Jane doesnt this is their live from doha also coming up the e. U. Tehran and russia defend the rain in nuclear deal as u. S. President on trunk considers reimposing sanctions. Protests continue in tunisia against austerity more than two hundred people are arrested all the Prime Minister calls for calm. A mud slides and flooding sweep away homes in california at least seventeen people have died and more on this. Amnesty international is calling for an independent investigation into suspected atrocities by military it follows the armys admission for the first time that its soldiers murdered ten muslim rangar their remains were found in a mass grave in Rakhine State last month scott had the reports. For the first time in mahers military has admitted wrongdoing in its crackdown on the range of community a statement posted on the Facebook Page of the militarys commander in chief said troops and buddhas villagers murdered ten Rohingya Muslims in rico and state calling the dead bengali terrorists it said the army will take action against those involved the bodies were found in a mass grave in the village of in din the one thing to note about the statement on the commander in chiefs Facebook Page what it doesnt admit which is that defense events is not an isolated incident but in fact we had amnesty the un and Media Outlets around the world have documented how theres a much wider pattern of killings of Sexual Violence and the burning of over a hundred villages across Rakhine State and so we need to see justice and accountability for this enormous range of crimes and not a pretense that theres really just you know one or few isolated incidents the announcement comes two months after the military issued the findings of an internal investigation into its Security Forces following attacks by irans rebels in august the military concluded no atrocities had taken place the United Nations has been prevented by the government from undertaking its own investigation into what happened inside Rakhine State during august and september when an estimated six hundred fifty thousand people fled to neighboring bangladesh. The u. N. Has called myanmars actions in rakhine textbook ethnic cleansing a charge the government denies. Even with this reversal of its own findings the military will face increased International Pressure to allow independent observers and investigators into recovery and state scotland aljazeera stay with me and man there is growing International Pressure on the government to release two reuters journalists while learned and choi soy who are accused of violating a secrecy no and face fourteen years in prison supporters of the journalists have staged a sit in to protest against the decision japans foreign minister is expected to raise the case during a three day visit european leaders are said to meet an iranian delegation ahead of a u. S. Deadline to reaffirm the twenty fifteen Nuclear Deal Russia confirmed its support on wednesday when its foreign minister Sergei Lavrov made his iranian counterpart and how much of a serif in moscow iranian delegation is now in brussels to meet helped broker the deal agreement signed off every ninety days in the u. S. President has until friday to decide if hell impose sanctions. As the deadline for the Iran Nuclear Deal approaches the worlds once again second guessing trumps next move. Is taking over the middle east the u. S. President s repeatedly threatened to tear up the agreement with so far hes reluctantly kept it alive. It was a moment in International Diplomacy seven countries signed the agreement at a time of heightened tensions across the region some of irans neighbors have been talking about a possible military strike against the country. Irans made no secret of its arsenal of russian Ballistic Missiles israel and washingtons middle eastern allies feared it also had an active Nuclear Weapons program. Iran insisted its Nuclear Agenda was purely civilian but under the deal it agreed to end research in return for the partial lifting of sanctions allowing it to Access GlobalFinancial Markets and crucially sell its oil. As part of americas commitment to the Deal Congress requires the u. S. President to confirm every ninety days that irans up holding its part of the agreement trumps recertified the deal several times so far but things could be about to change last october he announced a new iran policy iran is not living up to the spirit of the deal i am announcing a new strategy to address the full range of irans destructive actions its a strategy many iranians believe is motivated simply by trumps growing support for israel i think on the trump u. S. And israeli interests are closely aligned and i think trust main problem but iran is that a class of for that simple reason so for that reason i would also add that should iran and israels relationship improve which is not on the horizon any time soon you would see major changes in the wrong with. Trumps refusing to recertify the deal until Congress Amends it hes called for sanctions on irans revolutionary guard which he described as a corrupt personal terror force of irans leader he also wants to extend time limits on the countrys Nuclear Research and could tell its Missile Program but as congress didnt draw up the deal its not down to them to change it any alterations it makes to the president would be in breach of the international agreement. It leaves donald trump with two choices recertify the deal and keep it alive reject the deal violate the agreement and almost inevitably trigger an International Crisis need