Digging in we meet the indonesians living in the shadow of a volatile volcano and finding ways to keep themselves safe. Hello for a change there are no warnings of any significance throughout europe at the moment the setup is much the same there are still some storms floating around anywhere from switzerland through the balkans and still driving in from the west to the northwest atlanta care which is kept in the little bit cooler says no heat wave in the immediate future at least not for most of europe and the breeze is very up with a lot of cloud in the British Isles for example will norton fronts temperature wise they were in the high twentys sometimes the low thirtys even in athens is only 31. 00 the difference is in spain and particularly spain where 38 becomes 39 in madrid between friday and saturday and that he will cross the mountains the pyrenees into Southern France thats the hot area of europe the rest no real comparison is there nice sunshine but not too hot which is actually fairly description for almost all of north africa even caras so does have now down the valley the kings and down to his ass 147. 00 but mostly for the most part its Just Sunshine not exceptional in any way the big showers of course are around they do every now and again reach the sale for example this greenbacks here but that pretty standard for this time of the year. Recruited to be. Exploited to on the battlefield to call the new regime placed in different value in africa where you can and your peers then abandoned for a lifetime we should be ashamed but for for all country on this big over 3 people in power investigates the plight of imperial britons african troops begin the night the forgotten heroes of empire zira. Profits take a look at the top stories here it is here iran says all its trains returned safely to base denying that any have been destroyed by the u. S. On the say President Trump said the warship the u. S. S. Boxer had brought down an iranian drone in the strait of hormuz amid to heighten tensions between the 2 countries turkey has launched air strikes on the kurdish region of Northern Iraq in response to the killing of one of its diplomats strides targeted a p. K. K. Stronghold where the killer is thought to have fled to turkey his deputy consul general was shot dead on wednesday. One of 4 u. S. Congresswoman targeted by Donald Trumps racist comments has hit back saying she wont be intimidated by the president. Comments came a day after president supporters chanted send her back during a campaign where. Hundreds of thousands. Demonstrators have been marching in sudans capital to remember the more than 200 people who were killed in protests since december the countrys military jinja and an ally of opposition groups are yet to sign a cult situational deal that would determine functions of the Sovereign Council on wednesday an accord was signed creating a transitional power sharing body regular mohammed has more on the. Sea of lights glowed into the night in sudans capital as protesters called for all of their demands to be met they want justice for the hundreds killed in what they call the month long revolution for democracy. I dont. Doubt we will achieve justice for all the martyrs the missing and for all the survivors from the massacre this is a message for everyone we are together to achieve justice and freedom was the rallies come as a military council and protest leaders work to finalize a power sharing deal to create a Transitional Government leading to elections in 3 years but the deal still lacks detail. Thanks and protest leaders are demanding justice for the killing of at least 100 people back in june when the military raided a sit in outside Army Headquarters they want that and try and in the deal. To the ethiopian mediators and the military council we said to them thats the immunity is rejected completely and absolutely it will not find a place in the constitutional document that was was antigovernment protests started in december by april they turned into a sit in for democracy more than 200 people have been killed since then demonstrate to say they wont rest until saddam is led entirely by a civilian government. Ask the military council to establish a civilian state bring justice and punish those responsible immediately without any impunity impunity is rejected. We want a civilian government that means a government that establishes peace and justice as well as freedom for the people. And talks to resolve the crisis resume on friday but these protesters say their demands for meaningful change will continue. For him mohammed al jazeera. The thousands of people who have been marching for another day in san juan the capital to demand the governor governor his resignation and their. Faces accusations of corruption of sexism and of homophobia after messages are trying him and his aides were leaked. Reports. In puerto rico growing protests on the streets of tens of thousands of people but ask most Puerto Ricans why they want governor Ricardo Rosello to step down and they not only mention his bulger Group Chat Messages with aides leaked over the weekend but also Something Else the lack of quality in basic services we are here because its unfair whats going on with how. The patients stand by. Her because already in a bad situation puerto rico is without power for almost a year after hurricane devastated the caribbean u. S. Territory 2017 dozens of people were killed in the storm but some estimates concluded thousands more died after the storm from lack of medicines and electricity in some of the Text Messages the governor joked about those who died its infuriated people here but they say a sign of larger problems