after weeks of heavy fighting the l n a is led by the renegade general. and is said to have captured the seaport it's laid siege to death for the last two years causing severe shortages of water electricity food and medicine mahmoud up to one head has the latest from the libyan capital tripoli. the war in the eastern libyan city of there has become a guerrilla warfare between hefted his forces that his forces loyal to libya's libya's really good general have to and forces loyal to the dead and the protection force now that they're in a protection force is the new name of the. council resolution riis that is the arm with hoop defying. and refusing to join the military brigades in the east of libya now eyewitnesses in an essay that in a moving vehicle can be targeted from the air and they have the forces have been

opening a political for civilians to leave the city people they say there is a huge traffic of evacuees leaving the city fleeing the war that has been now going on in the inside the streets of there now have to his forces have been taken control of a strategic locations in the city including the port now because hefted forces have been very well trained and equipped and they have been supported by egypt and the united arab emirates though they have advanced it quickly and they have taken control of many locations inside the city even switch operation little military operation room to the city and it's now based inside the city of the net now the city of that has been short of everything including basic needs food water medical equipment medical stuff and medications and people there say that literally say that anyone who who get gets wandered in this war could die because

there is no way to treat them there is no medical aid the city is literally isolated from the whole world. now the worst may not yet be invariant cost amala new evacuations have been older where the mount volcano has been spewing more lover at least seventy five people have been killed hundreds of others is still missing following sunday's eruption rescuers have been sifting through the hole to ash in search of survivors many have chosen just simply to leave the area in time a village is being destroyed david messer is a correspondent with more. we're here at san miguel los lot that is this is the worst affected area the so-called ground zero of this disaster and you can see behind emergency workers are still trying their very best to get bodies to locate bodies inside the houses but because of this huge thick layer of dust and ash and mud they're having to remove roofs and things like that to simply get access just

to find out if there is anybody under there. one of the biggest problems that emergency workers are facing here is knowing when they can work and when they can every so often a whistle goes off and that means that everybody has to evacuate that's what's going on right now people are being told to walk out in case there's another eruption which could put more lives at risk those lucky enough to escape had just moments to evacuate their homes they had to leave everything behind there actually covered belongings bear witness to the tragedy of the in the first part five to it means to get the second extended seven clinton just three to five minutes. now the long cleanup begins this is a major highway that connects the coast up to the highlands behind me trying to get rid of all the debris the cars that tons of ash and mud this is going to be a major operation for the government here going to cost a lot of money that they might not have but it's going to be a necessity and it's going to allow the country to move forward. on this al-jazeera

news hour including. hoping for a blue wave democrats in the u.s. take on the republicans in key congressional races. the stage is set to take a look at where the much anticipated meeting between kim jong il and donald trump will take place i was just over a week to go until the world cup. will be fit to play joe we'll have the details coming up in sport. under pressure from hundreds of thousands of farmers who are demanding that they get help more help for their produce. farmers in northern and western states are in the middle of a ten day strike as you can see from the picture there spilling milk and vegetables

to block roads and highways and that's already pushed up prices in some cities by as much as ten percent the farmers want the government to intervene by waiving loans and delivering on promises to ensure that they a paid more. ordered. the business men are getting rich and families are losing out the middle men are cheating poor farmers and as the prices are going down the number of farmers committing suicide is going up. let's take a closer look now at the issues more than half of the population works in farming but the average annual income in twenty sixteen that these for a farmer was less than three hundred dollars more than half of farming households are currently in debt and since nine hundred ninety five more than three hundred thousand farmers have committed suicide over the truth figure is thought to be much higher than all of this is piling on the pressure on the political parties to deliver on their campaign promises just last week the ruling the j.p.

