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will see more peaceful the transcript that will come on all streets of the u.k. raises its threat level to critical following an explosion on an underground train as police hunt for the attacker. the slow road to recovery in the u.s. state of florida following hurricane. charley and tries to help the children left orphaned at the last month's deadly mudslides. north korea has released new pictures of its most recent nuclear test they have a list missile was launched over the japanese island of hokkaido on friday as part of north korea's plan to achieve so-called military equilibrium with the united states japanese prime minister shinzo office says friday's launch went against the international community is a strong united will for a peaceful solution so what to do about north korea than. national community is

split on how to deal with the growing tensions u.s. president donald trump says all options are on the table as north korea continues to launch nuclear tests despite sanctions and condemnation mike hanna has this report from washington d.c. . the u.s.s. cole celebrates its seventieth anniversary and here to address the troops and their families president trump makes clear the air force may have a role to play in a christian be undoing north korea crisis after seeing your capabilities and commitment here today i am more confident than ever that our options in addressing this threat are both effective and overwhelming. earlier speaking at the white house the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. emphasize that sanctions could still be an effective weapon if you look at the resolutions that have passed in the last month or two of them they cut thirty percent of the oil they banned all the labors bank and ninety percent of the

exports they've banned joint ventures we've basically taken in the words of north korea we have strangled their economic situation at this point that's going to take a little bit of time but it has already started to take effect the national security adviser agreed but stressed diplomacy was not the only option these sanctions are just now taking effect what's really important is rigorous enforcement of those sanctions so that we can really let the economic actions and diplomacy progress as best we can but i think we ought to make clear what's different about this approach is is that we're out of time right is best for hill he said before you know we've been kicking the can down the road and we're out of road and so for those who have said and it been ripped if commenting about the lack of a military option there is a military option following yet another north korean missile launch despite several rounds of sanctions the u.s. is clearly exploring other options and while the north korean leader may watch

admiringly he could soon be facing u.s. action planned by the secretary of defense rather than the ambassador to the united nations mike hanna al-jazeera washington china's ambassador to washington has called on the u.s. to refrain from making threats over north korea. told reporters on friday that he believes the u.s. should be doing much more to ensure effective international cooperation and set of threats he says the u.s. must find ways to resume dialogue and negotiation. yes president our trump is expected to meet japanese prime minister shinzo lobby in new york next week to discuss a response where the latest launch hanging out has the capacity to strike the japanese mainland their pride has more from the u. s. air base in the japanese city of. as important as the statement released by the north korean regime saying that there was on twelve rockets was now

operationally ready and that their final goal was to establish a call librium of real force with the united states where the photographs that they released there is kim jong un smiling laughing celebrating with his top scientists as he personally oversees that rocket launch the idea is to present a picture of the light of confidence and of unity by the north korean regime and for that to contrast with the splits in the international community because clearly now there is a split the united states of course wanting tougher sanctions imposed by the united nations on monday they didn't get them they had to compromise they didn't get a total oil embargo and there are clearly people within the u.s. administration who don't even want to let these sanctions that work past take their course they want to consider other options military options and yet china is saying that their role is to do no more no less in their words than make sure that those u.n. resolutions are in force in other words they want sanctions to take their course and other countries do as well while the international community is splits north

korea in a sense is laughing this is what they want south korea is stuck somewhere in between they too wanted tougher sanctions passed on monday but what they really don't want is for the u.s. to take some kind of unilateral military action because that could provoke the north koreans to attack the south and that's the last thing they want so the international community stuck in a very difficult position. the british prime minister has raised the u.k.'s terror threat level from severe to critical after an explosive device partially detonated on the london underground train on friday theresa may says she took the decision after advice from security officials twenty nine people were injured in that incident which happened during morning rush hour today baba joins us live now from parson garden where all of this and happens so. does this change and threat level and unfortunately the u.k. is used to this nevertheless what will it actually mean what it's going to look

