Rafik hariri and the 1st terrorism trial by an international court. And we take a look at the plight of the people in gaza as only power plant shuts down. Welcome to the program alis president Ibrahim Hooper kjetil has resigned after being detained by soldiers in a coup he appeared on state television saying that he had no choice but to step down as he didnt want any bloodshed the west african blog echo ours has closed its borders with mali suspended financial flows and called for sanctions charlotte dallas reports. The bamako residence of president Abraham Boubacar Kasia secure and heavily guarded but instead of keeping people out the soldiers were keeping him in he and Prime Minister boosts to say we detained here on chew. Day confusion prevailed today with no explanation by the military or government until president keisha appeared on state television announcing his resignation. I want no blood to be spilled to keep me in power and thats why i would like to think a 1000000 people for their warmth i am telling you now that im resigning from my position as the president and all my other positions and i announced the dissolution of the assembly and the governor. African bloc eco was responded forceful into the coup isolating mali through border closures suspending financial flows and called for sanctions against who organizes and their supporters but many millions welcomes the coup as would spirit of the mutiny crowds frustrated with the president and his government spurred the soldiers on some ransacked and burned government offices. We have come out today to call for total resignation of president cater because we heard there were shots fired by the military and we come out to help pass soldiers get rid of the president order for the jury we are tired the country is paralyzed and i do not want this government. Added up on the eve of the soldiers began using native base on the outskirts of bamako the same base that sore 2012 uprising that opened the way to case his presidency. Troops were later seen a school to me a vehicle believed to be carrying the president. Were very happy because this is a liberation for the people of mali all of these people were waiting for this day all of malis people were waiting for the president and his men to allow us to breathe president kasia has faced weeks of opposition protests calling for his departure after disputed parliamentary elections earlier this year swaths of the country are already outside the control of the government its struggle to contain an armed insurgency thats claimed thousands of lives now the military has forced president caters to step down and son clear what their plan is for mali and its leadership challenge ballasts aljazeera. The coup has sparked Widespread International condemnation the African Union has emphatically condemned the arrests the European Union says its rejecting all unconstitutional change in the country and is calling for dialogue the office of the french president manuel macro was quick to react and is urging soldiers to return to barracks the Un Security Council is to hold an emergency meeting on wednesday. First joined William Lawrence an expert on north africa and a professor of Political Science at the American University in washington d. C. Good to have with us again on the program so the situation very fluid and one wonders what the fate of the president might be under the guard of disgruntled soldiers well this is very confusing to date as it started it would seem to be a me against the pay the military and the next thing we knew the military acknowledged need to get over that base but they just ended up bug or arrested president or a minister or a 4 30 pm and then proceeded to arrest a bunch of other issues including those that would be involved in the constitutional succession i took a look at the mali ceiling to be sure theres really no 1. 00 to 60. 00 theres no military announcement in terms of whos in charge or what they want so some commentators say we have no president we have no part of met me at nothing it is very strange situation military coups of course so no stranger to mali but to was able to quell discontent amongst the military when he 1st came to power in 2013 a sort of unify generally a fractured economy and a society that needed guidance what went wrong. Well he expects his tenure grew out of the last who is seeing military base who does well and so in many ways he was the replacement power and it was supposed to fix mollys problems but they have 3 overlapping sets of problems theres a severe political crisis. March 2020 elections this is the Year Economic crisis is complicated by cope with nick t. And theres a severe security crisis which has led to the rest one of the major opposition leaders held by terrorists north and lots of. Grievances all about the failure to contain terrorism but also the actions of the military and civilians to you know over reactions to in terms of terrorism and so theres a lot of discontent and like so many you know similar protests like you know cheerier sudan where the protests came to gather when the consensus of what was wrong brought down a president but will quickly see is that there is not very much consensus about what to do next and who should represent most money its even the best known leader of the opposition eco is a controversial figure many but so is the leader it is a lack of leadership that operates of course while the confusion remains the minutes of focusing on the insurgency insurgency in the north of the country primarily tackling armed groups like al qaida and i so how much of a problem has this been for the president he really hasnt been able to get a handle on it. Absolutely its a problem its gotten steadily worse over the last 4 years. By some estimates 4 or 5 or 10. It das terrorism the problem ali has led in the. Niger to extort and its regional