Paying tribute in a city still in north a month on from huge blast tore through beiruts. At a boycott for moulin prodemocracy activists call on moviegoers to stay away from disneys latest release. Donald trump has labeled alleged comments he made on war veterans as a disgrace and a hoax suckers and losers are among the terms the president has allegedly called americas war days according to an article in the atlantic magazine with less than 60 days to go until the election its become the focus of both democrats and republican campaigns as equal hate has more. The u. S. Military and veterans are a big part of. U. S. President Donald Trumps base he needs their support and now that could be much more of a challenge for those who believe the allegations that on this visit to france and 2018 the president was supposed to visit a cemetery where more than 2000 american soldiers are buried he didnt go blaming the weather but according to the report in the atlantic he skipped it concerned about what the rain would do to his hair and he reportedly said why should i go to that cemetery its filled with losers the story claims he then called the marines buried their suckers and that he didnt want wounded troops to take part in military parades saying nobody wants to see that it also says on this visit to Arlington National cemetery with his then Homeland Security secretary who son was buried there after being killed in action the president reportedly said i dont get it what was in it for them trump is denying the allegations and it was a totally fake story and that was confirmed by many people who were actually there it was a terrible thing that somebody could say that kind of thing but that denial is being met with skepticism because of the president s past comments like this one about senator john mccain but you know the last side of it like that was what you have to that because i dont like you i thought but right frank let me get up he hit me is that a war hero or hero is a war in iraq after years hes a warrior i presume was captured by like people that werent captured ok i hate to say the Biden Campaign was quick to make this an issue really seen this ad. The former Vice President called the allegations if true disgusting my son volunteered to join the United States military as you turn the general want to rapture year one the bronze star and other commendations he wasnt a sucker servicemen and women he served with particularly those did not come home were not lose. Reaction was also swift on social media this from a retired general we met with the chairman of the joint chiefs general dunford his comment was such a smart guy why is he in the military and from a Veterans Organization opposed to trump my message to donald trump is that you have no right being the commander in chief President Trump didnt serve in vietnam claiming to have bone spurs he denigrated the parents of a soldier killed in iraq and prisoners of war it didnt cost him support from the military community in 2016 the Biden Campaign hoping this time this might just be different political gain dizzier. Lets get more now from Rosalynn George and she joins us now live from arlington in virginia President Trump has just taken questions from the press room what did he have to say. Well the president took questions mostly from friendly reporters but late in the press conference which took more than an hour or so at the white house he started getting questions about the atlantic Magazine Article and his views of troops that were either injured or killed in combat and he also had to respond to the allegations that many both active duty and notably prominent veterans are criticizing him for his alleged abuse this is what dahl probably told reporters during that press conference. Its a disgrace because you look at what ive done for the United States military i love those people ive gotten them pay raises when they didnt get anything near what ive been able to do and ive rebuilt 2. 5 trillion dollars every build the United States military now where including space force nobody has done more for them and then when i have to have a report read like that from a 3rd rate magazine thats not going to be in business much longer i look at that and i think its a disgrace. The president also was said that about his earlier comments about john mccain the late senator who was a prisoner of war during the vietnam war that he stood by his comments to close i said what i said when he said that he didnt like people who were captured on the battlefield in mosul and killers and that life is in virginia thank you and after decades of conflict serbia and kosovo have agreed to finally normalize Economic Times 7 president alexander which in turn kosovo as Prime Minister of 2 motifs have been in talks in washington d. C. For several days night in addition both nations have agreed to normalize relations with israel under the agreements muslim majority kosovo will recognize israel and serbia will move its embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem. Thinking about economy of course has become about politics because its resolved for problems there are still a lot of differences between us but this is a huge step forward and im also going to profoundly grateful to you and to your people that we successfully got a secure and. We didnt speak about many items that we signed today for us its very important that we are going to have a unified economics all ran a tighter western balkans which will bring us to the real economic result for the benefit and for the sake of all our people. I think absolutely this is a great moment for kosovo and for the region i think we