A protest hub in indian administered kashmir or trying to keep out Security Forces. I guess. The state of Venezuelas Oil and gas industry thats left many people without hope. I know that the good news across United States is that the heat has finally abated so still very warm it is that time of year we have certainly seen the end those heat advisories we havent seen the end of this is cloud with. Quite a line of activity working its way southwards as we go through friday and saturday quite an unsettled picture across much of the south the southeast pushing as you can see out towards the mid atlantic so d. C. On friday does come with the thunderstorms a warm day 27 degrees but even warmer by saturday that high just above the average really for this time of year and elsewhere through the Central Plains and the plains we have got more of this rain on these thunderstorms so feeling very humid obviously with all this rain and since the story really as we go into the southeast improving softly into washington d. C. And it should be a pretty nice day across into new york as well scattered showers and some thunderstorms across areas of the caribbean very widely scattered and it is a better picture across much of Central America we have got the rains further tools in the east through panama but really it is mostly dry as we had on towards guatemala at the yucatan peninsula and into southern sections of mexico still a few showers around the thunderstorms but not a bad day south of a mess this city and 30 celsius across in havana. It looks ugly it sounds ugly in scares people from americas high streets to mexicos on the wilds we control the seaside and who controls the other side people in power follows the smuggling route and test the ease of acquiring untraceable weapons on american soil the weapon that was designed for war and it took you about 5 minutes to buy at. Americas guns mexicos cartel on al jazeera congressman are you interested in stopping crime. Tell of again the top stories on aljazeera japan has described south koreas decision to withdraw from intelligence sharing agreement as regrettable the 2 countries are locked in a bitter route over trade and japans wartime atrocities in the last century. The amazon rain forest in brazil burning at a record rate under strengthening the lives and livelihoods of the Indigenous Community there prosecutors in brazil have started an investigation president both scenarios says farmers could have illegally set forests of. Russia on the u. S. Have accused each other 1st being a new arms race at the u. N. Security council the meeting was requested by russia and china to discuss washingtons testing of a land based Nuclear Capable missile. U. N. Investigators say the scale of Sexual Violence against the world was so widespread and severe that it demonstrates what they call an intent to commit genocide a fact finding report says me and more soldiers routinely systematically raped gang raped and sexually abused women girls boys men and transgender people the un says those responsible should be prosecuted on charges of war crimes genocide and crimes against humanity the report also mentions Sexual Violence and post persecution in the states of kitchen and shon targeting other ethnic minorities the tatmadaw used Sexual Violence as a tool of our fair military tactics it is very much a part of their tactics what is called the full cuts. But in especially in the rowing areas what happened listen to music extremely violent extremely brutal to the point that we said bad it showed a kind of intent to destroy in whole or in part of population so i think both were shocking the fact that it was done on some scale but there are also the fact that the White Community may have been done with the intent to destroy whole we have actually seen satellite imagery of the areas these people were supposed to return to. Building as. Everything has been bulldozed not even a tree standing new structures have been built which i would not say really worthy of habitation in that sense we have to make sure that when they return theyre not only safe but they also have a pathway to citizenship and that all these framework of very discriminatory laws which we call appetite like should be removed. Another round of talks between the u. S. And taliban have begun in cats are 2 sides are discussing ending u. S. Military intervention in afghanistan and. Since october in a bid to end the 18 year long conflict the u. S. Special envoy is due to visit kabal next week to meet the Afghan Government. President insists agreements made during the doha talks will have to be vetted by his government ashraf ghani says afghanistan shares the u. S. Goal of withdrawing troops as soon as possible but he says there will have to be comprehensive discussions before any deal is signed. Yet you said remember that at this the taliban out of part of this country but they cannot determine the fate of the country election is the legitimate right of the Afghan People they must decide to have a legitimate government i am not the want to go to break the taliban i will negotiate with the taliban powerfully and with dignity by Syrian Government airstrikes have killed several civilians and opposition control tells in North Western province the syrian army is continuing its offensive along the strategic m 5 highway which runs from the north of the country to the south Government Troops are already in control of parts of the highway after opposition fighters withdrew from the town of on monday and Syrian Government forces have also been reportedly targeting areas close to Turkish Military posts Bernard Smith has more from intercourse. This is the 2nd time this week that military forces have been targeted by forces the 1st time earlier in the week was a convoy of turkish convoy that was heading to a military observation post 3 civilians near that convoy were killed in that attack no Turkish Military was injured a 2nd attack of the shelling around another military observation post both of these incidents happening around the town of. Shaker this is just to the south of italy and has all but been retaken now by Afghan Forces and Afghan Forces push further north into rebel held territory so hundreds of thousands perhaps as many as half a 1000000 refugees are heading towards the turkey border turkey is very keen that to get this