issue which has to do with order losers and other kind of nations that are going out and theres full dissatisfaction among those that want terrorism in horror and those who want to make peace with certain terrorist groups like the leader when mentioned to us dialogue with the north and so theres a real frustrated with this worsening problem leading to more quietly which is also missing mixed with Ethnic Violence but no consensus on how to best handle it whether its a harder urge or a softer approach William Lawrence its always good to get your insight thanks very much for joining us from washington d. C. Thank you. The Us Democratic party has formally nominated joe biden as its 2020 president ial candidate it happened on the 2nd night of its National Convention which is being carried out virtually because of the coronavirus by the support of some big names with former u. S. President bill clinton and the former secretary of state john kerry addressing Party Supporters alan fisher has been following events for us from the white house joins me now from washington d. C. So hes finally. Become the choice of the Democratic Party what next alan. Thats right no longer do is say presumptive nominee he is the nominee of the Democratic Party 22 years after he 1st ran for president he has convinced the Democratic Party that he is the man for the job 77. 00 days to convince the country that he should be the next president its been an interesting 2nd night normally youre in the hall you have the roll call of states they walk up to the microphone and see who they are voting for this time it was all done on tape some of the States Incorporated some significant landmarks it was actually quite an impressive televisual show perhaps even the template for conventions in the future not least because they could condense there and weve just heard from joe biden as well she was saying how joe biden has been through some very traumatic times in his life you remember that he lost his 1st wife and baby daughter and a car crash in fact was sworn into the senate in his sons horse for the room after that crash and of course he lost his son beau biden who had brain cancer just about 4 years ago as he was contemplating a run for the white house in 2016 she said hes been through these trials and tribulations but hes always wanted to do the best for the American People and of course she gave her endorsement weve also heard from a number of republicans they have supported joe biden as well particularly colin powell a huge surprise that hes actually endorsed the last 3 democratic president ial candidates even though he himself identifies as a republican and of course was a republican secretary of state and we had from a former democratic secretary of state john kerry who said that when donald trump goes abroad its not a Goodwill Mission its a blooper reel and he said we have a president that other world countries that is why ysaye it is no 5 support joe biden put him in the building you see behind me indeed they were the only supporters the user the endorsement also of bill clinton was the former president been saying about a. Well its very interesting that bill clinton made a speech here but not a surprise because of course hes spoken over the last 11 conventions that is a very long time and date what is also interesting is that bill clinton 20 years since he was president he will turn 74 tomorrow thats wait and see here in the United States and hes still 3 years younger than joe biden but he was talking about the job that president s have to do and he said his save his harshest words for the current incumbent of 16000 pennsylvania 1600 pennsylvania avenue we have just 4 percent of the worlds population 25 percent of the worlds code cases among employment rate is more than twice as careers to have turned the united kingdoms more than 3 times europeans. Trump says were leading the world well we are the only Major Industrial economy limits Unemployment Rate triples at a time like this the oval office should be a command center instead its a storm center is only chaos just one thing never changes is the terminations in our responsibility and shift the blame the book never stops there. Well on wednesday you will hear from Connell Harris of course is the Vice President ial pick the role that the Vice President ial pick normally performs is to attack the president his Vice President and his record in office Many Democrats think thats fair ground for the senator from california but what is important as we move to the last 2 days of the convention is that joe biden has to do something more than just paint himself as the guy who is not donald trump he has to give a vision and line of how he will improve america how he will help the economy recover from the corporate crisis how he will handle such a Public Health emergency that is devastated america with 170000 people dead so 2 more interesting days and of course the key day will be thursday that is when joe biden will formally accept the nomination of the Democratic Party to run for president in the election on november the 3rd a live issue of always good to get your insight. From washington d. C. Thank you. Well still ahead here on out is there a search for peace me a mars government an armed groups trying to bring an end to decades of conflict. But. How it is still hot in california still hot in all the western side of the u. S. Were injected with emotions there are a few more showers around and they will start a valid as you see in the forecast but the plain states are remarkably free of building storms thats the present 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 the breeze is a northerly so 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 is fast 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 california but it doesnt really effect was happening elsewhere theres an increase in the showers now all the way from florida to answered cuba towards the yucatan so anyway you live or are visiting in this part of world. 