Ran a criminal organization. As a budge on accuses armenia of attacking one of its main cities as the conflict for the disputed region of nagornokarabakh intensifies. Kyrgyzstans Parliament Names a new Prime Minister as the political crisis there deepen. And were live in south africa where demonstrators a demanding the president address allegations of corruption about missing funds for Coronavirus Relief. And in sport Le Bron James leads the l. A. Lakers to victory ending for the n. B. A. Finals the lakers are now just one win away from the 6 sharing whats happening so. Welcome to the program we begin with breaking news coming to us out of greece leaders of the far right golden dawn posse have been found guilty of running a criminal organization. The protesters gathered outside the court to hear the verdict the police fired tear gas to break up the demonstrators it comes after the killing of a musician and antiracism campaigner in 2013 golden dawn member John Psaropoulos is our correspondent following that story in athens jon just take us through whats going on in the court today. Well the key decision as you say is precisely that golden dawn has been judged guilty of acting as a Political Party whereas being in reality a legal militia and a criminal organization that took its orders from the top of the hierarchy from the party leader nikos me because he and 7 other senior members of the party the Political Council have been judged guilty of forming a criminal organization and the other 10 m. P. s that stood that were elected to parliament in 2012 along with the top 8 men were also convicted of taking part in a criminal organization those 18 members of parliament originally elected in 2012 will now serve sentences of as we understand just at least 10 years which this charge carries although the sentencing is not being carried out today this is a long process that will take probably the next 4 days the 2nd important decision is that the murder of. The left wing rapper which actually does the trigger for the government to round up the Golden Dawn Party and peace and also other supporters of the party and members of the party has now also been adjudicated the man arrested on the night of that murder 20 the 17th of september 2030 has been found guilty of murder and several other people Party Members members of the local organization have been found guilty of being accessories to murder so justice has been done on that key charge as well ill remind you that that murder in september of 13 was the reason why the then conservative governor. Put together 32. 00 separate cases that had been building against golden dawn some of them were grievous bodily harm cases some of them will beatings some of them were attacks on immigrants racism charges that. Put those 2 cases together and together with the murder case presented them as one unified case against golden dawn on the basis that they were all acts emanating from the same command and control the same head courses and that this group acted systematically in this way these were not the acts of isolated individuals as the person had been trying to portray them later on these 32 cases burgeoned to over 100 and they all being adjudicated today we have for example justice in the case of a group of the gyptian fisherman who were very badly beaten by golden dawn supporters in june of 2012 we have the case of a pakistani immigrant murdered that year by golden dawn members we have the case also of left wing communist Party Supporters who were beaten up in september of 2012 all of these cases illegal possession of weapons grievous bodily harm all of these are being judged today and were hearing guilty verdicts on the vast majority of charges here peter john thank you very much John Psaropoulos with that breaking story out of athens lets get more on the developing story for you are joined by theophanous exadata thai loss hes in guilford in the u. K. He is a reader in european politics at the university of sari theophanous exit i tie last welcome to the news hour what does this verdict do to golden dawn. Well. The party the party has been out voted in parliament anyway and this was kind of a dooming stone lets say to their fate however what it doesnt do is up root the kind of neo fascist tendencies that may exist in greece and may be expressed through Different Party formations right now but golden dawn came to prominence surely as a reaction almost to the the big number of migrants who are still on the greek islands weve reported on that a lot on this program and indeed across this channel is that why for example the immigrants who are still on les voss feel that they are in a very precarious situation that is correct the refugee crisis that has been happening around europe and especially in greece and the context of the islands and the refugee camps there has been an important factor in raising issues with immigration and precisely golden dawn was stepping on these particular incoming incoming set of immigrants on the island to perform some of its violent activities now these have not gone away the fact that they will not be sponsored necessarily or be initiated by officials of the golden dawn doesnt mean that the groups that are against immigration are not still. Very much active on the island as well so weve saw we saw that when the you know when the fires broke out at the morea camp in less fuss that was. Quite interesting to see the road this thing that went on as a result initiated by far right groups and it is something that we see in a number of refugee