A 2nd great victim dies from being set on fire. Also ahead how Climate Change is wrecking a once thriving fishing industry on the u. S. East coast. Ok we begin in iraq where theres been a dramatic escalation of violence in whats already been a chaotic 2 months of antigovernment unrest an attack by unidentified gunmen on protesters in baghdad has killed at least 23. 00 people raising new security concerns they stormed one of the main protest sites in Killarney Square on friday night less than 24 hours after that attack gunfire has again been heard in the capital on saturday sending people running for cover and a water pee has to be a related event there are reports that malta all solders home has been hit by a drone strike but this influential cleric is said to have been away at the time lets get more now from dorset. He joins us live from any more time. Place done and. Well we have seen footage over the past few hours that show a number of his supporters gathering outside this compound in najaf province we do know that this drone attack took place in the early hours of this morning and the cleric himself rather on southern was not inside the compound hes believed to be out of the country at the moment so there were no reports of any injuries after this attack but this comes at a very critical time because we have heard from a number of protesters in baghdad from that attack overnight they say that the people that came to their aid where the military wing of the souther is movement so we believe that the call from the demonstrators for help was answered by the shia cleric because other a souther and his army and they say that this is a reason possibly for this attack that took place on this other compound and this must be feeding to existing security concerns the. Yes certainly this does not help the situation at all what it does is create further divisions within the voices of the demonstrators that many of them say that they were being silenced by militias or gangs and number of people weve spoken to following that attack they say that they were dressed in civilian clothing they were armed and threatening demonstrators to be removed from that area and that is why one of the reasons they were attacked because they were not. Agreeing to leave they wanted to stand their ground but gunfire ensued and the militia men were also confronted by the Southern Army members of the southerners armed wing so this is what took place that this really creates further the visions and that is something that the head of the countries she has warned against and lets take a look at how the events unfolded overnight. Panic among crowds as gunfire echoing around the square in central baghdad moments earlier gunmen had pulled up in cars and trucks at a building where protesters have based themselves since antigovernment rallies began in october medics struggle to treat the Dozens Injured theres been concerns that the rallies gathered around Tahrir Square could spiral into chaos. After supporters of the shabby paramilitary coalition flooded the area on thursday in a show of force they arrived in their thousands into their square carrying pictures of the countrys top shia cleric grand ayatollah ali al sistani. The hushed initially backed iraqs government against the protests but switched to supporting the rallies after an intervention by grand ayatollah sistani. Just hours before the shootings the United States imposed sanctions on 3 leaders of xabi which is backed by iran. Were not meddling in iraq in all of their. We support iraqi sovereignty and part of this is a demonstration of our support for rock solid during friday prayers to stand his representative read a letter from the highest shia cleric in iraq calling on Iraqi Security to protect the peaceful protests and he stressed the need to form a new government without foreign interference amid the chaos after the shooting this protester asked where are the tribal elders or the religious authority to stop this madness many here in iraq continue to ask when or if they will be able to rely on their leaders to restore calm. For over 2 months demonstrators in cities across the country have been demanding for a change in the countrys electoral laws and an overhaul of the entire political system more than 400 people have been killed and thousands injured and in suing violence Prime Minister abdullah the resigned last week but remains in a caretaker role a replacement is yet to be announced while the political wrangling goes on ordinary iraqis continue to pay the price with their lives weve also heard that just a short while ago a special committee in parliament has called for a special meeting of the security apparatuses within their government to meet on sunday in parliament to try and come up with some kind of answers about what is happening in the country when it comes to the security and specifically the attack on the southern compound in that province as well as the events that unfolded here late last night and many people we spoke to here that survived that attacks are the scribing it as a massacre and that is what is concerning to the authorities and thats why we are waiting to find out whether or not this emergency session will be taking place in parliament on sunday. Thanks very much. To syria where at least 10 civilians have been killed in russian and Syrian Government air strikes they targeted 2 villages in the province of idlib is the last remaining rebel held area in syria around 25000 syrians have fled the province in the past week alone due to an escalation in regime airstrikes the u. S. And iran have exchanged prisoners in a swap facilitated by the swiss government the iranian government has released a chinese american jewry one who faced spying charges after being detained in 2016 in