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dead. hello i'm maryam namazie in london you're watching al-jazeera and so coming up syria's ally shrinking a rebel and eastern the area second largest group of fighters agrees to a surrender deal. stock markets fall across the world over fears of a trade war triggered by donald trump's move to impose tariffs on chinese goods. and we're in somalia where things are getting a little more expensive but the government insists it's for the greater good. in france where police have shot dead a man who carried out a shooting spree and took people hostage inside a supermarket the twenty six year old attacker killed three people several others are reported to have been wounded this is how we understand events unfold it these

suspects hijacked a car and shooting dead the driver he then fired six shots at police officers who were out jogging in the city he then went to a supermarket in the town of treb it's about a twenty minute drive away he shot dead two people left and then took a number of others hostage let's now go to paul brennan he's in paris and so paul much more about the identity of the attack. we have twenty six or whatever media are actually are still reporting as being twenty five so we'll have to delve into exactly what his date of birth is he's from morocco but what there is a real mystery as to what exactly has inspired him to do this now remember back this morning when those four members of the french riot police were attacked in what appeared initially to be a kind of drive by shooting the gunman who fired at the men wounded one of them in the shoulder claimed to be a soldier. and then went off and other people in

a vehicle and went to the supermarket another witnesses reported hearing him say. bar and other related things that would indicate that he was somehow i saw affiliated however the interior minister who raced from paris down to try to be at the scene of the supermarket just after the siege the the hostage standoff had finished gave a somewhat more cloudy murky view of exactly how this man appeared to have decided to be motivated. to lease. the terrorists name is one that he was twenty six years old when it was known for petty crimes we had followed him but we think he was not very closed he jumped to the asked abruptly he was already under surveillance. so some more details emerging as

you were hearing there paul what do you know about the security situation in the area police at this point that he was acting alone. yes they are certainly was acting alone it was very difficult to make a call on that earlier because of the three distinct separate episodes as this incident unfolded there was first of all the theft of that white opal a carjacking essentially by the this gunman he shot dead one of the people in that car seriously wounded another use then the car to go to where the four police officers were jogging and fire at them and then the same car to go to the supermarket first it almost appeared as though there were three separate incidents but now the police are convinced it was one person acting alone but what that the interior minister said that just not quite sure exactly what made him do it he seemed to have jumped to this act this attack without any prior warning they don't

believe he was radicalized by video so exactly what was it that promote prompted him to actually go about this one thing i do want to say is that the police officer who was inside the supermarket and essentially swapped himself as a hostage so that other civilians would be let go he's being hailed a hero has been seriously injured in the climax of the of that hostage taking in the firing the shooting that took place bringing the hostage taking to an end but what transpired is he when he swapped himself for the civilians he opened his mobile phone line so that the people the police outside could listen in as to what was going on inside and it meant that the police officers outside had a good signal as to exactly when to launch the operation to bring the siege to an end he's being hailed a hero tonight here in france thank you very much paul brannan with all the latest on that story from paris. thank. you at least sixteen people have

been killed in a suicide bomb attack outside a sports stadium in southern afghanistan fourteen people were also wounded in the attack in the city of lashkar gah in helmand province let's get more on this now from al-jazeera is up to alicia who joins us on the line from kabul. is there any update on the victims the casualties from this attack. marty young world this incident happened just right outside a sports stadium as you say and at the time all of the explosion there were police moved toward him and were ongoing and this time there was a wrestling match now that a suicide car bomber eroded emitted his career explosive just right outside the stadiums entrance and we believe and according to the two sources that we spoke in large they say there are a number of security officers also among them tell routine. and they're possibly

there what we're what watching these games are now. a spokesperson for the governor says that these are these casualties me increase and a crowd of people were targeted by the suicide car bomber yet to be hard to find that are how serious they are but the hospital telling us that these casualties number or of them are very serious. arwa thanks very much. the latest on what has been a very serious deadly attack in southern afghanistan so far the figure is that sixteen people have been killed but forty also wounded it took place outside a sports stadium in helmand province. now another rebel group in eastern guta outside syria's capital damascus has to surrender government forces have been in

