plotting to overthrow him at the same time relations between batteries in the west have improved in serbia unlike pompei it became the 1st u.s. secretary of state to visit minsk since the early 1990 s. after that washington the pointed its 1st ambassador in more than a decade and an maybelle reuss ordered oil from the u.s. for the 1st time after failing to agree on a price to buy it from russia. well an opposition political rally in batteries described as the biggest since independence from the soviet union has been held in the capital minsk thousands turned out in support of spec on the ticket of the guy who is challenging alexander new. for a 6th in next month's elections the government has accused the opposition of collaborating with last go to cause civil unrest ahead of the opposition says the claims of russian subversion are a sham. well still ahead here on al-jazeera it's gaza's great harvesting season despite good rainfall and fast house oil business has left a sour taste of funds. hello there the rains across china very well scattered over the next couple of days not as heavy but

now, in the balkans, serbia, kosovo and romania are experiencing worrying outbreaks. here's nick beake again. if you listen to that health care officials can kodovo, they say the hospitals are already overwhelmed, they are dealing with us now and struggling. that is an area of real concern. if you look at places like italy, extremely badly hit in the early wave back a few months ago. everyone saw what happen in italy was a sort of a pre—runner to what other people experience. they made great strides in rome and bringing down the number of cases across the country, particularly in the very badly affected north. butjust yesterday, they've extended the state of emergency because there is a feeling among the government and other european governments that you really can't be complacent with this, can't take your eye off the ball or the consequences will be devastating. iceland claimed major success against covid—19, but there are concerns the virus is once again spreading through the community. ten new infections were recorded in the past 24 hours, taking the number of

we are talking about serbia and kosovo. health officials in kosovo are warning hospitals are already overwhelmed. it is a bleak situation. we know about north—eastern spain already and the impact that is having on british tourists. i guess the thing we take from all of these is that it is clearly a very difficult time in all of the countries we are talking about, but if you are trying to take about, but if you are trying to take a holiday this year, if your plans we re a holiday this year, if your plans were already postponed, it's looking like 2020 is the year were nothing can be planned with any certainty. nick beake reporting. the uk's biggest tour operator, tui, is closing more than 160 high st stores. it is responding to changes in customer behaviour. ben thompson explained how the move followed a changing consumer behaviour. further evidence today, if we needed it, that as we change the way we shop, business has to change the way that it operates. therefore, in the case of chile, 70% of all the bookings they take ar

case that the worst affected part of europe is the southeast balkan region, so we are talking about serbia and kosovo, and health missions in kosovo are warning that hospitals are already overwhelmed so it's a pretty bleak situation —— health officials in kosovo. we know about northeast spain on the impact that's having on british tourists andi that's having on british tourists and i guess the thing we take from all of this is that it's clearly a very difficult time in all of the countries we are talking about but if you were trying to take a holiday this year, if your plans have already been postponed, it's looking like 2020 is the year when nothing can be planned with any certainty. our correspondent in brussels, nick beake, thank you. the uk's biggest tour operator, tui, is closing more than 160 high street stores. it says it's responding to changes in customer behaviour. let's talk to our business correspondent, ben thompson. is this about consumer behaviour rather than because of the pandemic? yeah, ithink rather than because of the pandemic? yeah, i think today further evidence,

these wandering thunderstorms produce flash floods to think sunday morning well possibly somewhere in serbia maybe remaining a maybe hungry is more significant and steady rain running up through denmark and then sudden parts of norway and maybe sweden all slaves for cross fit supporting they went there on sunday 60 degrees $22.00 don't even achieve that when the rain goes away now much of europe is enjoying typical summer weather now wonderings on the storms increasing warmth of course it's windy and often worse in the british isles and scandinavia is not quite what we want in july the real he's been down spain and portugal might even turn out to be record breaking madrid if you get to 40 well that beats the record which sits at $39.00 above normal anyway for most of spain and portugal for the next few days before africa is a bit of dust around where the wind is strong but we are now watching for clumps of showers because they could be significant to go across the atlantic in the immediate future i think it's going to be the ivory coast then liberia probably sierra leone who see the orange t

