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Fires raging across africa prompt calls for more to be done to scrap the practice of slashing and burning. A judge in oklahoma finds the drug maker johnson and johnson guilty of fueling the states Opioid Epidemic. And why afghans are painting a visual commentry to mark 100 years of independence from british rule. The g. 7 summit in france has ended with the hopes of a breakthrough on relations between the United States and iran french president emanuel says hes hopeful the event has created the conditions for a historic meeting between the president s of the u. S. And iran within weeks something both leaders say theyre open to it was also progress in washingtons disputes with france over taxing the profits of u. S. Technology companies and at a Climate Change meeting that u. S. President donald trump did not attend leaders agree to set up a 20000000. 00 fund to help fight fires in the amazon attack shabaka reports its. The prospect of a meeting between the us and president s was not am likely outcome of the g. 7 in berates but is the summit came to an end its the french president suggested talks between donald trump and Hassan Rouhani was possible. At some point there has to be a meeting between the iranian president and the us president i hope that in the next few weeks this meeting will take place france plays a role along with the other partners who signed the iran deal trump who pulled the u. S. Out of the 2015 Iran Nuclear Deal last year and imposed sanctions said he was open to diplomacy were looking for Nuclear Weapons globalist missiles and a longer period of time very simple we can have it done in a very short period of time. And i really believe that iran can be a great nation id like to see that happen the development came one day after the unexpected arrival of the Iranian Foreign minister in berates jeffard sorry for his invited by the french president whod been asked by some g 7 leaders to mediate in the crisis. Trust conciliatory tone was also extended to trade he said beijing and washington could begin talks to resolve the tariffs dispute going into this summit a man or mackerel said he wanted to use it to make progress on the escalating tensions over iran and trade help tackle the amazon rain forest fires and kill divisions using multilateral cooperation at the end of the 3 day meeting it seems the french president has succeeded on several fronts they were unresolved issues though the u. K. s Prime Minister Boris Johnson received only a vague promise of a future trade accord with the u. S. And was no nearer to a deal on breaks it with the European Union i think its the job of everybody in parliament to get this thing done and that is what the people want by the way its what our friends and partners on the other side of the channel want they want they want this thing done they want they want it over last year trump refused to sign the final g 7 statement this year has scrapped it replacing it with a one page summary of the meeting so with no commitments in writing the challenge will be to. Compel leaders to act on the promises they have made. Aljazeera spirits and on drums already looking ahead to the next g. 7 summit which is due to take place in the United States and 2020 u. S. President s suggested the annual meeting could be held at one of his own properties a trump golf resort in miami and he brushed off suggestions it be using his public position for private financial gain that has buildings that have 50. 00 to 70. 00 units that each delegation could have become its own building with their various delegations they could have their own village so they could have buildings for the press here its very big great coverage and so were thinking about it they love the location of the hotel and the also like the fact that its like the case of the airport to get me. To miami so its great very cold and dark is an International Affairs analyst the principal of aussie communications its an International Consulting firm he explains why the latest g. 7 summit simply did not live up to its expectations. This is Donald Trumps 3rd g 7 he does not like these multilateral meetings where he has to be the master of the deal with other World Leaders that dont answer to him and thats nothing new but the 2nd dynamic that i think made this g 7 a little more subdued is that last year a many of the other World Leaders were thinking about how to accomplish their individual countrys goals and the multilateral goals within the framework of what donald trump was doing in his america 1st policy this year i get the sense that a lot of them are adding an element to waiting it out because as you know we are well under way for the 2020 alexion the United States and i think particularly china iran and to some extent north korea they realize that it might be best to wait this out to see if donald trump is going to get reelected or receive who theyre going to be dealing with in just a little over a year so i think thats why there was kind of this muted subdued tone to the g. 7 this year on the one hand its totally possible that the u. S. President donald trump would meet with the iranian president because he went to the Demilitarized Zone and met with chairman kim jong un in north korea so anythings possible but he also knows that it was a really weird dynamic in the press Conference Today because you have president kroll talking about the ways that they were trying to strengthen the deal as it remained without the u. S. While the president United States was standing beside him justifying why the u. S. Got out of it because he was such a bad deal so i think and menu mccraw is trying to salvage as much as he came in with the multilateral world relations with iran to salvage as much as possible with the u. S. Not being in there on deal. And tensions between the french and brazilian leaders over the amazon wildfires got personal after french president Emmanuel Mccall accused his brazilian counterpart of failing to deal with the fires jailable sonata hit by endorsing a social media post which insulted mccollums wife. Said some extra in the early disrespectful feelings about my wife what can i say its sad its sad but its out of all for him and for the president people i think that because you dont women must be ashamed to reduce about the president i think that residents are great people must be ashamed to see these behavior they expect president s to behave well towards others and also not always so as the idea of creating an International Alliance to save the amazon rain forest will be treating his country like a colony the brazilian president questioned the intentions of his french counterpart in his efforts to help preserve the amazon but his environment minister has welcomed the g 7 is offer of 20000000. 