A crisis but the japanese calls to chew ssion restricts japans armed forces so assisting its allies abroad. Has more from taking. Of course many of the main issues in this elections is that is amending the course constitution. But im certain i mentioned 44 years now that he wants to change the constitution that was written by the they not that states during its occupation to shut down and this was his long life and his very close to achieving that what he wants now is to get the upper house of the parliament to to called for and to amend the constitution and all the countries especially the United States which wants japan to engage more in. More in taking care if we can use the search of their Asian Security indonesian especially to face also the emerging powers of china and also wants japan also to share some of the cost of hosting the United States troops in japan which is which is hosting the largest bases in the in the isha so for you they not just this would be also very happy to see japan and. Obvious going to win these elections with his coalition especially that he has also very Close Relationships with with it because then trump they have very Good Chemistry as they mentioned at 730 several times and they have this personal relationship which also could. Maintain more of the coalition between the 2 countries and well talk with enhanced military cooperation between the 2 countries. Well still ahead here. Ricky resigned the rallying cry of protesters in puerto rico well tell you why they want by government to go. On the skatepark giving syrian children the chance to dream of olympic gold. Hello there we have been telling you all about this dangerous heat thats been building a hole so central northern regions of the u. S. On right the way across as towards the northeast the cloud is on its way this is actually ushering some cooler abbott also bringing with it some rain so the temperatures will really begin to that side certainly had off into sunday and by monday as well so the some of these temperatures 25 in chicago 26 in minneapolis meanwhile ahead of this rain weve got a very warm day in new york at 35 but remember this heat were talking about its not just the actual temperature its how it feels because its about the humidity is theres a lot of that in the picture its very warm moist air is pushing across and then as we head off into monday theres the rain the temperatures even across the northeast the mid atlantic beginning to come down but look at i mean about these temperatures behind so 22 in chicago on monday especially 7 degrees below the average it does come back up again and then you can see in kansas city a simple story about 5 degrees below the average that rain training right the way down towards the gulf of mexico and then from there we had to further to south wales the caribbean and weve got want to see shots fairly heavy rains that time across the areas of hispaniola samus stories they had off into monday and actual monday fairly widespread rains in particular to southern mexico with the high the of 20 celsius. Like Qatar Airways experienced Economy Class like never before Qatar Airways going places together. Welcome back youre watching officer of me so hold robin a reminder of our top stories that u. K. Foreign secretary jeremy hunt is warning of dangers to International Shipping after a british flag tanker was seized in the strait of hormuz hunter called it a hostile act and is expected to announce further measures against iran on monday. British airways and the german the airline look times have suspended flights to egypts capital cairo citing security concerns to be a suspension of the last 7 days the airline has given no details about whats prompted the move. Thousands of people rallied in london in the march against the leaving of the European Union and the man tipped to become the next Prime Minister organizers say they want to send a pro europe message to barbra streisands. Celebrations are being held in the United States to mark the exact moment 50 years ago when the 1st man set foot on the moon 3 but if you want to. Watch. The quiet. This was the scene just a few minutes ago at nasas law science in Cape Canaveral where the saturn 5 rocket started its journey to the moon. On june the 20th 1969 Neil Armstrong stepped off the eagle and module onto the lunar surface more than half a 1000000000 people around the world tuned in to watch the event well jordan is our correspondent live for us from the smithsonian air and space museum in washington d. C. An amazing you might say the last 24 hours of course focusing on this moment we just saw a little while ago being commemorated not really just in the u. S. But globally as well. It has been commemorated around the world and in fact the commemorations and celebrations are still underway so well and thats because there is this really transcendent idea of humanity existing not just here on planet earth but existing somewhere else perhaps in our solar system and of course the closest neighbor is the moon our one satellite and so whether people are in their fiftys and sixtys or older and so they had the opportunity to watch the moon landing on television or whether theyre learning about it in school right now there is this joint sense of wonder and certainly when you consider that its not just the United States and russia once upon a time to suit the king and that were really the 2 leaders in Space Exploration now you have people pulling on board the International Space