for the judges to reach that conclusion but none of the suspects was ever arrested say the heart of reports from beirut. This special tribunal for lebanon reached its verdict in the trial of 4 hezbollah members charged with conspiracy to kill former Prime Minister rafiq and how d. D. And 21. 00 others ayyash was found guilty the 3 others were acquitted because the circumstantial evidence was not Strong Enough to prove their guilt beyond reasonable doubt. Prosecutors have based their case on evidence of a phone network that monitored how d. D. Months before his death that went silent following his murder. Had even the son saad himself a former Prime Minister was in the court in the hague for the judgement he welcomed the verdict vowing not to rest until punishment was served and calling on hezbollah to cooperate. With them in the name of the leaders family the martyr Rafique Hariri and in the name of all the families of martyrs and victims we accept the courts ruling and wish but justice to be served to be clear that we are not giving up our blood right. Judges did say there wasnt enough evidence to prove direct involvement by hezbollahs leadership or the Syrian Government which was in control of lebanon at the time of the murder they did note i asked his affiliation to the group and his communication with most of a better deal in a known hezbollah commander who died in mysterious circumstances in syria in 2016 is going to be very difficult. To believe that it. Was high level. Well its carried out. Without any kind of green light. From the syrian regime. Hezbollah secretary general has long denied any role in the massive bomb blast in beirut 15 years ago its not clear how he will respond to saddam call to cooperate but has repeatedly vowed never to hand over the suspects. We dont feel concerned by the tribunals decisions for us it will be as if no decision was ever announced if our brothers are unjustly sentenced as we expect we will maintain their innocence. The former Prime Ministers killing tour Lebanon Society apart he was considered the leader of the muslims and the community whose assassin belongs to a shiite group the verdict is unlikely to heal divisions theres been political instability since killing it was also followed by a series of assassinations that targeted anti Syrian Government figures in the country since then the Political Landscape changed the balance of power favors hezbollah and its allies which control political and military power but some see an opportunity to solve the latest political crisis. Be solved hariri called on hezbollah to sacrifice the same way he and his group sacrificed and this somehow opens the doors for settling political issues the court which can only accuse individuals didnt tie has a bonus leadership to the murder but it indirectly implicated it leading many to believe the verdict could either set the stage for further instability or and years of confrontation that followed the assassination sent to be built on rafik hariri eldest son. He says lebanon missing crisis and hasnt ruled out returning to the country business than is also disappointed the court could not place blame on has a law. The court as as you know very well that its mandated it cannot it can only go after individuals is very clear its mandate is limited to individuals not parties or states even if they are sponsoring terrorism it is Crystal Clear that they were very there were they were quite limited also the court said they were handling would be the actual. Site of the of the of the explosion which made even more difficult to have final conclusion on that but its Crystal Clear that in direct evidence shows that. That its a political assassination and when they spoke clearly about the sort of middle of a storm. System meeting where i feel less or supported. The withdrawal of syrian troops and the disarmament of the militias and at the time who was left as hezbollah and all the meeting between him and there were in my limited time when you told him you know. Quote unquote you know the end im sorry quarters opposition and one quarter not and he said syria cannot only been on for ever the better receiving government has admitted some Police Officers have resigned as pressure grows on president Alexander Lukashenko to go as well well state workers have also walked off the job chaired by the demonstrators was one who has to say this months president ial election has raked and a calling for longtime leader to resign to mark the birthday of the jailed opposition leader. Supporters rallied outside the prison where hes been held since may step process there. Here at the k. G. B. Prison in the center of minsk. You cannot presumably be held but some reports say that he was brought away from this prison to another because some people have been gathering here for his birthday which is today. Is the husband of for the main opposition candidates for the planet the kind of guy who also had a message for his birthday but that message was directed at the government. This blatant injustice and lawlessness demonstrates how this decaying system works the system where one man