Way so we have several programs were in place also under an program to assist refugees that are leaving the urban setting and as i said we stand ready to assist your authority if this if we confirmed all the branches and those are being closed and the refugees orderly. In france people have been protesting against what they is say is their governments support for harsh tough french weapons were found at a military base used by halftimes forces last month he launched an offensive in april to take the libyan capital from the un recognized government the fighting has killed more than a 1000 people and forced tens of thousands from their homes. Yemens hooty rebels have for the 1st time released images of the Ballistic Missile system theyve used to target saudi arabia fighters say the medium range ball can missile is the mystically produced in yemen they say theyll continue launching attacks until the saudi u. A. E. Coalition stops its air strikes. A lot of has more from santa during his press today the hope is mr spokesperson has syria mentioned that this newly domestically produced missile can have targets far away from riyadh and that the all of these saudi and the United Arab Emirates targets have become under the fire range of the whole fees so here 1. 00 more Ballistic Missiles will be launched by the whole thies star gets the saudi aggression. Stops in yemen he mentioned the newly. Produced. 3rd which is means the world came to. Has the capability also to be launched from. Launchers or from text launchers he also mentioned that the. Have carried out the also the attack in aden will show which resulted to the killing of us least 39. 00 during their parade in aden. The United Nations says conflicts around the world last year killed or maimed a Record Number of children in a report it says 1800 children were killed or seriously injured it in syria mainly from progovernment airstrikes attacks on schools and hospitals were the highest since the 8 year war began in syria and elsewhere children continue to be recruited as soldiers there are more than 2000 in somalia who are also hundreds of cases of Sexual Violence reported dead 65 percent of all charred abductions abductions worldwide happened in somalia as well mike hanna has more from the u. N. In new york. The report is now under discussion in the Security Council and the secretary general has already expressed his deep disappointment at the terrible figures illustrated in the report the rise in the multiclient of children in places around the globe indicating that previous reports have had no impact whatsoever in terms of reducing the level of risk to children this is what the secretary generals special representative as just told the Security Council. Into india 18 very fide cases of children killed and maimed to reached record levels since the creation of the m a m i echo the think that the deniers concerned that unprinted in the numbers of our relations with attributed to national and International Forces it is by did that this council redoubled since if wants to ensure that all parties abide by the principles of this think of proportionality and military necessity the major point of debate of the 2 annexes to the report list a and list b. The socalled list of shame now list a contains parties and countries that have taken no action to reduce the risk to children and are responsible for such acts lets be and nominates countries or parties that have taken some form of action in a bid to improve their record but what is significant and what many have pointed out is that within the body of the report and large number of parties are listed as being responsible for every gate in childrens rights including the u. S. Led coalition in of going east on the Afghan National army yet these bodies are not listed in either of the a dead end to the report equally with israel it is specified a number off. Of the childrens rights however it does not feature in either of the lists at the end of the report the Saudi Led Coalition in yemen features in list to be for the 3rd year in a row for Human Rights Watch contends for example that if the grid remains on this list for 3 years without moving then it is not doing anything to reduce the issue so Human Rights Watch to contends that these disparities within the report itself undermine the recipe of details and facts that are critically important. Plenty more ahead on this news hour wind increasing number of russians have been joining protests in recent weeks despite warnings from the government. The government of britains new Prime Minister hangs by a thread just as it tries to reassure the country about breaks it. And later inspire one of name os teammates speaks out on the brazilians desire to quit the french need details coming up later. Paula still ahead but 1st u. S. President donald trump has announced a deal to sell more american beef to europe he says the agreement is a win for the countrys farmers many of them been hurt by the ongoing trade war with china the agreement still needs the approval of the European Parliament the agreement we cited a will lower trade barriers in europe and expand access for American Farmers and ranchers in year one duty free american beef exports to the e. U. Will increase by 46 percent over 7 years they will increase by another 90 percent alan fisher has more on this from washington. Theres been a 10 year battle between the United States and the European Union American Farmers have wanted to sell hormone treated beef into e. U. Markets e. U. Consumers of said no thanks we dont want that so what is no been agreed is that 35000 tonnes of nontreated beef will be sent to the e. U. The e. U. Says this is a goodwill gesture although the European Parliament still got to give its approval to the deal