Arabia to fund its campaign in yemen saying that the price was being paid by civilian lives who perished in that conflict however last month a ministration officials bypassed congress in order to push through another 7000000000. 00 in sales of baums and aircraft support to saudi arabia the u. A. E. And jordan citing that it was National Security concerns because of irans growing aggression in the region and while iran insists the u. S. Drone that shot down on thursday was within its airspace president Hassan Rouhani is calling that a violation the start of new tensions in the region he is urging World Leaders to take action but the u. N. Secretary general is appealing for calm on all sides. Let me see. You know today its very important to those ago everybody must be nerves of steel its absolutely essential to avoid any form of escalation. Senior white house adviser jared kirshners laid out the 1st part of his socalled deal of the century the middle east peace plan which he says is based on 50000000000. 00 of investments more than half would be spent on palestinian infrastructure of a 10 years the rest would be split between egypt lebanon and jordan where the main projects would be a 5000000000. 00 transportation corridor connecting the occupied west bank and gaza nearly 2000000000. 00 barrels to be injected into the palestinian Tourism Industry cushions trying to drum up support for the 179 infrastructure and business projects have an International Conference in behind next week palestinian political leaders that were boycotting the event they have refused to talk to the u. S. Since it recognized jerusalem as israels capital in 2017. The plan would invest about 50000000000. 00 in the region that would create a 1000000 jobs in the west bank in gaza take their Unemployment Rate from about 30 percent Single Digits it would reduce their poverty rate by half if its implemented correctly its a 10 year plan that would double their g. D. P. Weve had a Peer Reviewed now by about a dozen economists in a dozen countries and were very excited to put it forward or grab a break on aljazeera when we come back were looking at why iraqs struggling economy may be heading into trouble waters. And its Brazilian Police get tough on crime the poor and the innocent get caught in crossfire. Hello again welcome back to International Weather forecast were here across china the flooding situation has been a major concern and will continue to be as we go into the new week heavy rain is going to continue across much of the south some of our concerns though are going to be just to the north of hong kong here on monday and tuesday the threat makes its way a little bit more towards the south now in terms of the cumulation over the next 3 days well we could be seeing anywhere between 250. 00 or even more up to 300. 00 millimeters of rain anywhere from hong kong up to fuzhou oh and then over here towards taipei so localized flooding is going to be a major problem there as are make their way over here towards india well the monsoon has been late were talking about 10. 00 to 15. 00 days late in some areas we are picking up a few rain showers here across the interior sections but not of lot and terms of accumulation for new delhi your temperatures are on the rise from monday to tuesday we do expect to see a high there of about 36. 00 degrees and then here across the gulf humid it has been a problem we are seeing not too much of a break until we get towards monday temps are coming up to about 45. 00 degrees but the minute he is going to be coming down as well over here towards abu dhabi we do. For to see a high of about 38. 00 degrees and then clouds across much of southern saudi arabia as well down towards yemen though santa is looking at a time for there of about 28. 00 degrees. Let me take itto things like no place on. Wild west rain. And a storm against all states on a scale. Nation comes to traffic in stadiums that are dropped in class. Discover in its destination defeat the winnings well to 29 t. So the top stories for you on aljazeera this ethiopias military chief and the regional president of the Northern State of them howrah have been killed in 2 related attacks the Prime Ministers Office says the killings were part of an attempt by a high ranking military official to overthrow the Regional Government often are. Vote counting is underway in turkeys largest city in poland a controversial 2nd Mayoral Election in march the opposition candidate was declared the winner but the results then and no after the ruling out party filed a legal challenge over alleged irregularities and the army in democratic republic of congo has 16 militia members in its offensive against armed groups in the eastern territory of. 7 more including a former army man whos now become a militia commander fighting skills at least 300. 00 people and forced hundreds of thousands from their homes. Hundreds of thousands of protesters in prague are calling for the czech Prime Minister to step down over fraud allegations demonstrations against have been ongoing since april nearly half a 1000000 people also signing a petition demanding he resign has been accused of misusing European Union funds with millions of euros and paying subsidies to his former companies is said to be the biggest show of public discontent since the 1909 velvet revolution which overthrew communism. Also hundreds of protesters rallying in russias capital calling for the release of all Political Prisoners and those held on trumped up charges earlier this month more than 500. 