controls everything one man has been holding this country in fear for 26 years already one man stole from belorussians their choice my husband asked me to pass you his words he and other Political Prisoners are wasting their time in jail he asks you not to waste your time not to sit still but to do Everything Possible in order to live in a country for life happy birthday sergey while protests and strikes are still ongoing and valorous is also increasing diplomatic russia. The european leaders. And Manuel Mcallen have been in touch with put in. Interesting lead they have been calling him and not. That means that putin is increasingly turning into a mediator and even possibly a kingmaker in the situation and the future in the balance of course for russia its very important that the bellows is not too much under the influence of the European Union or nato even so theres a key role for moscow here but its also very questionable if put in a still willing to go back to look at shanghai was on the increasing pressure to resign and who has lost so much support in the last couple of weeks so another solution could be in the making to look at a nod or a less toxic leader here in. Which is agreeable to the European Union and also to moscow. Are still heads on the program ahead of the u. S. Postal service suspends plans to cut costs elves are being accused of trying to sabotage the president ial election. Carswell come to rio but its avoid the beach mixed messages from brazil struggling terrorists act. How the weather in perth is quiet and down quite a bit now as you can see is not much coverage to few shows because most is concentrating in the eastern side of South Australia victoria and probably beyond that in fact weve got a fair amount of snow to come to the victorian alps this next couple of days the blue is rain just get the white there at his to snow significant fall and the rain showers will stretch it was for sydney whos reservoir is now 100 percent full and it was about 40 percent in february so its where it should be and its still topping up maybe optically could sing that rain goes across the tasman sea towards new zealand its looking wet for a couple of days particularly the north island and still very breezy and wet for tasmania and catching victoria and person well 90 degrees a shower or 2 thats about it and if youre in queensland its Just Sunshine north of this is still some very active weather in South China Sea this this amount of cloud here is actually a tropical depression which might strengthen the blues basically a rainy thing as that makes its way into the south coast of china the seasonal rains of these here stretching from sichuan or beyond up towards well beijing and then sinking southwards into china. Bottles in cameroons rivers. On englands street. Plastic is everywhere. But if bottles can be fishing boats. And bubble gum wellington boots what more can be done with this plague of polymers. Earthrise reimagining plastic. On aljazeera. Hello again and a reminder the top stories on our jazeera mollies president and Prime Minister reported have been arrested by soldiers in an apparent. They were detained after personnel mutinied at a base in the capital bamako. A member of the law has been convicted of conspiring to kill former lebanese Prime MinisterRafiq Hariri Salim irish was one of 4 suspects tried for the 2005 car bomb attack in beirut. And the better a c m government has admitted some Police Officers have resigned as pressure grows on the countrys president to go as well all state workers walked off the job during a tense day of demonstrations calling Alexander Lukashenko to resign. Gazas only power station has shut down after israel cut off the supply of fuel the strips 2000000. 00 residents now have as little as 4 hours of power a day hes ready restriction is one of several in response to incendiary balloon launches from gaza as Harry Fawcett reports from west jerusalem. Even before Tuesday Morning in the shutdown of the only power station gazas 2000000 people were dealing with an acute shortage of electricity the Maximum Capacity was a little more than a 3rd of the 500 megawatt demand and now the shortfall has got worse. But the. Stopping the fuel supply means losing the 63. 00 mic whats that the guys a power station produces which means losing a 3rd of the power we have the previous timetable was 6 hours on and 10 hours off now we can provide 3 to 4 hours only. Israel stop delivery of the diesel fuel to generate the electricity last week as part of its latest round of tensions with hamas gazas ruling faction. How mass is resumed its tactic of launching balloons carrying incendiary and explosive materials into israeli territory. Theyve also been what it calls night disturbances along the border fence and rocket launches into israel israel has carried out nightly as strikes as well as barring all but humanitarian cargo closing off the seat of Fishing Vessels and stopping fuel deliveries its a blow to economy already on its knees with unemployment surging and 55 percent of People Living below the poverty line causes oldest ice cream marie was already