the leaders of serbia and kosovo have been to talks for the 1st time in nearly 2 years european union officials of praise the 2 countries for resuming talks aimed at easing tensions serbia has refused to recognize kosovo sovereignty since it declared independence in 2008. georgiades there with me so raman a reminder of our top news stories the u.k. the u.s. and canada have accused russian cyber spies of trying to steal coronavirus vaccine research they say the hackers are linked to russian intelligence services moscow denies the accusations we're not entirely sure but it feels in any event as if it's being done for their own purposes whether it's commercial or otherwise in any event as i said given the order to try to come together to find a vaccine for in people's bridge people here in the u.k. but also for people around the world i'm afraid it's a pretty egregious behavior and it is and it should be called. the governor of the u.s. state of georgia is suing the mayor atlanta for making it mandatory to wear face masks in public for governor brian kemp says the move violates his execu

years european union officials appraise the 2 countries for resuming talks aimed at easing tensions serbia has refused to recognize kosovo sovereignty is a declared independence in 2008 there's the headlines more news in half an hour inside story is next. well i mean you go to war again both sides blame each other for the fighting on the border decades of animosity the result. hello and welcome to the program on iran come on it's a conflict with roots dating back to the collapse of the soviet union armenia and azerbaijan have been in dispute over the new go on a region for decades it's recognized internationally as part of azerbaijan but controlled by ethnic amin.

the leaders of serbia and kosovo have met for the 1st time in nearly 2 years the talks were held it you had courters in brussels with a bloc praising the 2 countries for resuming talks which have been frozen since november 28th so beers refused to recognize kosovo's sovereignty since it declared independence in 2008. 2 main rivals to the belarus president have thrown their election support behind the wife of an anti-government blogger banker a victim of a rico was arrested last month and subsequently barred from the race because of a criminal case against him former ambassador larry to cairo it was also disqualified after his supporting petition was not a fide than our backing is for atlanta to come to a skier who's continuing her husband's political campaign as he faces up to 3 years in prison for threatening public order. amount of top stories on out his era the kremlin has denied that russian cyber spies are trying to steal research on a possible corona virus vaccine the u.k. u.s. and canada say hackers who are part of russian intelligence services are attacking research institutions

over war crimes he's accused of murder and torture during cause of his fight for independence from serbia in the late ninety's that he denies the allegations and says he stands for truth reconciliation and peace but he announced he will resign if the court decides he must face trial. well now it's been more than 3 years since for arab states and posed a land and sea embargo on cata it's legal bit to remove the air blockade now hinges on a ruling by the international court of justice due to be issued later on tuesday has some expense. for qatar is this has been a long battle or many fronts the international court of justice is to issue its verdict on a dispute over space riots it's begun in june 2017 when saudi arabia u.a.e. and egypt serve their ties with qatar and imposed a sea blockade. qatar took the case to the un calling on the international civil aviation authority to declare the blockade illegal as part of the dispute the blockade in countries have barred qatari aircraft from entering their space which qatar says violates the convention on international civil aviation referred to a

about events happening decades ago could cost even more problems now the dialogue between course and serbia that is restarting with the facilitation of european union is in trouble because she was a keen. representative of course with this dialogue the courts will decide before october 24th if she will go on trial the course of an president has announced he will resign if that happens step class and al-jazeera the hake protests is in russia's far east have rallied again in support of the popular regional governor arrested on merger chose several 100 supporters of the governor for golf been demonstrating in the coveralls near the border with china since saturday they say the charges are political of the photo won the governor's seat from a representative of the ruling united russia party in 2018. a former british socialite a long time friend of jeffrey epstein will face a judge in new york on tuesday to lay maxwell has been charged for her involvement in an alleged sex trafficking operation the defense is expected to try to get her out of jail where she is on suicide watch cable is under rep

about events happening decades ago could cost even more problems now the dialogue between crosser and serbia that is restarting with the facilitation of european union is in trouble because russian thought she was a keen. representative of course with this dialogue the courts will decide before october 24 if that she will go on trial the course of one president has announced he will resign if that happens step class and al-jazeera the hague. iran is asking south korea to release billions of dollars it owes for oil exports in transactions dating back several years speaking to al-jazeera the foreign ministry spokesman said tehran is currently negotiating with seoul. we will explore all legal and diplomatic avenues to bring this money back to the country it's held illegally in south korean banks and their reasoning is totally illegal and irrational the us is putting pressure on them that's not related to us it's between them and the us our nation wants the money it earned through illegal trade back we've had a historic and traditional relationship with south korea but these actions have a negat