station to carry out research from dozens of countries with nearly 600 people and so far including a russian and italian and an american pulling up on saturday on the 50th anniversary you have india and china and south africa among others very interested in Space Exploration and trying to get their own Space Programs off the ground this is really has some agenda chief but not just for the United States but indeed for all of the people who live on planet earth and of course roles you know what while the world focuses on this very special moment in time half a century ago there is always. An eye looking for me to the future because there are all plans by several nations to explore beyond the moon. Thats right tell you know there is a real push here in the United States led by among others of the 2nd man on the moon buzz aldrin to get manned or human exploration of mars underway there has been as a senior curator here at the air and space museum of reminded me a short while ago there has been continuous unmanned exploration of the solar system weve had satellites and rovers of all sorts checking out the asteroid belts and looking at how the planets are functioning in their orbits around the sun but its a very very difficult time Michael Pollan told me to try to get humans off earth and on to other celestial bodies its very dangerous its very expensive and the logistics simply have not been figured out because were not talking just 400000 kilometers as we are with the moons orbit around the earth were talking about hundreds of millions of kilometers in some cases months at a time if not more to reach another rock planet in the solar system so there is this excitement there is this interest in trying to get to mars into trying to figure out what saturn is really like is it really icy and amorphous or is there a solid core to it but its the question of actually making the logistics work people have that the knowledge but its really trying to make this knowledge actually real actually tactile that is the big challenge trying to go forward so for right now at least the u. S. Is looking at lets do something john before and use that a launch pad on the moon to try to get to other places whether its mars or venus saturn or beyond the solar system well were also going to leave it there with you for the moment but join you through the evening and let you savor the moment to as well. Well theres been a welcome on the International Space station for a new team of 2 astronauts one to cause more times it was just mentioned to have docked their space capsule to coincide with the anniversary only one of the crew 53 year old alexander sauf was born at the time of the moon landing the space station has been orbiting earth since 1998 and is a rare example of cooperation between russia and the worst. The 2 main suspects behind the murder of a turkish diplomat in Northern Iraq have been arrested and accuses the 2 men of killing the regions deputy consul general and 2 other people on wednesday its believed these suspects are members of the armed Kurdistan Workers Party of the p. K. K. That the group is classified as a terrorist organization by turkey and the u. S. Has more from erbil. Kurdish intelligence is confirming that at least 2 members of the team that assassinated a turkish diplomat are in custody they say they have their shooter and he is 27 year old muslim dag dag and several others or accused of driving to a restaurant in erbil on wednesday as turkish diplomat osman corsa and his bodyguard sat inside eating lunch dag is accused of shooting and killing him he also killed allegedly 2 iraqi kurds friends who were sitting at a nearby table kurdish intelligence identified on friday and widely distributed his photo asking the public for assistance according to investigators day had been a member of the p. K. K. And hed been training at a camp here in Northern Iraq he allegedly was at this camp 4 times in the last week dag is also the brother of a member of the Turkish Parliament representing a Pro Kurdish Party no comment from dags family however the Political Party released a statement on friday condemning the shootings and saying that this accusation is intended to undermine the Political Partys peaceful agenda. Large barricades have been erected in their home calls government headquarters territory braces for another day of protest tens of thousands of people are again expected to demonstrate against the controversial extradition bill sundays anticipated protests follow a rally of supporters of pro choice in the groups Robert Bright is there. In a city more used to protests against its government this day belong to the pro establishment camp thousands turned out for a socalled safeguard hong kong rally calling for unity in a city thats become deeply divided and angered by prodemocracy demonstrators a minority of whom have turned to violence. If you break the law you go to jail they chant. Among the government supporters this local Business Association worried the continuing unrest is hurting hong kongs economy. And we are on people but weve seen on t. V. A lot of people coming out because of the chaos and we need to protect our home we need to create more positive energy but as well as people from hong kong it was clear many protesters were being brought in as organized groups from Mainland China still they would argue as a chinese city they have the right to defend it and its Embattled Police force accused by protesters of using brutality to break up largely