restricted by the power shortages to using just one of its 7 production lines now its owner says its time to shut up shop. Oh ill send my workers home and shut down the factory 4 hours arent enough because you need 2 hours at least to cool the machines before starting the production process it also means that the distributors will stop buying my products because they dont have enough electricity to store the ice cream the power shortage brings with it an environmental cost to affecting Water Supplies desalination plants and treatment of waste water the worst worked out as one of the most important problems that we are facing and the guidance for men will be will be. To the lowest level discharging one of the 120000 public overalls their ways to the sea water and the beaches of the gaza fedayeen make clear without in the treatment thats the equivalent of 50 olympic sized pool every day at a time of year when gazas residents look to the seaside as a place to relax and cool off an egyptian delegation traveled from gaza to israel on monday reportedly with a list of demands from hamas for the fulfillment of what it says israeli commitments on easing the blockade and allowing for improvements to the infrastructure and economy of the gaza strip such external mediation efforts have worked in the past but usually only once the situation has deteriorated more with greater levels of violence that weve seen so far this time are a force that aljazeera west jerusalem. The u. S. Postal service is suspending cost cutting measures amid a public outcry over warnings that could affect the upcoming president ial election is head lou is to joyce said last week that the service wouldnt be able to handle the volume of mail in ballots and now says any operational changes will be made after the november election lets go to mike hanna hes live for us in washington d. C. So mike why has he made this a brought to you turn and is going to be enough to stop the outcry. Well theres certainly been an absolute outcry both earth from democrats and from a number of republicans about the delays within the Postal Service that have followed these cost cutting measures as he put it under taken by louis to troy and now hes announced that these measures have been suspended but the House Speaker nancy pelosi has released a statement saying although this is welcomed its not enough she points out that what it is doing is suspending the changes it is not removing them or backtracking on them for example the mail sorting machines that were decommissioned will not be replaced in terms of the joys and handsome and so she says the house is going to go ahead with its hearing on saturday in which it will pass a bill that insists that the post services be returned to the position they were at the beginning of the year in other words all the measures that have been introduced be rolled backwards so there is still immense pressure also the shift as well from the republicans in the senate who summoned to a hearing friday before the Homeland Security and Government Organization committee so they are coming into the fray to the questions that will be asked of to joy is why he undertook these cost cutting measures to justify them from the democratic controlled House Committee questions are likely to be about the contributions that hes made not only to the Republican Party but also to President Trump the latest contribution was made in february more than 200000. 00 to the Trump Campaign this just shortly before he was appointed to the position by the board of governors in may and michael looking ahead to the next couple of hours also is going to be another big night of the Democratic National convention. That is the Democratic Party is continuing to try and stress the unity among the various factions that compose it tonight the theme is leadership and there are going to be a series of speakers who are described as up and coming democrats because such as alexandra quarters she will be speaking this in a way by the Democratic Party to stress the unity that exists between those younger members older members and once again pushing this theme that they started at the meeting last night keynote speakers will include cindy mccain the widow of the late senator john mccain a republican who formed an unlikely friendship with joe biden during their senatorial career also headlining tonight will be the candidates wife joe bidens wife dr jill biden she will be the headline speaker so this will be a major event including as well former Democratic Party luminaries such as former secretary of state john kerry will also be addressing the convention virtually as weve mentioned once again pointing out the immense experience that joe biden brings to the role of president. Mike hanna in washington thank you. The mayor of Rio De Janeiro has scrapped plans for an app to reserve space on copacabana beach was that a crew that said it would be the only way for somebody at this to maintain distance that it has been mocked widely online so instead sitting on the sand will remain the bitten we have states been hit harder than any other in brazil except south