A recent agreement of an african free trade area is sim by some as an incentive enough for regional leaders to finally launch it after 3 failed attempts. While businesses say a common currency will ease regional trade not everyone is hopeful that all 15 members nations of the covered bloc of course have the political will to see it through next year. By degrees. Still ahead on the bulletin a defiant donald trump issues an executive order to determine who is living in the u. S. Legally and who isnt. Hello there its been a very unsettled picture polls across much of Southern Europe this some improvement the weather picture as we head through the next couple of days subjects out on the satellite and actually quite a bit of activity across Central Regions of western europe but what about the rain just yet but the good news is a sigh is that much of the south in the southeast those strong thunderstorms that really are clearing through certainly by friday the rain pushing the across much of the black sea quite a bit radical central areas and there is a band of rain stretching really from germany down tools and old and if they more widespread rain here on saturday carrying out towards the west in less than london with a high of 23. 00 and pretty good sioux across into talky paul strace a 24 hour and 28. 00 celsius sunny skies in athens then we had down to Northern Africa being very warm into tunis for when you get all skew days and again the temperature here is pretty high compared to the average but notice a lot of cloud to talk about and sunny not really anything in the way of range 35. 00 is the temperature on friday a very warm day in cairo 40 want to degrees celsius then as we head off into south of the sea thats how much it comes back down again but as you can see tunis up to about 38 so thats about 6 degrees above the normal but sunny skies but it will be a hot day. Good to have you with these are our top stories more than 120 rebel fighters and soldiers being killed in the past 48 hours in syria thats according to the syrian observatory for human rights. For control of a village near Hama Province which is now back on government control. Head on is called the capture of an Iranian Oil Tanker. Last week an illegal and dangerous game the chief officer and captain of the tank to have been arrested on suspicion of breaking u. N. Sanctions by transporting oil to syria and a 13 year old suicide bomber has blown himself up at a wedding in a killing 5 people and injuring dozens more in the attack happened in the Eastern Province of. Now talks underway between japan and south korea to try to curb the fallout from a worsening trade dispute tokyo has restricted the export of key microchip and smartphone components to south korea and thats raise concerns for souls economy and the global tech supply chain japanese Officials Say the restrictions of south korea failing to properly control the export of Sensitive Technology to north korea sell it has it denied that demanding evidence and a u. Investigation lets get more on this our correspondent joining us live from the japanese capital this is a tense time sadly in what is already a tense relationship. Exactly this problem might be seen by many as an economical abroad in between to one or 2 of the measure of economic powers in east asia but actually it has many. Political roots and his government is not hiding. Shy of saying that the reason behind the new destructions is the. Trust between the 2 countries which was much affected but effected by the recent. South korean courts rule asking for compensation to many of the korean workers who worked under the. Rule of the peninsula from 1910 to 1945 so. Who is the spokesperson of the japanese government the top spokesperson mentioned. This the last of the trust between the 2 countries is behind this restrictions and the same Time Ministry of trade just behind me here the minister of trade mr. Japanese instead of trade mentioned this destructions are to guarantee Japans National security so actually 2 different positions here and south korea asking japan to accept United Nation committee to investigate the issue with much pressure on japan and maybe. Because as i mentioned this is a political and diplomatic issue also it has many aspects and japan has like you saw to the south Korean Companies of. Leaking these technologies and this materials to north korea so now japan has to provide evidence for that and. I dont expect that were going to see. A solution to this issue very soon we are waiting now for that but he think of the meeting today which happened between south korean officials who came to talk to talk about. This issue with. That mystery behind me and were waiting now for the briefing about that is this talks but there they are working level talks and were not expecting a breakthrough through this. For a couple of hours so they thank you very much for that is fat is allowed may following the developments in the japanese capital thank you now the u. N. Secretary general says the world has not done enough to help mozambique after 2 successive psych loans killed hundreds of people and tony has appealed for more aid and support for months on from sidelines and kenneth he says its clear these disasters are caused by Climate Change the storms flattened cities and villages the more than a 1000000 people homeless in the u. S. President trump has approved federal resources to do easy and after hurricane warnings were issued along the coast parts of new orleans are still underwater after