Transcripts For ALJAZ NEWSHOUR 20240714

Because groups like it a sham which many in the International Community believe is still linked to al qaida refused to leave the area now its not clear how long turkey has to implement this agreement the Russian Reconciliation Center in syria is mentioning a 24 hour deadline we havent been able to confirm whether are not there is the 24 hour deadline but definitely it will be difficult for turkey to achieve the creation of a zone in just a few hours especially since h. T. S. High up that even a sham and other opposition groups have not declared their willingness to leave this demilitarized zone. A day off to hong kong Civil Servants defied a call from the government to stay neutral in the protesters outraged 3rd consecutive day its just gone 5 pm local time live pictures now from the district among the protesters a marching off from mass running in the park demanding an inquiry into the Police Handling of weeks of demonstrations and the withdrawal of the controversial extradition bill under thomas joins us live this hour so andrew its not the Civil Servants like it was yesterday so who is it demonstrating today. Or what people here are telling us is this is a over view of people in hong kong generally its not any one particular group and certainly in the time that weve been standing here been here about 45 minutes its kind of volume of people walking past me to see everybody weve seen young people weve seen children weve seen a lot of people the majority the i see said probably people in their late teens twentys and thirtys but a real spread of hong kong to sightsee and certainly this one is bright this is being entirely peaceful this is an officially sanctioned march the police have given permission for this thats why they say road is closed off a very short circuit about 2 or 3 kilometers doing a loop to the park where they started it but were hearing though is that some protesters are now breaking off this official roads and they going down to make the road which is one of the main shopping streets on this side of hong kong where across the water now from hong kong a lot of itself in the district walk out with famous among tourists and theyre breaking up and going down to that main shopping street now look to the shops around here a shot boarded up an anticipation that they could be more trouble as the happy not the previous protest so far no sign of that so people here you can probably hear them shouting behind me back home theyre calling for a general strike on monday that is the next big event here in home from the protests by today saturday and on sunday a general strike in hong kong and thats what people here now are trying to advertise in a sense as theyre marching not the expert about the bill. Up to now as far as that extradition bill is concerned and the problems with it that the demonstrators had up to a point about 2 or 3 weeks ago kerry lamb has said look the extradition bill was a bad idea its gone so why is that not enough for the people who were protesting then and some of those people i guess are protesting today as well. You could say to say its a matter of semantics because kerry lamb has said that the bill is effectively dates and the protesters say they want to completely psyching off the table now you might say what is the difference between those 2 things kerry on the one hand saying yes they were just saying they want to be taken up but actually the reason very small semantic difference and that is that they will carry out to say its dead and its never going to get revived it cannot get what you want they want her to be absolutely unequivocal and in a sense this is about more than the actual facts as to whether the it could have come back and its about the principle of the think if they can persuade kerry lamb to come outside a day and say that the bill is completely dead whatever you want protest is you have now got no provocation whatsoever they would feel that that a victory but equally if kerry were to the that she a government and beijing would see it as a back down to actually about the the reality in a sense all what happens is that expression but its about the language about who backs down us and thats why still these extradition proposals to max have a theyve got other demands well the resignation of carry lamb she was at a bank wins on friday night last night and as she came out of that she was heckled people believe her to step down to have bikes wall they simply 7 protest was going on at the same time they also of course what investigations into the policing the previous protests and thats the other thing thats happening here every time there is a new protest with new violence and the places seem to act in a heavy handed white that adds to months to what these people are calling for so in a sense you get. Spiraling list of demands with each protest and thats why its very hard to see where all this ends i should say similar to this there is a road government protests going on in hong kong and about 5 kilometers from here its unlikely the 2 sides will meet and that protest is smaller than this one but its not as if everybody in hong kong is on one side on this thank you very much. Still ahead here on aljazeera why there are fears that the break could last for years to come in the democratic republic of congo. Hello again mostly guys across southern sections of indonesia certainly through borneo. And also across some of the peninsula and across into some are sure there is some cloud of course on the satellite but just want to scattered showers and on sunday system a single with the south was we could see some thunderstorms into singapore but most of the rain is further to the north its all tied to the plumber rains and also the remnants of what was Tropical Storm getting tied in together on just producing some fairly heavy rains throughout much of the weekend in fact on monday it actually is a rather wet starts we becoming more widespread as you can see 32 in bangkok with those scattered thunderstorms and