the rebel held area for weeks in a bid to take back control fighters in another section of the and agree to an evacuation deal on thursday the government is now targeting duma where a third rebel group is still holding out in a hole or ports from beirut. there is no ceasefire here the pro-government alliance is bombing into submission the densely populated town of the northern pocket of the now divided eastern hooter enclave is controlled by the rebel faction . the russian military and the syrian government want the rebels to surrender negotiations have stalled i do not in particular demonstrate that there is still ongoing very active and violent still it is and people continue to be disgraced there is really no safe place in a lot of these areas as well as report they've been sheltering in underground shelters in basements that even have not been able to be limited from the violence

syrians who aren't afraid to go to government controlled territory have been streaming out of duma for days numbers vary but syrian state media so they are leaving the besieged town in their thousands passing through the government checkpoint that. hundreds remain trapped in particularly those who fear arrest or even execution because of their role in the opposition they are demanding an internationally monitored safe passage to other rebel held areas. those people are wanted by the state for opposition related activities they include medical activists civil defense volunteers and medics the united nations says there are one thousand humanitarian and medical workers who are trapped in eastern who are with their families who fear for their future the government calls them terrorists accusing them of hiding behind humanitarian work the syrian army and its allies have recaptured most of the rebel controlled enclave in what has been one of the fiercest bombing campaigns in the past seven years the remaining towns in the

southern part of the enclave are controlled by filing. that rival faction agree to what amounts to a surrender deal with the russian military it says it wants to end the suffering of the people at whatever cost that cost involves leaving their lives and homes behind . several thousand are being bussed from a town once controlled by after hour a sham fighters who are now along with their families on their way to the rebel held province in the northwest. come a place where rebels who agreed to hand over territory to the government are sent and more often than not civilians accompany them but it isn't safe it too is a target for the government's armed forces which are vowing to recapture the whole country. beirut. global stock markets have been reacting badly to an escalating trade war between the world's two biggest economies china is urging the united states to pull back from the brink whilst also vowing to slap three billion

dollars of tariffs on u.s. imports and this comes after president live to impose sixty billion dollars of tariffs on chinese goods on thursday. from shanghai firing back china responded within hours to president donald trump's announcement of the tariffs beijing said it's planning to impose three billion dollars in tariffs of its own targeting one hundred twenty eight u.s. goods bound for china focusing on agriculture wine fruit nuts and pork products but also recycled aluminum and steel pipes this is china vowed it will not back down from a trade war while insisting the friction should be resolved through negotiations. if the dispute continues china says it could damage the broader picture of cooperation between the world's two largest economies it's telling the us to pull back from the brink. it's a destructive move china and the us so will trade lead i think it's going to

escalate gradually it will damage the economic relationship between the two countries and that will have a negative impact on the global economy both nations have said they're going to start legal action through the world trade organization here in china's commercial capital shanghai there's growing concern over a trade war with the u.s. they're worried about jobs in their worried about chinese businesses. that may affect employment in china since export is a big part of china's economy there's a lot of low and industry but in many people's jobs at the penny on exports. so i watch a lot of news of course china will fight back but the point of doing business is that we both we are it doesn't work if america is the only leader china has to protect its own interests to be increased trade tension could prove to be a challenge for chinese president xi jinping who by a measure passed during the national people's congress earlier this month can

remain as leader indefinitely a big trade war with the u.s. could slow china's rapid growth critical to his long term vision it's got harder al-jazeera shanghai. and there's been a strong international reaction to donald trump's appointment of a new national security adviser john bolton is opposed to the israel palestine peace talks and also the iran nuclear deal so let's discuss this and more with our correspondent kimberly halkett who's at the white house and so in some ways this was perhaps from donald trump's perspective a somewhat logical choice for his national security adviser but is it also causing some confusion there in washington. confusion and i think the bigger word to use here is concerned particularly from some top democrats but even members of the republican party are concerned about john bolton's hawkish views when it comes to iran when it comes to north korea he's penned most recently an editorial in the

