conversations going to sound like i think the president is going to be offering the private the foreign secretary inside of great britain the help that he needs to resolve this situation quickly obviously we're not going in there with guns blazing i wouldn't expect this to be any type of hostage rescue but i think the most important thing is that we get these sailors back we get the ship back and we prevent the rains from doing anything like this again but i would not expect to see any kind of military action to release that vessel markets as always great to get your insight thank you for your time. we have plenty more still ahead this news hour including he came to office promising to clean up south african politics so why is president cyril ramaphosa now under scrutiny. the world health organization sounds the alarm over ebola for countries bordering the democratic republic of congo. and some of gold's biggest names suffer an early exit at the open championship in northern ireland peter we'll have the details. turkey says it's warplanes and drones have hits multiple targets in the kurdish region of northern iraq their strikes were in response to the murder of one of its diplomats on wednesday a gunman shot and killed turkey's deputy consul general and 2 other people that are going to aim has this reports on the investigation from a bill. the assassination of turkish diplomat all small on costs was filmed by restaurant security cameras 2 iraqi kurdish civilians also died in the shootings now police are widely distributing these photos of a man they say is the primary suspect in what they're describing as a terrorist attack this is muslim dagg sources say the 27 year old turkish citizens cover was working as a cafe waiter in erbil but he was really a member of the armed kurdistan workers party or p k k it's deemed a terrorist group by turkey and the united states on friday morning turkey conducted air strikes on a people making a camp in northern iraq where sources say dag trained he allegedly visited the camp 4 times last week some analysts say pinpointing the p.k. kase involvement in the shootings is premature a spokesman with the military wing of the p.k. k. denies involvement now is that hanna a political analyst says typically that admits responsibility for attacks in this case he thinks this well executed hit exceeded the group's capabilities. will move this operation surprised everybody including the newly formed government as told in the kurdistan regional government and also targeting the ration ship between ankara and. the suspect is the brother of a turkish member of parliament representing a pro kurdish party the party released a statement saying the accusation is politically motivated and intended to undermine its peaceful agenda security analyst murat aslan believes this attack underscores the need for turkey to continue its goal to get rid of the peak in iraq and beyond. and then because trying to trolls them self's said try to iraq's unity tried to iraq and also to toki and also to syria so why should. you know. as the debate continues over exactly who and what motivated this attack there are 3 grieving families waiting for police to track down the people who killed their loved ones natasha going to aim al-jazeera erbil mass demonstrations have been taking place across iraq protesters are angry about high levels of unemployment and corruption also accusing the government of failing to provide basic services including electricity and water. the highest courts in the netherlands has confirmed that the dutch united nations peacekeepers who handed over 350 muslim refugees to bosnian serb forces in strabane it's a back in 1905 or partially were liable for their deaths other cases groundbreaking may set an international legal precedent for countries which control contribute troops to peacekeeping operations but the dutch supreme court also would use the degree of state liability angering the bereaved relatives of the victims paul brennan explains the bereaved relatives of the mothers of srebrenica group of 40 for more than 2 decades for justice emerging from court they were bitterly disappointed. i'm shaken i'm surprised but i will never forgive them i will never let go of this. part of charlie's server need surgery line 1905 a crisis became a massacre thousands of terrified muslim civilians crammed into the u.n. compound seeking refuge and when serbian forces entered the town for 400 dutch un peacekeepers were outgunned and outnumbered women and men were separated and the early 8000 men and boys were taken away and murdered the supreme court case focused on 350 muslim men who the dutch peacekeepers had handed over to the serbs despite knowing the men would probably be murdered but the judges estimated that the men would have had only a 10 percent chance of survival even if they'd been allowed to stay inside the un compound the outcome is that the state bears very limited responsibility in the case of the mothers of subject matter that responsibility their liability is limited to 10 percent of the damages suffered by the remaining relatives of 350 male refugees who were staying at the compound of dutch about the dutch case is regarded as groundbreaking in establishing the governments can be held liable if the peacekeepers they send on un missions fail to protect civilians during armed conflicts but it's also been legally controversial on the dutch advocate general had called the liability irrational the claimants believe it's the 10 percent decision