>> isil said it's carried out a suicide bombing at a mosque in saudi arabia, killing 15 soldiers. hello, this is al jazeera live from london. also coming up, no closure relatives of the mh370 passengers protest in china. many don't believe part of the missing plane has been found. >> hundreds of reef gees rescued from a bolt that sank off the libyan coast wednesday arrive in

sicily. >> sailing on the suez, welcoming the first vessels. >> fighters from the islamic state of iraq and the levant have claimed responsibility for a suicide attack on security personnel in saudi arabia. 15 people were killed in the attack in the town close to the border with yemen. at least nine soldiers were injured and are being treated in local hospitals. isil is becoming increasingly active in saws rain. it claimed responsibility for a suicide attack in may which killed 21 people. we have this report. >> this is where the attack took place. a suicide bomber managed to get into this mosque in the southern

city, blowing himself up and killing police trainees. the governor of the province visited the injured in a nearby hospital. fighters from islamic state of iraq and the levant claimed responsibility for this attack. there were three others recently. 25 worshipers were killed in the heartland of saudi arabia's shia minority. last month, police arrested hundreds of suspected isil members and displayed some of the weapons which were confiscated. the saudi minister's interior said it stopped isil attacks on mosques, security forces and western diplomatics. the kingdom has seen a surge in violence in the last two decades when al-qaeda launched nationwide attacks. security forces led a crackdown. al-qaeda's top leaders were

either killed, arrested or fled to yemen where they formed al-qaeda in the arabian peninsula six years ago. now, saudi arabia faces new challenges, a fight at home against isil, and a military campaign in neighboring yemen against houthi militias. al jazeera. >> in the last hour, a car bomb rattled houses across having a's largest city. it is in the vicinity of an american and afghan army base. at the moment, police say the tarts isn't clear and they are gathering more details. >> as the security situation in iraq deteriorates, more and more civilians are being caught in the crossfire between government forces and isil. in may isil fighters seized

ramadi the provincial capital of anbar. fallujah is now under siege. you may find some images in the report disturbing. >> in fallujah, bullets and bombs don't discriminate and the wounds have only grown deeper. residents say the young are now just as likely a target as the old, that civilians of all ages are under siege from both isil and the iraqi army. >> look at this, this happened as a result of artillery shelling by the army today. look at this, are we terrorists waging the war? are these innocent children waging war? this is my daughter. she's dead now. what did she do to deserve this? >> many parents who thought the hardest trial would be surviving

this war are now faced with a far cruler fate, surviving their children. we can't go outside the city limits. she was a year and two months old, this is her condition now. >> we want medication and proper surgery. >> even hospitals are caught in the crossfire. >> we are entering the second year of this crisis already. we are not treating terrorists we're treating young babies, infants. we need proper attention and supplies. we need more doctors. >> instead, just days later, this sanctuary for the sick was turned into a casualty of war. here, moments after being shelled, the hospital corridor is lined with broken glass, as smoke billows through the air, a

medic searches for injured patients and wounded colleagues. homes are no safer. in this video, a man decries the killing of an entire family, enraged at iraqi officials he says are providing them with more destruction than protection. walking through the house he says was destroyed by government bombing raids, he points out all the blood stains. we can't even find the young kid under the rubble, he says. they say they are targeting isil. where is isil in here? are young children somehow now affiliated with isil? >> more expressions of pain come from this graveyard where two sisters, their mother and aunt all killed because of air raids are laid to rest. >> while the anbar offensive may have officially started only a few weeks ago, for residents of the city of fallujah, many civilians there feel caught in a

seemingly never-ending conflict. >> iraqi government leaders who have vowed to defeat isil in fallujah and anbar province say they've arrived at the moment of truth. families in fallujah worry that promise only means they'll face more fighting and that their reality will become far more harrowing. >> there have been three battles in the yemeni city of taiz and fighters freed detainees. the local militia said it helped to release 25 people captured by houthi forces. taiz is yemen's third largest city and it's been under houthi control since march. >> 158 yemenese who fled the fighting earlier this year have returned home to aden. the city airport is now secured and is allowing civilian flights mainly to bring home refugees or fly in humanitarian aid.

these people are from. djibouti. the sawed coalition is controlling all flights in and out of aden. >> parts of an aircraft wing which washed up on a french island is from missing malaysian flight 370. some relatives of missing chinese passengers don't believe the debris from the jet has been found at all. >> for 16 months, their emotions have swung between despair and hope. barging into the offices of malaysian airlines, they may have felt they had nothing to lose. some even believe the wreckage was planted on reunion island. >> it's not true.

