>> saudi arabia stops more mosque attacks arresting 400 people suspected of belonging to isil. hello, you're watching al jazeera. also on the show defiance in tehran. tehran's supreme leader says that the new nuclear deal does not change iran's policy towards the u.s. in iraq a car bomb kills 100

people. and in california flames across a busy highway. >> we'll bring you breaking news out of saudi arabia. it has arrested 141 people suspected of belonging to isil. the arrests were made over the past few weeks and include people from across the middle east and africa. the ministry also said it has broken up six other planned attacks. >> within the past few weeks we have put an end to isil and saudi arabia. this has been organized outside of the kingdom of saudi arabia. 441 individuals have been arrested. isil is trying to create a rift in the king. it wants to create terror cells.

>> earlier we spoke via skype to editor in chief in the saudi capital of riyadh. they welcomed the arrests. >> isis lives to create chaos. they want to create chaos around us. so for solution we have to go up to iraq and bring an end to it. then we can spend a period. for sigh citizen. >> in his first speech since a historic nuclear deal, it has

asuesed washington of arrogance. >> chanting death to america and death to israel. it said that iran will not change its behavior and will continue to support what it called honest fighters in palestine. >> we'll never stop supporting our friends in palestine, lebanon, bahrain even our policy towards the u.s. and israel will not change. of course we don't welcome a war. if a war does happen here, the one who will exit the war with humiliation is america. >> we spoke with a former research fellow for security studies with special interests

with iran and iraq. i asked him what the response would be by the u.s. congress. >> i don't think people in congress need more evidence for whatever it is that they were going to resist. you can see from this from the speech president obama gave where he's trying to stress the points they won and saying that the glass is half full for us just as president obama came in saying that the glass is half full for the iranians. >> i wonder if you agree that the policies will remain at odds when it comes to other issues and that the nuclear deal is just an exception. >> that is the line he was pursuing for the last couple of years. but he said if this goes well we might be able to talk about other issues as well. i think he's trying to keep the door both open and shut at the same time.

>> the govern of real riyala closed parks where 150 people were killed. a car packed with explosives blew up northeast of the capital. we have reports from baghdad. >> the governor has called for three days of warning after the attack there this year. the explosives were detonated as they celebrated the festival. a suicide-bomber drove his explosive-packed car into the middle of the marketplace. >> you can see businesses have been damaged. why would anyone want to do this? this is a day that everyone should be celebrating. >> bodies were being pulled from the republic, angry crowds protest. social media accounts linked to isil claim responsibility for

the attacks. isil also said that the attack was revenge for the iraqi government's continuing campaigns a fighters and the death of sunni muslims. as three days into morning have been declared. public places have been closed to prevent other attacks. imran khan al jazeera, baghdad. >> houthi fighters say that they have killed a number of rebels in southern yemen. [ explosions ] >> a local armed resistence group said that dozens of houthis were capture: medical sources in aden said that five civilians have been killed by houthi rebels. two were shot dead and three others were killed. on friday yemen's president

aggravated that aden had been liberateed from huts houthi houthies. the man who killed four marines has died. he was shot dead by a police officer. investigators are looking into a seven-month trip he made to jordan to see if it's linked to the crime. a wildfire has destroyed cars homes and roads in southern california. hundreds of firefighters and aircraft have been battling the flames. >> the flames caught motorists by surprise as the fire swept across this packed rode along the mountains. >> they said to get our stuff and go, and we did. >> all of a sudden a huge fire started coming over the road,

burning all the cars. people were running up the hill. people were going off the hill. it was just a nightmare. >> the wildfires started in surrounding foothills before bearing down on the main highway. the area is a tinderbox vegetation is parched from prolonged drought. flames spread 500-hectares of land burn for hours. local tv stations filmed aircraft dropping water and flame retardant. on the ground 1,000 firefighters try to contain the fire. vehicles have been destroyed but so far no injuries have been reported. al jazeera. >> a shopping mall in kenya has reopened two years after being attacked by by al-shabab fighters. 67 people died during the

