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demolition of illegal settlement buildings. we're live from the occupied west bank. >> the man who runs european football confirms he's now aiming for the world. he says he will stand in next year's election to become fifa president. >> pakistani police shot dead the leader of the band group which is behind hundreds of killings in the country in the punjab region. 13 others were killed, including two of his sons. his group is on the list of terrorist organizations in many countries, including the u.s., britain, india and russia. the group has claimed responsibility for many attacks

on shia muslims. accused of causing the attack on the cricket team in lahore, he's faced several murder trials but always been acquitted because witnesses refuse to testify in court. we are going to get more on the story with our correspondent live but we will come back to that. >> moving on, the afghan government is investigating media reports to the leader of afghan taliban omar died several years ago. he's been declared dead several times before. he went into hiding after the 2001 invasion of afghanistan. there were competing reports on where exactly he'd been hiding. >> the turkish government is holding an emergency parliament meeting to discuss the involvement fighting isil. simultaneous attacks on p.k.k. targets are threatening peace

negotiations started in 2012. turkish jets have been bombing kurdish fighters in the southeast for the first time in this offensive. the p.k.k. fighters have been attacked inside turkish territory for the first time. we have more from bernard smith. >> turkish f16 fighters jets don't have too far to fly to hit enemy he is of their new enemy isil in syria. this was last week. they don't have much further to go to target an old enemy positions of the separatist p.k.k. in northern iraq. many kurds are angry and trust rated that the turkish government seems to equate the isil let with the threat from the p.k.k. here in the mainly kurdish city in turkey, representatives from more than 18 non-governmental organizations have been eating, working out a joint response to what they fear is a threat to the project jail peace process between the p.k.k. and the

government. >> we call for solidarity. the only way is to stand up against these policies. >> only last month most of these people were celebrating the electoral success of the pro kurdish p.d.p. winning 80 seats in parliament for the first time. now turkeys president wants to lift the immunity of m.p.'s suspected of links with what he calls terror groups. president erdogan is questioning whether talks with the p.k.k. can carry on. >> i don't think it's possible to continue a peace process with those who take aim at our national security and brother hood in this country. >> president erdogan said turkey won't be backing off. >> let's get more from bernard smith from the turkish city.

is it the case that kurdish m.p.'s fear the government is lumping them in with isil when it comes to this new offensive? >> i mean that's certainly a concern of kurdish m.p.'s. the turkey's parliament is just starting an immediate session called by a major opposition party to discuss the change in tack from the kurdish government. they'll be statements from the minister and questions from the various political parties. this is only the second time that the 18 newly elected kurdish m.p.'s have taken their seats in parliament. they were only elected last month and it was that election of them that denied the ruling party their majority, but this time round the kurdish m.p.'s believe they are being unfairly equated with the threat from

isil. >> where did this leave possibility of peace talks? the turkish government said it's open to them, but it's been bombing kurdish potion overnight. >> those were fairly strong worst from president erdogan before he left for a trip to china thursday. slightly different wording from a deputy prime minister in charge of talks with the p.k.k. he said look, the p.k.k. pulls out of turkey, then we can start talking. the problem is, the p.k.k. used to be a very unified organization well controlled from the top down, but in recent times, it's become more fractured. it's particularly the youth groups affiliated to the p.k.k. that have been responsible for a lot of the attacks over the past couple of years. there have been killings, kidnappings, checkpoints set up all associated with the p.k.k.

the challenge is whether the top leadership can reign in the rest of these younger groups before it goes too far. >> there seems to be a feeling that the p.k.k. is restraining itself because it feels there might be a scope for peace talks. what happens if it decides to escalate retaliation. what can happen then? >> >> well, that is the big risk. that is the fear from turkey's nato allies, the u.s. and other nato allies. they are worried that if the bomb barredment, the turkish government's bombardment of p.k. positions intensifies provoking perhaps or encouraging the p.k.k. to get more heavily involved in a fight with turkey, that could really cause problems in an already destabilized region. european allies of turkey called on turkey to show constraint. a turkish m.p. said the p.k.k.