donald trump meanwhile is saying that this is a big when its a big win because it breaks down barriers into the e. U. And he will bear that in mind if he considers. The e. U. Auto trade which of course imports a lot of cars into the United States and hes also presenting it as a big win for farmers theyve struggled in the trade war with china and so he sees them as a key part of his base and he says he is doing his best for them dont trump also says hes going to continue to press ahead with a bringing in 10 percent tariffs on around 300000000000 dollars all of the chinese imports that is to add to the existing talents that are already in place he continues to see that its china that will pay those tariffs but of course it is u. S. Businesses and u. S. Consumers that b. Of the cost for example apple which develops the i phone in the i pod but those are built in china when they come back to the u. S. To be sold they will cost more and the americans consumers will pick up the tab for that no donald trump youll remember said that trade wars are cheap and easy to when but World Markets do not like the fact that the worlds 2 biggest economies are at loggerheads theyre hoping for some sort of solution china is struggling too with the trade war and American Consumers are struggling as well and so there is pressure on the worlds 2 biggest economies on donald trump and the chinese president to come up with some sort of deal to make sure that the costs of long term costs are not quite so punishing. A u. S. Rapper asap rocky has been released from custody pending a verdict in his assault trial in sweden prosecutors a call to impose a 6 month prison sentence a separate is real name is ricky myers doesnt deny being involved in a street fight last month but says he acted in self defense the verdict will be handed down or was 14 now the u. S. Has impose new sanctions on russia over the poisoning of a former russian double agent and his daughter in the u. K. So again and you were attacked with a chemical nerve agent in the city of schools last year Russian Foreign Ministry Says the sanctions will further damage already strained relations patti cohen has moved from washington u. S. President donald trump of complying with Something Congress told him to do last year after the poisoning of scrip all the u. S. Congress passed a measure saying that because chemical weapons were used russia has to be sanctioned in less they can certify that they would never do it again and allow for inspections the state Department Months ago said that didnt happen so now congress is basically just been waiting to see if the president would impose these sanctions in the law says that he has to pick 3 from this list of options the president is picking to win the 2 that are least likely to cause damage to the russian economy hes forbidding Financial Institutions in the u. S. From giving loans to the russian government and also international Financial Institutions from doing business with russia he could have taken such extreme steps as banning russian planes from u. S. Airspace limited imports and exports breaking off diplomatic relations the president chose not to do this no if youre soonly we know that the president had a conversation with Vladimir Putin thursday when asked what they talked about the president s didnt mention the sanctions didnt mention the i. N. F. Treaty he said listen they talked about forest fires and the u. S. Is offering to help russia. Protesters are planning to hit the streets of the russian capital moscow for the 3rd straight weekend despite authorities mounting an ever larger crackdown key figures have been arrested before saturdays demonstrations and theres concern that more arrests more mass arrests are likely imran khan reports from moscow away from the iconic sites of kremlin and red square its here in the suburbs where protesters are planning their next move they cues the kremlin of interference in trying to rig the City Council Election in favor of the candidates of the Ruling Party United Russia thousands have been arrested but they say that wont stop them. Only time will show how people will react to the authorities actions and person their fate but we are full of fear if we let the fear control us we arent really living well because when we are calm our fear us and i understand the risks to me and my family but i dont see how to resolve this issue in any other way to understand what people want you have to give them terse the Moscow City Council is an administrative body not a political one and its elections rarely triggered controversy this time its different the burning of opposition candidates by the government has angered most courts and thats spilling out into the streets maria lipman is a political analyst and says the government crackdown is designed to prevent the public becoming aware of the protests and from its spreading nationwide every thing at their disposal. Unfortunately sounds like a real prospect right now the government is showing determination to use more violence harder violence that all the policy gets harder on a daily basis. The chance of this protest to become nationwide is i was 80 the police say the arrests with the public order fences and necessary to maintain public order according to the police more than a 1000 people would stay in the last week or more are expected today during. Good call one of the opposition politicians box running has been arrested for calling for protests he appeared at an appeal at the moscow city call on thursday and its not just him in this van behind me is another opposition politician who wants to run for the city council but has been barred now given the everybody is expecting saturdays protests to be even larger than they were the previous week expect to see more