hallo. Well even if the beach is off limits for rio and the rest of brazil is still encouraging tarus to visit the countrys borders and some of the biggest attractions are back open with hopes the vital Tourism Industry could start to recover the given brazil has the 2nd highest number of cases and deaths in the world this concerned visitors may not come at all want to have reports from Rio De Janeiro. Its one of the new 7 wonders of the world for almost 90 years christ the redeemer has stood tall over looking the natural beauties of Rio De Janeiro opening his arms to throngs of tourists since kovan 1000 struck brazil in march the statues welcoming arms have become a symbol of social distancing but no more. Despite brazil passing the grim milestone of 100000 covert related deaths and 3000000 infections the statue has been blessed and reopened to visitors along with 4 other main Tourist Attractions tourism represents 8 percent of brazils shrinking economy and employs 8000000. 00 people the industry lost almost around 24000000000. 00 because of the pandemic and its struggling to get back on its feet. We have 45000 hotels in all of brazil with only 45 percent of the capacity being used incentivizing tourism is the fastest way to help brazils economy recover. But some are unable to wait for the tide to change Everest Hotel in ipanema not only closed down but is selling all its furniture. Into the car got and some mobile tables for 170. 00 normally it would cost 10. 00 times more brazil has reopened its borders to foreign visitors arriving by plane president right here before not all hopes the end of a 4 month probably will rival Tourism Industry but airports like this one remain empty. Tourguide viking that made the others has been out of a job since the pandemic began and blames president bull so now for downplaying the virus brazil has a very very bad. Image all over because instead of the law down the president said that is just the flu so we all know theyre going to take at least one of the have year to date back to work you have to coming back to brazil. The christ the Redeemer Center has cut its price in half to attract locals Tourism Agencies know that convincing foreigners to visit brazil the worlds 2nd largest coronavirus hotspot may prove to be an uphill battle moniker ill just sirrah Rio De Janeiro. Reminder of the top stories here on aljazeera malis president is reported to have been arrested by soldiers in an apparent. These pictures show what is thought to be. The Prime Minister being detained numbers of people have been on the streets celebrating the soldiers arrival after the rebellion began at a base north of the capital the u. S. France and other West African States have condemned the mutiny a previous rebellion at the same base led to the coup which toppled a former president 8 years ago a committee is watching developments from nigeria. Whatever they want to do they have the upper hand now if its a cool its going to be declared a call if its going to be a negotiated settlement to the crisis in mali than they have they hold it for recess so basically now what were waiting for is a formal announcement by the military on what will be the fate of the bible because kato the president of bali his Prime Minister cabinet ministers and senior military officers will be arrested earlier in the day for the time being it looks like the military is in control. A member of hezbollah has been convicted of conspiring to kill the former lebanese Prime Minister rafiq hariri who was assassinated 15 years ago salinger are irish was one of 4 suspects tried in absentia the 2005 car bomb attack in beirut which killed her riri and 21 other people judges in a un backed tribunals said there was insufficient evidence against the other defendants hariri is remembered as a key figure in efforts to rebuild lebanon after the civil war ended in 1990 more state employed workers have joined protests against bellary says the president and the election many say was wearing out thousands of people have demonstrated against Alexander Lukashenko for 10 consecutive days since his reelection for the 6th time the government has now admitted it some Police Officers have quit in protest while troops have been sent to the countrys borders. The u. S. Postal service says suspending cost cutting measures after control the sea over a mail in ballots for this years president ial election the countrys postmaster general had warned that changes could make postal votes late meaning they would speak out it. And those but he said lines here on aljazeera do stay with us tries is coming next but why. In late August Joe Biden and donald trump will finally become the official president ial candidate but the ongoing coronavirus pandemic sees the Democratic NationalConvention Going virtual and the republicans being forced to rethink grand plans for a big celebration follow the u. S. Conventions on aljazeera. The explosion of Plastic Waste across the world threatens the very survival of life on our planet. Every year up to 12000000. 00 metric tons of plastic and. From poisoning marine life littering landscapes and close