camps across greece. As youre talking to theophanous were looking at some pro golden dawn protests that have gone on over the past few years you know theyve got that nazi flag were now looking at a gentleman literally with the nazi swastika i think thats an anti golden dawn demonstration actually because the swastika has got a do not enter symbol imposed on top of its golden dawn may no longer have political clout but there is another party its almost like golden dawn light they do have Political Representation they dont they. They do have Political Representation theyre called the great solution they are a faction of older right wing from ations in greek politics and they captured certain sentiments of racism and immigration feelings and so on within great politics they are much lighter than golden dawn for mation but at least they dont engage in vigilante activities and. Openly. Violent activities against immigrants now this is the reason why i mentioned earlier that we may have sealed the fate of golden dawn with this decision this landmark decision in the court but we have definitely not down the sentiments of the far right wing in greece so they are expressing themselves they were in parliament there are their size is quite small. Its not comparable to golden dawns parliamentary representation for example but its still considered as part of the of the Parliamentary Political forces within the full political spectrum ok very briefly theophanous i just want to get to one final brief point please the police using tear gas today in real time right now as a reaction to peoples reaction to this guilty verdict handed down in the past hour or so at that court in athens could be atmosphere of the sophie brawl that we see trouble on the streets. Its very common for protesters that are of the and the fastest side to clash with protesters that are of the new york classes this was happening all through golden dawn tenure in parliament and possibly there are counter protests being organized as the verdicts have come out ok theophanous exit octal us there in sorry in the u. K. Thank you very much thank you. Fierce fighting overnight armenia and azerbaijan continue their battle over the disputed region. These are pictures from the armenian side that showed damage from as areas shelling in stepanek at the main city of nagornokarabakh and this is a recently released video showing a missile attack on the azerbaijans 2nd city of gun john the as areas say armenia has also launched attacks on several other cities resulting in more than 20 civilian deaths Rights Groups including Amnesty International say there is growing evidence that cluster bombs are being used in this conflict now theyre banned by more than 100 countries but not by all means or by john byrne a smith is our correspondent in gorgeous in armenia bernard give us a sense of whats going on right now on either side of the front line. Well your 1st piece of evidence of those cluster bombs came from the armenian side theyve been used they had been seen landing in armenian territory you havent seen evidence of them landing in jan i should clarify that has been extensive fighting overnight extensive bombardment of panic at the main city in the go no care about and other towns and cities that continued this morning a big kharma now and in azerbaijan as well theres been targeting of towns and cities on the side on the side of the line of control so still a lot of fighting going on and still fighting right along that line of control 180 kilometers top to bottom north to south on either side of the border of nagornokarabakh. And we should also say as well today the Vladimir Putin has essentially clarified all reminded people about russias role here we know that he is backing. Turkish drones are being used in attacks on territory in nagornokarabakh and turkish president. Has said that he supports azerbaijan which is a linguistic and ethnic and cultural kin of putin has said that he will fulfill its. Obligations within the correct collective security treaty so wards armenia that is to say it will protect armenia if the republic of armenias territory is attacked but its not being attacked nagornokarabakh is recognized as azerbaijani territory so russia is not going to get involved in this fight and the turkish calculation will be that it will do be able to do enough to help as a by john but not enough to draw russia into the conflict russia is not yet drawn into the conflict and it has reminded people that it is not going to be drawn. In this conflict unless armenian republic of armenian territory is targeted. Prime minister. Has said hes happy with that hes happy with russias current role. Russias current role hes been speaking regularly with vladimir tutsi ok well leave it there bernard many thanks ben smith reporting live the news from chorus. Ground still to cover for you here on the news including a major ruling from the European Unions top court against france the u. K. And belgium the mass surveillance of phone and Internet Data is against the law. U. S. President criticized for abruptly ending negotiations over an aid package that would help those whove lost their jobs during the covert pandemic. And in support well hear from the argentinian qualifier enjoying the tournament of her life at the french showed. The russian president Vladimir Putin has expressed concern over the situation in kyrgyzstan and said he hoped for a quick return to stability the Central Asian country which is home to a Russian Military has been mired in political unrest