party suffered defeat an apology by election in protest after payments for farm produce were late with. who is president of the all india. party and he joins us live now from new delhi look at an indication not with then perhaps of where the farmers have some power given that we just said that by election defeat for the ruling the j.p. party. the farmers all over india. will be under great crisis they are facing the terrible situation for the last forty years in fact for the last twenty years or so ever since the new liberal policies began in the country. more than three hundred thousand farmers are committed to say in the last twenty years

in india. most of them have been forced to come here to say because of the problem of indebtedness very having tremendous loans which they cannot repay and the second important point that they are facing is a completely collapsing crisis for grabs yet they are growing but and that is why the last nearly two years. story in the land i just interject and bring you back to the politics of the situation because of course you have several important state elections this year and of course you have a general election next year how can the farm is use their political power in a democracy. yes certainly vidia struggles that are going on di paolo the government is slowly

slipping away that you can see it very clearly in the ground zero by elections that took place just like late last month and as this. tremendous kind of discontent rises it will definitely have a political force and this political force we'll definitely helps if you're already helped to put egypt the government on the defensive and it will definitely have a very important role to play in the parliamentary elections in india in two thousand and nineteen because farmers are now organizing as a class they had a huge struggle cigar just time they had huge struggles in maharashtra including the long march they had huge struggles in delhi last year in the form of focus on parliament and everywhere in the country there is tremendous under arrest bitter demand for a complete loon they were that is cancellation of loans the regular two prices for

their crops on land rights these are all the issues that are now coming to the fore all over india and has been this having happened this will certainly have a political ramification in the coming parliamentary elections and what sort of hope would you place them in the main opposition party the congress party because the situation the virtually ignoring of india's farmers has lasted for far longer than just that of of one administration has a this is been going on for decades. you see that need all be our world. is for all left democratic parties to come together the need is. our alternative set of policies unless those are going to do set of policies are followed by whichever government comes in the country it will not have any benefit for farmers in the coming future. because

earlier also the congress government also took a same generally the same positions of the neo liberal policies. for most who say it started in the congress originally now it is true that under the b.g.p. government they're gone up by forty percent farmers who say they've increased but basically what is required is a complete change of policies what is required is a complete change in political will unless that comes about i don't see any way out of the current crisis that is there in india in agriculture and for farmers and therefore what the all india is science about is fighting for we are fighting for a completely new set of policies that will be put on far more pro agricultural worker group people that is what we are actually struggling for and we are having

a continuous education now till the ninth of august a huge ten crore signature camp it all over india among farmers is being conducted on the ninth of august which was as you know the quick india day the day when mahatma gandhi called upon the british government to quit india on that same day the all india the sensible lead lakhs of farmers will mobilize all over the country in every district all right give a call to the b.g. people the government that it is now high time for you to quit india our slogan for the ninth or go start all over the country this is going on very well. we'll check in on you in august and i thank you very much indeed. israel's prime minister has arrived in the u.k. to meet the british prime minister to resume a benjamin netanyahu has been going around europe to try to get leaders to pull out of the iran nuclear deal so far is ever efforts haven't exactly paid off at least

in front of that explains. benjamin netanyahu arrived at the least say for talks with call just a few hours off iran had announced it was increasing its uranium enrichment capacity the israeli prime minister said the move was proof that tehran weapons netanyahu is in europe to urge either leaders to stop supporting the twenty fifteen iran nuclear deal in a in a cooler that he's convinced will collapse i didn't ask france to withdraw from the j.c.b. or because i think is basically going to. be dissolved. by the way the economic forces but i think that there are two possibilities either iran dismantles its nuclear activities unilaterally under this pressure or there may be in the future negotiations for better. a better deal the french president said the

iran nuclear deal wasn't perfect but should remain the basis for a wider agreement if you don't because there's a need if we think it's not enough it's a useful building block better than what we have a full of the best things to keep it because as we say a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush with you so i agree with you c.p.o. isn't enough but it's better than what we had to fill iran says it's boosting its uranium enrichment in case the twenty fifteen deal collapses the head of iran's atomic agency said it informed the united nations that book had begun a home court rule of austerity right now ideological infrastructure and utilities and the towns are ready for hundreds of size image of asked w. years. the deal limited iran's nuclear activities in return for lifting sanctions united since the u.s. withdrawal last month european leaders have been trying to salvage it and find ways to block looming u.s. sanctions european leaders all struggling to save the iran deal and some analysts

