The president to step down. Down,power plant shuts leaving 2 Million People with only four hours of electricity a day. What appears to be a coup is unfolding in one of west africas largest countries. Soldiers have staged a mutiny at isilitary base near mal capital and have detained the president and Prime Minister. The head of the United Nations has demanded their release. Mali has been in crisis with demonstrators demanding that president Ibrahim Boubacar keita step down. Hundreds of antigovernment protesters poured onto the streets of the capital , some co. Bamako ransacking and burning government offices, responding to reports of army intervention. They arrested president Ibrahim Boubacar keita and the Prime Minister. Armed troops were seen escorting a vehicle believed to be carrying the president. Couldhave come out today today to call for the resignation of the president because we heard there were shots fired by the military and have, to help the military get rid of the president. We are tired, the country is paralyzed, and i do not want this government. Reporter soldiers were seen patrolling the streets of a garrison town 15 kilometers from the capital, where there were earlier reports of gunfire at a military base. It is believed mutineer big soldiers rounded up senior officials. A 2012 Army Uprising at the base open the way to keitas presidency. Isif it is a coup detat, it a piece to end this regime. Everything is being done peacefully. As a member of the opposition, i thank them. Reporter there were reports a small number of the National Guard had seized a military facility. A French Military source said discussions are taking place between malis army command and the mutineers. President keita faced weeks of protests calling for his departure after disputed elections earlier this year. Swaths of the country are already outside the control of the government, that struggled to contain an armed insurgency that has claimed thousands of lives. The failure to end that conflict has led to growing frustration with keitas rule. Mark we are monitoring the story from nigerias capital. What is the latest you are hearing happening in mali . Basically the president , Prime Minister, and top members of his cabinet are still being held by the soldiers, the mutineers. Expectationsre are a statement will be issued by the military anytime from now. There are two scenarios, or even three. First, they will ignore Ibrahim Boubacar keita and issue a statement announcing a coup in amli or will force the president to make a statement announcing his resignation, or both. However, it is taking very long. A lot of malians are still waiting to hear from the soldiers and probably from president keita himself. Pressure is mounting from the international community. The secretarygeneral of the United Nations, the african union, france, which has thousands of troops in mali, and a lot of other countries are expressing concern about the situation. Many are calling for the restoration of constitutional order. However, it looks like the military are set on announcing themselves in power. What remains to be seen is in what capacity they are going to announce. Are they going to stay an interim government . Are they going to form a national or Coalition Government . But thenows for now, situation is a bit confusing in mali. It has been more than 12 hours since these incidents started in the capital bamako, without any statement from the president , Ibrahim Boubacar keita, or the soldiers who executed the coup. Anchor give us some context or background. We are talking about a west african country that is fragile and in chaos in some areas. Reporter absolutely. To start with the coup, the barracks where Ibrahim Boubacar it wastaken today actually the origin of another coup in 2012. That was when some military officers launched a mutiny that resulted in a two that toppled the government of a previous president , who was accused of failing to deal with a rebellion in the north of the country. Eventually that coup ushered in Ibrahim Boubacar keita as president of mali. Over the years, what mali has witnessed is what opponents call rampant corruption and failure to secure lives and property. Initially the government was dealing with a security situation in northern mali dealing with al qaeda. Then a french force went in and things quiet and a little bit. Now things are getting worse. ,n the border with burkina faso the border with ivory coast, even in the past few weeks we have seen attacks. Also the border with niger. There have been security incidents. The violence has moved from the north to the center of the country, inviting armed groups as well as local militia. A lot of people are wondering, how long will it take before the state collapses . People are waiting and a lot of observers are thinking it is only a matter of time that Something Like this would happen. The economy is down and there is no sense of direction in government. Maliis the situation in until when the soldiers strike this morning. Anchor thank you. An International Tribunal backed by the u. N. Has reached a verdict over an assassination that caused shockwaves in the middle east and transformed lebanons political future. A member of hezbollah has been found guilty over the 2005 bombing that killed the former Prime Minister. Billion15 years and 1 for the judges to reach their conclusion, but none of the suspects was ever arrested. Reporter the special tribunal for lebanon reached its verdict in the trial of four hezbollah members caused with conspiracy to kill former Prime Minister hariri and 21 others. Ayyash was found guilty. Three others were acquitted because circumstantial evidence was not