Committed to mine it legal or fix it. The letter is not tied to a vote or a resolution but it will be published as an official document of the Uns Human Rights Council activists say its a good sign but chinas government has long stood defiant against foreign criticism katia locus of the young aljazeera and when he has more from beijing. Chinas ministry of Foreign Affairs has responded to the letter signed by a 22 countries regarding the situation in shin jang province and predictably i guess it was dismissive of this letter saying that this was an attempt to politicize the issue of human rights and that this was a domestic affair for the government in china to deal with and it wasnt up to anyone outside china to comment on the situation there it also pointed out that there has been no terrorist attack in the region for the past 2 years evidence it says that this program is working remembering that the government maintains that these are not Detention Centers in province they are vocational schools with one of the main aims being to prevent terrorism and extremism and also responded to a request in the latest sign by these countries that inspectors experts be allowed meaningful access to the area the government saying that it has already organized trips involving media and socalled experts diplomats to the region and what they reported when they returned it was quite different to what has been put trade in the western media the important word to emphasize here is meaningful in those trips in the past those trips have been very much controlled by the government controlled by the Security Forces and the government really only showing the people on those trips to show exactly what it wants the outside world to see at least 14 people have died in a train crash in northeast pakistan a passenger train rammed into a stationary Freight Train and khan in the southern punjab region dozens of engine people are being treated in nearby hospitals emergency crews and a number of casualties could rise as a rescue operation that continues to head on the on the 10 Media Freedom and. Spotlight new goal of the face at a global conference in london and other landmark pension reform bill passes a major hurdle and presume. How it welcomes another look at the international forecast we got the usual sunshine and showers across Southeast Asia those heat of the day shasta brewing up quite fiercely in fact across the central and southern parts of the philippines well the areas of borneo could see some shabby rain from time to time all sunshine than showers but sunny in the heat of the day you will see wanted to live the downpours coming through dry though into indonesia generally set 30 carter at around 32. 00 degrees and that dry weather stretching down across much of northern parts of australia doubt into the south thats always seen some rather blustery showers rattling through the bite easing down into the southeastern corner tightly packed i suppose indicate some very stiff winds are rolling through victoria to see some blustery showers effect in port fairy easing its not too great in tasmania 11 degrees celsius there for hope up pushed further more 20 in city thats too bad 24 there for brisbane there getting up to around 19 in perth lots of fun in try over the next couple of days with more cloud united just sliding its way central parts of australia to go wanted to sas type of blustery showers continue for victoria and tasmania for those units generally try for the time being all come with the high 60. Fly Qatar Airways and experience Economy Class like never before Qatar Airways going places together. Its good to have you with us on aljazeera these are our top stories the u. K. Says iranian boats tried to obstruct a British Oil Tanker in the strait of hormuz one of the worlds most Important Oil shipping channels. Lions there was any confrontation that follows the seizure of an Iranian Oil Tanker by british marines and mortars major brunton last week ambassadors from 22 countries have condemned chinas treatment of ethnic and religious minorities in an unprecedented move they sent a letter to the un Human Rights Council calling for the detention of weak and muslims to stop and at least 14 people are dead and Dozens Injured after a train collision in northeast pakistan a passenger train ran into a stationary Freight Train in the southern punjab region. At least 8 people have been killed in a car bomb attack in northwestern syria another 35 and 2 in women and children were injured in the blast the explosion happened near the city of fleeing meanwhile the airstrikes an adlib province have killed at least 13 people this video shows the aftermath of an attack on a hospital which killed 6 people thats according to the Syrian Civil Defense as the last major rebel stronghold in the country Government Troops backed by russia have been bombarding the area for months. Now government and media organizations are proposing the creation of a global fund to support journalists and danger zones it is one of the goals of a global Media Freedom conference being held in london the fund would provide training Legal Support and other resources that would be administered by unesco that is the United Nations cultural and Scientific Agency it says that 99. 