00 to help fight the fires. Critics say on regulated cut and burning practices have contributed to the scale of fires raging across the amazon the risible reports from the state of water grosso one of the hardest hit areas. This place may now look like a golf course but it was once a muzzle and in jungle. Is located in the state of mind a little sore in the center of brazil decades of deforestation have bade this a profitable area for agribusiness and thats why the recent fires affecting the amazones are not surprising to people like blue another sun dos. Every year there are fires but the situation is worse now because of Climate Change and the president he basically tells people to go and cut down trees and nothing will happen to them the data we have here shows the heat and it can be verified whether its a fire he compares the maps of 2018 with what is happening this year millions of trees gone with the help of sea source and fire. The map shows us where the fires are we travel for 4 hours and arrive at one of the places that highlighted in parts of the amazon the burned areas have increased by 83 percent in just the past year fires are natural at this time of the year because of the dry weather the hate and the wind but environmentalists say that the sharp increase seen this year is due to farmers setting the forest to lie to clear the land for pastures the problem is that in many cases those fires get out of control the brazilian law says that landowners can only cut down 20 percent of the trees in their property but thats rarely enforced catalogs not his real name is a small farmer in the area hes afraid to show his face president who has repeatedly said he wants to open up the amazon for business cattle says that has encouraged people to burn. More trees for the full scale is us there are no controls nobody is watching what people are doing both or not or says he wants development and this is what development may bring there is no limits to ambition and it Everyone Wants more. Deeper in the forest its not difficult to find cut down trees hidden in the woods hiding from the satellites its the 1st step to conquer New Territories and extend the agricultural frontier for cattle and crops the government insists the situation is no worse than previous years but satellite imagery shows Something Different and thats why countries like germany and norway have halted all payments to the amazon fund at using the government of failing to protect the environment but enough of i. D. S. Has lived in this area his whole life he has been struggling to find a middle ground between preservation and development. The simplistic speech of the president that he is attacking n. G. O. S he is attacking families from here they want to take resources from n. G. O. S because we publish the truth he says we are attacking the country we can all Work Together for preservation and development somebody needs to explain to the government we are not the enemy government control is the only way to prevent the destruction of what is left of amazonia but what worries many here is that they claim the Central Government is purposely looking away there is have. Noticed that my daughter also. Has more now from port of and northwest brazil. Several 100 Brazilian Military personnel have been deployed here to their unborn your state capital port au whale weve seen some of the c. 130 planes flying in which have been used to spray water on the affected area critics have said that this was a ploy by president also not all to appease some of the foreign criticism of his failure to act in dealing with the forest fires throughout the amazon he is a former military man who sees the military as a solution to many of the countrys problems he said the military out to help with the fires not so far accepted help from any other country thats been offering assistance apart from as far as we know israel at this stage you are sending some experts he said to help with the fires you know most of us he said its become rain weve had the 1st downpours of the rainy season which many in this region certainly feel is putting an end to the crisis certainly as far as this year goes so they will. So that will the city go some way to putting out the last of the forest fires in this particular region we flew over this area earlier this morning in a small plane to see what damage had been done most of the fires it must be said were out but the evidence of the devastation the fire of course was evident great back blacks ways of burnt vegetation throughout this particular area and also evidence of much devastation done in previous years now cattle farms soya plantations are cutting a huge swathe through this part of the amazon and as brazil struggles to control tens of thousands of files in its arms and region locals of the appalling michael region in peru brooms and shovels and branches to fight back advancing blazes the countrys Civil Defense bodies said that more than 140 hectors of forests have been burned according to reports the country finds nearly 100 55. 