Sons the alarm over the decaying oil tanker off the coast of western yemen. Another round of mass protests is underway in belarus to push for president alexander look because resignation 2 weeks after he claimed victory in a disputed election tens of thousands of people have been streaming into the center of the capital minsk i defined look or sankoh has ordered the army into full combat readiness the Russian Foreign minister has come out and look or sound has support 2nd level says theres no way to prove the embattled belorussian leader did not win the president ial election despite a violent crackdown demonstrators have been coming out every day since the disputed vote on august the 9th while the president last spoke publicly at a rally on saturday in the west. City of god know where he accused nato of deploying forces near bellos western border but up across the isle of question to see what the question isnt about lucas in co today ive had my fill of the breed but imagine for a minute that lucas in co isnt here do you know who would be commanding the military forces on the eastern border just imagine for one minute and front of whom the defense minister would be standing to attention and reporting to us we would no longer be the masters here we would have been Broken Ground down in space out. Well ill examine those starting over skull fly is standing by in moscow with more on the reaction from there but 1st lets go to step in minsk step we saw pictures earlier on of very large crowds in Independence Square we then saw those crowds moving away just talk us through where theyre going 1st of all. Well the war threat. Has definitely not to deter to dislodge crowds from returning to the streets of minsk today there was a large at the Independence Square it was actually not enough space for everyone so thats why i did decide to move elsewhere in the city so thats where im moving towards right now tens of thousands some people even say its a similar size of crowd that we saw last sunday which was more than 200000. 00 people on the straight and the worst quite a festive atmosphere families bringing their children small children people shouting to resign singing songs while of the authorities kept urging them ordering them to leave the square repeatedly but they were just blowing it away and laughing at it and they were also some strange shows soviet songs coming from the loudspeaker sort of to calm down the crowds but so no effect the crowd just kept going on with their rally and they are now moving on to our sanaa to rally the Defense Ministry earlier had said that the army and not the police was going to protect statues and memorials if there was any as it put it on rest nearby but it seems to be stepped up in the way the Defense Ministry is approaching this from what you saying it seems have had absolutely no impact on the crowds that have turned out. Absolutely no impact definitely quite scary in the morning when tens of trucks of military trial. Showed up soldiers. Also riot Police Nearby but it was the 1st time we actually saw the military being deployed right here in the heart of men so there was a lot of concern there would be this violent crackdown but didnt anyone people just came streaming in taking their families as i said there were no fear whatsoever and looks like the military might have just been there too to have both a threat to the masses maybe look at us hoping that just putting the military out there and a riot police would sort of scare people away but people are telling me all the time now and also again today that they have no fear anymore so no were going to be checking in with you as the protests continue but for now thanks very much thats to boston in minsk lets cross to moscow xandra starting over is a journalist based in the russian capital shes joining us live now as we mentioned before alexandra the Russian Foreign minister seems to have stepped up the rhetoric slightly when it comes to the situation in brothers suggesting a one point that the members of position who left for the west want to bloodshed and not peaceful protest are we seeing a change in the way that moscow is viewing whats going on in belarus. Well actually. More boldly politically in this case in their support. Saying it is impossible to prove that he actually lost the elections without International Observers saying that their own observation said nothing was wrong with these elections everything was fair and square theyre saying that. Saying that the way out to widen broad genuinely Broad National dialogue that lukashenko should talk with the trade unions and that would be ok with whatever he agrees with the opposition at the same time hes a suspect in this coronation or council of opposition was formed in a strange ways. Saying there is a lot of people there theyre actually entourage and he went further saying that. When she came up broad was apparently under some pressure and started again doing political statements supporting and calling for a 4 protests and he also said there is a Certain Program of the kind of scale in which it is written in belorussian said that belarus should go out of your Asian Council that they should go out of the collective security treaty and of the union state of russia and belarus and instead go towards e. U. And eventually nato he even says that its there that the russian language should be pushed out on the account of the belarusian