parker. Its cross over to nadeem barber hes in brussels tell us more about the objective of this meeting in brussels. Well jane ahead of the meeting in the building behind me diplomats have been saying that this is to send a strong message to washington that the deal is crucial to make sure the term Irans NuclearProgram Remains for civilian purposes for Regional Security but also to remind the u. S. That iran has been clear that its been continuing to comply with its obligations under that deal we know that there is as neve was talking about in his package they said expect a decision in the u. S. On friday as to whether to reapply sanctions on irans oil sector the president has to waive those sanctions every four to six months last october he said that he was not going to recertify the nuclear deal thats led to many people inside the u. S. Expressing concerns President Trump asked congress to change to introduce legislation to amend the deal but the democrats say they wont back anything that doesnt have the support of european allies will sigma gabriele the German Foreign minister spoke to us briefly as he went into the building here saying that he wanted to separate the issues of how iran acts in the region particularly in countries like syria and the Nuclear Program stressing that its crucial to keep this deal on track to make sure that iran doesnt try to use its Nuclear Program for military purposes he didnt tell me any specific communications he had with the white house but its clear from many european capitals that theyre extremely concerned here and where does this lead and then. Well jane a for the last few months since the statement by President Trump last october there had been really loud loud cries of concern there was a joint statement by the british german and french leaders saying reminding the world that the twenty fifteen deal was the culmination of thirteen years of diplomatic work theyre also stressing that if sanctions were reapplied that would in effect kill the deal and that it couldnt be renegotiated of course its not just a diplomatic success that theyre trying to protect but its also trade interests there are many European Countries lining up deals in irans or Energy Sector theres even been a deal signed by hungary and iran to build a Small Nuclear reactor but i think that beyond that theyre all stressing that iran could actually move towards isolation if this deal where threatened and on wednesday the head of irans atomic Atomic Organization said that his country could easily increase its uranium enrichment capacity if in fact President Trump did decertify the deal he said that that would be a violation and so many people here in europe are extremely concerned that the u. S. Must start to listen more to its european allies thanks for that. Theres been more violence between police and protesters and five thousand is in cities during a wave of anti austerity rallies well in terms of thirty people have been arrested during four days of demonstrations protesters are angry over the governments planned price and tax hikes the opposition is calling for the twenty eighteen budget to be scrapped and this is Prime Minister saying the economy will improve this year when i heard was that he said. We would like to send a message to the protesters no matter what the government undertakes its top priority is improving economic and social conditions and ensuring the trust in the country and its institutions the government wants open dialogue regarding the demands for the leaks have emerged of attempts by Egyptian Military intelligence to influence Media Coverage in the country in recordings broadcast by the make a million t. V. Channel an officer can be heard instructing a presenter to attack the amir of qatar the Intelligence Office also tells the presenter that pressure should be increased on kuwait to prevented from supporting cattle in the gulf crisis egypt the u. A. E. Saudi arabia and bahrain imposed an economic blockade on cattle in june kuwait has been attempting to mediate in the dispute Israeli Forces have carried out raids in several villages in the occupied west bank after settler was killed in a drive by shooting on tuesday the funeral has been held for the thirty five year old rabbi who was a resident of it and the illegal israeli settlement near the city of Nablus Police are continuing the search for his killer temporary roadblocks are restricting access to the area. Millions of dollars worth of jewelry is believed to have been stolen in an Armed Robbery in Paris Police Say five people smashed a window of a Jewelry Store at the ritz hotel a wednesday evening three people were arrested at the scene two other suspects escaped on scooters. Still ahead on aljazeera. Colombias Peace Process with its last active rebel group is in danger of running a hot. Is the state of cambodias democracy will look ahead to its election later this year. Halloran is taking a hold on the malayan peninsula the moment you can see from the broad talked is what you might think was happening been confirmed not by reported writing on the ground hundred sixty plus millimeters in missing its on the east coast of the peninsula and just north of singapore and its not general area where this something of a circulation wants to set up so they will be more potentially fairly flooding right now through kuala lumpur and beyond that almost towards the thai border but certainly down as far south to singapore now falling upward from that the still right inside arkansas and back towards the central philippines but