exchange the u. S. Has released iranian scientist must sued solomon nia who flew back to iran with the foreign minister hammett job zarif said big is in tehran he says the prisoner swap has been in the works for a while now. Foreign minister divides reve has been talking about a possible swap for a while back in september he had said that he had offered exchange of prisoners but it had to be for an iranian he said that as foreign minister he couldnt just go to the courts here in iran and ask for the release of sure where one that it had to be for an iranian at that iranian was the Stem Cell Research of prominence themselves the researcher mohammed so the money that he was detained last year in october at a u. S. Airport and accused of violating u. S. Sanctions and seeking to transfer a growth hormone to iran without a license now sure one hes a student american citizen and he was detained back in 2016 accused of espionage found guilty in 2017 and sentenced to 10 years here in iran now Princeton University where she where one is a researcher his wife and the u. S. Government maintained that he was here for Research Purposes here to study the dynasty. To india and there have been more demonstrations against violence towards women after the deaths of 2 rape victims. Dozens joined a flash mob in the capital chanting a proto song against rape culture on friday arrhythmic tim who was doused in petrol and set on fire died of her injuries in the Northern State of pradesh the 23 year old was attacked whilst on her way to court to give evidence against her alleged assailants she told the police 5 men beat and stabbed her before setting her on fire 4 suspects accused of rape and murder in hyderabad was shot by the police on friday now a court has directed the police to preserve the bodies in order to properly investigate the killings the Police Shooting is being condemned by human rights activists but praised by many in india live to new delhi and our correspondent so on shell is the feeling there that the authorities are determined to do this at the right speed theyre not going to be rushed through a process here. Well you know the feeling it in here really is as the Justice System has failed them and walk to the now want to is just is the trouble peter is that the focus now the debate has now moved from not just getting swift justice but just getting it anyhow so what happened after they had about killing weve seen immense support for the policeman who killed these 4 accused however the policeman said they did it in selfdefense but even the we the family of the victim who died late last night they say that they either want the queues to be hung all shot dead and thats thats thats what has many activists here wanted because once the Police Starts getting accused then where does that really stop especially if there is such a public sanction to be short some of the visuals of the flash mob that took place in delhi today that is essentially the india chapter of the protests that is been happening across the world it started in chile and its a very moving some pizza girls here in india did it in india but essentially what they were singing was that patriarchy judges us of being born the government judges us the Police Judges us for what we were and where we are so there are protests happening in india and several cities there is anger but what do the people of this country want thats now a big question do they just want justice or do they just want to done anyhow do you get the sense who you are and show that the times now come because this is so divisive this is such a charged debate and people have died in the worst possible way that the government should step into this debate this should perhaps even be legislation now me. Well you know what happened peter back in december 2012 after the girl was brutally raped in a bus and then later she died of her injuries the government did make the law even harsher but now people are saying that they should be Capital Punishment for all culprits people who are found to be guilty off now the parliament has been debating this in the last 2 days and many of them involve the materials have spoken and theyre all saying firstly theres a many of them are supporting what to the police did in hyderabad and secondly theyre all demanding Capital Punishment but legal experts say that does not prove to deter that has not stopped rape culture in this country on the other hand we have women parliamentarians speaking about you know why police has done what was the right thing and they had no other option but nobody really spoke about how separate parliamentarians also have cases of fighters and women so all the womens rights activists are saying that this is a legal problem the government was supposed to set up more Fast Track Court it has not done that it has set up a few more but not many as promised and secondly not as many as are required but the government also needs to come up with a policy to deal with the problem of patriarchy peavy are called norms protect the men and this stigmatize the women but the government seems to have no idea whatsoever on how to deal with that and so thank you very much. Several bushfires in australia have combined into a single mega fire strong winds are stoking the blaze north of sydney and orange haze has caused breathing problems for lots of people several weekend sports games have been cancelled more than a 100 fires are burning in the state of New South Wales still ahead here on al jazeera education under occupation Israeli Forces move against students in the occupied west bank. And well take you to the mountains of myanmar where secret clinics for heroin addicts approving controversial. However weather is set fire across much of china at the moment and largely to into