That it would make no concessions until there was a full ceasefire ahead of these talks starting there had been a token gesture in Northern Aleppo province an exchange of 15 regime prisoners and 15 opposition prisoners but as far as goodwill goes there is little in the way of optimism in the Syrian Opposition camp. On thursday there was a range of bilateral meetings the head of the iranian delegation told aljazeera after a meeting with the russian delegation that he was optimistic of a good outcome over a political settlement and seen is set for some sort of settlement with observers from the neighboring countries of iraq and lebanon on here for the 1st time and jordan is also here but is there any traction for a political settlement which will see a Constitutional Committee formed much as work has been done on this but with it there is a problem as far as a civilians are concerned who have suffered so much in this conflict the saying well as talk theres hope rings a very very dull tone in their ears and its hardly surprising. Now women in saudi arabia will no longer need the permission of male guardians to travel or obtain a passport after the kingdom is here just series of decrees the changes are part of sweeping social reforms led by crown Prince Mohammed bin solomon its unclear when the order will take effect saudi arabia has long Face International criticism over the treatment of women as 2nd class citizens. Lots more to come here including a vote for any democrat in 2020 years a vote for the rise of radical socialism. Back on the campaign trail President Trump makes immigration top of the agenda. The floods are receding but the threat to millions is rising well have the natives from bangladesh. And i this good some of the cross much of europe but also some some of thunderstorms a little air is a cloud on the satellite in the last few hours in particular this massive cloud here lying across the alps as switzerland oh northern asli some very strong amounts of rain. As well and that will stay pretty much in the forecast route friday due to some warnings in place across this entire region just pushing down to into the northwest the balkans for against strong thunderstorms and strong gusty winds even the risk of tornadoes as well as a northwest were in between 2 systems on friday so a mostly dry day across much of the u. K. Through much of northern central france a warm day in paris with a high of 28 celsius about the same really on saturday but that is when that next system pushes in across the u. K. And that kind of trading down into fall north and west of fronts but a bad day in kid 21 degrees celsius on saturday there is that rain working its way further towards the east book arrest could be what a few with a high of 29 degrees celsius warm and dry across much of Northern Africa want to put some piece of clouding say has some just streaming across those coastal areas of algeria but a warm day certainly friday into tunis 140 degrees celsius 30 celsius mbanga for you better in robot with a high of 25 and about the same the as we head off into saturday. Whether sponsored by catalona is. 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The south Korean Military says north korea has launched a short range missile from its eastern cares if its confirmed it would be the 3rd such launch in just over a week if the rebels in yemen have carried out a major attack the saudi backed forces a military parade was hit by a missile in aden and it comes just weeks after the u. A. E. Began to reduce its military presence in yemen. Sudans military jointer has dismissed and detained 9 members of a Paramilitary Group it says a responsible for the killing of protesters in amman and el obeyed doctors say at least 5 people were killed in nationwide marches on thursday demonstrate. Were rallying against the killing on monday of at least 6 other protesters the military gent is blaming the Paramilitary Rapid support forces for the deaths. A year since the outbreak of ebola in the democratic republic of congo and the death toll is rising 2 more cases have been detected in the major city of goma and thats from to draw under to briefly close its border with. Catherine soy has more now from the kenyan capital nairobi. On a normal morning this main Border Crossing between the democratic republic of congo and rwanda is busy with people going back and forth 15000 people use this crossing daily as families visit relatives and traders stick their goods to the market millions of dollars a maid in buda trade every year but for a few hours on thursday the barriers were closed the rundown government saying it wanted to evaluate a boiler situation in the congolese city of goma. The decision taken by a wonder to close the border its not a good decision where people. Have been checked a bit yeah on the border. We crossed over yesterday and we didnt have any problems here but a large quantity of corn but this morning we came back to get our goods and before bidders from crossing into rwanda because the Customs Office was not working quiet about it and he said its because of the polar. Health workers in goma say theyre well prepared and are continuing to trace people who could have made contact with a ball of victims when the World Health Organization