00 is during the dry season. All the attention is on the amazon right now but there are currently more fires reported to be burning in central and Southern Africa than in the amazon nasa says 70 percent of the active fires in the world are in africa its satellite data shows fires raging through large parts of angola and the democratic republic of congo and spawning as far east as madagascar farmers are being blamed but the problem is being compounded by shorter rainy seasons Alex Orenstein is a Data Scientist and drug specialist who focuses on african agricultural chai and he says the region used to have up to 6 months of rain but the lack of rain in the past 3 years is having a huge impact. The real issue is that the impact of these brush fires is getting worse if you look at a lot of parts of sunny arid parts of the african continent particularly the west african said hello this used to be a regular occurrence during the dry season and when the rains would come around there would allow for grasslands to grow again but unfortunately we are seeing a very significant increase in variability of rainfall its making the rainy seasons very volatile and less predictable in 1951 a lot of parts of the west african so how enjoyed a 6 month rainy season today over the past few years is a 3 month rainy season sometimes even only 2 months so we have a much longer dry period in which more fires can happen and a much shorter rainy period the west african so how is in many respects sort of ground 0 for the impacts of Climate Change and is hurting communities depend on pasture to feed their animals and their livelihoods and when we have a situation where there is a brushfire that wipes out your pasture and you have to wait 67 months for the rains to come this creates a serious problem and results in the loss of a lot of animals and while herders may oftentimes be the ones who feel these effects 1st they really occupy a critical pillar of Food Security in the region so voters feel at 1st but everyone else feels that not long after. Plenty more ahead on the news hour including venezuelans fleeing the crisis at home are left stranded as ecuador imposes new visa restrictions plus its considered one of the most dangerous countries in the world for journalists as 10 killed this year so far. A judge in the u. S. State of oklahoma has fined pharmaceutical giant johnson and johnson helped fuel the Opioid Epidemic there the States Lawyers argued that the drug maker deceptively marketed painkillers and flooded the market with them the judge ordered johnson and johnson to pay damages of 572000000. 00 johnson and johnson says it will appeal today judge bachmann has affirmed our position that johnson and johnson motivated by greed and avarice is responsible for the Opioid Epidemic in our state johnson and johnson will finally be held accountable for thousands of deaths and addiction caused by their activities the company used pseudoscience and misleading information that downplayed the risks of opioids leading to the worst man made public nuisance our state in this country has ever seen. And he has more from norman oklahoma. Where the state of oklahoma wanted 17200000000. 00 from johnson and johnson they got nowhere near that amount of money but the message this case sends to the entire country is the important takeaway from this 1st case is being seen as a potential precedent what it means for those tackling the Opioid Crisis on the front lines is they can fund their treatment programs for the next year but there are thousands of other pending cases across the country 2000 lone in the state of ohio and this case was being part of it watched very closely by both the pharmaceutical companies and those that have been suffering from this Opioid Crisis that claims 130 lives a day so now the relationship between pharmaceutical companies and all the states in this country may have fundamentally changed they may now be more likely to settle before these cases come to trial and get the money out there thats needed to treat this Opioid Epidemic so it was a very important 1st case a huge victory for oklahoma one of the official said they took on goliath and they won and the judge in this case was fairly unequivocal in johnson and johnsons role he said they fuel the crisis they affected lee took part in killing people in this state and that may fundamentally change that relationship forever Elizabeth Birch is a professor of law at the university of georgia she says the court case and the issues its revealed was far from resolved. Right now johnson and johnson has asked the judge to stay his decision pending their appeal which means that they wouldnt have to pay anything or take any sort of affirmative steps until the Appellate Court has ruled and either up held his verdict or made a decision to the contrary the state asked for over 17000000000. 00 they only ended up getting 572000000. 00 but again judge bachmann emphasize that thats just for one years worth of abatement and the other interesting thing about that is that johnson and johnson is the only one who is paying for that entire year of abatement even though its for the cost of abatement for the entire state one of the things that judge bachmann mentioned is that if there needs to be more money in the future that perhaps the state legislature needs to take some sort of action theres certainly been some evidence during the course of the oklahoma trial that has raised some eyebrows with specific marketing to doctors even when theres been some evidence of overprescribing so i think thats part of the Bigger Picture is to take a look at the relationship between the way the Pharmaceutical Company actually markets their product directly to the doctors and the sort of perks that doctors are getting. Hundreds of venezuelan margarets have been protesting at the ecuador Colombia Border demanding they be allowed into ecuador they were stranded after new visa controls went into effect so on monday this is a new one reports from talk on in ecuador. Monday morning at the entrance to immigration at the ecuador Colombia Border. 12 hours earlier more than 10000 venezuelans had managed to enter ecuador with their identity documents before midnight deadline went into effect requiring them to hold a valid consular visa but hundreds more arrived too late for the. Families being told that they must go back because they missed the midnight deadline. Thousands who did get in the majority with no food and almost no money spent the freezing night outdoors hoping that the day break theyd receive a helping hand. That is when the once opened its doors to so many migrants from all over the world all we ask is they have solidarity with us in our time needs. But those were different times ecuador has already received more than 300000. 00 venezuelans and says it could no longer absorb more migrants now it is demanding they pay 50. 