the philippines places a little more clout there in between the general fair weather friday might catch one or 2 light showers into type one over the next day or so but as you can see the suns pretty much out in 19 cell just there for hong kong could well touch 21 as we go through monday and as you say but it dry and 5 across a good part of the philippines most central southern parts could catch one or 2 live issues as is the case 2 to those central areas of vietnam much of indo china is looking dry and sunny and a good deal of dry weather now central areas of india down into the south the showers somewhat fewer and further between than they have been recently we got some wetter weather still coming into southern parts of sri lanka through sunday and going on into monday but for the most part it does lou try a little more clout there up towards the northwest of in the habit of cloud 2 into southern parts of the Arabian Peninsula could if he wanted to lobby showers around the u. A. E. Pushing to the east the side of oman down to the south or towards the gulf of aden where we still have some very heavy rains to link him with the old Tropical Cyclone and the showers set to continue here for a couple of days. This december make the heroes of Europe Asia Africa the middle east oceania. To a stage made. A connection makes mistakes peak for the on becoming its best. To excite the shorts i want to be. This. Make your goal. Without his ear im peter darby a reminder of your top stories this hour more gunshots have been heard in baghdad after 23 people were killed overnight and there are reports months for al sutters home was hit by a drone strike the influential shia cleric is said to have been away at the time. In syria at least 10 civilians have been killed in russian and Syrian Government air strikes they targeted 2 villages in the province of idlib as the last remaining rebel held area there. The u. S. And iran have exchanged prisoners on a swap helped by the government in switzerland iran released an american held on spying charges while the u. S. Released a scientist accused of violating trade sanctions. Mauritanian coast guard intercepted another boat carrying migrants and refugees a search of people and making their way along the socalled western route to europe at least 64 died when their boat capsized on weapons day and 80 managed to swim ashore mohamed el joins us live now from the coast there is. Mauritania mohammed maybe more coming just walk us through what happened here. The mauritania authorities told us this morning that they got some information from the people who were rescued on the boats yesterday but probably more people are about to set out to see from the gambia across the same route that you have just mentioned 192 migrants where intercepted yesterday on a boat in a location midway from between here and. 200 kilometers away north of the mauritanian capital they were. Taken to a facility there they were provided with medical tests and whatever provisions they needed and they were also added to the previous number of people who were rescued the other day thats about 85 people who were a serious tapes from that accident 3 days ago the total of these 2 groups are being bussed as we speak to the cops on the or thought it is apparently have moved on this very quickly with the help of the u. N. And the International Organization for migration and now those people are being moved and are going to be also moved to their countries senegal and the gambia to a new one of the International Media is being kept away from the migrants. Well thats an unusual situation and mauritania authorities have in the past been very cooperative with the media they even invited the International Media and the local media to see how they treated the migrants so so the n. G. O. S the u. N. d agencies of every interest in showing that they are dealing in a very good way with these migrants they that situation now the new situation the obscurantism and the lack of access for the media has given rise to some speculations about why this time around this iteration has been blocked from the eyes of the International Public speculations talked about but that perhaps the facilities were not up to standards when those people suddenly. Showed up on the shore but also the authorities here and the ngos are saying that thats not the case are the speculations you know or so you guys do because these are the people who died were buried very quickly with coordination between the 3 countries mauritania senegal and the gambia they were buried outside the city often what evil in a matter of they are let even less than that. So not clear why this time around they are being secretive about it. Mohamed thanks very much the israeli army is accusing the occupied west bank most Prestigious University because it being a Recruitment Center for what it calls terrorism dozens of students are currently in israeli jails the university denies the accusations but has told aljazeera it appears there are more raids still to come iran khan reports now from the occupied west bank. At 1st glance at present university looks like an ordinary campus that could be anywhere in the world thats because it is the university in the occupied west bank goes about its daily business but the Israeli Army Says its far from ordinary and that this campus is a Recruitment Center for what it calls a terrorism and incitement to violence according to his latest video. Since the beginning of 2964. 