As part of it the logic of this is theres none better than a country with which the u. K. Might want to do a trade deal china say or brazil will have to think twice about expressing their opinions openly even in secret diplomatic cables for fear that they might get leads and that in itself undermines governments but apart from that if Boris Johnson becomes Prime Minister hell be faced with the Foreign Office few areas of his perceived role in bringing down one of their own. Johnson himself assuming he becomes Prime Minister will pick the next ambassador to washington the question is will it be a neutral diplomat or a political appointment brecks it is taking yet more victims this time at the heart of government largely aljazeera in london. But so whats coming up for you on this news hour american weapons the libyan war mode and the French Connection we will connect all those dots in just a short moment or so we will hear the survival stories of those on board a capsized migrant boat in the mediterranean and sport its game over for wimbledons dream mixed doubles pair and lee will have that and news from the mens quarter finals. The ambassadors from more than 20 countries are condemning chinas treatment of ethnic and religious minorities in an unprecedented move that you should unless i calling for the detention of weaker muslims to stop cutting up with other young reports. This fun stuff building is called a vocational censure in china critics say its more like a prison one of many detention camps run by the government. The target they say are ethnic and religious minorities mostly wigger muslims in the Northwest Region of chink young activists say at least 1000000 people are detained in similar camps where extreme surveillance force assimilation and abuse are common the camps have long sparked International Criticism in an unprecedented move 22 nations signed a letter to the Un Human Rights Council condemning disturbing reports australia canada and japan are among the signatories on with britain france and germany they call on china to stop the mass detentions respect religious freedom and grant independent expert. Meaningful access to the region. China defends the practice the government says its not about eliminating peoples identity but about teaching employment skills and pushing out what it calls extremism here far surely by ceasing up locational education and Training Centers in accordance with the law we aim to education save those who were influenced by religious extremism and committed to mine it legal to fix it. The latter is not tied to a vote or a resolution but it will be published as an official document of the uns Human Rights Council activists say its a good sign but chinas government has long stood defiant against foreign criticism. Al jazeera with us from washington Arsalan Iftikhar who is a human rights lawyer at the Burma Task Force nice to have you with us i think the 1st point to make is that its good that this is being taken seriously now we. Know many other Media Outlets have reported on the weekends for a long time and the numbers are huge but it never seems to have become a a Big International issue now you get 22 countries on board. I think that this long overdue statement by 22 nations to the u. N. Human Rights Council is a step in the right direction i think that there is still needs to be a lot more meaningful steps in terms of International Pressure on china to ensure that human rights observers are given meaningful access to the region that people are removed from the camps that you know the ethnic cleansing that is going on the forced marriages and things like that there needs to be a lot more pressure and what would whats telling for me come on is the fact that out of the 22. 00 nations who signed it none of them were muslim majority nations which is really quite telling because china is using their pocketbook to gain influence in many of these nations as well come back to that point about money in a moment but 1st of all when you talk about the pressure that needs to be put on china. Its not going to happen is it i mean. Signing a letter is one thing but actually having china you know granted access and things like that i mean the chances of that happening. Well i mean you know the u. N. Security council can bring a resolution to the table obviously china is a permanent member they can veto it but then at least theyll have to go on record addressing this issue and more importantly there are many 195. 00 countries in the you know the league of nations that will have to decide where the standards are going to stand on the right of human rights are they going to say in the side of chinas pocketbook so tell me more about that when you talk about china using its pocketbook or its wallets however you want to say to to buy their way out of this explain that to our viewers. Well you know the Prime Ministers. To the largest muslim majority nations on earth pakistan in recent months have essentially whitewashed chinas ethnic cleansing pakistani Prime Minister imran khan was giving an interview with the world in turkey and he said that he didnt even know there are 1000000. 