Peaceful Demonstrations far from using Excessive Force these people say the police have shown remarkable restraint against hostile demonstrators and have paid a heavy price in terms of officers injured it comes amid reports that morale in the police force is also suffering ringback and on saturday news of a new threat is this standoff continues police show off a cache of weapons they say they seized in a raid on a warehouse unit that included a large quantity of an explosive. Often used in bomb making along with material linked to the movement opposed to a proposed extradition law thats now been suspended at the moment were still investigating the motive. Of that fences and whether the explosives what other uses of that explosive were still investigating with no concrete evidence to prove that it is relating are not relating to the incident to mark the tomorrow hes referring to is sunday which will see another big rally by the prodemocracy groups still angry at what they see is the growing influence from Mainland China rob mcbride aljazeera hong kong. Other big noisy protests in puerto rico where crowds are refusing to give up their demands for the government to resign. Tens of thousands of people have rallied since controversial messages between ricardo reseller and his aides were leaked the chant showed them mocking women the disabled and victims of hurricane maria. Now 1000 firefighters are battling a wave of wildfires across central portugal 9 people have been injured in 3 major blazes in just go around 200 kilometers northeast of lisbon strong winds are fanning the flames of the armed forces have been brought in to help with the operation portugal source some of its deadliest fires in 2017 when more than 100 people were killed all staying in europe ukraines new president is facing his 1st major test as voters head to the polls on sunday for us not parliamentary election vladimirs a landscape dismissed parliament 3 months ago after he won a landslide victory the former comedian is seeking a strong mandate for his party so he can deliver on his pledge to implement reforms and tackle corruption. Skateboarding will make its debut as an olympic sport next year in tokyo and the path to him pick glory has been made easier for a group of displaced syrian children who dream of one day becoming professional skaters fall under verse as well. Mohammed has been knocked down more times than he can count. So. I had my arms legs and shoulder fighting force the 13 year old from his home in eastern hooter 7 years ago and despite watching skateboarding videos for years hes only just learned how to write. Yeah we used to sit on the skate board we didnt know how to stand up on it because we never experienced it before german n. G. O. S skate aid has built a skate park in his hometown of damascus so other children can learn the sport with the hope that one day one of them can turn pro when the real important thing is and thats its very good and this countrys conflict stable i think most important thing in their lives is to have to stand one more so and you will fall down these kids may not be carving up in tokyo next year but its hoped this project will help them achieve their dreams and maybe even find the next skating superstar for that with aljazeera. Georgiades or with me so robyn a reminder of our top news stories the u. K. Foreign secretary jeremy hunt is warning of dangers to International Shipping after a british like tanker was seized in the strait of hormuz and called it a hostile act and is expected to announce further measures against iran on monday for the u. K. Is warning all its vessels to avoid the strait which is one of the worlds busiest shipping lanes. This is about safety and security british and International Shipping in one of the most important seaways in the world and that is why we are calling on iran to reverse this illegal act we are looking for ways to deescalate the situation but we are also very clear that we will do what it takes to ensure the safety and security of british and International Shipping. British airways on the German Island of turns i have suspended flights to egypts capital cairo citing security concerns they be a suspension will last 7 days the airline has given no details about whats prompted the move the 2 main suspects behind the murder of a turkish diplomat in Northern Iraq have been arrested ankara accuses the 2 men of killing the regions deputy consul general and 2 other people on wednesday its believed the suspects are members of the armed to Kurdistan Workers Party or the p. K. K. The group is classified as a terrorist organization by turkey and the United States tens of thousands of people have also rallied in london in a march against both leaving the European Union and the mantic to become the next british Prime Minister organizers of the march for change say they want to send a pro europe message to Boris Johnson who is widely expected to take office next week. Japans arbors on trying to win a solid majority in sundays upper house election but its still unclear whether hell secure the 2 thirds majority needed for constitutional change that could loosen restrictions on the armed forces and the worlds and celebrative exactly 50 years since the giant leap humanitys 1st step on the moon this was the scene earlier in houston where footage of astronauts Neil Armstrong was played to a live audience. Those are the headlines back in half an hour counting the cost is next. For. 0. Problems and besides the