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For becoming the new Prime Minister of malaysia. And the sugar plantation in uganda that environmentalists say threaten using protected rain forests and hundreds of its animal species. And im santa hamas now have all the sports page a League Baseball welcomes back fans as the Atlanta Braves when the opening match of the National League championship series. While we begin this news hour in cyprus where the government is suspending a controversial citizenship for Investment Program after an undercover investigation by aljazeera is expose high ranking officials expressing a willingness to aids convicted criminals so say an e. U. Citizenship. In august al jazeera as investigative units released the cyprus papers which revealed serious falls in the citizen by Investment Program and as phil reece reports the investigation led to see the highest offices of the cypriot state the cyprus Investment Program allows foreigners to buy a european passport for an investment mostly made in property of 2 and a half 1000000. 00 the government insists that applicants need a clean criminal record the holder of a cypriot passport has the right to live and work across the e. U. Our undercover reporters went to cyprus to represent a fictional client who has fled china mr x. Is a wealthy businessman who was sentenced in absentia to 7 years in jail for bribery and Money Laundering and he is seeking a cypriot passport property agents denise and tony kate help those investing in property to get cypriot passports our undercover reporters tell them about our proposed applicant. Chinas gone much charge to him for all robbery and. Whether there are problems it costs more money to achieve these things so what we will do is find out who has to be spoken to be paid what states he may review wasnt the case a part of a network of enablers that include lawyer and raise protect his song Business Marketing team is probably one you can go to that is even going to be a show. Describes a 2 track application system the official route and another for difficult cases that requires more money then comes the good of possible to what insane option. Goes over them you already. See if the body would up and. Then look at cities in any book. In the regulation even our news we want. To ask the police for us. Out of the higher limits. Our undercover reporters are finally invited to discuss mr x. s passport application with the president of the Cypriot Parliament you tell him. To go. For support. I dont like politically. I have to put it its like. When confronted with the evidence all of those involved deny any wrongdoing and after our team left the catchiest said he filed a report about them with cypresses and Money Laundering unix system at a press conference Dimitri Solis said he knew all along that our undercover reporters were criminals who are not is and supported the report made by potential filreis al jazeera. As well as bring in our Investigative Reporter David Harrison and he joins us on the line from nicosia david the cypriot government since i was denied any wrongdoing in with this scheme so what we said are they given for suspending it. Actually didnt hear that im just saying that the cypriot governments what reason do they given for suspending their scheme. Yes well the reason given they gave me is being told by a pi controller see the phrase they use is so the decision was based on what they call a long standing weaknesses and abuse of the of the provisions of the scheme this is the scheme has come under fire in the European Union and of course you have the revelations the cyprus papers in august and this on the cover documentaries expose is the coup de gras for the system i think they realize the evidence is very very compelling and they had no choice but to suspend the scheme in order to retain cypresses credibility as as we come on air davids the speaker of the parliament in cyprus has an eyes that hes going to see abstain from and till an investigation concludes what more can you tell us about the ongoing fall lights from your report. Yes well it continues and its growing apace i mean jimmy crysler is the to speak of the policy side stepped down from the one he has and then but a weeks time you know hes the 2nd most powerful person in cyprus he was seen during our investigation saying your willingness to help him in great detail explaining how he would help criminal chinese criminal to obtain a pa sports a sting another character. Christakis giovanni was an m. P. And the owner of a huge a Property Development who we also expose someone expressing a willingness to help criminal turn a passport he is a member of the opposition are killed party and changing the policy seems almost distanced themselves from him because they said that all of this does mean a principled stance doesnt change and we continue calling for a full investigation in all cases and attribution of responsibility where it lies so theres a lot of pressure on these people now use social media the growing calls for both of these people to resign for more investigations continue theres a demonstration planned on the streets of nicosia tomorrow as a direct result of our investigation and i think as well as the cyprus people those people saying yes its a blow to cyprus it is embarrassing in terms of on national the image of the country abroad but most people think that this is a necessary of catharsis is a word that ive seen being used a couple times that the country has to say so to this clean out the system and improve its image you know based on the proper kind of rule of law and the Democratic Values that some of the reasons that cyprus is a member of the European Union and has the separate government been the thing any pressure from the European Union because this is certainly these investment for residents the investment for access to the country and its not just cyprus who are doing that has there been any reaction overall from the e. U. See this as the investigation then any potential replicas that could have because the fitbit government has long maintains theyre not the only one thing this kind of thing and theyre not really doing anything wrong. Yes well they do deny wrongdoing but i think immediately its obviously of 2 fears themselves and the European Union of course the city of forestry to make their own minds up this decision to abolish the scheme suggested they are they are believing that evidence is very early at the very least compelling a merits a long term investigation now the European Union are 3 published the cyprus scrapers which is a legal document of all those who applied for passports in the last few years and included a dozen super had criminal records or were fugitives from justice or politically exposed people people with access to public funds and therefore the incept of all to corruption and the after that the European Union said they were considering what they call infringement action which is to take action against cyprus now its see this time around theyve been the been people telling is off the record that theyre incredibly concerned and that were hearing that action is imminent from the European Union it may well be that the cypriot government has someone to speak to that by abolishing the screen while they have their own investigation ok David Harrison there part of aljazeera is investigative units joining us on the phone from nicosia in cyprus thank you very much indeed and if you want to find out more about whats this investigation you can head to our website aljazeera dot com forward slash investigations. If. The us President Donald Trump has been back outs with the crowds to fire up an Election Campaign interrupted by his Coronavirus Infection trump addressed supporters in the battleground state of florida without wearing a mask a decision that his democratic rival joe biden describes as reckless and began with a report from miami. After a dramatic 2 weeks that seen President