scenes like this outside of court come monday iraq on aljazeera moscow chinas ambassador to the u. N. Says prodemocracy protests in hong kong should not be allowed to continue calling it reprehensible behavior thousands of Civil Servants defied government warnings and rallied in support of the demonstrators it is the 1st time Government Employees have joined a protest with many choosing to mask their identity they are demanding an independent investigation into alleged Police Brutality during weeks of protests that began over an extradition Andrew Thomas has more from hong kong. The been a lot of protests in recent weeks here but perhaps none as significant as this one because these people are real Civil Servants they would call the government a government their employer that they have come out to protest against and that is despite an open letter published on thursday by the government to carry land saying the Civil Servant should not take part in this protest or any other so as to preserve the implausibility but they come out the next means of thousands filling this square here its a capacity all the main roads around here are blocked with crowds hundreds of feet as well people ive spoken to here say that they felt they had to come out to show their support for protest as they said it has nothing to do with their employer the government what they do in their free time i spoke to a math teacher i spoke to the translator doctors as well saying that this is more important frankly the what they do day to day in terms of working for the government now this side bar has been a completely peaceful protest there are more protests planned over the weekend so on saturday a further one on sunday and on monday calls for a strike right across from the. Security forces have ordered the suspension of a hindu pilgrimage an indian administered kashmir saying they found evidence of plans to attack civilians pilgrims and tourists have been told to leave immediately Authorities Say a pakistani backed group was plotting to target routes used by hundreds of thousands of hindus who visit the holy armada enough shrine the Indian Government has deployed 10000 extra troops. Puerto rico has a new governor Noyer Pedro Pinto easy has been sworn in but his appointment still has to be confirmed by the u. S. Territory senate crowds have been celebrating in the streets after ricardo reseller stepped down from the role he was forced to resign after a text message scandal and corruption allegations. Are still ahead on aljazeera. Protests in south korea after japan moves to restrict trade relations part of a growing dispute. Tens of thousands of Civil Servants in hong kong defied government warning and show their support for prodemocracy protests and in sport would meet a female boxer fighting for equality in ghana. Hello there were other across the northeast of the United States but it does tend to come with some of that in thunderstorms as well quite a cloudy picture on the satellite little bundle of trad across the Central Plains that again. In the day today is quite an unsettled picture across much of the southeast pushing up into the mid atlantic although it should stay dry few washington d. C. With 129 but new york we could certainly see some scattered thunderstorms that for you as the sunday it is an improving picture 30 celsius under mostly sunny skies is it a mass of rain showers sitting into the southeast and also. Out towards the southwest but a very very warm day 31. 00 celsius in the wake of that system 18 degrees celsius in San Francisco to be watching the weather systems down across into the caribbean and the little disturbances africa days it is clearing out of the picture so saturday things really beginning to drop and improve certainly a dry day across into haiti not bad for the most part across much of the Dominican Republic still some rain pushing across these western regions of cuba and then scattered showers across the yucatan peninsula the rain is definitely havea further south and east hugo becoming a bit more extensive on sunday some more rain again into yucatan peninsula one about day though and of on a 30. Demain the intersection of reality and comedy and post revolution to. A mission to entertain educate and provoke debate through satire. Weapon of choice. And intimate look at what inspires one of tunas his most popular comedians to make people. Might in asea hack on aljazeera. Where there is water there is life but finding it and australias arid deserts it is a skill few still possess they took us to a small spot. And this was this very important post that theyve been telling us about for the last 5 days. And under orders against all odds an aging population is passing on its knowledge the rainmakers of the outback. But again youre watching i do see a reminder of our top stories this hour after months of bombing airstrikes have stopped in northwest syria after the announcement of a ceasefire the truce in the province syrias last rebel stronghold came during peace talks in kazakstan. The democratic republic of congo says only hard cases may have been identified the government fears the epidemic could last 3 years Health Workers are trying to contain the virus in goma an important Transit Route on the border with wonder. What to rico has a new government lawyer pedro pinto we see has been sworn in crowds have been celebrating in the streets after a car stepped down he was forced to resign after a text message scandal and corruption allegations. Are getting some breaking news out of sudan now where the military and the opposition have signed a constitutional declaration to usher in a new Transitional Government it will see sudans Main Opposition Party name the Prime Minister and cabinet ministers so while the Transitional Military Council will choose who heads the interior and. Defense ministry of democratic elections will then be held after about 3 years well have more on that story as and when we get more information. We are returning to syrias war now the United States has extended temporary protection against deportation for around 7000. 