00 muslims in internment camps with a country that he shares a border with which you know is absurd on its face and so again its clear that many muslim majority countries have become morally bankrupt sadly when it comes to the play to do we were is just one more thing i want to ask you is about the terminology you know youve said internment camps which is really what these do amount to the chinese i think they say things like vocational sense of what is. Coming from the chinese what does that actually mean how do they justify what what these camps are well i mean thats rubbish i mean you know if it walks like a duck and it talks like a duck its probably a duck you know it doesnt matter what the chinese call it it matters whats going on there you know people are not allowed to fasting ramadan theyre not even allowed to name their children traditionally muslim names theyre forced to eat pork you know marry non muslim chinese men i mean this is you know tantamount to ethnic cleansing extraordinary stuff Arsalan Iftikhar thank you for joining us really interesting to talk to you my pleasure kemal thank you. Now more than a dozen bangladeshi migrants who survived when their boat capsized off the coast of now returned home 70 people including 37 Bangladeshi Citizens died in may while trying to cross the mediterranean to reach Europe Tanveer chantry reports now from on why so many put their lives at risk. Ramadan is alone with his memories he says most of his friend died at sea on mainline a boat carrying 94 migrants capsized in the mediterranean off the tunisian coast after having left from libya there were 82 bangladeshis on board and only 17 of them survived explains to his brother how he survived the disaster. Goes into the ship from libya they promise to drop us on european coastline bus and steered theyd be inforced gunpoint onto a small boat in the middle of the sea after 15 or 20 minutes ride the boat over 2 months due to the stormy wind around 20 to 25 people here assume the spot 9 of the survivor are from sugar rush area village in bangladesh is eastern bremen beriah district most of them had to borrow money and sell their Ancestral Lands to pay more than 10000. 00 each to traffickers. There are thousands of young being a dishy who are unemployed its hard to get a job here you have to bribe at all or to get a job this one of the reasons why many people have lived through europe which is also why i wanted to go to europe and improve my Economic Conditions so that my family can have a Better Future i took the risk more than a 1000000 bangladeshs live in slums such as here in dhaka because of the political and economic challenges and threats such as Climate Change it is highly likely that this will diminish any time soon so workers chasing the economic dream abroad remains. Parfitt threats for people traffickers the exact number of Bangladeshi Citizens who drowned in the mediterranean is not known but according to the International Organization for migration at least 443 migrants have either died or gone missing while trying to reach europe this year. Is anxiously waiting at the International Airport his younger brothers are here islam is still missing. My brother is not in any of the survivors list we cant trace him he is not even in the red crescent list we lost all contact with him since may 7th libya has in recent years been a major departure point for a band with a she migrants trying to get to europe. And wants the boat sink we notice swarms of fish were taking him by seeing us all over its hard to think what many we threw those who didnt survive here look at my hand i got barely person by a swarm of fish Mohammed Dahlan hoped moving overseas would change his life but the huge risk it took came to nothing. Dhaka bangladesh now u. S. House of Representatives Oversight Committee hearing is looking into the deteriorating conditions in Detention Centers at the southern border with mexico and guatemala mother has told us politicians her infant daughter died after receiving poor medical care while in the custody of american Border Patrol officials john hendren with a report from washington let me add a tearful mothers visible pain captured members of Congress Make it better. Or out a piece of my heart like they pour out myself. Yasmin juarez says her 19 month old daughter caught of viral lung infection at a u. S. Immigration detention site after neglect and mistreatment during their 20 day maximum stay at the Holding Center she says she and little mary a were released days later died look at. I wanted to have a better life for her and a Better Future and work hard but like so that she could keep growing the way that she was warrens has filed a wrongful death suit against the u. S. Government im so very sorry that we have failed you her case is not unique several immigrant children have died in u. S. Custody is 2 year old 105 fever listless like a rag doll i looked at her and immediately called our ambulance from our Childrens Hospital to pick her up and she ended up having bilateral pneumonia the democrats who run the House Oversight and titled the hearing in cages Inhumane Treatment at the border thats an indictment of the trumpet ministrations family separation policy everyone seems to agree theres a crisis at the border with republicans saying its the pressure of immigrants coming to the u. S. And democrats saying its the detention policy itself. The name also expresses the outrage over what democrats described as jails for children we are creating the generation. That will never get what we did see that this type of trauma can go away some republicans push back i am frustrated with the title of the hearing it is a hearing in titled kids in cages. What we say and i personally we use matters ive been to the border many times in this day ive never seen a kid in a cage a former immigration and Customs Enforcement chief says it is unfair to blame immigration agencies coping with this surge of Central American immigrants fleeing violence and poverty if you dont reduce the flow youre going to continue to get the same thing that weve seen for the last 78 months its bad its getting worse arrests at the border fell 28 percent in june but with the trumpet ministrations saying it plans raids on undocumented families living in the u. S. Fairly soon the crisis at the border and in Detention Centers continues john hendren al jazeera washington. Politicians have elected a new chairman of parliament his name seamanship name and he is the 1st Opposition Party member to be put in the role should he replaces a member from the