weve got that rain pushing for the south across into borneo most to clear. The dominant weather feature and then weve got more systems heading across the great buys but we could see a few showers up into townsville but of an onshore flow in the same for the north into kansas well and a cool staying there although windy across much of the southeast at a very windy day and high ball 13 celsius on monday and then the rain showers that are working their way across tools new zealand a cold day in Christ Church on sunday and in fact we could see some snow even at some low levels along the line of the out certainly and then we could also see some frost it at the Morning Hours 9 in Christ Church on monday and 10 in oakland. On counting the cost this week were on patrol off the coast of west africa as a nation is deploying naval forces to counter the scourge of piracy and hostage taking after 6 years of treading water and gold prices on the rise plus how iraq plans to cut its gas if its counting the cost on aljazeera. And watching aljazeera live from doha im peter dhabi lets recap your top stories sudans military council and its main Opposition Coalition who finalized a constitutional agreement the deal paves the way for the formation of a Transitional Government and elections in 2022. A conditional cease fire in place in the northwest syria after weeks of intensive finance tricks strikes on it live problems the opposition says it will stick to the deal as long as the government doesnt violate it. The day after hong kong Civil Servants defied the government call to remain neutral and run it in their thousands protesters today out for a 3rd consecutive day theyre demanding an inquiry into Police Handling of weeks of demonstrations and the withdrawal of carolines controversial extradition bill. Measures to detect a bowler in the d r c the democratic republic of congo may only be identifying half of those with the disease a congolese response coordinator is also warning that the outbreak could last for up to 3 years Health Workers are trying to contain it spread in the eastern city of goma. But the r. C. Has seen a bona cases double in the past 3 months the Relief Agency Doctors Without Borders saying the number of new cases is averaging between 75 to 100 every week at least 2700 people have been infected in the 2nd worst outbreak of a bit of people in history the violent virus has killed at least 1800 people in the past year Stephanie Decker join us live from the iranian capital kigali stuff the main priorities i guess see a tracking not just the people who they know to be infected but all the all the other people those people spoke to. Absolutely i mean that is the real challenge its figuring out who they came into contact with something as simple as a hug and people will tell you that this ringback area these areas people this is the way people greet each other so its a very Tactile Society and this is how the virus is spread through sweat through bodily fluids and things like that so you really start looking at this pyramid of people that you may have come into contact with just to give you an example of the miner who died 2 of his family members have contracted a blow to his wife and his one year old child they seem to be doing better of those 2 but the numbers that he potentially came into contact with are from 500 people so they need to be found they need to be tracked they need to be checked and they need to be tested and vaccinated and then of course if someone tests positive they need to do it all over again with that particular person so these are the challenges and then so when the geography of the challenges of the area of eastern d. R. See a lot of these areas are remote there is conflict its in secure a lot of people who are hostile to any sort of foreign medics coming in wanting to vaccinate so there are a whole issue of challenges facing that and which is why we did have a very frank press conference and the man in charge of the efforts saying that it could take 2 to 3 years if they continue to only would identify 50 percent of those affected. The neighboring countries planning for this accordingly. They are i mean they are of course concerned particular one because it is now reached go but this is why i think there is renewed International Interest International Media spotlight if you will because it is such a big city is on the border it is a disease border with a lot of movement of people back and forth now there are ones in authorities where we are they close that border for a couple of hours on thursday id call some panic certainly but they said they did not to put in place more robust. Checks for the movement of the people cross but moving across that border also here in the capital doctors have been vaccinated there have been more training and also rules being carried out at hospitals all as a precautionary measure having said that theres never been a case here in rwanda peter but they do want to be prepared and of course its something also that is a bit of a p. R. Disaster if you will none of these countries want to be. Directly from this virus which is what the psychological terror. Is a threat to that country so. That they are prepared. But they are telling people not to travel to the unless absolutely necessary thanks very much. Sworn in as its new governor lucys appointment still needs to be confirmed by the senate as a u. S. Territory of course crowds have been celebrating in the street since ricardo stepped from the job he was forced into resigning after a scandal over Text Messages and allegations of corruption. Reports now from someone. Well the new governor has been sworn in in puerto rico this is an island that is still very much in a constitutional crisis thats because the new governor. Was sworn in but he was only confirmed by the house of representatives in puerto rico and not by the senate so its very unclear from a constitutional standpoint if he can actually be governor even though he was sworn in we expect that there could be lawsuits in the coming