thats not the concentration of the heavy stuff it does ease a little bit but im yet to saturday but it certainly isnt gone size all the equator and weve got another Tropical Cyclone to watch in the northwest of stray theres a circulation now stop tikki heavily populated area of course the system strikes dions through adelaide so we still got something of a contrast in temperatures which usually means rain and thats true the heaviest rain is going to be up in where the northwest fairly obviously but they will be rain falling in adelaide as well ahead of that is quite warm melbourne got to twenty nine sydney twenty eight of course sydney has been hasa it is rather pleasant summery weather to be honest thats friday saturday just sees the rain dispersing move it further inland. Coveted beyond wealth thank you very much taken without hesitation. And died from. Our defines our old. People in power investigate exposes and question the use and abuse of power around the globe at this time on aljazeera. And again you watching aljazeera mind of our top stories this hour european leaders are set to meet and the reigning delegation in brussels ahead of a u. S. Deadline to reaffirm the twenty fifteen new clear deal russia confirmed its support for the agreement on wednesday. Violence has flared between police and protesters in five cities during a wave of anti austerity rallies protesters are angry at the governments planned price and tax hikes more than two hundred thirty people have been arrested. And Just International is calling for an independent investigation into alleged atrocities by i mean mars military follows the armys admission for the first time that its soldiers killed ten muslims found buried in a mass grave for more on this joining me on skype from young gone is adam cooper the country represents of at the center for humanitarian dialogue its very good to see you what do you make of this admission. Well its a red mission we dont often see the memo Security Forces acknowledge any wrongdoing despite the large number of accusations that have made within the International Community so this is something to take notes all of course this is god just to one particular incidence in one village and many parts of the International Community will be interested to see whether the wall or accountability all. Taken place across. Will come about and its also i think will be continued pressure from. The International Investigations even if. Why do you think they made this admission now what sort of pressure do you think they under what is a lot of speculation about that and the reason hasnt been formally stated so some news reports for example the New York Times had pointed to the arrest of. Pains last month yesterday under the official secrets act and the suspicion is the researching alleged abuses in Rakhine State that they have evidence of this so one theory is that while the military is doing is trying to get ahead of the news and show that the action before that story broke and of course thats just speculation at this point for a number of people have drawn a link between arrest of the best journalists for more answers and what weve seen today in terms of the announcement from the moment ok so we have this admission and theres a call for an independent investigation. Hes going to allow that i mean hes going to go into the country with the government allow that for example and tell us more about the expected findings. I mean i think the memo has made its position very clear on this they believe that there are Holding Solvency they believe that to the extent there have been any issues they can be investigated domestically and that was the position of the previous government and that this government so i think what were going to see is a disconnect between the domestic position and the International Position and the International Position in seeing uses of the bar on access for the u. N. And others to independently verify the allegations of abuses that have been a while domestically theres no pressure from the local population or the lets say in. International organizations and they will address themselves but that will not i think satisfy the International Community so i think the gap between whats happening inside the country and outside is only like good. Thank you very much. Colombias rebel group is edging the government to resume talks the president suspended negotiations when rebels launched attacks after a cease fire expired the leaders say the incident should not derail the Peace Process and his sons are run from bogota a historic three months long ceasefire now over and in the worst way as the rebels resumed attacks in colombia many hope for an extension of a truce which the violations have been considered a success. But on wednesday colombias last active rebel group perpetrated four attacks wounding two colombian marines and effecting an Important Oil pipeline colombian president Juan Manuel Santos spoke forcefully against them. Laura the government deplored the airlines decision to restart its terrorist attacks on the general public the armed forces and on parts of the National Infrastructure we were always i repeat always ready to extend the ceasefire with the airline and negotiate very quickly a new cycle of talks even it will she added. Inexplicably not only rejected this process but chose to restart their terrorist attacks on the very day that they were obliged to initiate the round of negotiations. From quito where peace talks had been expected to resume leaders said they were hopeful the talks