00 media workers were killed in 2018 and our correspondent Charlie Angela is covering that conference shes joining us live from london so what could change for journalist charlie as a result of the summit. Well elizabeth some of the colleagues of those murdered journalists are actually here at this summit over the next 2 days and they are looking for concrete change theyre looking for investment theyre looking for intervention when Media Freedom is threatened and u. K. Foreign secretary jeremy hunt yesterday made 2 commitments on those points the Global Media Defense Fund which youve just mentioned and the formation of a coalition of governments who would be willing to intervene diplomatically act as a kind of Rapid Response unit when a country does suppress Media Freedom and one journalist who could probably benefit from some of that International Support is with me now her name is maria ray says she is the cofounder of rappler online you platform in the philippines and you have been covering the Human Rights Violations and the authorized murders by president ditto to. 2 decades now tell me how his government has tried to silence you in about 14 months weve had 11 cases at least 11 cases and investigations filed against me and rappler ive been arrested. Twice in about 5 weeks ive had to post bail 8 times in 3 months in order to be able to travel i have to pay at least 60000. 00 in bail and beyond its brevity of my i feel like my rights have been violated and i will fight this. How. Tiny you up with a number of court cases how is this how much is taking away from the work that youve been doing a lot it just means i dont sleep i mean because i will we refuse to get silence that mean the end goal of this and it doesnt it isnt just the weaponization of the law it started with the weaponization of social media online state sponsored hate and violence thats meant to stifle you to make you doubt yourself free and will continue doing the stories. And we will fight for our rights you talked about social media you also organizational here works as a fact check check. Identifying fake news how damaging is fake news being in the philippines extremely i think you know we are the cautionary tale for the rest of the world and this isnt just happening in the philippines what youre seeing is these exponential lies actually get distributed faster on social media lies laced with anger and hate and some of the 1st targets are reporters female reporters and journalists and new sure it is asians if you dont have facts because were the gatekeeper so facts if you dont have facts you dont have truths without truth you cant have trust so its almost like termites eating the floor that were standing on a wooden floor and thats part of the reason the mockeries been rolled back in many countries around the world because its not you know not just in Southeast Asia its not just the philippines were seeing in indonesia cambodia why do you think were seeing a decline of Media Freedom particular in Southeast Asia at the moment i think its the checks and balances of power in that world world are no longer working theres a new world the people who have power are are extending their power and social media platforms theyre the accelerant thats part of the reason an event like today is is good for us you know i mean all of a sudden more voices will speak up against these abuses and in my case for example when Christian Freeland tweeted support or after i was arrested the 1st time. She was trolled she inherited my troll 7000 in like 24 hours so people need to know silence is complicity number one and the number 2 that you should speak you should not be pounded to silence thank you maria well were still on day 2 of this summit were going to be having national statements later which will be probably generating a very naively question and answer session from the journalists here elizabeth johnny thank you for that is charlie and im live in london. Now Human Rights Watch has warned of a tear deteriorating Media Freedom and russia the group says arresting journalists on fabricated charges has become a common strategy to silence government critics journalist our main guy the year is among the natives to be detained step reports from the Southern Region of dagestan. Colleagues of. Protest in front of the Supreme Court in dagestan permits to hold mass rallies against his arrest have been denied a cheerful was arrested on june 14th and charged with financing terrorism shortly after investigative journalist even got enough was detained in moscow on drug charges. Was quickly released several High Ranking Police officers were dismissed for involvement in planting drugs on the journalists in response to a case has been different. We call on our colleagues from all over russia and around the world to support him to to us there is no difference between the 2 cases fabrication and false accusations can take place regardless of the charges. This has become a familiar image a silent protest against you arrest of a journalist in moscow the public outcry led to the release of investigative journalist just a few weeks ago but this time around these protesters here in the august time after so far not been able to free the moment. As a senior journalist at one of the last independent Media Outlets in dagestan jama thick weekly according to his chief editor the arrest is part of efforts by authorities to close down the newspaper he says got enough release doesnt mean freedom of the press has improved. Lives in moscow and the government there does not like when something dodgy starts there if it happens in dagestan its far away but it happens close to the kremlin. A red flag they tried to remove it instantly. 