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. But. It starts in call rule communities with the promise of a prosperous man. But countless young indian women find themselves gee commodifying zone. And sold again. To toil by day. Only to be violated by night. Slavery a 21st century evil continues with bridal slaves on aljazeera. You want your deservedly so romney a reminder of our top news stories mollies president Ibrahim Hooper calculator has resigned and dissolved Parliament Just hours after muting soldiers detained him and the top members of the government. The west African Regional bloc i was has ordered the closure of the borders with mali the African Union the e. U. Are condemning the action and the Un Security Council has called an emergency to. The u. S. A Democratic Party has formally donated joe biden as its 2020 president ial candidate it happened on the 2nd night of its National Convention which is being carried out virtually because of the current violence. Valeries the president is vying to quash opposition rallies the country has seen 10 days of protests demanding his resignation speaking to the belorussian Security Council Alexander Lukashenko accuse nato of ill intent and increasing their military presence along its border i mean im quite clear the who did not us on the other side and demand no less then to hand them power we consider it clearly an attempt to seize power with all the indian consequences western countries including some leaders are not even aware where the beatles is located however they make some statements to prove that the president was right who discussed it with the Defense Ministry and god we have reacted deployed and brought to combat it in as the combat units of our army and the western borders today we have problems from board inside and outside see that lead actions are completely coordinated and it is not even the peak the events will develop a certain way but we understand in which direction. Stalled Peace Process to restart with of the round of negotiations between the government and fighters war than 20 armed groups have been demanding independence for decades where who looks at why progress is proving difficult in many remote mountainous areas of me and my rebel soldiers are in control here on the border with thailand the Korean National Liberation Army has been in charge since 1949 when it took up arms against the government in a fight for selfdetermination. We demand that all ethnic groups to me amar have equal rights we want harmony not conflict but we havent achieved our goals for the quran people. Thats a sentiment echoed by many armed organizations in myanmar who are fighting or negotiating for a federal political system and with it greater rights for their people when the National League for Democracy Party won the 2015 election its leader Aung San Suu Kyi said peace was her top priority but after 3 rounds of talks little has been achieved. Here it is just the movie river that separates me and from thailand and over the years tens of thousands of quran and other ethnic minorities have come across this border to escape the fighting which in some places shows little sign of ending despite the existence of a socalled nationwide cease fire agreement. Socalled because fighting continues in several areas the worst is in Rakhine State in the countrys west where the our economy has been involved in regular battles with the me and my military the government has designated the rebels a terrorist group and they wont be invited to the talks for those who do attend experts say there is little hope of any major developments because government negotiators dont have the expertise to get the job done d. Frustrated by a lack of progress the quran fighters withdrew from the process almost 2 years ago. Have decided to rejoin but theyre not hopeful suchi can deliver what they want. We need she has been in office for years but the hopes of the ethnic groups in me amar have not come true so we have to stay in the battlefield and be prepared case they attack. This round of negotiations is likely to be largely symbolic and designed to ensure the process continues after the general election in november meaning the long wait for Permanent Peace will go on. And when he joins me live in thailand where many of ethnic groups have representatives based. Way always these meetings are significant but what people really want to see years the chances of significant success in progress what is that. Well its been more than 2 years now since the last Union Peace Conference and you know i think everyone would agree that progress through those 3 peace conferences so far has not been satisfactory of course its a long and complicated process involving many different groups and actors and no one expected a quick fix but then we come to this year and of course weve had delays because of coronavirus attending this 4th round of formal peace talks the numbers of delegates there will be limited because of coronavirus again the talks being held in myanmar capital naypyidaw and then we have 7 ethnic organizations who havent signed that nationwide cease fire agreement they were invited to attend the talks still they have declined that invitation partly again because of concern about the spread of coronavirus but also as a show of solidarity to their ally the our economy as mentioned the our economy involved in some very heavy fighting in the west of the country in Rakhine State also in parts of chin state. Was not invited to the talks because the government declared it a terrorist organization so i think this round of peace talks will be seen as largely symbolic procedural in substance and a way for the government to go into that election in november with