Also check out the rewind page at aljazeera dot com for more films from the series im come on santa maria thanks for joining us to see your concert. In 2008 traveled across the United States discovering what it was like to be both a patriotic american and a devout muslim can you be muslim and american you have to be american 1st i didnt have much appreciation for why it would be a big deal that a muslim to be elected to the United States congress. Rewind islam in america on aljazeera. But remember were watching those few showers developing over the caspian sea a couple days ago they were drifting east to be this lot coming over afghanistan tajikistan they were big enough to produce flash flooding in tajikistan there are still a few showers around as you can see left overs the might be more to come west of it although its nice and settles sorry wrong temperatures of around about 45. 00 mark in baghdad baghdad a streak of cloud the gray across the eastern med i think it will be no more than a streak of tide and probably will make little difference to have things feel so settles getting slowly hotter or staying hot at this time of the years to be expected same is true Saudi Arabian peninsula their defense will see power from occasional wind changes so dohas 40 and humid at the moment in the forecast probably about the same but in the society this this really is were looking to change the a monacos solar at some point will see cloud and drizzle for weeks on end is trying to get in and that circulation is a hint we should probably watch just in case we get a tropical psycho developing possible at this time of the year after all south of all this so its remarkably quite far from cloud bring me some rain to the western cape and keeping cape in a 15 degrees its a pretty dry and sunny picture. All americans are struggling to pay their rent the problem isnt just limited to basic cities. A former governor of the indian social banks calls from those global. We bring you the stories that are shaping the economics we live in. Counting the cost 0. The crackdown goes on in sudan but military leaders may be changing their message saying theyre open to a restart in talks if negotiations are right. Im Richelle Carey this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up it is really serious and we take it very very seriously concerns of Media Freedom after the Australian National broadcaster is rated over a 2 year old report accusing the military of war crimes. 2 years ago and inside blockade is affecting the lives of its people. Every parent to get after it again the end certainty facing syrians bombed out of their homes by government forces. Call the military juntas crackdown on demonstrators a bloody massacre but there are hence of a change from the military council its leader has told a gathering of diplomats in khartoum that its ready to return to the negotiation with the protest coalition if an appropriate and vironment is created doctors now say at least 60 people have been killed since monday more than 300. 00 injured many critically a monday the military Council Called off all talks and said it wanted elections within 9 months leaders have rejected that plan saying it wont be free or fair alexy obrian reports. Theyre being called barricades of anger at the latest effort by protestors to pressure the Ruling Military Council to hand over power to civilians. These prayers not only mocking the muslim aid holiday but also remembering those who cannot join them the victims of what protesters say was a brutal massacre witnesses described finding bodies burnt in tents after an attack by Security Forces on the camp in khartoum theyre processed as saw as a shrine to their revolution they say some of the dead were taken by armed forces and others dumped in the river this video which cant be verified shows crowds gathering as bodies are pulled from the water. The militarys being accused of trying to stop the violence being documented and shared by confiscating mobile phones. Next week will begin our civil disobedience the military council has cut off the internet they cut off the Telecommunication Networks to cover their crimes we promise well unveil the militarys crimes committed on the streets from killing to rape to humiliate to fear we will continue this revolution the crackdown appears to be continuing activists report raids by a Paramilitary Group on hospitals looking for injured protesters and the medical workers treating them. And one of the Rapid Support forces came in and attacked me and he hit me here and over here as well may god punish them as the Doctors Union says the savage beating suffered by patients and their colleagues a part of a Wider Campaign of violence yesterday we have not looked as a be raped. Since the women have been raped in one of the nearby. Neighborhoods to the headquarters of the military council this is it which and cannot carry on. The military job has apologized for the violence and says it will investigate its called for elections within 9 months something the opposition has rejected when we consider it a statement of a coup and a counter attack on the peoples revolution and we were a few to do all from its beginning to the end we refused to call for an early election and reconsider the statement of the military council conforms with the counterrevolution and this linked to the interests of the old regime just weeks ago protesters gathered full of hope that talks with the military council were on the verge of a breakthrough. Now their current pace turns to anger and protesters say they wont back down alexei obrian al jazeera. The council has held a closed door meeting on the deteriorating situation in sudan and failed to reach a joint position china and russia blocked any action against the military rulers or diplomatic editor james case as war. The Security Council was briefed behind closed doors on the latest developments in khartoum by the secretary general special adviser almost situation in sudan nicholas hastened im very concerned about the situation in khartoum and i think that represents a position of the International Community i dont want to engage to mention a discussion as to who should do what because were still hoping to play a role in bringing the parties together we havent given up hope that a solution is still possible you can just. As soon as i can mr hasten told reporters hed like to see a Common International position on the situation in the sudan but the Security Council couldnt come up with that they couldnt come up with a statement on the killing of protesters by the military im told that china adamantly refused the draft statement saying it was an internal matter they were backed in that by russia and kuwait said the draft needed amendments so instead the ambassadors from the European Countries