days of thunder storms and floods residents are putting sandbags outside their properties or leaving town arcane barry is expected to make landfall on saturday. Now the Mississippi River which runs through the city was already at record levels before the latest rains hit engineers have implemented measures to protect communities but as nick clark reports thats having an impact on the environment the medical Mississippi River a crucial artery of commerce which drains 41 percent of the entire United States this year its exceeded all records the volume of water down its course swollen by extreme spring rains and snow melt upstream the mississippi has never been this high for this long it is unprecedented and everyone who lives in new orleans puts their trust in the levee system which protects the city from flooding while upstream the engineers will they try and ease the pressure. And theyve done that with a rare opening of the Bonnet Carre Spillway built in the 90 thirtys to colossal quantities of water away from the main river in times of high flood you know but im just about 12 times in its history this is actually the 1st year that its been opened twice in the same calendar year so this is really one of the one of the longest floods on record the spillway will remain open until the end of july but theres a problem its upset the ecological balance of the Mississippi Sound diluting the mix of fresh and so water with devastating effect to coastal businesses now were starting to see the repercussions which are you know oysters die and the shrimp are moving we have wildlife mammals you know dolphins are you know dying the turtles are dying we have a lot of salt water species now that are being affected heavily due to the rise of the river west it is a multimillion dollar industry here in St Bernard Parish but its sitting duck landings it down up to 80 percent the fishermen source of income has been all but destroyed this is a very big impact this is the worst impact that this community has ever seen i mean weve weve been through katrina where weve been completely wiped off the map weve been through beeping weve been through a lot in this community watched over the years in my life this Community Come and go but this is the worst that ive ever seen. Now business is it demanding that the federal government step in with emergency funding. And so everything is dead and go back out there make no money or show out there. Yeah then they need a new thought they dont know how but the fear is with changing weather patterns this could become the new normal you might save a city from flooding but at a cost to a multimillion dollar industry. Aljazeera you orleans louisiana. American president don trump has backed down on plans to force a question about u. S. Citizenship and the 2020 census chance as hell issue an executive order to get the data about how many noncitizens live in the u. S. Gabriel and his own devonport from washington d. C. The debate over the socalled Citizenship Question in america appears to be over President Donald Trump announcing late thursday he would drop his bid to get the question are you a u. S. Citizen put on the 2020 census trump instead said he would sign an executive order demanding all Government Agencies compile a list of noncitizens living in the u. S. Into a central database arguing the citizenship information was vital to Public Policy we will utilize these vast federal databases to gain a full complete and accurate count of the noncitizen population including databases maintained by the department of Homeland Security and the Social Security administration we have great knowledge in many of our agencies we will leave no stone unturned last month the Supreme Court heard the Citizenship Question on the grounds the governments justification for wanting to add it to the census was insufficient. The census is taken every 10 years and the data that derives from it is critical in determining billions in federal funding as well as congressional representation critics said forcing people to answer if they are a citizen was not necessary and would mean undocumented immigrants would likely not participate in the census leading to an undercount in democratic leaning parts of the country lets call this for what it is this Citizenship Question has nothing to do with the legitimate needs of the census it is designed to intimidate families trumps america 1st policy has been a cornerstone of his presidency since the very 1st day he took office and a big reason why he was elected was his promise to crack down on illegal immigration trump tied the census question to that and now its a huge political defeat gabriels andro. Washington now a brazilian president is being accused of nepotism after inviting one of his sons to become embassador to the United States eduardo ballz now it says hes prepared to resign from his current position in congress if the nomination is approved a federal job so the nomination would be in violation of the constitution the president s critics say the movie shows his family have too much influence in politics the american journalist Glenn Greenwald says hes facing threats and calls for his deportation from brazil after publishing incriminating Text Messages from the Justice Minister when he was working as a federal judge greenwald was questioned over the leaks this week by a Congressional Committee he says they show the says you have more to improperly advise prosecutors in the corruption trial where she jailed former president who is enough