00 students have been arrested in total 80 students are in jail the vast majority have yet to be convicted this video from march 2018 shows Israeli Special forces arresting students on campus at gunpoint the students currently awaiting trial on charges of activities relating to the hamas islamic bloc which is the student wing of the Political Party the University Fairs more israeli incursions and more students arrests from our long. Experience with Israeli Occupation whenever they launch a campaign. Of this information out of the university it means that they are preparing for a campaign awful pressure and increasing going to strike sions on the education process in the palestinian territories especially because it university. Because it does pride itself in encouraging students to take part in political life and fight the occupation by israel using equal means. Because a university has been subject to harassment and raids by the israeli army for decades now because of the occupation is very difficult for the visiting lecturer as they come and give classes here and the faculties own stuff have been subject to harassment and arrest also however its the students that bad the brunt of the israeli armys actions Abdul Rahman Hamdan is a student here hes been arrested 4 times serving a total of 3 years in prison he was only charged twice that being a member of the hamas islamic bloc the other times he was held without charge for a total of 10 months. I was supposed to have graduated 3 years ago but i keep getting arrested for political activity ive had to change my major from engineering to accountancy because i lost so much time it was impossible to keep up with something as difficult as engineering. Membership of them are students political block is not illegal under palestinian law nor does it Contravene University policy the palestinians in the occupied west bank come under Israeli Military rule and Israel Considers the group a terrorist organization but its not just how much students when thats in the sights of the israeli army shouldnt have been arrested for membership of a variety of groups and for Terrorism Financing according to the israelis the israeli army video is being seen as a warning here and once again students and staff are bracing themselves for more raids and more arrests Imran Khan Al Jazeera because it university the occupied west bank. Taliban and u. S. Negotiators have resumed talks aimed at ending the war in afghanistan the u. S. Delegation says renewed discussions in cata are will focus on the reduction of violence that leads to intra afghan negotiations and a ceasefire quotes in September Donald trump abruptly stopped talks just as both sides did appear close to signing a new deal. At least 7 Kenyan Police officers have been killed after their bus was attacked near the border with somalia the kenyan president says gunmen from the armed group stopped the vehicle on a remote road between the towns of where g. And monday are in june 8 Police Officers were killed in a similar attack in which your county the government or some more says nearly 90 percent of the population of now being vaccinated against measles a Compulsory Program was rolled after an outbreak 6 weeks ago 65 people have died mainly children and more than 4 and a half 1000 people have been infected a curfew has now been lifted to the Health Ministry said 103 new cases have been reported since friday. Governments in the south east of asia say more Regional Cooperation is required to tackle a growing drug problem much of the methamphetamine and opium comes from me and mom where armed groups use drug money to fund their wars against the government however as wayne hale reports one of those armies and drugs and its stepping up its fight against addiction. In this part of me and armed rebels are in control and they make the rules if youre addicted to drugs and get caught youre detained and put to work even those who arent from this area are subject to the arbitrary laws of the tongue National Liberation army. T. N. L. A have checkpoints and they stop people who pass through their territory they tested by your own and i didnt pass and then they brought me here i didnt have a chance to defend myself and when they ordered me to come here i had to follow. The t. L. A. Is a relatively small but active rebel army based in shan state which is one of me and miles main drug growing and manufacturing areas its involved in regular fights with the me and military and other ethnic minority militias that are allied with Government Forces the tongue say they dont want independence but autonomy they also say theyre not involved in the drug trade but like other rebel groups theyve been accused of human rights abuses including kidnapping and forcing people to join their ranks critics say the Drug Rehabilitation Centers are also illegal addicts are taken to remote secret locations with are held for 3 months the methods often result in injuries but the t. N. L. A say they work and theyre essential to combat the growing use of methamphetamine and heroin. When them in villages the addicts run away and hide and i dont arrest anyone so we worry that people who live here will become drug addicts little destroy the future for the tongue people so we arrest all addicts and dealers regardless of where they come from there are many legacies of me and miles long running civil wars and almost 50 years of military rule areas like this have been left behind through a lack of development and opportunity which is help to provide space for armed groups to operate with impunity wayne hay al jazeera. Barricades have been set on fire near the u. S. Embassy in haiti was. Protesters important for insecure the u. S. A propping up what they see is the corrupt government of president john l. Noisy hes resisted 2 months of demands for his resignation as fuel and Food Shortages intensify in the western hemispheres poorest country. Football players in mexico city have been ordered to take an awareness course about violence against women often they were quote making fun of a new feminist protest song. Videos emerged of the club america under 17 team done sing and laughing to the song called a rapist in your path female activists denounced the team for being grossly disrespectful club america say disciplinary action has been taken against what it cold mikeys meant behavior. Hundreds of women took part in a flash mob performance highlighting the same feminist down from its also popular in brazil and venezuela it calls for justice for gender based crimes as well as action against sexism and impunity from prosecution. The gulf of maine on the u. S. East coast is warming faster than the rest of the worlds oceans and the half 1000000000. 