00 for a visa a fortune for the average venezuelan whos monthly salary has plunged to 2. 00. Jonathan mendis his wife and 3 small children made it into ecuador just in time he cheick ing for more than 2 weeks with no money and i think. We try to make the children think that this is an adventure so that theyre able to travel night and day. Jonathan goes to see if the u. N. H. C. R. Can give them food before continuing on to peru which he knows they will be stopped because they dont have the required visa to enter but they feel lucky to at least have got this far behind us is the Colombia Border and weve seen at least 200 venezuelans. These whove been stopped not allowed to come into ecuador because they no longer have the right papers but many of them have told us that they have no intention of returning to venezuela that if they cant come into ecuador legally theyll try other methods like illegal crossings for example the river that you see here that separates colombia from ecuador. Less fortunate among us because that on account of we will increase Police Vigilance along the border to ensure that illegal immigration does not take place but as he spoke we spotted 2 undocumented venezuelans bypassing immigration altogether like they will join thousands more heading south as the lucky ones like these make it a lift. Others will continue walking as they have for weeks hoping to find any child they can to help them survive. You see in yemen are just 2 gun clouds. Mexico is being criticized for fairing to protect journalists and activists in a new United Nations report mexico is one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a journalist with 10 murders this year alone never had a meal was the latest to be killed it was found stabbed to death at his home one saturday 153. 00 journalists have been killed in the country since 2000 mexicos murder rate is now at its highest levels ever recorded with 17000 People Killed during the 1st half of this year manual that apollo has more now from mexico city. Theres a war on press freedom playing out on the streets of mexico. A sharp increase in violence nationwide over the past 2 years has also meant an increase in attacks against journalists. The death of never had a meal of mexico state over the weekend brings the total number of journalists killed this year to at least 10 hundreds turned out to attend his funeral. On august 3rd another journalist out also drew Media Attention this time it was soliciting ovaries a newspaper reporter from the state of it or clues before being gunned down so listing all received Death Threats at his home you know i want someone to do something and i want them to leave me and my children alone i dont want anything else he was everything to me and now hes gone what else do they want to do was one of the 3 journalists killed in mexico in the same week. The continued killings of journalists has sparked protests in vera cruz currently one of the most dangerous states in the country for media professionals. I love this point we want those responsible for lacerating journalism in vera cruz to be captured the ones who harms another family we are journalists but also citizens by hurting or killing a journalist it ends up affecting a family celestin it wasnt rolled in a Government Program that aims to provide protection for journalists and human rights defenders a recent report by the United Nations however says the Mexican Government has to step up its commitment toward the protection of freedom of expression. And we are calling for a National Campaign to prove the visibility of journalists and human rights defenders led by the president. More than 900. 00 journalists and human rights workers are currently enrolled in the governments protection mechanism Program Mexico ranks among the worlds most dangerous countries for journalists more than 150. 00 have been killed since the year 2000 despite the establishment of the protection mechanism for human rights defenders and journalists in 2012 attacks against press freedom have continued unabated but it up in mexico city and that says director of article 19 mexico and Central America article 19 works in mexico to monitor attacks on freedom of expression including violence against journalists she says the government justifies the killing of journalists. The crimes against freedom of expression here in mexico are very complex and theres a lapse will not at the from the state that bounce. Journalists and when there are guys crying or wept with actually the power so these creates at the borders between this society and journalists that believes that many times when the journalists killed even the government justify the killing of them they join a means being about plays with people in about moment and that creates a possibility to flow through of a very very serious important investigation for example the nikkei says Different Cases in but after moves the 1st thing that the government calm of i would say that when that journalists killed is that he was found to up but person and that that creates impunity because theres no investigation in between and thats the reason that the government keeps in order to justify the order and so they medication doesnt need to have really intensive reasoning motivations related to the work that the journeys was doing so here is very interesting because what the government try to do is to try to kill the messenger in order to get the message and to send a message of silence to all their elders and them items that we being here in mexico has leapt what completes. The worst amount the society and journalists are in the case of and that he is very exceptional because it is the 1st case where we see all of the community all the all the. The people from the society that he was even boys to came out on the street and say we need justice and these crimes should not get dont leap unity but the most of the cases scientists do not go out and ask for justice. Still ahead in algiers 0 why israel is sending tanks and troops to its borders with lebanon and syria. The state of emergency has been declared in the city of port sudan after tribal fighting least 17 people dead. Hello there we have a few more thunderstorms across southern sections of china quite a massive cloud in the