need a huge step forward toward for normalization of relations that should lead eventually to mutually good nation between the 2 countries we are fully committed to Work Together to improve peoples lives for a new jobs in the region and we fully believe in europe or asia we share the same values of Freedom Democracy and open market economy so we are looking for a start in the not interested even to soon as possible. Well israels Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu has welcomed the balkan nations decisions are false this is in west jerusalem and he explains what this means for israel. More recognition of jerusalem in israels language is the capital of israel donald trump of course recognized jerusalem as the israeli capital in 2017 move the u. S. Embassy here in 2018 so far only one other country has done that opening an embassy in jerusalem very shortly after that the u. S. Embassy opening the embassy of guatemala was opened not far from from here indeed and so this will be the 3rd and potentially 4th such moves by countries moving their embassies and opening an embassy in kosovos case here in jerusalem the Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu has said that this is a significant moment because it is a muslim majority country that is doing this in the shape of course averred and this recognition of course was something that israel had been reluctant to do in the past it tends not to want to recognize independence movements and countries without any kind of questions over their statehood because of the potential precedent that might set in terms of the palestinians and of course this also. Involves a european nation not an easy nation but a european nation in serbia another european nation they say that they will move their embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem before july next year and before then they will open a Representative Office here so far a little bit of reaction coming in from palestinians have an usher the executive Committee Member of the Palestine Liberation Organization shes been tweeting about it speculating as to what else donald trump is going to deliver to israel ahead of the november elections in the United States. Well that were joseph is an adjunct lecturer and senior fellow at Johns Hopkins university he served as a u. S. Diplomat for a dozen years in the balkans and joins us now live from washington d. C. By skype kids have you with us here and all to syria this agreement in washington ed represents good news for israel what would you say serbia and kosovo are getting ice of this agreements i think you hit the nail on the head the the big story here today is really about israel and has far less to do with the actual troubled relations between serbian khosla basically this the arm of the grand name of economic normalization all it really does is vance what were already agreed projects mostly that thats that the thrust of this agreement there were already projects to improve the air rail and road links between serbia and kosovo and the parties basically today have agreed to advance those theres a couple other new elements there to improve the border connection crossing but. Small and Medium Enterprise loans a few other odds and ends but there is really nothing transformative here about the relations that justifies this grand title and the grand name which is better but surely some progress must have been made 7 course of agreeing to cooperate on on some issues do you think this opens the door. Great a progress for example serbia finally recognized in kosovo. Well this is the key question is about the recognition of cost of bus service because thats what really holds back kosovos economy thats the issue the fact that it has this limbo status thats the real economic issue here and it whats been done is really quite limited in that respect. Its not clear that this will actually advance the political talks which will resume on monday in brussels the u. S. Administration has made it clear it has almost nothing to do with that question its focused purely on the economic front and these projects some of them are just simply at the stage as is stated in the document today just feasibility studies so that these are going to take some time even to achieve the limited economic agreements that theyve achieved here today and really i think that all the parties have put the best face on something thats in fact positive in terms of yes it will could bring some economic improvement but far short of anything transformative place for ok Edward Joseph great to get your thoughts and analysis thank you so much for joining us from washington d. C. Youre welcome. A suspect linked to the Fatal Shooting of a protester in the u. S. City of portland has been shot dead by federal agents michael reno was killed as officers tried to arrest him on thursday he was being investigated for allegedly shooting the far right kinds of protesters last week Aaron Danielson was killed when a group of Trump Supporters clashed with protesters demonstrating against patient justice and Police Brutality right newell spoke to vice nice before he was shot by police and said his actions were not acts of selfdefense. Totally justified had i not acted and. That my friend and im sure i would have been killed because i was going to stand there and let something up and what theyve done is theyre trying to make it look like were all terrorists and theyre trying to make me look like a murderer ive noticed that they keep saying that its not clear that its related to the protests. Thats a lie they know that its related to the protest jacob lake the unarmed black man who was shot by