For aid in indias northern aslam state to lock down hampers efforts to help flood victims. Irans foreign minister zarif has been visiting the iraqi capital baghdad he held talks with the Iraqi Foreign minister and the cost relations which have been strained by foreign powers serif says neighboring nations have to cooperate for the good of the region without and fairing in each others affairs and he doubts the killing of Iranian Revolutionary guard commander cost him sort of money after visiting the site of his death or great to say that this as a nation of custom so the money was a criminal act its a loss while country and the entire region and undermines the international if its for commenting on the sill and terrorism in the region again we reiterate we can you know maintain the sovereignty and territorial integrity of iraq. And this is what irans foreign minister had to say. Well if you are we look forward to continuing our balanced relations with all the regional countries and neighbors. First our National Interest and based on our mutual interest without any interfering in our own domestic affairs. Summerville team has more from baghdad on the importance of zarif business. Well it very much is a diplomatic balancing act because iran and iraq are mutually codependent iraq is heavily reliant on gas importance on imports of consumer goods in general so iraq very much must maintain good ties with iran on the one hand but iraq also needs relations with for example the gulf countries as well as for the United States so this is a 1st visit by in iraq its very much an effort to try to reestablish and perhaps heal a little bit the relations with iran and that have gone through a router turbulent period phase over the past few months. The new Prime Minister is somebody who was very close ties to the United States and hes somebody who is seen as being closer to the United States compared to his predecessor. The hes somebody who has vowed that he will restrain the weapons in the hands of the states and very recently he has made a move to try to curtail the influence of iranian backed armed groups in iran certainly on the part strong as it was during the Previous Administration and this visit is very much aimed at restabilizing those relations and ensuring that the mutual interests of both countries are secured not just in the Security Side but also on the economy side and there are reports all that explosion at a poll plant in iran the blast happened in the Central Province of harm there are no reports of any casualties well bring you updates as we get them. European countries are threatening sanctions against foreign governments interfering in the conflict in libya in a joint statement the leaders of france germany and italy called for what urged rather for they call for an act is to respect the u. N. Arms embargo several countries are backing opposing sides in the via turkey supports the u. N. Recognize government in tripoli while the u. A. E. Egypt and russia warlord who for half. And a new battle is looming over Surface Forces of the tripoli government are closing in on the city thats a gateway to libyas main Oil Terminals the government of National Accord says its planning to recapture the area from half those forces and this is say about 200. 00 vehicles have moved eastward from misrata toward the town of. Thousands of protesters are demanding the dissolution of parliament in the democratic republic of congo the demonstrations in the capital kinshasa were organized by the Catholic Church which wants them to become regular sunday protests church says parliament is blocking meaningful reform. Mark webber is live for us from nairobi in kenya malcolm just tell us more about these protests and also why the church believes that the dissolution of parliament is the solution. With a key message today is there the protesters are calling for electoral reforms and theyre objecting to the proposed appointment of a new president of the Electoral Commission by parliament and this chapter of congolese politics begins about one and a half years ago when elections were held that were long overdue the outgoing president Joseph Kabila wasnt eligible to run for another term hed been ruling for 18 years the Election Results according to leaked documents were rigged the opposition say that they won but the people of Joseph Kabila in the Electoral Commission rigged the result to favor felix to security who took over power now the Electoral Commission denied rigging felixs again he took over with a Fragile Coalition between could be party and his own party and was widely seen to be an arrangement intended to keep could be in control of many parts of the state now that coalition was relatively smooth through its 1st year but in recent months just a kid hes been asserting more or 40 into billys been pushing back now the proposed appointment of the president of the Electoral Commission is seen by kerrys party as a move by to be porters to try and put someone in charge of the Electoral Commission whos biased and will favor could be in his interest in the next election in 2023 so that they say there should be electoral reforms and no new leader of the Electoral Commission should be appointed in till those reforms have taken place. Ok i mean these demonstrations as we said have been organized by the Catholic Church why is the church so powerful there. The Catholic Church has been in congo since the beginning of credit republic of congo from nairobi thank you. Staying with the d r c here at least 43 people have been killed in fighting between armed groups in south kivu province at least 40 others have disappeared members of an armed group attacked a village houses were set on fire and other villages as well. Syria is holding its 3rd parliamentary elections since the uprising against president bashar assad began years ago the candidates are either in assads bath party or loyal to his regime so a lot of reports. Syrians will elect a new parliament its the 3rd such vote since the start of the uprising in 2011 the last time large parts of the country were outside government control president Bashar Al Assads forces have since recaptured nearly 70 percent of territory they lost to the opposition as in previous elections candidates need to be vetted by security and the credibility of the election