last few hours it looks a little bit worse than it is in terms of the rain theyre expecting to see from this but it is quite widespread again across these areas in the south of guangdong and picking up some more rain hong kong it will be a wet day few on shoes day and then it should be clear as we head to wednesday when it does the time which is going to shoot up to 36 celsius feeling very hot meanwhile the rain is farther to the north so shanghai are all the wet day on wednesday with a high of 31 also very unsettled for the next few days across the northern philippines meant to pick up some fairly hefty amounts of rain its a disturbance were watching which is actually to the east of the philippines and is going to track over towards the west you can see it will clearly here on the satellite meanwhile to the south youve got more rain showers across much of the borneo in fact as we go through choose to into wednesday those rains really sink in south was for the 1st time in a long time quite a bit of rain its will central and southern sections of sumatra so again well see those the rain showers with those scattered thunderstorms in the afternoon hours and the monsoon rains are actually pushing it a bit further to the northwest again weve got more rain in the forecast as we head into chews day on wednesday for new delhi time which is in the mid thirtys celsius so a pretty couple of what days ahead. Want to sponsor a town. Over 100 years ago britain and france made a secret deal to divide the middle east between the. Now we can durham in the 2nd episode we explore the lasting effects of this agreement if there is a original set to sykes because its at those borders were drawn without consulting the people who have to live with the. Psychs pekoe lines in the sand on jersey. One of the really special things about working for aljazeera is that even as a camera woman i get to have so much empathy and contribution to a story i feel we cover this region better than anyone else would be foolish as you know. But it is but to be because you have a lot of people that are deployed there on political issues. With the people who believe to tell the real stories are just mended is to do the work in dead journalism you dont feel inferior to the audience across the globe. Youre watching or does it im reminded of our top stories this hour u. S. President donald trump says hes willing to consider meeting his iranian counterpart on the economy if the circumstances are right he made this statement as the g. 7 summit wrapped up and gets in france. International leaders at the g. 7 summit of players 20000000. 00 to tackle the amazon forest fires but president of also not overset an International Alliance to save the rain forest would be a form of colonization. A judge in the u. S. State of oklahoma has found pharmaceutical giant johnson and johnson helped fuel an Opioid Epidemic there which is left thousands dead is a lot of the company to pay 572000000 dollars in damages company says it will appeal. U. S. President donald trump has discussed the kashmir dispute with indias Prime Minister on the sidelines of the g. 7 summit trump had offered to mediate after pakistan condemned new delhis decision to revoke indian administered kashmir as semi autonomous status earlier this month but hes now backtracked on that. The problem is. That. With that. Stuff. About it right. Now under modi maintains no International Mediators and needed to solve the crisis in kashmir. All issues between india and pakistan are bilateral and thats why we dont trouble other countries over these issues and im confident india and pakistan who will be full 947 can discuss problems between ourselves and resolve them. Pakistan is Prime Minister imran khan used an address to the nation to express his frustration with india. International. The United Nations they defied all the Un Security Council resolutions that we need a lot they went against their own Supreme Court and high courts decisions those who are the Founding Fathers like gandhi and nehru they win against the promises made by Prime Minister nearer to the people of kashmir they also went against this secure a constitution which says that in the years for everyone in the creation of pakistan is wrong they ended that secularism on the 5th of august they seem to miss it saying that india is for hindus only one in every one else is a 2nd class citizen you can all hide a reports from pakistans capital islamabad. The progress on a Prime Minister has been speaking to a nation for the 1st time since the major crisis could read india had already said that the Bilateral Forum war dead after india walked article 70 and while aided a major disagreement between india and buggered on known as the symbol a game and under which or did it dorian is true including the dispute on kosher meat would be said dated by latterly over and indias Prime Minister netanyahu more did door the us president that he would really in good dog group august on and that this was a bilateral issue that did not head and progress on the budget john the Prime Minister insisting that this was an international dispute and that the ideology as a spouse by the artist as a branch of what he called the but the i do not stop r. D. Was hell bent on discriminating against minorities and making india a hindu a state only go as far as progress on is concerned there is no forum left for by a larger goal credential the buggers on the Prime Minister making why i remark saying that there was no more room for unilaterally all forms of dialogue to that country and so has more from new delhi. Indian officials have a reason to be pleased with what President Trump said today earlier he said the situation in kashmir is explosive and that he would like to mediate to do something when it came to the disputes between india and pakistan but today he didnt say any such thing in fact he seemed more in line with the indian point of view and that has always been again reiterated by Prime Minister moody today in his opening remarks that all disputes between india and pakistan are bilateral issues and that they would be resolved bilaterally however interesting the president also said that they speak to pakistan and im sure they will do good things together im