Fall we confirmed as the Democratic Candidates in the race for the white house. Churchgoers in south korea being blamed for a rise in corona virus cases that. Begin in mali where soldiers are forced president Abraham Bookout case had to resign military leaders say that theyll form a transitional civilian led government but organize what they call Credible Elections the west African Regional bloc ecowas has condemned the coup and the sending a delegation to the capital bamako in the coming hours the u. N. Security council also be meeting to discuss the crisis are serious Charles Stratford begins our coverage. Soldiers guard the residents of malis president Ibrahim Babangida kaita in the capital bamako. Prime minister booboo say see we detained here and choose day as rumors of a coup spread president case who appeared on state television announcing his resignation. Would group. No blood to this bill to keep me in power and thats why i would like to think a 1000000 people for their warmth i am telling you know it im resigning from my position as the president and all my other positions and i announce the dissolution of the assembly and the governor. Can block and call once responded forcefully to the coup isolating malise from border closures suspending financial flows and called for sanctions against organizers and their supporters speaking on state television coup leaders say they are acting in the countrys best interest money and money and people of mali we are not holding on to power but we are holding on to the stability of the country which will allow us to organize within an agreed reasonable timeframe general elections to equip mali with strong institutions which are able to better manage our everyday lives and restore confidence between the government and the government. Many millions welcomed the coup 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 the total resignation of president cater because we heard there were shots fired by the military and we come up to help our soldiers get rid of the president what if we are tired the country is paralyzed and i do not want this government to do something for the soldiers began their new to me at the base on the outskirts of bamako the same base that sword 2012 rising would open the way to create his presidency heavily armed troops will leave the scene of schools in 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 waiting for this day all of malis people waiting for the president and his men to allow us to breathe. Cater has faced weeks of opposition protests calling for his departure of the disputed parliamentary elections earlier this year. Much of the country is already outside the control of the government struggles to contain an insurgency thats claimed samsons of lives. On serious im address is following developments in mali from 00 in nigerias capital so regional leaders are on their way to bamako what can we expect. When basically its not clear what reception that will get from the new leaders of mali the military that overthrew president cater but already were seeing we actions on the streets of mali a group of young men insist that the course is not welcome in the country course had earlier on imposed a lie and blockade on mali and insisted that constitutional power be restored Constitutional Order because stored in that country and that mali is suspended from all Decision Making bodies of the echoes in addition to other sanctions on the people who executed the call. It basically what these things have been in these sanctions that been caused and successfully so by and course they also need the support of more 10 year and to sort of implement it because mali is unlocked one look to country surrounded by the rest of the course countries but most are 10 year. On what our way out and also algeria a way out to the sea so if these sanctions are to walk properly definitely there will need the support and cooperation of these 2 countries mali is it is a country in crisis a lot of people are expecting to see also that the armed groups in mali may take the opportunity of this power vacuum to create more chaos in the country and the neighboring countries as well and what are you hearing about the situation on the ground in mali today. The situation is a bit calm in mali a lot of people are watching closely to see how far the course countries will convince the military authorities tool quickly we stall or that theyve already and also theyre going to form a Transition Committee or to visit Transitional Government led by civilians to walk out a timetable for new elections and the transfer of political power to the civilian government as civilians in mali what is not clear is how long will this take money is keenly especially supporters of the opposition that have launched demonstrations since june would love to see a quick return to c. B. S. And if it takes long definitely you will see a dramatic change in attitude to the new military powers in bamako im serious ahmed address reporting live from abu ahmed many thanks indeed in nigeria the Group Boko Haram has launched an attack on cool car what town in borno state are reports of looting and well bring you more on that as and when we get it. The European Union is holding an emergency Virtual Meeting on the political crisis in bella roost the e. U. Has already rejected president Alexander Lukashenko his reelection to a 6th term in office some e. U. Leaders are hinting at expanding sanctions and violent crackdowns on protesters. To