00 syrians that means that they will be able to stay in the u. S. For at least 18 more months but as christian salumi discovered the extension is little more than a consolation for many 31 year old i had is a syrian activist who 1st came to the u. S. In 2015 to give a talk about the situation back home in 2011 shed taken to the streets in her home city of aleppo to demand a more inclusive government started and i leave but we started really like you people and then it started to be like 100 than thousands of thousands but what started as a protest movement quickly turned to a civil war as her family fled to turkey she stayed behind volunteer ing in a hospital you see like you see sometimes people are dying in front of your eyes you cant do anything to them who see how. Good evening there. Until the hospital like so much of her hometown was destroyed by government bombs. Tossed i left working in the car you know i i stopped i couldnt see anyone worldwide some 14000000 syrians have been displaced by the ongoing war indiscriminate bombing continue to claim the lives of children and civilians syrians like the stoop whove been residing in the u. S. Since 2016 have been granted temporary protective status that means they can work legally and for a further 18 months at least wont face deportation but those who work with refugees say so many more need help other syrians who came even hours later after that that are left without that protection and left in a really insecure position and really uncertain about whats going to happen next 1st stukas mixed feelings about staying and she cant leave the country to visit family or help people back home and you said be grateful and heres how it feels like you are the lucky person to be here where your people are under the bombardments and their daily life ultimately she wants to go home we are going back when this crazy regime stop killing us but so far no one has been able or willing to protect them kristen salumi al jazeera new york a ship with 124 rescued migrants on board has been banned from italian territorial waters the vessel is seeking a safe port for docking the spanish and geo proactive open arms group says it rescued 69. 00 people including 2 children from a boat in trouble on thursday night the ngo says earlier on thursday it also rescued 55. 00 people from sinking vessel including 2 babies and around 15 women. I days are to becoming british Prime Minister and promising to take the u. K. Out of the e. U. Do or die in his words Boris Johnson is barely holding on to power his Ruling Conservative Party lost a by election in wales cutting his majority in parliament to just one seat rory chalons reports from london. Jean guards is duly elected member of parliament for the said constituency was the announcement was made in an echo we haul in mid wales but this result will be heard very clearly in london the liberal democrats have taken this seat of brecken and ravisher from the Ruling Conservative Party there whittles Boris Johnsons parliamentary majority down to just one m. P. The new leaders prevote visit to wales wasnt enough to prevent the chances of a government collapse going up barely 9 days since he took over as Prime Minister this is why this by election was so significant because were looking at general election very shortly and it really shows some of the key factors that are going to be at play in that in that election i was seargent remain a vote under the liberal democrats and also bracks a party to contend with of course johnson was the liberal democrats newest m. P. Was clear about what she thinks this results means. And here we stand. Was john says. We transition. And here we are thank you very. Much just. Will not tolerate. Right. But some voters do want to know deal breaks it and although nigel farage is brechts it party didnt perform quite as well as they might have hoped with 10 percent of the vote they still arguably cost the conservative m. P. His seat by splitting the pro briggss vote although local issues are often important Election Results this one could also be seen as another example of how breaks it is rewriting the balance of britains political system with supports for smaller parties like the lib dems and the bracks it party on the rise at the expense of the big 2 labor and the conservatives when parliament returns from recess at the beginning of september it will have less than 2 months till breaks it day and Boris Johnson the man who said he will deliver it come what may is clinging on to power by his fingertips. Now to 0 london britains Prime Minister boys johnson has damaged Reservoir Dam in central in a way emergency crews are racing to save it from Collapse Police evacuated more than 6000 people from their homes in wally bridge a town that sits directly beneath the helicopters dropping banks of gravel to reinforce the reservoir engineers trying to get the water level down heavy rains this week led to flash floods across northern england. A 6 members of a family including a 10 year old child had been shot dead in the croatian Capital Police say the suspect a 30 year old taxi driver later killed himself when confronted by officers neighbors raise the alarm after hearing cries and shots from the houses and a house in the suburbs where 7 month old baby was found unharmed local media is reporting the suspects exwife and her partner were among the victims. Its a political standoff thats plunged the relations between japan