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In a welcome back to you in a National Weather forecast what we are dealing with a new round of rain here across parts of china and in central areas we are looking at very heavy rain causing problems in terms of water rescues here in greenland take a look at the most current video coming in out of the area you can see the water has been rising rescuers have it out getting people out of the homes as well as businesses but unfortunately waters going to take a little while to go down so this is going to be an ongoing problem if you take a look at forecast map we are going to be seeing some scattered showers across much of the area over the next you days and with saturated soil already in flooded areas that means any more rain in the area is going to be causing a big problem here as we go towards tuesday more of the same for the region and we are going to be looking at most of the conditions seeing partly cloudy to mostly cloudy conditions with the rain continuing i want to take you now down here across the philippines where we are watching the possibility of the development of a new tropical system out here just towards the east now you notice the clouds right there that system is going to be slow in developing but the winds and the rain are going to be increasing all the next few days here on monday the area of low pressure is going to be making its way towards the west and rain is also going to be increasing for parts of luzon as well as the winds at manila rain for you at 28. 00. He was sponsored by countdown and. Every reclaim news cycle brings a series of breaking stories. Is maximum jail term has jumped from 5 years to 175 years joined the listening post as we turned the cameras on the media donald trump shouldnt be the one deciding who is a journalist and who isnt and focus on how they were called on the stories that matter the most they will cause for a cause or to look a little tired shut down both international and domestic News Coverage on aljazeera. This is aljazeera a quick reminder of the top stories for you irans president says his government would be willing to talk to the u. S. If washington lifts its economic sanctions and returns to the conditions of the 2050 nuclear deal several of the deals european signatories also issued a statement calling for dialogue to resume. The u. S. President is under fire for a series of racially charged tweets against 4 Democratic Congresswoman of color donald trump told the group to leave the u. S. And go back to where they came from democrats have denounced the attack as hate filled and santa phobic and chinas economy has grown at its weakest pace in more than a quarter of a century the slowdown and follows lower domestic consumer and business demands and at the ongoing trade war with the United States. A former South African president jacob zuma is expected to appear at an inquiry into government corruption he was forced from office last year accused of overseeing the mass looting of state funds. Ports. A string of public protests the media revelation. And pressure from within his own party led to jacob zuma as resignation as president now 18 months out of office zuma continues to fight allegations of corruption many of them linked his relationship with the gupta family the doctors are accused of using their relationship with zuma to influence government policy and win lucrative state contracts for its businesses while zuma and the captors deny any wrongdoing the former president is expected to make his 1st appearance at an inquiry into corruption. Or is really. Youre not going to see his his direct fingerprints on a lot of things you know a lot of the corruption that happened was happening inside state owned so it would happen under a c. E. O. C. F. O. That had effectively been appointed by him you know by the ministers that he had appointed. The accusations against zuma and the doctors are just the latest in a long line of scandals zuma is she to return to court in september on charges of fraud corruption and Money Laundering a 180000000 dollars deal with a French Military arms company teles zuma says the charges are political conspiracy the beautiful Economic Research estimates that and as soon as leadership to that because economy lost 70000000000. 00 president has called as peter says his time in office 9 years and many South Africans agree or enjoy some support especially in his home problems of course in a towel there is great Public Interest in seeing him how to account for his suspected role in state corruption with many saying zuma led the looting of state coffers the allegations extend to zuma spammy with his son to design a link to businesses owned by the captors mr zuma. Tends to view the process. Of justice the process of governance as weve seen when hes been called before parliament to answer questions as well as weve seen when hes been called before the courts to answer he views all of these processes as being beneath him. In a very patronizing paternalistic way. While many South Africans are anxious to hear zuma give his side of the story its still not clear whether he would testify before the commission or crossexamine witnesses who have implicated in. Aljazeera janas berg. The 1st case of a boar has been reported in the democratic republic of congo city of goma the discovery has raised concerns the virus could spread quicker in the densely populated area course to the ones in border goma which has a population of 1000000 its located south of where the 2nd largest of. Records was 1st detected a year ago. Tens of thousands of people have returned to the streets of hong kong to protest against what they say is beijings growing political influence in the citys affairs but what started as a peaceful march in the suburb of shuttin and its in violence says riot Police Charged towards demonstrators in a Shopping Center and open reports from hong kong. After bringing Central Hong