kind of sky up the opposition challenger who is in exile in let us here is urging the e. U. To reject the results. People who went out to defend they rode in this race or they say it is all across belarus where brutally beaten imprisoned and tortured by the regime this brutal it clean going on to power mr center has lost all the legitimacy in the eyes of our nation and the walled. Off year all. I call and here to support the it waking us. The embattled president has threatened strong action against Opposition Leader suv swept to set up a council to coordinate a peaceful transition of power. Is also accusing nato of intent and of increasing its military presence along his countrys border a claim that nato denies it is. We consider it clearly an attempt to seize power with all the attendant consequences western countries including some leaders are not given where where the bit loose is located however they make some statements to prove that the president was right disgusted with the Defense Ministry thank god we have reacted and brought to come back to the combat units of our army and the western borders today we have problems from both inside and outside. That good actions are completely coordinated and it is not even the peak the events will develop a certain way but we understand in which direction. In the capital Minsk Riot Police are out in large numbers the reports of the tensions are serious step in as the latest developments. Its a very different mood here in their midst compared to the previous days i would say from euphoric its now gone back to fear the authorities that were sort of absent from the streets in the last couple of days are now back of your city trying to get back in their control the fear to riot Police Called oman is also seen dispersing are protesters and strikers at factories also the National Television was on strike is now blocked by Police Interest the leaders also an interview with one of the employees through jaring to strike earlier saying she was not allowed to enter the building and instead of her and other colleagues who had joined the strikes now russian professionals have been flowing in she sat so its possible some assistance from moscow here. In power at least for the moment has been increasingly difficult for people to continue this National Strike because theyre being tracked from the ministry that everyone was on strike will be fired and of course then people will lose their income which is already in their debt they cannot make situation is already a very dire also there is this Coalition Council been side up by the opposition which is supposed to meet today and. Really lashed out against this council which is supposed to sort of organize a Transitional Government saying that these people are committing a coup detat and that he will take all measures possible to stop them libyan warlord coming if i have to lift the blockade on Oil Production that will allow the u. N. Recognized government to resume exports for the 1st time in several months from tripoli want to train a report. On tuesday night the head of the Petroleum Facility guards under half their forces said that they will reopen the oil the oil closures will have to forces have been carried out since january according to the National Oil Corporation here in libya that has resulted in a financial loss of over 8000000000. 00 to the government now oil is the is the primary source of income to the government here thats how they pay the salaries for Government Employees and thats how they subsidize goods so its really important to the libyan economy also the oil closures that have have caused a lot of a lack of electricity or a lack of supply to the power stations that the National Oil Corporation says that the power because are a result of the lack of gas and diesel go. Feeding the power stations so so whether or not this is a permanent reopening of the oil is yet to be seen house or forces have in the past opened the oil but then again soon after close they put in conditions such as that the the revenue coming into libya will will go into a foreign account that that will that will be divided into both governments but whether or not this is a permanent reopening of oil is yet to be seen. Well get a weather update next here ill see her then more teams arrive in marriages to help contain whats being described as an environmental catastrophe. In south africa says look down the months of restrictions may cost hundreds of thousands of jobs in the tourism industry. A final warning has been issued for a Tropical Storm making its way towards the hong kong you can see this is making its way further north which stood for the pass it pushes into the fosse out of china but still some very heavy busts of rain and he burst of rain meanwhile on as seasonal fronts you front that will continue to slide a little further southwards and he switches speak on through thursday more heavy downpours towards beijing through the sea across the Korean Peninsula and pushing over towards japan not quite recent to pat at least for the next couple of days say they hate remains very much on here to take your weekend getting up to around 36 celsius but you could catch want to see showers its possible one shoe and also into q 2 main wallace showers continue unabated across much of south asia more big downpours right in across central parts of india up across the Northern Plains pushing over towards good we have seen the flooding here recently wrote a few of the