like for people on the street. well rasho this is the fifth time since the system was introduced in two thousand and six the level has been the international threat level to the u.k. has been at its highest critical which means that an attack is expected imminently previously it was at severe which meant that an attack was highly likely the last time we saw it a critical was after the manchester arena bombing back in may what it means practically is that members of the military will be deployed around the country at what they call close protected sites places that are not open to the public but. highly strategic important possible targets for attackers and by doing that that will free up. we understand around a thousand armed police officers to do to be deployed on the public transport

system in london but in other places as well and to patrol the streets basically to send a message to the public that it is say to carry on it's day to day business you can probably see parsons' green sheep station has been reopened people coming and going there are a few police officers here as well we know that people are starting to get used to the idea of seeing more armed officers around and on the streets after the recent attacks but of course it's always a a close call whether whether this actually reassures people if it carries on for a long time or actually makes people more nervous today what do we know about what investigators are finding southpaw are at least what they're saying publicly. well resell firstly let's remind our viewers that on friday i saw claimed that it

was behind. and of course it's believed that the aim was to for the device the improvised explosive device on the train to explode perhaps further on in its journey it was going from wimbledon in the south west london through this station towards central london during rush hour twenty nine people were taken to hospital mostly with burns at least eight have now been discharged. we know that police say they're making good progress they haven't arrested anybody so far but the british media are saying it's understood they do actually have an image they believe of the person who put the device in the underground train they say that term we have to be open minded about him and potential associates a direct quote from the country's top anti terrorism police officer he he's not giving away exactly whether they think there was more than one individual

involved of course they will be trying to find out if there are if there's a group of associates out there after the manchester bombing let's not forget that there was detail of the of a suspected attacker released in the us which had meant that police here had to bring forward their operations and make arrests perhaps earlier than they had planned to do so so they're remaining cautious at the moment going through lots of c.c.t.v. footage from the train and from elsewhere to see if they can find any evidence and of course the device itself might give them clues in terms of d.n.a. fingerprints and so on. not unlike the price in london thanks again. u.s. president began tweeting about the london incident soon after happen despite no details being released about suspects suspected the suggested rather the attackers were known to u.k. police the tweets were described as unhelpful by british officials as her tour again the reports. hours after the attack on a london underground train u.s.

president donald trump made a series of controversial comments on social media including the suggestion that the suspects were known to british police he tweeted another attack in london by a loser terrorist these are sick and demented people who were in the sights of scotland yard must be proactive he went on to say the travel ban stopping people from some muslim majority countries travelling into the u.s. should be followed tougher and more specific his comments made before police released any information about the attackers all the motives led some to accuse the president of jumping to conclusions but he reiterated them later when speaking outside the white house. showing. we have to be very hard we've been very very tough. we were not nearly. british

police described his comments as on helpful and theresa may was unimpressed i never think it's helpful for anybody to speculate on what is an ongoing investigation as i've just said the police and security services are working to discover the full circumstances of this cowardly attack and to identify all those responsible critics say trumps willingness to speak out about this attack and others where muslims are suspected to be involved is it all it's with his response to incidents such as the white supremacist rally in charlottesville last month where a woman was killed in a car attack when there are acts of terrorism that's where the perpetrators it is worldview. is almost in a kneejerk. you know. react to state but when it is not the people that. you condemn then he will be much more deliberate about his statements. it's not clear if trump's tweets were based on intelligence or speculation either way they

irritated a close eye on a day that was difficult enough already victoria gave him be al jazeera. has accused me and maher ever piddly violating its airspace further straining relations damaged by the ongoing war hensher crisis has helicopters and trains crossed into bangladesh three times in the last five days in mars' military has been accused of attacking a henge and civilian civilians attempting to flee and camps in bangladesh have been overwhelmed by the numbers straining over the border almost four hundred thousand are ahead to have now fled a military crackdown that began more than three weeks ago hospitals in bangladesh are struggling to cope with the influx of people needing their help. to visit one. i mean cards was our government district hospital every day dozens of rowing a refuges are admitted here with various animals including bullet injury mine explosion injuries this hospital is only two hundred bad and it cannot cope with