say the tehran's decision to increase the pressure on the merrill may only make it harder iranian officials are not seeing much rush in the. decision making process that's what they want to keep all options available and at strategic levels that means also a threat to the europeans not to you know it with iran not to joke with iran the french president has called for a deescalation of tensions on all sides but unless european leaders come up with a plan to save the deal soon and keep u.s. sanctions a baby iran's patients with his allies may soon run out and sasha bottler al jazeera paris. that south sudan has been torn apart by conflict its five year long civil war has left many suffering from preventable diseases because of severe medicine and food children all than half the population seven million people are now dependent on aid since twenty thirteen tens of thousands have been killed

a millions of people have been displaced and the u.n. has recently threatened to extend sanctions on south sudan if i think continues but the head of the no region refugee council egeland says aid workers and now ramping up their efforts despite the threats. south sudan has a lot of land it has a lot of potential for cattle what is the problem well it's the fighting it is that the various armed groups are not willing to make a grievance at the negotiating table and we as humanitarians we end up with the civilian population in the crossfire one hundred colleagues have been killed since december twenty thirty four we're not giving up we need to have this to lay an effort now in the next three months when there is the lean season and in sudan and when millions will depend on really well it's appealing to the government and to

the doctors for a humanitarian ceasefire in the next three months so that we can reach out to all of the millions who are totally dependent now on humanitarian relief in the middle of this conflict what we want is to be neutral independent impartial and do whatever we can to help the civilian population but also very bluntly saying. the government and the armed opposition activists need to defend the civilian population not attack them i've been meeting too many you know women widows mothers who tell of sexual abuse rape terrible things and it's happening with impunity there is no military other leaders who are really put accountable for what that done. unions in jordan are holding a one day strike to keep up the pressure over a controversial tax proposal that days of protests have already led to the prime

minister resigning when the king has called for a review of the tax plan opponents say that's not enough momentum to reports. after days of anti austerity protests and the resignation of the prime minister jordan's king abdullah has spoken out on the unrest and what it means for the region in a good you'll wish and then or didn't what happened in today's blame cannot be just on the kingdom or citizens political position in the region played a big role there are many who do not like the jordanian role in the region so this is part of the challenges that we are now facing today but we have confidence in the world and there is a hope the countries will help us in order to move forward we must rely on ourselves and we need to better explain to us citizens these real challenges ahead of us so they can see everything clearly. for most of these protesters it's not about politics or ideology i guess it would have been enough alienation we need not

to travel looking for a job to feed our family we need not to get our education overseas this is our country and it is the right time to feel stable here. the protests in the capital amman have been directed towards the government's plans for tax hikes and austerity measures many of those who have come out are young. while the atmosphere at this peaceful protest appeared almost festive a times the frustration is clear. as mud is an actress she says anyone ignoring corruption in society means they are part of the problem head and what i'm not sure we're here to see this country so that people drown there are many jordanian say the message this crowd is sending must be heard lemme see dman policy there are lead in the country to more debt and imposing more taxes will take the country to an unknown tot we decided. go to the streets people and you to put an end to these policies on tuesday king abdullah appointed education minister ahmed to be the new prime minister and form

a government a former world bank official is considered a leading reformer and his appointment comes after his predecessor and markley quit amid the growing anger. the protests began after a monthly announced his plans to raise income taxes by as much as five percent taxes aimed at shrinking jordan's thirty seven billion dollars debt the a dependent economy has been struggling with a dramatic cut in donations by the u.a.e. the u.s. and saudi arabia protesters say they want to make it clear to the government that simply replacing the prime minister will not go far enough. that rob here to tell us where the rain in spain is actually falling yes yes another thunderstorm causing trouble is is in catalonia the satellite picture shows if you'll notice a circulation with the whites a cloud just happening to be on the eastern side of spain and this circulation is slowing weaving sunda storms and this is what happened since chest which is down

