Gone the Afghan Taliban al qaida all came across the border and then you staging ground against the u. S. Led Coalition Forces however last year. By an act of parliament that the tribal area and really be merged into pakistan that they will have 5 the same court. As. Entrapment are available to the rest of the province go along standing there mon but for the 4th time the people of their tribal area are taking part in an election. Member who will be representing them in the provincial parliament. Was indeed a major step as far as pakistan is concerned doing including tribal population where demand stream population of pocket. Still to come here in town just. 2 years after hurricane mary a devastating question recanted now a political storm is taking over the capitol. Kahlo weve got lots of warm sunshine now just spread right across the mediterranean what shasta see data to the southeast that cliff very clear skies and the heat building once again then but further north you can see some places a cloud there into poland into germany and then this massive cloud which has been streaming across the British Isles some very heavy rain at times now in the process of edging out into the open waters of the north sea 23 celsius there in london think a little fresh a clearing up as we go on through the remainder of saturday but that west the weather will make its way across the scandinavia pushing across toward stand in parts of france through the low countries and it will gradually drive its way further south which in the east which as we go on through the next day or so that sunday is picture the heavy rain moving through germany into poland i mean back down across austria and back into the out fine enjoy as you can see right across the mediterranean 32 celsius in athens and that warm sunshine stretches across northern parts of africa a little bit of cloud fed with a cloud there Northern Areas of algeria temperatures now g. S. Around 30 celsius when you are 36. 00 in cairo a freshening to be say northerly breeze coming through here and more of the say as we go through sunday afternoon. Sponsored. Every weekly news cycle brings a series of breaking stories this maximum jail term has jumped from 5 years to 175 years joined the listening post as we turned the cameras on the media donald trump shouldnt be the one deciding who is a journalist and who isnt and focus on how they were caught on the stories that matter the most they moved closer and closer to the tire shut down both international and domestic News Coverage on aljazeera. Lets take a look at the top stories here it out desirous warning iran has sees a british old tanker in the strait of hormuz as tension continues to mount in the gulf the ship and its 23 crew have reportedly been moved to irans banned sport while the authorities investigate what they say is a possible violation of maritime regulations the Saudi Led Coalition has launched strikes on military outposts in yemens capital sanaa saudi media says that destroyed weapons and missile storage sites the 1st a Regional Elections are being held in pakistans northern tribal region its a territory that borders afghanistan and was recently merged with khyber pass province last year and until now has been ruled by councils of tribal elders. Health officials are struggling to contain and epidemic in the democratic republic of congo the w. H. O. The World Health Organizations declared it an internet. Public Health Emergency and there are if it is that the lack of leadership on the ground could lead to an even greater crisis james bays ripples now from the United Nations once again africa is confronted with one of the worlds most contagious and deadly diseases 1600 deaths in the democratic republic of congo and for now cases of a boat continue to rise the last major outbreak of the disease was in 2014 then the u. N. Set up a special mission the United Nations mission for a boat Emergency Response or an Mia Tony Banbury was the u. N. Official in charge hes been watching the response to the latest outbreak with frustration and we need a much more comprehensive response and until that happens until theres Political Leadership in till theres a crisis operations leadership on the ground were just going to see the current of both crisis in the d. S. P. Get worse do you believe that Political Considerations perhaps have trumped the the Public Health ones here i heard a very senior official from w. H. O. On the radio saying one reason they delayed declaring an International PublicHealth Emergency was precisely because of opposition within the dir c government it was said loud and clear by a senior official and for those of us who were thrust into the 2014 crisis very late in the game it was devastating to hear that frankly because that was one of the big mistakes from the 24th crisis the uns top humanitarian official admits that the Global Response to a boat is badly underfunded we hope there will be a much Stronger International response one of the things i have been noting is that the response i think to the last outbreak which attracted. This rant this this status from w. H. Involved selling out 2000000000. 