four-day siege. four men with grenades and weapons took over the westgate mall. >> i'm from the fragrance lounge. we're ready to reopen at westgate. >> it was the worst day ever. i had to come back to the mall in a few weeks to recover the stock. initially it was very hard for me to get back in, but needed to do it. we're ready to open. security has taken measures and

we invite people to come back here. i feel like we should come together as a community and support because as a country we're going through this as a country we're not going this at just westgate because it can happen anywhere at any time. it's not that it's going happen again. we're here ready to do what we are supposed to do. we urge everybody to support us. the security is yes, we have moved from where we were. we're much better than we were two years back, but i think we have a longer way to go. >> still to come on al jazeera. one step at a time. the high altitude bringing quake relief to nepal's isolated villages. and we'll tell a bedtime story about children, fathers and a big bad wolf called technology.

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>> welcome back. let's retap the headlines. saudi arabia has arrested 341 people suspected of belonging to isil. the ministry said that it broke up another six planned attacks. security has been stepped up in diyala where people were killed in a suicide-bomb explosion. they have closed public parks and entertainment venues

declaring three days of mourning mourning. advance supreme leaders said that the deal nuclear deal with the u.s. will not change its policies towards israel and the u.s. the nuclear deal for iran is seen as a major success. and just a string of achievements. but barack obama still faces a few challenges before his term in the white house ends. >> you can even see it in the way he walks. suddenly for u.s. president barack obama fired up more than a campaign. >> hello naacp. that's clear after he explained his mood in a recent radio interview. >> i know what i'm doing and i'm fearless. >> the picture has had a picture perfect last few months. reacting in the overawful after

the supreme court celt his signature health insurance in place. he re-established diplomatic ties with cuba after five decades and now has an international deal on iran's nuclear program. he has defined what the pundits have been saying for years. >> is obama already a lame duck president. >> this makes him a very lame duck president. >> is he already a lame duck? >> it seems that the president would disagree. he's speaking out with more force on some of the toxic political issues in the u.s. like gun control. >> i've had to make statements like this too many times. >> and on race ♪ amazing grace ♪ >> uniting a congregation in song after a racially-motivated shooting. shooting. >> that's nonsense and you

should know better. >> he isn't done. it's possible he'll get through criminal justice reforms and reduce sentencing for non-violent drug prisoners. often presidential legacies are shaped by events outside of their control. >> so much is out of his control. whatever the world leaders do are out of his control. terrorist attacks are out of his patrol. >> the president still faces isil the building of iraq, the stand off in ukraine and he needs to get the iran deal past congress and then saiding deciding whether to threaten israel by supporting palestine.

>> ugly scenes in australia between groups and anti-racist demonstrators. nationalist groups were holding a so-called reclaim australia rally. the police used pepper spray to break up groups. state parliament was blocked. greek banks will reopen on monday with higher withdraw limits. the announcement by the government caused a cabinet reshuffle. the prime minister would sack those who voted against the millionsnurse. >> 12 boats with 40 people each land and friday they crossed from turkey. the united nations says that more than 77,000 people have arrived by sea to greece. so far this year more than 60%

of them are syrians with others fleeing conflicts in afghanistan afghanistan, iraq somalia. >> leaving the attacks the regime. people are just living, living with nothing no food, no water no electric--everything. it was vital to leave. >> we were about 45 persons in the boat. and there were a lot of people. >> seven people have been arrested in mexico after the jail break of drug king joaquin n el chapo guzman. all together 30 prison guards have been questioned over

guzman's escape. the embarrassment for president enenrique-- >> another day and another politician tied to president dilma rousseff is accused of corruption. this time it is the conservative speaker in the lower house in congress who denies the allegation and now is withdrawing his support for rousseff coalition government. >> i'm not going to be drawn into these dirty politics in order to pressure me to change

my tans. this is the reason why starting from today i'm breaking with the government. >> the allegations come less than 24 hours after the prosecutors announced they would help a corruption investigation. the investigation has stunned brazilian voters. that's because he left office with an 83 83% approval rating. >> for months there have been dozens of arrests and corruption investigations launched against both executives of the state-owned oil company petrobras as well as politicians tied to the president. rousseff said she won't step down. still the brazilian voters are

calling for rousseff's impeachment. this comes a fourth time for rousseff who is in brasilia working with the presidents of the south american trading block. rousseff had little to say about the scandal. instead they became emotional saying goodbye to argentinian president christine kishner. >> together we'll share our dreams and our hopes. . >> this was the latino presidential summit that kirchner would attend, but it could also be rousseff's last. >> there have been angry confrontations between police and striking miners in the city of la paz.