since demonstrations demonstrators rather stormed government buildings in protest over the results of the parliamentary election which they say were rigged this led to the results of the election being an old now the Prime Minister could but beck blown off resigned and hes been replaced by an opposition politician who was freed from prison by protesters just one day ago Anti Government demonstrations have seen government buildings taken over but there appears to be division among the opposition groups over what they should be doing next this was all sparked by an election many say was rigged now there are questions over whether another vote will take place and if the president. Is still in control i want a serious chance for joins us live now from the capital bishkek so charles it just seems to be a walking talking definition of political flux there with so many dangerous consequences potentially blended into the mix. Yeah the chaos very much continues here in bishkek the kids capital and theres a lot at stake its been a very interesting day today you can obviously see people giving speeches behind me here in the main square where we witness those scenes of Security Forces clearing protesters a couple of days ago after those disputed elections the situation since then has changed dramatically unity between any opposition groups has completely broken apart and some of the speeches that are being given today have serious ramifications as well in the context of this man so dear to your part of the new Prime Minister who was voted into power last night in an emergency parliamentary session we had speeches given by certain opposition parties today that seem to be rejecting that appointment of 2. They book they were saying that the only legitimate authority in this country is the parliament were implying that because they were so few m. P. s who participated in that vote. Role as a Prime Minister is illegitimate they also called for an impeachment of the president and they called for the arrest of one of what was considered to be one of the president s main allies. Like travolta was a very powerful klan leader who was a big fund of one of the big progovernment parties that did well in these disputed elections and so much attention is being played on them over voter allegations allegations of voter fraud. But meanwhile in the square there are groups like the one you can see behind me over the cliffs and there is this sense increasingly of a conspiracy here conspiratorial kind of atmosphere we heard reports of one journalist who was beaten up by them to fight men and having covered situations like this in other regions around the world with a recent political discourse and its probably not surprising that weve begun to hear. Potentially unseemly language used towards us as journalists covering this story so from what youre saying charlie the protest movement is far from unified and on top of that whos actually running the country just now. The president seems to think he is as he made in a statement yesterday but at the same time as we also saw yesterday we saw this divvying up if you like divvying up of government institutions by various different political groups but it all seems to be still so much in the air there are i mean weve even heard this morning for example another party another group claiming that they have a candidate that they are insisting they want to be Prime Minister and we believe that they would down the Supremes Court arguing their case there and as i say different institutions seemingly in being controlled by different opposition groups. Weve heard no language from the leader nothing from the from from the president now for more than 24 hours. If you look at the potential for violence and lawlessness as well just just bear in mind that weve now got volunteer groups on the streets at night protecting private businesses from looters you know that seems to be. Potential for serious political unrest here. And there is no seemingly no answers as to there are no indication of any real or thora to anybody really in power who can who can pull us out of this crisis pull the country out of this crisis at this point. Ok charles well leave it there thank you very much. Correspondent reporting live from. Nobel prize is being handed out this week so far the medicine and physics categories are being awarded today its time for chemistry thats just gone into a manual shop n. T. A. From france and american jennifer. For developing a method for genome editing its a way of making specific changes to the d. N. A. Of a cell its known as rewriting the code of life joining us now from london is the Business Editor for chemistry World Magazine published by the Royal Society of chemistry philip broad with philip welcome to the news rewriting the code of life that sounds a little bit like genetic engineering which sounds a little bit like it should be scary. Well yes it can be potentially very scary but equally it can be extremely powerful and very helpful in pharmaceuticals in a whole range of different. Spheres of Research Agricultural biochemist biotechnology that kind of thing so yes it does have the absolutely has the potential to do very scary things that we saw a few years ago it was he joined us from china a tiny doctor had actually used crisper to edit it you know of some babies and brought them to to full term and that that is very scary but theres a lot of people working together to try and make sure that those kind of things dont happen without the right controls and this technology is