National Liberation front which has ruled on syria since 1962 prodemocracy protesters have been demanding an end to the old government which led to the resignation of longtime president abilities but to flee to back in april. Frances military is admitted antitank missiles found during a raid in libya belong to the french army the us made javelin missiles were recovered from the base of ward cleaver hafter on the outskirts of tripoli france says the missiles were intended for the protection of a French Military unit which had been deployed for Counterterrorism Operations in libya however documents found with the ammunition suggest the weapons actually belonged to the u. A. E. Natasha butler has more from paris. A of p. And where it is News Agencies say that they have received a statement from the French Defense ministry and in this statement the French DefenseMinistry Says these missiles are indeed french they are u. S. Made javelin missiles or the french gave to their forces operating in libya now thats interesting in itself because france has always been very vague about its presence in libya now the French DefenseMinistry Statement also says that these missiles were in fact defective they were supposed to be destroyed what the statement doesnt say though is how on earth these missiles ended up in the hands of forces who are loyal to Khalifa Haftar i mean thats the big question and potentially a very embarrassing one for the french government because the french government have always said that they are not supplying any weapons or to libya that would be in breach of a u. N. Arms embargo and over the Years Campaign is and critics have accused france of supporting after in the sense that france perhaps feels after is someone that they can partner with in the fight against fighters in the region but france has always denied that they have denied that support and said that they backed publicly the u. N. Peace process at least 13 people have been killed in the strikes in syrias province these pictures show the aftermath of an attack on a hospital or killed 6 people according to the Syrian Civil Defense is the last major rebel held stronghold in Syria Government troops backed by russia can be bought in the area for months. Labor ministry has begun a crackdown on undocumented foreign labor in the country the government says the measures are designed to protect lebanese workers but there are concerns its targeting the syrian refugee population and as. The deadline has passed lebanons ministry of labor is going after Foreign Workers who dont have permits Officials Say this is about enforcing the law and protecting lebanese jobs but. His livelihood is at stake. He tells us he is a father of 6 and he has nowhere else to go there is from the syrian city of but he arrived in lebanon a decade before the war began he says returning is not an option. I have been working here for the past 13 years and now i need a work permit and i need to legalize my status or also i cant work we lost everything in syria. There are no jobs there. Are you know there is not considered a refugee but he is among what the Ministry Says is the hundreds of thousands of syrians competing with lebanese citizens for jobs. The ministry of labor says this crackdown is not related to a. Refugee campaign waged by foreign ministers. Movement party but the timing is questionable because it is the latest series of measures seen targeting syrias refugee population in lebanon. Those measures have included evictions from somebody. Curfews deportations and the demolition of tents that are made of concrete but the Ministry Denies singling out syrian nationals. We are not targeting only one nationality but it happens that the syrians are the largest number that is why they consider this a crackdown against syria. Lebanese Officials Say fewer than 2000 syrians have legal work permits and they believe 1500000 syrians are in the country half a 1000000 more than are registered with the un but even for those registered and working getting proper documentation isnt easy and the person in the refugee situation may find it more difficult because they may be lacking certain documents and at the same time because we know that. In lebanon today live in the United Nations is also discussing with the ministry of labor to get a better understanding of how this will affect syria and Syrian Refugees in lebanon its already affected there who says he needs to find new sponsorship and the few 100. 00 needed to renew his papers he thinks the lebanese government is trying to force them out leaving them with 2 options starve or die in syria. Beirut will grab a break on the news hour when we come back the u. S. Labor secretary defends his role in the case of billionaire Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking scandal so the disastrous effects of Climate Change dial warnings for the future cities in the Northern Hemisphere and in sport crickets to all those rivals prepare to square off once again this time though theres a place in the World Cup Final it stage. Having the seasonal rains been much in the news but we expected that theres flooding always in some parts of china for the next month or so and this is a frontal system is bringing it as you see quite a long way south was covering hong kong running up through towards future might even catch shanghai then back into words the north of vietnam it does mean the young sea at the moment is dry the darker green is the concentration of rain and for joe is maybe more liable to get it than hong kong but i wouldnt want to be that clever and here next 2 days thats for the heavy rains going to be that is where they will be further flooding it comes over the water as well in a sort of forgets the philippines here were talking about daily showers building in the central southern philippines the north of borneo possibly sulawesi