00 in an area geographically which is comparable to that were dealing with an east india sea now with a population which is not so wildly different we have at the moment only a fraction of that. In 2014 the crisis was even seen as a potential threat to International Peace and security the Security Council met to discuss the situation no such meetings are planned this time mr bambery who 5 years ago was the one brief the Security Council says that shows there is not yet the Global Leadership needed to defeat this latest outbreak james aljazeera at the United Nations now to lebanon where this political establishment is concerned the constitutional powers given to the Prime Minister of being undermined by politicians allied to iran prime in this is paris is reserved for their community as part of the sectarian power sharing agreement then the harder reports from beirut. To grab a seal is at the center of lebanons latest political crisis he is the foreign minister and also the son in law of the president the head of a Christian Political Party and along with his ally hezbollah he controls parliament and cabinet and some accuse him of using those powers to undermine the countrys sectarian based power sharing system all of. Approach in politics is an assault on the status quo which was founded by the court some are seen as trying to find a new place for a strong christian leader. Christians once dominated lebanons politics the civil war changed at the time of a court of 1989 removed powers from the christian president and gave them to the sunni muslim Prime Minister but steels Free Patriotic Movement party say they are claiming back what is rightfully theirs we have what we have in terms of parliamentary presentation your representation confessional. Representation so its just that were taking our part in the system before christians were marginalized so this very very very powerful. That was going to others. Prime minister sagal had is in a weak position he lost parliamentary seats in last years elections partly due to a you elect torah law that critics see favor his rivals and his traditional allies saudi arabia has lost influence here saudi arabia played a key role in brokering betov agreement which was named after the saudi city where it was signed a lot has changed since relations between lebanon and saudi arabia have been strained by the growing political influence of the iranian backed hezbollah and its allies in Lebanon Hezbollah was not a political actor 1st signed and its. Father president michel aoun refused to recognize the deal and was forced into exile me which is a huge crisis its not easy to make changes to the time for court it was the outcome of 15 years of war and any amendment could start another war which no one wants. But there is already a new reality and it wont be easy to shift the balance of power in lebanon. Beirut the us secretary of state has praised argentina for declaring the Lebanese Group hezbollah a terrorist organization from paya was in what deciders where he attended a ceremony to mark the 25th anniversary of an attack on a Jewish Center which left 85 people dead argentina has blamed hezbollah and iran for the bombing did 9 volved. At a counterterrorism summit promise greater u. S. Corporation and commitment to the region. And the reports from. The u. S. Secretary of state was in latin america looking in general terms for allies of the United States war against terrorism more specifically in the war of words against iran hes found here in argentina his timing was perfect arriving the day off the 25th anniversary of the attack on the army to. Cultural center in one of cyrus in which 85 people were killed 2 years previous to that the Israeli Embassy just a short distance from here was also destroyed 29 People Killed those are attacks at the arkansas north or it is blamed specifically on the Hezbollah Group more generally against iran by usually a lot of the majority of the countries in the region agree that hizbollah is dangerous for us all his blood because of its links with other terrorist organizations which are present here the United States has said it will do all it can to help argentina in the search of what they call the perpetrators of those crimes something that iran has always said it was not involved in bombing was carried out by is was the full support of the regime. As announced at the ministerial notice is going to take actions against some. Top as well operative for his role as the underground coordinator for that attack but whats in it for argentina supports the president maurice your machree from the trumpet ministration for his reelection in elections in october and other allies with the United States in their fight against left wing governments in the region in cuba venezuela and nicaragua. Thousands of people have demonstrated in puerto rico for another day demanding the governors resignation Ricardo Rosario is accused of corruption sexism and homophobia after messages into him and his aides were leaked they show him mocking women in there is a vote and victims of Hurricane Maria well its 2 years since that hurricane destroyed much of the island and many still trying to rebuild their lives and theyre frustrated by the political storm thats now unfolding in the capital Gabriel Elizondo reports now from the town know that you have a core. Ok i thought about lucy and Mariano Pinto survived Hurricane Maria not much else around them did the storm ripped the roof off their house and did permanent damage they still use a tarp to keep rainwater