Pres protest against police brutality. They come following president Alexander Lukashenko those disputed electoral victory and the deaths of to demonstrate. Plus sounds from up bygone era. Theyve been the newly preserved in and online for music. Are brian thomas good to have you with us today we begin in the u. S. Where democratic president ial candidate joe biden and running mate come along heris have made their 1st Campaign Appearance together harris is the 1st woman of color on a major partys president ial ticket event comes prior to biden formally accepting the democratic nomination next week. Historic debut for the biden harris ticket even though the pandemic kept the crowds away the democratic duo campaigning in person together for the 1st time in joe bidens home state of delaware former Vice President called harris a tough proven fighter whose background reflected the diversity of america. And this morning all across the nation little girls woke up special little black and brown girls so often feel overlooked and undervalued in their communities but today today just maybe theyre seeing themselves for the 1st time in a new way as the stuff of president and Vice President harris is the 1st woman of color to be the Vice President ial candidate on a Major Party Ticket she accused President Trump of bungling the Coronavirus Response and failing to confront racism. The president s mismanagement of the pandemic has plunged us into the worst economic crisis since the great depression. And were experiencing a moral reckoning with racism and systemic injustice that has brought a new coalition of conscience to the streets of our country demanding change. America is crying out for leadership. But harris and biden havent always seen eye to eye last year she attacked his judgment on racial issues as she campaigned for the president ial nomination. It was hurtful. To hear you talk about the reputations of 2 United States senators who built their reputations and career on the segregation of race in this country mischaracterized my position across the board i did not praise racist yet the pair now stand united ready to take on donald trump and mike pence in november its a dramatic reversal of fortune for the california senator after a disappointing president ial Campaign Donald trump is trailing in the polls and biden has signaled he could serve just one term that means harris could now have an inside track to the presidency in 2024. And william glue croft is here to talk to us more about that he wants you william what was his core message in her 1st very watch speech i mean the message was as clear as it was obvious basically is ruined everything that this administration has abandoned america through the pandemic through the economic crisis thats resulted from it that the United States cannot survive another 4 years under a Trump Administration under a 2nd trump term and that of course the solution is biden harris they really both of them really hard core democratic issues the economy and jobs Climate Environment Health care especially in the context of the pandemic and Voting Rights and social justice which is of course has become a huge topic in just the last few months the pandemic has pulled away a lot of the the problems that the United States have been facing for decades that now are really front and center and this is this years election the economy is figuring to be a primary issue in this largely as well as the pandemic and considering that what will harriss role be for the next 80 days until the days in an Unprecedented Campaign given as we saw in last nights event there was no one there so they cant really Campaign Night neither side. Can really campaign but still the Vice President role in the campaign is always to be a Multiplier Effect for getting out the issues for for meeting more voters but basically a campaign to do everything double with 2 people at the top of the ticket also fundraising when they come out come on harris was announced to be the pick fundraising went to the roof biden had the Biden Campaign had a record take in for a single day and also its interesting what role she might play if biden were to win joe biden very clearly said that he wants her to be what he was to barack obama as Vice President which is the last person in the room for every major decision thats a lot of responsibility to give to a person it is and she is just one you know away from the presidency for a very old candidate joe biden 77 years old what what is going to be the response from the trump Campaign Donald trump is already already come out swinging oh of course i mean on top of the normal insults we hear from joe biden if you have a dollar from about joe biden sleepy joe you know he has nicknames for every one. Donald trump is sticking with the divisive rhetoric the rhetoric of fear that has really characterized his administration and its characterized his campaigning attitude hes really appealing to suburban voters particularly women suburban voters who helped him win in 2016 saying vote for me if you dont your communities are going to collapse are going to become poor theyre going to become more infested with crime this is very racially charged rhetoric that hes hoping is going to help him but the polls show that those groups of people are starting to break away from him ok we have 80 days to go well see how this develops william thanks so much for that. Lets get you a quick look at some of the other stories making the news this hour a fast moving brush fire north of los angeles is the back wages of 500 homes more than 300 firefighters have been ordered to battle this blaze has scorched more than 4000 hectares near lake hughes and the Angeles National forest. Weve seen flooding in south sudan has forced an estimated 135000 people from their homes one of the worst affected places is the town of bor where heavy rains caused the nearby white nile versus banks efforts to reinforce a levee prevented even more of that town being swarmed. That. Police in scotland say 3 people were killed when a passenger train came off the tracks in the northeast of the country 6 others take the hospital the incident followed heavy rain and thunderstorms in the area. The Prime Minister says engineering teams have removed almost all of the oil from the ground a japanese vessel more than 1000. 