days there could be injunctions filed by opposition Political Parties here in puerto rico so while there is some sense of normalcy here on the streets right outside of the Governors Mansion behind me there is still very much a lot of uncertainty here this was a protest that went on for more than a month to get rid of the previous governor he is now out of office but now their interest into a new phase of uncertainty on what will happen with the new governor here the new governor is pretty well respected many people say hes very competent and capable he was puerto ricos representative to congress in washington d. C. For several years but many of the people here on the streets the protesters say they have a Newfound Energy and they are willing to go back on the streets if necessary to protest if he does not deliver on some of his promises such as health and education improvements here on this island that is a u. S. Territory nevertheless well have to see in the coming days how this all shakes out because still his future the new governor is still very uncertain in this constitutional crisis that puerto rico still faces it is 5 years since thousands of years e. D. s in iraq will kill taken hostage all forced into exile by the community is now demanding accountability for the crimes and a u. N. Investigative team says its making slow but steady progress some of binge of it reports now from the hook. Sheering child who tries to forget the pain suffered under years of ice and rule its a hard task. Fight is used her as a sex slave the physical and emotional scars and estimated 7000 years women and girls were taken from so many had to endure what shereen went through shes found her sons after i say lost its lost in a tree in syria but her 2 daughters are still missing. I miss my daughter so much i would give my life if i could see them again. Its hard for her sons to readjust as theyve forgotten their language and feel disconnected from the culture but one of her most painful memories is venturing lost her husband. They dug a hole in the backyard killed several bodies we saw it in college a town behind the trench with so many dead bodies i couldnt go to see my husband i was banned from the place they killed many people that day. 5 years since the u. C. These were targeted by ice and mass graves are still being uncovered especially United Nations Investigative Team to promote accountability for crimes committed by ice and. Is currently examining evidence while most families in this are you see these the un body investigating crimes says that she shot back everyone suffered under unitard is trying to hold. For the crimes that committed. The un mandated investigative body says its making progress but weve had some very major successes in terms of receiving information and evidence we have 600000 plus videos now we have received information from government authorities and best practices were needed for ensuring that evidence was collected in a way that it could be preserved and it could be admissible. In different courts in different parts of the world a forensic lab has been set up to test d. N. A. Samples from graves experts are seeking more funding to improve and expedite their work the director told us that matching d. N. A. Samples is a complicated task that requires comparing samples from mosque graves with victims families some are still in syria and many others are living abroad than the one were looking for missing bodies and most are in mass graves located in remote areas in these places are full of landmines and it gets very hot in areas like and the staff can only work during early hours of the morning. Regardless of the challenges involved thousands of years of these in camps like this one want justice and even though they want to move on with their lives we need dont want to return to their homes and. She says the place has horrible memories and shed rather wait to be reunited with their daughters as long as that may take. To come. From these are your top stories sudans military council and its main Opposition Coalition finalized a constitutional agreement it paves the way for a Transitional Government to take power until elections in 2022 it also strips the power of the Paramilitary Rapid support forces have been blamed for killing dozens of protesters the freedom of change alliance the movement behind the protests that just held a News Conference and announced they will appoint sudans Prime Minister. The cabinet will have no more than 20 ministers the freedom for change alliance will nominate the Prime Minister he will then be appointed by the Sovereign Council and the Prime Minister will then form a cabinet and that cabinet will need to be confirmed by the Sovereign Council a conditional cease fire is in place in the northwest of syria after a week of intensifying or strict strikes on it in the province that truce was brokered during peace talks in kazakhstan the opposition says it will stick to the deal as long as the government doesnt violate it a day after hong kong Civil Servants defied a government call to remain neutral and rallied in their thousands of protesters are out for a 3rd consecutive day this is the kowloon district of protesters are marching off from mass rally in a park there theyre demanding an inquiry into Police Handling of weeks of demonstrations and the withdrawal of a controversial extradition bill. Measures to detect it in the democratic republic of congo may only be identifying ha of those with the disease accomplis response coordinator is also warning that the outbreak could last for up to 3 years of these 2700 people have been infected in the 2nd worst outbreak of ebola in history the virus has killed at least 1800 people in the last year Health Workers are trying to contain it spread in the eastern city of goma. Puerto rico has sworn in a lawyer its new governor pedro pierre lucys appointment still needs to be confirmed by the u. S. Territory senate crowds have been celebrating since Ricardo Rosello stepped from the role he was forced to resign