that's a rational oh yea or whatever those it be admitted 10 percent of liability but that still means that they admitted responsibility for the defense ministry of the netherlands and their government are responsible for genocide in srebrenica it doesn't matter one percent 10 percent or 100 percent they are responsible it's not clear what level of financial compensation the relatives might finally get that will be decided in a separate court case paul brennan al-jazeera. taiwan's president says her governments will consider granting asylum to protesters from hong kong based on humanitarian concerns sighing when was responding to reports that a group fighting a controversial extradition bell in hong kong were seeking protection the reports. during recent protests in hong kong millions of people rallied against the now withdrawn extradition bill that would have allowed people to be sent to mainland china for trial. protesters who stormed the city's legislature was so concerned they could be punished unfairly they flown to neighboring thailand to seek asylum its president has offered them support. regarding the hong kong people who've arrived in taiwan who would deal with them following humanitarian principles taiwan has had its own government since 1949 and is opposed to reunification with mainland china beijing sees taiwan as part of its territory taiwan has no formal refugee law but amnesty international says taiwan's government can provide hong kong protesters refuge based on existing regulations in article 18 there's saying the necessary assistance should be provided to hunker down in macau residents who safety and i mean for political reasons so we believe there is actually a way that one how and his government could step those those a cd ends the protest is a hoping to follow in the footsteps of hong kong bookseller lam winky he was held in china for almost 8 months for selling books critical of the chinese government he fled to taiwan in april the protesters who arrived in taiwan may not be the last at least 30 others are reportedly preparing to leave hong kong fearing for their safety victoria gave him be out there. the 41 year old man suspected of an arson attack on an animation studio in japan is said to have accused the company of stealing his ideas. fans have been laying flowers outside the kyoto studio for the 34 people who died far officials say the building did not have any sprinklers or indoor hydrants installed it is japan's worst mass killing in the decades. south africa's corruption watchdog has found that president cyril ramaphosa deliberately misled parliament about a $27000.00 campaign donation. knew nothing of the $35000.00 contribution but the public prosecutor says he's lying for me to miller has more from pretoria. cyril ramaphosa came into office volume to fight corruption we must fight corruption we must fried fraud and pollution. as well as in the private sector with the same pair pause and intensity that we want to fight in the public sector but the public protector says he deliberately misled parliament when answering questions about a campaign donation made 2 years ago from a poster who was defeated president of south africa at the time receded a nation of the tea $5000.00 when he was running for president of the african national congress but he told parliament that the money was for his son and a deal is foundation it turns out there's no foundation from up close that issued a correction saying the money was for his own campaign and he didn't know about it i have come to the conclusion they do these in marriage to the allegations relating to their suspicion of money laundering as alluded to in the complaint last the interested exposed to serve to their risk of conflict between his private interest and he's of a shared responsibilities the public protector says she has evidence that as much as $28000000.00 was channeled through various campaign trust and other beneficiary accounts linked to ram of course a good one this is from a poor search should have declared the donations to avoid a conflict of interest she wants both the president and c.e.o. of the company gavin watson investigated for money laundering this is gone beyond the parameters of simply a parliamentary misdemeanor it has got into the realms of criminal justice and certainly it will provide ammunition for several rommel pauses enemies within them within the a.n.c. who we know are many to go after his continued leadership of the party the public protector's verdict means that i'm up or so i will have to declare all donations to his campaign within 30 days the president says he'll study the report and make a decision on any further action corruption continues to be an issue the governing african national congress is battling not only is president so. facing scandal of his own his predecessor president jacob zuma is appearing some would say reluctantly before a commission of inquiry into state corruption during his 9 years in office zuma concluded his 4th day of testimony after withdrawing from proceedings saying he was being treated unfairly but later said he would return to the witness stand while south africans are looking for answers the promise of a corruption free south africa appears to be elusive leader mullah al-jazeera pretoria south africa. libya's high council of states richard visors the u.n. recognize government says warlord khalifa haftar is planning more attacks on tripoli the ahead now explains what this means for the battle for the libyan capital. the