safe zone deal agreed with the u. S. Military so that it can push great an area where the refugees can be safe so they wont be tempted to try and enter turkey and that turkey can also push back against the white p. G. Kurdish forces that it doesnt want to see anywhere near the turkey syria border here and human rights experts are condemning the internet and telephone shut down in indian administered kashmir they say that blackout enforced by the Indian Government is like a collective punishment on the people of the disputed region its been more than 2 weeks since india revoked kashmirs autonomy phase tamil reports from one neighborhood and which is putting up a fierce resistance to the security crackdown. Its an act of defiance People Living in the sewer a neighborhood of srinagar have erected these barricades unlike the ones put up by Security Forces to control the movement of local people these have been put up to keep the Security Forces out. Joy youve given up the common violently the night before last week they blocked us in from 4 directions and didnt let us spray in our main mosque theyve also autistic boys and girls from other areas so we have closed off the entrance here. This neighborhood has been a flashpoint of several protests since restrictions were imposed on movement and communications after the regions autonomy was revoked people here worry that makes them a target and if we look at the present situation it looks like theyre going to at least every one of us. The same. Brother was detained on august 9th while returning home from work spam lee only learned of his arrest the next day since then their frustration has only grown. Police i just heard a case against him the cops tell us to come in the morning and they will release him then to be do they tell us to come in the evening this is what we have been dealing with Security Forces remain in the city and region in large numbers indeed Officials Say there has been some unrest in the past few days but its been relatively minor. Except. Restrictions have been eased this week with some people in vehicles moving around however most businesses in srinagar remain closed and in sora open defiance remains. In the sky above srinagar weve seen drones watching for protests which have been spontaneous in different parts of the city but here and sorra authorities already know people plan to protest further and locals tell us they plan to resist as long as they can as Jimmy El Al Jazeera srinagar indian administered kashmir. Venezuela has the Worlds LargestProven Oil Reserves and so should be one of the worlds richest nations but years of underinvestment corruption and u. S. Sanctions have crippled its Energy Sector thats left many feeling let down by the governments and the promises they once made terrorism. In venezuela. Has always lived beside the lake of mica a war in the Northwestern State of. Hes a fisherman but he says pollution from the oil industry is destroying his way of life. This is abandon completely abandoned in the past the oil and gas installations were taken care of but not anymore now are lake is filled with oil and contamination our boats are dirty our nets are dirty my family depends on this and its killing us were close to the town where oil was 1st discovered in venezuela in 1922 it turned this country from Michael Cohen coffee producing nation into an oil giant but things have not been going well in the past 2 years the bottom of the lake of what i was filled with thousands of kilometers of Gas Pipelines some of them are broken if you can see right there thats a leak i guess week this is just an example of the enormous infrastructure problems that venezuelas Energy Sectors has today were told tankers i rarely seen here Venezuelas Oil production has dropped by more than 70 percent in the past 20 years and the u. S. Oil embargo is further complicating the export market. Has worked for venezuelas state oil company pay very sad for over 30 years at one time they were producing 80000 barrels a day now not a single one. I have fought with management how is painting a pipeline red maynards when inside. Its rotten and deteriorated weepin a pump and then it catches fire then things blow up thats the maintenance they want us to do with what we have and we have lots of accidents. Fransisco says hes paid around 8. 00 a month. Im a revolutionary but this is not the left i dreamt of i want to work but we have no tools no boats total deterioration in the past there were food halls not anymore we have said that until we are fed we cannot go out to work we cannot even buy food with our salaries so we are demanding a meal at least former president or chavis promised to improve peoples lives when he took office 2 decades ago and the state owned company played a crucial role in his plan but experts say a lack of investment corruption and inexperience among chavez loyalists devastated the company now the government of the little with money from russia and china is trying to provide the only industry with a much needed boost so quick change in geopolitics to china for example is more costly because of the cargo shipments will have to see were ends venezuela has lots of debt with china and we will have to see whether they really invest in the country and if it generates cash and how the money is going to enter the country if we are sanctioning its a vicious cycle that generates lots of questions and problems many of these fisherman supported what is called the believer in revolution and believed in the benefits it would bring now they feel abandoned by a government they say has forgotten about the promises that were once made. Venezuela. Well the corruption. Banker being jailed over 1200000000. 00. Real estate in florida. Government money u. S. Authorities to crack down on these kinds of schemes are reports from miami. Miami is known as the gateway to the americas a fact thats helped the city grow over the last few decades Foreign Investment is a major contributor to south floridas economy but the u. S. Government says it can come with the downside Money Laundering is designed to hide in plain in plain sight andrew itll mean specializes in anti Money Laundering laws and says venezuela is a big offender with a socialist government that had held itself out as providing for these people for everything that they knew and then the people who are in charge of making sure that that happen ended up being corrupted and taking the money for themselves out of the country while the images of everything thats happening in venezuela is an international t. V. As a humanitarian and Economic Situation in venezuela continues to decline the cases of government officials prosecuted for Money Laundering and stacking up the brazilian backed out of direct construction project was abandoned over corruption allegations 2 years ago when it was revealed that almost a 100000000. 