Forgive these tools. President. Bellary says Opposition Leader calls Police Violence against protesters the governments worst mistake and tells aljazeera the president must go. Thus a spike in violence in colombias whirl areas raises questions over the countrys fragile peace. He has house of representatives has voted to protect the Postal Service and reversed changes that could have threatened voting the president ial election and also a move to ensure 25000000000. 00 in funding particle haying reports. Its americas favorite Government Service by far the u. S. Postal service that is until recently louis to joy a trunk donor and loyalist was put in charge just about 2 months ago and quickly made changes to the financially unstable Service Medal boxes removed high speed sorting machines ripped out procedures changed over time stopped for money and as a result the mail has slowed considerably he blames a lack of staff because of the coronavirus democrats dont believe him just as we got her from a good stitch with diabetes who feared her family was at risk of losing their insurance after learning her payment had arrived a month late after it was mailed her story is sadly one of many being heard across the nation official post office data. These new documents show that the delays we have all heard about are actually far worse for their part republicans say its not a problem nancy pelosi goes politically postal and that is the reason we are here today for phony political theater to once again bash president charm just in time for this sunday talk shows and the Republican National convention the bill is passed so now the house has voted to reverse joyce changes and give the post office 25000000000. 00 the reason this is such a political importance is because of the upcoming election because of the pandemic for the 1st time more than 3 quarters of americans will be allowed to vote by mail but the post office is warning the vast majority of states that they cannot guarantee that those ballots will be delivered in time to be counted the republican leader of the senate says he is unlikely to take up the bill the house leader thinks that will change theyll be hearing from their constituents because this hits home not receiving your mail on a timely fashion hits home not receiving your prescription is actually for veterans hits home in a way that is harmful to our country as well there is more on the line than missed mel this could call into question whether they can deliver a free and Fair Election political aljazeera washington Steve Clemons is as to at large for the hill and hosts of the balsam line he says donald trump is trying to make him look like man and to for old. President trump has just voted by mail and requested his mail in ballot from florida and it is those people with medical conditions those people who are elderly and remember the largest voting group in america are women over 50 years old and they are a Vulnerable Community there is a debate going on on whether the post Postal Service will be able to do its job or not its an earnest question what donald trump is trying to throw is to make this look like it may lead to fraud no matter what the outcome is so these are 2 different tracks one where youre looking at whether people can vote whether votes will be delayed or not but donald trump will say it was a wobbly system no matter how the Postal Service behaves and run and performs state to dictate by the law their own circumstances in this problem is that many states are able to undo what they already have set in place some of them allow mail in ballots to be sent in. You know a day or 2 before the election and so in that case given the load that may occur the Postal Service has told some of the states that it may not receive those ballots in time to be counted i think that what you heard in the democratic National Convention and what youre hearing many others say is that those voters who want to vote by mail who want to request an absentee ballot or return a ballot do so as soon as possible and that is usually 15 days before the election and though should be ok those ballots should be ok its the crash near election day thats the problem. A group of west African Leaders has met with president abraham. And with the military behind the coup there pushing for its hands as of any role when it just reports from a birger in neighboring nigeria. Even before the arrival of their course delegation the reality on the ground is not lost of both sides ballasts military rule us bask in the seeming Popular Support they have a tool thousands poured into the streets and friday in solidarity with the cool and of course would want to see a quick resolution without losing face. To her. Appreciate what is happening in the lead character for the rest of. The meeting discussed returning the country to democratic governors and about releasing detainees politicians including ousted president depression public akita. The army have promised to restore democracy without say when its leaders also say mr cater was not overthrown but resigned from office and that hes held for his own safety but many dont see them returning the man they deposed to the presidency a mystic a disappointing and clear but his time is up. And you know concerned about coming here today we have the people and we are staying with the people the delegation is also expected to be diplomats before leaving body observers here the political process could easily be exploited by armed groups and ethnic militias leashing violence in north and central body just like in 2012 when the military intervened and toppled a democratically elected president comedy trees al jazeera. Dozens of media websites reporting on the mass protests in better routes have been brought the countrys Journalists Associations as more than 50 have