language calling it the kind of artificial language and this kind of retore we heard it before and we heard it in the case of ukraine all together with the foreign factor with the foreign interference which is an acceptable as russia is pointing out and saying that it is a part of opposition that wants to violence on the streets of means and in belarus and that they are calling for the bloodshed and that it should be up to belorussian people to decide what to do next alexander thanks very much and some example story thank you very much and obviously the investigation can reveal cyprus has been selling passports to convicted criminals fugitives and fraudsters the large leak of possible data to our Investigative Unit reveals serious flaws to the art and socalled golden possible scheme which is generated more than 8000000000. 00 for its government in the 1st of our exclusive reports in the cyprus papers heres deborah davies. To become a citizen of the mediterranean island nation of cyprus costs more than 2. 00 and a half 1000000. 00 among those whove paid that russian businessman of hed already served a prison sentence for extortion and the Chinese Investment tycoon junk who had been jailed for fraud the cyprus papers a large data leak obtained by aljazeera revealed it to an all 1000 people from 74 countries who bought a cypriot passport. Cyprus says it checks applicants have a clean criminal record but we found multiple cases of applicants who wanted by police at the time they was sold cypriot citizenship. Was already wanted in ukraine for large scale theft of public funds in june prosecutors displayed the 6000000. 00 they said was offered in bribes to end years of investigation into his energy company. Slit chev ski denies any involvement his cypriot passport allows him to live out of ukraine and he didnt return for questioning. Vietnamese businessmen pham that blue wont be using his cypriot passport any time soon he was already facing trial for bribery when he bought it see. Her. We found 30 people linked to criminal activity who fought socalled golden passports allowing them in their wealth to move freely around the e. U. The passport scheme of cyprus is a risk to security in europe these passports are for high value in particular for people from countries which have a record of economic and political criminality passports and citizenship should not be for sale they are not a commodity the cypriot interior minister told us no citizenship was granted in violation of regulations and the independent committee now studies and evaluates previous applications and a new law can strip citizenship from suspected criminals that shooting clude father and son malek sabet and Mehdi Ebrahimi they wanted in iran for Money Laundering and fraud and facing similar charges in canada but men deny all charges. The cyprus papers suggest theyre among dozens he may have used their golden passports to evade Justice Deborah davis al jazeera london. More findings from the cyprus papers will be revealed throughout the week here and on aljazeera dot com in part 2 of our investigation were going to be looking at how cyprus old possible is to politicians and senior officials are seen by the e. U. As high risk for alleged Money Laundering and corruption thats on monday from 10 g. M. T. Here on aljazeera. Southern iraq is facing the prospect of more unrest thats after a deadline set by protesters for the resignation of the local governor expired demonstrators have been demanding justice over the killing of prominent activists Prime Minister and most of all how to me has been visiting basra to find a solution there says about it reports the. Prime minister mr kadhimiya arrived in basra only hours after returning from his trip to washington d. C. He met local politicians late on saturday night with the hopes of calming the anger on the streets but he had a warning for those looking to cost trouble that is not only could we should i mean this is a message to all criminals and killers this is a new government that this war can to establish the prerequisites of security it aims to establish security employer gun crime id like to tell everyone who carries a weapon contrary to the governments law they would ski punishment on the killers will be brought to justice very soon id like to tell the criminals who us in 87 hashimi the scene and the young female doctor that your blog will be a title for justice john a 33 year old 300 coupe is the young female doctor Prime Minister called him you refer to she was a prominent activist in basra and let several womens marches she was killed on wednesday when gunmen with assault rifles riding a motorcycle opened fire on her car. Days earlier godman had shot dead activists seen osama their deaths sparked days of protests and on rest fueled by anger protesters set fire to local government buildings in the southern iraqi city demanding those responsible be brought to justice and calling for the resignation of the provincial governor danny the recent rise in targeted killings poses a challenge for the new Prime Minister there have been nearly a dozen attempts on the lives of well known activists this month and 4 have been killed 3 of them in basra the Prime Minister dismissed the local police chief last week after osamas death in response a number of senior tribal leaders issued a statement saying the armed themselves if the government fails to protect the people