the coast from boston i don't strange is too big thunderstorms in spain during the summer and if you're lucky you get away with just this rushing down the streets and taking been with it and no worse than that but we have had worse elsewhere in europe particularly in france and that is still going on but for spain well the rest today could see a few more thunderstorms and i'm taking you have a nice tomorrow the whole system is moving in this general direction so coming in behind me is a line take when it's much cooler as on a storm here this is just clouded rains of portugal west and spain but if you're in the warmth of the sunshine you expect middle twenty's even high twenty's to the southwest now bigger picture i did say the same sort of thing was going on on the western side of europe in france in particular there also thunderstorms rolling up through here have been hitting southern front central france on the northeast one example there sixty three minute beaches. in just three hours from the sun's told near warm in the northwest well this is gentle right i've seen videos on social

media of destructive forget this sort of thing but anyway there is still more to come r.t. . thank you very much rob still to come on this al-jazeera news. in sydney on a new initiative to use technology to get women to tell city where they feel on sites and why. no matter who wins this is no one's. no party with the president joe will tell you why stars of the n.b.a. say they won't celebrate a title at the white. in this. each one they still. want to be seen. to be.

with. it's been one year since its neighbors imposed a blockade on qatar by land sea and air. a move that shattered the region's geopolitical landscape alliances have shifted and qatar has grown more self-reliant . but what caused the rift between the g.c.c. countries is there and the insights and can the gulf ever be the same again the siege of qatar on a. time

for us to take a look at the top stories here in the al-jazeera news out this football team has canceled its world cup warm up match against israel after political pressure the palestinian football association had urged the team to cancel the match because of the recent unrest in gaza israeli forces killed at least one hundred twenty one palestinians protesting at the gaza israel border since late march. the self declared libyan national army has entered the city of there after weeks of heavy fighting d.n.a. is led by a renegade general. said to have captured the sea ports a new study from the global peace index says the middle east and north africa remain the world's least peaceful region. new evacuations have been ordered near guatemalans volcano after more love us started flowing down the mountainside at least seventy two people in them to have died hundreds mall still missing. now half

a century ago u.s. senator robert f. kennedy was shot minutes after he'd given a speech at the ambassador hotel in los angeles he would die the very next day today many people remain convinced that kenneth is unique political talents would have made him one of america's greatest presidents and children looks back at his life and legacy. robert kennedy was everything a working class hero wasn't supposed to be but in one thousand nine hundred sixty eight with the country in political and social chaos kennedy supporters thought he could be the president the nation needed you don't really care if he won our laws to. solve. when he was all about trying to create change and trying to make the world more just change mantra ending the war in vietnam stopping racism and discrimination and erasing harvard he from every corner of the country history

may not repeat but it often rhymes conditions are different now but a lot of the anxiety that swept through the country in one nine hundred sixty eight echoes the anxiety of today kennedy's early career was linked to that of his brother the president but john's assassination in one thousand nine hundred sixty three pushed him into the spotlight and martin luther king's killing in one thousand nine hundred sixty eight kept him there he was on his own he wasn't his job had been to take care of his brother in no it was robert kennedy doing what he thought was the best thing to do when president lyndon johnson decided to not run for reelection i shall not seek and i will not accept. the nomination of my party for another term as your pro kennedy entered the race i am announcing today my candidacy. for the pregnancy of the united states among its opposition to the law and order candidate richard nixon and senator eugene mccarthy

who opposed vietnam it took a chat with a mccarthy supporter to make kennedy more willing to mildly call for an end to the war he said i'm getting all of fraternity boys who make scenes and and mccarthy is getting all the a students i want to know why that's true moreover kennedy's popularity soared because people believed he understood their struggles my thanks to all of you and now it's on to chicago and let's win. but then a gunman shot hannity on june fifth at a campaign rally his presidency would never be what i think is that that sense. of love primarily certainly and and the quest for social justice as an expression. on this are robert francis kennedy dead at age forty two but his vision of

a better world lives on i dream things that never were and say why not roslyn jordan al-jazeera washington a young palestinian man with jordanian citizenship was convicted of kennedy's murder in one thousand nine hundred eighty nine about fifty years on the many questions about sit on sit on his conviction remain unanswered like hannah has this report so we remember. fifty years after his death bobby kennedy's family gather in memory of his life. among those accompanying his widow ethel are his children grandchildren and friends who survived the decades. remembering that day when robert francis kennedy's bid to become president of the united states was ended in a hail of bullets is going to help the drama going to quote of the moment a twenty four year old palestinian. was found guilty and is serving