about events happening decades ago could cost even more problems now the dialogue between crosser and serbia that is restarting with the facilitation of european union is in trouble because russians are she was a keen. representative of course with this dialogue the courts will decide before october 24th if she will go on trial the cost of $1.00 president has announced he will resign if that happens step class and al-jazeera the hague. it's been more than 3 years since 4 arab states imposed a land sea and air embargo on cattle and its legal bid to remove the air blockade now hinges on a ruling by the international court of justice due to be given on choose day. has more. for qatar is this has been a long battle on many fronts the international court of justice is to issue its verdict on a dispute over air space riots it began in june 2017 when sandy arabia u.a.e. but her reign and egypt severed ties with qatar and imposed a land sea and air blockade. qatar took the case to the un calling on the international civil aviation authority to declare the blockade illegal as part of the dispute the

special tribunal in late june for war crimes and crimes against humanity in the 199899 conflict with serbia that won the province its independence in others are charged with being criminally responsible for nearly $100.00 murders doesn't actually said he complied with the prosecutor's request for the interview because he believes in dialogue and good relations with all nations. i am an idiot who fair is the new challenge. and succeed. for most of my family my bebo me my company. nobody going to. be voting. this is what i. read. a pro-democracy activist to fled hong kong after beijing imposed a national security law on the city has arrived safely in london nathan law left after testifying in a u.s. congressional hearing about the legislation law has said that the activists like him could now face arrest just for speaking to foreign journalists or politicians the u.k. is easing visa restrictions and opening a path to british citizenship for people from hong kong. mandela the youngest daughter of south africa's 1st black president nelson mandela has died at the age of 59 she was serving as sou

the dialogue between crosser and serbia that is restarting with the facilitation of european union is in trouble because russian bochy was a keen. representative of course with this dialogue the courts will decide before october 24th if archie will go on trial the course of an president has announced he will resign if that happens step class and al-jazeera the hague. british m.p.'s have warned that the u.k. could face a serious water shortages in 20 years of no action is taken to combat water waste and leakage the warning comes after the u.k.'s environment agency warned this year that taps could run dry within a generation due to climate change and population growth needs barker has more. it's something too many of us take for granted clean water on demand. but in the u.k. famed for its downpours and frequent floods the seemingly plentiful substance could soon be in short supply according to a damning new report by m.p.'s tasked with scrutinizing government spending parts of the country could run dry within 20 years what we were really shocked at is that some of these warnings that he

tribunal in late june for war crimes and crimes against humanity and the 1009 $199.00 conflict with serbia the won the province its independence chanda others are charged with being criminally responsible for nearly $100.00 murders. i am ready to face the new challenge and succeed. for my thought my family my people and my country. nobody can rewrite the story. this is a price for freedom. thousands of rallied in russia's far east for a 3rd day in support of a popular regional governor arrested on murder charges supporters of governor said gay for dal have been demonstrating in cab out of school near the border with china since saturday his supporters say the charges are political after forego won the governor's seat from a representative of the ruling united russia party in 2018. and russia has charged a former military journalist even suffering over with state treason this 5 protests at his arrest police detained around a dozen journalists who gathered outside his the pension facility to offer their support in a case that they say is shrouded in unacceptable secrecy even though suffering

of the militia which regime there was monday kate of a defacto untile being an apartheid regime of serbia over across the wall that poked for us peaceful resistance that as it became more unsustainable turned into a violent resistance led by a by a that caylee and there are serious indictments that could not or serious indications that were not successful to be tried because of various problems both at the u.n. war crimes trial new tribunals and nothing costs all by the rule of law mission ulick's that the in the context of that war of course the systematic ethnic cleansing had been applied by the serbian side and serbian president milosevic indicted for this in the hague that there have been also crimes committed in kosovo on the albanian sites against costa will serve minority and partly also crimes political crimes killings of political opponents among the cost of albanians. higher still ahead on al-jazeera at close speeds old following a better campaign why on jay do this presidential win in poland is a bonus for right wing politics not just in the country but throughout europe. and t

