Military aid about 4 100000000. 00 to ukraine and apparently that caused some confusion among u. S. Diplomats ambassador bill taylor who was of the embassador to ukraine said are we now saying that sect that Security Assistance and white house meeting are conditioned on investigation he wrote that in a text the answer came from ambassador to the e. U. Gordon sunderland who is a trump supporter and was a donor prior to his appointment he said call me bill taylor pressed forward a few days later saying i think its crazy to withhold Security Assistance for help with a Political Campaign then suddenly and immediately responded bill i believe you are incorrect about president trumps intentions the president has been Crystal Clear no quid pro quo of any kind so as you see that last statement is what trump has been pointing to in these Text Messages changes as. His own defense but its notable kemal that when ambassador sunland sent that and sent that text it was just as whistleblower report was being made public in the United States just keeps they can doesnt it saudis or castro and capitol hill thank you still ahead on aljazeera troubled waters on the nile why egypt and other countries are worried by the largest dam in africa. And were looking at how young voters in person will shape the countrys next general election. Hello there we have got some rain across the middle east is knows exactly why its spread you can see where the cloud is across more areas tools east but as we go through the next couple days some rain showers pushing into southern areas of iran and working their way across into southern areas of pakistan as well its already cooled off quite a bit across much of afghanistan 20 celsius in kabul and then the cloud and the rain pushes further in the general direction so reading comes in much of central and Northern Areas of pakistan but drying out across much of iran meanwhile some showers to northern turkey much cooler and on sunday a high that of 19 degrees celsius so some nice sunshine in beirut with a high of 29 is still pretty warm across much of the Arabian Peninsula fairly calm conditions no real strong winds and focus so still feeling quite humid particular in doha soften a 37. 00 is the High Temperature is gone is the clouds along the southern areas of both oman and on into yemen temperature wise its in the late thirtys and muscat weve got 30 celsius on sunday and then into Southern Africa the temperatures a still in the high side 70 calls into a double in johannesburg there is some cloud just a sliding by the south coast 21 is a high there few cape town on saturday. Recently reelected for a 2nd 5 year tam. We asked the president of a battle waged Election Fraud and corruption theres been allegations made against you even how corrupt is the president of. Al jazeera. Top stories for you this hour on aljazeera at least 50 iraqis have died in 2 and a half 1000 have been injured and for days and nights of unrest members of parliament are being summoned to an emergency meeting on saturday to address the protests many demonstrators that define curfews d to step up their demands protestors in hong kong appear to be defying a ban on face masks which is now in effect groups of demonstrators have come out in parts of the city setting up fiery blockades in the streets hours after the announcement of the chief executive kerry lamb. On the u. S. State department is facing a deadline to hand over documents relating to the whistleblower complaint that sparked the impeachment inquiry at the same time ukraines top Prosecutor Says he will read several criminal cases including a company at the center of Donald Trumps impeachment inquiry. American tech giant microsoft says a cyber group believed to have links to the iranian government has targeted accounts related to a us president ial campaign the company says the cyber group called phosphorus has targeted hundreds of accounts including those of current and former u. S. Government officials and journalists more on this one with Patty Callahan in washington what more can you tell us. Well microsoft just put out this statement saying that this group as you mentioned phosphorous they say theyre linked to iran and to the reigning government i think its important to point out that microsoft has not provided any proof of that but they are making the allegation as you mentioned for the 1st time were hearing that potentially the u. S. President ial campaign was targeted by a Foreign Government they also said journalists and also human rights activists and prominent arabians inside the u. S. So in all microsoft says that the iranians looked at 2700 different emails they try to drive track down exactly you can probably guess what somebody is email addresses if you know their name and you know what theyre using and of those 2700 that they looked into they attempted to hack into 241 accounts they go on to say that this wasnt exactly sophisticated or all that effective actually because they say they were only able to get into for accounts and they did so by basically using Public Knowledge trying to figure out someones phone number or other emails associated with that email so that they could try to hack into him but he had microsoft saying that only 4 individuals were impacted none of them with a president ial campaign but a little bit different in 2016 i think it was taken back by all that was happening out in happened in retrospect but now microsoft to say were going to send the message that when we see this were going to say it interesting stuff thank you for that political line in washington. Denuclearization talks between north korea