a life sentence. obviously always there but there is no. moment to remember who might go. or whatever it was look at. be. any of that but the family renowned for its unity is sharply divided about the circumstances of bobby kennedy's death earlier this year his son robert f. kennedy jr visited sirhan sirhan in prison and afterwards called for the investigation into the death to be reopened i went there because i was curious and disturbed by what i'd seen in the evidence he says i was disturbed that the wrong person might have been convicted of killing my father his sister kathleen townsend kennedy says i think bobby makes a compelling case but joseph p. kennedy opposes the reopening of the case his response i think that what is most

important to set our country and my family reflect on what my father stood for and fought for and kerry kennedy agrees she says i think we should focus on his life and not so much on his death among the problematic details bobby kennedy was shot in the back of the head but i witnessed his place a handsome man in front of him. secondly there were thirteen bullets fired at the scene while the accused killer was found with a revolver in his hand that only contained a chambers raising speculation about more than one shooter. was this is the story of kennedy and his assassin ten years ago this documentary was made questioning so handsome hands guilt and its director says troubling if it in scranton used to image dr daniel brown who is a leading expert in hypnosis and coercive persuasion at the harvard medical school has been working with sarah and her hands attorneys over the last eleven years

recover his memory of the shooting and again in some of his court decorations he's mapped out. for me very compelling evidence that saran was in the nothing state at the time of this she's saying i was somehow program to be as destruction for the real shooter who was behind it behind kennedy's right here bobby kennedy's body was placed on a train and transported from the west coast to the east for burial the route lined with mourners but the journey to establish how he died may still be incomplete mike hanna al-jazeera washington. well we say in the u.s. because jews say was the busiest and perhaps the most important election day in the country this year voters in eight states cast ballots to select candidates for november's midterm elections it's seen as a crucial vote for democrats who are eyeing republican controlled seats in the state of california and new jersey being to gain a majority in the house of representatives to take back control and block much of

president trump's agenda. now the south korean president says he wants to ramp up efforts to recover the remains of those killed during the korean war and his memorial day speech in indicated the importance of finding the soldiers buried in the demilitarized zone the divides the two koreas following a rare summit between moon and kim in april the two sides have been working on a peace agreement that could replace the armistice that ended the three year conflict in one hundred fifty three. if you know korean relations or prove i will prioritize the work of discovering the remains buried in the demilitarized zone will be able to recover the remains of fallen war heroes including american soldiers in china an explosion in a mine is killed at least eleven people in the northeastern city of bend she rescue is managed to pull out more than twenty workers who were trapped underground miners

in china often face unsafe conditions whilst working underground the united nations has signed an agreement with me amal that could lead to the return of ranger refugees from bangladesh it outlined steps towards a voluntary and safe repatriation of some of the seven hundred thousand refugees they've fled an offensive by mia mas army which the u.n. has described as ethnic cleansing the u.n. says conditions are yet secure enough for the refugees to go home but the deal is an important development. the hollywood producer harvey weinstein has pleaded not guilty to rape and sexual assault the sixty six year old appeared in a new york court on tuesday morning after a grand jury indicted him last week on charges involving two women weinstein whose alleged actions helped spark the international mean to movement insists is only ever had consensual sex. and young women worldwide are being encouraged to use

technology to report harris meant in an effort to make streets safer and international charity has made an app which women can use to highlight where they don't feel safe walking andrew thomas recalls are from sydney where the app was first created. for young women city streets can be or see a hostile environment one way to improve things an international charity is to highlight which areas are best and which worst for the last month women in sydney have been encouraged to use a website to mark where they felt particularly safe or unsafe when and why more than three thousand incidents have been uploaded so far daughter is so powerful and it tells a story three numbers which a lot of the time is one of three ways that decision makers can be swayed these women from the charity plan international i'm out visiting the hot spots taking photographs for an art project to publicize the initiative.