here. Hasnt addressed at least respecting the country disrespecting who we are. Their bodies diversity and thats not what we need i mean we need to have education we need to have health the governor said hes sorry for the hurt hes caused his people but that he wont step down analysts say his problems are deeper than his Text Messages within the attack that was released you see how all these things that were already troubling puerto rican things having to do with the debt crisis the debt cow the death count aftermath. The broader questions of governance democratic problems relating to the fiscal board here all of that was contained in the tat and so the tatt became the symbol for the broader discontent that people had last week the f. B. I. Arrested 2 of the governors cabinet ministers on allegations of corruption one of which was it you cation secretary now investigators are looking to see if they can link the governor himself to corruption as well but the growing political crisis has confirmed what many here long suspected that their governor and those around him are not working for their best interest and need to be removed. San juan puerto rico. Argentina has designated hezbollah as a terrorist organization it blames the Lebanese Movement for 2 attacks on its soil the announcement carries sided with the visit by the u. S. Secretary of state. That is a. Siren to remember the worst terrorist attack in argentinas history. A truck loaded with explosives was driven into the am yes entering when a site is killing 85 people and wounding hundreds of others. And the enemys phone system annoy me was one of. The victims she says argentina never investigated the local connection. There was a local connection and we dont know what it was but where did they get fix plosives the safe houses they did not bring it from iran argentina has accused top iranian officials and a hezbollah operative of being behind the tag in 2005 interpol issued 6 arrest warrants that include high ranking iranian officials. But for the relatives there needs to be much more people here do not trust in the official investigation because its been filled with corruption and irregularities from the very beginning last february a judge was sentenced to 6 years in prison for his role in a cover up and thats what angers people here is that until now nobody has been charged for being responsible for the attack. In the past 25 years changes in government brought different approaches to the investigation former president Cristina Kirchner reversed the countrys hardline iran policy rather than demand the detention of the bombers she negotiated a Bi National Commission to investigate with iran 2 years later a special prosecutor investigating amiya was found shot in the head a day before he was scheduled to testify in congress about allegations that kirschner had signed a deal to absolve iran in return for your pretty of trade deals with her government when you took office he suspended the agreement and now says argentina is ready to include hezbollah in the list of terrorist organizations. A few weeks after the bombing it was clear that iran and its to promise were behind it with the help of hezbollah terrorists and a local connection after 25 years the proof is even more clear the argentine actions against hezbollah overlap with the visit of u. S. Secretary of state to the country some analysts say it is not a coincidence. Every year the government puts a political spin on the any verse or now they announce that hizbullah is a terrorist organization they are doing a service for the United States and israel and nothing interests of argentina and thats why many of those affected are frustrated and angry because they see their tragedy has been used politically over the years while the perpetrators remain at large. Protests in lebanon of trying to force their way into parliament during a meeting on controversial budget cuts most of the demonstrators were Army Veterans angry a proposed cuts of their pensions protesters have been camped outside parliament for 3 days while politicians discuss the measures ahead of a vote on friday. A trade officials from china and the United States have been speaking by telephone as the worlds 2 largest economies look to end their year long trade war u. S. Treasury secretary stephen knew chen says face to face meetings could now follow and as way ripples from beijing businesses hope that will provide some good news for chinas economy. This is an uncertain time for Chinese Companies selling things at home and overseas retail sales are forecast to slow down faster than expected this year and exports are being hit by a trade war with the United States chinese furniture makers are among the most affected after the u. S. Placed a 25 percent tariff on their products last month that were waiting to see what happens next we might have to adjust the price is that a bit but were at the moment of just wait and see now no decisions yet. President donald trump believes chinas trade relationship with the United States is not a fair one so last year he began placing tariffs on some chinese goods beijing retaliated with its own taxes a truce was declared when trump met his chinese counterpart xi jinping at the g. 20 summit in japan last month but in china there is a sense that a deal is a long way off and the government is settling in for a long fight a resumption in trade talks is welcomed here in china but it is tempered with a realisation that some of the things the americans are asking for will take a long time to deliver if they can be delivered at all the dispute goes way beyond simple trade in goods and services the u. S. Wants china to undertake broad