00 was paid out to venezuelan officials almost 200000. 00 people lost their jobs when the project stalled but its real estate deals in the u. S. That are coming under increasing federal scrutiny developers and realtors like jesse utley are aware of the problem in south florida and say theyre more discerning with buyers that ever before our brand is important the brand of miami is important. Credibility in their brands and very important as well so so that you know those reasons make us very aware of who were dealing with and how we deal with the problem of Money Laundering operations investing in the us isnt restricted to venezuela in 2016 the panama paper scandal revealed a network of officials from across the world using shell corporations and real estate deals to hide cash and lead luxury lifestyles real estate transactions in florida and now a major focus for the f. B. I. Even as political tensions between the u. S. And venezuela escalate it. An issue the bureau is now pouring more resources into an indication of just how serious the problem is florida has a reputation as a haven for Money Laundering but the concentration on venezuela has brought into sharp focus when people there are suffering such serious hardships u. S. Officials say theyll continue to seize assets monitor transactions and clamp down on the practice earlier this year the f. B. I. Opened it 1st permanent Anti Corruption unit here in south florida critics say it should have happened years ago but agents have already seized several properties in the last few weeks and gallacher all the 0 miami florida. Hello again the headlines on aljazeera japan has described south koreas decision to withdraw from an intelligence sharing agreement as regrettable the 2 countries are locked in a bitter raul over trade in japans wartime atrocities in the last century. The amazon rain forest in brazil is on fire and burning at a record rates and pressure is growing on the countrys president. Tribes have joined the International Corps to save what they consider to be sacred land from the devastating fires they say they will fight until their last drop of blood to protect their home. Continues to blame environmental groups for the fires. Now the amazon is bigger than you realize how can you fight fires in such an area it is clearly criminal how can you do it you need to catch them in the act otherwise theres nothing you can do now nongovernmental organizations are losing money money that came from germany and norway and employed now so they are trying to overthrow. Russia and the u. S. Have accused each other of risking a new arms race at the u. N. Security council the meeting was requested by russia and china to discuss washingtons testing of a Nuclear Capable. U. N. Investigators say the scale of Sexual Violence against the regime. A report. Revealed that the military routinely use rape as a weapon against ethnic minorities another round of talks between the u. S. The 2 sides are discussing ending u. S. Military intervention in afghanistan negotiations have been ongoing since october in a bid to end the conflicts the u. S. Special envoy is due to visit next week to meet the Afghan Government and the afghanistan president insists agreements made during the doha talks will have to be vetted by his government. Shares the u. S. Goal of withdrawing troops as soon as possible but he says there will have to be comprehensive discussions before any deal is signed. You and human rights experts are condemning the internet and telephone shut down indian administered kashmir they say the blackout enforced by the Indian Government says like a collective punishment on the people of the disputed region its been more than 2 weeks since india revokes cast me as a taunt to me those are the headlines on aljazeera will have more news coming up right after people in power stay with us. Aljazeera. And. The u. S. A. s constitutionally enshrine of affair with firearms is given the highest levels of private gun ownership in the world and a truly staggering rate of gun related homicides but it isnt just the u. S. Thats felt the effects south of the border in mexico american sourced weapons. That countrys drug use to be on the roof has been to invest. This is a shooting range in the southern United States. Here in texas shooting is a popular and competitive sport ok youre ready its my 1st time shooting a gun magazine goes in it sure shoulder correctly. Its an Assault Rifle designed for wolf. Theyre sure to shot night at 5 oclock so i would have taken this person out you know she would be dead definitely. Today an estimated 270000000. 00 guns are privately owned in the United States shooting ranges and gun shops everywhere and the arms industry is a multibillion dollar business but only a few miles south across the border in mexico u. S. Sourced firearms are having a deadly effect. We have come to investigate how mexican drug cartels exploit weak u. S. Gun laws to arm themselves with american weapons. Our journey begins in a hotel in the northern mexican state of tamaulipas. We have a range to meet a group of people whose Family Members have gone missing its not known whether theyre living or dead the presence of drug cartels on the streets makes it too dangerous to meet them in an outside location along with me is that in the that are. Committed is that that is a 30 day youre not a. Minimal in the illinois and not in the in the in. Their voices monitors arms does that. Mean yes it is. But the odds of finding a Family Member a life a low. Since 2004 well over 150000 people have been killed in mexicos socalled war on drugs. Here in town the gulf cartel and the law set as cartel in a violent battle over the control of lucrative drug routes. Civilians are often forced to take sides or end up in the crossfire most. Of them with. The most effective