the influx of refugees patients coming here it is overflowed you can see patients on the floor that made temporary arrangement with the government need to do is set up a mobile emergency clinic within the refugee camp areas unless they do that the local hospital just are not capable of coping with the new refugees were four hundred thousand crossed over so far within the last three weeks and more and more are coming there's two hundred thousand children among them who need medical care at least two hundred in france right admitted within the local hospital system they are getting some sort of trade button but not at a grid and the international donor agency also need to gear up to set up mobile clinics otherwise the local hospital just won't be able to call with a number of rolling up patients admitted in these hospitals thousands of people have gathered in indonesia to protest the persecution of me and mars for henschel muslim minority indonesia is home to the world's largest muslim population and

their argentinian march to allow u.n. monitors to investigate allegations of ethnic cleansing the government has also sent humanitarian aid to help the junta. still ahead on al-jazeera the emir of qatar says he is ready for dialogue on the gulf crisis but the solution must be acceptable to all parties. with. from the me on my points of asia. to the city and it seems. as though that things are definitely feeling autumnal for some of us across europe now it's all thanks to this area of town here is it sweeps its way eastward it's bringing in some far fresher essay for the southeast still feeling very much summery here but to the northwest hair is the cooler fresh air and the temperatures are struggling london will only get to around sixteen degrees

during the day today so certainly feeling fresh but also be a fair amount of cloud and a few showers around as well but the heavier rain across europe is where these two weather systems meet and here it's giving us some very heavy downpours with warnings out in croatia system that slips a little bit further southwards there as we head through the day on sunday still giving us a very heavy downpours as it does for the southeast corner though here will still be sitting pretty as we head through sunday it's still very very warm bucharest all the way up thirty three and that same dividing line as across europe also slips down through the northwestern parts of africa so you can see here on the satellite picture generally for the northwestern parts then it's not as hot as it might be twenty three m. or about twenty five years further towards the east so very very warm with tripoli at thirty four now for the central belt of africa lots of showers here as you might expect particularly this system here that's giving very heavy rains as it works its way towards the west. the weather sponsored by qatar airways.

are a break. away blanket coverage follows experts and politicians offer platitudes and sound bites strong and stable leadership trying to play the media and shape the message but in an age of simplistic narratives the listening post critiques the mainstream response today as the two hundredth day of this administration exposing the influences that drive the headlines at this time on al-jazeera. this is al jazeera and these are the top stories this hour north korea has released pictures of its most recent missile test

a ballistic missile was launched over the japanese island of the kaito on friday north korea says it's part of a plan to achieve a military equilibrium with the united states bangladesh has accused me and mar ever paid leave violating its airspace further straining relations damaged by the ongoing right into crisis in march military has been accused of attacking or ahead just civilians attempting to flee over the border existing camps in bangladesh have been overwhelmed by the number of refugees the british prime minister is raise the terror threat level from severe to critical after an explosive device parsley detonated on the london underground train on friday twenty nine people were injured in that incident which happened during morning rush hour. the mayor kottaras in new york ahead of the upcoming united nations general assembly shake to main been home at all funny is expected to meet with the us president on the sidelines of the u.n.

g.a. earlier french president enrile marker on call for the saudi led blockade of qatar to be lifted after talks with the american paris he's on his first foreign trip since his diplomatic crisis began in june john hall has more from paris. beginning in lynn on his way to the u.n. general assembly in new york an opportunity for the emir of qatar to lobby european capitals for support in reaching a political solution to the gulf crisis. and we talked about the readiness of qatar to sit down at the table and discourse and solve the issue we tank germany for its efforts and also i tank the chancellor of germany for their role in trying to solve the problems around the negotiating table we tank you for your support of the kuwait initiative which qatar has supported since the beginning and will continue supporting until we get the solution that satisfies all parties and the emir took his offer of holding talks to paris where president emanuel like chancellor merkel

supports mediation efforts by kuwait and the united states and may even seek to join those efforts having appointed a special envoy in recent weeks in berlin earlier chancellor merkel spoke of the need for quiet diplomacy to run its course for both sides to find compromises allowing them to quote unquote save face well that's a sentiment that president mccrone here is unlikely to disagree with france has huge lucrative trade and investment deals with saudi arabia the u.a.e. and qatar it isn't going to take sides in this dispute but it's very interested in seeing it resolved a statement attributed to mccrone has called for a lifting of the saudi lead in bargo on qatar discussions may well continue next week in new york journal al-jazeera paris qatar is the naval forces have completed two days of maritime exercises with french forces qatar's defense ministry says the joint trials were aimed at fighting terrorism smuggling and stability in the region