00 tons of already spilled into the waters around the island after that ship ran aground on a coral reef. The government of belarus has confirmed the death of a man in Police Custody it says the 25 year old died after being detained at a protest at least 6000. 00 demonstrators have been arrested since sundays disputed president ial election protests continued into a 4th night wednesday evening. What began during the day carried on late into the night their defiance undimmed and hundreds of women stood arm in arm on the streets of mens protesting their governments crackdown on free speech following sundays disputed election. Is that i came here to support our bellary seen people our women and children are being killed and beaten up violated taken away we do not even know where they have taken them must be some justice those now believe. It was videos like this one i dont get so many appearing to show protesters being beaten up in detention centers. Under pressure president Alexander Lukashenko penned the unrest on a disgruntled unemployed rump. To see it would be a mirror of what everyone who is unemployed currently has to be looked after which we have to be offered a job thats moved here its the core of these socalled protesters are people with a criminal past on those who are unemployed who would be as little. Factory workers suggest otherwise definitely are good to their left who is there you stand up if you voted for t. Cannot sky the Opposition Leader a man shouts the room rises as one. Elsewhere signs that trust in the system is running out. All markers help this man in orange escape the clutches of police. Outsiders are paying attention to the u. S. Says warren sanctions are on the table what people bellerose to have the freedoms that theyre demanding that they think are in their best interests. We watch the protests we we urge that these that the non violent protesters be protected and armed. Back on the streets the protests were more subdued on wednesday night. Go read the chanted new sign yet that this uprising has run its course. This is still to come on our program an exclusive video of your report from cameroon on how the countrys military is struggling to end a separatist fight to create a breakaways they called them to zone. But 1st germany has recorded the highest number of new Coronavirus Infections in a single day since the beginning of may on wednesday Health Authorities confirmed 1445 new cases this resurgence is adding to the pressure on german schools which have been opening their doors once again as part of the new Safety Measures there the state of north rhinewestphalia requires all students to wear masks in both hallways and in the classroom u. W. Visited the school and beyond to see how the mask requirements are working out there. Its a sight you have to get used to teach us to funk water looks out at his classroom a sea of moss students this is class 68 bombs feet which is about high school after months of homeschooling the new rules are meant to allow students to start the new school year safely. As is finished. For me its actually kind of funny to see the students after the long Summer Vacation in their different mosques and the other type is on my feet sometimes it takes a moment to recognize them with a new has styles of memory and im like bottom out right thats him or her. Students have to wear their mask the whole time theyre in school still most of them seem to prefer being here in a mask to staying at home and she missed dance ok i think its ok because i can do this sometimes. Its kind of annoying but its ok. If it is its more or less ok but you dont really see other peoples expressions. And its really difficult to tell if people are being ironic or something. Is funny and then and hides i live in iran and platinum but i go to school in north rhinewestphalia and running platen it theres no mosque requirement for classrooms but here there is and i find that a bit unfair. On 5th interested. In germany coronavirus measures and schools differ from state to state so far north rhinewestphalia is the only state that requires mosques inside the classroom following a spike in infections. Teacher stefan go to says the mosque rule is reasonable. How it is 1st in for i think its sensible and important even if you have to get used to it no one wants to have to close the schools again after 2 or 3 weeks. Finally its break time students have 10 minutes to take off their masks to eat their lunch. Observing social distancing of course. To see the employers its a nice feeling because its pretty woman stuff in the classroom here in the fresh air and could take our masks off that feels good. The mask rule here is in effect until the end of august school is yet to start and some other german states they will then have to decide what measures to take. Well what will those other schools doing to find out was bring in our Political Correspondent for a good morning to you kate our other german states likely to impose the classroom mask rule for the children in those other states. Where they all depends on how the situation develops as we heard in the report each individual state is responsible for deciding which measures they want to implement and many other schools around germany also already require students to wear masks on the School Premises but not in the classroom so we may see some changes in the