been shut down including a polish back channel and a radio funded by the u. S. Mens thousands of people have continued to rally calling for president Alexander Lukashenko to step down if come out every day since the disputed president ial election on the 9th of august despite a violent crackdown. Blamed foreign elements for the demonstrations. Bellary says Opposition Leaders felt logical skier says the people of her country will Never Forgive Police for their harsh treatment of the protesters human Rights Groups have compiled 500 cases of torture my colleague fully vetted both spoke to tikkun of skye is in exile in lithuania and began by asking if she planned to return to belarus. You know im going back to paris i want to go back to bonnaroo say and do my country and i will go there out when i feel safe do you fear for your husband who is back in belarus. For sure i do here. My husband and the same is i im wondering about all the bill russian people who are the struggling for their rights. That violence that our thirties showed to the russian people i considered to be their greatest mistake and i cool for. Authorities not to repeat this mistake because our people the real never never forget and will give these to our president and the russian people changed and they will now are and accept old authorities and they will never. They will never accept an old president anymore and soon the only time he real have to separate and. Its better for everybody its better for country if it had been in their shortest time. Iraqs Prime Minister has vowed to find those responsible for killing 2 prominent activist during antigovernment protests mystifies me met with security leaves in the Southern City of basra and the protesters were attacked on friday as Security Forces used live ammunition against demonstrators after they set the local Parliament Building on fire. The stories are obviously. Would be covered again god willing this is a message to all criminals and killers this is a new government that is working to establish the prerequisites of security it aims to establish security and prevent crime id like to tell everyone who carries a weapon contrary to the governments law they would scream punishment on the killers will be brought to justice very soon id like to tell the criminals who are sisson 87. 00 hashimi that scene and the young female doctor that your blog will be a title for justice the challenge is big i was in a meeting with the military commanders and i told them that basra should be secured and we will challenge all. Israeli police dispersed thousands of protesters calling for Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu to resign for weeks now demonstrations of gathered outside the us near his official residence in west jerusalem theyre angry about the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic and his ongoing trial for corruption 7 people have been arrested at least 17 people have been killed by armed groups in a 24 hour period in colombia is one the most violent days since the signing of a peace deal in 2016 and. Reports it comes after weeks of increased unrest across the country. A truck carrying 6 bodies arrives at a morgue in south west a town long at the center of the countrys civil conflict as family members grieve soldiers and police look on these killings were one of 3 incidents in just 24 hours that left at least 17 young people dead in remote regions of the country it was the deadliest day since the signing of the 2016 peace deal with fired rebels that aimed to end the worst of the violence. There are groups which are fighting each other. Sources of illegal rains mainly related with narco trafficking but also wheat illegal gold mining. Groups are targeting youngsters in order to try to instill fear and we had already been horrified by the killings of 8 College Students near the border with ecuador another 5 young people were shot dead just days before outside the city of. Massacres of this nature had long been routine in the internal conflict as paramilitaries give the us and the army fought for control of territory but after a lot following the signing of the peace deal violence has returned as the government has failed to assume control and implement peace reforms in those areas. The government has condemned the attacks and the new special military unit well downplaying the increase in bio and. One of the 1st task. Of connecting homicide. Investigations to clarify the facts that have affected this region of the entire country. But the United Nations mission in colombia says they have already documented 33. 00 massacres seems to be gaining of the year and they are calling on the government to do more to implement the peace accord the sudden spike outraged. Reminding many of the worst days of the conflict just as the country struggles to turn the page on its violent past i listened. Still ahead on aljazeera a threat to his legacy why the reputation of japans Prime Minister could take a hit. Im wayne hay reporting from chiang mai in northern thailand we will tell you why an old protest movement may be about to hit the streets again. How the weather remains largely quite hot and sunny across much of the Arabian Peninsula little more cloud down towards the south plenty of cloud up towards the north we got some wet weather between the black sea and the caspian sea still some alive the showers coming through him 844 baghdad and full kuwait not exactly as hot there in doha you can see that schoolchild body stretch of the imagination 38 celsius humidity picking up as we go on through the next couple of days and 36. 