and south korea to their lowest levels in years seoul says it will remove japan from its list of preferential trade partners and thats in response to tell here is an early decision to drop south koreas fast track export status rob mcbride has more from seoul. At an emergency Cabinet Meeting called to discuss the deepening rift with japan president mungy end of south korea laid the blame squarely with his neighbor. Japans decision is a reckless decision that projects diplomatic efforts to solve the problem and rather worsen the situation i express my deep regret he was responding to the latest escalation in the trade dispute with japan removing south korea from the socalled white list of countries allowed to receive exports of sensitive strategic components that it needs for its high tech manufacturing. It comes on top of restrictions last month on the export of Raw Materials for the production of semiconductors in south korea with fears of a knock on effect to manufacturing in neighboring countries. Japan denies its linked to a decades old dispute over its water time record. Deal this move was approved to revise japans export controls appropriately and was not intended to hurt japan south korea relations or to craft Counter Measures japan has been angered by a Supreme Court ruling in favor of victims of forced labor during world war 2 with several japanese firms ordered to pay compensation thats despite japans insistence that an agreement in 1965 was meant to have result the issue once and for all but those studying the history of the turbulent relationship say its clear the 2 sides have always held opposing views on the nature of that agreement. Up until now there lived with their separate interpretations but this state of agreeing to disagree has been shaken and can no longer stand after this Court Decision and now we are at a most critical juncture in korea japan relations and now south korea is saying it will retaliate and remove japan from its list of preferential trade partners further worsening the dispute Robert Bright al jazeera sold more than 1400 people have been diagnosed with dengue fever in a single day in bangladesh it is grappling with its worst ever hour break in the disease at least 14 people have been killed 17000 affected hospitals are struggling to find space for patients the outbreak began in the capital dhaka and has since spread across bangladesh. Indonesian authorities have lifted a tsunami warning are to a strong earthquake hit off the coast of java the magnitude 6. 00 quake hit at a depth of about 40 kilometers police were people rather when it wanted to Higher Ground so far theres been reports of minor damage but the tremor was felt as far away as the capital jakarta. Forest fires in indonesia are threatening the lives of endangered elephants at a nature sanctuary animals have been fleeing the flames in Teso Nilo National Park which is home to 140. 00 elephants 6 indonesian provinces of declared a state of emergency and 6000 people are involved in firefighting efforts a team of european scientists has linked last months record breaking heat wave to manmade Climate Change the report concluded the temperatures would have been one and a half to 3 degrees or lower in a World Without Climate Change the study said such intense heat waves would happen once in a 1000 years without human influence on the atmosphere but it now takes place every 50 to 150 years. As mexico edges closer to recession the government has embarked on an Ambitious Program of spending cuts president under a man where Lopez Obrador says theyve already saved 6000000000. 00 but while many mexican support the measures others are worried that Vital Services are under threat John Heilemann reports from mexico city. Theres a new buzzword imix kampala tics will stare at him under his money will open the doors more than home of his salary so the president ial plane and flies economy his supporters love him for it his approval polls are in the sixtys. Dim but it it was always the people who had to tighten their belts and now its the government thats the change no waste no luxuries austerity is the you know all the countries congress has followed his lead both houses of cut back on benefit some thousands of aides for families but for me im reluctant to look at i see if we can look people in the eye and say we havent got bodyguards we havent got cars we havent got private medical insurance or saving parts for when we finish the people arent carrying our costs as they did in the past but while slimming down fact that politicians is popular other cuts in the Public Sector and less so cost cutting the Public Hospitals with poor waiting rooms precarious medicine supplies and start shooting jews said the head of social services he resigned but protests like this 1. 00 continue now from the education and child care programs have also been cancelled the budget for the arts has been slashed and some funds for Scientists Say you know when this causes. In some cases institutions have had to cut back so much that theyve been asking people not to plug in electronics and to go home before sundown to save on Electricity Projects and lines of research have stopped institutions that were going to be inaugurated have been cancelled. Some are seeing the far reaching of stare at a drive with more and more alone but the most minute skins would agree that some major surgery was needed to cut out the overspending and corruption in much of makes clothes Public Sector the complaint for many like these medical residents is that the president s doing that with a chainsaw rather than the scout for. President argues that the cuts are actually just a rechanneling of funds towards his priorities the state will
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