out for a long time their frustration was a slow response from the puerto rican government. Politicians only want power they dont care about the poor yeah it took a direct hit from Hurricane Maria when it made landfall nearly 2 years ago this is what it looked like the town of 35000 people on the far southeast corner of the island was flattened they were without power for many months now there are still some scars from the storm and some rebuilding for the most part life is back to normal here but theres a new crisis and its about politics having lived through the worst of Hurricane Maria the people of yabloko but no natural disasters better than anyone there now watching from afar this political disaster and golfing the capital sanaa. And most people here just like most of the people in the rest of the island want this governor gone. You know he still hasnt resigned hes still there in power but i hope he resigns because the people dont want him on the streets calling for governor ricardo to resign his vulgar Group Messages insulting his own people leaked over the weekend have thrust puerto rico into its worst ever political crisis for the the time is now for him to step down. Its very bad things happening with this political crisis its hurting everything because the government is supposed to help us but all we can do is keep fighting. We dont have a future with him the people dont want him nobody wants him as governor anymore in a quarter of puerto rico once pounded by a hurricane now just wanting the political storm to end gabriels on to. Puerto rico. The u. S. President donald trump has blamed fake news for the backlash against racist chance of his Campaign Rally in North Carolina on wednesday theres been an outpouring of support for the somali born congresswoman ellen omar after Trump Supporters chanted send her back at the event in a series of tweets the president had urged omar and 3 other Democratic Congress women to go back to their countries of origin. That stadium packed was a record crowd and i could have told attorney times as you know these are incredible people those who are incredible patriots but im unhappy with that congresswoman goes im going to be the president. Hes going to be a person like. Hes lucky to be where he has you and the things that she has said are just brace for our country now july 28th marks the 50th anniversary of the 1st moon landing. And this is a historic moment is being celebrated the worlds also looking forward to what could be the next moon shot dr david illness is a former nasa astronaut who flew for space flights along 2 minutes 500 hours in orbit he says a decline in Public Interest contributed to the end of the Apollo Program. There was a huge effort in the 1960 s. To achieve it a huge push it was an Incredible Team effort almost a half a 1000000 americans and other people around the world were were involved in getting a man on the moon and if you think about it from 1961 when we 1st landed on the 1969 it was only 8 years we were struggling just to get into space and 8 years later we were on the moon and so the novelty of having a man and a human being a citizen of this world set foot on the on the another celestial object was. You know lots of novelty associated with it but after 6 missions i think that the novelty somewhat wore wore off and from a space standpoint i think we were looking it further options were looking at going to them to mars and at the end of the Apollo Program i think we all thought within the space of maybe 10 or 15 years we would be on mars but that hasnt worked for. Thank you tucker secular the top stories here it is era iran has sees a british show trying to in the strait of hormuz as tension continues to mount in the gulf the ship and its 23 crew have reportedly been moved to irans banda about sport or the authorities investigate what they say are possible violations of maritime rules and as the Tensions Mount the British Foreign secretary jeremy hunt has condemned the move is unacceptable less than an hour ago he tweeted saying yesterdays action in the goal shows worrying signs iran may be choosing a dangerous path of illegal and destabilizing behavior after gibraltars legal detention of oil bound for syria as i said yesterday he went on our reaction will be considered but robust we have been trying to find a way to resolve grace one issue that will ensure the safety of our shipping. Saudi u. A. E. Led Coalition Forces of launch strikes on military outposts in yemens capital sanaa according to saudi media they destroyed and here weapons and missile storage sites it comes after a series of drone attacks from yemens who the rebels which targeted airports in the south of saudi arabia. The 1st Regional Elections are being held in pakistans northern tribal region the territory which borders afghanistan was merged with the khyber pass to enquire province last chair and until now has been ruled by councils of tribal elders kosovos Prime Minister has resigned for a 2nd time because hes being called to appear in front of a War Crimes Court in the netherlands next week rob lowe shouted d. N. A. Was a rebel commander in the cause of a Liberation Army who went on to become Prime Minister resigned in 2005 that was when he was indicted by a u. N. War crimes tribunal which tried and acquitted him twice the World Health Organization