in the United States and use restart on saturday in sweden because the north giving up its Nuclear Weapons in return for the lifting of sanctions have been stalled for months now when he has moved from the south korean capital. There have been plenty of handshakes and historic moments in this new age of diplomacy on the Korean Peninsula some concessions have been made by the parties involved but theres been no progress towards the denuclearization of north korea speaking at the United NationsGeneral Assembly on monday north koreas ambassador blamed the United States only hopes on e. Q. It depends on the u. S. On whether the d. P. R. K. U. S. Negotiations will become a window of opportunity or an occasion that will hasten the crisis the last summit between u. S. President donald trump and north Korean Leader kim jong un in hanoi in february ended early without a deal or even any significant announcements the holo diplomacy continued in june with another symbolic meeting at the Demilitarized Zone but no substance then and none since the hanoi summit broke down because of a gulf between the 2 sides which the United States may now be willing to partially bridge they had wanted complete verifiable denuclearization before offering any sanctions relief the North Koreans wanted most sanctions lifted in exchange for the dismantling of their main nuclear facility. Trump is now talked about a new approach which could include offering to lift some sanctions in exchange for the destruction of the Yongbyon NuclearResearch Complex the us president recently blamed his former National Security adviser for past failings of john bolton fired back saying maximum pressure must be maintained on kim jong un he may try to get relief from International Sanctions he may make some concessions but under current circumstances he will never give up the Nuclear Weapons voluntarily this year north korea has continued to develop its short and Medium Range Missile technology conducting tests 11 times its most recent came just hours after the resumption of talks was announced. Trump says hes not concerned about the tests which some experts believe designed to strengthen their negotiating position you know this has to lower the bar of demands are on north korea when it enters into a working level negotiations otherwise north korea will continue to increase its capability to pose a direct threat to the very National Security of the state is unlikely to be any major outcome from the resumption in talks but if a deal is reached any time soon it may be left to a potential 3rd trump him summit to announce it when hey al jazeera solve a former colleague of the murdered saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi says his phone has been hacked for months by saudi and emirates the agents here by daddy has worked closely with clash of ji on arab Media Projects and is now a democracy activists living in norway hostile g. Of course killed by saudi hit squad in istanbul just over a year ago but about the was among several of his friends warned by the cia of potential threats to their lives Israeli Soldiers of opened fire on protesters in gaza killing one of them and injuring at least 18 others gazas ministry of health says 28 year old died after being shot in the chest the friday protest major barrier was the latest in 18 months of demonstrations on the border against the israeli siege water its a Precious Resource in east africa and several countries depend on the river nile but now a new dam in ethiopia could threaten supply downstream so sudan ethiopia and egypt are holding a meeting in khartoum to discuss sharing all that water the reports from. This factory is making baby clothes destined for the u. S. But it has a problem its out of electricity running on a diesel generator much to the frustration of human the sites manager who wants to go green and it was up to him bottoms were neutral spoke about the war going to already know that you know the direction of the field ethiopia has done what most countries thought impossible ethiopians half of whom live on less than 2 dollars a day raised 4000000000. 00 to build africas the largest hydroelectric dam on the worlds biggest waterway the river nile without any assistance from International Donors the grander innocence dam is now near completion and this is making countries downstream nervous among them egypt because it gets 90 percent of its fresh water from the river nile how. Do you recognize in them you hear these words going in a sense. For you to watch of the night. And in the night egypt wants more water than ethiopia is ready to supply the dams reservoir is the size of Greater London if build too quickly egypt will fall short of water the issues 100 percent income garmans are scientists and see what is going going this is had reported on doesnt consume or think he took his own small tool right to use it some bristles but talks between the knowledge sharing countries are stalling intention is arising. Last year ethiopia accused egypt of sending rebels to neighboring a rich to sabotage the dam prompting another knowledge sharing country sudan to send its troops to its border. While this is the rainy season here in ethiopia and waterways are overflowing bringing power to peoples homes and farmland for most of the year this river is a slow trickle because egypt controls most of the flow of the river nile into its cause. 