could restart but then explain the reasoning behind the attacks let me say that were going to shooting table was making progress during the cease fire so we maintain the decision to give continuity to what we achieved but we need a new ceasefire that overcomes the difficulties of the first one. President santos immediately recalled to the recently appointed negotiators for consultations experts say the failure to extend the cease fire shows deep divisions among the leadership. We. Will win. The match in this sense is not only the probably what will happen with this cease fire is what will happen with the table and the general process between the government and. The talks have long been complicated by a lack of confidence between the parties and to tangible results and we can now expect the Colombian Military to start a Bombing Campaign in rebels areas a full blown return of the of still it is that will make very difficult to resume the talks at least for now listen to. The german chancellor and the Opposition Leaders say there are major hurdles to clear before a new Coalition Government can be formed Angela Merkel is hoping for progress on a deal on the final day of talks in berlin it would break a political stalemate thats left germany without a full government since inconclusive elections in september Merkels Christian Democratic Union party and the opposition social democrats have been trying to find Common Ground to begin formal negotiations on an alliance. At least seventeen people are dead after mudslides taken by heavy rain destroyed homes and swept away cars in Southern California and rescue operation is underway to find more than a dozen people still missing and to reach hundreds of others stranded in the disaster. Reports on. The day after disaster struck monta seato mud and storm water covered highway one hundred one the main road connecting los angeles and Santa Barbara were crews in heavy trucks fire engines and police cars were the only vehicles plying the normally busy highway which could now remain closed for days. The force of tuesdays mudslide smashed metal barriers and swept cars downstream from the canyons above residents describe a terrifying night of poor in the rain and roaring flood the sound with boulders and huge boulders because after storms like this you can go down the creek and theres boat was the size of votes wagons left that you have behind eighty year old Bernard Sandler and his wife tried to walk to a pharmacy to get his heart medicine but they got stuck in thick unyielding mud two hours later were Still Standing up to our middle of our thighs and my dad and i wife almost fell in and i thought she would die and i have actually. Been married fifty seven years this month. And i really felt that we were going to make our lives many of the roads in the narrow canyons around this area are so badly damaged the only way to rescue stranded residents is by helicopter a u. S. Coast guard jayhawk helicopter rescued a marooned family of five including a newborn baby and two pet dogs on wednesday afternoon local authorities gave an update we realized that this is going to be a long and difficult journey for all of us and for our community and we ask for your patience we ask for your understanding and i ask you for your prayers people here ive lived through natures one two punch first wildfires then floods california. Theyve seen it all thats an attitude that will no doubt be valuable in the days ahead as the cleanup continues robert oulds aljazeera montecito california. The environmental threat from chinas hydroelectric dam has dominated talks at the meccan river summit in cambodia considered as the most important waterway in china and Southeast Asia millions of people in the region depend on their river for their livelihoods and when i reports many are wide chinese Power Projects will destroy the meccan. China wants to play an increasingly assertive role in Southeast Asia and is using hydro diplomacy to get there this was the second summit for leaders of the land sung mekong cooperation a group started by china three years ago it brings together nations where the mekong river or land sung as its known in china runs through we have a five year plan that is an obvious one of the key outcome document for the summit and in that five year action plan combined with what we call the deployment the creation its enough to give you a good picture of where the make lunch i have come up to now and where we intend to take forward how you even in the next five years the mekong runs for almost five thousand kilometers and is a vital source of food and transport for around sixty Million People but its also becoming a resource that governments in the region increasingly want to tap into. China has already dams the upper reaches of the river to generate electricity while laos has to under construction and at least seven more planned environmentalists worry about the effects the dams will have on the ecosystem the chinese projects have been blamed for problems downstream like severe drought particularly in vietnam where the mekong comes to an end but some believe chinas role in creating the land sung make on cooperation could be positive this can be a great chance for china to take. Real leadership with sustainable sustainability and there chairing this with a little benefit. Beijing also sees the mekong as a key piece of its belt and road infrastructure and transport initiative linking china with the rest of asia and europe. Its pouring billions of dollars into projects in Southeast Asia