wall street journal last month where he advocated for the bombing of north korea making the argument that it posed an imminent threat to the united states and as a result maryam in the united states is justified and even has a legitimate right to defend itself with a first strike so certainly a lot of people very concerned about this and also john bolton's a bit of a household name in the united states you remember him perhaps from the bush administration he certainly crafted the justification for the u.s. invasion of iraq and since then has been a regular on television news particularly fox news which we know the president watches regularly so donald trump has been listening to john bolton in his opinions for quite a while and now has decided to put him in his cabinet but in terms of his predecessor h.r. mcmaster the two could not be further apart as a charming master favored you know not only the iran deal but commitments to nato

allies pushing back against russia john bolton sees it everything on those issues just the opposite ok thanks very much at the white house. still to come for you on the program human rights groups accuse you a backed militias of kidnapping and torturing people in yemen. and australia wants one is to stay away from the beach filled with stranded while carcasses because of the threat of sharks. weather looks lossie set fair for southern parts of china a little further north of this more cloud here imply there will be some right possibly some snow over the high ground the rain becoming a little more expansive us we go through sunday sinking a little further south as but down into the south the sun will continue to shine through nicely hong kong getting up to around twenty five degrees celsius even

shanghai not too bad around twenty twenty one of the next couple of days but a dry weather meanwhile across south asia we are going to see essentially the hate the pretty monsoon heat continuing to build. for nagpur showers at least away from sri lanka for now but you can see how the eastley of the northeast the wind is tending to drift into the cloud may well approach as we go on through sunday further north that he continues and that pool could touch that one celsius by the end of the weekend thirty four celsius in new delhi thirty seven in karate plenty warm enough here and a good deal of warmth also developing now across the arabian peninsula so we get up to thirty celsius and abu dhabi here in doha not too bad light winds twenty nine degrees celsius on saturday a touch warmer as recall one insists on they notice temperatures getting up to around thirty two degrees perhaps a little bit windy or so the possibility of a little bit of lift it dust and sand.

stories of life. and inspiration. a series of short documentaries from around the world. that celebrate the human spirit against the odds some of them before they focused on. al-jazeera selects changemaker is at this time. welcome back it's update you on the top stories this hour three people have been

killed in southwestern france when a gunman hijacked a car and took hostages in a supermarket the twenty six year old suspect has been shot dead by police. in afghanistan at least sixteen people have been killed after an explosion in lashkar in helmand province forty others have been injured at the bomb went off as people were leaving a wrestling match. another syrian rebel group has agreed to surrender in the rebel held and. this follows another deal that was a point there on thursday with a different group of fighters. now human rights groups accuse you a backed militias of kidnapping and torturing people in yemen some are suggesting as many as fifteen thousand people could have been affected al-jazeera has spoken to the relatives of the missing who are calling for their safe return some of binge of aid reports so many in southern yemen are demanding to know where their missing relatives are and human rights groups are accusing militias which are backed by the

united arab emirates of making arbitrary arrests in a dim and large they see some detainees have been tortured and others are banned from contacting their families testimonies given to al-jazeera provide new insight into how young men are disappearing. i'm from tyreese i'm the sister of two news abdul hamid nasser he was studying at college and we don't know his whereabouts for more than a year no one can find him money and the mother of the muslim i he was arrested by a morality backed forces at a checkpoint in aden my son is seventeen years old he was the sole breadwinner after my husband died he went to him to support me and his five sisters after more than a year and a half of his arrest someone from the prison called me and said i'm doing you a favor talk to your. son when i talk to him he said mother help me get out of here i'm going to die. you a military which is part of the saudi led coalition fighting who even yemen has