3 at least for now ethiopias dam will start producing electricity next year with the potential of providing power to the entire horn of africa where most live off Grid Clean Energy to a promising and rising economy its neighbors may be worried about the effects but it seems there is no stopping ethiopias ambitions Nicholas Hawk al jazeera. The greek Prime Minister is accuse turkey of failing to control the flow of migrants and refugees into europe and of exploiting the crisis. In numbers crossing the see have sharply increased this year following a relative lull since the peak of the crisis 3 years ago those comments come as the greek government changes its refugee distribution policy. Turkey as stated in the joint declaration must also assume its responsibilities it has the ability to control the flow in the museum it cannot give the impression that this issue is being exploited for its geo political pursuits i want to be clear this issue is here to stay europe is and will be a magnet for migration from asia and africa the phenomenon will continue and is likely to intensify that is why we need unity maturity and planning. Now is where students head back to university there is one key thing students are urging leaders are urging them to do and that is register to vote ahead of the possibility of a general election and i would look at that now from southampton. So. Its an exciting time for new students in southampton at 18 full of hope and ambition living away from home and with the prospect of being old enough to vote in any upcoming u. K. Election theyre all starting college like a sport and prepares to leap to a u. The result of a referendum they were too young to vote. The fact its taken 3 years and like it was now i would. Wear us like i wasnt able to vote i feel like its affecting. My vote maybe things may have turned out differently 2 years ago remain. So youre making it so difficult for us i dont think thats a motion to stick by it bridged of the student leaders are calling on young people to get on the electoral roll so they can vote if theres a general election the u. K. Prime minister is reported to have wanted october the 15th as an election date so fewer University Students would have had time to register so soon after starting a new term she didnt have such a powerful voice but so often the marginalized its his disgraceful because that. New generation of leaders and they said were having a say southampton is split politically at the moment so every vote will matter the student population here runs into tens of thousands so if they choose to vote it will have a big impact on the result here if there is an election and of course here in southampton there is a highly marginal constituency at the last election there were just 31. 00 votes in it in 2017 younger people tended to bhopal labor and other smaller parties rather than both conservative yet the older generation still go to the polls in bigger numbers Younger Voters are certainly a significant part of the electorate in any forthcoming general election one thing thats important to say is that as we have an aging population and the rates of turnout still higher among older voters its easy to overestimate the extent to which the youth vote is going to swing it in a particular constituency and that since you know every vote counts when this generation of students graduate in 2022 the impact to britains plan departure from the European Union on younger people looking for work should be clearer and he would in southampton. For the 1st time in more than a century the ethiopian capital out of sabah is hosting the peoples thanksgiving event but it is against a backdrop of growing ethnic tensions in the country creel now reports. The o. P. s iconic mess hall square has been completely blocked off for this event known as the you reach peace festival at the liberated by one of the opiate the largest ethnic groups the world more people and say theyre expecting hundreds of thousands of people turned out today in fact the or a more tourism i would estimate it would be more than a 1000000 people thats the band its going to be about giving the bounty the cost. And 2016 though it was modified violence at this very festival about an hour away from here at tempe to kill more than 50 people government so security is very tight here today of something but joyous and thankful that the 1st time the spectacle had to be held here in the center. In more than a 100 years i do truly european fashion Something Special to go there and thats the big giving during every now and again the sun comes out. Of the headlines on aljazeera at least 50 iraqis have died 2 and a half 1000 have been injured in 4 days and nights of on wrists members of parliament are being summoned to an emergency meeting on saturday to address the purchased many demonstrators are defying the curfew so to step up to moments with iraqs highest religious authority the grand ayatollah sistani has a huge purchases and secure shes not to use violence. And. We hope that the voices of reason and logic can prevail for the best interests of the country all the officials have the responsibility to make the right decisions to move forward everyone should be aware of the danger of excessive violence before it is too late of headlines a ban on wearing face masks during illegal protests came into effect in hong kong an hour ago chief executive carol lam said the ban was designed to deter people from demonstrating but its had little impact so far with people lighting fires and blockading roads ukraines top Prosecutor Says he will reexamine criminal cases including the company at the center of Donald Trumps impeachment inquiry it comes as the u. S. State department is facing a deadline set by the House Intelligence Committee to hand over all documents in the case Israeli Soldiers have opened fire on protesters