has been further questioned by the exclusion of millions of syrians who left their country or have been displaced by the conflict. In 1000000 people in the north of the country for example wont have any representation in the next parliament and the deputies who are supposed to represent regime held areas are not real representatives they wont stand by the people they are beholden to the regime which has absolute power and control. But president bashar assad is facing challenges results of previous elections were not recognized by the International Community the syrian leader will need to agree to political reforms in order to receive western aid to rescue the economy devastated by hears of war and corruption. And the election. Process. After much delay the un announced the creation of a committee to rewrite the constitution ahead of internationally monitored and actions there hasnt been any progress elections contradict the political transition agreed on by the International Community but assad seems to have different objectives many say syrias president is ensuring the Incoming Parliament whose job is to ratify a new constitution will reject any changes to the president s powers and tenure in office. Old war lords. All well we learned people who fought with his forces on the ground so he knows the core while this people who will be voting soon for the constitutional amendments they know they will be accountable changing the constitution when you talk about. Transitional justice the syrian president showed little willingness to agree to political concessions even when he was losing the war he now believes hes won largely thanks to the help of his russian and iranian allies for many this latest election shows how little has changed in assad syria. Beirut. How long they are there is a senior fellow at the arab center in washington d. C. He says the election amounts to know more than window dressing for the International Community. No one is taking this election seriously not the syrians have backed International Community everyone knows that and this is it just as a city its a comedy show. But the problem that it show exactly thats how they will over the ascent regime to compromise and maybe next year or next month he will be invited as he did a geisha and took off his suit in beijing air that talks if he hauled the election which actually being contradictory of that Security Council resolution 2254. 00 it down showed the minimum interest in making any change in the 1000 and its also contrary to what weve been seeing for years thats it that said has seen the new any kind of political reform as a threat. To his regime most of those city and the regimes there is you know suppresion between powers i mean they cheat of barrel has extended and over there is a slate of power and this is why the seat and brown and has no power even though they should do that i can do it in times of force or the absence of the parliament in a family or a team like this you know. None of the 2 parallel rather than the state of power has any impact on the national this unions where all the power has been centralized in the hand of that assad family and his Security Services kuwait state media say the kingdoms a man. Is recovering after a successful south wales sunday morning a 91 year old volvo has admitted to hospital for a medical check up on saturday conference shake now off. Has temporarily taken over some responsibilities. So come here on aljazeera my kids are not getting paid im not going to send my kid to school to see if theyre going to cope with a fierce debate goes on in the u. S. Over when to head back to School Children who are stuck in the middle. Of a show of force a Mexican Drug Cartel displays its strength and defiance ahead of a visit by the president. Hello to some degree hampering the rescue and search efforts still of a sort of way see we still have showers but not the big ones that caused the problem in the 1st place its not a dry period seventies 1st few dry season in java is mostly dry but even here you have a few showers to show to start to show themselves once more but nothing particularly heavy for the most part to get but further west maybe sumatra to the far south of thailand its in malaysia is looking fairly wet palu which is also the way he does give a forecast is honest on the wish i was the probably going to be brief not particularly heavy thankfully very active weather recently in New South Wales coast as a circulation huge low has been generating swell its been eroding the coastline rather more unusually the cloud you see the west australians being bringing rain higher to season 3 western stories with a great red interior of australia a few spots of rain nothing much is just not supposed to be there to be honest for the southeast again cotton dragon tasmania briefly stormy seas things quiet and this will blow the swell away as well down on the New South Wales coast the concentration of weather rain wise is once again in new zealand but also now its down in south and. But. What is the relationship between culture religion and a deeply divided city everything here is overshadowed by politics even the most basic of things food in 2008 aljazeera traveled to jerusalem to see a food could cross deep lines of division jewish history in a crucial it together and we cook together we can show the people that all of this we can. Rewind street food jerusalem on aljazeera. War old order her order. Form. God geologist there a reminder of our top stories this hour the iranian and Iraqi Foreign ministers have held talks and baghdad relations have been strained in recent months because of outside powers france are valid zarif says neighboring nations have to cooperate for the good of the region. A new battle is looming over the libyan city of sirte a government of National Accord says its burning to recapture the area from half task forces such as a gateway to libyas main Oil Terminals. Syria is holding its 3rd parliamentary election since the uprising against president bashar assad began 9 years ago he will be held in some form Opposition Strongholds for the 1st time in years. Corona virus infections have risen by record levels around the world for a 2nd day the World Health Organization says more than a quarter of a 1000000 people were diagnosed in just 24 hours the biggest increases were in the United States brazil india and south africa. Also reported more than 7300 deaths thats the biggest daily increase since may the 10th or than 600000 people have now died since the pandemic began trying to jam region has declared a war time station after a small increase in cases 28. 