exercises take place and pottery regional water. human rights watch says that saudi authorities have arrested dozens of people including prominent clerics to rest were made ahead of a call by exiled opposition leaders to hold them in story shows after friday prayers in the u.s. base group condemned the arrests calling them a crackdown on dissent any criticism of the royal family carries a prison sentence in saudi arabia the united states wants the kurdish regional government and northern iraq to call off an independence referendum due to be held later this month the kurdish parliament approved the proposal on friday despite opposition from iran iraq and turkey the u.s. is calling on the kurds to enter into dialogue with the iraqi government ordering the referendum could spark violence in the region iran khan has more from the kurdish capital or beyond. it's already been described as a historic occasion because his palm and of voted yes on the referendum and so what

happens now is that the independent high electoral commission will be tossed with running the referendum on the twenty fifth that it's been signed into law now let me just this is just politician mohamed ali. this is a story occasion for you yeah it is actually it is a historical session of the kurds in parliament since the start of this a parliament in ninety two today we supported the holding of referendum in the in the kurdistan region and also the disputed areas so we delegated the commission to the high commission independent commission of elections and referendum in kurdistan region to hold elections on the twenty fifth of september two thousand and seventeen let's just talk about the disputed region states going to happen. that's baghdad is federal iraqi territory the kurds have a claim on it as well you've already sent troops to the region one of the big share

militias have said that any referendum there will be an act of aggression can you hold a referendum when there's that kind of tense atmosphere in kirkuk we try our best to avoid any act of dispute or any act of conflict but these areas are practically under control of kurdistan region and in those areas there were some there was supposed we were supposed to have a referendum no later than december two thousand and seven that never happened that was according to the confusion so went back to the does not respect the confusion we have to come up with a solution referendum is the very democratic way of involving people in this session decision making this decision is going to be the decision of the people of disputed areas and people of for some reason. the same tough thank you very much so you heard it that it's going to take place encourage the kurds clearly very confident but let me just show you the sign here it says kurdistan parliament iraq what the kurds have been looking for now is to remove iraq from that sign. the

iraqi military along with shia militia has started an operation to retake areas and the western part of anwar problems from my soul. health several towns on the western border with syria since two thousand and fourteen but it has been losing ground in iraq and syria and recent months i saw mel controls less than seven percent of iraq compared to forty percent nearly three years ago the mammoth cleanup effort after hurricane arma hit the u.s. state of florida is going slowly by tens of thousands of people still without electricity the largest atlantic storm on record hit almost a week ago now but many people are still unable to return home as rob reynolds reports. big pine key is a study in desolation here on one of a chain of low lying islands that bore the brunt of hurricane earl mouth trees are stripped bare debris is piled high houses are trashed boats lifelong

onto the shore telephone poles are snapped into like rotten driftwood there's no electricity no running water and hardly any people except for a few die hards like and mccarty my baby the house boat where she's lived for ten years is now have sunk in the debris choked financial i was tied good i came through it i and tell the tide went out yesterday and this boat right here i'm sit non poked a hole in the bottom of my boat and her friend roxie gillespie have taken refuge in the house of a neighbor who fled before the storm hit i lived on a sailboat. but it's not in the harbor we can't find my son's friend looking on satellite pictures for we haven't found it yet with most residents still evacuated

and not able to return the only traffic on the keys streets highways and bridges consists of convoys of police national guardsmen and humvees and other emergency workers. tillett crews from around florida and beyond are working long hours trying to get electricity flowing again according to the federal emergency management agency sixty five percent of all houses on the keys were damaged by erma and another twenty five percent were destroyed there have been reports of thieves stealing property in the wake of the storm. proven benami runs a maritime supply store in island morada key as night well somebody came in and stole the jet ski dock that i did tired up especially because i saw it sort of moving toward a street that put it back in i tied it with a big cable and a big log and they still cut it off and took it away from here signs by the