high council estate in libya says it's received intelligence information indicating that the united arab emirates egypt and france are planning to support of the world have to do without vance's weapons including sophisticated weapons and fighter jets and personnel to launch a new offensive to seize the capital tripoli that's after a 100 days of the fighting to take control of the capital tripoli. sources with the government of national called say that french fighter jets namely c. $135.00 and also a boeing $202.00 french fighter jets were noticed over at tripoli during the past 24 hours and high council estate is issuing this statement probably for 2 reasons the 1st is to uncover the 3 countries which issued a statement on the july 18th saying that all calling on the rival factions to stop the fighting and the 2nd reason is most of probably toward the international community including the united nations and the european union and also the government of national accord to one of them of the consequences of this new offensive if launch it by forces. and still ahead on al-jazeera 14 stories 55000 square meters and $1500.00 cans of paint we meet the man creating the world's largest solar mural. thousands of puerto ricans call for the governor to step down over controversial comments. and i think let's market it because i don't know what the founders were down to the people had gathered momentum see their team win and win back out of the nation they were so much but that victory didn't come. had i was enough warms and humility to be somebody big thunderstorms and a moment in the u.s. and maybe encounter but the have means that many in the last 24 hours although this east coast still looks pride but the real wet weather and violent storms are still tension the upper midwest and drifting eastwards to the science of that the story is not so much one of wet weather there as you can see the deep south the green is a look at the temperatures and then just absorb that these temperatures in july with hard humidity means but 150 americans are now under some sort of a warning for heat stress potentially fatal he stressed that's not going to last much beyond the weekend but those temperatures really are quite high and they will eventually generate some big thunderstorms which will be a relief i have to say from the heat because 2 days to go yet south of all this sun it's pretty standard where the temperatures run about the low thirty's kingston's $34.00 surprisingly hurriya chilly jamaica but the green dots are just showers could be anywhere focusing and probably out the heaviest in places like honduras or south and mexico in south america we've seen some midwinter's snow in bolivia recently a bit more rain to come the past 11 degrees but look at the songs he owns temperature water is leaking out of brazil going down towards. it's 50 years since the world watched as u.s. astronauts lost set off on a mission many to impossible or whatever then modeled as they made those 1st uncertain steps a majority. are. now join us as we look at the ingenuity and those who made the journey of apollo 11 possible. the moon landing 50 years on and al jazeera news special. the story goes that the start of an ancient greek god we meet the whips for millenia. until a palestinian fisherman and owner of the priceless relic. the story continues but as the world's attention was drawn to cars mysteriously the day it disappeared once again. the apolo of ca's. on a. hello again you're watching our desire and history of mind of our top stories this hour. iran has seized a british oil tanker in the strait of hormuz the revolutionary guards say the ship is being detained for violating maritime i believe regulations u.k. foreign secretary jeremy hunt has condemned the move us unacceptable. meanwhile u.s. president donald trump says the seizure of the tanker proves he was right to withdraw from the iran nuclear deal he says he is consulting with the u. . on how to respond. and iran has released video saying it discredits u.s. claims that it shot down one of its drones the revolutionary guard says this video was shot by the drone and proves that it returned safely to the base. u.s. secretary of state mike pompei as praise to argentina for declaring the lebanese group hezbollah a terrorist organization pompei it was in buenos aires where he attended a ceremony to mark the 25th anniversary of an attack on a jewish center which left 85 people dead argentina has blamed hezbollah and iran for the bombing both deny any involvement speaking at a counterterrorism summits pompei a promised greater u.s. cooperation and commitment in the region and elsewhere with. america looking in general terms for allies of the united states war against terrorism more specifically in the war of words against iran he's found it here in argentina his timing was perfect arriving the day off the 25th anniversary of the attack on the army jewish cultural center in one of cyrus in which 85 people were killed 2 years previous to that the israeli embassy just a short distance from here was also destroyed 29 people killed those were attacks at the argentine north or it is blamed specifically on the hezbollah group more generally against iran by usually a lot of the majority of the countries in the region agree that hizbollah is dangerous for us all his blood because of its links with other terrorist organizations which are present here the united states has said it will do all it can to help argentina in the search for what they call the