Donald Trump contract covered 19 and. The Walter Reed Medical Center and make an apparent speedy recovery hes now back on the campaign trail his 1st stop Central Florida where thousands gathered to welcome him back following the example of the president many in the crowd didnt wear masks and social distancing was nonexistent as Florida Governor rod dissenters into the rally he gave high fives to the crowd before touching his face President Trump told supporters hes never felt better i went through it now they say im a mutant i can feel i feel so powerful ill walk if i was walking and there are kiss everyone. Are just the guys in the beautiful women and everybody else yes if you have the fact is any thoughts of the president might change his tone after contract in the virus were quickly dispelled despite rising cases in many states and flu season fast approaching the president says his approach was right all along the cure cannot be worse but if you dont feel good about it if you want to stay stay relaxed stay but if you want to get out there get out. In Ohio Democratic candidate and former Vice President joe biden talked to auto workers touting his experience in tackling the economic woes faced by many he placed the blame for the 1000 death count now in excess of 210000 squarely with the president they didnt want to panic the American People thats why i said nothing we dont panic america doesnt panic but trump panic is reckless personal conduct sent his diagnosis has been unconscionable longer donald trump as president and more reckless he seems to get. In the coming days President Trump will travel to pennsylvania iowa and North Carolina all important states in novembers election. For President Trumps supporters this was a triumphant return after a worrying few days for critics yet another example of the president flouting basic medical guidelines joe biden is leading in the polls here in florida a state trump must win joe biden will be here on tuesday as the election draws ever closer and gallacher aljazeera Miami Florida well 10000000 americans have already cast their ballots in early voting thats according to the u. S. Elections projects of the university of florida in the state of georgia there were long lines some wait its up to 4 hours servals there were reports of technical glitches including issues that slow dying votes in one site in atlanta in california a criminal investigation is underway after unauthorized ballot boxes began popping up around the states we cant independently verify these images of water being cold fake drop off boxes people online have been sponsoring them in their churches and gun shops they look virtually the same as some official boxes where the Republican Party has admitted to placing them in Los Angeles Fresno and Orange County california secretary of state says the boxes are illegal but the party is refusing to remove them lets get more now from scott liquors hes the cofounder of american filters and his analysis site on american politics and Foreign Policy joins us now on skype from birmingham in the u. K. Kids have you with us on the program. Republicans have been warning repeatedly about voter fraud and the dangers of mail and voting is this is sort of thing that they were talking about its. No the sort of thing Donald Trumps been talking about are without any evidence is that democrats supposedly have been doing this for years in fact the reality is theres been less than 1200. 00 fraudulent balance in 40 years across all the elections but what you just exposed is that the republicans who put out that false charge were actually in danger of carrying out mail fraud ballot fraud because look lets be very clear here these boxes according to the california state and the California Attorney general are not authorized they are not allowed under california provision for collection of bollards and it does mean that ballots might not be delivered properly to the true election authorities well it is sort of sounds like the republicans have been caught with their hands in the till i mean are they what exactly is it theyre warning the election what is the republican strategy here because it seems really confusing why are they under mining this election well lets break this down the general thing that you hear from republicans such as donald trump is to try to suppress voting to say look dont bother voting with mail in balloting because its a fraudulent process and then of cropping loses the election on november 3rd to try to take legal action to say will mail and balloting is not legitimate what you have here in california however is that they would like republicans in the state to win office they have the local contest to win so not only do they say what we need bailing palettes for our people but they risk what is possible fraud to collect ballots and possibly not distribute them fairly and its not just happen in california because donald trump who said on the one hand dont allow mail in ballot or guess what he told floridians go out and cast your vote on ballots as soon as possible for me. It just seems that i mean we are talking about california in this instance bassy point is that each state has its own rules each state has its own systems given this level of confusion do you think this is a sustainable approach in future because theres a lot of focus on the actual electoral system in the United States you would never see the sort of thing in the u. K. Where you are were people can just drop a ballot in a random box because theres nobody to oversee the integrity of it and so on and so forth so do you think the the piecemeal approach to every state in the u. S. Takes to to have to run their elections is this a sustainable thing or does this no need to be organized federal federally to make sure that its fair or innocence of a lot of security yes the system has worked again she were than 1200 fraudulent ballots in 4 years however in the sense that there are some people who are trying to break the system it may not be sustainable and here let us be clear the biggest road to the u. S. Election in november is Voter Suppression and that is through his political appointees donald trump is trying to prevent the post office from distributing ballots from collecting them and from sorting them and if that process takes place in the votes occur anyway it is donald trump who is threatening to say i will not recognize the outcome of the selection so let us be very clear here it is different from saying that the american system is broken it is not saying that there may be one man who for his political future is seeking to break the system who happens to be the man in the white house ok scott the kiss joining us and driving in the u. K. Great to get your thoughts there thank you so much indeed for speaking to us here on aljazeera thank you. Plenty more still to come on the news hour including our young people im proud funding campaigns are fueling and new political movements in kyrgyzstan. Process grow in indonesia and kings the controversial mall that critics say for hurts workers. And in sports the newly crimes n. B. A. Champions are acts of the bubble back home some will be here with more later in the show. Malaysias Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim has spoken to the king as he again tries to form a new governments and or says hes had the Parliamentary Supports to replace Prime Minister and we had seen a scene since last month where he had seen only 2 charge in march but only with a razor thin majority i would appeal to. Millicent to exercise. Patience wisdom. And. The king to death. Decide based all. The experience because. The discretion of his highness. We must also remember that time is the key to see this last. Majority. Therefore it would be appropriate for him to. Resign lets get more now from from Florence Louis who joins us live from kuala lumpur florence its a bit confusing this power struggle that were seeing a malaysia usually if you have a