have not yet launched any major assaults on the turkish government because on their side, they do hope talks can work. >> thanks so much. >> meanwhile, rebels in syria say they've gained a lot more ground in the north close to the turkish border, claiming to have captured villages be a checkpoints and property from the syrian government. we report on the fighting around idlib. >> syrian army soldiers held on to the village for years. they've now lost it, as well as several others to a group called the fatah army, part of a lose coalition of rebel groups fighting side by side to topple the syrian government. >> >> we started using heavy artillery in the hills and villages of the area. we managed to control the hills. we also control other villages.

>> rebels are also keen to exhibit the losses suffered by the other side. the syrian army. with limited media access to the syrian army, these fighters are effectively controlling much of what we know. they're framing this as a major gain which will allow them to reach penalty bashar al assad's stronghold in the north. they have say it is the gateway to assad's ancestral homeland. >> they are in clashes in the vicinity. with the support of allah, we will be in their stronghold on the syrian coast. >> if they do make it that far it's unclear who they'll find there. after four years of war millions of syrians have fled the fighting so other countries. what's also hard to say is how many if any government soldiers remain in the region and to what extent their fighting back. rebel fighters do now control a

large partly of northern syria. they call this offensive the battle of victory. in this drawn out conflict, victory i guess hard to define. al jazeera. >> >> in iraq, children as young as 13 are being drawn into fighting. it's got human rights worried. >> young recruits study battlefield tactics north of the capital baghdad. they are taking advantage of the cooler night air to learn deadly skills. at summer camps, they are taught to fight. the teenagers have answered the call to join up from the shia cleric. it's not just about weapons and surviving a war zone. it's also about in doctrination,

believing their fight is just. we are getting courses on weapons, rules of engagement and first aid. we are also getting islamic doctrine lessons. >> they use the same mix of battlefield tactics and region, both sides entrenched and both sides say they're right. not all the recruits are buying into the doctrine. he has asked for his identity to be concealed. he's angry the shia militia he was based with because of what happened to him. he thought speaking out could prevent revenge attacks on him or his family. >> we are defending our sacred land while others don't. the sons of officials most of them are living abroad in safety. why don't they come back and defend our lands? i used to fight at one of the fronts near fallujah. my friend was hit by sniper and died later.

i lost interest in fighting, because i saw many young men dying in vain, while many others are living in a prosperous live elsewhere, not defending their lands. >> that anger against iraqis who don't join the fight is typical of many who feel it's only the militias in particular, the shia ones who are leading the charge against isil. the numbers of his militia casualties is high. the united states is prohibited by law from flying military aid to any regime which recruits underage soldiers. while the u.s. doesn't directly support the militias, it does support iraqi's armed forces, which backs the militias. >> critics of the militias say the reason they are recruiting people so young is because of loss on the battle fields, a charge they deny. sadaam hussein used to use young recruits. he called hem his lion cubs. for many, this is simply a continuation that have tradition, that this is a show

of loyalty from the young for iraq in the fight against isil. al jazeera baghdad. >> coming up on the program, one man killed as over a thousand migrants try to cross the channel tunnel in calais. >> i'm in london, where it's hoped the trial of d.n.a. inspired sculptures will raise millions. >> in sport hearing from the woman proving dreams can come true in the nfl. >> there is an emergency meeting in the u.k. after migrants tried to storm the tunnel connecting britain and france. one man was found dead after 1500 migrants tried to enter the

terminal in calais. they've been trying to cross through the tunnel, some tried to hang on to trains. thousands of migrants are camped out, hoping to get to the u.k. >> we are working very hard with the french authorities but also with euro tunnel to make sure we are able to increase the security so that we don't see people coming through the tunnel. every effort is being put into that. a number of measures are in our discussed that have come out also a result of the cobra meeting today. we're very conscious of the disruption this is causing. what we all want to see is the channel tunnel being able to operate fully the port of calais operating freely, so people can go about their journeys without this sort of disruption. >> a vessel carrying 450 migrants arrived in the italian city. they are some of the 46,000 people the u.n. said tried to