paraphrasing there but its not clear what president meant when he said that because india is not talking to pakistan pakistans Prime Minister has said that. They are done talking with india so what did President Trump mean is that something we dont know here did President Trump and Prime Minister move the talk about perhaps india approaching pakistan for talks or the other way around that at the moment is unclear president also said the Prime Minister movie told him theres a situation in india that mr bush meat is under control now while on the ground some restrictions have indeed been eased many continue to be in them to be bulls in the valley there are still restrictions on freedom of movement and connectivity continues to be rather poor all those restrictions in kashmir are now entering their 4th made it difficult for people to make a living from reports from the shopping district. This should be a happy time his familys apple crop is looking good this season and will be ready for harvesting at september but the regions lockdown has made it hard to get supplies and laborers from outside are being told to stay out there but you know. I got. Me the government told them to go home best insights we can get because the markets a shot rice vegetables we cant even get meat for us says because everything is shut. Thats affecting people with Small Businesses especially in farming who are worried the restrictions on communication and Movement Means theyre hard work will be thrown away. Its a situation thats common throughout the Kashmir Valley most businesses think shut in srinagar carpet sellers have already stocked up for both the tourist and wedding season this month but few have had any sales in weeks so many employees are what hare. Brained him. Houseboat hotels and famous doll lake sit empty and with only local people riding a few of the gondolas many boat men are fishing to pass the time and catch a meal just before the restrictions earlier this month the Government Order tourists to leave the area taking with them one vital piece of the regions economy but its not the 1st time kashmiris have suffered from work and businesses being shut down. We know. Abo and take on. What they know their tourism season everything is at stake but they know that the existence. And the atlanta. Elwood still. Doesnt know if hell be allowed to transport his crop to market or find enough trucks to do so but hell continue tending his fields because for many here culture and pride are more important than business and money as jamil aljazeera districts indeed administered kashmir its own Congress Leader kerry in law has warned that the escalation of violence and antigovernment protests is becoming more serious as the city entered its 12th week of demonstrations peaceful protests turned violent protesters are calling for the complete scrapping of a controversial extradition bill and resignation the question of resignation is also being oncet i think a responsible chief executive at this point in time should continue to hold the fort and do her utmost to restore law and order in hong kong some people have said that since there are continued violence we should stop communicating i said in my introductory remarks that that that was also another to extreme view that we should prepare for reconciliation in society by communicating with different people so im saying that yes we have to say no to violence we want to put at the end to a chaotic situation in hong kong through Law Enforcement and so on at the same time we will not give up on building a platform for dialogue Sudans Sovereign Council has declared a state of emergency in port sudan fighting between 2 rival communities has killed at least 17 people the Council Cites the provincial governor after 3 days of violence more than 100 others have been injured in the dispute between the. Tribes have been logon has been following events from khartoum. Sudans Sovereign Council which was sworn in just last week and which has pledged to prioritize peace in its 1st 6 months of the transitional period has declared a state of emergency in the city of port sudan now this follows days of ethnic clashes between members of the beni army and the new but tribes and we understand from people in port sudan that it started as a verbal quarrel between members of the opposing tribes which eventually turned violent the Authorities Say at least 17 people have been killed and dozens others have been wounded and are now hospitalized and activists are telling us that the tensions are so high that people from opposing tribes cannot be hospitalized in the same hospitals due to concerns of outbreak of war violence sudan suffering council also dismissed the acting state governor who was appointed by the Transitional Military Council following the ousting of longtime president im going to be here in april theyve also dismissed the head of Security Council had sent a delegation to try to mediate between the 2 tribes but so far that has been unsuccessful which lead to depletion of a state of emergency and activists are saying that they are worried that this tribal conflict this ethnic tension which has been going on for a few months now will escalate in the coming weeks if no solution is provided by the Sovereign Council thousands of people are fleeing from cameroon as English Speaking areas farmers who rush to local bus stations to avoid potential violence in the countrys Northwest Region that follows recent clashes between speaking separatists and the military of the predominantly french speaking state plans to reopen schools this week have been suspended. An investigation by the Reuters News Agency says the u. S. Central Intelligence Agency does not spy on the government of the United Arab Emirates something critics say is a dangerous blind spot on washingtons Global Monitoring but a poet quotes a former cia agents with one calling the agencys failure to adapt to the new ease political and military ambitions devilment action of duty it also says the lack of monitoring puts the emirates in a very small list of countries where the cia conducts a hands off approach the u. A. E. Has played a role in numerous regional and International Issues including the conflicts in yemen and libya and the blockade of