here do that its still but more to his question the authenticity and says they were obtained by criminal means. Theres been a very concerted relatively sophisticated and well funded campaign to disseminate information designed to create a Public Perception that im actually a criminal i think in anticipation of the possibility of taking some action against me that will then at least have a degree of popular public support when israel and president nicholas mother and opposition parties have agreed to keep talking in a bid to resolve the countrys political and Economic Crises the progress follows 3 days of meetings in barbadoes between representatives of the middle and Opposition Leader han guy though before the talks began with google had said that he was optimistic that they could find a path to peace now European Council president donald tusk has criticized russias decision to ban flights to georgia he calls it unjustified and disproportionate or nations between tbilisi and moscow have deteriorated since the visit of a russian politician to the Georgian Parliament 3 weeks ago speaking at a conference on the e. U. And Eastern Europe in the georgian city of autonomy from where andersons reports. Its the annual gathering of east european states and the e. U. Russia is always irritated by such familiar images of. Whats led the kremlin to ban all direct flights to georgia all the unfamiliar images of anti russian protests every day for more than 3 weeks in the capital Tbilisi Georgia is president didnt want to talk about russia at the conference but the Council President did russia recently this is the final flight to churchill unjustified. This is russia and. That may be the case but georgias leaders were reluctant to openly attack russia at this event that parliaments head of european integration was sent out to face questions denying claims by protesters that georgias government had become too lenient towards russia. From the russian what do you say to. That. That it doesnt require any further with russia or is really concerned about your presence here at this conference of. Georgia very western. We would like to find ourselves in. Europe. In one of the debates parliamentary leader spoke of russia as an Occupying Force or join your russian me you know higher 20 percent of our territories it means permanent threat for security it means here violation of human rights of people who are living territories later came the signing of financial agreements between georgia and e. U. States but as the ink dried on deals with 53000000. 00 there was no disguising the anxiety about russias actions against this country if conference delegates were to take a short stroll. To the beach front here they get a reality check this place is normally teaming with russian tourists at this time of year the tourist official told us that Hotel Occupancy rates are down by 80 percent if the flight from russia continues the georgian economy is really going to suffer and drew simmons aljazeera to me in georgia. With the headlines on aljazeera more than 120. 00 rebel fighters and soldiers have been killed in syria in the past 48 hours thats according to the syrian observatory for human rights theyre fighting for control of a village in Hama Province which is now back under government control. Or has more from beirut. Was under the governments control the rebels launched an offensive took control of the area and the government recaptured the village this has been happening for 11 weeks now a war of attrition the front lines have been changed there is a stalemate the opposition is making it extremely difficult and costly for the Syrian Government and its allies to advance. The truth collapsed and the government went on this offensive they havent taken much ground theyve taken a number of towns but thats it. Has called the capture of an Iranian Oil Tanker in waters near gibraltar last week an illegal and dangerous game the chief officer and captain of the tanker has been arrested on the suspicion of breaking u. N. Sanctions by transporting oil to syria. A 13 year old suicide bomber has blown himself up at a wedding in afghanistan killing 5 people and injuring dozens more the attack happened in the Eastern Province of monger hath no group has claimed responsibility for the attack mediators from the African Union say a political transition agreement between sudans military and the prodemocracy coalitions expected to be signed on saturday the transition deal sets up a joint Sovereign Council which will rule for just over 3 years while elections are organized. U. S. President donald trump has approved federal resources to the state of louisiana after hurricane warnings were issued along the coast parts of new orleans is still underwater after days of thunder storms and floods hurricane barry is expected to make landfall on saturday tokyo has restricted the export of key materials used in smartphone components to seoul raising concerns for south koreas economy and the global tech supply chain japanese Officials Say the restrictions are due to south korea failing to control the export of sensitive materials to north korea seoul has denied that demanding evidence and a United Nations investigation well those are the headlines on aljazeera do stay with us inside stories coming up next. Al jazeera. Where ever you are. Testing the special relationship the u. K. s ambassador to the United States resigns in a public rallies a leaked memo aims as britain prepares for a new Prime Minister and to leave the European