over leaked Text Messages and corruption allegations come to the cost is next for the saudi u. A. E. War on yemen has led to the thousands of deaths and millions hungry what role has the u. S. Played in the worlds worst humanitarian crisis is the entity that has the right to begin and end wars Robert Malley a top advisor on the middle east to president obama talks to aljazeera. Hello im Adrian Finighan this is counting the cost i was hear your weekly look at the world of business and economics this week on patrol off the coast of west africa nations step up their naval presence to counter the scourge of piracy and hostage taking. After 6 years of treading water gold prices are on the rise we find out whats behind the move. To impress record morning production rather than import. A decade ago no ship was safe off the coast of somalia men armed with machine guns. In small boats with target vessels including aid for the World Food Programme the menace of piracy continues to plague the region impeding its security and Economic Development but its also increasing in other areas that you hotspot is the gulf of guinea an area that covers 6000 nautical miles or 11000 kilometers of coastline from angola to senegal west african countries lose 2000000000. 00 annually to maritime piracy and armed robbery. The region produces more than 5000000. 00 barrels of sweet crude petroleum per day its a vital source of oil and gas for asia europe and the United States nigeria is the Largest Oil Producer in the region and has more than 40000000000 barrels of reserves now some believe the region will surpass the Oil Production capacity of the arabian gulf by 2020 making the stability of this region and the safety of Oil Transport a vital strategic concern off the coast of west africa the total cost of piracy has been steadily increasing over the last 3 years from 700000000. 00 to more than 800000000. 00 thats according to data from oceans beyond piracy but that still towards the cost of piracy off the east african coast which has dropped to 1400000000. 00 in 2017 down from a staggering 7000000000. 00 in 2010 for every 120000000 seized by pirates in somalia the cost to the shipping industry and the end consumer is as much as 3300000000. 00 according to research from the London School of economics this money is enough to employ well over a 1000000 somalis for a whole year and that doesnt include the direct human cost more than 90 percent of piracy hostage taking in the 1st 6 months of this year took place in the gulf of guinea the International Maritime bureau says that 27 crew members were kidnapped as heroes on militarists went on patrol with the gun a navy to discover the true extent of the problem. Turkish. Soil one is more than a week late its intended destination. Yes she is resting in the calm waters of tema off the coast of ghana. Everything looks alright from the outside but on board evidence of why the vessel didnt make it to ivory coast in time. The ship was attacked by pirates in nigeria waters and 10 of its crew were taken away as hostages. The others to stay but was frightened they told us. If youre. Coming to here we are. Shipped. All my friends we are sort of the. Similar incidents have been reported 70 times in the 1st 6 months of this. The International Maritime bureau says the vast majority of the sailors kidnapped for ransom or taken off the cost of been the. Guinea nigeria and. While attacks by pirates have substantially decreased in some regions of the world they seem to be on the increase in west africa making the gulf of guinea there was an area in the world impacted by piracy fishing boats are sometimes targeted but most of the attacks so i carried out an oil and gas tankers experts say that the regional neighbors and coast guards need to coordinate better if they want to control the situation. We set out on patrol with a gun to me. The gulf of guinea is the most dangerous streets of Maritime Territory in the world for attacks at sea but garner has seen a decrease in piracy incidents in its waters and thats been put down to sustained operations by its navy and not. Ships. Be fair to we in the what tests of our countries and then when they are called upon to do better than this nations. Heroes ships that taps by pilots when the are released. Defense food and what does the citizen and saw that would be the fairest you know point of. The generous air war is one of several gunships ghana has on patrol every hour of the day and sometimes there is support from the air force. The navy believes it could do even more with increased funding. Not enough resources. You know pumped into into into the navy but. When this is being built in any society and policy makers in any in any government and there we gradually been resourced. But what needs to be done in a region where piracy kidnappings and theft of oral are growing problem in 2016 jury alone estimated its losses at more than a 1000000000. 00 a month experts say the economies of the region rich in oil and fishing cannot sustain such a drain on resources all right lets get more on this growing menace joining us now from london Michael Hallett michael is the Deputy Director of the International Maritime bureau and a director of i. C. C. Commercial Crime Services the anti crime unit of the i. C. C. Could tell you with us michael so whats behind the rise of piracy off the coast of guinea as we were hearing a strategically important region for world trade. There is a a serious frets to the safety and security of seafarers in the region and this phrase has been there for many years. Almost 80 percent of crew kidnappings and 95 percent of crews taken hostage this year have occurred in the gulf of guinea. We forgot to the kidnappings. There have been 37. 00 crew kidnapped from their vessels this year in several separate incidents the crews are typically taken ashore they are held between periods of between 6. 00 and 8. 