qatar glenn karl is a former cia officer he says hed be surprised if the United States is no longer paying attention to the u. A. E. I also am skeptical that we draw about drawing too large a conclusion that the cia or the u. S. Intelligence community is not paying attention to the u. A. E. The cia is one of the few intelligence services. Global capability and interests no one can debate whether that should be the case or not but the truth and since the u. A. E. Is a critical player in the middle east and beyond libya if you read the salient right now i would be surprised i wouldnt really believe that the u. S. Is ignoring the u. A. E. Israel appears to be massing troops on its borders with lebanon and syria that follows a warning by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu against iranian by groups in the region the u. N. Says its gravely concerned and its calling for calm from all sides. Over the last few days we have seen in the broader middle east reports of drone attacks missile attacks and air strikes. All over the region israel in gaza lebanon syria iraq as well as saudi arabia and that all since since friday i think all of these reports are of concern to us were continuing to follow this situation closely and i think as as the secretary general has said and we consistently maintained the middle east region cannot afford any additional turmoil. Lebanons president michel aoun has called the israeli drone strikes against his country and act of war the Lebanese Group is promising to retaliate against israel says it will support hezbollah as actions has more from beirut. The. Hezbollah is burying its dead in its stronghold in southern beirut 2 of its fighters were killed in israeli airstrikes in neighboring syria on sunday night the Lebanese Armed group is promising retaliation it has told israel to be ready for a response its leader has in a stronger also threatened to shoot down any drone that violates lebanons airspace after what he said was an attack by israeli drones in hezbollahs area of control in the lebanese capital hours earlier. If we remain silent on this breach it will create a very dangerous road for lebanon on repeating what is going on in iraq now. In iraq the iranian backed Popular Mobilization forces are blaming israel for a series of unexplained attacks on their bases and positions in recent weeks the latest was on sunday night close to iraqs border with syria which killed a number of fighters u. S. Officials and israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have hinted at possible israeli involvement in those strikes israel it seems has opened a new front. And. Really saying theyre ready to open war on 3 fronts beirut damascus and back that we cant ignore the political side however which is the upcoming israeli elections the Israeli Army Says its air strikes in syria stopped an attack by irans revolutionary guards it released Surveillance Footage of what it said were members of the guards preparing a drone strike against israel israel has repeatedly hit what it says were iranian targets in syria over the years it wants to prevent iran from gaining a. Told an influence across the region but in the past few days it is believed to have operated in 3 neighboring countries lebanon syria and iraq. Say he gave the Security Forces a free hand to act in many a rino against an enemy state hezbollah says the drone attack which damaged its media office violated the 2006 cease fire and changed the rules of engagement but at the same time the group is believed to have given israel a chance not to escalate tensions. The messages to the terror war telling disraelis any war will be costly and we are not alone think twice iran promised to support any action has takes against israel which doesnt seem to be backing down it is believed to be behind strikes on a position. Faction allied to a long lebanon supporter with syria early on monday there is a real danger of further attacks by either side could escalate to a war zone of beirut u. S. Prosecutors say a man charged with killing 11 people in the pittsburgh synagogue should face the Death Penalty he was convicted prosecutors say Robert Bowers shooting was intentional and he showed no remorse the massacre of the synagogue was the deadliest attack ever on Jewish Americans in the United States the 46 year old gathered for the service and told them last year. Still ahead a knowledge is it out by u. N. Experts condemns the soul lankan governments response to the east obama us. Saudi arabia is denying reports of a hoofy drone attack on the capital riyadh the rebels in yemen say the drone crossed the border and attacked a military target on sunday the who said that 5. 00 to 10. 00 Ballistic Missiles towards the saudi border city of. Iran the says its deployed its most sophisticated warship to provide security for its vessels in the gulf of aden thats one of the busiest shipping routes in the world separately iran says it sold the oil on board a tanker detained by British Forces in gibraltar last lungs has morphed into. Iran has sent this new destroyer to the gulf of aden now this could be a routine Navy Deployment where one military vessel is sent to relieve another one of its duty but the fact that it has been announced that this is a new destroyer we did vance capabilities has led to speculation about the route of the Iranian Oil Tanker adriane the area now its thought that that vessel could be heading down the suicide canal and then could receive a military escort back to iran now the context for this is that when the vessel was seized by the authorities in gibraltar and was about to be released the United States asked for it to be seized now that didnt happen and iran wanted United States against seizing that west of the adrian area in International Waters and warned of serious consequences we also know that the United States has put together this Naval Coalition that it says is to protect the freedom of navigation in the strait of hormuz in the gulf on the other side of the Arabian Peninsula the United Kingdom back brain and australia are a part of that so iran may be thinking that if this vest of this oil tanker has a military escort it will act as a deterrent because trying to intercept that or seize that could