forces appearances persecution and torture carried out during kosovo's war of independence against serbia between 191-0999 also accused touchy and viscerally of a campaign to obstruct and undermine their investigation. hashim toci says he has complied with the prosecutor's request for the interview because he believes in dialogue and good relations with all nations i am ready to face the new challenge and succeed. for my thought my family my people and my company. nobody can rewrite the story. this is our right or freedom. photo viber isn't a senior associate at the democrats his ation policy counsel he says the case has been a long time coming. this case has been pending for years and even the kates so there is a strong case for assuming that the that the very decision that the prosecutors went with the indictment to the core that they really have a strong case for trying mr touching in the violent ethnic breakup of yugoslavia for the we kemo of the militia which regime there was monday kate of a defacto untile being an apartheid regime of serbia over a cost of all that post for a speech

union hungary's foreign minister linked it is when to recent conservative victories in croatia and serbia saying the european right wing had once again beaten what he called the liberal mainstream now yemen 3 the rebels say they've killed and injured dozens of high ranking military officers in saudi arabia according to their spokesman they had multiple military sites and a large oil facility just across the border they hear these claim this is all part of a major new offensive saudi arabia hasn't said whether anyone was killed or injured in the attacks however the saudi u.a.e. coalition in yemen announced it intercepted 4 missiles and 6 explosive drones over . what we saw it in about as 3 european ighly up with high position ballistic missiles not disclosed before and large numbers of drones armed forces destroyed warplanes and pilot barracks and their defense petri system infamy some shoot other military positions and just on a not strong were destroyed also the joint oil installation in the industrial area of design was targeted targets were hit with high position our armed forces succe

says that long stalled talks between serbia and kosovo back on track after a video conference between the 2 leaders kosovo's prime minister of do a lot the and serbian president alexander future held a virtual meeting chaired by senior e.u. officials that was on sunday kosovo declared independence from serbia in 2008 but belgrade refuses to recognize that tensions have simmered ever since their leaders are set to meet face to face in brussels on thursday. local lowdown is being imposed in some places in spain after a spike in cases more than 140000 people have been confined in catalonia after more than 800 iu cases on sunday the outbreak is connected to farm work and seasonal day laborers strain emerged from a 3 month nationwide lockdown in june let me know let me know made of that that the best way to attack this virus and to block the transmission chain is prevention prevention of new infections that leads us to ask people to stay at home as long as possible and only go out for those essential movements to work to buy the things they need. to india now which is record of a 5th strai

says long stalled talks between serbia and kosovo her back on track after a video conference between the 2 leaders kosovo's prime minister at the end serbian president alexandrovitch held a virtual meeting chaired by senior e.u. officials on sunday kosovo declared independence from serbia in 2008 palgrave refuses to recognize that the tensions have simmered have a sense the leaders are set to meet face to face in brussels about some thursday the absence of a solution is hampering did it well i'm meant to cite we know that this not an easy process that's never been but there is urgency to work to do worst piece temper of spirity for the sake of our government future. molly's prime minister has promised an investigation into deadly protests violence in the capital bamako it is the worst civil unrest in years a president who cater as now promised to form a national unity government and dissolve the constitutional court the tensions do remain high and people are still demanding his resignation and some would address. demonstrators defy course by their leaders to stay off the streets of t

the 2 leaders cos of a declared independence from serbia in 2008. up next talked to al jazeera. on counting the cost of war games in the south china sea washington sends an aircraft carrier is beijing flexes its military and economic muscle by jiri a gets ready to export gas as big oil prepares for a post prove it world plus global remittances plus counting the cost on al-jazeera . will. see. december 24th 1979 soviet troops invaded going to stand leaders of the soviet union said they'd been invited by a gun found common defeated. the soviet invasion set up on a fun on the part of decades of conflict. from the soviet of gone before the mosque was complete to draw in the 1980 s. and the eventual collapse of the communist government and. civil war followed. leading to the taliban's rice to power. once backed by the cia the movement through most of a lot of fun until 2001. that's been the.