a lot of things would have been easy to find, but they didn't find them, like the chairs baggage and other stuff that's much larger. >> they want answers. this was not a protest against china's government, which is why it was allowed to happen. one placard appealed for help. from the chinese president. his foreign minister is attending a regional conference. the search should continue. at the same time, we agree with malaysia that we should find out the truth and start rolling out the next phase of the plan. >> quite what the next phase is, is far from clear. analysis of ocean currents shows search teams looking in the

right area, but it's a vast area of ocean. australia's prime minister, though is hopeful. >> it suggests that for the first time, we might be a little bit closer to solving this baffling mystery. >> malaysia's prime minister is now animate that the wreckage found on a small french island did come from mh370. these people don't believe that. after away emotionally draining time since the jet disappeared the psychology roll strain that more than taken its toll. it will be another emotional day for the families on friday, when they attend a briefing given by a senior airline manager. there will be many questions but undoubtedly not enough answers. al jazeera beijing. >> aid agencies are scrambling to help more than a quarter million affected by blooding in myanmar. vast areas of the country have

been submerged in floodwater. we have this report. >> this is one of four states declared a disaster zone because of the severity of the flooding here. it's also the state that recorded the highest number of people killed by rising floodwaters or in landslides. in the capital, planes have been flying in, transporting much needed relief supplies. it's not just air force planes, but domestic carriers involved in this effort. the international red cross has said it's scaling up its emergency response because of the severity of the humanitarian situation. in some parts of myanmar, areas are still completely cut off. aid workers haven't been able to reach those areas either because the roads have completely disappeared or become impassable because of landslides. some reports say there are villages in need of clean drinking water and it will

become increasingly urgent that aid workers reach these areas in the coming days. rain is expected to continue which means that you could see more areas being inundated with floodwaters, especially in central myanmar in places already severely flooded. there are some dams already nearing capacity and in the delta region, some rivers have already exceeded the danger levels, which means we could see more areas underwater in the coming days. >> deadly floods reach nepal after suffering from other disasters. >> ready for his close up, donald trump prepares to debate his fellow republicans in the u.s.

>> hello again a reminder of the top stories here. isil said it carried out an attack on saudi arabia in which at least 15 people were killed. a suicide bomber targeted a mosque used by army personnel. >> reports say 100 people are injured after a truck exploded in afghanistan's capital. pleas say the target of the explosion was an afghan army base. >> in iraq, the number of civilians injured or killed fighting isil is rising. anbar is the worst hit and hospitals are under increasing pressure. >> floods and landslides in

nepal have killed find people and 35 others are still missing. aid agency says are struggling to reach people affected by april's earthquake. people in the district say this latest disaster could have been avoided. >> shocked by the death of loved ones, mourners in the village in west nepal line up for a memorial service. july 30, villagers woke up to a rumbling sound. by the time they walked out of their homes, parts of their village were swept away by a massive landslide. 27 people died. one is still missing, feared dead. >> our entire village is in grief. >> after coming back from visiting relatives, she found she had lost everyone, mom brothers, sisters, all six of them.

neighbors hope that her dad, a migrant worker in qatar comes back soon. i asked her if she needed anything. the thick smell of death, of rotting flesh is heavy here. all the cattle that were buried under debris have not been pulled out. >> this area of nepal gets the highest amount of rain. sections of this mountain is made of very loose soil and when rain water percolates in, it makes the entire mountainside fragile. it increases the risk of landslides. >> 35 hectares of forest were swept away. a major cause of the disaster is a haphazard building of new roads. >> development activities have to be done keeping possible disasters in mind and making sure they don't happen. here, even though

environmental assessments are development, suggestions are not carried through, risking people's lives. infrastructure development >> more areas are in danger in the district, where at least 35 people have died. across nepal, floods and landslides have killed more than

90 people already this monsoon and as usual, people were unprepared. on the day of the landslide, he was busy pulling out the injured. >> we never knew this area was dangerous. now we are told this entire village is in danger. it is not like asking one family to move, the whole village has to move. where will we go now? we are grieving here, everything including our grief is here. >> houses next to the landslides are perched precariously. there was heavy rain the night the disaster struck, more rain than in decades. locals say had there been a warning system, this tragedy could have been avoided. al jazeera, nepal. >> the united nation say the number of refugees and migrants crossing into europe this year reached 224,000. that figure was announced at 400 survivors of wednesday's ship wreck in the mediterranean were brought ashore. the ship docked in the italian port of palermo. we have this report. >> 15 miles into the journey this boat capsized when the migrants rushed to one side at the sight of the first rescue boat. >> the fishing vessel was observed to be unstable, and sank in the space of

approximately 30 seconds. it was something i've never seen before and something that i suppose it's very tragic, but we did manage to save over 360 migrants. >> this is once again a tragedy within a tragedy. many of these migrants will have traveled hundreds if thought thousands of miles to reach north africa in particular, of course libya often on foot often through the desert, they then paid hundreds of dollars to the smugglers to get on one of those rickety boats hoping to reach europe only to lose their lives when their rescuers were within reach. >> 25 people drowned including three children, but many more are feared to have died. their bides lost forever at sea. the living received first aid and basic necessities. the dead were taken away in