declared ebola in the d. R. See a Public Health emergency of International Concern of the shawls want countries against closing borders saying people may start using informal crossings where there are no proper medical check points and this could just make things west were talking hundreds of process more. So thats kind of its counterproductive because it interferes with their insultingly feeling find another way or more remote here is where if you can go across the need to find a different way. A Vaccination Campaign is underway and other regions in the eastern d r c but a controversial proposal by the World Health Organization to deploy a new 2nd vaccine for Clinical Trials is raising concern this new maxine thats being discussed is one that requires 2 doses about 56 days apart so theres a lot of discussion about if we know we have an effective vaccine thats being used and has taken so long to get acceptance by the population if theres enough of that deck scene and we know its effective why introduce another vaccine into into this outbreak for now at the border travelers are relieved that operations are back to not only but many people in this city of around 2000000 are afraid of the disease that has arrived on the doorstep may spread catherine sorry aljazeera nairobi kenya. The u. K. Prime minister baraks johnson has suffered his 1st electro defeat his governing conservative party lost a by election in brecon in wales leaving it with a one vote majority in parliament the seat was taken by the pro e. U. Liberal democrats. And that makes it much harder for the Prime Minister to post through his plans for a possible no deal brecks it impala meant lets go live now to our correspondent in london rory chalons so he now has this way 5th in majority of one seed how should we interpret what should we read into this result yet just 8 days into his premiership Boris Johnson has had a bit of an electoral cold shower yeah as you say his majority in the house of parliament has been whittled down so just one seats what this means is that he is going to have to rely on the unity of the conservative party and the support of the Democratic Unionist Party northern arash politicians who helped to prop up the reason mays government as well they will be instrumental in propping up Boris Johnsons government it will he be able to pass any significant legislation is going to be very difficult to do that because as we all know weve seen multiple different examples of this over recent months the conservative party is essentially in open civil war over brechts it with different ways of the conservatives wanting to take the country in Different Directions and we have only less than 100. 00 days to go until bretts its so this is going to be a very difficult position for us johnsons try and work his party through barrie chalons live in london thank you. And president john boehner is back on the campaign trail taking his 2020 reelection bid to Cincinnati Ohio there he launched a blistering attack on his democratic rivals but the issue of immigration soon became the big talking point how did you castro was there. Democrat lawmakers care more about illegal aliens a Protester Holding a banner reading immigrants built america took the air out of trumps speech for about 5 minutes but the president largely avoided attacking minority and immigrant leaders by name a practice his opponents had labeled racist instead trump doubled down on criticism of the majority africanamerican city of baltimore the homicide rate in baltimore is significantly higher than el salvador honduras guatemala i believe its higher than afghanistan thousands of supporters have lined up for hours to attend the rally hes only saying the truth and i dont know how thats racist if to say a place is trash hes not racist at all hes just merely pointing out the problems that exist in our society and were just going to have to correct trump pointed to the declining number of border arrests as a product of his hardline policies despite criticism of his administrations detention of children in squalid conditions trump lauded his crackdown at the border and the numbers are way down youll see that way way down. Democrat lawmakers care more about illegal aliens than they care about their own constituents they put forward citizens before american citizens were not going to do that the last few days have seen the democratic president ial candidates in the spotlight back to back televised debates with trump attacking their performance polling shows Democratic Front runner joe biden leads trump by 8 points in ohio at this early stage of the election season a vote for any democrat in 2020 years a vote for the rise of radical socialism and the destruction of our great our beautiful our wonderful American Dream were not going to lead our country ever go down the route of socialism. The trunk Campaign Says ohio is a must win state in 2020 this bellwether state has in fact the president ial winner nationally going on more than 50 years and so we will hear much more about trial as the battleground between front and the democratic nominee joe castro aljazeera Cincinnati Ohio. The puerto ricos governor is sitting down but his replacement is facing political and legal challenges ricardos rose who was forced to