cross the mediterranean so far this year. most are fleeing violence and poverty in africa and the middle east. >> leonard doyle is from the international organization for migration. he says the humanity of the migrants shouldn't be forgotten. >> they are protected under international law. treating them as criminals is not the way to do it. we hope for a focus on a whole range which activities, including enabling these people to return home in some dignity once it's been explained to them that they are not -- they cannot stay, they are not refugees, those who do not qualify as refugees. we can't treat it as a security issue. human beings have been migrating from millennia. it's an adaptation against hardship planet change, bomb rights abuses. let's blame all of us if we're

going to blame the migrants. in the reality of the mobilized road when trades and it wases move easily, people are moving, as well. businesses need talented people. we need the work force. not necessarily the people coming ashore in an uncontrolled way in lampedusa but we need processes whereby there are opportunities for people with skill and talents to get jobs. we need to show dignity and respect for those trying to escape at the end of the day from poverty and corruption, just simply barring the door, forcing them into the hands of smugglers is not the way. >> nigeria's recently elected president is in cameroon for talks the fight against boko haram. cameroon is partly of a regional force set up to fight the armed group. mu harry is expected to call for a response with his army and

cameroons. we have this report from a commercial hub recently hit by a wave of bombings. >> he has been floating in and out of consciousness for a week now, one of the victims of the last suicide attacks. he and his father, the bread winners of the family are fighting for their lives. their small businesses are completely destroyed. his recovery is a long way off. >> as in many areas of the northeast, similar cases are common after recent rise in suicide bomb attacks. >> the injured, we have all sorts of trauma. physical and mental.

>> for now that is a predicament facing many in hospitals here. most of the patients in this ward are victims of boko haram attacks. over the last six months, hundreds of dead and injured have passed through here. the hospital has been a significant increase in the number of victim, as boko haram fighters increasingly target civilians with suicide bomb attacks. >> the results of their attacks continue to pile up. a father of seven was injured just as he finished work. he's afraid of going back to work or going near a crowd. >> the risks are too much. you are a target at home or on the highway. there are threats everywhere, but you have a family to feed. if i could get a job far from here, i would just leave. >> he is not alone.

many traders and businesses have been destroyed by these attacks family says impoverished. the priority now is to avoid being hit. fears of another attack are never far off. al jazeera nigeria. >> a senior researcher for the international crime in africa program says nigeria needs to convince its neighbors that it can lead the fight against boko haram. >> he will need to convince about the need for the original force to be strong and also to be ready whenever the need arises for this force wanted. has just ordered the deployment of 2,000 more troops will make the opportunity of 4,500 troops in that part of cameroon. that's an area sharing borders

with nigeria. it is more of diplomatic visit than anything. he wants the region around him he wants to head the region, lead the region in terms of the responses to boko haram so he will actually be the one to dictate the agenda that these countries have to discuss particularly when it comes to the response to boko haram. >> dozens of schools in the south african port city of port elizabeth are set to reopen thursday. parents and people are protesting a shortage of teachers. tanya page has more. >> with no schools open, trouble brews in northern port elizabeth. police are close by. they fired fear gas and rubber bullets into this crowd before, so people are anally. some of these children go to school in classrooms containing more than 100 pupils. they are demanding more

teachers. >> i set in a class and there's no teachers there. they want to take the teachers away and don't pain the teachers. teachers stay away. >> these children want to be in school but after years of having their educational needs ignored, this protest is the only way of getting anyone to pay attention. >> the protests have closed 33 schools. it is said to be lack of accountability from government leaders to blame. >> nobody, nobody came back to seriously have the political will to address this issue and that is a very sad sad sad state of affairs for me as a parent. >> the complaints are regularly echoed throughout the country. there are protests from high unemployment to a lack of clean water. the good morning african congress is used to such criticism.