00 weeks before they are released last month spains seafarers were kidnapped from a general cargo vessel the vessel was 120 miles from the coastline this demonstrates the scope of capabilities and also that all shipping is vulnerable so one turns of hijackings weve seen sorry mightily. Let me put the 2nd question to you 1st for a 2nd what lessons michael can be learned from the reduction of piracy off the coast of east africa. Its difficult to compare east africa with west african piracy they are 2 separate phenomena somalia was a foul state. In the gulf of guinea you have functioning sovereign states the one constant however is that if you are able to see ted its. An approaching suspicious vessel you then have the opportunity to raise an alarm to retreat into a citadel if needed and this Early Warning is something that should be applied not just for east and west africa but universally when it comes to global piracy so Early Detection is paramount so do west african nations need more help and what sort of thing can help with this Early Detection we talking about drones do they need more help from from western nations the u. S. For instance well there are a number of initiatives of regional and international that are on the way. The all of these nations need help where theres piracy and i need help in training to ensure you know the responses of their Capacity Building but whats really important when it comes to these issues is that the incidence didnt not go unchecked they are reported that the authorities at sea the navys and the coast guards they Work Together with the authorities assure they go and try to investigate these crimes they apprehend the criminals and they make sure they are punished under law that sends the right to aaron and the navys the of the big power as michael stretched to the moment thinking about the scope Missions Underway currently in the gulf the malacca straits and elsewhere in the world all naive these have finite resources and its really fun for the navies and their political masters to decide where to deploy those assets to reflect michael really good still counting the cost many thanks indeed for being with us. Thank you. Now from a record high in 2011 gold it seems has been in hibernation but us trade war starts damage Global Growth Central Banks begin cutting Interest Rates and the prospect of conflict is an ever present threat the precious metal is trading the a 6 year high and its never really gone out of fashion with Central Banks jewelers and some of the worlds biggest investors so whats going on well lets start with that record high in 2011 gold prices hit almost 1900. 00 an ounce after the financial crisis although it slid to almost 1000. 00 in 2016 now for the last 6 years its been struggling to rise above 1350. 00 an ounce but in the last month it made it to 1446. 00 and could push higher the biggest holders of gold a Central Banks last year they increased the volume of their holdings to the highest level since the end of the Gold Standard nearly half a century ago the United States has by far the biggest stockpile with an estimated 350000000000 dollars but russias holdings of quadrupled over the last decade the jewelry industry uses about 2000 tonnes of gold every year worth around 85000000000. 00 but its people in india that have believed to hold the most gold estimated to be worth around 1. 00 trillion dollars so is that extra demand for gold or is this just investors seeking a safe haven to find out were joined via skype by gavin wendt gavin is the founding director and senior resource analyst at sydney based mine life good to have you with us gavin so whats behind golds recent rally well weve seen a number of factors that conspired it exactly the right time. Dr gold are there. More recent factors. I guess related to things in the last week for example related to u. S. Interest rate caps trade issues uncertainty with respect to britain and iran an ongoing Economic Council. But we can actually trace goals i guess. Strong momentum. Back to probably the g f c back in 2000 and night the tremendous amount of spending that went on in the wake of the g. 8 c. Of around the world in terms of money printing by Central Banks and also they slashing Interest Rates to in some cases 0 levels or even negative levels in in the case of some of your pain countries and those factors have provided a very very strong macro picture to drive the gold price rise so whilst weve seen a lot of action in the gold price over recent months and typically you know the last 6 months with the price going to very very high levels this is a storm thats been building probably for about the last 10 to 12 years that sometimes these things take a while to develop. And were starting to see the you know the real up side in the go price now eventually this weeks rate cut by the fed do you expect to see further cuts in the future what a rate cuts and rate rises mean for the price of gold right coutts a typically quite good positive full the gold price outlook that is because right cuts typically to a weakening in the u. S. Dollar and a weaker u. S. Dollar typically results in a stronger gulp process and vice versa so what weve seen in the wake of the the u. S. Interest rate cut was markets. Looked at the fake commentary and they examined it and the fed was what they suggested and they commentry was that this was likely to be a one off right cut. They would likely to follow through with further right cuts and the market had been expecting that this would be just the 1st of a series of write caps throughout 2019 perhaps in calendar 2020. However what weve seen from the fed in the past is that they say one thing and they typically tend to do the to do the opposite and this is particularly been the case over the last 12 to 18 months if we go back to the same period in 2008 saying the fed was talking about likely right increases or at least keeping rates on hold. Fast forward to around the shia and they were a game saying that it was highly unlikely that it would to be any sorts of right caps they couldnt see any right cats for the foreseeable future here we are in july august and they have theyve cut rates so