majority in parliament you get to be in charge so whats different here why is is there this tussle between those 2 men at the top. Well i brought him the Opposition Leader says he has the support of the majority in parliament now he says hes got the support of more than 120 members of parliament and 112 is needed for a simple majority but he hasnt been able to prove he has the support now when he 1st made his announcement last month the Prime Minister said well prove it now anwar today met with the king and he said he furnished documents including statutory declarations as well as statements from Party Leaders to show that hes got the support of the majority in Prime Minister<\/a> of malaysia. And the sugar plantation in uganda that environmentalists say threaten using protected rain forests and hundreds of its animal species. And im santa hamas now have all the sports page a League Baseball<\/a> welcomes back fans as the Atlanta Braves<\/a> when the opening match of the National League<\/a> championship series. While we begin this news hour in cyprus where the government is suspending a controversial citizenship for Investment Program<\/a> after an undercover investigation by aljazeera is expose high ranking officials expressing a willingness to aids convicted criminals so say an e. U. Citizenship. In august al jazeera as investigative units released the cyprus papers which revealed serious falls in the citizen by Investment Program<\/a> and as phil reece reports the investigation led to see the highest offices of the cypriot state the cyprus Investment Program<\/a> allows foreigners to buy a european passport for an investment mostly made in property of 2 and a half 1000000. 00 the government insists that applicants need a clean criminal record the holder of a cypriot passport has the right to live and work across the e. U. Our undercover reporters went to cyprus to represent a fictional client who has fled china mr x. Is a wealthy businessman who was sentenced in absentia to 7 years in jail for bribery and Money Laundering<\/a> and he is seeking a cypriot passport property agents denise and tony kate help those investing in property to get cypriot passports our undercover reporters tell them about our proposed applicant. Chinas gone much charge to him for all robbery and. Whether there are problems it costs more money to achieve these things so what we will do is find out who has to be spoken to be paid what states he may review wasnt the case a part of a network of enablers that include lawyer and raise protect his song Business Marketing<\/a> team is probably one you can go to that is even going to be a show. Describes a 2 track application system the official route and another for difficult cases that requires more money then comes the good of possible to what insane option. Goes over them you already. See if the body would up and. Then look at cities in any book. In the regulation even our news we want. To ask the police for us. Out of the higher limits. Our undercover reporters are finally invited to discuss mr x. s passport application with the president of the Cypriot Parliament<\/a> you tell him. To go. For support. I dont like politically. I have to put it its like. When confronted with the evidence all of those involved deny any wrongdoing and after our team left the catchiest said he filed a report about them with cypresses and Money Laundering<\/a> unix system at a press conference Dimitri Solis<\/a> said he knew all along that our undercover reporters were criminals who are not is and supported the report made by potential filreis al jazeera. As well as bring in our Investigative Reporter<\/a> David Harrison<\/a> and he joins us on the line from nicosia david the cypriot government since i was denied any wrongdoing in with this scheme so what we said are they given for suspending it. Actually didnt hear that im just saying that the cypriot governments what reason do they given for suspending their scheme. Yes well the reason given they gave me is being told by a pi controller see the phrase they use is so the decision was based on what they call a long standing weaknesses and abuse of the of the provisions of the scheme this is the scheme has come under fire in the European Union<\/a> and of course you have the revelations the cyprus papers in august and this on the cover documentaries expose is the coup de gras for the system i think they realize the evidence is very very compelling and they had no choice but to suspend the scheme in order to retain cypresses credibility as as we come on air davids the speaker of the parliament in cyprus has an eyes that hes going to see abstain from and till an investigation concludes what more can you tell us about the ongoing fall lights from your report. Yes well it continues and its growing apace i mean jimmy crysler is the to speak of the policy side stepped down from the one he has and then but a weeks time you know hes the 2nd most powerful person in cyprus he was seen during our investigation saying your willingness to help him in great detail explaining how he would help criminal chinese criminal to obtain a pa sports a sting another character. Christakis giovanni was an m. P. And the owner of a huge a Property Development<\/a> who we also expose someone expressing a willingness to help criminal turn a passport he is a member of the opposition are killed party and changing the policy seems almost distanced themselves from him because they said that all of this does mean a principled stance doesnt change and we continue calling for a full investigation in all cases and attribution of responsibility where it lies so theres a lot of pressure on these people now use social media the growing calls for both of these people to resign for more investigations continue theres a demonstration planned on the streets of nicosia tomorrow as a direct result of our investigation and i think as well as the cyprus people those people saying yes its a blow to cyprus it is embarrassing in terms of on national the image of the country abroad but most people think that this is a necessary of catharsis is a word that ive seen being used a couple times that the country has to say so to this clean out the system and improve its image you know based on the proper kind of rule of law and the Democratic Values<\/a> that some of the reasons that cyprus is a member of the European Union<\/a> and has the separate government been the thing any pressure from the European Union<\/a> because this is certainly these investment for residents the investment for access to the country and its not just cyprus who are doing that has there been any reaction overall from the e. U. See this as the investigation then any potential replicas that could have because the fitbit government has long maintains theyre not the only one thing this kind of thing and theyre not really doing anything wrong. Yes well they do deny wrongdoing but i think immediately its obviously of 2 fears themselves and the European Union<\/a> of course the city of forestry to make their own minds up this decision to abolish the scheme suggested they are they are believing that evidence is very early at the very least compelling a merits a long term investigation now the European Union<\/a> are 3 published the cyprus scrapers which is a legal document of all those who applied for passports in the last few years and included a dozen super had criminal records or were fugitives from justice or politically exposed people people with access to public funds and therefore the incept of all to corruption and the after that the European Union<\/a> said they were considering what they call infringement action which is to take action against cyprus now its see this time around theyve been the been people telling is off the record that theyre incredibly concerned and that were hearing that action is imminent from the European Union<\/a> it may well be that the cypriot government has someone to speak to that by abolishing the