says long stalled talks between serbia and kosovo are back on track after a video conference between the 2 leaders kosovo's prime minister. and the serbian president alexander held a virtual meeting by senior e.u. officials on sunday kosovo declared independence from serbia in 2008 but belgrade refuses to recognize that tensions have simmered ever since the leaders are set to meet face to face in brussels on thursday the absence of a solution is hampering the development of the site we know that this not an issue for us this has never been. but there is work to do worse peace and prosperity for the sake of a common future as a version and armenia are accusing each other of launching military action along the border as a bazaar as 2 of its soldiers were killed armenia denies acting aggressively and says its positions were attacked with artillery shells they've been fighting over the nagorno-karabakh region for decades. the pope the head of the roman catholic church says he's deeply pained by turkey's decision to change the status of the fia from a museum to a mosque pope francis told

the european union search long stalled talks between serbia and kosovo are back on track after a video conference between the 2 leaders possible as prime minister hotly on the serbian president alexander which held a virtual meeting chaired by senior officials on sunday kosovo declared independence from serbia in 2008 but belgrade refuses to recognize that tensions have simmered ever since the leaders are set to meet face to face in brussels on thursday the absence of a solution is hampering the development of the site we know that this not a new super us this has never been but there is there is work to do worse peace and prosperity for the sake of our common future. the u.k. and france have agreed to form a new joint intelligence unit to combat people traffickers across the english channel ministers from both countries hold talks in the french port city of cali security forces there have dismantled a makeshift camp removing hundreds of people cases of illegal crossings on the english channel has surged during the recent summer months. the head of the roman catholic church the pope sa

says the long stalled talks between serbia and kosovo back on track after a video meeting between the 2 leaders kosovo's prime minister abdullah hottie and serbian president alexander of the church held a virtual meeting chat by senior officials on sunday kosovo declared independence from serbia in 2008 but belgrade refuses to recognize it tensions of cement ever since the leaders are set to meet face to face in brussels on the day yet says of the solution is temporary to development of the 2 site we know that this not an issue for us this has never been. to do this. work to do worse peace and prosperity put to see who the government future. quick look at headlines now while the health organization has reported more than $230000.00 crowd of r.'s cases in the past 24 hours this is the highest single daily increase since the outbreak began the surge is mainly coming from the united states was ill india and south africa globally the death rate is remaining steady with around $5000.00 people dying each day in the u.s. state of florida has shattered the national record for daily cases with

and the serbian president alexander virtue since talks broke down 2 years ago serbia refuses to recognize kosovo's declaration of independence they are set to meet face to face in brussels on thursday. the u.k. is planning a $900000000.00 investment to improve its border security after brags that the government says the plan will create new border control posts and increase the number of staff by $500.00 the u.k. leads the e.u. customs union the end of this year polls have closed in hong kong where pro-democracy parties are selecting their candidates for upcoming elections the voter turnout for the primary was higher than expected this legislative council election happens in september crucially it will be the 1st since beijing imposed its new national security law earlier this month. people in poland meanwhile voting in their presidential run off could shake up political parties and affect relations with neighbors even though the office is largely ceremonial the president can still veto parliamentary legislation move from sun you're going. this is a stark choice for voters in poland one w

the european union says talks to resolve one of europe's most deadlocked territorial disputes that is serbia and kosovo a back on track e.u. leaders facilitated the 1st meetings between kosovo's prime minister. and the serbian president aleksander which since the talks broke down 2 years ago serbia refuses to recognize kosovo's unilateral declaration of independence a province broke away over the kosovo war of 1998 they are set to meet face to face in brussels on thursday. in the news ahead. if we can't have remittances being transferred to these countries it's becoming increasingly challenging another effect of coronaviruses seeing a drop in money sent home to africa we'll look at how it's impacting people in kenya and the u.k. plans $900000000.00 to its border security as a prepares for life after brits. and of their more very heavy rain across areas of asia of course the rains have been particularly heavy through much of the korean peninsula and especially across areas of japan meanwhile across into central china the river waters continue to rise this is we had a new bay province and real