result in a confrontation or a wider conflict and this could serve as a deterrent but for now iran says the oil on that vessel has been sold and the owner of the oil will decide where it heads to next the un special rapporteur on religious freedom this has accused sri lankas Political Leadership of not doing enough to deal with the religious tensions in elf amandas reports from colombo. Immoderate shafi is struggling to cope she says her world turned upside down after her husband was arrested earlier this year it happened at a time of heightened tension shortly after muslim fighters launched attacks in and around sri lankas capital colombo on Easter Sunday the family says hes a rest as part of an orchestrated campaign i didnt have my job i i dont have a place to stay and so less my children are and im going to school i had to face all these problems and. I have to find solutions for them for those problems has been less than eager to look after the legal aspect of my husband she doesnt want to show her face because she says the family has received threats her husband who is a doctor has been accused of master allays ition of seeing him these women. He was arrested in a case that police admit had no basis he has since been released on bail. The scandal followed weeks of and it was dim sentiment after the easter attacks which targeted churches and killing more than 250. 00 people. It also led to a spate of and violence targeting homes and businesses as these events were on the agenda of the un special rapporteur on religious freedom during his levon day visit here lack of preemptive response is something everyone notes and then there are many cases in which either because of mismatch of the of the Police Available and the mobs in question that some of these mobs wearable to rampage on addressing the media on monday shahid said he had heard complaints of double standards by Law Enforcement authorities and about the failure of the state to protect people against hate crimes groups like the british power force or sina have been accused of carrying out organized violence against the Muslim Community a charge. We have never spoken against the muslims in an organized manner to put about us you know on every occasion spoke against muslim terrorism that has no connection to the ordinary Muslim Community. Referring to the recent violence the un special rapporteur says sri lankas government must do more to protect minorities in order to challenge extremism and create inclusion. You know rule of law protected well rule of law is not protected then then the vehicle communities are vulnerable to attacks and the majority feels that they can exploit that space to the to the advantage shahid says reforming the Education System to teach respect for all religions is important showing it says lankans should work toward creating a common identity beyond religion and race given the countrys violent past moshe lankans are likely to agree if politicians will let them in their finance. Afghanistan is marking a 100 years since again independence from the British Empire afghan artists are documenting what. Independence means today john the ballots reports from kabul. What a picture of afghanistan 100 years after independence from britain the anglo afghan treaty was signed this month a 919. 00 by king. Graphic converter to his image and to stick motion wrists we have jobs one mission in afghanistan you can use to show. Other canvases a blast was falsified concrete slabs placed in formation down most cities 3 they made to block explosions from suicide bombings they also offer a visual commentary on the size of today where there are celebrations or more political statements about corruption or the killing of civilians. Afghanistans art scene has flourished since the fall of the taliban in 2001 with literacy rates among adults around 30 percent its a language all afghans understand real painting true lives today and every single to that is one of the victims of force. And his team have painted 10000 sort their goal is 34000 to represent the number of civilians killed since 2002 her sharifi founded the Award Winning awards a group of social activist graffiti artists he is celebrating independence but not necessarily afghanistans as a nation i think i have my independence i have this art this gives me the voice and this gives voice to millions of. Sarkari me has a more traditional canvas shes making a Short Historical movie for the anniversary this short film is just a short day for the history of afghanistan through the path that of the past to call it from today. Just give them like kind of clue that what we did the wrong and what we did dr. Karim is the 1st female director of the Afghan Film Institute and has been vocal in advancing womens rights in afghanistan we exist as a country as a nation so from some point of view we are independent and what we reify to be more independent. Does being a turbulence in treif afghans with independence defined as vastly is the canvasses it is recorded on. A couple. Is going to be here in a couple of minutes. But for now. On the course this week we check the pulse of the Global Economy that age of populist governments is the independence of Central Banks comes of the threat and the other intended consequences of trumps trade or plus the i. M. F. Warns of the missteps of briggs and trade. Counting the cost on aljazeera. For the last 2 years the students have been collecting rubbish every day its helped clean up the campus and helped build some of its facilities for every 2 kilos of Plastic Waste they collect this School Receives a brick made of plastic and cement. For some activists this may not be the most ecological way to eliminate the problems of plastic but this is seen as an immediate solution to the growing problems of landfills across the Country Waste can now be used to manufacture building materials. 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Hello and welcome im peter w. Watching aljazeera live from our headquarters here and also coming up held accountable a judge orders the u. S. Pharmaceutical Company Johnson and johnson to pay 527000000. 00 for oklahomas Opioid Epidemic. Hong kongs leader refuses to step down after weeks of antigovernment protests but says she