resign after widespread protests over leaked obscene messages as well as over government corruption hes put forward former u. S. Congressman droopy or louis c. To take over but some members of the house of representatives say the senate must approve it. Saving measures in being declared in 6 provinces in indonesia for as far as a burning across the country almost 6500 of his have been sent to control them satellites have to take. Tive 96 separate places on some ultra and borneo lands alone theyve raised more than 30000 hectares of land on forests many may have been lit deliberately by farmers to clear land for planting. More than 100 people have been killed in weeks of flooding in bangladesh now as the waters recede Health Workers are concerned about a new problem the spread of disease time to challenge the reports. Thousands across bangladesh have lost their homes due to heavy flooding and landslides over 7000000 people have been affected and 163000 hectares of cropland damage in 28 distinct according to Bangladesh Red Crescent Society families have been struggling with the impact of the floods the worst in 2 years many are now facing the elements without any kind of protection shilpi big mother of 6 children is finding it hard to cope with the situation. Its hard to compete the children a full square meal when theres so much water still around and their father cant find work when theres a flood we somehow manage to survive on dr rice pops many communities are finding it difficult to access food and little aid has arrived so far. If we got some financial help then we could rebuild our home somehow we could then manage to live a normal life thats all we want. Over 40000. 00 children are been kept out of schools which have either been too damaged to access or are being used as makeshift shelters and. There is water everywhere in my home and at school i can study at home and now we are lagging behind in study. The majority of bangladeshi lives in rural areas most of home rely on every culture for their livelihood and its this communities that have been hit the hardest according to environment experts bangladesh is becoming increasingly more vulnerable to Climate Change especially those living in river islands and coastal belts severe flooding has left many bangladesh is at risk of disease and hunger crops up then washed away a life stock sale and fisheries room although water is receding in some places what effect that communities have lost their means to make a living and which are very well just set up for bangladesh. Find out more about all the days top stories on the aljazeera website aljazeera dot com lots of analysis lots of background lots of good pictures to. Thank you look at the top stories here it is near a south koreas president has issued a strong warning to japan describing his decision to remove his countrys preferred trade status as reckless at an emergency Cabinet Meeting. In blamed for worsening the situation and threaten to retaliate tensions have been rising since south Korea Supreme Court ordered japanese firms to pay compensation for using force labor during the 2nd world war. Oh japans decision is a reckless decision that projects diplomatic efforts to solve the problem and rather worsens the situation i express my deep regret and north korea has launched a short range missile for missiles from its eastern coast according to the south Korean Military is the 3rd launch in just over a week north koreas state media released these images on thursday of leader kim jong il overseeing the test firing of a new Rocket Launcher system south korea says pyongyang fired 2 short range ballistic missiles. Heres the rebels in yemen have carried out a major attack on saudi backed forces a military parade was hit by a missile in aden killing 36 people it happens just weeks after the u. A. E. Began to reduce its military presence in yemen. And syrian state media reports a conditional cease fire has been reached in the last rebel held province of italy but so far theres been no response from the opposition at least 2 children were killed in fighting in it say and this is video that appears to show Syrian Government forces bombing villages in nearby hama more than 400 civilians have been killed in northwestern syria since late april. That women in saudi arabia will no longer need the permission of male guardians to travel or obtain a passport after the kingdom is either a series of decrees the change is a part of sweeping social reforms led by crown Prince Mohammed bin selman its unclear when the order will take effect saudi arabia has long Face International criticism over the treatment of women as 2nd class citizens. Sudans military has dismissed and detained 9 members of a Paramilitary Group it says are responsible for the killing of protesters in on do a man and obeyed doctor say least 5 people were killed in nationwide marches and say. The stream is next. The saudi u. A. E. War on yemen has led to thousands of deaths and left millions hungry what role has the u. S. Played in the worlds worst humanitarian crisis longest is the entity that has the right to begin and end wars Robert Malley a top advisor on the middle east to president obama talks to al jazeera a. 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