Kong to a standstill on previous sundays protesters are taking their fight to the suburbs. And government leaders are struggling to clamp down on the wrist systems movement that is largely leaderless most of the protesters here are young people who tell us they are disillusioned about hong kongs future. Protesters set up barricades in the center of schatten and riot Police Arrived from Different Directions trying to close off access routes. The situation is tense protesters remain defiant and the patience of police is wearing thin and. By 8 pm the police sent out a warning. They are ready to charge but here you can see the benefit of moving i think we can fix that in the end of the moment but the police told me you know yelling and yelling when you know showing them in the back here. Was easy for me because in fact i am moving in to meet them in the morning all you want to get from some of the protesters retreated to a nearby mall complex the police ran after them and thats when the situation became even more violent i like so many protests here this march is meant to be a peaceful one most. Our own home people do not trust the. Chinese government and they did they did not have. Echoed ours for the past 5 weeks these have become familiar scenes in hong kong tens of thousands of protesters showed up here today surprising even the moments organizers and president did for us suburban area like that and the message is quite clear to carolines government enough is enough the controversy over the proposed law to extradite suspects to stand trial in china sparked large scale protests last month and now demands have broadened protesters want reassurances that their fundamental freedoms are protected britain returned hong kong to chinese rule in 1997 the socalled one country 2 systems handover agreement guaranteed the people of Hong Kong Freedom is not widely available in mainland china. But people here tell as those freedoms are being eroded by creeping all story tyrion ism from beijing it remains to be seen what sort of concessions chief executive caroline can offer that will be enough to pacify young people here for now protesters vow they will continue to push back until they achieve meaningful political reforms. Dogon aljazeera hong kong. Who earlier my colleague barbara sorrow spoke with joshua long leading hong kong prodemocracy activist it was jailed for his role in the movement he says the process will continue until their demands are met. More than 100. 00 and people get on the street again government foully withdraw and terminated their extradition bill and in the long term its a must to apply free election in hong kong especially when one country 2 system eroded to be one country one in a hostile the government has not rift jodhaa bill yet in fact abused exists in the legislative program of cost the leader of hall call provide a misleading narrative claimed that the bill is set but when we check on the largest of the program of the parliament of hong kong the bill is due exis and can be easily reactivated again in the next trial thats why movements do continue and we urge government to terminate it to be you know free election is to wait especially half off to sit off the legislative kind of so not democratically elected leader of hong kong is selected by beijing instead of elected by hong kong people thats why we continue our strike and hong kong people he says freedom and democracy and if youve seen any indication from authorities that they are taking you seriously bad they are perhaps thinking of some concessions to give the demonstrators they claim that they take seriously with using baten attack on me and use pepper spray shit on me and thats what i experience 7 hours ago in sight the Shopping Mall if peaceful demonstration is useful no one had to take risks that might be prosecuted and jailed especially as the one have to joke for 3 times. Unfortunately hong kong to staff a 1000000 of population which is 25 percent of hong kong citizen talk to district already but governments do. Thats why. The movements do continue not only is so rotten that the government headquarters but also protests and rally happen in different districts including the district in a new terror terrorist close to mainland china. At least 60 people have been killed in flash floods and landslides in the poll dozens of people are killed and tens of thousands of others are displaced continues for instance thursday has inundated homes as well as destroying bridges and roads across the country in northeast india more than a 1000000 people have been displaced after flash flooding hit the region killing 10 farmlands and residential areas have been submerged after their rivers burst their banks it has more. Those living in northeastern india were prepared for the monsoon rains but not for this. So much rain has fallen the Brahmaputra River has burst its banks watering up entire villages. 6 this family is safe and now. They are among nearly a 1000000 people who have been displaced by the flooding in the state. With thousands of homes under water some have been forced to take refuge on rooftops. While others are doing all they can. To protect their families from the ongoing rains. The deluge has also triggered mudslides and several people have been killed. Others have turned to government run camps for relief. All farmers are worried about their crops so that. As soon as farmers began sowing and irrigating the land thats when the rain began its been extreme 72 hours of continuous rain the water level kept rising and then study submerged of farmland nearly all of our crops have been destroyed so its not just india affected by the heavy rains dozens have been killed in neighboring nepal and bangladesh. While this couple didnt let the rain dampen their wedding theres not much to celebrate for thousands of others here in india more monsoon rains are forecast and the flu. The waters are expected to continue to rise in the coming days. And josina. Georgians launched a campaign to attract tourists to their country after a spat with russia sent visitor numbers plummeting Andrew Symonds reports from tbilisi. To news to break up the Many Russians at this time of year in this part of the world from the black sea to the capital city to russian easy to find. Ethnic russians who are. Making the trip. Here. In. Nations should live. Our history. With. Many people. To try to persuade people. To. Spend. 