Follow in iraq whats important to have been a stampede during a religious ceremony has killed at least 31 people close to 120 injuries are reported in the holy city of karbala millions of Shiite Muslims are there commemorating the death of the prophet muhammads grandson 1300 years ago lets go live to Charles Strafford who is in karbala for such charles what more you hearing there. Was certainly thats what the Health Ministry telling us you say least 31 people confirmed dead by the Health Ministry they saying at least 120 injured 10 of the Health Ministry says very seriously as you say today all get really the biggest. And the many in iraq millions of visits as we spoke to. Members of the. Holy shrine all storage see earlier they said the bulletin 3000000 visitors were in the city today for these veins the information is coming through in drips its very difficult to get close to the the 2 holy shrines at this time but we understand that there was a stampede there were early reports that
Pierrots a trolls demonstrations ahead of the g. 7 summit this weekend protesters want the leaders of the worlds leading industrialized nations to step up that action against black church. Im filled welcome to the program but the old right wing president shia balsa naro is facing a growing pressure after several European Union leaders describe the wildfires burning out of control through swathes of the amazon rain forest as an International Crisis a Record Number of fires have brought destruction to one of the Worlds Largest ecosystems since president also took office in january now he says hes considering bringing the ah me. These are the worst fires the amazon basin has seen since records began in 2013 the dry season is only just beginning in many places it hasnt rained in weeks brazils president has been blaming n. G. O. S with no evidence he now says the blazes may have been started deliberately hypocritical about it there are cyclists or car drivers out there who stop at the side
Instead to come to a larks itself and the surrounding area to carry out the prayers the main prayers for eat have been delayed from sunrise to the 2nd pres of the day at 730 local time in the morning presumably to maximize the number of people who can attend them and also that coincides with the time that usually the site would be open from the other side to non muslims now there are right wing and religious nationalist jewish groups that are calling for access on this day despite the fact its a major it was them 1st or because it also falls on the same day that jews mark to shut down of that as a commemoration of the falling of the 1st and 2nd temples and the jewish exile the background to this is that there has been a wide ranging political effort by the right wing in israel and the religious nationalists to get more access to x. The mosque compound site known as the temple mount to jews a lot of what happens next will depend on the actions of Israeli Security forces and police there
7 protest as a saying theyll defy the tight security cordon around the summit some says 1000 Police Officers offices have been deployed and protests have been banned but the protesters known as the yellow vests news mint have called for demonstrations and many shop fronts have been boarded up as owners say a repeat of the violent clashes seen at previous g. 7 meeting. And im joined now by is bent they get hes in just along the coast from the summit venue where protesters are gathering bound protesters have been able to disrupt to meetings at previous g. 7 summits whats the whats the plan this time. Capitalist and environmental groups will have a march today here in and die with several 1000 participants and tomorrow they will move close to be a ritz and die is actually 28 kilometers away and tomorrow the protest will be in by young which is about 10 kilometers away in the sunday evening room as the more militant protest its called the black bloc will try to enter the red zone the cordo
Were doing m. P. s are now saying that they will possibly sit over the course of the weekend something theyve only done a handful of times since the 2nd world war where they want to make sure the parliament as a whole has a key role and responsibility in keeping the government in line keeping Boris Johnson in check and shaping britains brecks a future. Still ahead here on aljazeera waiting for news in sudan families demand answers as dozens remain missing following a crackdown on protesters in june. Where theres smoke theres fire the battle is on to save one of the livias most precious ecosystem. Hellers the rains of being pepped up again by the remains of the tropical depression or not even that inhabit the remains of the tropical mess still here of the Southeast Asia so thats heavy rain for me in mansfield in thailand and this is the remaining showers being pepped up by whats known on shore breeze plenty of humidity from hong kong also is up towards shanghai and then back into euna a