gave their own statement we call for an immediate secession of violence accountability for crimes committed and underlined the responsibility of the Transitional Military Council in ensuring the safety of the sudanese do you need announcement to see snickers he sends a point that government and calling for elections to short period of time is of great concern those are the words i think european ambassadors would have liked to have seen in a common Security Council statement but now sudan has become the latest country where the Security Council is divided. Australian police have raided the offices of the National Broadcaster a. B. C. Its over a series of stories from 2017 on killings allegedly carried out by Australian Special forces in afghanistan the network says it stands by its journalists in that the raid raises concerns over Media Freedom on tuesday police entered the home of the News Corp SundayPolitical Editor over work she published last year on plans to expand domestic surveillance i think every Media Organization in the lead and sometimes has difficult moments with Government Agencies and the florida east to to have a warrant executed on the headquarters of the menace to public broadcasting in this way constitutes enough is an Unwelcome Development it is really serious and we take it very very seriously its like a closer look at the details of the a. B. C. Investigation its titled the afghan files the reports are based on secret Defense Force documents on at least 10 and since between 2009 to 2013 the incidents include the killing of an unarmed man and his 6 year old child as well as the killing of a detained taliban fighter at least 2 incidents are the focus of an ongoing Defense Force and corrie the series also exposes tension between s. A. S Special Forces commanders and the Defense Force and best again for more on this lets speak to tim oconnor in sydney via skype hes a campaigner from Amnesty International australia thank you so much for your time so as we said this report is actually a couple of years old is there any indication to you why this is happening now its not clear to all of islam and recently had an election in history and it seems to be part of an emerging power of attacks on for something its critically. So when you say pattern. Anything rising to this level has happened in an australian media before. When just yesterday morning the sort of journalists used limited journalists freighted camera as she was headed to work Police Seized access to her computer have phone and look at post on tape is extremely alarming that incident then used to come on the back of it really suggests to us of. The government is trying to do a glacier attempting to stop me freedom of the press which of course is so bottle to help you see so i mean the scope of this it says that there are officers who are going through scripts and draft reports or demanding rather scripts in traffic courts of all stories relating to this issue how concerned are you about about what all they are trying to get out or what all they may see. On this is extremely alarming the death of a young boy was alleged in this report have been covered up by these Current Events special ones the s. A. s amnesty obviously were extremely concerned about calling it a Defense Force to be transparent about these control crimes of the many many. These if it now just on the freedom of the press in their importing of these incidents is extremely alarming a free press is crucial to a healthy democracy and i mean hes always championed that and to really show the strength what recourse do journalists have when Something Like this happens. Well at the moment that is being very much what they are obviously signature of the universal declaration on human rights freedom in the press is something that is held out by many in our communities being extremely important we need to understand have the strength and abilities of an act of these rights have they acted on the direct coal of the government that certainly needs to be understood but it wouldnt be coming just days after an election here where government was in charge when these you know alleged crimes were committed you know what role as you that is it isnt really question that the government now needs to ok well continue to follow this time oconnor but that and Center National study 10 thank you. Thank you. Saudi arabia the u. A. E. Egypt and bahrain and. Qatar they claimed was a supporter of terrorism an allegation the government strongly denies. That the effects on the country and the wider region a handshake between saudi king salmon bin abdulaziz and the qatari Prime Minister but if anyone saw this is a sign of warming relations between the 2 countries theyd be wrong that was a week ago and despite the most high profile meeting between the qataris and saudis in 2 years the g. C. C. Is still in crisis and very much divided. We had reservations about many parts of the statement these elements include 1st the issue of only condemning iran and the escalation against in the absence of any moderate policy to engage in dialogue with iran. The statement also mentioned the united whereas the night of the gulf war we have 3 gulf states blockading another gulf state ever since saudi arabia the United Arab Emirates and egypt imposed a land air and sea blockade on cattle in june 2017 the Gulf Cooperation Council has been it all adds. The g. C. C. Has held 2 summits in saudi arabia and one in kuwait which has led mediation efforts at the 1st summit since the blockade began a catalyst a man to mean been hammered out that he attended but is adverse 3 said the Foreign Ministers their absence was seen as a snub to kuwait city tend to heal the rift throughout the dispute cattle has strongly denied claims made by the saudis and generalities the doha supports terrorism or is too close to iran. Be groups have been engaged in cattles Foreign Ministry has arranged meetings with representatives from dozens of countries with the im a and foreign minister touring the world riyadh and abu dhabi will say being busy with media campaigns against cattle including one targeting the 2022 world cup yet both have been dealing with crises of their own the killing of saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in istanbul and accusations that it was ordered by crown Prince Mohammed bin salmond have damaged the kingdoms image. So has the war in yemen and the humanitarian disaster its caused. The amorality s. And saudis have been accused of committing Human Rights Violations there and cattle says thats the real reason its being targeted by its neighbors but the blockade appears to have had little effect in the past 2 years trade between cattle and iran has increased and qatari Media Outlets aljazeera and others are operating freely despite demands