get this area does tend to get some pretty big showers but if you move to the west of that towards sumatra they are more scattered singapore and kuala lumpur may well get a share or 2 but its definitely not a concentration now the monsoons trying to catch up with itself or least the forward edge of it but the infill rain that we would want to see is still rather more limited there are some big totals around in bangladesh for example on the coast just to the southeast and up in the northeast of india however were still deficient. The weather sponsored by catalona is. Recruited to win a war exploited to on the battlefield the call the new regime faced a different value in african life and it and europeans then abandoned for a lifetime and we should be ashamed but for these 3 for for all country all this to get over to the people in power investigates the plight of imperial britons african troops begin tonight the forgotten heroes of empire on aljazeera conflict passion. The key ingredients to any successful suggs for mexicos most loved it is no different behind the cameras this week tensions run high as the produces are forced to balance creative and social issues with the to moms of commercialise ation. How a sub survives episode 4 of such folks mexico on aljazeera. And on the news on here at aljazeera these are our top stories tensions high in the strait of hormuz off the Iranian Revolutionary guard corps boats approached a British Oil Tanker and asked to ask it to stop this is just days after u. K. Royal marines seized an Iranian Oil Tanker in what is natural to. Britains ambassador in the u. S. Has resigned after a leak of diplomatic cables in which he described the administration of donald trump as inept kim dark says it was impossible for him to stay on after he was slammed by trump on twitter. And i got a mild. Has told us politicians that her infant daughter died after receiving poor medical care while in the custody of american Border Patrol officials she recounted the story at a hearing in the u. S. Congress. Now another u. S. Cabinet secretaries facing pressure to leave his post as the fallout continues from the sex trafficking case involving billionaire financier Geoffrey Epstein labor secretary Alexander A Coster is accused of giving the now jailed epstein a favorable deal when he was states attorney after he solicited child prostitutes as the details the u. S. Labor secretary is under pressure facing calls for his firing now defending his past connection to a sex offender his acts are despicable hes describing the acts of this man Jeffrey Epstein hes super rich works in finance owns homes all over the globe and even has his own private island he hangs around the most powerful men in the world according to published reports inside his 77000000. 00 new york city mansion there are pictures of him with the current u. S. President donald trump past president bill clinton mohammed bin some on the crown prince of saudi arabia even a british prince but hes not just popular powerful hes also an admitted sexual predator of children in 2008 he admitted to soliciting child prostitutes his sentence 13 months in jail but he was allowed to leave pretty much every day to go to work the reason it cost is defending himself is because hes the man who made the deal then the u. S. Attorney in florida and thats why some say he needs to be fired i am calling on secretary acosta to resign it is now impossible for anyone to have confidence in secretary or cost as ability to leave the department of labor if he refuses to resign President Trump should fire him. Accosting came out wednesday to defend his past and save his job same state investigators were going to let epstein off the hook when his office intervened whether a plea that guarantees jail time and guarantees registration to ask whether that plea verse is going to trial how do you weigh those 2 if going to trial is viewed as the role of the dice so they the u. S. Attorney in new york is now willing to take that chance hes charged epstein with sex trafficking of minors and more women are coming forward to say they were raped by epstein and they say he knew they were under age what hurts even more. If i wasnt afraid to come forward sooner than maybe he one of the other girls a victim blaming herself the man who made the deal blaming state prosecutors and now facing a new trial a way to see if theres still a 2 tiered system of justice one for most of the other for the richest few political hay aljazeera washington. Now a new study is painting a dark picture for nearly 80 percent of cities in the world saying by the year 2050 theyll undergo dramatic and potentially disastrous effects due to Climate Change research was conducted by scientists at the crowd a lab in switzerland more than a 5th of the 520 cities they studied will encounter conditions currently not seen in any major urban hubs the most dramatic shift is expected in cities currently in cold zones of the Northern Hemisphere so they will likely resemble areas closer to the equator with this change european cities are estimated to get warmer as well around 3 degrees more in the summer nearly 5 degrees in winter Scientists SayWorld Leaders are not prepared for the effects of what they call global heating weve got rob mcdonald with us now in washington lead scientist for the Global Cities program at the Nature Conservancy and its great to have you with us i think the 1st thing we need from you is a definition if you can of what dramatic and disastrous change would look like because it sounds pretty serious. So what they mean in this study by that phrase is that cities are going to change their climate so much that their kind is going to be like a whole other city so the example that crop peoples attention was that london is going to have a climate in 2050 closer to barcelona my own city washington d. C. Is