Workers go on strike and join the protesters calling for the president to step down and plans changes to the u. S. Postal service are put on hold after accusations they would sabotage the president ial election. Everyone there was a coup attempt unfolding in mali soldiers of staged a mutiny at a military base near the capital bamako they have detained the president and the Prime Minister and it has sparked Widespread International condemnation the west African Regional bloc has ordered the closure of borders with mali the African Union is in fact a cli condemning the arrests the European Union says its rejecting all unconstitutional change in the country and is calling for a dialogue if so the french president emanuel was also quick to react to a surge in soldiers to return to barracks and while the u. N. Security council is to hold an emergency meeting on wednesday to discuss the crisis will be apparent to attempt plungers mali. Deeper into crisis has been months now of protests demanding the president step down demonstrators blame him for corruption and for not doing enough to contain 5 links to al qaeda and a live update in a moment 1st this report from the fuck. Hundreds of government protesters poured into the streets of the capital bamako 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. And Prime Minister. Have troops were seen escorting a vehicle believed to be carrying the president. We have come out today to call for the total resignation of president cater because we heard there were shots fired by the military and we come out to help our soldiers get rid of the president. We are tired the country is paralyzed and i do not want this government. 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. If its a coup detat its a peace thanks to 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 to military facility. Pay to speak of French Military source said discussions are taking place between. The me to me is. The president has faced weeks of opposition protests calling for his departure after disputed paul. 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 peytons rule leave barkha al jazeera. Which checking in with now he is in nigerias capital abuja monitoring developments there i mentioned briefly what it cost the west african bloc has started to say can you take us through some of their decisions well basically apart from the Border Closure of the course also in a Statement Issued this evening ordered the suspension of all financial flows between mali and other West African States it suspending mali from its Decision Making bodies and also imposing sanctions on those who executed the coup so these are some of the key decisions in that in that statement announced by of course im late this evening and if these that these decisions have been implemented monley which is likely im not locked country would be in for i was very very tough time remember its economy is in tatters insurgencies up in the north on the borders with. Ivory coast and even. Weve seen a lot of a deity these are areas where transport issues very very difficult because of continuing attacks in that area so right now what we see is more pressure being mounted in mali by the International Community the most effective probably would be the actions to be taken but of course in blocking all entry and exit into mali. What would you know and i know its difficult to confirm things that the moment but were talking about an apparent coup and the Prime Minister and the president being detained is there any further confirmation or any talk about someone actually fronting the cameras and speaking up. Well basically its no longer a rumor its a coup if you sees the president the Prime Minister and key members of the cabinet including of course senior military officers and put them in a box effectively of taking control of a government so that is exactly whats happening in mali however with the International Pressure mounting now asking them to probably give up what theyre doing and reinstall the government government of the bible because kater people may probably see some form of concessions there are several scenarios were looking at right now its either the soldiers who executed the cool one forcing bribe woodworker kitted to sign a resignation statement all their warheads and push them aside and allows themselves in charge of government probably forming a National Unity government or they do both which have a case that would be very very difficult for mali to deal with because already insurgents in the north and central parts of money are sensing a vacuum leadership vacuum in mali and may probably seize on this opportunity and launch more devastating attacks more devastating than the ones weve seen before so basically we expect weve been expecting the coup leaders to make an announcement for the last 3 hours although that statement is yet to be put forth by members of the new government or the people executed the cool there were also talks about having to issue a statement from why hes being held initially we heard that he is being held at the military barracks in kutty and now there are some reports suggesting that it may have been moved out of the you know another secure location being held of course by the people who executed the cool come out ok well weve got an eye on mali intel. As well here so we will bring that statement to you when it happens. And now with us on skype from bellingham Washington State is Terence Mccullough he is a former u. S. Ambassador to mali now the senior director of Mclarty Associates thank you for your time so we have been reporting on this escalating