perpetrators of those crimes something that iran has always said it was not involved in bombing was cured up by his. regime. as announced at the ministerial he notices congress taking actions against some on relief some monotype as well operative for his role as the underground coordinator for that attack but what's in it for argentina support for president craig from the trumpet ministration for his reelection in elections in october and other allies with the united states in their fight against left wing governments in the region in cuba venezuela and nicaragua thousands of people are rallying in puerto rico for another day demanding the governor's resignation ricardo resellers accused of corruption sexism and homophobia after all my chats between him and his closest allies were leaked messages show them walking women and disabled victims of hurricane maria a fellow has so far refused to step down. health officials are struggling to contain enable the epidemic in the democratic republic of congo the world health organization has declared it an international public health emergency and there are now fears that a lack of leadership on the ground will lead to a greater crisis james bass has this report from the united nations. once again africa is confronted with one of the world's most contagious and deadly diseases 1600 deaths in the democratic republic of congo and for now cases of a boat continue to rise the last major outbreak of the disease was in 2014 then the u.n. set up a special mission the united nations mission for a boat emergency response or. tony banbury was the u.n. official in charge he's been watching the response to the latest outbreak with frustration we need a much more comprehensive response and until that happens until there's political leadership in till there's a crisis operations leadership on the ground we're just going to see the current of both crisis and the deer get worse do you believe that political considerations perhaps have trumped the the public health ones here i heard a very senior official from w.h.o. on the radio saying one reason they delayed declaring an international public health emergency was precisely because of opposition within the dear think government it was said loud and clear by a senior official and for those of us who were thrust into the 2014 crisis very late in the game it was devastating to hear that frankly because that was one of the big mistakes from the 2014 crisis the un's top humanitarian official admits that the global response to a boat is badly underfunded we hope there will be a much stronger international response one of the things i have been. noting is that the response i think to the last outbreak which attracted this. state has. involved $2000000000.00 in an area to graphically which is comparable to that we do with a nice to see now with a population which is not so wildly different we have at the moment only a fraction of that in 2014 the crisis was even seen as a potential threat to international peace and security the security council met to discuss the situation no such meetings are planned this time mr bambery who 5 years ago was the one brief the security council says that shows there's not yet the global leadership needed to defeat this latest outbreak james al-jazeera at the united nations. germany's chancellor has insisted she is fit to remain in office until our term ends next year the spite speculation over health anglo-american has been seen suffering several bouts of shaking in public in recent weeks the conservative leader returned 65 on wednesday has been in office since 2005 she says she understands the concern but is feeling good it's meant as a person i also have a high personal interest in my health because 2021 is the end of my political work but then i hope that there will be another life and i would like to continue that healthy and dominant cain has more from berlin. questions 1st emerged about angular merkel's health several weeks ago when she suffered a bout of shaking during the official ceremony welcoming the head of government to the german capital at the time she shrugged off the suggestions of her poor health saying it was dehydration but repeated instances of shaking during official visits had renewed speculation about her health but in the news conference on friday where she spoke to the world's media for an hour and a half fielding dozens of questions the one question about her health she treated in a jocular manner saying she was perfectly well and able to carry out her term of office which is still to run for a further 2 years she also says she has plans for her retirement suggesting that she has no intention of going anywhere anytime soon the point to make here is the vast far most media outlets and indeed mainstream politicians have shied away from speculating too much about the state of anger the macro's health it all views the given her position as chancellor of germany and as an important political figure both in europe and the rest of the world there are those who wonder what might happen were she to be seriously unwell the point to make is that she says that she is not seriously unwell and that she intends to carry out her job for as long as she can. well it says of hundreds of people who died in one of europe's worst maritime disasters have lost their claim for compensation its 152 people died when the m.s.s. tony has sank in the baltic sea in 1904 and the hayward has to support. the m.s.s. stoniest sank in the baltic sea in the early hours of the morning almost 25 years ago 989 people were on board when it set out from estonia persuaded and only 137 survived. 