directed towards things that are hugely beneficial to mankind philip can i just ask you for the next 30 seconds or so to be a kind of a conduit between the science that weve been talking about here on the news hour and the rest of us you know now were talking about genome changes scientists doing that yesterday we were talking about the massive collection of black holes at the middle of the galaxy slash the universe before that we were talking about Something Else now what is the the trick called between all this groundbreaking genuinely interesting science and the rest stop us wheres the benefits to all of this for you and me. Well i cant speak so much for the other part of the medicine prize particularly had was it was extremely important for hepatitis c. Its a its a disease that kills a lot of people and the research that was recognized in that prize has broad ranging applications in trying to treat that disease which is i mean that theres theres a fairly obvious connection i would say. The physics prize is much more kind of fundamental about our understanding of the universe and where we sit in it but the chemistry prize today and chemistry obviously is is that is a slightly its a very Applied Science this particular discovery a way of selectively editing genomes is extremely powerful it could be and weve already seen commercial aptly or the beginnings of commercial applications in pharmaceuticals there are both jennifer do you know animal charpentier have spin out companies themselves Research Chris but there are a few ticks in mammoth bio sciences looking specifically at pharmaceutical medicinal applications of this technology now that would not necessarily be to create humans who genetically modified humans in lasting way this really wouldnt be modifying them in a way that would be passed down through generations but there are lots of genetic diseases that you could potentially use this kind of technique to start to try and treat or you can use it to create model organisms so that we can specifically test out medicines much more easily more effectively and that kind of thing. Phillip very briefly what does it mean for the sciences this week who are getting these awards i mean does it mean guaranteed big money funding for the rest of their careers or you were touching on it there do people have to go on and actually work in the private sector riding the wave of their research and their intelligence and their backgrounds or do they just mean nobel doesnt give them a big fat lottery money type check does it. Yes it does so the Nobel Prize Fund is about just over a 1000000 u. S. 1. 10 swedish kronor split between the Prize Winners and they can spend on whatever they like theres no stipulation some people spend it contributed towards their Research Grants some people use it to set up charitable foundations or companies or whatever so it does provide some money but equally because of. The cute awesomely recognition that goes with the nobel prize is a huge stepping off point for lots of people and people and different Nobel Laureates who use that in Different Directions who some have used it to you to further their own academic success its a its a huge recognition of their work and theres have used it to as a stepping off point to get into more kind of outreach activities and use that to. Kind of spread the benefits of science to a wider audience because everybody kind of knows what the nobel prize is and is about so it gives people a point of reference and a lot of influence and sometimes that influence is directed in ways that perhaps it shouldnt be you me people get a lot of credibility from being a Nobel Laureate and sometimes end up talking about things that perhaps they should stay quiet on but one of the things i would say about this particular prize is its fantastic absolutely fantastic to see 2 Women Research is being recognized for this prize its something that is hugely lacking in the kind of back catalogue of nobel prizes and there are lots of. Stories of women that have perhaps been passed over for potential nobel prizes simply by the fact that they were women which is extremely sad which is a positive point to end the discussion and philip thanks for coming on philip roth with there in london. Tens of thousands of South Africans are taking part in nationwide antigovernment protests they want the president several roma posts to address corruption allegations about missing funds from the 26000000000. 00 Coronavirus Relief fund and the money was meant to be spent on p p e protective equipment for frontline workers and to help those whove lost their jobs now the rallies were organized by the countrys biggest Workers Union cosatu a major supporter of the governing African National congress joining us live is for me the miller shes in pretoria for media how much of a problem is this for the president. Pool certainly would be concerning this in the room oppose us dollars the governing African National congress in that the causes of for the african trade unions for some are 2 which is an umbrella very of the number of trade unions of africa is also part of the governing alliance in south africa this is traditionally a cultural trait and he looks to for support this protest is meant to deal with a number of issues recapturing in their head it also is looking at the growing Unemployment Rate in south africa the latest figures show 30 point one percent Unemployment Rate the fischel figure itself to be higher than that theres also issues around every talk about the growing unemployment