>> i regret and apologize to our communities for whatever is the principle of the department, but the failure to provide education. >> he says more teachers will be provided but the kids here and everyone else are used to broken promises. tanya page, al jazeera port listen beth, south africa. >> israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu approved the construction of 300 new homes in the occupied west bank. jewish settlers fought with israeli forces as two believes were demolished. vacant blocks were ordered destroyed after the government failed to legalize their construction. according to international law all israeli settlements on palestinian land are illegal. >> israeli's parliament is due to vote on a bill that would legalize forced feeding of those on hunger strike.

critics say palestinians held without charge could be targeted. >> it was 35 years ago but he remembers exactly what it felt like. >> they tied me down and brought a tube, shoved it down my nose and pushed. there is nothing you can into to resist. our stomachs were empty. it hurt. then they did it again. >> he was part of a hunger strike in 1980, protesting against prison conditions, some were forced fed and two men died because liquid got into their lungs. >> forced feeding is a controversial issue but could become law with enough votes in the israeli parliament. supporters have modified language to try to get it to pass but it faces strong opposition from israel's medical community. >> this is a social media

campaign for physicians for human rights. these doctors say they will never execute any law to force-feed prisoners. >> the discussion is whether it's to save life or not. the discussion should not be whether it's dangerous or not. the discussion should be whether it's ethical whether you can demand from a physician to do something which is completely against his belief, against his religion. our law is not about force-feeding, but medical treatment. we want it provided as necessary at the doctor's discretion. we will not force the hand of any doctor. they will not begin with forced feeing, but rather lighter treatment. if they need to force-feed, it will only be after they come to the medical conclusion that it

will save the patient's life. >> no prisoner's ever died from hunger strike in israel. he says there will be little prisoners can do if it becomes law and they are force fed. >> they have to take it and be patient. >> he says forced feeding is not about saving lives but breaking spirits. for some, it could become a legal future. >> two israeli men have been charged with setting fire to a church in northern israel. the arson attack on the church happened last month. israel's internal security agencies described the suspects at jewish extremists. >> time for the weather with richard. we had the heatwave in europe,

now iraq. >> it looks like it could stick. it's interesting how we deal with these heat waves. in europe, it's a case of getting on with it. many people died across europe in the heatwave. >> very warm here for temperatures still above average, all around the black sea, bucharest, take vienna, temperature is falling away. quite a contrast over the last few days. weekend temperatures well into the 30's, and now dropping back. the forecast for thursday with winds coming to the west or northwest, vienna looking at a maximum of just 19 degrees. contrast that with the levant region. temperatures in iraq have been on the rise in the upper 40s 48 49. the forecast as we head into thursday is baghdad to touch 50.

that's probably not the warmest part of the country. it looks as though temperatures will remain in excess of 50 degrees or very close to them for the next four or five days. >> richard thanks for that. still to come here on al jazeera. fed up with overcrowded classrooms students and parents take to the streets in africa. >> in cambodia, they will run out of food if it doesn't rain soon. >> death valley is given that name because it's one of the hottest places from anywhere on the planet. runners have come here to take part in what is considered the most difficult race anywhere in the world.

that story coming up.

>> welcome back. let's remind you of the top stories now. pakistani police say they've shot dead the leader of the band group which carried out many attacks on shia muslims. he had faced several murder trials but always acquitted because witnesses refused to testify. >> two illegal israeli settlement buildings have been demolished in the west bank after a supreme court verdict.