whilst they say that there is unlikely to be further right cats i think the economic circumstances in the United States will determine that they will be further right cuts certainly President Trump would very much like to see right cuts and i think thats what were going to be looking at so i think theres going to be further impetus to the process with with likely right cuts to come if not in the 2nd half of 2019 that i think pushing into 2020 or so given russia has been increasing its holdings what do you make of that russia in particular has been a very strong buyer of gold over recent years and so has china for that matter china has come out and actually said that it is buying more gold they came reason for Central Banks not only china and russia but other Central Banks around the world to tiptoe just gold is that wanting to diversify their foreign reserves out of the u. S. Dollar there is a few in Financial Markets that the u. S. Dollar is significantly i valued. And as a result of that Central Banks starting to buy gold inning creasing volumes and particularly if were likely to see further interest. Caps then the direction of the u. S. Dollar is going to be down i think if you look at the Central Banks around the world as a collective during 2018 which is the most recent data we have they bought about 576 tons of gold and that was the biggest annual purchase of gold by Central Banks since 2012 and what weve saying in terms of central Bank Purchases the shia led by russia is that 29. 00 same as likely to outstrip purchases from last year so that the trend in terms of Central Bank Buying is definitely upwards and just briefly given whats whats the target price for gold. Well ive recently revised upward my target price at the start of calendar 2019 i was looking at a trading range goal to explain 12503050 per ounce but given the likelihood of further write cats im probably going against the grain here in terms of what Market Perception is doubting what the fed will do i think there are just so many positive factors out there driving gold byman in terms of risk Economic Council and see the value you may share not get and the likelihood of right cuts that ive upgraded my price forecast for the next 12 months to between 34050. 00 per ounce i think theres very strong upside and theres even the potential for gold to go higher perhaps challenge the 1500. 00 mark i think theres a very strong confluence of events and i dont think there are any of those issues are going to be resolved any time soon kevin is pretty good to talk to you on counting the cost many thanks indeed for being with us my pleasure now years of war and instability have damaged iraqs gas and Oil Infrastructure leaving it dependent upon Energy Imports despite having huge reserves but iraq wants to change that with help from big overseas investment as there is a summit in java reports from iraq. Electricity is in high demand specially during the summer and power plants rely on gas most of it comes from fields like the basra gas field in the south and because its associated gas with oil a single barrel provides both oil and gas but iraq doesnt produce enough gas for its power stations a 3rd of what it needs is imported from iran. In the 1980 s. Raining jets took out most of iraqs oil and Gas Infrastructure in the sanctions that followed saddam husseins invasion of kuwait stalled any development now iraqs economy is weak the us is an important ally and both saudi arabia and iran are its neighbors iranian gas is a burden on baghdad stretched budget and a loaded issue for domestic and regional politics Prime Minister wants to make iraq Energy Independent his oil minister has already signed multibillion dollar deals with International Companies such as honeywell eggs on and shell unfortunately because of the order they were delayed and thats why really. He was lagging behind. We are concentrating on this and the possible use to burn more both 50 per cent 2 years to 3 years ago where now we threw out. 55. 45. 00 i want to be realistic or to 5 years will be i would say there are big. You know ok this of course will lead to many advantages one of course a while for Power Generation that will definitely make. Energy independent who dont need to import and of course. You know. Maintaining a gas field under 46. 00 degrees is anything but easy but these iraqis are making sure that they continue to pump the gas which helps run their country besides the gas needed for electricity these gas fields also produce other types for domestic use and export 75 percent of the. L. P. G. Come from this. Facility which is more than 25 years old thats why. Its being renovated its electric instruments. To do these upgrades requires major investment iraqs government says despite obstacles like corruption and an unstable region investors are coming to back that. The. Gas is the primary resource in the Southern Region especially to generate electricity most of the old power plants were motive from liquid fuel operations to cast power plants has there was an urgent need for investment and to upgrade production as tensions escalate between us and iran iraq wants to diffuse so it can attract more companies to help achieve baghdad becoming Energy Independent. These engineers are practicing how to respond to an emergency involving the hazardous h 2 s. Gas they work at the central processing facility of the mage known oil field in southern iraq what makes their operation unique is that after oil joined shell left iraqis took over and for the 1st time they were running oil and gas extraction on their own. After shell pulled out and 2018 bus for oil company took charge with the same standards and criteria bus company and in cooperation with other Consulting Companies also proved that it has the ability to manage much oil field despite the challenges that we face. One of those challenges a splitting from marshlands around the mage noon field this is below the nearly 5 metre high flood waters around the environmental risks mean new oil grids in real need to be