foothills of the himalayas Northern Areas of pakistan again seeing some very heavy rain as we go through thursday and on into friday that brings with it the risk of flooding heavy showers continue through the Western Ghats and still some very heavy rain for bangladesh and much of my. Precious pieces of literature rescued from being. Besieged sorry. Its the mean women. Who risked everything to save their roots and heritage. Of the world. The the the. Hello again this is al jazeera but so much of the made news this hour to leaders in mali so that theyll oversee new elections after ousting president Abraham Boubacar cater to television of west African Leaders is expected to arrive in the coming hours. In nigeria the armed Group Boko Haram has launched an attack on a car wash town in borno state there are reports of looting and. E. U. Leaders are holding an emergency summit to discuss the political crisis by the roost russias foreign minister has weighed in saying that theres no need for mediation and is accusing foreign powers of trying to meddle more of this lets go live now to work out a serious that the barber who is in london the team whats the russian government been saying. Well as you just pointing out the Russian Foreign minister has said that theres no need for outside mediation but the the russians are completely rejecting any form of International InvolvementSergey Lavrov himself has said that he hopes the the. Opposition will be able to enter into talks with the or thirtys in minsk but earlier in the week president putin was actually saying that russia could play a role now were hearing from kremlin statements in the last couple of hours as youre saying that they say this they see no need for outside mediation its not quite clear russia seems to be. Trying to push back against pressure from the European Union for them to step in right now because ahead of this Virtual Meeting thats going on between the e. U. Leaders both leaders the leaders of france and germany and shall michelle the head of the European Council did call on russia to oversee dialogue between the out. In president of the stories of the contested president Alexander Lukashenko and the opposition the opposition of course represented in the form of sweat liner taken of sky who is in lithuania well the government there has certainly called on the European Union to strengthen sanctions against better us whats happening right now is its understood that the European Union leaders will come up with a list of individuals connected to the election and the reaction to protests on the streets in belarus but thats as far as it will go theyre all urging dialogue right now the strongest statement came from the dutch Prime Minister mark ritter ahead of the Virtual Meeting saying that the e. U. Cannot accept the results of these elections his words and he called for resolute and concerted action of course russia is critical its such a big influence in many ways on belarus youve heard about the accusations from from russia about and from the brother from look at himself about nato as the alleged actions in the last few days well the e. U. Doesnt want to get involved in that kind of discussion it really wants to keep russia on board given its crucial role it doesnt want to pick a fight with russia but its saying to russia youve got the power to for example try and hold a new election if thats going to solve the the past there in belarus im serious that the above are live in love and many thanks to the. As israel and the United Arab Emirates push forward with with normalizing their relations there is growing confusion of one key element of the deal thats whether the u. A. E. Will be able to now gain access to u. S. Military hardware specifically f. 35 aircraft israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu issued a statement saying that he opposes the sale of warplanes to the u. A. E. Past reports in an israeli newspaper suggesting the ceiling kluges language that would allow advanced weapons sales to the gulf nation a judge in lebanon has ordered several arrests over the explosion in beirut the blast killed more than 200. 00 people and left parts of the city in ruins earlier this month 25 people in total are facing charges but many are calling for more accountability of zeros in a hoarder records. Inconsolable the families of firefighters killed in the port explosion say their goodbyes. They were among the 1st responders as the disaster unfolded 2 weeks there are still more questions than answers on what caused the blast that destroyed lives in many areas of the lebanese capital mostly when they arrived they saw the whole of the smoke and they thought they needed more help from the Fire Department they called the operation room again and told them we need backup. Before the biggest blast firefighters were pictured trying to enter a burning warehouse. They werent warned about the thousands of tons of Ammonium Nitrate. Initial investigations so just Maintenance Work could have triggered several explosions before the massive one. Its emerged that everyone at the highest levels of government including the president were aware that the chemicals were stored in the warehouse for years without proper safety precautions journalists such as riyadh could basically who have been physically attacked over the years for investigating corruption of beirut port have documents that show years of in action and negligence failed to dispose of the explosive chemicals my experience whil