prime minister benjamin netanyahu approved the construction of 300 elsewhere in the same settlement. >> british government leaders have had an emergency meeting after migrants in france try to storm the channel tunnel to england. a migrant from sudan was killed by a truck at 1500 people tried to enter the euro tunnel terminal overnight. >> supreme court judges in bangladesh upheld the death sentence given to a leading opposition politician. he was found guilty two years ago of abducting and killing hindus during the war of independence. >> for a man who used to be a trusted and powerful advisor to a prime minister, it's been a hard fall from grace. he was sentenced to death in 2013 for helping the pakistani army during bangladesh's war of

independence. those defending him say the charges are all about politics. >> several people who collaborated with the pakistani army of accused of orchestrating mass murders and rapes. it wasn't until 2010 that the war crimes trials began but most of those charged are senior leaders of opposition parties. their supporters clashed violently with police, claiming the trials are a way to get rid of the government's enemies. hundreds of opposition activists have been killed since. thousands have been jailed.

the trial has its own vocal set of supporters. >> a conducted murder, killing and the genocide. >> in the midst of the politics, the issue for about justice has often been overshadowed. in the rain, several visitors come to this memorial site where there was a mass execution in 1971. >> those who did commit war crimes should be punished. everyone wants that. however rich or powerful they are, they should be punished. we should make sure it is actually the people who committed the crimes. >> even after 44 years the past

continues to haunt the bangladesh public, and those in the dark. the government says that these verdicts are necessary in order for bangladesh to move on from previous tragedy but as long as suppression of opposing voices here continues questions will again be raised about how fair these trials are. >> myanmar's opposition leader has filed her papers for november's general elections. she's fighting to keep her seat in parliament, the party is widely expected to do well in the polls but she's not loved to run for the presidency, because the constitution drafted by the military bars those with foreign children. >> china recovered assets lost to corrupt officials.

he promised to tackle all levels of government. >> bus drivers have been blocking highways. protestors threw bottles protesting for their sacked colleagues to get their jobs back. >> a strike left commuters stranded. the drivers safe it's too dangerous to work. we have this report from san salvador. >> buses stopped, people crammed in trucks, a morning commute disrupted out of fear. they ordered the killing of bus drivers from prison cells bringing chaos to the streets. it seems there's little the

government can do. >> the hard working honest people who built this country are the victims of these attacks. >> the gangs have shown they have power. if they didn't, they couldn't have paralyzed transport. >> the 18th street gaining ordered buses to stop running but people pain the price. more pressure from the gangs to force negotiations for a truce as the government cracks down on them. more than half a dozen bus drivers have already been murdered since sunday. >> some buses are still going out on their routes, but only with heavy police protection, because the drivers and the riders fear for their lives. >> this bus driver said he is afraid of being murdered, but work is scarce here and he has to feed his family. >> the president dodged our questions about who really controls security, the government on the gangs and left

it to his spokesman. >> it's not part of our strategy. we're not going to negotiate communicate or make any pact with criminal groups. this is terrorism sabotage against the public transport system. >> it's not just bus drivers targeted. this year, dozens of police officers and members of judges' families have been killed. this opposition leader says that the government is facing a crisis worse than the civil war and is in denial. >> the government has to be humble enough to recognize what everybody sees in the open, that what they've done hasn't worked. >> one gang leader exclusively told al jazeera the solution lyles outside el salvador. >> the international community has to play an important role, because any social, or political conflict it's the international community that can analyze things the best, because we're caught up in national politics

and that blinds us to reality. >> stranded amidst the violence, a population who knows very well the scale of the problem. adam rainy, al jazeera, san salvador. >> science and art of sometimes seen as opposites but a display in central london is setting up to challenge that, also raising funds for medical research along the way. we went to take a look. >> this summer, lord nelson has company. london's square is hosting part of the collection of 21 giant sculptures inspired by the d.n.a. double helix. >> if you look closely there's two hands one's a young and one an older man and bolt are kind of touching, so the concept is

to show humanity coming together. >> the director of design, carmaker jaguar designed one work entitled colors through speed. another design was created by a british clothing company. >> the charity commissioned these sculptures to raise the profile and funds for a new research institute focused on tackling the major human diseases. >> the $1 billion institute named after the discoverer of d.n.a. comes together next year. >> we want to bring the best scientists together under one roof and collaborate on work to beat not just cancer, but all major human diseases. we genuinely believe that with this culture of creativity we're going to build that we have a real chance of revolutionizing