screen while they have their own investigation ok David Harrison<\/a> there part of aljazeera is investigative units joining us on the phone from nicosia in cyprus thank you very much indeed and if you want to find out more about whats this investigation you can head to our website aljazeera dot com forward slash investigations. If. The us President Donald Trump<\/a> has been back outs with the crowds to fire up an Election Campaign<\/a> interrupted by his Coronavirus Infection<\/a> trump addressed supporters in the battleground state of florida without wearing a mask a decision that his democratic rival joe biden describes as reckless and began with a report from miami. After a dramatic 2 weeks that seen President Donald Trump<\/a> contract covered 19 and. The Walter Reed Medical Center<\/a> and make an apparent speedy recovery hes now back on the campaign trail his 1st stop Central Florida<\/a> where thousands gathered to welcome him back following the example of the president many in the crowd didnt wear masks and social distancing was nonexistent as Florida Governor<\/a> rod dissenters into the rally he gave high fives to the crowd before touching his face President Trump<\/a> told supporters hes never felt better i went through it now they say im a mutant i can feel i feel so powerful ill walk if i was walking and there are kiss everyone. Are just the guys in the beautiful women and everybody else yes if you have the fact is any thoughts of the president might change his tone after contract in the virus were quickly dispelled despite rising cases in many states and flu season fast approaching the president says his approach was right all along the cure cannot be worse but if you dont feel good about it if you want to stay stay relaxed stay but if you want to get out there get out. In Ohio Democratic<\/a> candidate and former Vice President<\/a> joe biden talked to auto workers touting his experience in tackling the economic woes faced by many he placed the blame for the 1000 death count now in excess of 210000 squarely with the president they didnt want to panic the American People<\/a> thats why i said nothing we dont panic america doesnt panic but trump panic is reckless personal conduct sent his diagnosis has been unconscionable longer donald trump as president and more reckless he seems to get. In the coming days President Trump<\/a> will travel to pennsylvania iowa and North Carolina<\/a> all important states in novembers election. For President Trump<\/a>s supporters this was a triumphant return after a worrying few days for critics yet another example of the president flouting basic medical guidelines joe biden is leading in the polls here in florida a state trump must win joe biden will be here on tuesday as the election draws ever closer and gallacher aljazeera Miami Florida<\/a> well 10000000 americans have already cast their ballots in early voting thats according to the u. S. Elections projects of the university of florida in the state of georgia there were long lines some wait its up to 4 hours servals there were reports of technical glitches including issues that slow dying votes in one site in atlanta in california a criminal investigation is underway after unauthorized ballot boxes began popping up around the states we cant independently verify these images of water being cold fake drop off boxes people online have been sponsoring them in their churches and gun shops they look virtually the same as some official boxes where the Republican Party<\/a> has admitted to placing them in Los Angeles Fresno<\/a> and Orange County<\/a> california secretary of state says the boxes are illegal but the party is refusing to remove them lets get more now from scott liquors hes the cofounder of american filters and his analysis site on american politics and Foreign Policy<\/a> joins us now on skype from birmingham in the u. K. Kids have you with us on the program. Republicans have been warning repeatedly about voter fraud and the dangers of mail and voting is this is sort of thing that they were talking about its. No the sort of thing Donald Trumps<\/a> been talking about are without any evidence is that democrats supposedly have been doing this for years in fact the reality is theres been less than 1200. 00 fraudulent balance in 40 years across all the elections but what you just exposed is that the republicans who put out that false charge were actually in danger of carrying out mail fraud ballot fraud because look lets be very clear here these boxes according to the california state and the California Attorney<\/a> general are not authorized they are not allowed under california provision for collection of bollards and it does mean that ballots might not be delivered properly to the true election authorities well it is sort of sounds like the republicans have been caught with their hands in the till i mean are they what exactly is it theyre warning the election what is the republican strategy here because it seems really confusing why are they under mining this election well lets break this down the general thing that you hear from republicans such as donald trump is to try to suppress voting to say look dont bother voting with mail in balloting because its a fraudulent process and then of cropping loses the election on november 3rd to try to take legal action to say will mail and balloting is not legitimate what you have here in california however is that they would like republicans in the state to win office they have the local contest to win so not only do they say what we need bailing palettes for our people but they risk what is possible fraud to collect ballots and possibly not distribute them fairly and its not just happen in california because donald trump who said on the one hand dont allow mail in ballot or guess what he told floridians go out and cast your vote on ballots as soon as possible for me. It just seems that i mean we are talking about california in this instance bassy point is that each state has its own rules each state has its own systems given this level of confusion do you think this is a sustainable approach in future because theres a lot of focus on the actual electoral system in the United States<\/a> you would never see the sort of thing in the u. K. Where you are were people can just drop a ballot in a random box because theres nobody to oversee the integrity of it and so on and so forth so do you think the the piecemeal approach to every state in the u. S. Takes to to have to run their elections is this a sustainable thing or does this no need to be organized federal federally to make sure that its fair or innocence of a lot of security yes the system has worked again she were than 1200 fraudulent ballots in 4 years however in the sense that there are some people who are trying to break the system it may not be sustainable and here let us be clear the biggest road to the u. S. Election in november is Voter Suppression<\/a> and that is through his political appointees donald trump is trying to prevent the post office from distributing ballots from collecting them and from sorting them and if that process takes place in the votes occur anyway it is donald trump who is threatening to say i will not recognize the outcome of the selection so let us be very clear here it is different from saying that the american system is broken it is not saying that there may be one man who for his political future is seeking to break the system who happens to be the man in the white house ok scott the kiss joining us and driving in the u. K. Great to get your thoughts there thank you so much indeed for speaking to us here on aljazeera thank you. Plenty more still to come on the news hour including our young people im proud funding campaigns are fueling and new political movements in kyrgyzstan. Process grow in indonesia and kings the controversial mall that critics say for hurts workers. And in sports the newly crimes n. B. A. Champions are acts of the bubble back home some