elevated engineers say they have been able to reinforce dikes but one flooding could submerge their operation much new means crazy in arabic some say the name is in reference to the large amount of oil in one location the reserves of an estimated 38000000000 barrels this field produces 240000 barrels a day and that capacity is expected to go up to 450000 in 3 years. The company says its able to find investors even when the world is moving towards alternative Energy Sources there is no and the risk for investment in iraq iraq is very respectful of government. And the company. Even with a shortage in financing and 2014201520 extension 15 here are committed to pay back all the best. Cost our budget within the. Time when they invest when they any cost back their payment of timetables 0 in the state. Of their main. For you. To fortify. The Oil Companies know that iraq is coming out of years of war the recent crisis in the gulf increases risk and baghdad needs investment sources within the oil ministry told out there that some more Oil Companies want to use that to their advantage brought names i dont want to mention names but. I am a Firm Believer and one when the relationship come up to blackmail us and we dont want to twist their arms they are our partner notes. We want to have good relations but on the other hand we are monitoring that activity is we are watching that costs will have managed to reduce the costs if you look now at the course but but all you see there was hiking up but with time it was decreased iraq plans to expand its overall Oil Production to 5 and a half 1000000 Barrels Per Day but as a member of the Oil Exporting Countries of opec it has to reduce its oil output iraqs economy is hinged on oil and faces a tough balancing act the government has to generate much needed revenue while abiding by opec agreements that is our show for this week if youd like to comment on anything that youve seen you can tweet me im at a finnigan on twitter please use the hash tag a j c t c when you do or you can drop us a line counting the cost of aljazeera dot net is our email address as always theres plenty more for you online at aljazeera dot com slash c. T. C. 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This is al jazeera. Hello im adrian from again this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes. On the road to democracy in sudan the military opposition leaders finally agree on a new way to govern. With an update on a conditional cease fire in syrias last rebel held province. Another wave of protests in hong kong as people rally a day after Civil Servants defy the government call to stay neutral plus im at a camp and ill tell you whats being done to hold accountable as the victims of war crimes justice. And installed zimbabwes cricketers sidel play for free to keep the game alive in their country well hear from the players fighting to overturn the nations suspension by the games governing body. Could finally be on the road to a new democratic future 4 months after president Obama Al Bashir this rule ended the military thats ruled since april of the main opposition groups have reached a constitutional agreement now its expected to lead to the formation of a Transitional Government to run till elections in 2022 but the deal is not yet signed. The Opposition Coalition bose says that theyll appoint sudans Prime Minister. The cabinet will have no more than 20 ministers the freedom for change alliance will nominate the Prime Minister he will then be appointed by the Sovereign Council and the Prime Minister will then form a cabinet and that cabinet will need to be confirmed by the Sovereign Council a draft that the Paramilitary Rapid support force blamed for a deadly crackdown against protesters will be brought under the command of the armed forces aljazeera schalit palace reports. In the early hours of saturday an announcement that sudans military jointer and the Opposition Coalition had agreed on how to govern the country they flushed out the details on the makeup and functions of a Transitional Government until elections in 3 years in the new. Im very pleased in the name of the african mediation and to respect the delegations to declare to the sudanese people and the International Community that the 2 delegations are fully agreed on the constitutional project. Was. The reaction was immediate on the streets of carter. Announcing the deal African Union envoy Mohamed Hassan the bart gave no detail about the contents of the declaration he said talks are continuing on how and when it would be signed. During the negotiations the military council ceded to demands for justice over the killing of at least 6 people including 4 schoolchildren at a protest earlier in the wake of 9 soldiers were detained. Was a victory for tens of thousands of sudanese who had marched demanding justice for the deaths they get if i get out of the way that it was certainly a horrible massacre we pray the situation improves and that the right of the students are not neglected blood for blood. And punishment is a must. The. Protesters have been flexing their muscle since december. Restoration started with the economy president Omar Al Bashir was in the cross his the number of protests grew along with their demands until bashir was removed in a military coup in april general says off the military council the protesters demanded civilians take the lead in the transition they started a session outside the Army Headquarters forcing military rulers to begin talks over how to share power on june 3rd Security Forces raided that demonstration they killed more than 100 people and injured many more talks resume to month later mediated by the African Union anything your pia the 1st breakthrough came on july 17th leading to the signing of a political agreement between the military and the Opposition Coalition they agreed on an live in person Transitional Council with representatives from both sides and a rotating leadership. The disagreements had remained over the wording of constitutional changes now with the