00 people were arrested at an unauthorized demonstration in moscow including the opposition politician. Protesters were demanding accountability for the arrest of an investigative journalist which is government admitted there was no evidence against even good of and he has since been freed protesters have been outside georgias parliament as well for a 3rd day mostly been peaceful after hundreds of people were arrested and injured in violence with police in tbilisi on thursday demonstrators tried to Storm Parliament after a Russian Politicians government of every speech in russian in response. To a halt in flights to georgia starting next month. And still more about protests hong kong this time where demonstrators and opposition politicians have been discussing ways to keep their protest movement going while keeping Public Opinion on this side of the past few weeks theyve held massive protests calling for the complete withdrawal of an extradition bill that would have allowed for criminal suspects to be sent to Mainland China to face prosecution more on this with andrew thomas. This event is now open discussion about how best to fight back legally only what people here consider to have been heavy handed policing of the protests over the last couple of weeks until a break 1000 people have turned up to take part but most worldly the discussion among protesters like these days about tactics how to keep the momentum going while keeping Public Opinion. But huge success couple of 1000000 people last weekend marching and the indefinite suspension of those controversial extradition laws but people here want more the cancellation of any proposal by break tradition the resignation of the chief executive and a formal investigation into place conflicts how to achieve that while keeping the support of ordinary people in the city forming their side many feel that the events of friday just go on by protesters in the place paper you can see hong kong. Even routine responses to emergencies in this city well that went too far and risk alienating the broader population so many here particularly online and talking about some want to scale disruption to Non Essential Services a little. Going. To expose one to this coming wednesday and not on the 1st of july they think those 2 tactics being random to cheat or ambitious aims. Remember the say year ago the team of junior thai Football Players who went to the cave on a day trip was not knowing they would soon be trapped on this story would become one of the most daring and successful rescues in recent memory. Well some of the Young Players and their coach decided to commemorate the ordeal by running a marathon around 4000. 00 people joined them including some of the rescuers all of fundraising events to improve conditions at the cave where they were stuck for 2 weeks. Leaders of ramped up the latest summits of southeast asia. In nations in thailand economic concerns dominate at the meeting as members feel the effects of the ongoing trade war between the United States and china in response leaders of the bloc of promise to work closer together a scot to reports from bangkok. A collective handshake of the 10 nations leaders at their summit in vanko but there is no clear voice from the collective on any of the key topics with the trade war intensifying between the 2 main trading partners the United States and china they need to navigate a path to keep their economies growing though also want to strengthen their partnership an immediate product of that they will jointly tackle marine pollution. The meeting has adopted bangkok declarations against marines ways in the region it shows our determination to sustainably solve the rain pollution problem. Even with a population of more than 600000000 people some feel that geo political position is weakening mainly because of political changes within member nations like a rise in the for terrorism and a growing reliance in either the United States or china. Is a claim to fame has been able to you know maintain regional autonomy. These are be the major powers not allowing the super powers outside powers to dominate to overwhelm and overtake the region thats been the 52 years but now that all challenges back again and its existential myanmar has brought negative attention to the region with the refugee crisis that saw more than 700000 people flee to bangladesh in 2016 the un has called it ethnic cleansing some of the Human Rights Community feel that much more needs to be done to push the governor of myanmar to do more in the refugee crisis and that push needs to come from us young members many human Rights Groups such as the International Commission of jurists has actually been great. Need to be calling on the myanmar leadership including she who has been who has benefit that in the past on. Human Rights Groups speaking on her behalf to free her and now shes the one and she is one of those leaders thats actually keeping quiet human rights abuses in the region so for now like much of the world members are looking for answers to keep their economies growing and which superpower or Free Trade Agreement can help them achieve that scott hardly aljazeera bangkok. Were getting news out of the Mayoral Election in stone but were talking to her about it earlier well most all the ballots counted turkeys. Candidates. Have conceded to the opposition candidate. Says the election process proves that democracy works in turkey remember it was the party which disputed the original election back in march and said there had been irregularities this time almost within minutes a concession from the act party to the opposition c. H. P. Candidate. Who will become it would seen the mayor of istanbul will have more analysis on that later on. The news for now the north koreas leader kim jong uns received a personal letter from donald trump and says he will seriously consider its contents kim jong un praised the lesser and described it as quote excellent but stopped short of saying what it was actually about that south of the denuclearization talks between the 2 countries stalled earlier this week jim said he was waiting on a positive step from the United States trump confirmed a week ago that he had received a beautiful letter from kim. Underline called whos a professor of korean studies that could mean university and says its unlikely north korea will ever agree to complete denuclearization. 