00 even stake here as we go on into monday so not particularly pleasant but at least it does take the edge off the hate plenty of showers around the southern end of the red sea plenty of showers central parts of africa see simp downpours pushing over towards the gulf of guinea and in fact in cameroon very heavy rainfall in the southwest of the country has led to widespread flooding here that has caused has caused major chaos a major disruption as a result of those big downpours which are set to continue somewhat out not a little further west which as we go through the next couple of days showers continuing their big ones across the south part southern parts of sudan south sudan seeing heavy showers big showers there across the democratic republic of congo and uganda and coastal showers there the tanzania. Stories of life. And inspiration. A series of short documentaries from around the world. That celebrate the human spirit. Against the arts. Aljazeera selects palestinians. And again what reality is there is a reminder of our top stories this hour the u. S. House of representatives has taken steps a blog changes to the postal system that threatened men in voting ahead of the president ial election legislation now moves to the senate. A group of west African Leaders has met malis alst its present abraham because kaisa and the military leaders behind the coup echo us delegation is pushing for a return to civilian rule. And dozens of media websites reporting on the mass protests and bought a recent being blocked the countrys Journalists Association says more than 50 have been shut down including a polish by channel radio funded by the us. Russian Opposition Leader me as treats receiving treatment in germany for suspected pointing in his phone from a hospital in the siberian city of doctors that had initially said he was too sick to be moved but change their position on friday dominic cain has more from berlin. This is where these journey has brought him berlins world renowned chef hospital and the start of treatment his supporters hope will save the life of one of russias most prominent dissidents he was brought here on board a special flight from siberia the man whose group arranged the journey says now than his condition remains paul insists its come on shore and this is basically its very worrying were all happy that hes landed safely here in berlin but it doesnt mean anything in itself because his physical condition is still of concern its clear that if his original flight hadnt made the Emergency Landing in arms when it did he would have died staff here have immediate relevant recent experience of treating patients with the sorts of symptoms that alexy now than any has come here with now they get the chance to find out what exactly is in his system and how they go about removing it but how it got there in the 1st place remains unclear now families friends and family believe he drank tea that had been poisoned just before he boarded a flight to moscow from thompson they say officials in russia then deliberately delayed his transfer to berlin to allow time for what ever was in his system to degrade making it harder to identify the authorities of the russian hospital where he was treated deny this. We have come to the conclusion that judging by the fact that there were no poisons found in his blood or other biological materials he has a metabolic disorder lowering of blood sugar levels to be specific due to a rapid change of pressure everyone thinks it was during takeoff but if you ask but i see alex in avani is well known for his fight against corruption in his country but right now his fight is just to survive dominic cain aljazeera. Thailands antigovernment protest movement is growing with more sectors of society taking part in demonstrations pressure is mounting on the government after weeks of student protests calling for elections and a new constitution when haye reports. Calling for political change is coming at a cost for many protest leaders in thailand here in the Northern City of lumpur 2. 00 students were among the latest to be ordered to report to police to hate charges against them for their part in organizing a peaceful rally for most of our but i feel like thailand is becoming a country that takes away peoples rights its honestly shocking whats concerning about this situation is the fact that a country that claims to be democratic is trying to stop students expressing their opinions. The student led Antigovernment Movement has spread to many parts of the country including the north and northeast traditional strongholds of a group known as the red shirts that staged large rallies in the capital bangkok in 2010 that ended in a violent military crackdown that been largely quiet in recent years but as the momentum of the current protests grows red shirt leaders in the north of fixing their loudspeakers and entering the fray packed with the direction students are going these protests have more power than before because everyone is coming together it isnt just red shirts or adults or people who follow politics or. The protesters want a different more Democratic Political system from the one that allowed the army general who led a coup in 2014 to stay on as Prime Minister after last years election but they also want to change an Economic System that has helped to make thailand one of the most unequal countries in the world which is being highlighted and made worse by the corona virus pandemic the city of chiang mai in the north relies heavily on International Tourism and is being hit harder than most the protest movement is already showing signs of spreading way beyond just students and the city probably encapsulates the threat that poses to the government most people here have never supported this government and now many are hurting economically. Despite all the arrests and charges against proteus leaders they say they wont be deterred and. Continue fighting for a better future. For him and i just had a hung fear can only be used once or twice theres been many case