situation in mali for quite a while now and ive been wondering where it would lead to is it any surprise you that its come to this. Sort of its not a surprise but i dont think it was inevitable certainly the street demonstrations that have been reporting are taking place as a result of the program through elections allegations of fraud in march. Of street demonstrations but i dont think the military intervention was inevitable it is in a way what the people wanted they have wanted abraham book because to go on perhaps not in this style how do you think people will react to that news but as he said the point that it is a military coup in the end and everything that that brings its range seen initially reports from our interior that the population street of welcome the military intervention which is. Surprising because of course there were confrontation between the Security Forces and protesters as recently as june 11th hill and so you would have to imagine that there is going to be some tension as there is plays out between the coalition of Opposition Forces the him 5 r. P. s and the perpetrators a coup even though as you say the street protesters have been calling for even trying to resign for some months him. The west african bloc now they tried the carrot approach by trying to negotiate a few weeks ago and that didnt work so now it seems they go in with the stick what do you think of the of the the moves theyre putting in place i mean closing borders and cutting off financial streams is pretty serious. Critical i said i think for some time ago us had a policy no more cruising in the space and this Firm Reaction has resulted in aaja rollbacks and elsewhere in the eco us community so i think its a good sign that ecowas is taking a very powerful. Reaction against the coup the a new has been similarly a strong image in the Security Council is meeting today. The International Community the Donor Community is going to react very strongly and the perpetrators of this truly understand that theyre going to be isolated in assistance that mali and people desperately need it is going to be colonel Terrence Mcnally is the former u. S. Ambassador to mali great to talk to you and get your thoughts thank you thanks to move on to other news and an International Tribunal backed by the u. N. Has found a member of hezbollah guilty of the 2005 bombing that killed former lebanese president Prime Minister started 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 as a report 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. Yash was found guilty the city 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 a 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 for justice to be served to be clear 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. That it. Was high. 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 saad 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 tore 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 well. The saad 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 abolished 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 xenophon be able to. The rest of the days news is coming up and it is the 2nd night of the Democratic National convention featuring some of the most influential political figures of recent history. From the white house. But. How it is still hot in california still hot in all the western side of the u. S. Will inject even more issues there are a few more showers around and they will start to valid as you see in the forecast but the plain states are remarkably free of building storms thats a pleasant change still in the southeast and up towards mary land the chances are to be humid and feel that way and you get showers built out of that than the Pacific Coast breezes and northerlies with even San Francisco down to about 26. 00 is hardly unusual but there is something revolving on the coast of western canada that will bring rain as far south of seattle otherwise we seem to change see just on the bottom here genevieve creeping up thats a hurricane will stay offshore on the western side of mexico there it is and it will affect swell wise probably the Pacific Coast of mexico and behind california but it doesnt really affect whats happening elsewhere theres an increase in the showers now or away from florida dancer to cuba. Towards the yucatan so any way you live or are visiting this part the world a lot see showers maybe the exception is for example haiti looking quite dry just for the time being the same is true in southern chile santiago having seen the snow come in now see the sun replace it. Progress. Or a serious mistake. Artificial intelligence is slowly invading every aspect of our lives. But very few of us really understand its capabilities for better or worse. In a new documentary aljazeera explores the impact of a are accessing vast amounts of our personal data for data land on aljazeera. The top stories this hour on aljazeera and mollies president and Prime Minister have been detained by soldiers in an attempted coup they were held after a mutiny at a base north of the capital bamako the west African Regional bloc he has ordered the closure of borders with mali the African Union and the European Union are both condemning the arrests and while the un Security Council has called an emergency meeting and a u. N. Back to court has convicted a member of the for the 2005 assassination of lebanons former Prime Minister rafik hariri. Was one of 4 suspects tried in absentia the other 3 were. Acquitted while rafik hariri son spoke to us earlier and says he is disappointed the court could not place blame on