will be here with more later in the show. Malaysias Opposition Leader<\/a> Anwar Ibrahim<\/a> has spoken to the king as he again tries to form a new governments and or says hes had the Parliamentary Support<\/a>s to replace Prime Minister<\/a> and we had seen a scene since last month where he had seen only 2 charge in march but only with a razor thin majority i would appeal to. Millicent to exercise. Patience wisdom. And. The king to death. Decide based all. The experience because. The discretion of his highness. We must also remember that time is the key to see this last. Majority. Therefore it would be appropriate for him to. Resign lets get more now from from Florence Louis<\/a> who joins us live from kuala lumpur florence its a bit confusing this power struggle that were seeing a malaysia usually if you have a majority in parliament you get to be in charge so whats different here why is is there this tussle between those 2 men at the top. Well i brought him the Opposition Leader<\/a> says he has the support of the majority in parliament now he says hes got the support of more than 120 members of parliament and 112 is needed for a simple majority but he hasnt been able to prove he has the support now when he 1st made his announcement last month the Prime Minister<\/a> said well prove it now anwar today met with the king and he said he furnished documents including statutory declarations as well as statements from Party Leaders<\/a> to show that hes got the support of the majority in Parliament Well<\/a> shortly after his press conference the palace issued a statement saying that while anwar still inform the palace that hes got the support of the majority in parliament he did not name the members of parliament who backed him and the king and the statement that the king also advised on want to follow the do Legal Process<\/a> so its not clear hes managed to convince the king that he has indeed got parliamentary majority now and its also open for on mark to challenge the Prime Minister<\/a> in a motion of no confidence but for him to do that he has to wait Till Parliament<\/a> sits in november. Florence if he did manage to see a change and become the Prime Minister<\/a> that would be the 3rd Prime Minister<\/a> that malaysia has this year which is its really quite remarkable just tell us why this this this pair or this paragraph this power toss or whatever you want to go at what is the significance. Well thats really creating a lot of instability in malaysia and in trying to wrest power this way hes using the same tactic that Prime Minister<\/a> made in yassin had used in february wieden and his supporters have left the then governing coalition they teamed up with politicians they had defeated in the 2018 elections including the former premier whos been convicted of corruption earlier this year to form the new government now. So at that time he was a member of parliament he had been promised the Prime Minister<\/a> ship role at that time when his party and their Coalition Members<\/a> won the elections he was still in prison so on one is using the same tactic that wed in yes in what used to come into power now thats not really going to go down very well because youre also hearing from people that they nobody wants to see any other elections the country is battling a 3rd wave or corona virus infections. The instability is not going to help the country deal with the pandemic and deal with the economic repercussions the economic fallout caused by the pen demi ok florence are you there live for us in kuala lumpur across the story for us thank you very much indeed. China has vowed to respond if the u. S. Goes ahead with plans arms sales to taiwan u. S. Has been encouraging taiwan to modernize its military to resist threats from china where the latest arms sale includes rocket launchers missiles and advanced sensors for fighter jets china regards taiwan as a breakaway province and has not ruled out using force to retake the islands or clearly you joins us now live from beijing katrina weve been hearing from the chinese officials theyve been promising a legitimate a message response what exactly would that look like what is china planning to do here thats right well china has been in sheer rated by this move it said repeatedly that taiwan for beijing is a red line issue and perhaps the most sensitive issue when it comes to u. S. China relations lets listen just quickly to what Foreign Ministry<\/a> spokesperson john the gent had to say earlier today on the issue. China is firmly against it china is urging the u. S. Fully recognize the gravity of arms sales to taiwan abide by the principles enshrined in the 3 joint communique is immediately cancel any arms sales plan to taiwan and stop military contacts related to arms sales to taiwan china will take a legitimate and necessary response to any further arms sales to taiwan. Now we dont know exactly how beijing plans to hit back judging from previous responses they may impose trade sanctions sanctions on the us in july imposed sanctions on u. S. Weapons Company Lockheed Martin<\/a> following the u. S. Governments decision to approve a 620000000. 00 arms sale to taiwan they may also increase military exercise and military drills close to taiwan which is exactly what they have been doing over the past few weeks intensifying air land and sea drills close to the Taiwan Strait<\/a> including flying chinese planes through taiwans Defense Identification Zone<\/a> up until this weekend when taiwan was celebrating its national day nisa very much signals to to do taiwan a warning designed to intimidate taipei but what they doing isnt likely to do at least at this stage is directly attacked taiwan i think they jim has been very very aware that in the lead up to the u. S. Elections the Trump Administration<\/a> may be trying to push beijing buttons when it comes to the taiwan issue and beijings leaders are really reluctant to make any firm moves until they see the results of the u. S. Election pending a possible leadership change and a possible change in approach and tauren from washington. The timing of this really is interesting good you know like you mentioned the risk the upcoming u. S. Election which could determine how america moves forward but there are of also been developments schools its a home for breaching most notably the rests. In hong kong where do you think this leaves chinas approach to taiwan what should we be looking out for in the months and years ahead. Well thats right well china has made no secret of the fact that it believes that taiwan is a renegade province belonging to Mainland China<\/a> that will inevitably be re reunified with beijing president xi jinping has himself said many times that taiwans reunification is negative all that ideally he wants to do this peacefully but at the same time beijing werent hesitate to do this by force and many analysts that weve spoken to have said that president xi jinping wants reunification with taiwan to be a legacy of his leadership that being said that doesnt mean that beijing intends to do this any time soon or in the near future but it is true that tensions between taipei and beijing have been intensifying especially as weve seen increased military and political cooperation between washington and taipei we saw 2 high level u. S. Officials visit taiwan in recent months and that is really infuriated beijing and beijing has responded by upping its military drills as weve said also this week interestingly beijing has been very public in all state Media Channels<\/a> about this operation that its conducted in recent months called thunder strike 2020 in which theyve uncovered theyve said espionage operations by taiwanese spies in the mainland of it theyve been talking about this on state media saying that the perpetrators will be severely punished and weve also seen intensifying language from the aging when it comes to anything to do with taiwan really signaling that there will be action over the next few