10 years ago in another part of the carcasses action journalist Natalya Estemirova was murdered killers have yet to be brought to justice Human Rights Watch sas since then journalist and press freedom are in even greater danger here can clearly see that turn years ago the number of independent Media Outlets. The level of selfcensorship in the press was. The level of among jordon of those attitudes was also not. As it is today despite their fear journalist a journalistic continue to provide news to their audience in darkest and beyond weve got gere facing 20 years in prison they have little hope calling him join them again so stop fasten aljazeera. Russia. So green is now a Violent Storm in the north has killed at least 6 tourists and injured dozens more the storm struck the popular tourist region of hunky dickey near the city of thessaloniki the strong winds and torrential rain overturned cars and toppled trees that had a civil protections as a state of emergency has been declared meanwhile beachgoers were forced to flee in eastern is fully after they were battered by hailstones the size of oranges 18 people were injured and the city of pescado was flooded in the storm. The u. S. State of louisiana is bracing for more Severe Weather after a huge storm hit the area on wednesday widespread flooding is making it difficult to get around the city of new orleans roadways and Office Buildings are filled with water forecasters say a Tropical Cyclone forming in the gulf of mexico could become a hurricane that hits the coast by the weekend. To brazil now with the congress has taken a major step towards pension reform a key goal of the president s job board said not on the bill passed in the lower house with a clear majority that supporters say pension reform is needed to avoid bankruptcy proposed changes include raising the retirement age and increasing contributions that pension reform continues to face opposition thousands of people demonstrated in south and other cities against the proposed changes critics say the reforms will hurt the poor the most. Now the last Volkswagen Beetle has rolled out of an Assembly Plant in mexico and that might mean the end of the popular. One mexican town where the dream of the angel is alive and well. As more. There it is fresh off the Assembly Line the last beetle to be produced by the german Automaker Volkswagen its the end of an era and to mark this notable moment in the automotive history workers at the bike and plant where the mexico are throwing a Goodbye Party is one of the oss it was a good buy them to last forever but its also a party a big party for everyone. Maybe it was the combination of a funky design a reliable engine and an affordable price tag that ultimately made the beatles an International Hit by the 1960 s. And seventys the bug had become both a pop culture icon and a symbol of the counterculture movement. While the beetle has gone through several iterations over the last 80 years its cult following has carried well into the 21st century with so much history under the hood could this really be the end of the love bug. In quote that big a small town just outside mexico city youd be forgiven for thinking v. W. Beetles outnumber people. Here at the by the has been fixing up beetles for almost 30 years he tells us they can try to phase out the bugs as they are loving the called in mexico but the cars themselves arent going anywhere. Will never go away its the best car ever made it was the color of the century whoever designed this call hit the nail on the head it can handle any think you throw its all terrain it was the best of them a. Big sits on a steep hillside no match for the vultures heavy duty engine this is probably why theyre so ubiquitous the yellow ones purple ones other ones waiting to be repaired all of them will get into the cultural fabric of the country and. Duction the iconic Volkswagen Beetle may have ended for now here in mexico there are still thousands of very proud drivers who are committed to keeping this daljit life. Up a little dizzy to mexico city. And i again im one of the prominent are the headlines on aljazeera the u. K. Government says a bushel warship has entertained after iranian boats tried to obstruct a British Oil Tanker in the strait of hormuz on wednesday and on denies there was any confrontation the same bus driver has more from. The iranian government has denied flatly denied that this incident took place at least not in the shape perhaps that the british have suggested the Public Affairs office of use logic revolutionary Guard Corps Naval forces have said that there were no encounters with foreign vessels in the past 24 hours so a clear flat denial its not even that there is a different narrative here it is that no encounter took place with foreign vessels but they did say if they were instructed to seize or confront any vessel they will carry out those orders and messages from 22 countries have condemned chinas treatment of ethnic and religious minorities in an unprecedented move they sent a letter to the u. N. Human Rights Council calling for the detention of weekend muslims to stop at least 14 people have died in a train collision in northeast pakistan a passenger train ran down to a stationary Freight Train in. And the southern punjab region dozens of injured people are being treated in nearby hospitals at least 8 people have died in a car bomb attack in northwestern syria and out of 55. 00 p