Police Last Month in the u. S. City of can osha has appeared in court on video link are you able to hear me clearly today sir yes thank you blake faces charges of Sexual Assault on Domestic Abuse they say they were trying to arrest the charges when an officer shot since 7 times in the back leaving him paralyzed the Court Appearance was not related to the Police Shooting the triggered days of protests across america. Still to come on aljazeera. Moments of silence in lebanon as the country pays tribute to those killed one month ago during that powerful explosion in beirut. And overrun by find serious take a look at the terror in the democratic republic of congo this is the center of a showdown between the governments around group. Theyre fairly quiet picture across much of the United States we have the want to showers and thunderstorms to the south and the east but really the bulk of the country is found in drive up the heat wave is back in place out across the west but the have been some fairly heavy downpours across the Central Regions of the being flash flood warnings in place and look at results of this this is you can see was jus to exactly that very heavy rain over several days on the ground gave way through saturday not too bad across this particular slice across into you can suck out towards the east but more rain showers heavy at times and thunderstorms working their way out from Northern Areas of mexico says spreading up into southern texas and then through sunday well see some rather heavy rain developing through the Northern Plains out towards the midwest and again those rains could be heavy at times especially if showers in the southeast but generally it is a fine and dry picture that we had down into Central America and the caribbean lots of cloud around in the last few hours we have a cool scene the end of the Tropical Storm nona but plenty of rain through saturday fairly well scott about some heavy downpours 3 cuba out across into haiti and also more rain across the southern and eastern sections of mexico you saw those pushing up into southern areas and on to states it will stay rather unsettled on sunday some areas could see some rather heavy rain and heavy rain in cuba. But. If you were looking at this from the outside you would really wonder what was going on but what is this gross is a religion that they have an indepth exploration of global capitalism and our obsession with economic drugs this is still the center of capitalism there is no limit i view myself as a capital artist we try to make the well smaller and smaller we dont want to be set realistic in the world we would rather have a fantasy growing page on aljazeera. Oh. This is out as era for mind over headlines this hour heres President Donald Trump says alleged comments he made about war veterans are not true calling them a disgrace and a hoax an article in the atlantic magazine claims trump called americans killed in war as suckers and losers. After decades of conflict serbia and kosovo have agreed to finally normalize economic ties serbian president alexander vu church in kosovo as Prime Minister of to hold to have been in talks in washington d. C. For several days. And jacob blake the unarmed black man who was shot 7 times in the back by Police Last Month in the u. S. City often osha pleaded not guilty to charges of Sexual Assault and to messick abuse police say they were trying to arrest blake on the charges when an officer shot in leaving who paralyzed. Lebanon has fallen silent to mark the moments exactly why. One month ago when a catastrophic explosion tore through the capital beirut its 191 people died its wall around 300000 lost their homes some remain in structures deemed unsafe because they have nowhere else to go so what has this report. The 101001 victims of the devastating explosion that tore through the lebanese capital were remembered one months on a vigil was held outside the port where nearly 3000 tons of Ammonium Nitrate on safely stored in a warehouse ignited one of the largest nonnuclear explosions in history one minute of silence was observed at the exact time of the explosion 6 o 8 pm it was a moment many still vividly remember. The bomb. And customs employees have been arrested but many lebanese believe senior officials as high up as the president should be the ones to be held accountable they were aware of the highly explosive material and did nothing about it today is about just this airlines are 20 years old she wakes. So you literally worth every single day you know it is the thing over and violence financially. Its a bit like. The going right to live a kilometer away a desperate search for life underneath the rubble of a building that collapsed from the impact of the blast sniffer dog alerted a team from chile that were surveying the damage in the neighborhood specialist sensors then detected breathing 18 breaths a minute which gave hope 24 hours later the breathing slowed significantly rescuers refused to say when they last had had proof of life but they did promise not to call off the search until they have answers its unlikely someone could have survived for a month under the debris but it is not unheard of and while many remain hopeful it was yet another. Example of the state failing its people a month later were still being our bodies why did it take so long this is another you know commemorative moment where we have to Pay Attention to how the situation was dealt with it was dealt in a very haphazard manner nonprofessional manner and honestly i say this with absolutely no conscious and no feelings and no humanity there was already much outrage over how the authorities handled the cri