strong enough. Prosecutors have based their case on evidence of a phone network that monitored haririr months before his death. Son, his salvation former Prime Minister, was in the court for the judgment. He welcomed the verdict, vowing not to rest until punishment was served and calling on hezbollah to cooperate. In the name of the leaders , andy, the martyr hariri in the names of all victims, we accept the ruling and wish for justice to be served. We are not giving up our blood right. Reporter judges say there was not enough evidence to prove direct involvement by hezbollah leadership or the syrian government, which was in control of lebanon at the time of the murder. They did note ayyash affiliation with the group and his communication with a known hezbollah commander, who died in syria in 2016. It is going to be difficult for a lot of people to believe that the commander, a high level operative in hezbollah, would have carried out such an intricate, sensitive assassination without any green light from his leadership or from the syrian regime. Reporter the hezbollah secretarygeneral has long denied any role in the massive bomb blast in beirut 15 years ago. It is not clear how he will respond. There are calls to cooperate, but he has repeatedly vowed never to hand over the suspects. [translated] we dont feel concerned by the tribunals decisions. For as it will be as though no decision was ever announced. If our brothers are unjustly sentenced, we will maintain their innocence. Reporter the former Prime Ministers killing tour Lebanon Society apart. He was considered the leader of the muslim Sunny Community sunni community. The verdict is unlikely to heal divisions. There has been political instability since hariris killing. It was followed by assassinations that targeted antisyrian government figures in the country. Since then, the Political Landscape changed. The balance of power favors hezbollah and its allies, which control political and military power. Some see an opportunity to solve the latest political crisis. Called onr hariri hezbollah to sacrifice the same way he and his group sacrificed. This opens the doors for settling political issues. Reporter the court, which can only accuse individuals, did not tie hezbollah leadership to the murder, but indirectly implicated it, leading many to believe the verdict could set the stage for further instability or end years of confrontation that followed the assassination. s eldest soni spoke to us earlier. He said lebanon is in crisis and has not ruled out returning to the country. The businessman is disappointed the court could not place blame on hezbollah. The court is mandated, it can only go after individuals. Ts mandate isear i limited to individuals, not parties or states, even if they are sponsoring terrorism. They were quite limited. Said they could not visit the actual site of the explosion, which made it more difficult to have final conclusion. Shows thatt evidence it is apolitical assassination it is a political assassination. Hariri supported the withdrawal of syrian troops. Between them at that , i amwhen he told them three quarters opposition and one quarter not. He said syria cannot hold on forever. Anchor the belarusian government has admitted some Police Officers have resigned as pressure grows on president Alexander Lukashenko to go as well. More state workers have also walked off the job, cheered by the demonstrators. Monthss say this president ial election was rigged and are calling for the leader to resign. Representatives of the jailed Opposition Leader rallied outside the prison where he has been held since may. Reporter at the kgb prison in reports say the leader was brought from this prison to another because some people have been gathering here for his birthday, which is today. This is the husband of the main opposition candidate, who also had a message for his birthday, but the message was directed at the government. This blatant injustice and lawlessness demonstrates how this decaying system works, the system where one man controls everything. One man has been holding this country in fear for six years. One man stole from belarusians his choice. My husband asked me to pass you his words. Political prisoners are wasting their time in jail. He asks you not to waste your time, not to sit still, but to do Everything Possible to live in a country for life. Reporter well protests and strikes are ongoing, there is increasing diplomatic pressure. European leaders Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron have been in touch with Vladimir Putin in moscow. Interestingly, they have been calling him and not lukashenko. Increasinglyn is turning into a mediator and potentially a kingmaker in belarus. For russia it is very important belarus is not too much under the influence of the European Union tornado. There is a key role for moscow here, but it is also very questionable if putin is still willing to back lukashenko, who is under increasing pressure to resign and has lost so much support in the last couple of weeks. Another solution could be in the making to look at another leader in belarus, which is agreeable to the European Union and also moscow. Anchor still ahead, the head of the u. S. Postal service suspends plans to cut costs after being accused of trying to sabotage the president ial election. Plus, welcome to rio, but avoid the beach. Mixed messages from brazils struggling tourism sector. The weather in perth is quieting down quite a bit now. Just a few showers. Most of it is concentrating on the eastern side, south australia, victoria, and beyond. We have got a fair amount of snow in the victorian alps the next couple of days. The blue is rain. The