coming weeks but that all depends on how we see the situation developed here in germany. How is the situation developing up until now the countrys been keeping the number of new infections low especially compared to other countries but theyre on the rise with whats changed. Well theres a lot of different groups that have been attributed to the possible to the increase in in the new number of cases here in germany not least of all the number of holiday makers returning to germany bike from breaks here in the country in from abroad and theres also been a lot of new cases traced back to family events as well but there is a large concern in germany right now that what we seem to be seeing is a lot of small to medium sized outbreaks and not the concentrated cluster infections that authours hes previously found quite easy to contain so that is a worry for authorities at the moment as to how widespread this is across the nation okinawas new infections mounting as they have been has the federal government the gaited how it might respond what we expect to see is a continuation of the policy so far which is a localized response and one state in particular thats received a lot of praise is down in southern germany in brevet in bavaria theyve taken a very strict stand so far and had quite a success a relative success in hundley the pandemic but that could be that reputation could be about to be tarnished after a scandal broke yesterday after it was revealed that some 44000 test results had not yet been returned to people who took the coronavirus tests or returning to germany from abroad and some 900 of those tests were actually positive a lot of them believed to have not been from high risk areas so its means that in the meantime many of these people could indeed have come into contact with other people and which of course could have huge repercussions in that area as ever thanks very much for bring us up to date. Its to cameroon now where fighting between the military and English Speaking separatists in that francophone country has killed more than 3000 people displaced hundreds of thousands more its been nearly a year since the country started a National Dialogue to address the crisis but on the ground not much has changed did have you gained exclusive access to the front line of the fighting our correspondent lazy young travelled with cameroonian government soldiers battling separatists in the angle phone areas in the east or in the west rather which are the worst affected by the conflict. Commerce and the forces i read interviewed a new front this suspected of being a hideout for the countries under foreign sympathies militias sympathies incomers English Speaking regions was too quick to break away state they call. The often use abundant Properties Like these to come. Cameroon suge is a tough recovery days surrogacy we started as a street protest. But were not in a state of war were in a crisis were in the situation where we have to restore law and order those men around brum those who have just gone to strike a job losses on friday hes all but dead to god it. This is a corner no ones very life you know in regions fighting between separatists and the army has forced inhabitants to flee its been like this for 3 years nothing in a tone is functional not even hospitals. Soldiers and civilians are also for huge controversies here so just give the militias for everything. Reason. As thomas passed weve noticed the conflict has progressed. The separatists and launched a campaign against the population they carry out kidnappings and ask for ransom. Demand and it on song. But the current army has been accused of committing serious human rights abuses against the local population only give it has repeatedly denied however so just a film bunny villages and attacking civilians meanwhile hundreds of sympathies fighters have left the movement citing financial mismanagement from their leaders have brought. This moment to sip it is fighting for 3 years he has not joined a government amnesty program. Now with some of us have realized everything we were told about the separatist movement was a lie the leaders use us to make money for them thats why i started fighting. We leave a coup no we dont know because for now we have to immediately beast. Yet another town diverse that by fighting along this road everyone has fled. I dont mean it to be security is always tight the commander tells us support is have their own comes just a few kilometers away. All the army has set up barracks like these across under a full time rune attacks on secession is still take place but only says they are walking have to contact is a tux. The army shows those weapons including explosive we just see was seized from the separatists in another town does hospital was blown to the ground so just simply to point fingers at each other for the act at least 4 patients died on debates. And the local population is living in fear because i have the impression that the separatists are living alongside the mare but efforts are being made so that they can live in an atmosphere free of. Dollars and keep to the communist government see they are planning to rebuild down to 4 regions nevertheless it is still unclear how this will happen we continue this fighting and destruction in the area. We have more now on that story from the u. K. Where police in scotland say 3 people were killed when a passenger train came off the tracks they were pronounced dead at the scene 6 others have been taken to hospital that incident on a night of heavy rainfall. Aerial pitches show the full extent of the accident. The train derailed in a store in haven in scotland about 160 kilometers north east of edinburgh. The sound of sirens could be heard from afar and fix smoke billowed from behind the hughley terrain Authorities Say they were called to the scene just before 10 am on we