has won countries that border the democratic republic of congo to be on high alert for the un agency declared the latest outbreak an international Health Emergency and thats a rare designation this only use the severe epidemics right up to date those are the headlines coming up next theyre listening post. And the differences. And the similarities of cultures across the world. Aljazeera speaking out against trans racist tweets about. This to mean that women of color. Will probably. Just. See. A lower richer disappeared and youre at the listening post here are some of the media stories that were covering this week thats what i said in a tweet which i guess some people think is controversial a lot donald trump and the touchy question of when does political rhetoric become straight up racism there are lessons to be learned and not just for journalists and news outlets roms hardliner the b. B. C. Iran and a case of Selective Distribution and serbian war criminals turned authors rewriting history from behind bars for politics often comes down to a war of words and these days the coverage of the Trump White House is caught up over one word racist and whether or not it should be used to describe the american president after donald trump told 4 Congress Women of color to go back to the countries they came from even though 3 of them are american born some u. S. Media outlets are still stopping shy of using the r word the 4 Democratic Congresswoman in question 2 of whom are muslim do not mince their words when talking about trumps Border Control policies and what they call concentration camps they were as outraged in describing their visits to those camps as the Vice President mike pence was indifferent jury and here is the juxtapose imagery and rhetoric that the 2 view. Thats produced the war of words that followed are all reflective of the place in which the u. S. Finds itself ahead of the 2020 elections a nation of opposing political narratives where trumps white nativist message is facing more and more pushback from a new progressive force on the political left our starting point this week is Donald Trumps twitter account. Where does one even begin when tweets like these come out of the white house had those for progressive Democratic Congresswoman actually taken President Trumps advice left washington and gone back to the crime infested places from which they came Alexandria Ocasio Cortez would jump on a train to new york city she did to lead would catch a flight to detroit and Diana Presley would buy a ticket for cincinnati of the 4 only ill hand omar was born outside the country making her just as american as the 1st lady of the United States if not as white boards christian. It shouldnt come as a surprise to anybody. In the free world the president of the United States if every 5th to have called the new hero of the right 50 when he openly announced. Born in kenya what is new show the person to think it. Incredible but if we knew him over a 5th when he afraid that muslim for cheering the burning of the twin towers during 911 which was manifestly untrue i saw people getting together in fairly large numbers celebrating at the World Trade Center was coming down killing. People calling him i think this particular formulation of this which you go back to where you come from. And that of course is something that has been said over and over in American Culture to people i know when i was a kid as a black person walking down the street and my hometown every now and then the white kids would yell i want to go back where you came from. And it is base there probably numerous people use expressions like that to people of color America Great i mean i saw it resonate in. The for progressives who have been nicknamed the squad have been a thorn in the president s side ever since their election to congress in 2018. The conflict escalated on june 30th when 3 of the Congress Women to leave Ocasio Cortez and presley visited to Migrant Detention Centers in texas. With. Great from their marriage although the cameras following them were not allowed in the women emerged with stories of overcrowding and scrawled conditions they compared the facilities to concentration camps and then reported their findings to congress. Mr speaker we do have a crisis at our border it is one of morality clearly created by the Trump Administration dead set on sending aid to build message those seeking refuge are not welcome in america or america the trumpet ministration countered last week sending the Vice President on a similar visit it was an alternative photo op and it was no accident that mike pence appeared unmoved by what he saw. What they promised coming into office was that they were going to crack down that they were going to stem the tide of migrants coming across the border i would build a great wall and nobody builds walls better than me believe me and so every day since and. In an exercise in trying to show the base that theyre doing exactly what they said they were. So what we saw was Vice President pence standing outside of these pens where men were gathered wearing the clothes across the. Screen that they needed the basics. And we also saw my friends there who didnt seem particularly moved by any of this in terms of the intentionality of the optics i think what we can say is that unfortunately there is a segment of