65. Percent of. What started as a small facebook. Has quickly morphed into something much bigger. Who are. Experienced. This. Is a russian business woman who lives in georgia she says putin has made claims that russians. I dont feel are now and. People. Very friendly. And now its not change the georgian government heard forecasts more than 1800000. 00 russian tourists would visit this year now one bank is predicting half that number and 300000000. 00 of revenue will be lost if the flight plan goes all the placing that shortfall with new markets will be hard if not impossible Andrew Simmons aljazeera to please. This is on to syria and these are the top stories irans president says his government would be willing to talk to the u. S. If washington lifts its economic sanctions and returns to the terms of the 2050 nuclear deal several of the deals european signatories also issued a statement calling for dialogue to resume it or that it will go when a big pair is a bully we have to stand up to it it must stop being the bully we have always believed in talks always right this hour right this moment if they stop the oppression if they stop the beleaguered rence if they lift sanctions return to the table return to logic we are ready. The u. S. President is under fire for a series of racially charged tweets against 4 Democratic Congress women of color donald trump told the group to leave the u. S. And go back to where they came from democrats have described the tweets as being hateful and feeling white nationalism. Raids by u. S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement are reported to have begun donald trump announced that be a crackdown on undocumented workers in 10 cities this weekend religious leaders in Houston Texas pledged to provide sanctuary for those facing deportation. Chinas economy has experienced its weakest rate of growth in more than 25 years data for the worlds 2nd largest economy shows it grew just 6. 2 percent in the 2nd quarter of the year the slows and falls lower domestic consumer and business demands amid the ongoing trade war with the United States the 1st case overboard has been reported in the democratic republic of congo city of goma the discovery has raised concerns the virus could spread quicker and the densely populated area close to the ones and older goa which has a population of 1000000. 00 is located south of where the 2nd largest a ball i break on records was 1st detected a year ago Officials Say the city has been preparing for a potential i break and tens of thousands of people have protested against what they say is beijings can growing political influence in hong kongs affairs but what started as a peaceful march in the suburb of shutting ended in violence as right Police Charged towards demonstrators in a Shopping Center well those are the headlines the news continues here on aljazeera after the listening post. In one lifetime we cannot see everything with our own eyes but that testimony we would know very. Quickly this documentary is that open your eyes and imagine seeing. Your on t. V. And this story will live on on the web were talking about israel and palestine how careful in. Your words right now id like to think that ive always been careful. But at this moment im especially careful not because i want to get away with something but because i want to be heard. Magine youre going on the air at c. N. N. And there are cameras there are bright lights there are questions being thrown at you what goes through your mind whats going through my mind is there are so few opportunities for palestinians to be able to tell our own story i have to get this right its like a hostile interrogation as a palestinian been ive so deeply internalized all of the landmines that we can step on that i. Its almost 2nd nature and i also know its some tough stuff has to be said so critics have to be made but at the core i believe that if i am careful with my words i can help contribute to a conversation that will lead to an outcome that is freedom justice equality and selfdetermination for every minute. Hello im richard just heard youre watching a special edition of the listening post from washington d. C. Were still more than a year away from the american president ial elections but there are already more than 20 candidates running on the democratic side vying for the right to take on donald trump in november 2020 as they establish their campaigns stake out their policy positions and fight for News Coverage among the issues threatening to divide their party is this countrys relationship with israel. Americas support for israel usually at the expense of palestine has been unwavering one of the most reliably bipartisan issues in congress with republicans and democrats standing with their israeli allies through thick and thin but there is change in the air you can see that online and to a lesser extent on the airwaves we have i would say probably the best relationships right now with israel that we have ahead of president trumps unquestioning support of israel and its ever more hawkish Prime Minister has shifted the debate. In the Democratic Party the firmly pro israel old guard faces a challenge from a rising wing of progressives and activists who are calling out israel as never before the goal must be to try to bring people together and not just what one country which is now run like when. There i say racist government they sense an opportunity to force previously taboo topics such as b. D. S. The boycott divestmen