00 new infections have been reported since friday the city of rome she has suspended large gatherings of people mass screenings are being carried out china is facing International Scrutiny over its treatment of ethnic minorities in jan including ethnic week and cuz are muslims. On congress reported a record daily high of more than 100 new Coronavirus Infections the territory is tightening restrictions from monday all nonessential Public Employees will work from home mosques will be compulsory in public buildings and temporary restrictions on Restaurant Hours of being extended same up on a gargle something the situation is really critical and theres no sign its being brought under control this outbreak is mostly about local cases so you must respond quickly this wave of transmission is even more difficult to tackle because it involves many clusters. Parts of northeastern india have been submerged after heavy monsoon rains flooding and landslides have killed at least 79 people and also some state millions have been forced to leave their homes the area is under coronavirus lockdown measures which is complicating aid shipments and reports. For the war and the 6 other members of her family flooding is only the latest disaster to hit 2 hectares of land in the crops they till are still under water. But every day she returns to her flooded home to feed the cows and check to see if levels have subsided. Nobody has even come to ask how we are doing a livelihood is gone we cant buy or sell anything we can go fishing were in so much trouble. The area is also under lockdown to stop the spread of the coronavirus and war and other residents are unable to sell whatever harvest they managed to salvage unable to travel elsewhere for work the muslim majority area park had done lower asylum is one of the worst affected most villagers who stayed remain on the river embankment while thousands have moved to government relief camps where its hard to follow help guidelines when 30 people are crammed into a room go for no better the government has not given us any mosques weve got our own mosques we are poor people but we all following. Us are full hussein is a resident of goma village helping villagers get masks he says the government has failed them forcing some to go billets to billets in search of 8 so silverstone single issue social distancing is an issue for us because of coronavirus its spreading dangerously when people have no space to live or sleep because of the floods coronavirus is a small issue in comparison to the States Disaster Management Authority says its heard the complaints and is working to reach every person in need you brought up and thats what we see that you know we should have all space so that you know i really could be said to see the distance in time ive been in those gaps accordingly but this takes the fear class and told to people who want to believe im meditating associate distance and number of gas have increased but the residents tell us that elaborate government plans and new Standard Operating Procedures are not helping them as they grapple with the Natural Disaster on top of a pandemic and are schapelle aljazeera. Un secretary general Antonio Taguba says the pandemic has pushed the world to breaking point exposing deep divisions in society he made the comments during a speech marking Nelson Mandela international day. My hope is that people will understand that when recovering when taking profits or the opportunity that of course after the coffee we need to restart when recovering people will be aware of the need to address the fragility that have caused the chaos that we have in todays world with the government and that requires fighting inequalities that require active crime addiction that requires International Cooperation on the Digital Space that requires a in the end much stronger unity and solidarity in the Way International relations are are conceived german chancellor Angela Merkel says its possible you need is will not agree on a coronavirus bailout plan the 27 leaders are meeting for a 3rd day to discuss an 858000000000. 00 package to help the box economies recover from the virus the financial crisis is europes worst since world war 2 some delegates oppose conditions attached to grants for the hardest hit nations in her the indian today we are entering the 3rd day of negotiations and it is certainly the decisive one the various issues the size of the fund the way it is managed and also the issues of the rule of law have now been well dealt with whether theyll be a solution i still cant say theres a lot of goodwill but there are also a lot of positions so i will join in working for it but there may also be no result today. In the us a heated debate is taking place nationwide as the 1st day of the new school year approaches should children be sent back to classrooms during the pandemic brunells reports from los angeles. Los angeles parent brenda dell hero is helping her 10 year old daughter emma with School Lessons online its been kind of stressful just because i i think i quit at more work i feel like with that more work here than our school emmas mother says Virtual Learning is not ideal but shes against sending her daughter back to class the risk outweigh everything they can of by cat risk my kids getting sick or possibly getting somebody else sick or their teachers or vice versa on friday California Governor Gavin Newsom laid out detailed guidelines for School Reopening including mandatory mask wearing schools in counties with low numbers of cold cases and downward trends may reopen otherwise the school doors must remain closed schools that dont meet this requirement they must begin the school year this fall the Distance LearningSchool Reopening has become a National Political issue President Donald Trump says democrats are scheming to make him look bad and they think its going to be good for them politically so they keep the schools closed no way so were very much going to put pressure on governors and everybody else to open the schools