repeatedly denied running secret prisons but for months detainees have been describing how they were abducted and tortured and you often have to cut my brother ahmed wali he was in the second year at the university of aden one day he came to visit us and ta is when he was returning home he was arrested we found out that he was in prison that there achmet and prison and you had a lot of fun my brother. was working at a restaurant in the agency's shake off money area one day his friends called us and told us that iraqi forces brutally attacked him and arrested him we've been looking for him for a year and a half we urge the international community to help us look for them. the advocacy group called the mothers of a big d's association says more than fifteen thousand yemenis have either been arrested or disappeared and there has been an uptake in the matter in our arbitrary detentions but also in force disappearances across the country and by all sides to

the conflict in the south. security belt of forces which are about by the u.a.e. there have been very credible investigations into a vast number of secret detention centers where hundreds of men boys are being arbitrarily detained and for months at a time without having any contact with the outside world the three year war in yemen has caused a complete breakdown of law and order especially in the south where militias operate beyond the control of the courts and the internationally recognized government in addition to disappearances and torture militia backed by the us are accused of executions and assassinations as well great to see journalists clerics and high profile politicians have all been targeted at civilians are increasingly at the mercy of powerful on groups. some of a job with others or in peru

a congress has just accepted president kaczynski his resignation earlier he was threatening to withdraw the motion and defend himself against impeachment proceedings that's now speaking to my honest sanchez who is in lima for us so we understand the resignation has now happened we were expecting it what should what happens next in terms of replacing the president. yes merriam voted congress just voted to accept the president's resignation after he handed in his letter two days ago or nearly two days ago and also there was an impasse is morning where members of congress wanted to call him a traitor and the case him another accept his resignation. after all this impasse that they just voted as you just said and now the first vice president is as his dream of home police is going to pick him up there and bring him

over to congress to be the start of the school was the first is the first vice president who will be sworn in in the next hour or so here at congress where the armed forces and the police and the congress men are getting ready for the next celebration if you will of the new president. and just briefly marianna what's been the reaction that people want to see a good chance to resign. but have we actually because people not only were they come up most people were in favor of his resignation at the same time most people are not in favor of the legislators the congressmen here for their resignation because. the people believe and they feel that they can with it with congressmen are corrupt the

political class is corrupt there's been a protest last night and there's been all over the media the people saying that they want all the political class to go of course up the impossible but there will be a lot of pressure. to begin his government if it making the people cross him if he wants to govern the country thanks very much for lena marianna sanchez. the european union has called back its ambassador in moscow for consultations related to the poisoning of a former russian spy in the u.k. earlier this month. britain's view that moscow is likely to blame for the poisoning of cripple and his daughter yulia russia denies the allegations than is saying that e.u. leaders are being drawn into an anti russia campaign instigated by the u.k. and the u.s. now moving to spain thirteen catalan politicians have been charged with rebellion

over their drive for independence for catalonia now one of those facing charges is jordi to roll seen here on the right has been nominated to be the new president of catalonia the former regional leader. faces the same charges of rebellion he is living in self-imposed exile in belgium. now going shopping all in somalia has become more expensive and many customers don't like it that angry at the government for imposing a five percent sales tax the first in nearly thirty years the government says the tax is crucial to slog is economic recovery and like addition to how bad it was. going to shoes lido beach is a sign of somalia's growing sense of optimism at its coffers with shaded table sit clients mainly middle wealthier elite sipping expensive coffee but these days they're having to pay more for their food and drinks the government has just introduced

a five percent sales tax for the first time in almost thirty years many are unhappy . i just paid three dollars of tax year i don't trust the government they have missed my needs revenue from other sources including don't nuff this tax will not be different than the reaction of somali traders to the tax has been more dramatic . shops and tolson mogadishu's spalling but car market which is a lifeline for the city and surrounding areas remain closed for days the traders were particularly and get by the government's ancestors that they paid the value added tax up front out of all of otherness that we had meetings with the prime minister in his finance minister to voice our complaint the meetings was inconclusive we've been decided to shut our businesses in protests the business is off since we opened signalling up fast round of victory for the government. we explained that there was no going back on the stacks and that it must be paid for the sake of the nation of somalia people relented and now more and more people are