because you know that even april and june that at least 2200000 new jobs were lost because already in a recession people he called it 19 percent to make and then the lockdown the mission that the government here took to try and deal with the spread of the virus at least fight the spread of that virus its just the people here say the problem with corruption theyre concerned about crop losses and enabling economy theyre also wanting of the government to address issues like kendra based balanced violence against women and children which continues to be to say the least problematic in south africa and its an issue thats come up in the media have come up in the spotlight a number of times and there are governments in criticized for not doing enough one of the other things people here. Wanting oppressed was the issue of pay rises think was the war pay rise wage increases were meant to be implemented the there hasnt happened people yankee teachers a Civil Servants some people who are Health Workers this really is about a positive in. He want that group of men to make ive also list to growing frustration and for people here this is their occasion to dance to the space station and hopefully have government listen if roughly to an Important Party like perfectly ok for me to thank you very much for me the middle of the in pretoria for the news hour. Time the weather is evident how low chad hall has now been upgraded to a typhoon that system continues to intensify out in the open waters of the northwest pacific winds of around 120 Kilometers Per Hour moving at a fair old lake 20 Kilometers Per Hour and it will continue to drive in a general northwesterly direction than expected to make landfall actually as a system a ceasefire close to japan begins already see fair bit of rain just pushing into southern and eastern japan as we go on through friday turns increasingly wet across q shoot eastern parts of honshu saying that wet weather that when its weather just making its way across much of honshu as we go on through saturday and then eventually itll punch his way back out into the open waters but not before some parts of say around 200 millimeters of rain possibly more that will inevitably cause widespread flooding a flood risk to into central parts of vietnam some very heavy downpours coming through here again some of these areas seeing around 202300 millimeters of rain severe flooding certainly a possibility here and you push across see on them and say this little area of cloud had this clutches storms thats developing pushing out into the tools nicobar islands the adamant in some very heavy rain coming through here over the next couple of days and its gradually making its way through the back end goal. Still to come for you here on the news anger grows in chile a year after a Police Officer is charged with raping a teenage protester off a bridge lists about saying actually look theres a point of similarity theres a point of empathy that we can all come to a stroll through londons kings Cross Railway station features an underground art gallery showcasing an alternative view of people around the world. And in sport the canadian teenager already making history in the National Hockey league. Temperatures are on the rise Global Warming is taking effect. As one of the worlds biggest emitters of Greenhouse Gases the u. S. Is set to withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord the day after the president ial election we can and we will deal with Climate Change could a new president reversed a decision in time face up to the Climate Crisis all of the key issues of the us elections on aljazeera cyprus a european island opening offering citizenship to those who can afford it in august aljazeera made global headlines with the cyprus papers confidential documents that reveal a murky passport by Investment Scheme promised before. The start this is. Now aljazeera as Investigative Unit goes undercover to expose further revelations that go to the heart of the cypriote state aljazeera investigations the cyprus papers on the cover. Welcome back youre watching aljazeera my names peter dhabi your top stories this hour leaders of the greek far right Golden Dawn Party have been found guilty of running a criminal Organization Thousands of protesters gathered outside the court to hear the verdict as the police fired tear gas to break up the demonstrations azerbaijan has released footage of a missile attack on one of its main cities is accusing armenia of deliberately targeting civilians in the conflict over the corner cut about armenians accusing us of a john of using cluster bombs. The kyrgyzstan Prime Minister has been replaced by an opposition politician who was freed from jail the day before by protesters widespread antigovernment demonstrations have seen opposition supporters take over government buildings and sundays Election Results were an old this time yesterday. The e. U. Is top court has ruled that mass surveillance of phone and Internet Data is unlawful the decision says snooping on such data is only appropriate in the event of a serious National Threat now the European Court of justice has ruled on a series of cases from france the u. K. And belgium all 3 countries have stepped up surveillance after attacks and security threats across recent years well Member States must still comply with general principles of e. U. Law fundamental rights to privacy Data Protection and freedom of expression must still be respected the ruling does give Security Services some wriggle room however National Security