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Well a brazilian president swept to power on a promise he would be tough on crime and has demonstrated that most strongly in his home state Rio De Janeiro it is a place with a long history of police abuse as they battle drugs gangs even when innocent people get caught in the crossfire. Reports from rio that situation is only getting worse. And our power has been fighting for justice for more than 5 years since 1000 year old son jonathan was killed in a police raid. We often hear that was the worst day of my life i would never imagine even in my worst nightmares losing a son i didnt believe it was happening i thought i was dying with him. There was just one of the thousands of mostly poor young black men killed by rio police in recent years more than 1500 in 2018. The number of killings has increased since president bush took office this year. The reason given is always that the victims fired 1st jonathan was not armed but this is what i demand it doesnt matter if i am black poor or if i live in a poor neighborhood i am a citizen i pay my taxes like anyone else so i demand the state gives me an answer for this murder and the answer is justice i will accept nothing else and paolo knows the name of her sons killer he was found to have killed 3 times previously hes been assigned administrative duty is still in possession of his piece gone bad although the statistics are shocking they only hint at the full scale of the suffering the daily violence that engender grief and fear hidden away out of sight infidel as well shanty towns such as this one. Campaigners say sending the police into the furbelows with guns blazing has been proven to only increase crime shows of force by the president an exmilitary man or part of the ideology that got him elected. A few poor neighborhoods register around 80 homicides per 100000 residents from work countries it seems like in the same city we have 2 Different Countries when rich developed and calmed the other one in constant war. Also naro has an ally in the rio state governor wilson with sil who has suggested using missiles to blow up criminals. A task force set up to investigate questionable Police Killings is underfunded and understaffed no rio Police Officer has yet been convicted and jailed and the power has been awarded for her work with the mothers of other victims of Police Operation in this. I have spent the last 5 years fighting for my sons memory. Still clark 5 years asking god for health so i can stay strong and keep going how would you hoping that justice for jonathan is death will bring some relief for her and thousands of other breeds brazilian mothers. And theyre all just 0 Rio De Janeiro. A reminder of the breaking news this hour out of turkey your own almost all the ballots counted in istanbuls merril a lecture and the Party Candidate has conceded to the opposition candidate akram him or you. From the party says the election process proves democracy works in turkey back to march the opposition candidate was declared the winner but that result was a null because the act party farther legal challenge over alleged irregularities this time a very quick concession in the rerun votes. Other headlines ethiopias military is trying to reassure the country after its chief of staff was shot dead and an attempt was made to seize power in a Northern State the countrys military chief conan was killed at his home in that sound of shot along with another general by his bodyguard if your head of Army Intelligence called for calm. The army in democratic republic of congo says it has killed 16 militia members in its offensive against armed groups in the eastern territory of jew the military said it captured 7 more including a former army man who has now become a militia commander fighting in the regions killed at least 300. 00 people and forced hundreds of thousands to leave their homes this month. Irans foreign minister says he is negotiating monetary treaties that would allow the country to bypass u. S. Sanctions to iran is reportedly in talks with china india and russia and dozens of other nations to ditch the u. S. Dollar in trade transactions and hundreds of thousands of protesters in prague are calling for the czech Prime Minister to step down over allegations of fraud demonstrations against underway but its have been ongoing since april with nearly half a 1000000 people signing a petition demanding he resign those are your headlines on aljazeera we are back with more news right after one on one east. Because soldiers are once again out in force a decade after the brutal civil war ended. Its a tough response to the Easter Sunday bombings a coordinated attack targeting churches and hotels. With a local muslim group behind the cottage religious sponsored escalation across this island nation. One o one aced investigates where the faith is the new front line in sri lanka. Laxman niranjan feels closest to god when hes playing the church organ. He accompanies Christian Services throughout the capital colombo. On Easter Sunday he was playing hymns here at st at least try and win the congregation wants by an explosion. That would have been in the n s a level really did i even know it again just talking to you about it im shooting. This at the point i felt a jolt trauma leftside about 20 metres from the world going to want to see all of it everything very valuable tools and it was just all over the place it was would turn again he couldnt breathe. But that cannot be at that that he by that i looked for a doctor and sausage running at the back of the church. Of anonymous stores were going to where i thought ill name. The clock its anathema hes still mocks the exact time the bomb tore through the church luxman remembers worshippers flaying in a state of shock panic and chaos for little and their what out of the un they were that would be caddy to injure dr and to order the. Killer you know there were cops as i dont top off each other it was a bloody scene that it. Shattered over broken limbs blood covering hands and feet but that was a sight that was hard to see. The floor in the church was covered in blood and flesh oculus at the door of the sounds of the screams a still ringing in my ears the baby screaming in the past i granted to the church. I cant get it out of my head. It was only later that laxman realized the magnitude of what had happened. In the. Window anyone and i didnt realize it was a bomb blast over to the right or transformer head exploded there was some. Of the bananas and i went to the hospital but im a song many who dont make this coming in for that only then didnt realize that hortense had also been attacked. More than 250 people were killed and 500 injured in the coordinated attacks by 9 suicide bombings. Along with the natha the stride over 20 horrifying minutes the bombers hit 3 Luxury