makeshift coffins the surviving relatives forced to say goodbye to the ship that saved them but not their loved ones. >> the ordeal is far from over. many are traumatized by the near death experience. others are still looking for relatives and friends that traveled with them. >> i just spoke to several pregnant women. they were asking me where their other children were. one was traveling with three children she can't find anymore. >> the dead only identified by a number were taken away by a parade of hearses yet another day in which an italian port was turned into a morgue for may go grants. >> the first ship has had through the newly widened suez canal, marked with a lavish ceremony. the as her moneys led by

president assisi were attended by a high profile delegation, including the president of france and the russian and palestinian territories. we have followed the day's events. >> egyptian government leaders call it the great egyptian dream. kings, princes and presidents gathered on the banks of the improved suez canal for an inauguration rich in pomp and patriotism. leaders from across the arab world attended and the french president, francois hollande. the suez expansion is designed to double the number of ships sailing between europe and asia. it has great political significance for egyptian president al sisi, who after years of unrest says he now wants to unite the nation. >> the new suez canal is not just an engineering achievement. there's a great dimension to what's been done. we've given egyptians more

confidence, more peace of mind and less anxiety about the future. >> earlier in the day, he traveled along the widened canal by presidential yacht. flanked by the egyptian navy the $8 billion project created a 35 kilometer bypass along the original route and deepens and widens the waterways. th original waterway took 10 years to build. the new channels have taken only 12 months to dig, employing more than 40,000 workers and soldiers laboring around the clack. the egyptian government heavily promoted the new look canal, describing it as a channel of prosperity. on the streets of cairo, some of have publicly celebrated its opening. they expect to see a share in its profits. it could be many years before ordinary egyptians feel any benefits.

the government hopes the channel will double toll revenues within eight years and help refloat egypt's ailing economy. while deep, social and political divisions remain in the country, the so-called great egyptian dream may be wishful thinking. al jazeera. >> joining me now is a senior lecturer at the institute of arab and islamic studies. how big a boost do you think this new canal is going to be for egypt's economy? >> it's controversial on the side of the government, there is major statements about it that will get a hundred billion u.s. dollars a year for egypt. this is a statement by the head of the canal authorities. there has been others who are saying that it will get even more revenues than that, will create a million jobs, and so

there is an official belief that this megaproject will solve a lot of egypt's social and economic problems. critics say the opposite, there's no way it's going to get $100 billion. the idea that it will create a million jobs as well is very debatable. if you looked at the traffic the shipping traffic inside the canal, it's gone down 20%. what you need to sustain revenues that have been talked in the range of around $15 billion by 2023, you need an increase in the traffic inside the canal by 7%, and a sustained increase. right now the highest the canal has brought is 22 billion. to sustain that, you need higher

traffic. there is controversial here and there. politically, it's very beneficial. >> it's a source of national pride, whichever way you look at it, it is an achievement they achieved it in 12 months. there was talk it would take three years and it's entirely egyptian investors. >> it's a mix of investors. they raised $8 billion from egyptians at the cost of 12% compared to a bank interest rate of 9%. many egyptians wanted to make extra profit, the question is will that be sustained the state issued bond is a big deal, but this is a country with internal debt of 93% of its budget. there is an economic problem here. politically speaking, we're talking about a boost because on the one hand, it boosts the legitimacy of the new regime,

gives this image of stability in that region, despite sinai which is a major insecurity and egypt's biggest insurgency so far and whether this will have an effect on the situation, suez canal remains to be seen, but it is a very dangerous situation in the northeast. >> appreciate your time, thank you. >> thank you. >> the u.s. congress is accusing the white house of manipulating its annual report on human trafficking for political reasons. on thursday, a state department official tried to persuade senators that is not the case. we have this report. >> sarah is the state department official who over sees the preparation of the annual trafficking report, the t.i.p. report called the u.s. said signature effort at highlighting countries who aren't doing enough in human rights abuses.

it is suspect it was manipulate for the white house's political agenda. >> we began to hear reports in the press and sources close to this process that this year said report was under exceptional pressure to shape the rankings to meet political demands not the facts on the ground. >> she tried to address the senator's concerns. >> with any state department deliberations, there are multiplicity of skews and the secretary takes them into account when making his final decisions. >> it didn't work. she never denied the political influence charges and the senators who called the hearing said they think there's too much evidence suggesting otherwise. >> the ranking of malaysia which was among the worst offenders in the 2014 report. it is suspected it was moved up in the ranks.

if it had stayed in tier three the u.s. could not negotiate with it. in kuala lampur, the secretary of state rejected suggestions he was pressured to change malaysia's ranging to keep the trade talks on track. >> it was the right decision and made without reward to any other issue. >> the senators said they are going to take a closer look at how the report was put together. >> i'm putting you on notice that any destruction of emails, phone records or letters from 11:19 a.m. on could have significant consequences. >> if there was any consolation for her during the hearing they promised they are going to find out who is responsible for undermining a report once considered above reproach.

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