stepping forward to register for taxation. government officials say revenue from taxes would be distributed across the regions of the country to fund health care education infrastructure and security tax collection is also a key condition for that relief for somalia from the international monetary fund and the world bank somalia are also around four billion dollars most of it interest and penalties or nearly three decades all made to the former military government whose overthrow in one thousand nine to one plunged the country into years of lawlessness that that makes it almost impossible for mogadishu to access money from international organizations like the i.m.f. forcing it to rely almost entirely on aid for its budget with some semblance of to exist and now in place this optimism that somalia my top embarked on the road to solve reliance but in taxing

a nation that has seen little or fish or lives in almost three decades officials admit they're facing a daunting task mamadou all just mogadishu. well the one hundred whales have died after a mass beaching in western australia rescuers have been trying to help the one hundred fifty pilot whales get back out to sea but all but fifteen of them have now died came ashore in hamelin bay at the southwestern tip of australia andrew thomas has the report. a fisherman found the pilot whales in distress early on friday morning. volunteers ran to the beach but couldn't save many. go back in the water they actually come back around. again i watch one of them happen three times and still he wouldn't see local government workers brought trucks on to the beach to remove the carcasses. there.

right there but why people are bringing up like help if we. don't have. the whales beached themselves in exactly the same place as a group of eighty did on exactly the same day in two thousand and nine no one knows for sure why whales beach themselves these did in new zealand last year some think it group tried to rescue a single vial and get stuck themselves others speculate they get confused by submarine sonar rough weather is another possibility scientists will carry out autopsies on the carcasses to look for clues an opportunity like this is one that vets and other marine experts will definitely take on board so they can learn more about what these animals aid you as well as the different sizes if there was a family say or a lot of females males young calves this provides really good interesting

information that scientists will benefit in the long run the priority now is clearing the carcasses before they float away dead whales in the sea attracts great why. it shocks close to shore and people police are warning them not to go swimming now to thomas al-jazeera sydney. two local politicians in the former soviet republic of georgia found a novel way to liven up their city assembly a heated debate managed to get totally out of hand when punches started flying between two opposition members one of whom went on the offensive using a telephone as an improvised weapon the two men had managed to get in cells worked up about the creation of a new political faction in the city of d.d. after they were separated by their fellow politicians medics had to be called in to treat them both for their injuries. it's a day when the top stories this hour police in southern france have shot at the suspect

after a gunman hijacked a car and took people hostage inside a supermarket three people were killed and several others are reported to have been injured. at least so this has been. the terrorists' name is that he was twenty six years old it was known for petty crimes we had followed him we think he was not very collaged he jumped to the act abruptly he was already under surveillance at least sixteen people have been killed in a suicide bomb attack outside a sports stadium in southern afghanistan forty people were also wounded in the attack which happened in the city of lashkar in helmand province the blast happened just as people were leaving the site where they've been watching a wrestling match. now the rebel group has agreed to a truce in a southern part of east and in syria it comes as the evacuation of rebels and their families continues from a roster which is controlled by

a crush on the syrian army's assault to retake eastern began a month ago has been one of the most intense attacks of the seven year war. china has called on the u.s. to pull back from the brink as fears of a trade war start to grow it says it will impose its own tariffs on u.s. goods if president trump insists on taxing chinese imports stock markets around the world have been suffering losses after the announcement by president trump in peru congress has excepting the resignation of president pedro publicly. he was threatening to withdraw the motion and defend himself against impeachment proceedings away is now clear for kaczynski replacement to be sworn in the vice president lot in this car. the european union has called back its ambassador in moscow for consultations related to the poisoning of a former russian spy in the u.k. e.u. leaders also backed britain's view that moscow is likely to blame for the attack on sergei script ball and his daughter yulia russia denies the allegations and says

e.u. leaders of being drawn into an anti russia campaign instigated by the u.k. and the united states as the headlines a.j. selects is coming up next and then a full bulletin after that in about twenty five minutes time i'll see them.