4 years survivors and the victims' families have been fighting for compensation but a french court has now thrown. case to. it's very disappointing i know the compensation to be pronounced against. find it quite exaggerated to say the least of the 2022 years of proceedings i think the victims could have been through. it has been a long journey for the families to get to this point they were seeking damages of $46000000.00 from a german shipbuilder and french there to pick asian agency which it said the ship was sea worthy. but the court ruled against the family's claims impound there was a lack of intentional polt attributable to either maya but. many still want to know how this accident could have happened so by both reported how the car ferry travelling between talent and stock sank in freezing water within minutes an investigation back in 1997 found that the rough seas caused the bow daughter open flooding the contact on to criticize the crew most of the victims' bodies would never occur but more maine's the most deadly maritime disaster in peacetime european waters and the hayward has or. at least 8 people have been killed and dozens injured in an explosion outside kabul university in afghanistan's capital the blast happened as students waited near the campus gate to take an exam police say they defused a 2nd bomb found nearby there's been no claim of responsibility. thousands of algerian have returned to the streets demanding a change of government. protesters say they want a complete political overhaul and the ruling elites to be held accountable for corruption nationwide demonstrations began 5 months ago they led to president abdelaziz bouteflika resignation and his 20 year rule. cosmo's prime minister is resigning for a 2nd time because he's been called to appear in front of a war crimes court in the netherlands next week. deny he was a rebel commander in the cause of the liberation army he went on to become prime minister he 1st resigned in 2005 when he was indicted by the u.n. war crimes tribunal which tried and acquitted him twice is now called on kossovo to hold a snap election to find a replacement for him. as from this moment on we are in resignation as a government the reason is that they have been invited to be questioned as a suspect by the special court where i will appear next week so i consider that they cannot go to the question as a head of a governor and but as an ordinary civilian as a revolutionary dealing with. the former president of the. 3rd government subpoena over alleged corruption during his time in office. was summoned to the ministry on friday but failed to appear instead he's barricaded himself and his supporters at his home outside the capital stephanie decker port's . kyrgyzstan's former president back at him by a looks relaxed as you walk through this wife at their home close to the capital bishkek but he is a wanted man he has so far refused to abate various government subpoenas demanding he face questioning over allegations of corruption during his time in office between 20112017. he has barricaded himself inside his residence and threaten to use weapons against anyone who tries to remove him his supporters are also at his home in court tash a 30 minute drive from the capitol hill with. more of people coming to my house to comply with the illegal resolution of the parliament and the illegal instruction of today's illegitimate president i will use my weapon inside my house i don't want to obey lawlessness i want to see an example that fighting injustice is actually a good godly cause the charges against the former president reportedly include alleged corrupt dealings during the modernization of a power plant the acquisition of land and the illegal release from jail of a new tourist crime boss members of kyrgyzstan's parliament voted unanimously in june to strip him by of of his immunity as a former head of state since independence in 1909 following the breakup of the soviet union several care his government officials have been accused of corruption and economic mismanagement including at him by abs one time ally the current president sir and by jane because i think for somebody very successful in this evolution there is a sort of thing in. her. or a lot of calls to establish i believe this is a very good while they're trying to form their personal relationship relationship out over this song about the country antigovernment protests toppled presidents in 20052010 cubits law states that a person who refuses to comply with 2 subpoenas can be forcibly detained for questioning and that hasn't happened so far nothing but has been given his sort of momentum but that america is not well treated with the he being a more vocal or leader i think it's more because of the who was the one woman in the overall situation in the country because this is the president well his position for almost 2 years now and in the period we cannot observe major reforms at him by i have says the case against him is quote built on rumors and filthy fantasies the standoff goes on stephanie decker. and to the u.s. now where the president donald trump is blaming fake news for the backlash against racist chance at his campaign rally in north carolina on wednesday there's been an outpouring of support for the somali born congresswoman and one home are. supporters chanted send her back at the event.

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