years and this is really an issue to to look at theyve said that any efforts to for Taiwan Independence<\/a> are a dead end of also stay in beijing military leaders saying that when it comes to taiwan anyone who is court playing with fire will get burned and lots to keep an eye on in the months and years to come the could see the you bring us all the latest from they do thank you so much. Now both armenia and azerbaijan are accusing each other of violating a cease fire that came into force on saturday this Area Ministry<\/a> of defense says their soldiers have been attacked by Armenian Forces<\/a> along the line of contacts armenias says as a by sharon has launched what it called a massive attack along the entire length of the front line both sides are accusing each other of killing civilians in the flare up over the disputed nagornokarabakh region that began last month well aljazeera see them cacio is live in bars in azerbaijan. The response to be a ceasefire in place but those skirmishes evidently are continuing or marquis tell us. Well as the parents of the ceasefire didnt work so far actually the unconfirmed reports were suggesting that the ceasefire that was signed over the night or on friday to saturday morning was supposed to last for 72 hours 3 days especially to be able to succeed there when it syrian. Military inaction which is. Providing humanitarian aid and the exchange of prisoners. That the bodies of said that soldiers and injured soldiers so this was supposed to happen even the humanitarian side of the cease fire didnt have any chance and this fight that john and i are many of both are saying that they are abiding by the cease fire which was initiated by every russia d it doesnt seem so in the because. Even in the in the very early minutes of the cease fire we have been hearing reports from both sides that they violated the cease fire and in asar bridge and i can say that even right now we can hear the sounds of it so there is that or a targeting territory a city which is one which is one of the highly targeted areas by the Iranian Forces<\/a> in azerbaijan also our main yeah reports that the fighting continued in some of its towns and villages over the night and. Theyre going to say is that they have 17 soldiers killed in the last 24 hours which makes their number of military up to 542 so the cease fire didnt. Get in force this is the problem but both sides are saying that theyre abiding by the cease fire what kind of a cease fire no one has any idea because. Jons one of the largest cities of was our bridge on was hit cities and im going to quote about villages and im going to put a bar being hit. A claims that they have regained control of some villages in in the occupied in their ok by territories but apparently there is nothing concrete for the ceasefire and there is nothing very concrete about whats going on in the breadth of our differences on azhar bridge on sides we never hear about the number of the military losses but what we can say is that on both sides civilians thousands of civilians are displaced oh well apologies for that repair so have last seen it will bring you more from that region of course as it comes in but now lets take a quick check on the weather heres. Thank you would head down to South China Sea<\/a> again for the tropical psyco nunca its been designated a Tropical Storm<\/a> which means the winds have come up now they extend as far north as hong kong but only is gale force so hong kong slowing is number a signal its got 2 more to take it up to thai food it wont get there said number 8 but just being on pleasant weather in very rough seas that which will last in the harbor up through to wednesday and then things will improve thats hong kong is exactly sitting over high on arlen thats where its doing its worst damage and winds are the main problem rain will be and that rain has been a problem for Southeast Asia<\/a> as you well know from cambodia which is what were seeing here towards vietnam many thousands of people displaced some of course killed but not that many reported thankfully but things are improving this is the scene just also dying and this is sort of parts of vietnam no one cares going on shore a bit to the north of that and take a lot of rain with it several 100 millimeters see just make more flooding in this part of the n. M. By which time it will still have a potential for wind damage and its way fight of 5 beaches suggest some wind damage as well it goes on land it falls apart but it could have a brother forming already. Well to come here on aljazeera. Professors and argentina make themselves heard but the government listening. Why what happened 520 years ago remains a source of anger its a Latin Americans<\/a> today plus this 3 time grand slam champion is aiming for his 1st since the title in 2 years all the details coming up the sunnah later in the show. Which plays. From fossil fuels to modern day renewable as societies develop the energy demands increase requiring Innovative Solutions<\/a> to meet such to use as a Global Power Development<\/a> of Investment Company<\/a> nebraska power is uniquely positioned to deliver against east. 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Citizenship in august ill just serious investigative units released the cyprus papers which revealed serious falls in its citizens by Investment Program<\/a>. U. S. President donald trump is back with the crowds trying to fire up a campaign interrupted by his call that 19 diagnosis dropped sick to the street shit without its a mask to rally supporters in florida thats after the white house doctor confirmed he tested negative for corona virus. And malaysias Opposition Leader<\/a> Anwar Ibrahim<\/a> has met the king as he tries to form a new government and says he has the Parliamentary Support<\/a> needed to replace Prime Minister<\/a> mohiuddin yes. Now the 1st confirmation hearing for the new u. S. Supreme Court Justice<\/a> has been held in washington democrats are trying to delay the republican push to get any kone baratz confirms before election day in 3 weeks time alan fisher has more now from capitol hill. The goal to have him equally bonneton the u. S. Supreme court before the president ial election the 1st step the Senate Judiciary<\/a> Committee Hearing<\/a> kicking off 16 days after her formal nomination from the Committee Chair<\/a> a lament that politics play such a big part in nominations now the bottom line is Justice Ginsburg<\/a> when asked about this several years ago said that her present serves 4 years not 3 theres nothing unconstitutional about this process this is a vacancy this occurred 4 years ago republicans refused to even hold hearings for judge meant garland nominee did to fill a vacancy caused by the death of a conservative justice no hearings in an Election Year<\/a> he insisted judge amy corny but its nomination will almost certainly imagine from the Committee Even<\/a> if democrats boycott the final vote that will send it to the fill senate for confirmation and thats where the democrats are going to do what they can to stop this going through to republican senators have already said they would vote to confirm the democrats are hoping they can use public pressure to flip to others to block a vote in the fool senate and theyre using what they see as a threat to the Affordable Health<\/a> care act due to go to the court one week after the Election Health<\/a> Care Coverage<\/a> for millions of americans is at stake with this nomination republicans finally realized also on the committee the democratic Vice President<\/a> ial nominee connell hardass who insisted the senate should be dealing with more pressing issues than the Supreme Court<\/a> said it may be Crystal Clear<\/a> that rushing the Supreme Court<\/a> nominee. Is more important than helping and supporting the American People<\/a> who are suffering from a deadly pandemic and a devastating economic crisis and nothing but truth so help you god and then it was time to hear