trumps things that actually like seeing people of color being detained or being policed being mistreated and then unfortunately. Thats what i said in a tweet which i guess some people think is controversial a lot of people love it by the way after treating his go back where you came from message the president was accused of playing the race card i think that they are not espousing the views of our country before congresswoman he reacted the way he often does when challenged over his choice of words he doubled down. They can stay but they should love our country covering the story created a dilemma for American News outlets in the same way that many of them are hesitant to call donald trump a liar when he constantly misleads americans there has been a reluctance to call the author of what are clearly racist statements a racist. There is a history in this country in debates about race. To. Tell people who call someone a racist that you shouldnt do that because being a racist is something that is psychological that is inside a person it is their personal attitude. And since you can read their mind you can talk in terms of their behavior and you can talk in terms of the words that they use or whatever but you cant say that person is a racist as you dont know exactly what they were. Really sad believe it so that is why everybody was tiptoeing around being careful and using the language in that way because they didnt want somebody to come back and say well how do you know im a racist this president has made it pretty clear whats in this heart from the very beginning and even if not we can look at his actions in office we can look at what hes doing on the border those actions speak for themselves but hear the comments from the president or just the latest in a long list of racially and sendiri remarks thurbon a number of journalists from the very beginning he called out this illustration for exactly what it was maybe other legacy institutions or journalists are slower to come to these realizations but its not a secret its a part of it is how racism works and in the media racism isnt just an issue that journalists cover its also part of the environment in which they work 86. 5 percent of all editors in the United States are white. 3 fourths of news organizations have no people of color amongst their top editors so what that often means is a lack of sensitivity to the coverage of racism as well as a lack of training and if you dont have diversity in the newsroom then youre going to be in an echo chamber and not really active coverage of a problem. Especially if youre fox news where the lack of diversity on the screen and the lack of sensitivity in the news output are both by design fox has not and would not call President Trump a racist the politician and americas most watched news channel feed off each other. And it is likely no coincidence that fox anchor tucker carlson. Was laying into somali born congresswoman omar calling her a racist who hates america just before trump was very there yes done for omar and for her family she hates this country more than 4 days later the president sent out those tweets 3 days after that there was trump at a rally in North Carolina. Serenaded by a crowd chanting send her back a script effectively coauthored by fox news and the white house. If not have never being there for the United States of america if. Fox news or truth 94 but fin of the people that watch fox news right. He really doesnt care if people call embracive. He can manipulate the media like no one ive seen. Trump like most popular isnt interested if they dont. Like to like. You know. Someone who can go to iraq. And the only way you can fight it. And of good very good by telling the truth today but. Were discussing other media stories that are on our radar with one of our producers enough tarik the british broadcaster b. B. C. Sends a news team into iran gets what it calls rare access puts out a series of reports on his u. K. Domestic and world news channels but not on its persian Language Service why not because the broadcaster reportedly agreed to those conditions set out by the iranian government thats according to internal emails obtained by journalist yes shot ighly full post in order to get that correspondent mohsin patients into iraq on the b. B. C. Had to agree that none of the material he got that footage interviews stories would go out on any of b. B. C. Persian phones now or in the future you cannot includes even read tweeting all forwarding the coverage. In the reports and it suites the b. B. C. Acknowledges that scenes movements were controlled by official mind but iranian authorities did not restrict what was reported view its how it would have had no idea the entire simon was conditioned on the news reports not reaching an iranian audience and tehran has got a history of censoring b. B. C. Persian and targeting some of its journalists does it not exactly b. B. C. Persian is effectively banned in iran but it has a big viewership according to the broadcast week the audience of 12000000 and b. B. C. Persian stuff based outside iran ive paid a price for the journalism for years they face threats and intimidation by the government some of how the assets frozen most unable to return to iran for fear of arrest and their family members in the country have been harassed and sometimes interrogated