details agreed and a signing imminent sudanese people have a roadmap to a more peaceful future shallop ballasts aljazeera. Correspondent Mohammed Atta has reported extensively from sudan he has been now in the studio so they got this deal its not yet been formally signed can it work it will depend on how they carry out its implementation lists of course a huge and momentous achievement not only for the parties who have been negotiating but also for the African Union and also the underline think efforts of the ethiopian Prime Minister ahmed theres so many moving parts the different layers within the transition or for it itself a challenge but also a challenge is the fact that its a hybrid system you know its a fast of its all its kind in africa. As a Transitional Government that has both the military and civilians together and in the past are also forces for freedom and change of the press conference in which they talk about the responsibilities the core responsibilities of the transition once it gets underway and among them is. The drafting of a new constitution you know to make the entire sudan agree on a document that will be the constitution of the can and also reform of the military which means the military itself will be reforming. Because of all these reforms and thats where the problem has been we will hear from a protest in just a few minutes of a feeling the what were going to hear is that people who are out on the streets arent going to believe anything until a deal has been signed where does does accountability fit into into all this for the for the violence the crackdown the deaths that weve seen among the protesters at the hands of aspects of the military the issue of impunity and how to deal with it has been the bulk of form the bulk of the negotiations in the past few days because specially after the transitional military council. Made a move trying to grant the 5 representatives from them joining the Sovereign Council which is the highest organization with in the Transitional Authority immunity something the forces for. Change and democracy refused saying that they would not want this generals to get immunity because some of them have been accused of cutting out this violence and theyre not only just talking about violence against the protests of theyre also talking about the violence waged against civilians by the government and they saying that justice has to be done how theyre going to do that still no one knows how long before this Transitional Government can get can get out to work. And what can go wrong well the 1st of all the feeling of the positions has to begin there were already agreed on a Prime Minister although they didnt name who it is but then theres also the issue of divvying up the sits within parliament which is the Legislative Assembly has called in the agreement. 2 thirds will go to the the Civil Society and a position parities that have been behind the protest another 3rd will go to parties that been in existence but did not take part in the protests so giving up this city itself would might provoke. A lot of work that needs to be done and probably 3 years might not be enough to accomplish all of them are serious that many thanks indeed. So far sides agreed on establishing 3 governing bodies and this is what we know of how it will work a Sovereign Council will rule the country the council will have 5 members from the Opposition Forces for freedom and change 5 from the military and the 11th will be an independent civilian an executive council will have ministers mostly chosen by the opposition but the military will pick the defense and interior ministers and a Legislative Assembly will be dominated by the Opposition Alliance with the remaining seats going to parties which werent part of bushs government. As for mohammed solomon took part in the protests in sudan she joins us now on the line from khartoum what do you make of this deal of you and your fellow protesters got everything that you wanted. Actually. By them finding agreement. I guess. Were going to get on with this country everyone who. Ever on. Film and thing they have to be on. What youre saying is that you want accountability written into this deal will you continue to protest until. You see at least some of what you are demanding is coming to fruition yeah actually by funding our demands of the civilized so far so you and your fellow protesters will continue to be out on the streets of khartoum 5. Unless. Unless we keep. On the ground. In the ground. Stop protesting otherwise. Does this deal at least give you hope for sudans future yes exactly all right but he thinks did as a sort of on the on the front. A conditional cease fire azim place in northwestern syria after a week of intensifying airstrikes on profits the truce was brokered during peace talks and kazakstan the opposition says that it will stick to the deal as long as the government doesnt violate it im serious Andrew Symonds reports now from mosul time. In accordance with a communique that didnt use the word ceasefire syrian state media had already announced a conditional truce demanding the withdrawal of weaponry from a buffer zone or little if the Syrian Government blames the turkish for not fulfilling their role in the so she agreement last year. How the muslim you term this has not materialized on the contrary the number of terrorists in and lead has increased namely foreign fighter terrorists in and leave. The opposition despite reservations agreed to a truce but accused the regime of violating the so she agreement taking advantage of a withdrawal of fighters so they could launch what it called their cunning criminal attacks and their spokesman gave this war. Right now there is no trust and there will be no trust in the future when it comes with glory the heavy weapons no heavy weapons will be withdrawn unless there are a written guarantee. But russia says the biggest fighting group brands as terrorists. H. T. S. Must be eliminated turkey has an obligation according to him around to do it if they cannot do it alone