the knowledge or the weapon if you like that they can go to their people and say look weve had 4 rounds of formal peace talks weve got the process back on track and we are the ones who can carry it forward of course the armed groups dont really want to give the incumbent government and they put all the opportunity for a p. R. Coup they have once and they have needs weigh in what are the main issues that we should be looking out for. Yeah well most of these groups started out in some cases decades ago fighting for independence they wanted to break away from me and thats not really the case anymore what they want is determination under a federal political system and thats also what the government says it wants so in terms of the end political goal most people seem to be on the same page which of course will be seen as a positive again its a very complicated process if we take a look at the nationwide ceasefire agreement for example signed in 2015 they are still trying to work out exactly how to implement that deal so when we talk about a broader political agreement its going to be a very long process. Thank you an International Tribunal backed by the u. N. Has phoned a member of his blog guilty of the 2005 bombing that killed the former Prime Minister rafik hariri it took 15 years and a 1000000000 dollars for the judges to reach their conclusion but none of the suspects of ever being arrested zuma holder reports from beirut. So this special tribunal for lebanon reached its verdict in the trial of 4 hezbollah members charged with conspiracy to kill former Prime Minister rafiq ahead e. 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 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 but justice to be served to be clear that we are not giving up our plot right. Judges did say there wasnt enough evidence to prove direct involvement by hezbollahs leadership or the Syrian Government which was in control of lebannon at the time of the murder they did note i asked his affiliation to the group and his communication with must have a better deal in a known hezbollah commander who died in mysterious circumstances in syria in 2016 its going to be very difficult. To believe 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 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. Saw 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. Now gazas only power station is shut down threatening further electricity cuts for 2000000. 00 Palestinians Israel close the border cutting off imports of diesel which fuels the station the israeli restriction is one of several in response to incendiary balloon launches and rocket fire from the besieged strip are in force it possible 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. As in stopping the fuel supply means losing the 63. 00 mic whats that the gas a power station produces which means losing a 3rd of the power we have the previous timetable was 6 hours on end 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 garzas 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 sea to 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 is. Also my workers home and shut down the factory for 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 1. 00 of the most important problems that we are facing in the gaza strip. Will be will be. To the lowest level. One of them 120000 overalls their ways to the sea water and the beaches of the gaza fed directly 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 we. Seen so far this time for said al jazeera west jerusalem. There are charges there who have been a reminder of all top news stories malis president Abraham Boubacar Kjetil has resigned and dissolved Parliament Just hours after mutinous soldiers detained him and top members of his government he said he wanted no blood to be spilled because of power the west African Regional bloc ecowas has ordered the closure of borders with lolli the African Union and the e. U. Are condemning the action and the Un Security Council has called an emergency meeting in other news the Us Democratic party has formally nominated joe biden as the 2020 president ial candidate it happened on the 2nd night of the National Convention which is being carried out their chilly because of coronavirus by the support of some big names with the former u. S. President bill clinton and former secretary of state john kerry addressing Party Supporters when this president goes overseas it isnt a Goodwill Mission its a blooper reel he breaks up with our allies and writes love letters to dictators america deserves a president who is looked up to not laughed at donald trump pretends russia didnt attack our elections and now he does nothing about russia putting a bally on our troops so he wont defend our country he doesnt know how to defend our troops the only person hes interested in defending is himself a year and back court has convicted a member of the armed Group Hezbollah for the 2005 assassination of lebanons former Prime Minister rafik hariri salema jimmy like ash was one of 4 suspects tried in absentia the other 3 were acquitted because every family has cautiously welcomed the verdicts. And gazas only power station has shut down threatening further electricity cuts for 2000000. 00 Palestinians Israel closed the border cutting off imports of diesel which fuels the station its in response to and sundry balloon launches and rocket fire for those stories on the web site at al jazeera dot com back with more news in half an hour but next its aljazeera after slavery a 21st century evil history has called it the great war in the 2nd out this and the declining onto an empire forges its alliance with germany and the central powers as the war gives birth to 3 nationalist movements the will determine the future world war one through the eyes on knowledge a 0. 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