threats can justify the bulk collection of data if it is limited temporary and kept as to what is strictly necessary however those. Visions must be subject to review by an independent body or court whose decision is binding lets bring in a still massive from brussels shes a senior policy analyst at access now thats a Global Digital rights Nonprofit Organization still good to talk to you again did this legislation have to be not reviewed but perhaps reformed hi thank you for having me yes youre absolutely correct in your description of the ruling and its significance on this legislation we have been arguing for many many years that these laws were far too far reaching and needed to be reformed in order to be brought in line and resuming rights know any standards and this is exactly what the court has come from yesterday so states that were talking about here the u. K. And brussels those states cannot hide behind this kind of shield of oh its a National Security consideration theyve got to make it stand up in a court of law 1st correct this is quite an important clarification from the court for many years now the e. U. Member states have been shielding themselves behind those white exception for National Security telling brussels in the e. U. Well you cannot enter within those legislation and look into what theyre up the cation because its within my soul remains as are the states for to protect National Security i can do whatever i want basically and yesterday the court clarified that this is not the case that you will and human rights must apply which means that they have to reform those well in order to include more safeguards ok let me ask you a brics a question will not specifically a brics a question but the u. K. In theory leaves january 1 2021 data sharing exists and happens now 24 hours a day we understand because Prime Ministers tell us they want to keep us safe does that mean that the data sharing then stops or is it replaced by Something Else. So thats indeed the whole premise occasion of this ruling that goes much beyond sentiment or a concern but enters into the back of that discussion and the future of their relationships in the un the u. K. Even though the u. K. Could see this ruling from yesterday saying like well im leaving anyway so i dont have to follow your rules anymore the u. K. Has made very clear that they want to continue to be transferring data from the e. U. To the u. K. Because of their 1000000000 the economy and tech firms that are in the u. K. And years in this information but in order to do that they need to ensure that they have a high level of Data Protection rules and that government access to data in the u. K. Is strictly limited and in line with you and also what the ruling also confirms for the u. K. Is that even though youre leaving you will have to refer this legislation if you want to continue to trade with the un if you want to exchange those data is this ruling also a function i guess of a 20 year long conversation because consistent governments all over the world have used data gathering abilities or they dates a gathering capabilities under the umbrella of anti terror religiously but consecutive governments all around the world to say have used that legislation in the wrong way at the wrong time and its almost like step change where theyre using the wrong legislation to go off to people and they should actually use different legislation. Absolutely with this ruling and if youre really as weve been saying from the court of justice since 2014 more or less or even before we are saying that we are seeing the courts arent stepping up in order to tell the states that security does not mean surveillance in those law that still need to comply with human rights standards and the court is setting up for the states the criteria that the legislation must respect in order to ensure that yes country will have measures to protect people but that those measures dont end up harming human rights and having greater impact on society itself thank you so much for breaking that story down for us its pertinent to everyone whos got dates on a telephone or on their i pad like a still must be there in brussels you. Know its the state senior white house adviser steve miller has become the latest member of the Donald Trump Administration to test positive for covert 19 he joins a long list of those who now have the virus and the outbreak appears to have spread to the pentagon mike hanna takes up the story. Steven miller is president trumps top speech writer and policy adviser and a company use the president on the majority of his campaign and fundraising trips while the president took off his mask when he returned to the white house from 3 days in hospital theres been an increasing number of infections in the building in recent days another close adviser to the president hopes picks tested positive last week shed been in close contact with most of the president s inner circle but all ringback floated c. D. C. Guidelines by not going into self corentin until testing negative. The press secretary kaylee mcanany briefed reporters the day after hicks tested positive and this week she announced that she is infected along with a number of aids and at least 3 journalists who work at the white house. The list of those in the white house whove been infected include both the director of Oval Office Operations and President Campaign manager the countrys top Infectious Disease expert is no longer in regular contact with the president and has not been consulted at all in recent days what