medical science. >> born in mexico, her own d.n.a. was sequenced as part of the research for the project. >> the idea is to make you think about art that makes you think about science or math, it's quite mathematical in a way because of the geometry. >> the sculptures will be on display until auctioned in the autumn. the money from the sale will help fund the next generation of medical research. >> now the largest member of the cat family is in danger of being wiped out. the smart but solitary tiger has had to compete for space with humans. it's lost has been at that time to cities and farming. there are now more in captivity than in the wild. there were roughly 100,000 wild tigers a century ago now there are just around 3,000. that population keeps dropping. tigers in the wild could be

extinct in five years or less. july 29 is named international tiger day. debbie banks from london said countries need to work toward wiping out demand for tiger products. >> they are at great risk for poaching and trade entheir body parts. international tiger day is not only a day to celebrate the majesty of the wild tiger but to reflect on those challenges ahead. there are of course, some countries that are doing better than others. for example india and nepal and the russian far east, there are encouraging signs of tiger populations recovering. in sharp contrast, we see tiger populations in countries like china, and vietnam still struggling to increase. there are more tigers in captivity across china and southeast asia than they are in

the wild, many in tiger farms. there are signs that tigers are encouragingly populations stabilizing and increasing in certain countries. countries like china need to do a lot more to end demand. while we have forest officers on the front line in india and nepal risking their lives working toward zero poaching, we need to see china and laos end tiger forming and commit to zero demand. >> i want to get a kitty. >> i want a puppy. >> what pet should i get? we'll tell you about a new popular book by dr. seuss. >> in sport reaction to the news that michelle malcini is set to stand for the fifa presidency.

could have been them. >> what did you see when you went outside last year? >> there was a dead body in the >> a group of leading scientists signed and open letter calling for a ban an autonomous weapons. steven hawking and steve wozniak are among those concerned that governments are developing weapons that think for themselves. we have this report. >> this is the human intelligence developing artificial intelligence.

the robots humans can interact with like in the movies. >> i think that's sometime away. i think we will, i think it's entirely plausible that that will happen. i think we will get plenty of indications that it's going to happen before we see conscious machines. it's not going to be something that happens overnight. >> we are already seeing the benefits of artificial intelligence in every day life. in airport security, medicine, cars that can park themselves, but this is only the beginning. >> the technology is developing so rapidly that every now and then we need to stop and ask important questions. where is the technology going what are its limits if any. what are potential dangers? >> among the potential dangers is the use of artificial in in weapons are war which is why northern 1,000 of those involved in the development of the technology have signed this letter released at the conference, warning of the

potential pit falls. >> there are dangeries. we don't want society to stumble into situations in an uninformed way. what this letter is about is really about autonomous killing machines about equips machines with the capability to decide whether to take human life. >> hollywood films have put out fears about potential dangers the evil ones harnessing technology to take over the world. >> many have an apocalyptic vision about this. they believe we should be careful because computers can become better than us and they see a danger in that. >> we have been warned, but these are the good guys, at the birth of a technological revolution they believe will bring society benefits that a short time ago, we could only dream about. >> peter is from the campaign to stop killer robots.

>> what we're looking at is a massive investment right now in some of the more advanced and 50 indicated if he can following thises being developed fully autonomous drones that don't have a pilot and the capability of targets without a human who targets and pulls the trigger. the technology could be useful and if it is, just as easily used to assist humans in making the targets zigs they need to make but in order to make those decisions, you have to account for proportionality, what is the value of military target versus a school or hospital right next to that military target. algorithms aren't able to make those value judgmention the way that humans are so at any time that that lethal force is deployed through a weapons system there has to be a human whose meaningfully in control of