from amy cooney but it herself she said quote cant right every wrong i chose to accept the nomination because i believe deeply in the rule of law and the place of the Supreme Court<\/a> and our nation. I believe americans of all backgrounds deserve an independent Supreme Court<\/a> that interprets our constitution and laws as they are written so now the lines are drawn for the Committee Republicans<\/a> believe they have the votes democrats believe they have public support the next 2 days will be contentious contrary and politically divisive as the Supreme Court<\/a> becomes a political battleground in the president ial election Alan Fischer Al<\/a> jazeera washington environmentalists in uganda say protected rain forest is being destroyed to make way for sugar plantation the Forest Reserve<\/a> is home to hundreds of species of animals including endangered chimpanzees malcolm where has this report. The goma tropical rain forest preserve in western uganda is home to hundreds of species of trees some of them rare. And many animals like these. About 500 endangered jim pansies live here to. Environmentalist say the forest is being destroyed to make way for sugar plantation. Constantino test there in runs a lot for tourists who come to see the wildlife he says some of the Forests Protection<\/a> has been removed by a regular Court Rulings<\/a> he campaigned against it it is a very young and probably no worse in the world but the currency or government telling them in writing and doing this is a 3rd. And thats why people have come to invest and the following they dont but that they are sort of sousas to exist without an explanation. The campaigners say part of the forest has been given to a Company Called<\/a> sugar sugar says using only privately owned grassland next to the forest Sustainable Development<\/a> and the mental projection cant quit that were going. To use sugarcane unpure all ugandans contribute to the tax base of this nation what. Maintaining a passage that is i mean i think the only crime we get commuting now is that we im neighbors to come 1st the activists say the site is guarded by you can 100 special forces and that suggests powerful politicians are involved because the things you should. Be with the government sure. To destroy. The activists also say hoya sugars owners are hidden and it records have been removed from the public registry so you dont its not like knowledge investors who are these investors i dont have that automated i can search. Chicken might fail to get a rope and the. Villages living around the forest have already cut down some trees to make space to grow sugarcane they hope to sell for the company the environmentalists say if nothing is done the rest of the forest will eventually suffer the same fate malcolm webb aljazeera. Lets get more now from c. J. Hes the executive director of civic response on environments and development and joins us by skype from the guns and capital kampala great to have you with us on the news or this isnt the 1st time uganda has had difficulty with deforestation and commercial interests trying see him pen join these valuable environmental resources. Why are we back in this position again why hasnt uganda learned from what many would characterize as mistakes from the past. Thank you very much yes indeed its not the 1st tale that were facing this situation we have now a tropical rain forest in because it. Came to ship. In the past we had maybe a Forest Reserve<\/a> which was being and because it sent in the same people. Stayed. So what we are seeing today is a repeat. Of the past. Sort of. Trade where. Investors are looking for land in Forest Reserve<\/a>s probably because. They do it by. The tail culture but also it does not have a simple majority dont have to shoot a lot of money that they have to pay in opposition for people to leave. But and if theyre not given that were back in the same situation again why do you think the government says its almost giving us a tacit approval because. Yes its easier for the companies to take this land but there are benefits to having these eco reserves having more tourism come in why is the government not taking a stronger stance to protect this Natural Resource<\/a> which it could make money from yeah thats an interesting question the government has surely not taken a very tough stance because rather because we see that government the stations are the ones getting out. I think this is because of the powerful business interests go so 2 its a case of individuals pastoralists behind bars poor bastards behind companies and they are taking advantage of the institutions operating the institutions and this is making it very difficult actually for the institutions to protect. Its. Ok i. Afraid we are out of time but great to get your thoughts thank you so much for speaking to us here on aljazeera thank you. So the Political Uncertainty<\/a> and care of his son at the u. N. Says it considers president serum by bekoff the countrys legitimate leader he has invited to resign following days a process against the results of this months parliamentary election which many say was riggs young people are now cohen for the whole political system to be overhauled Charles Stratford<\/a> reports from bishkek. Just coffee cafe is a popular hangout for students artists and intellectuals in the cuticles capital bishkek. We meet i had a elmas because she took part in the protests after the october 4th palm tree election that one politician called the dirtiest in kyrgyzstans history. Our 1st demand was for a rerun of the election thats all we wanted we had huge hope on the 1st day of protests its so sad how that day ended i feel like i was used. Thousands of people protested in the main square before Security Forces<\/a> moved in tear gas and stun grenades hundreds of people were injured and one person was killed. The next morning protest this its taken control of this building where paul and convenes they freed Political Prisoners<\/a> from jail later on the Central Election Commission<\/a> declared the results of the poll nolen void and said that must be a rerun later a man who only days before would be serving on 11 year jail term for kidnapping was made the countrys Prime Minister<\/a> in a parliamentary session that many say was unconstitutional and makes a mockery of the rule of law the streets until its a calm in the old some sunshine but theres a growing fear that kyrgyzstans french will democracy which people have worked to build into revolutions since independence of the breakup of the soviet union is under threat. By sort of the every aspect of our life depends on politicians and the decisions of politicians make i think its the duty of every young adequate person to participate in political movements and express their civil rights its very important for this post soviet generation to realise that politics defines our quality of life. Not far from the cafe members of the recently established reform party are discussing strategy for the promised rerun of the plan the entry poll reforms set up with money raised in an internet Crowdfunding Campaign<\/a> 3 months ago. Party candidates got around 35000. 