back in may the House Democrats approved 90000000000 dollars to support schools reopening safely but the Republican Senate has not approved that measure but when you make it about politics than just people trying to. Score points and get elected i mean thats what i really think it is a disservice to how credibly important this issue is the conservative dominated school board in Orange County california recently voted to. Loud schools to fully reopen without masks or social distancing its time to get these doors open and get these babies but the school board has no power to order schools to reopen thats a decision made by local School Districts and so far the countys largest districts say theyll opt for Virtual Learning los angeles and san diego schools will also use Distance Learning for students brenda del hero has a message for trump my kids are not guinea pigs im not going to send my kid to school to see if theyre going to get covert and to see if theyre going to survive coach an agonizing dilemma for parents teachers and kids now weaponized for political purposes rob reynolds al jazeera los angeles. Protests by black lives matter demonstrators took place in the u. S. City of portland again of a nice its been 6 weeks without a break on friday the state of oregon sued federal Law Enforcement agencies accusing them of a no for the detaining demonstrate its dozens have been arrested. U. S. President donald trump has tweeted to say hes saddened by the death of civil rights they did john lewis flags have been lowered to half staff in the capitol an honor of the late congressman many u. S. Politicians paid tribute trumps electoral rival joe biden called him a moral compass former president barack obama said no a scot to see his own legacy play out in a meaningful and remarkable way Amanda Seales as a comedian and creator of smart funny and black she says its important activist to continue looking to john lewis as an example. I think john lewiss legacy is one of a commitment to more alyan ethics and i think its something that a lot of us almost feel is impossible specially to have in politics but that he demonstrated with. Just such commitment so when we talk about the Civil Rights Movement of the sixtys the truth of the matter is we never left the Civil Rights Movement we just stopped moving in the right direction a lot of us did you know there are many of us kept moving in that you know have sustained that work and john lewis is one of the few who really continued in earnest to make that make that work Friends Center and anyone whos watching at night in america should understand that whats going on in america is not a moment this is an xplosion an eruption of consciousness for many but for others they see it as an incredible time for them to suppress and so its not going to just be americans that challenge this its going to be the world who loves what black america produces in terms of arts culture and innovation and coming together to support this movement. So the Mexican Government is analyzing a video showing dozens of gunmen an Armored Vehicles apparently belonging to the powerful and the drug cartel seems to be a shell force ahead of a visit by president Lopez Obrador to 3 states where the group has a stronghold on home and reports from mexico city. These are Mexican Government forces instead this video appears to show someone elses army. And men show theyre saying the alias of the mess youll also get us of on this the leader of the holy School New Generation kauto a bit of these are born in the morning the video hasnt been authenticated but it showed up online just as the president under his manuel Lopez Obrador was touring the groups heartland and it seemed to send a straightforward message this video showed the overwhelming arm strength telescopes cartels have had which we could call wider law. Law being is using violence against the state against Government Forces to push forward their agenda which often means getting the Government Back off from going after their assets busting their drugs and arrest in their. Own is on saturday our phones with us or mit screw security minister tweeted this. There is no criminal group with the power to successfully challenge federal Security Forces and definitely not with this obviously staged video. This cartels never been scared of attacking authorities about 3 weeks ago its crew citys police chief was shot up and blamed the group for the attempted hit. This late to show of force increases pressure on the government struggling to deal with going wolf and recall violence John Heilemann aljazeera mexico city. Police have arrested a man after a fire broke out at a cathedral in the french city of mont the flames destroyed the stained glass windows and organ of the st peter and st paul french president in my remark on describe the 600 year old building as a gothic jewel. This is around 0 and these are the top stories in since the uprising against president bashar assad began 9 years ago voting will be held in some form Opposition Strongholds for the 1st time in years libyans of syrians who have fled the country or who are internally displaced are excluded from voting corona virus infections have risen by record levels around the world for a 2nd day the World Health Organization says more than a quarter of a 1000000 people were diagnosed in 24 hours more than 7300 people died china region has declared a wartime state after a small increase in cases 28 new infections have been reported since friday the capital city of rome she has suspended large gatherings of people mass screenings are being carried else. And hong kong has reported a record daily high of more than 100 new Coronavirus Infections the territory is tightening restrictions from monday almost to central Public Employees will work from home and mosques will be compulsory in public buildings temporary restrictions on Restaurant Hours being extended the news continues here on aljazeera off to rewind stay with us. Counting the cost cold war true could the us break hong kong spread to the. Currency shot. In libya and syria and president putin hope to kick start the economy this year but i would pay for his big plan. Hello and welcome again to rewind and Richelle Carey in the air since Al Jazeera English launched back in 2006 built a huge library of insightful energy