instability is corruption we listen because i hadnt been so man who are pushing the United States and President Trump into conflict we meet with global newsmakers and talk about the stories that matter does iran. Hasnt sleeker this is counting the cost on aljazeera your weekly look at the world of business and economics this week the trillion dollar moon bounty as india prepares to become the 4th nation to land on the moon we find out why theres a new scramble to get there the number of people going hungry has risen for the 3rd year running after years of improvements we find out whats gone wrong and the multibillion dollar muslim fashion industry why are big brands buying into the trend. Of 50 years ago this week Neil Armstrong became the 1st man to step on to the moon mans flirtation with it was brief with a dozen men walking on it last in 1972 but now theres renewed interest china plans to build a lunar base by 2030 and nasa hopes to have men and women on the moon by 2024 over the next 5 years the space agency is expected to spend 30000000000. 00 on this its funding several projects from lunar landers to a mini space station that will allow craft to dock around the moon billionaires on mosque and jeff bezos are also spending billions to get to the moon and mars. But theres a new emerging powers india is trying to become the 4th nation to land a probe on the moon the chandra and 2 mission hopes to land a lunar rover close to the south pole sometime in september the area of the moon has not been explored before there it hopes to find signs of water and he im sorry this thought to be 1000000 metric tons of helium 3 on the moon only about 200 50000. 00 tons could realistically be mined but that would be enough to power the earth for at least 2 centuries each ton is estimated to be worth 5000000000. 00 there are problems in getting helium 3 to earth out but because it is not radioactive it would not produce dangerous waste on the Indian Space ResearchOrganizations Mission is expected to cost just 125000000. 00 india has built a reputation for its low cost Space Exploration its budget of 1700000000. 00 a year is just a 10th of nasa as 19000000000. 00 indias 1st mission to the moon in october 2008 discovered water molecules on the surface well joining me now from london is dr ian crawford professor of Planetary Science and astrobiology at Birkbeck College university of london thanks so much for being with us so its 50 years since man 1st set on the moon why is there a race to get back there. Well i think there are several reasons to go back to the moon but from a scientific point of view weve now had 50 years studying the apollo samples and the apollo data and ways now raised many questions and we now realize the moon can tell us so much more about the early evolution of the solar system that apollo didnt and so from a scientific point of view theres a tremendous interest in exploring parts of the moon that apollo didnt go to and theres a been a growing interest as well in trying to mine the resources of the moon like water what do you think is economically exploitable i think the context here is that in terms of the future exploration of space if we can find things in space which we can use without having to lift out of earths gravity then this will make Space Exploration much more affordable in the long term now water is one of those commodities water is very useful essential for human life of course but also can be split into hydrogen and oxygen and the oxygen can be used to breathe and the hydrogen can be used as a rocket fuel so waters got multiple applications in Space Exploration and weve now realized that the poles of the moon probably do contain water ice and this would make this would be the in the in the near if you near east future anyway probably the most Economic Resource that the moon might have but that would be to enable future Space Exploration obviously we wouldnt mind water on the moon to import to the earth and wed be using it in space. Well what about helium 3 then add indian and china seem very interested but your skeptical about the possibility of mining it on the moon helium 3 is a light ice a tape of helium so its a form of helium with 2 protons and one neutron in the nucleus it exists in the lunar soil because its implanted by the solar wind and we know its present in very small quantities in the lunar soils thanks to the apollo samples so there is speculation that helium 3 might be used to serve fuel for Nuclear Fusion reactors in the future to provide electricity on the earth i am skeptical about this part firstly because we havent actually got any Nuclear Fusion reactors to work on the earth yet so its a bit premature to start mining the moon for a fuel for something we dont know whether we can use it yet but even if we can use it its a nonrenewable resource and its present in very small amounts to make any sensible impact to the earths 21st energy 21st Century Energy requirements youd have to strip mine many hundreds of square kilometers of the lunar surface every year extracting helium 3 from it and then youd have to transport that helium 3 to the earth to use in these uclear reactors that we havent designed yet so i just think the has to be a better way to provide the earths future energy needs than mining helium 3 on the moon and what would it take and what would it cost to colonize the moon does it depend essentially on our finding water there. I think talking about colonizing the moon its a very ambitious thing