this is the worst andress the city has seen since last years protests which led to the resignation of Prime Minister out a lot of. Us or is known as the wealthiest province in iraq its home to most of the countrys oil reserves yet it has some of the worst facilities of Public Services years of mismanagement and corruption have led to protests on a regular basis india has not confirmed more than 3000000 cases of coronavirus after recording over 70000 new infections in a single day the countrys leading the world in numbers of new cases covered 19 is spreading through rural areas across the country especially in the north india has the 3rd highest number of infections after the United States and brazil. South korea has reported its biggest rise in corona virus infections since march with nearly 400 new cases sundays jump marks the 3rd day theyve crossed 300 most of the new infections come from the densely populated seoul area the governments by and large scale gatherings and shut nightclubs and churches. Havent been to the recently really been having more than 300 patients for 3 consecutive days its not just happening in the capital area but in 17 cities and provinces nationwide we are in a very grave and serious situation facing a nationwide pandemic. In peru at least 13 people have been killed in a stampede during an Illegal Party at a nightclub in the capital lima more than 120. 00 people tried to flee the thomas thats the box lab as it was raided by police the party violated restrictions imposed to curb the spread of coronavirus peru is latin americas 2nd worst affected country. Still ahead a knowledge is evil the pressure increases and malis military coup leaders to bring a swift return to civilian rule. And one german pop concert plus some science can tell us about how to get life back on track and joining this under. Had i watched the season the rain across the sage is slowly coming sighs it is still the time of potential typhoon to typhoon yet its a Tropical Storm and is over water those effects in small runs a sudden japan and just catching taiwan but its its a grow in strength it could well be a typhoon by late monday so that the over the water will throw off its arms of showers and of course the sea which will affect japan eventually south korea and the east coast of china the same time the rain briefly heavys edgy across the n. S. A. Into north korea south of all this its still humid and increasingly with hong kong for example is like to be showery for the next 3 days having had a reasonably dry spell the last month or so. And then theres a gap in the shower regime over Southeast Asia may not be quite office but here it is overland for vietnam cambodian town its a fairly dry picture of the moment with a belt in sumatra through borneo and east was being fairly active shower bells at the moment maybe no surprise things are changing jakarta is a fairly dry place until thursday when the rain kicks in mostly java is going to be dry at the moment and so it should be. But. In 2008 aljazeera documented a groundbreaking skiing. Preparing some of indias poorest children for entry into its toughest universities. We return to see how the students and the skiing and helping change the face of india. Soup authority on account easier. For our. Youre watching aljazeera a reminder of our top stories this hour another major antigovernment rally is underway in the capital of bellows its the latest in a wave of protests against the disputed reelection of president Alexander Lukashenko. An aljazeera investigation has discovered cyprus sold e. U. Passports to convicted criminals all those on the Police Investigation interior minister denies any citizenship rules were broken in. Southern iraq his face in the prospect of more on rest thats after a deadline set by protesters for the resignation of the local governor expired demonstrators have been demanding justice over the killing of prominent activists. They go shooters from the west African Regional bloc ecowas meeting crew leaders in mali the delegation is trying to find a way forward after a group of criminals seized power on tuesday and earlier negotiators met ousted president evil him before hater at the barracks where hes been detained. The u. S. House of representatives has voted to protect the Postal Service and reversed changes that could have delayed the delivery of mail in ballots for novembers president ial election its also approve 25000000000. 00 in funding but the plan is unlikely to clear the Republican Controlled Senate article hain 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 mailboxes removed high speed sorting machines ripped out procedures changed over time stopped for many and as a result the mail has slowed considerably he blames a lack of staff because of the coronavirus dema. Dont believe him just this week i heard 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 politicly 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 especially for our veterans hits home in a way that is harmful to our country as well there is more on the line than missed this could call into question whether they can deliver a free and Fair Election political aljazeera washington. Protests have broken out in the u. S. State of louisiana after police shot and killed a black man on friday. Police say terry for poland was carrying a knife from had been trying to enter a Convenience Store in the city of lafaye