00 local fishing industry is struggling to adapt to the loss of some species such as shrimp kristen salumi reports now from port clyde in maine. Justin libby is whats known as a ground fisherman just like his father before him but in his home base in port clyde maine he could be one of a dying breed declining fish stocks and tougher regulations are making it harder for ground fishermen to make a living traditionally boat like this would go around fishing for the summer months usually. Made to november then you do it stay water all of. November december and if you go shrimping from december you. May its not really surprising but regulators have made what little shrimp are left in these coastal areas off limits to fishermen taking away libbys winter cats they blame warming one. For shrimps decline here the gulf of maine has warmed faster than just about any other place in the ocean over the last 30 years weve warned it 4 times the global ocean average its not a coincidence that we started seeing signs of stress in the shrimp population right around 2012 which was the marine heat wave year that we had here in the gulf i mean we had temperatures that were 3 degrees celsius above normal main seafood is a half 1000000000 dollar industry not only is it crucial to the states economy its part of its cultural identity for fishermen who live in villages like this its a way of life thats getting harder and harder to sustain. Justin has seen shrimp go from about 40 percent of his business to 0. Scientists predict that other ground fish species he catches like cod had it will also see substantial declines ive been fortunate that younger and i can do Something Else but for a lot of the older generation there isnt really any option for them because theyve invested their whole life their money. And while worming waters have been a boon for other species like lobster. Even maines most lucrative seafood could eventually suffer if Warming Trends continue theres going to be opportunity that comes with Climate Change we just need to be able to understand it and we need to be able to mitigate for it and we need to be taking steps to slow it and adjust and adapt. The main coastal Fishermens Association is calling for more and better data to better prepare for what could be a sea change and preserve a bedrock of the states economy. Christian salumi aljazeera. And you can see more stories just like that one on Environmental Program planet s. O. S. That goes with 1st time around 1730. 00 s. G. M. T. And also going to the website a. Quick recap. Your top stories here on aljazeera more gunshots have been heard in baghdad after 23 people were killed overnight there are reports that the home of the sheer cleric was hit by a drone strike but he was said to be in a way at the time has more now from baghdad we have seen footage over the past few hours that show a number of his supporters gathering outside this compound in najaf province we do know that this drone attack took place in the early hours of this morning and the cleric himself father also there was not inside the compound these believed to be out of the country at the moment so there were no reports of any injuries after this attack but this comes at a very critical time because we have heard from any number of protesters in baghdad from that attack overnight they say that the people there came to their aid where the military wing of the other is movement in syria at least 10 civilians have been killed in russian and Syrian Government strikes they targeted 2 villages in the province of idlib it is the last remaining rebel held area there around 25000 syrians have fled the province in the past week alone due to an escalation in regime airstrikes the u. S. And iran have exchanged prisoners in a swap helped by the government of switzerland iran released an american held on spying charges while the u. S. Released a scientist accused of violating trade sanctions in india there have been more demonstrations against violence towards women after the deaths of 2 rape victims. Dozens joined a flash mob in the capital new delhi chanting a protest song against rape culture. Mauritanian coastguards of intercepted another boat carrying migrants and refugees a surge of people are making their way along the socalled western route to europe at least 64 people died when their boat capsized on weapons day. The government of some more says nearly 90 percent of the population of not been vaccinated against measles a Compulsory Program was rolled out after the break 6 weeks ago up next its up front also you said. The story of. Family freedom going to be here so. He heard the sounds of large explosion. And the hardships faced in captivity they came for me and they told me to leave my son i said how can i. In the eyes of. The uprising coming soon on aljazeera from kashmir to to religious minorities is pakistan willing to take responsibility for its human rights abuses i lost the human rights minister in iran khans government. Here in missouri thank you for joining me on upfront your the human rights minister in a government that is perhaps the worlds number one critic of in