00 votes in the election which would not have been enough for a seat in parliament and they say the established politicians have been corrupted by local criminal networks and or intimidated by russia under Vladimir Putin<\/a> who fears Democratic Change<\/a> in the post soviet states it is you know the whole television in christiane is most are provided by Russian Television<\/a> and people are brainwashed by youth if we. Explain their feelings of people. In one word its ive had up. So they dont want to see all the faces they dont want to see an old political or 2 leaders young killed is hope the promised rerun of the election happens and is clean. But they feel the dirty tricks are being played in a strategic game again. Its 520 years since the explorer Christopher Columbus<\/a> struck tanker in the americas the anniversary is being marked by in chile by facing the same indigenous protesters throwing rocks and Police Foreign<\/a> water cannon demonstrators demanded greater protections for Indigenous Culture<\/a> and rights the transatlantic voyages by the navigator who was born in genoa in what is now italy pioneers the european colonization of the americas out government leaders in argentina are facing increasing criticism of their handling of the coronavirus pandemic thats the latest economic crisis means millions are struggling to make ends meet to raise about reports i the National Anthem<\/a> echoing on the street outside the president s home i thousands of people came out to protest against the handling of the economy the pandemic and attempts to reform the judiciary. Says hes tired of seeing argentina fade over and over again pretty much from fellow muslim said we have a beautiful country with full climates we can feed millions of people but we cant do it what is wrong with us my parents came as immigrants from italy and they helped build this country has been destroyed in the last 50 years every day we pay more taxes and more people live in poverty corruption mismanagement in the Political Class<\/a> are to blame. Their lives broke at the time trying to generate a belief in an extremely difficult time in the country when that happened. Unemployment and Poverty Level<\/a> are on the right. Day here to denounce what they say is a parallel agenda to protecting Vice President<\/a> Cristina Fernandez<\/a> because. In the past few months and in spite of the pandemic the government has tried to pass judicial reform and remove 3 judges involved in the trials of the Vice President<\/a>. Government supporters showed up at the president s residence to accuse the protesters of disrespecting argentinas democracy. Then after that they come here to sing the National Anthem<\/a> they dont care about the country they want to remove the president from office we want the elections people want parents and because we help people these people dont care about the core. In march argentina was one of the 1st countries in the region to impose a lockdown to prevent the spread of covert 1000. 00 precedent of a man this enjoyed a 70 percent Approval Rating<\/a> but 7 months on with infections on the rice and the economy in the red the situation has changed the researches of the central bank are slowly vanishing and the currency continues to lose value analysts say the main problem is lack of confidence in the government. There is no trust and there is no physical panic and thats a negative cocktail that explains why stocks are down economy showing no Central Recovery<\/a> there is a lot of mistrust. Argentina is deeply polarized between supporters of the ruling Peronist Party<\/a> and those who oppose it dont look for a division that has cost so much damage in the past. The only political dialogue will allow the country to move forward but for now there are a few signs of that happening that he said will want to cite us. So has an observation got the sports on the player that put his body on the line for the when all the baseball action coming up in just a few moments. Its time for the sport here santa thank you very much major League Baseball<\/a> welcomed fans back for the 1st time this season as the Atlanta Braves<\/a> that won their temper ship series opener against the l. A. Dodgers so like reports players are playing in front of fans for the 1st time fans were finally back in the stands for the 1st time in whats been a coronavirus altered seasons a reduced capacity crowd was on hand in Arlington Texas<\/a> with 60 for the National League<\/a> championship series opener between the Atlanta Braves<\/a> and the Los Angeles Dodgers<\/a> the 11000 spectators that global i feel had to be patient though. With most of the action coming in the 9th inning was tied with the game looked at 11 alan too went on a rampage. Austin rileys massive tie breaking home a set up a full run outburst. The braves going on to win 51. 00 with the old beast to run homerun rounding off the scoring was i i said were like an n. B. A. Game you know early because a lot of things done avondale of the last 3rd and. That theyve been like that for a few years now that they just keep coming in a few minutes or down a set of 4 theres been games weve been down to a strike it ended up coming back and when a man well margot former pottery plans havent been allowed to attend the american League Championship<\/a> series in san diego. I found unfortunately that means they missed out on the breathtaking Solo Performance<\/a> by tampa bays manual mago against the houston astros. On top of a 3 run homer in the 1st the outfielder pulled off one of the catches of the season i was. Magos if its helping tampa seal it for 2 and take it to nothing series lead i think hes got now 3 just huge moment for sure the postseason and in the play you just dont have the ability to know where you are countered the effort to say forget it im going to hit something but im going to still hand over the balls really really and bronson game 3 of the best of 7 series happened later on tuesday so hell molly. The new n. B. A. Champions the l. A. Lakers have arrived home after their trials on sunday having spent 3 months in the n. B. A. s bubble left disney world in orlando the lakers won their 1st championship since 2010 bron james led the team to a 42 series victory over the miami heat the team wont be holding a victory parade or public celebration because of the ongoing pandemic. Tokyo set to stage an International Gymnastics<\/a> competition next month that could serve as a trial run for next years rearranged games the one day competition or feature 32. 00 athletes from japan china russia and the United States<\/a> organizers say japans 14 day quarantine period would be waived for foreign athletes they will however be tested daily spectators will be allowed into the venue but capacity will be restricted to 2000. To see the sounds of rain is end to the 2nd round of the scent be just the open in russia as he aims of plays 1st title since his comeback from injury in 2018 the swiss had to work hard in his not against britain standing at this its 3 time grand slam when i came back from a set down and was forced to save 3 mat points to win. It and thats what the man had your back to hyla thank you very much indeed son i was sent for this new start to go away it didnt panic and will be with you after the break at the very latest world news from al jazeera. Temperatures are on the rise Global Warming<\/a> is taking effect. As one of the worlds biggest emitters of Greenhouse Gases<\/a> the u. S. Is set to withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord<\/a> the day after the president ial election we can and we will deal with Climate Change<\/a> but a new president reversed the decision in time face up to the Climate Crisis<\/a> all of the key issues of the us elections on aljazeera. The buys of defiance it really touched my heart deeply when she started to see all the. Aljazeera world remembers a palestinian singer who reached audience is beyond the middle east whom in truth create a family in nazareth she sang out a powerful and Emotional Message<\/a> the personal story of. The voice of palestine on aljazeera. Accused never convicted and yet incarcerated for years. Confined in a zombie in prison witness follows the journey of a man. Who after losing his freedom and his marriage is left to mend it with concern. Over the future of his daughter. The remanding. Own and his ear. Understand the differences and similarities of cultures across the world is another matter when you call. The news and Current Affairs<\/a> that matter to you. Order and. Cyprus suspends its citizenship for Investment Program<\/a> after an aljazeera investigation explodes exposed flaws of the puce of the system. However and forget this is al jazeera live from joe. 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