that our law is probably a long time in the future i think what we should talk about colonizing we should be thinking in terms of establishing small scientific outposts on the moon so imagine bases on them in similar to the research stations we have home antarctica these research stations on and all to enable a lot of science to be done on the continent of antarctica and similarly small Scientific Research stations like those on the moon would enable of an enormous amount of research to be done on the moon and then later a similar outpost on mars would help us explore that planet so i think rather than thinking of sort of a full blown colonize ation the next step is set it would be setting up Small Research stations will likely as we have in antarctica but yes lunar resources would greatly facilitate the establishment of such research stations i mean water is a good example he wouldnt want to import water off into your main base from the earth because it for expensive to lift out of earths gravity so if the moon has water of its own it would be much more economical to utilize that and the maybe other resources on the me and also that could be helpful in making a moon base more affordable and under 1000 967. 00 u. N. Treaty no nation is entitle to you know appropriate the moon but the terms of this treaty are more vague when it comes to exploiting its Mineral Resources arent they how much of a an issue could that be. Yes well its potentially is an important issue the the 967. 00 outer space treaty was a product of its time it lays the foundation for International Cooperation in Space Exploration but at the time that it was written no one envisaged the possibility of commercial operators acting on the moon or other planets so there is a pressing need to update the outer space treaty to make it more explicitly clearer as to the responsibilities of nation states but also the rules that would govern private entities on the moon and other places in the solar system so yes i agree it is important to consider updating the 967 outer space treaty to make it fit for purpose for space activities in the 21st century dr ian crawford thanks very much for being with us thank you. Now the number of people going hungry has risen for the 3rd year running after years of improvement thats according to the United Nations which blamed conflict Climate Changes and an economic slowdown globally more than 820000000 people or 11 percent of the population suffer from hunger africa has the highest percentage with one in 5 people going hungry the number rises to nearly one in 3 in east africa according to 5 u. N. Agencies more than 2000000000 people worldwide cant get safe sufficient or nutritious food as the u. N. Agencies say conflict and Climate Change is having a huge impact on hunger in central mali thousands of people are struggling to feed themselves not been displaced by fighting the conflict between herders and farmers belonging to rival ethnic groups as led to the deaths of hundreds of people as it is malcolm webb reports from malis mufti region. I 1st called malaria then became constipated her mother marry him says they only have rice left to eat in their village and so eyes weight plummeted i was. All mean i went to a pharmacy that the medicine didnt work so i try Traditional Medicine but we still think so i came to the hospital and were still here there are always some severely malnourished children in hospital wards like this one in central mali worsening drought and extreme poverty play their part. But the un says escalating violence in the region has made it worse. Nearly 50000 people have fled their villages after a series of attacks by militia connected to the dont go on and fulani ethnic groups the landscapes dry at the best of times now many go on who are mostly farmers far from their crops and many forlornly herders animals have been stolen or killed banditry has made road transport too dangerous for centuries the river in asia played a crucial role in transporting food and other goods around this region these boats bring produce from farming areas and its traded here at the port in the town of martinis sacks of ground up rice husks will be sold and fed to cattle and the interdependence between the herders and the farmers lasted for centuries as well the herders buy food from the farmers and in the dry season the farmers pay the herders to take their livestock out onto the plains for grazing but that interdependence is now strained. Hundreds of been killed in the last 3 months as militia connected to both groups of burned homes and massacred villages. Many of those who fled to the safety of nearby towns are hungry. Instead of handing out food Uns World Food Programme is keeping credit on cards for people to buy from local traders they have the right to trolls on their free for this is helpful in the garden 30 years from their village this is for their dignity of choosing what they want to eat secondly its most. That the truth does and those what it was can only look at it. And like most here try to matter jagat terri had to leave everything behind when her village was attacked and that may have been here well we really need is peace the crisis needs to be handled and brought to. Fatah matter would be raising her children alone in a camp she says her husband was killed in front of her. The attacks keep happening every week the peace she longs for seems a long way off. But joining me now from rome via skype is cindy holman shes a senior economist will