a 5th consecutive night of anti-government protests has been held in serbia with demonstrators again calling on the president to resign saturday's rally was peaceful contrast to the previous night when police fired tear gas the rallies were sparked by anger over the government's handling of the pandemic but have grown into other demands now emergency crews in northern russia are using explosives to put out nearly 300 fires unusually warm weather has helped fires break out across siberia crews are using the explosives to knock down burning trees so they can reach them more easily they're also seeding clouds process that helps trigger rain for most of the region is deemed too remote to bring under control more 3300 square kilometers of land is burning unchecked. many african families who depend on money sent home by relatives working abroad struggling to pay for food and rent coronavirus lockdowns of caused mass unemployment and stopped billions of dollars in remittances humming that are reports from kenya. us monday learning a refugee from somalia has been living in the kenyan capital

a 5th consecutive night of anti-government protests has been held in serbia with demonstrators again calling on the president to resign saturday's rally was peaceful in contrast to the previous night and police fired tear gas the rallies were sparked by anger over the government's handling of the pandemic. into other demands. people in poland are voting in a presidential runoff vote could shake up political parties and impact relations with neighbors the office is largely ceremonial but the president can veto parliamentary legislation so no geiger reports. this is a stark choice for voters in poland. and one which will shape its identity in europe and the rest of the world we're going to be on mars this is the incumbent crowd pleaser and trade with poland's president since 2015 an independent who has the support of the ruling law and justice party is seen as a stalwart of the government's message of nationalism and conservatism his backing of only traditional families and opposition to gay marriage adoption has put him at all those with poles and others in the e.u. who fear he's taki

to resign rallies began on tuesday after attempts to reimpose knocked on the streets and on friday serbia saw its highest death toll. corona virus infections rising in florida as well but that isn't stopping one of its most famous attractions from reopening disney well it's been closed for nearly 4 months now strict new health measures will be put in place for the reopening will from rob reynolds. walt disney world in orlando reopens on saturday with enhanced hygiene temperature checks and mandatory mask wearing to prevent the spread of culvert 19 florida's governor says disney world is safer than a party at home people are going to be it's a safe environment disney i have no doubt it's going to be a safe environment but a quarter of park workers have signed an online petition against reopening saying it endangers their health doctors say safety depends on public cooperation and self-discipline but the bottom line is you can rely on disney to keep things clean and then you as a guest are going to have to make sure that you practice good hygiene and wear a mask several disney parks in asia

refusing to back down a 4th day of protests in serbia over the government's handling of coronavirus. find out why millions of lives are at risk in syria as the u.n. security council fails to meet an important deadline. but. we've got lots of hazy sunshine but so lively shall is to ask the usual across a good part of southeast asia we've seen some very heavy rain into malaysia recently subtree kuala lumpur and singapore 155 millimeters of rain in the space of 24 hours still plenty of showers in this region actually as we go on through sunday usual splattering if showers all the way across borneo into the philippines and further north as well little time to just drift a little further east which as we go through the next day or 2 wanted to show was there in the heat of the day indonesia plenty a shot was recently making the way across southeastern parts of australia as well and even pushing a little further north into the far south of queensland this weather system here this cold front that will gradually slide little further east which as we go through the next couple of days coming u

but testers and serbia's capital belgrade have attempted to storm palm and as anger grows against the government police a pelted with flares in iraq so a 4th night of protests reports. this is backlash against restrictions to stop coronavirus and sue the police and the parliament building on the receiving end of frustrations. the protests began on tuesday sparked by a proposed weekend shut down now gray's people complained it threatened the jolts and businesses. the proposal was dropped the protests have morphed into wider anger with president aleksander change. now from him i came here to stand for the rights that are based on the constitution but the president is denying that to us the majority of protesters are peaceful scenes like this have spread across syria this week many blame government decisions to allow soccer games religious celebrations parties and parliamentary elections for a 2nd wave of infections is obvious and. i think the people who gave it a didn't have many chances to talk seriously about what comes next and to say what brought us to the streets there is a lot of

and refusing to back down protesters try to storm serbia's parliament as anger grows against the government. here as president donald trump has commuted the sentence of his long time ally roger stone and he advised trump's presidential campaign and was sentenced to jail for lying to congress in the russian probe and fisher reports. he has been a friend a confidant and for a very long time his biggest political supporter a religious student can thank donald trump through his freedom the veteran political consultant was due to begin a prison sentence on tuesday with the president's granting of clemency that has gone away in my case. an assistant u.s. attorney. filed a motion with the court which he. did it from our investigation had proof beyond a crowd strikes report that the russians hacked the d.n.c. and gave the information to wiki leaks that's a lie in a statement the white house said roger stone is a victim of the russia hopes that the left and its allies in the media perpetuated for years in an attempt to undermine the trump presidency there was never any collusion between the trump ca