miners threw dynamite sticks as they marched through the national congress. they want more investment in infrastructure. >> the earthquakes in nepal has left many without work. but now they work to bring food to many in villages. >> inmany have gathered for their day's work. they carry foot and essential items. many of them have been without jobs since april's earthquake, which killed thousands of people. a porter with a trekking agency. >> my household was destroyed in the earthquake. we cannot afford to sit around. we need to work. >> more than 7,500 porters have

been employed. nepal's trekking agency association has been handling the logistics. >> we're trying to provide jobs, and we're not doing other activities. >> these porters are going to walk for three days and cross a 3500-meter pass to the village in neighboring districts. they earn $15 a day to carry 30-kilos. from the air landslides appear like stars on the mountainside. the team has to fix the trail as they walk. most of the houses in this picturesque village have been damaged. the village has always had problems with food availability and now this their main crop has been decimated by some kind of an insect which have made them completely reliant on food

distribution. >> they take us to the maize plantation. >> the insect started eating it up. look at what it did. >> they use fertilizers for some of the crops. the maize should have been ready by now. while locals say that it is the cobbcob is not well formed. for people who are still recovering from the earthquake the aid companies aid comes to welcoming people.

>> today the battle came to an end. the pain we feel is immense and indescribable. they look back at the high speed crash which cost him his life. >> in the pouring rain of last year's japanese grand prix formula one entered it's darkest chapter in decades. jewels bianchi lost control of his car and crashed into a recovery vehicle helping another vehicle that had spun out the lap before. bianchi was unconscious when taken to hospital. he never recovered. this was a 25-year-old frenchman second f one season after progressing racing for russia,

bianchi scored his first ever point in the grand prix. he began competing and excelling in car racing. >> i met jules when he drove on this track. he drove particularly well. everyone knows how the career and performance evolveed. >> the investigation following the accident down to bianchi did not slow efficiently to avoid losing control in the bad condition. the finding prompting f-one to alter its rules to allow cars slowing cars it also moved to prevent drivers from driving in.

early in his career bianchi was asked if he worried about crashing at high speed. he said its normal. >> well, children love their dads to read them a story before bedtime, but young fathers are setting a bad example by spending too much time on their mobile phones instead. >> it's story time for the preston children. a regular writture for their father, the award winning author alex preston. it's a time to prepare young minds for sleep, a time when the nationimagination awakens. >> it's a beautiful end of the day for us to sit down together, read a story together, and ask questions about it and we talk about things, and we always--there is a word that we

don't know, we look it up and think about it. it's just part of a wonderful routine. >> for alex and thinks children the book at bedtime is a vital part of the day. while the number of mothers reading to their children remain high fewer dads are getting involved. and some are picking up bad habits from their technology-obsessed fathers. [ phone ringing ] excuse me. when dads do stories well it can have a significant impact on their child's development. >> it makes a big difference to their health and well-being, to their confidence as readers and also to how well they do at school. i think that's really important about dads reading to their children particularly for boys. they see that reading is something that men do. i think we're not saying no technology, but is something

more important mix it up and do lots of different things together. >> here at oxford a city famed for authors, a storyteller whose own experiences of being read to as a child have launched his career. >> i was lucky in that i was surrounded by stories stories have a tradition in my family. if a book sparks my imagination my dad would make up further stories. and for me that was incredibly powerful. >> in a world of distracting technologies and busy scheduleds it may seem like a throwback to a buy gone era. >> but with children who are regularly read to by their parents enjoying a head start on their classmates.

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