hezbollahs leadership. The court as as you know very well that its mandated 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 they were quite limited also the courts that they were handling would be the actual. Site of the of the of the explosion which made it even more difficult to have final conclusion on that but its just a clear that in direct evidence shows that. That its a political assassination and when they spoke clearly about the sort of meeting of bristol. Just a meeting where i feel less a show and supported. The withdrawal of syrian troops and the disarmament of the militias and at the time who was left. And all the meeting between him and my limited time when he told him you know quote unquote im 3 quarters opposition and one quarter of not and he said syria cannot totally ban on forever. Other news from lebanon a judge there has issued a warrant for the arrest of the manager of beiruts airport who is already detained at his home of course almost 3000 tons of highly explosive chemicals were stored improperly at the port and blew up on august 4th and 200. 00 people were killed hundreds of thousands were left homeless. The government in belarus has admitted some Police Officers have resigned as pressure grows on president Alexander Lukashenko to step down more workers have also walked out on strike as demonstrators held the 10th straight day of protests. They still maintain last weeks president ial election was rigged from the birthday of the jailed Opposition Leader surrogate to kind of sky supporters rallied outside the prison where he has been held since may. All this flagrant injustice and lawlessness shows how this decaying system works where one person controls everything or it will give my husband sergey to going to ski and other Political Prisoners are sitting in jail but hes calling on you to not sit idly by to do what you can to make a free country more from stedfast so now she is reporting from minsk. 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 asks 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. Are well mcallen have been in touch with the vladimir putin. Interesting lead they have been calling him and not. So 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 putin is still willing to to back a 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. Before us president bill clinton will headline the 2nd day of the Democratic Convention the event being carried out virtually of course with concerns for Public Health coronavirus state to focus on leadership there will be speeches from former secretary of state john kerry and from a 2nd Lady Jill Biden whos of course the wife of the democrats presumptive nominee joe here is alan fischer at the white house and on the scene anecdotally people saying that convention could be a bit like a court case people are more interested in the 1st day and the last day but there is still plenty going on in between. Exactly and theres a lot going on that were not seeing joining the 2 hours of coverage we expect this evening to be roughly about the same proportion of live and recorded that we saw on monday evening of course Michelle Obamas speech because it was recorded gave donald trump a chance to attack in the last few hours quite why he wanted to make a point that she mentioned 150000 dead through covered when the actual figures more than 170000 it is what they would call on twitter a self or in but that was the point that he was making saying it was a very divisive speech this evening that the theme is leadership and we will hear from many different parts of the Democratic Party as again they try to assure that theyre united behind joe biden there will be speeches from 17 keynote speakers who will all get a very short period of time to leave the case of why joe biden should be the next president the 170 regard to this up and coming stars of the Democratic Party and the include the likes of stacy abrams and Brenda Barnes who is a congressman and pennsylvania regarded as least a future senator if not someone who might try for part of the high office there will be a speech as you say from john Kerry Alexandra accuse you of cortez no that might not be a name thats well known to our International Audience but she has become a bit of a boogie woman for the democrats as far as the right wing are concerned she is part of the socalled scored a progressive part of the Democratic Party and of course well hear from jill biden she is the wife of joe biden and there is going to be a speech too from bill clinton but he is going to be kept very short no bill clinton has a checkered history when it comes to addressing Democratic Conventions he can light the place up as he did 8 years ago or when he was the governor of arkansas when he gave a keynote speech to Democratic Convention when he said and finally i got a huge a. And of applause from people whove been sitting listening to him for a very long time so no 40 minute speeches from bill clinton this time its going to be much tighter much more focused heres an interesting fact for you come out bill clinton its his birthday tomorrow he turns 74 and that means hes still 3 years younger than joe biden the democratic president ial candidate this time around goodness me and im also saying colin powell former republican secretary of state will be speaking at tonights conference so another one to look out for thank you alan fischer in washington now related news here u. S. Democrats saying they will press ahead with a bill to prevent changes to the Postal Service despite assurances that cost cutting plans are being suspended the postmaster general has