Economic Reforms to make it easier for American Companies to do business here but that could be a step too far for the communist party which is likely to view that as an attempt to undermine chinas sovereignty there are something that can be talked about like pure trade importing more of the natural gas agricultural products. But then when it comes to industrial policy. Or you name bracing liberal values these are very hard questions to proceed but china has to balance that with the likelihood that a drawn out trade dispute will contribute to a slowing economy increasing the risk of political instability in the meantime many businesses in china both large and small will be watching closely for any sign of an improvement in relations between the worlds 2 largest economies wayne hay al jazeera beijing. Flowers are being laid at the scene of a fire in the japanese city of kioto in which 33 people died more than 70 people were believed to have been in the building when the fire was started deliberately National Broadcaster n h k says a man was arrested after reportedly pouring fuel inside and setting is a light. Theres a warning of increased volcanic activity around Indonesias Mount Merapi the countrys most active volcano thousands of people have been put on high alert but as Florence Louis reports some residents are refusing to relocate. Imposing and unpredictable mount merapi is one of indonesias most dangerous volcanoes its last major eruption in 2010 killed 275 people and destroyed farms and buildings. Yet some villages moved back within months ignoring the governments call to relocate. Instead they worked on strengthening whats known as a network a Community RunEarly Warning system. They collected money to buy a monitoring device. This equipment warren says when he made up his becoming active very transmitters in the mountain that activity. It makes a steady sound if its activity then we were in people using walkie talkie so they dont panic. Theres also a radio service. Busy but updates everyone on the volcanos status. This Lookout Point is part of the Warning System there are several of these in each village built using Community Funds from these vantage points villages take turns to Monitor Mount merapi for activity volcanoes are not the only natural disasters that threaten indonesia earthquakes and tsunamis are also common but less predictable. We can never be 100 percent prepared what we can do is make today better than yesterday and tomorrow better than today. Disaster officials have long given up trying to persuade villages. To relocate some outside to mean that we are made up the people moving us is like moving the mountain what we need to do is learn to read the signs will always be with the volcano erupts we will leave but only for a while when but up he calls us back we will return to take care of her. The best thing they can do in the meantime he says is to be prepared florence li aljazeera mount merapi indonesia. Has a look at the top stories here of aljazeera iran says all of its trends have returned safely to base denying that any of been destroyed by the u. S. On thursday President Trump said the warship the u. S. S. Boxer had brought down an iranian drone in the strait of hormuz amid heightened tensions between the 2 countries president dumbass calling it a defensive action because the drain came within a 1000 yards of the vessel and ignored multiple calls to stand down i want to apprise every one of an incident in the strait of hormuz today involving u. S. S. Boxer and Navy Amphibious assault ship the boxer took defensive action against an iranian drone which had closed into a very very near distance approximately 1000 yards ignoring multiple calls to stand down and was threatening the safety of the ship and the ships crew. The drone was immediately destroyed. This is the latest of many provocative and hostile actions by iran against vessels operating in international waters. Turkey has launched air strikes on the kurdish region of Northern Iraq in response to the killing of one of its diplomats turkeys deputy consul general was shot dead on wednesday by a gunman whom it believes to be a member of the armed p. K. K. Group one of 4 u. S. Congresswoman targeted by Donald Trumps racist comments has hit back saying she wont be in touch intimidated by the president. Comments came a day after Trump Supporters chanted send her back at a Campaign Rally all right cheer up today those are the latest headlines from us coming up next its inside story every week brings a series of breaking stories joined the listening post as we turn the cameras on the media focus on how they were caught on the stories that matter the most on aljazeera. Ebola in the democratic republic of congo is declared an International PublicHealth Emergency thats from the World Health Organization so given the resurgence of the disease has enough been done to stop it and can science one day want to tout this is its a story. Hello and welcome to the program im in wrong its the largest ever outbreak of ebola after the 2014 epidemic in west africa and the spread of the virus in the democratic republic of congo has reached a critical point the World Health Organization has now declared this latest flare up a Public Health emergency of International Concern that rare move could boost global attention and encourage more aid almost one year into the crisis more than 2500 people have been infected in the region and at least 1600 have died the 1st confirmed case in the city of goma its a major regional hub on the border with rwanda and thats raising concerns the virus may be spreading beyond the d. L. C. As borders catherine soy reports from nairobi. After h