than myspace you are here to see me he carries time most of us with those muslims who live in. Many bodies havent yet been found because its too dangerous for investigators to search the bodies they do get found and up here. At the state Attorney Generals Office in the Forensic Autopsy center. So when did this body of arrive at the work where were not sure. If. The bullet traveled at such high speed it continued to move once inside the body it was fired from an Assault Rifle like the a k 47 or a or 15 the cartels favorite weapons. Faced with such deadly firepower the Mexican Police have taken on a paramilitary appearance captain ed. Has agreed to show me what his officers have to deal with when battling heavily armed drug cartels. Weve arrived here at a peak in the violence since april 27th teen close to 100 people have been killed in town. Including several police so they are on high alert is this hour you know only traveling in a convoy we never know when. The streets look deceptively quiet but its in transit. Most attacks occur. You can see the normal people walking and you never know who is walking yeah so everybody could be telling exactly the impact of the cartels gun battles is clearly visible in residential areas. Because of the bullets over the walls were it was a classic or the cardinals were inside the. Start of. The time there were like 9 people killed. The violence has to civilians from their homes. Empty houses empty places were they have decided to leave because of the vital because of a. Rather go to another state thats kind of over or to the United States north to keep better life. Next that god takes us to the cities jail he wants to show us that the cartels weapons are everywhere barely 2 months before our visit to jail was home to a massive dry it. Its alleged that the weapons were smuggled in with the help of corrupt prison guards. They had more than i would say like 6000 bullets inside what weapons did christmas how long guns just so similar to going to the war and so on we could get some guns but unfortunately we know that there are many guns inside that we dont know where the hay here and you know during the raid 7 people were killed 4 inmates but also 3 Police Officers from. Let me go closer. I got a. Problem youre saying they still have guns inside. They will be able to seal the right so we can harvest the sides. And who controls the other side we also now we also are the other side im very glad to see the charge over control in a. Very prescriptive gun laws and weapons such as these are only legal in the hands of Security Forces yet the cartels seem to phrase no shortage of firepower. Thats what i think is there. Do you sometimes feel that the cartels the other side is better equipped than you long. Term of a sudden was. Going to go. You know that it would be a. Very little got to go to see if you remember and i mean so when i got. Joyous that. These weapons have been collected by mexican Security Forces from crime scenes the cartels obtain firearms from a number of sources including neighboring countries in china but out of the serial numbers submitted to american authorities for tracing 70 percent track to purchases from us gun shops. To take them out of circulation the time i would replace government organizes regular destructions. The illegal flow of weapons across the border is a sensitive issue mexico and the u. S. Are heavily invested in trade but it will be a victim i will say in the governors chief of staff is in regular talks with his us clearly you know that every last one of them but the young fellow from you of the simple you could have been thrown out there my. Time and i would. And why you that they specifically in what ways do you think the americans could tell you in their Gun Legislation to stop the flood of weapons coming across the border or youre meant in a. Busy area was can also in the thick of. Most but im for both the wall or fence or. Better one of. My because because im we will be a force and when. We leave to follow the gun smuggling route back north the authorities insist that we travel with an escort as the closer you get to the us the more dangerous it becomes weve just reached the border city of reynosa and weve been told categorically that we constantly hear the cartels are fighting each other and dad with the Security Forces. And then we reach the call of the border queues. On the other side its in the world here in the city of macallan its much more peaceful but certainly guns are a common sight their number nearly 5000 the highest for any american state this is the real deal right here this is all the automatic they came for you so it looks ugly it sounds ugly. In scares people of course this is the guy that most of the bad people in mexico like. Mildred darrow is a federally licensed Firearms Dealer we had to find out how traffickers managed to purchase weapons intakes in gun store if somebody comes in and ones to buy a weapon from you what are you required to do by law when youre never filled you know you can only sell to people in your state they have to show some kind of proof of id they need to look below one. This is called the fore. Or 73 and theyre going to ask you if you are using the actual tool that don theyre going to ask you are you under indictment have you ever been convicted all these kind of questions can they lie yes they can they can lie in the form. Because suppliers must show identification mexican cartels often commission locals to buy weapons on their behalf its cool to strew coaches since 2011 gun dealers must notify the authorities of multiple sales to gun its a regulation introduced by the Obama Administration to make it easier to spot straw purchases if you buy rifles there or magazine fit and 22. 00 in caliber you have to do a multiple sale for those 2. But since president trumps election gun owners think tighter regulation is a thing of the post its been very very slow i love donald trump. I love donald trump but now that trump was on everybodys happy that guns are not going to go away and one is buying anything so. We want to hear the traffic is sullied and a Law Enforcement officer has put us in touch with a Mexican Police informant this man used to work for the gulf cartel can you describe to me how the cartels operating the weapons trafficking from the us into mexico its almost. You know