, others are unhappy at attempts to improve relations with kosovo, which declared independence from serbia in 2008. a bus driver has died in france five days after he was attacked by passengers who reportedly refused to wear face masks. the 59—year—old had been left brain dead after the assault in bayonne. on wednesday, thousands took part in a march in the city to denounce the horrific act. two men have been charged with attempted murder. the united nations and the european union have criticised a decision by turkey to turn one of the world's most famous buildings, the hagia or aya sophia, back into a mosque. the world heritage site was originally built in the sixth century as a byzantine christian cathedral. the ottoman empire converted it into a mosque in the 15th century. it became a museum in the early 20th century. from istanbul, 0rla guerin reports. change is coming to hagia sophia — jewel of the byzantine empire. a great monument to christianity conquered by the ottomans, later a museum bearing testimony to layers of history. speaking turkish but president erdogan, who presen

than 10 people rallies began on tuesday after attempts to reimpose lockdown restrictions on friday serbia saw its highest daily death toll . she's in belgrade she describes now how friday night's protests descended into violence. everything started when a group of for protestors tore down the security fence in front of the national assembly building and they were provoking police officers they were throwing stones on the police but police officers kept calm and they didn't respond until a couple of minutes ago and they're now the situation is quite similar with what we've seen a couple of days ago 2 days ago police officers responded with tear gas and there is happening now and the protesters are are persistent they are still in front of the national assembly building so police is not still fighting the main entrance but they are spread all over the city center and i have to say that from today in belgrade every gathering of more than 10 people is forbidden and there is a new measure against the coronavirus ok let's get more on top story that decision taken by the u.s. president donald tr

refusing to back down protesters trying to storm serbia's parliament as anger grows over the government's handling of the coronavirus crisis. chaos in mali people demanding the president steps down for failing to rein in armed groups and revive the economy. there so. press the hard you're sophia for turkish court rules in favor of turning the popular heritage site into a mosque from a museum. top story to u.n. security council votes to extend humanitarian aid to syria have failed to pass the 1st was vetoed by russia and china and the 2nd by china the remaining 13 council member states voted in favor aid agencies have warned the decision could lead to diet consequences for millions of displaced syrians the u.n. has said that many people in the countries northwest highly depend on it describing it as a lifeline joining us live this hour diplomatic editor james bays there at the u.n. in new york hi there james what are they trying to achieve here and what can they achieve. well i think there are different names or different members of the security council book clearly in just a matter of hou

to watch al-jazeera live from london i'm dead in obligated also ahead protesters in serbia defy matan again as they try to storm parliament accusing the president of all for tarion as a. celebrations in turkey and certain other quarters as istanbul's historic i asked sophia as its status as a mosque restored. and al jazeera journalists are questioned by police over their investigation into the treatment of migrant workers in malaysia. hello a lifeline to millions of syrians living in a sliver of land in the country's northwest is at risk of being shut down russia and china have vetoed a u.n. security council resolution to keep 2 border crossings from turkey open for a vital a deliveries 13 other members back the proposal by germany and belgium which wanted to keep the passages open the mandate for the border crossings expires on friday and the council has been voting on a rival russian proposal as food medicine and basic supplies for millions of people hang in the balance let's look at why the security council remains divided well the u.n. and humanitarian groups say 2800000 people in

what started as kosovo's bid for independence from serbia escalated into open conflict. and was brought to an end by nato air strikes in 1909. soon after hundreds of thousands of course of refugees poort into neighboring countries telling of massacres both sides were accused of war crimes 6 serbian officials were found guilty and last month the course of a president. was indicted on war crimes charges. today kosovo is willing to almost invisible the country declared independence in 2008 but a type of cold war continues with serbia repeatedly blocking kosovo as attempts to join the united nations the european union has spent 9 years trying to normalize relations between the 2 sides with little progress in 2018 talks stalled completely . since then angela merkel and emanuel have led countless efforts to smooth over differences and restart the dialogue recently some success the cost of a removing its 100 percent trade tariffs on serbia but in return pristina wants belgrade to finally recognize its independence if serbia does that it wants membership to the e.u. . i believe