that force or violence, meaning they understand the context in the situation which the force is being used. they understand the nature of the target and the risks of attacking that target in a given situation and the military necessity for using those weapons in that case. short of that, you have a system automating some aspect of that and you don't have the kind of human responsibility that i think should be required and you don't have the kind of moral and legal agent behind that decision making for it to really be accountable if something goes wrong. >> let's get sport now. here's andy. >> the man in charge of european football has confirmed he now has the world in his sights. he will stand for the fifa presidency. he said it was time for fifa to turn over a new leaf and he would work tirelessly in the interest of football. seth blatter is stepping down with the organization the subject of two criminal

investigations. patini has been in charge of uefa. he is one of france's all time great players playing for his country, leading to victory -- >> we are interrupting to take you to washington when a senate committee is about to convene over the iran nuclear deal. the opening statement by the chairman of the senate armed services committee, john mccain has just begun. let's listen in. >> since this focus of today's hearing as befits the role of this committee is on the military commitments of the iran agreement. we want to know how this will affect regional security, proliferation and the balance of power in the middle east, what impact it may have on iran's

activities and ambitions in the region what it means for perceptions of american credibility and resolve among our allies and partners and what the consequences are for u.s. defense policy, military planning and fore structure. we consider these broader strategic consequences of the agreement, the second order affects what is already a bad deal only looks that much worse. to this committee perhaps of most concern about the agreement itself pertains to the verification and monitoring mechanisms as has been publicly reported the inspections of iran's facilities will be conducted by the international atomic energy agency, or iaea. there will be no americans allowed on the ground and the details of how these monitoring activities will occur in certain important instances are contained in a separate agreement between the iaea and

iran which the u.s. government and the congress have not seen. forty more, the mechanism to resolve the long standing international concerns about the possible military dimensions of iran says nuclear program is contained in another side agreement between iran and the iaea which the u.s. government and the congress have also not seen. to be sure, much is known about iran's past weaponization activities but we can never know what we do not know, which is why the director of the iaea has said that effective verification depends on resolution of the p.m.d. issue how that will occur we do not know. this presents a major problem. all of us will soon vote on the iran agreement and the merits of this agreement hinges on its verifiability. yet, we cannot even read key documents pertaining to these verification measures, and our

own government is not even a party to those agreements. i find that deeply troubling. what is more troubling are the broader military implication of this agreement. iran is not just an armed control challenge, it is a geopolitical challenge. for years many of us urged the administration to adopt a broader strategy to counter ires moo lined activities in the middle east. unfortunately that has not happened. instead, we have watched as ires military and intelligence operatives have stepped up destabilizing activities and increased their influence and control in syria iraq, lebanon yemen, bahrain and gaza. now iran will soon receive a wind fall of sanctions relief, estimated at rough live $60 billion or possibly as much as twice that. yes, a good amount that have money will surely go to iran's

domestic priorities, but it's only fair to assume that billions of dollars that will flow to ires revolutionary guards core and the force money that will likely be used to boost arms supplies to iran's terrorist proxies to double down on bashar al assad right when he needs it most. this will present new challenges for the department of defense. not only could this agreement strengthen iran says malign activities in the region, but enhance conventional military capabilities. for nearly a decade, an international arms embargo has significantly hurt ires ability to build and modernize its aging military. throughout the nuclear negotiations the administration insisted that its diplomacy was limited exclusive lip to the nuclear file.

indeed just a few weeks ago general dempsey told examine committee that under no circumstances should we relieve pressure on iran relative to ballistic missile exhibits and arms trafficking. yet, thanks to last minute concessions by the administration that exactly what this agreement would do. at year five, the international arms embargo will disappear and iran be free to acquire advanced military capabilities such as fighter aircraft, attack helicopters or ships and anti access weapons. at year eight international restrictions on iran's ballistic missile programs will disappear and iran will be free to acquire through entirely licif means material for sophisticated ballistic missiles. iran will not only have billions of dollars with which to go on a