went on in the white house you know i dont want to every time i Say Something thats an issue i wind up spending a lot of time ensuring phone calls and emails i should say it was not done according to what i would have recommended. A number of non white house staff tested positive buff to the scattering in the rose garden to announce president trumps nomination to the vacant bench of the Supreme Court it flouted d. C. Law that forbids any gathering of more than 50 people the white house is a federal property and outside the districts jurisdiction the day after the rose garden gathering this man coast guard admiral charles ray attended the meeting in the oval office hes tested positive for corona virus he held meetings with joint chiefs of staff at the pentagon in recent days and now the countrys most senior military leaders are in self quarantine including the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff general mark milley on monday 105 new coronavirus cases were reported in the district of columbia that is a high as daily total in 4 months the white house will not release an exact list or number of those who have tested positive but its likely to be a significant portion of the daily cases recorded in d. C. As a whole mike hanna aljazeera washington. Well it stay with things trump related mr trump is facing condemnation for calling off negotiations over a new coronavirus stimulus package talks had been under way with the democrats but the president took on went on to twitter tweeting hell only pass the bill after he wins the election u. S. Stocks and shares fell by around 2 percent following that Development House democrats have passed a 2. 00 trillion dollar relief bill on thursday but Senate Republicans rejected it. Its gone from reaching at the concierge abandoning our children we had such great provisions in the deal not that they preach all of me but on a packed hour in daniel im workers need to do for me at this. Age and banyan our fight to trash the burners which they have ignored and that will determine if and. All the 2 candidates vying to be the next Vice President of the United States preparing for a showdown in Salt Lake City the debate between mike pence and kamel harris will likely focus on mr Trumps Health and his handling of covert 19 rob reynolds explains. Amidst the head spinning events of the past week the Vice President ial debate on wednesday takes on unprecedented significance this is going to be a critically important debate usually the debates are sideshows with the candidates earnestly discussing issues and tossing the occasional verbal zinger but as Vice President mike pence and senator camel harris take to the stage in Salt Lake City the main issue is literally a matter of life or death i think theres going to be an enormous focus on the president s health mr bidens health as well frankly they are the 2 oldest president ial nominees in American History a book right now with the president ill and some questions swirling about how truly ill he is it really puts into stark contrast what this debate is actually about in it is making sure that a person is ready to become president at a moments notice in terms of substance the debate will almost certainly focus on how the trumpet ministration has handled the pandemic that puts pince who chairs the White House Coronavirus task force in a difficult spot he ran the task force he was chosen by the president to do it he was responsible for those early you know statements about just flattening the curbs i mean i imagine those that are working with kind of harrisonburg. Gratian for this debate are spending a lot of their time coming up with creative ways to lay this all at the feet of the Vice President and the president the style of the 2 candidates is quite different pences stoic unflappable and unlikely to get rattled on stage hes a seasoned debater and his experience as a radio talk show host in the 1990 s. Prepared him to think on his feet harris a former courtroom prosecutor has shown her ability to disconcert Administration Officials in Senate Hearings i wouldnt i wouldnt. Yes i know its true if you repeat that question i will repeat it with great uncertainty over whether the 2 remaining president ial debates will take place at all the showdown in Salt Lake City may be the last debate before election day in a campaign full of unpredictable twists rob reynolds al jazeera. And you can catch our live coverage of the v. P. Debate right here on aljazeera from one hours g. M. T. On thursday morning. Anger is growing in chile after Police Officers were filmed throwing a teenager off a bridge and happened almost a year since widespread protests were held against inequality thousands were arrested and injured demonstrators say brutality is systemic you see in human reports now from santiago. It took only a 2nd a special forces policeman appearing to hurl a 16 year old student protester over this bridge 7 and a half meters down into the river the youth survived but the alleged culprit has been charged with attempted homicide and other officers who were trying to cover it up but the timing couldnt have been worse. If someone did not respect the will or should of course be sanctioned accordingly but the support for our police force is key especially because we need peace in the country for october the 25th. The interior minister is referring to this months constitutional referendum but the protests are already heating up ahead of october 18th the day that marks the start of last years social uprising. Its led to thousands of charges of brutality on the part of riot police this is the bridge from where the demonstrator was hauled into the river last friday and despite a state of emergency thats been called because of a pandemic which forbids demonstrations there have been nearly daily protests ever since but the public outrage is also being fueled by what is widely regarded as sweeping impunity. Deliberately kill me and well see a model or shouting democracy cannot survive with so much impunity. There among the 450. 