white is the snow. Rain showers stretch as far as sydney, whose reservoir is now 100 full. It is where it should be and still topping up. Rain goesgoes not across the tasman sea toward new zealand. It is looking wet for northern ireland, still breezy and wet for tasmania. Orth, 19 degrees, a shower two. In queensland, just sunshine. North of this, still very active whether in the south china sea. This cloud is a tropical depression, which might strengthen. As that makes its way to the south coast of china, the seasonable rains are these stretching from such you on n andchingng from szechua sinking southwards into china. Anchor a reminder of the top , mollys president and Prime Minister reported to have been arrested by soldiers. They were detained after personnel beauty at a base personnel mutinied at a base north of the capital. A member of hezbollah has been convicted of conspiring to kill hariri. Suspectss one of four dried for the car bomb attack. The belarusian government has admitted some Police Officers have resigned as pressure grows on the countrys president to go as well. More state workers walked off the job after a day of demonstrations calling on Alexander Lukashenko to resign. Downer station has shut after israel shut off the supply of fuel. The gaza strips 2 million residents now have as little as four hours of power a day. The restriction is one of several in response to incendiary balloon launches from gaza. Reporter even before Tuesday Morning in the shutdown of their only power station, gazas 2 Million People were dealing with a shortage of electricity. The Maximum Capacity was a little more than a third of a 500 megawatt demand and now the shortfall has got worse. [translated] stopping the fuel supply means losing the 63 megawatts the gaza power station produces, which means losing a third of the power we have. The previous timetable was six hours on and 10 hours off. Foure can provide three to hours only. Reporter israel stopped delivery of diesel fuel last week as part of its round of tensions with hamas. Hamas has resumed its tactic of launching balloons carrying incendiary materials into israeli territory. There have also been what it calls night disturbances along the border fence and rocket launches into israel. Israel has carried out nightly area strikes, as well as closing off the seed to Fishing Vessels and stopping fuel deliveries. It is a blow to an economy already on its knees, with unemployment surging and 57 of people below the poverty line. Gazas oldest ice creamery was already restricted to one of its seven powerlines. Now the owner says it is time to shut up shop. [translated] i will send my workers home and shut down the factory. Four hours are not enough because you need two hours to cool the machines before starting. Distributors will stop buying my products because they dont have electricity to store the ice cream. Reporter the power shortage brings an environmental cost, affecting Water Supplies and treatment of wastewater. One of the most important. Roblems in the gaza strip than 120 cubice meters of raw sewage to this seawater and the beaches of the gaza strip directly without treatment. Reporter that is 50 olympic size pool pools every day in a time of year when residents look to the seaside as a place to relax. An egyptian delegation traveled from gaza to israel on monday reportedly with a list of demands to hamas for a fulfillment on easing the blockade and allowing for improvement to the infrastructure and economy of the gaza strip. External mediation has worked in the past, but usually only once the situation has deteriorated more with greater levels of violence than we have seeno far this time. Anchor the u. S. Postal service is suspending costcutting measures amid a public outcry over warnings it could affect the upcoming president ial election. Louis dejoy said last week the service would not be able to handle the volume of mailin ballots. He now says any operational changes will be made after the november election. Lets go to mike hanna, live in washington, d. C. Why has he made this abrupt uturn . Is there going to be enough to stop the outcry . An outcrye has been both from democrats and a number of republicans about delays within the Postal Service that have followed these costcutting measures, as he put it, undertaken by louis dejoy. He has announced these measures have been suspended, but nancy pelosi has released a statement saying, although this is welcomed, it is not enough. She points out this is suspending changes, not removing them or backtracking. For example, the mail sorting machines that were decommissioned will not be replaced. She says the house is going to go ahead with its hearing on saturday in which it will pass a bill that insists the Postal Service is be returned to the perdition the position they were at the beginning of the year. In other words, measures be rolled backwards. There is still immense pressure. Also the shift from republicans in the senate who summoned the to a summoned dejoy hearing friday before the Homeland Security committee. The questions that will be asked of dejoy is why he undertook these costcutting measures, to justify them. From the democraticcontrolled committee, questions are likely to be about the contributions he has made, not only to the republican party, but also to president trump. The latest contribution was in february, more than 200,000 to the trump campaign, shortly before he was appointed to the position by the board of governors. Anchor looking ahead to the next couple of hours, it is another big night for the Democratic National convention. Mike it is. The Democratic Party is continuing to stress the unity among the variou