like the construction of a high speed rail way when its completed itll connect china with laos and thailand developments on the mekong are also moving ahead quickly too quickly for some the concern is that not enough is known about the potential impacts of so much manmade intervention on one of the worlds great waterways wayne hay al jazeera bangkok. Rights groups are worried that cambodias general election later this year will not be free and fair the government has dissolved the Main Opposition Party and restricted nongovernmental organizations part of our series looking ahead to the major stories for twenty eighteen rob mcbride reports from. Twenty eighteen will mark twenty five years since the United Nations organized election meant to set cambodia on the path to democracy after years of civil war. Today critics say it is starting to resemble a one party state dominated by Prime Minister. He has been in power for more than thirty years and could be virtually unopposed at the next election in july we dont have a democracy some call flawed the market. It will survive better for the marquis cambodias democratic journey has been deeply troubled political intrigue and then fighting sometimes leading to by law and clashes between factions but the country has generally held to the democratic vision planned for it until that is the latter part of twenty seventeen. The Opposition Leader kemp was arrested at the beginning of september for allegedly plotting with foreigners to overthrow the government the Supreme Court then used that allegation to dissolve his party the c. N. R. P. The government says the party was a threat to democracy not the other way round does he in our p o p create problem and that they never listen to a king they never listen to the state thats the question they of a beta for. The political crackdown was accompanied by what Rights Groups say was a clampdown on Civil Society with the closure of a leading newspaper and restrictions on the activities of nongovernment organizations all. Legibly smoothing the way to the election most observers expect the the crackdown and the tensions to happen right before the election thats not the case as usually happen in the middle of the in the middle of the of the of the term and then its starting to actually cause harm before the election as twenty eighteen starts who knows the protests from abroad will mostly be forgotten and the changing skyline in phnom penh is a reminder of the Chinese Investment which now protects him from the risk of the u. S. And europe withdrawing funding allowing him to consolidate power with an election victory seen as a stamp of legitimacy mcbride aljazeera. Leg of the top stories Amnesty International is calling for an independent investigation into alleged atrocities by me in my eyes military it follows the armys admission for the first time that its soldiers killed ten random muslims found buried in a mass grave european leaders are meeting. Iranian delegation in brussels ahead of a u. S. Deadline to reaffirm the twenty fifteen Nuclear Deal Russia confirmed its support for the court on wednesday but President Donald Trump is still considering sanctions. The team barbours more from brussels. Sigma gabriele the German Foreign minister spoke to as briefly as he went into the building here so in that he wanted to separate the issues of how we run acts in the region particularly in countries like syria and the Nuclear Program stressing that its crucial to keep this deal on track to make sure that iran doesnt try to use its Nuclear Program for military purposes he didnt tell me any specific communications he had with the white house but its clear from many european capitals that theyre extremely concerned violence has flared between police and protesters and five thousand is in cities during a wave of anti austerity rallies protesters are angry at the governments planned price and tax hikes for the leagues have emerged of attempts by gyptian military intelligence to influence Media Coverage in the country and recordings broadcast by the make a million t. V. Channel an officer can be heard instructing a presenter to attack the emir of qatar Intelligence Officer also tells the presenter that pressure should be increased on kuwait to prevented supporting cattle in the gulf crisis egypt the u. A. E. Saudi arabia and bahrain imposed an economic blockade on cattle in june and kuwait has been attempting to mediate colombias rebel group is urging the government to resume talks the president suspended negotiations following rebel attacks after a cease fire expired the german chancellor and the Opposition Leaders say there are major hurdles to clear before a new Coalition Government can be formed Angela Merkel is hoping for progress on the final day of talks in Berlin Germany has been without a full government since inconclusive elections in september those are the headlines the news continues but now it is people in power. Head of the september twenty Fourth NationalElection Survey showed a satisfied for the state of their economy this is easily a study his biggest tech Success Story the company was bought by microsoft in two thousand that i love and we bring you the stories to the shaping the economic world we live in counting the cost at this time on aljazeera. The move through g. People of southern argentina and chile have long protested and also from stressed lands at the hands of colonial era settlers territory thats maraton and cheap by huge timber states which have left the region environmentally depleted and the indigenous