00 chileans who were injured in one or both eyes by riot Police Shooting pellets or tear gas canisters often at point blank range over that hill but the commander tells us he was trying to help a protest or who was being beaten by. Police when he was shot this july it killed me says many are now suffering from untreated depression and panic attacks started as i suffered an eye injury and fracture of my skull and i was told. I was a qualified welder now i cant support my family to stay as abandon us in terms of Promise Health care and in terms of justice. To these institute for human rights says that the vast majority of cases of violations committed by Security Forces remain unpunished of the 2500. 00 cases of abuses presented by the institute including sexual assaults torture and murder only 32. 00 officers have so far been officially charged. The government must take firm action to ensure effective reform of the Police Institution as well as substantially increase the budget of the deduce reprints so it can do its job unfortunately i dont see the political will. Its a vicious circle at a time when trust in chiles institutions is added distorted know the ongoing abuses are likely to fuel get more social unrest you see illumine al jazeera sent out. Of a significant breaking story for you here on the news are 2 men have been found guilty for their role in a Shopping Center attack in kenya that took place 7 years ago a 3rd man has been acquitted the suspects have been charged with helping fighters carry out the attack at the westgate Shopping Mall thats in the kenyan capital nairobi dozens of people were killed aljazeera correspondent Catherine Sawyer joins us live from nairobi catherine where theyve been saying about this there. Yes this is a ruling that has taken about 3 and a half hours with the magistrate really recapping 7 years since the trial started in 2013 when after this Westgate Mall was attacked the prosecution had 44 witnesses in total and the prosecution case was quite heavily hinged on Telephone Communication between the suspects and the attackers of that mall were killed. During that 4 day siege and the prosecution also relied on evidence of the vehicle that was carrying that with the prosecutors saying that it was one of the one of the accused was involved in this view of the prosecution also saying that all the 3 accused were in constant communication with the attackers and also the prosecution saying that. All the 3 attacks theres really theres a conspiracy to commit this terrorist but the defense lawyers came out and said that all this evidence really is circumstantial and there is no direct link to their cues and. In westgate the defense calling this evidence by the prosecution is fantasies theory and stories really couldnt cannot add up to the charges that have been preferred against them the magistrate acquitted one of the suspects. Used. Maher who the prosecution said was talking constantly with one of the attackers who died in his defense that that was his brother and he was sharing his phone with another brother of he so the judge the magistrate saying that there was no direct link between this man and. But then he said that 2 of the other accused have been found guilty of conspiracy to commit a terrorist act and of aiding a terrorist organization by the communications they had with the attackers one of them has been staged to have been to have harbored one of the attackers before the attack happened we have spoken peter to the prosecutor the chief prosecutor who said that hes happy with this convictions and he said that hes going to now be pushing for the maximum sentence of 20 years that magistrate says that he is going to rule hes going to send to sentence 2 of the 2 convicted on the 22nd of this month catherine will await the sentencing. Thank you very much catherine soy in nairobi. Busy news day still to come though we have the sports news for you rafa nadal is made to work the night shift at the french open car i will explain all thats all about when we come back. Time for sports is far peter thank you so much all the l. A. Lakers are one win away from clinching the n. B. A. 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Before the idea of the nation match at 1 30 in the morning but the problem is that whether they cease to call to play on his lease is very very called to play then hes not i know Football Players plays under these conditions but its a little bit different because they are all the time we know we stop we come back foleys teenager i guess beyond tag is into a grand slam semi final for the 1st time the 19 year old followed up her win over a small how up with a straight sets victory against italys Martino Travis Sun shes the 1st polish player to reach the last 4 and more than the year. That. Hold off a huge upside in her quarterfinal the world number 131 from argentina knocking out alina spitta lima in straight sets shes become the 1st female qualifier to reach the semifinals roland garros. 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