roadside bear a blunt warning. for the most part though people are taking the destruction and disruption in their stride without tears we're going to check in interior i mean i could cry everything i own in the world was on that boat except for a few little things right on the arm but what are you going to do i'm here and a life time to clean up i'll make money clean up and i'll be able to start over again. well you know no intelligent leader oh no never was a home this is home in the florida keys it seems human nature can handle whatever mother nature dishes out rob reynolds al-jazeera a big player in florida four people have been killed and ten others ensured after a typhoon hit central vietnam typhoon to scurry and pounded six coastal districts

with one hundred thirty five kilometer per hour when's storm tore roofs off sixteen thousand homes and damaged electricity poles causing widespread blackouts and the scale of the humanitarian disaster following last month's flooding and landslides in sierra leone it is overwhelming orphanages in the capital freetown more than a thousand people were killed leaving many children without parents nicholas hawke reports. in the chaos of august his landslide came a few miracles. one thousand months old sequence that is one of them rescuers found him in the neck deep in mud much to his mother's relief. c.d.b. gave me how much he was and i saw him alive my heart melted but when i heard his father had died his body stuck in the mud my heart went cold and the more the recovery effort has stopped an eerie silence hangs over this vast terrain hundreds

of bodies still lie buried deep in the mud among the buildings destroyed were an orphanage with sixty children inside the church with seventy students studying and hundreds of family homes this is a country still in mourning trying to come to terms with the sheer scale of the destruction. brahim. are some of the hundreds of children that have lost their parents in the much like they are now under the care of the don bosco orphanage in downtown freetown. in mind of them. that. they feel. listened to then many people. in the last. nine. children who suffered a brutal civil war and the recent bold outbreak have found

a place they call home here they receive counseling and attend school. volunteers say teenagers suffer the most too old to be called a child but too young to be considered an adult sixteen year old. fears for her future most young girls in sierra leone her age are married off i don't. know how. the others will stay here for another three months the government has promised to re house all of them by then but you homes will not take away their trauma after so much loss and destruction these are orphans who are uncertain with what lies ahead nicholas hawke al-jazeera freetown. the urge to take

a look at the headlines right now on al-jazeera north korea has released new pictures of its most recent nuclear test ballistic missile was launched over the japanese island of ikeda on friday it's part of north korea's plan to achieve so-called a military equilibrium with the united states japanese prime minister shinzo office says friday's launch went against the international community's strong united will for a police peaceful solution bangladesh's accuse me and mar ever paid leave violating its airspace further straining relations damaged by the ongoing ranjoor crisis as helicopters and drones cross into bangladesh three times in the last five days myanmar's military has been accused of attacking rwanda civilians attempting to flee and camps in bangladesh have been overwhelmed by the numbers streaming over the border almost four hundred thousand or a hand to have now fled a military crackdown that began more than three weeks ago a british prime minister has raised the u.k.'s terror threat level from severe to

critical after an explosive device partially detonated on the wand and underground train on friday theresa may says she took the decision after advice from security officials twenty nine people were injured in that incident which happened during morning rush hour the iraqi military along with shia militia has started an operation to retake areas in the western part of anwar province from my soul the armed group has held several towns on the western border with syria since two thousand and fourteen but it's been losing ground in iraq and syria and recent months controls less than seven percent of iraq compared to forty percent nearly three years ago. the united states wants the kurdish regional government and northern iraq to call off an independence referendum to be held later this month the kurdish parliament approved the proposal on friday despite opposition from iraq iran and turkey and the u.s. is calling on the kurds to enter into dialogue with the iraqi government warning

the referendum could spark violence in the region as are the headlines in his continues after the listing to keep it are. facing the realities of the air space that they have not this not belong to them it belongs to the international community getting to the heart of the matter they can understand how the chinese leadership brought you to this new enemy of the state here the story on top to how does it at this time. there's a muslim right she probably. saw him on yesterday saying that they're just. trying to test her talent my space. for. a lower major gives birth in europe the listening post here are some of the media stories we're covering this week me and maher and the real hinge of muslims ethnic cleansing or for.