in 2008 but serbia does not recognize it as a country. russia's foreign minister has warned the risk of nuclear war has risen significantly because the un us rather has withdrawn from several arms control pacts so at lavrov says while sco is not optimistic washington will sign up again for the strategic arms reduction treaty which expires next year. the nucular risks have significantly increased recently and the situation in the sphere of international strategic stability is obviously on the downward path the reasons are also obvious to everyone the us wants to return themselves to global domination and a proud of the victory in what they call rivalry of superpower states they refuse the term strategic stability and call it strategic rivalry and in this rivalry they want to win at any cost south korea's former president park geun hye has had her 32 year prison sentence for corruption reduced by 10 years south korea's 1st female president was impeached 3 years ago following widespread protests and convicted of bribery embezzle meant an abu

that seems to be true because even as the list lunches, it has been —— serbia has been taken off the list because ofa has been taken off the list because of a rise of infections. portugal did not come in at the start because the government was concerned by the infection rate there and a couple of outbreaks, although it is relatively small. i would expect, outbreaks, although it is relatively small. iwould expect, i outbreaks, although it is relatively small. i would expect, i would hope that portugal will be back on that list and you will be able to take that holiday to portugal in the short term, in the next couple of weeks, but unfortunately it is impossible to give a date just yet. another one that is evolving and could change. a question for felicity from matthew. concerning insurance. iam felicity from matthew. concerning insurance. i am due to go on a family holiday to spain in late august. all of the holiday insurance i have looked at is currently not covering coronavirus unless the policy was taken in advance of the pandemic. is that right? yes, so this is a real problem. lot

in 2008 that serbia doesn't recognize it as a country australia is harboring that amber of citizens allowed to arrive from overseas since march only citizens and permanent residents have been allowed in and now the prime minister says the decision follows a surge of coronavirus cases in the state of victoria at a time when victoria was able to take flights again then obviously the challenges to the system presently caused by the outbreak in victoria would have subsided and that then of course would be less pressure on the system nationally so until that is under. under control or even beyond that has been under control and the tories are able to take up the. flights again then we'll be in a restricted to pass city for the future. 2 more latin american politicians have been infected by cope with 19 bolivia's interim president janine and as was diagnosed and is now in quarantine the head of it as well as national constituent assembly the also tested positive earlier this week brazil's president jalal sonar went into isolation after he was confirmed to be infected al-jazeera as investi

to serbia now where hundreds of people have staged a sit in protest outside parliament. it's in defiance of the 10 person limit on gatherings the pandemic restrictions were announced on the 2 nights of fighting between police and protesters at the lockdown measures as president is accusing some protesters looking to do serious damage. regularly over to his home i'm urging all our people in belgrade and novi sad and all other cities not to confront the hooligans themselves we will do that as a state we will work and we will win we will preserve peace for our country surrender was never an option. greek police have used tear gas to disperse people protesting against a new bill and aimed to regulate street demonstrations they've gathered outside the parliament in athens the government says the bill seeks to end frequent disruptions to businesses and threats to public safety it would also hold open eyes accountable for hommel damage caused by protests. singaporeans are voting in a general election expected to extend the ruling party's unbroken record the vote comes just week

nearly every single state there are now being more than 33100000 cases over 135000 people have died in serbia hundreds of people have staged a sit in protest outside parliament. that's in defiance of a 10 person limit on gatherings juta the pandemic the restrictions were announced after 2 nights of fighting between police and protesters over long term measures serbia's president alexander which is a huge sing some protesters are looking to do quote serious damage regularly. i am urging all our people in belgrade and novi sad and all other cities not to confront the hooligans themselves we will do that as a state we will work and we will win we will preserve peace for our country surrender was never an option. singapore ends of voting in a general election expected to extend the ruling parties on broken record the vote comes just weeks after the country and from a 2 month lock down the key issues of the government's handling of the health crisis and a struggling economy the sea and loom who took charge in 2004 is expected to continue as prime minister is a strange younger brother has supported