shopping spree in the international arms market, but it is also sure to find plenty of states eager to sell those weapons, especially russia and china. in this way the iran agreement not only paves iran's path to a nuclear capability, it will further iran's emergence as a dominant military power in the middle east. this has a direct and dangerous implications for u.s. armed forces. the ultimate guarantee that iran will not get a nuclear weapon is not 109 page document. it is the capability of the u.s. military to do what is necessary if all else fails and yet this agreement would enable iran to construct the kind of advanced military arsenal that could make our military far costlier to deploy. this seems to enhance ires deterrence of us. in short if this agreement

fails, the u.s. service members are called upon to take action against iran. their lives could be at greater risk because of this agreement. that is perhaps the most troubling aspect of all about this agreement, what it means for america's credibility in the middle east. since 1979, republicans and democratic administrations have south to contain the islamic republic of ran and prevent it from requiring nuclear capabilities. our allies and partners have entrusted most of their security to the united states because they believe our commitment were credible. in this way america's role in the region has been to suppress security competition between states with long histories of mistrust and prevent that competition from breaking into open war. i fear this agreement will further undermine our ability and willingness to play that vital stabilizing role. our allies and partners in the middle east have increasingly

come to believe that america is withdrawing from the region and doing so at a time when iran is aggressively seeking to advance its ambitions. now we've reached and agreement that with him not only legitimize the slack republic with an industrial enrichment capability but will also unshackle its regime and long held purr suit of conventional military power and may consolidate the control of iran for years to come. after turning three decades of u.s. foreign policy on its head, is it any wonder this agreement may lead our allies and partners to question america's commitment to its security? as that happens these states are likely to take matters goo their own hands. we already seen evidence of that. sheet decisions may well manifest themselves in growing regional security competition new arms races nuclear

proliferation and possibly conflict all of which would demand more, not less more u.s. leadership and presence in the region. it would be ironic, but not historically unprecedented that a diplomatic agreement intended to decrease risk of conflict actually increased those risks instead. all of you also hope that with him not be the case now but it is the job of the defense democratic to be ready when our highest hopes famous and i fear there is much work to do. i welcome the witnesses senator reed. >> thank you very much, good morning secretary kerry general dempsey, your appearance before the committee comes a little more than two weeks after the world woke to the news that after 20 months of negotiations, the p5 plus one and iran agreed on the terms the joint comprehensive plan have action. the agreement no matter your position on it is historic and

if implemented scrupulously could serve as a deflection point in the world's -- and the for the dynamics in the middle east. i commend the president and his negotiating team from cabin officials to our nation's scientists for their persistence and hard work. in the weeks ahead congress has a solemn obligation to review the details of this historic agreement and to independently independently validate that the agreement will meet our common goal of stopping iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon. today's hearing is part of that obligation and i look forward to your testimony. secretary kerry, you were the key architect of this agreement and your willing unless to take on what i'm sure feels like a thankless endeavor is to be commented. i hope you will help us understand wipe it is your assessment that this is a good deal and how you intend to direct to address iran's

destabilizing activities in the region. secretary munez during your testimony, i hope you will help us understand what gives you confidence in the technical safeguards built into this agreement, with regard to the cutting off of ires pat ways to nuclear weapon. the ply chain the dedicated channel to manage trigger lists and items and four the iaea additional protocol for enhanced inspections and it is designed for detecting elements to the covert's weapons program and finally, the elimination of ires enrichment program. as he can carter, having spent so much on nuclear weapons i look forward to your checkpoint on elements as well as those of

as he can at her munoz. while neither were a part of the negotiations, you have both recently traveled to the middle east to speak with your counterparts. on a range of issues including how iran may use sanctions, expand its support to terrorist proxies, and invest more heavily in its military. these are serious concerns and ones which i share. our partners this israel see iran as an ongoing threat. while prime minister netenyahu is unlikely to ever endorse this deal it is incumbent on the united states to deepen our cooperation with israel and better understand the concerns of the israelis. it's also critical that our