Hotels in downtown colombo. The group also attacked 2 other churches in the towns of new gone both in batticaloa. It was signed. Sebastians the new combo that suffered the most casualties. Father Nuristan Pereira shows me where it happened the bomb blast or the he entered from this door with the heavy legged like this we saw in the c. C. T. V. Camera he came in that tree and he was just standing here then suddenly the. Last. People sitting on the pews. The whole entire area read the body part of your. Read this road of blood around 100 entertain my Close Friends my villages died in these rocks. That it is. The sun. At the time father pereira was preaching as another church rushed to st sebastian when he heard his congregation was under attack is alive you lived 4 years ago your being as a producer in this church so my friends. And deal and they are all in this case youre a spiritual man turns such a horrific thought like that test one spy. It is very difficult to express personally according to our heart and mind i fear that while he is going to do. He has taken the sway of friends and my balls to their hair and lie that. 2 days later father pereira began burying the dead. Body in them it is maybe painful for me but i try my best to do them a bit service at the last news not the last great we had it is i mean yes the body for a place each one each one to put it. On the other side of the country you pass a koloa zion even jellicoe church most of the victims the truth of. The time must remember this is the last song this sign of the sunday school. How show your sump of cooma and her husbands a showing me the last images of the 2 children film just minutes before the bomb blast. Went to go out after this performance the sunday School Teacher asked them to the few had to face dead who want to die for jesus all of them raise their hands. Because they are soon after that to stop the bomb blast happened. Car show here says shes been unable to leave her house since their deaths. Her youngest child continues to ask about her all the siblings. And belongings scattered around their home bring memories flooding back either what i am the man i like it or my son played the guitar very well the guitar still here. I cannot forget the time when we read together as a family hed play the guitar while id sing. Downside of my daughter would laugh and dance with her younger sister helen whenever i think of that my house feels so empty that theres no noise at all in the bungalow i can take it when i think of it. Says the cruelest thing is knowing that the bombings could have been prevented sri lankas government was born repeatedly by local and Foreign Security i didnt seize that an attack was imminent and of adam of all those who knew about it could have addressed the situation or planned this attack would never have happened to the children. I dont know that they feel. That we can do anything to them and say god has to do that. The in late 28 days the sri lankan president fired the Prime Minister claiming he was doing little to investigate an alleged plot to assassinate and. It led to 7 weeks the political infighting and the constitutional crisis into the Prime Minister was reinstated. Chumpy co run a waka is one of several cabinet ministers who say this rift between sri lankas leightons resulted in them ignoring the warnings. As a minister of this government i myself. Am a sham. Concrete well you know that kind of calumny right actually that president and Prime Minister and the whole garment. Should apologize to the people there are 1st words the suicide bomber who coordinated the attacks. Was a firebrand cleric aligned with a little known muslim group called the national tao we or n t jang. Attracting thousands of followers through his online sermons the 31 year old pledged allegiance to austin shortly before the bombing. He started the tensions between the Muslim Community and the Christian Community that hasnt really played out here to where the its played out in certain other parts of the world that tells me that the people who did it ideologically what are not more in tune with global fundamentalism than with a grassroots sense of persecution so i would say its quite possible that as isis loses ground in places like iraq and syria they seem to be looking at south india and sri lanka the subcontinent in general lanthorn nir rosen is a counterterrorism advisor to the armed forces there have been several signs that radicalization extremism is becoming a problem in this country but for whatever reason some were dismissed as being prejudiced and racist and i think we were we were all so busy patting ourselves on the back for coming out of the war and building a liberal politically correct society that we really missed a trick here in terms of keeping an eye on our own safety. Since 2001 muslims have been the target of riots by singhalese buddhist nationalist groups them like last year that runs followers were accused of retaliation by singing buddhist statues. The Police Investigation uncovered a large cache of explosives which shocked. And other thing in muslim politicians intra lankas government we ministers brought it up in the cabinet wife. In front of the president and Prime Minister that all of us believe there is a very Sinister Force at work and we need the government to take quick action to prevent. Something that could be my traverse and harmful. But he says nothing was done it was only after the easter attacks that Security Forces descended upon cost including a muslim enclave on shore lankas east coast with darren found in teacher. We all thors hes arrested 100 people affiliated with the group and sees weapons and other materials which they say indicate the n t j well organized and planning further attacks. Special forces of into this building because they suspect a member of the intake air with building bombs here. Some local Muslim Leaders say the raids a too little too light because theyve been warning the author about zara since 2016 i mean you know that is torn down creating and propaganda and the sometimes you misleading the youths some of us we have believing hes going to lead in the extremism you know hes thought to do it in his speech activities did you report him to the police yes of course every