going to have a climate that is unlike any other city on the globe right now so its like that put in context how serious the challenges of Climate Change will be so theyll still be habitable obviously but that rate of change i guess is the most concerning thing. Its the rate of change of its the surprises that are going to happen. Keep in mind that were not just talking about average temperatures but were talking about intense heat waves. Already this world has seen he waves like in 2003 in europe and the waves that have killed 70000 people so he waves like that are going to get more frequent and more intense and theyre going to happen in places like montreal or toronto that right now are not used to very hot temperatures and so thats a hard out of tension for sydney to make in just a few decades so is there. An opportunity here obviously we need to think about Climate Change about reducing Carbon Emissions or reducing to the rise in temperatures but maybe theres an opportunity robyn or people go into these open areas and making them even more populated stop building out instead different places inhabit new areas. Well i think that could be part of out of haitian people are going to settle in different places as the Climate Changes but. The world cities are where they are and theres going to have to be a lot of attention to keep people safe in those cities so the world us to do 2 big things we have to start reducing our Greenhouse Gas pollution so that we avoid really catastrophic Climate Change and we have to start getting ready for the Climate Change thats already in the system that were going to see you know lifetimes and our childrens lifetime and do you agree with what the Scientists Say they have it would lead us on not really prepared for this at all even though they talk a lot about reducing emissions. Well whats striking about this study is they show you sort of a middle of the road scenario that assumes some continued action by World Leaders and so what it shows is that the path were on is maybe not ambitious enough and that leaders at all levels of government need to be more ambitious in Emissions Reductions it also shows i think that the challenge of adaptation is going to be really stark and theres going to be big surprises you know my own city washington d. C. Just this week had one rainstorm where in an hour we got more rain than we usually get a month so thats just unprecedented and its hard to deal with that big event with quite a frightening prospect isnt it Rob Macdonald really glad we could talk to you about this very important issue thank you for your time. The u. S. State of louisiana is bracing for another round of Severe Weather as it happens after a massive storm hit their own weapon state widespread flooding is making it difficult to get around the city of new orleans roadways and Office Buildings are filled with water and for constance a Tropical Cyclone is forming in the gulf of mexico it could become a hurricane that hits the coast by the weekend. The United States says it is concerned that a plan to Tax Initiative on text tech giants in france will unfairly target American Companies and the Digital Company with a revenue of more than 844000000 dollars all of which at least 28000000. 00 is made in france would be subject to this tax on the french government argues companies should not be exempt from paying just because they had quote as a based elsewhere or sentences that will closely investigate the effects of the tax the French Parliament is expected to approve it by the end of the week. Italys deputy Prime Minister is denied receiving funding from russian investors following the release of a secret recording but free news obtained what it says is a tape of a conversation that took place in moscow between close aides to salvini and 5 other men showing russia trying to funnel millions of dollars to the Italian League a party which is led by 70 he says he plans to sue over these allegations busy. German chancellor Angela Merkel has downplayed concerns over her health she appeared to shake uncontrollably at a public event the 64 year old says she is working through the issue after this latest episode at a military ceremony with the finnish Prime Minister in berlin this is the 3rd time the chancellor has appeared shaking in public in a month. No Memorial Service has been held in hong kong for a protest into her own life the government has made concessions after widespread demonstrations forced the cancellation of an extradition bill but activists say they havent gone far enough and a promise more protests bride reports from hong kong. Months of protests of left their scars on hong kong. The Legislative Council building has been ransacked and the government in the divided city appears besieged Christine Loh is a former member of the government who used to be a Legislative Council and she believes only a determined effort to talk can start to bridge the divide we can actually get through this without being with each other without talking about how communal how Community Problems then youre not going to get anywhere people know this deep in their heart the Getting Started is where we need to work hard on the bell instead when chief executive kerry lamb announced on tuesday that the proposed extradition law which has caused so much controversy would not be debated further she also announced measures to try to open dialogue especially with the young but for many protestors this movement has gone beyond the extradition bill itself it is more about hong kongs fundamental role within china the same issue that 5 years ago drove the socalled down Brother Movement pushing for greater autonomy and that remains unresolved today the problem seems to be one of inherent dysfunction freedom of expression where you can and your grievances combined with a political system that ensures a pro beijing