halted some changes following a public outcry about the potential impact on the president ial election President Donald Trump has warned of vote by mail fraud last week he admitted blocking Postal Service funding that would allow to search deal with a surge in ballots democrats say legislation is still needed there is no evidence of such widespread fraud and when they asked his chief of staff you dont have any evidence of of fraud in the. Vote by mail and he said well you dont have any evidence that there isnt one 0 really i mean this is how they and felt the intelligence of the American People and thats why they know they cant win the election on the level so they have to lie cheat and steal and thats what this. More with mike hanna now in washington hi mike this is important isnt it because i mean actually id say this story about the Postal Service was threatening to become bigger than the campaign itself. Well it is a huge story because of the impact that it will have on the election in november now the democrats insisting they are going to go ahead with a meeting of the house on saturday to pass a bill which will restrict the Postal Service to the condition it was on the 1st of january now the House Speaker nancy pelosi who you heard there while welcoming to joy is. That he will suspend these changes is still very unhappy that they are not being reversed she wants to see these changes moved immediately for example there is not going to be a real installment of the some 10 percent of postal counting machines automatic counting machines that were decommissioned by the postmaster general so this remains a very very controversial point and its becoming more and more Bipartisan Senate Oversight Committee has now demanded that the postmaster general is here before it on friday that means hes going to be coming up and congress both on friday before the Senate Control to perhaps he can control the Senate Committee and then on monday before the democrat controlled House Committee so certainly there is a degree of bipartisan pressure on him and President Trump himself has done a complete somersault last week he was saying that he was refusing funding for the post office because he did not want to increase and postal votes hes attempted to walk that right back saying that hes instructed this administration to do Everything Possible to get the post Office Service working properly again so President Trump somersaulting on this issue thank you mike hanna for that update from washington. South korean authorities are trying to find hundreds of worshippers from a church at the center of the Virus Outbreak comes as new caps are being placed on outdoor and indoor gatherings after a 3 digit daily rise in new cases for 5 days in a row at least 450 infections have been linked to the. Church whose members took part in a mass rally against restrictions over the weekend also fronts making masks in most workplaces compulsory from september the new measures will apply to all open plan offices and factories from the traditional end of the french Summer Holidays next month coronavirus cases have been rising sharply in france since last month with official figures suggesting a quarter of all new clusters formed in the workplace last wearing already compulsory on all public transport most indoor spaces and some crowded outdoor areas including large parts of central paris. And plenty more for you online and out 0 dot com catch the headlines and video on demand whenever you want. To the headlines now mollys president and Prime Minister have been detained by soldiers in an attempted coup they were held after a mutiny at a base north of the capital bamako the west African Regional bloc ordered the closure of borders with mali but the African Union and the European Union are condemning the arrests and the United Nations Security Council has called an emergency meeting heres more from our managers our correspondent following developments from a budget nigeria. Apart from the Border Closure the course also in a Statement Issued this evening ordered the suspension of all financial flows between mali and other West African States its suspending mali from its Decision Making bodies and also imposing sanctions on those who executed the coup so these are some of the key decisions in that in that statement by of course late this evening and if these these decisions have been implemented mali which is largely unlocked country would be in for a very very tough time the other headlines and a u. N. Back to court has convicted a member of the armed Group Hezbollah for the 2005 assassination of lebanons former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri Salim was one of 4 suspects tried in absentia the other 3 were acquitted the hariri family has cautiously welcomes the verdicts. Democrats say theyll press ahead with a bill to prevent changes to the Postal Service the postmaster generals halted some changes following a public outcry about the potential impact on the president ial election President Trump has warned of vote by mail frauds for u. S. President bill clinton will headline the 2nd day of the Democratic Convention the event being carried out virtually with concerns for Public Health over coronavirus and speaking of which france is making mosques in most workplaces compulsory from september the new measures will apply to all open plan offices and factories from what is the traditional end of the french Summer Holidays next month they go up to date with all the headlines here on aljazeera more news for you right after one of what hes. 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