we fund have agreed to a fifty billion dollar draft deal to beef up its economy the i.m.f. sigs that could a board will decide in the coming days whether argentina's reform plan is worth the agreement president's more recent machree says the deal is necessary to avoid another economic collapse activists have been protesting across the country for weeks accusing the i.m.f. of interference allan symbolists from the national university of general. says the crisis in argentina is the result of government policies. not only president. say we would never go back to the i.m.f. but the current economy minister before he was economy minister. but very recently said the very same thing so indeed why are we going back to the i.m.f. well we're going back to the i.m.f. because of an economic crisis sensually generated by the

policies of the mockery administration since they assume in december of two thousand and fifteen argentina's main issue is the foreign exchange constraint what economists call the foreign exchange constraint i.e. the lack of. foreign exchange or dollars as they say here. to meet external needs be a trade to be its tourism be its debt service and so. the way the government has gone to solving that problem under monkee has been a very dramatic increase in public debt afghanistan's president has announced a temporary ceasefire with the taliban to coincide with the end of the muslim holy month of ramadan there has been more violence in recent months with dozens of the.

against civilians and security forces the government says operations will continue against other armed groups such as i saw the u.s. says it will honor the cease fire along with nato which called for peace talks jennifer glass has more from the capital kabul. president gummies announcement of a unilateral ceasefire it seems to be a calculated gamble following on his offer instead of the afghan taliban for unconditional peace talks and a seat at the political table if they came to negotiations so for that hasn't borne any fruits of what he made clear in his announcement that this ceasefire only applied to the afghan taliban afghanistan. that the government of the islamic republic of coniston announces a ceasefire from the twenty seventh of ramadan until the fifth day if you don't fit are following the historic ruling of ob-gyn religious scholars afghan national defense and security forces will only stop offensive maneuvers against the taliban

and will continue to target eisel and other foreign backed terrorist organizations and their affiliations the question is what will the taliban do now will they respect this ceasefire through one of the holiest weeks in the muslim calendar and how will afghan security forces tell the difference between taliban fighters and those and other militant groups the president ghani says his army and other security forces will continue to fight still ahead on al jazeera i don't know. that i mean your liking the look how refugees from him are are now getting help with their eyesight. it's a horrible trail of tears for them i'm sorry to say at least forty six people drowned off the coast of yemen once again highlighting the desperation of many across the horn of africa.

how it was there were some lively storms just pushing out of the northern plains of the us easing over towards the midwest see the great plains actually sing for ever amounts of cloud to spinning off the rockies and that will continue to make its way further east then as we go on through the next couple of days there we go the upper midwest see some very heavy rain for a time on friday as warmth around eastern seaboard will see temperatures getting up to twenty celsius in new york twenty three therefore also a hostile down towards the southeast and cold and you could still just catch wanted to showers around the capital and is back down into florida further west this fight in troy for the most part pushed north of the border just around washington state could see a little bit of weather just creeping its way in here into b.c. and that's all going to continue making its way further east was over the canadian rockies they could even be some snow still in the picture here yet it is jude wet weather continues across central parts of anything peping up always a possibility some lively storms coming through here that will continue to make its

way over towards the east coast as we go on through the weekend for the south but too bad across a good part of the caribbean that said of the case for the last around paris and they'll say for the greater antilles for central america we have still got some very heavy rain that means more beat down poles for a good part quote amala. territorial . and ethnic divisions. the daily reality piecing some of france's underprivileged communities. just zero world years first time to come from suburban president. over. paris. a divided city.

hello again the top stories on al-jazeera of u.s. president donald trump says he may invite north korea's kim jong il into the white house if negotiations between the leaders go well ahead of these summit japan's prime minister has urged trying to ensure the release of japanese citizens believed to have been abducted by pyongyang. leaders are arriving for the g. seven summit will the trumpet ministrations decision to impose tariffs on european and canadian goods likely to dominate discussions fears off a global trade war are hanging over the true day meeting québec city in canada. afghanistan's president has announced a temporary ceasefire with the taliban to coincide with the end of the muslim holy

month of ramadan the u.s. says it will honor the cease fire calling it a bold initiative for peace. thousands of refugees who fled across the border to thailand are battling bad eyesight with no international aid doctors have difficulty treating patients but at the refugee camp a new affordable solutions been found some reports. all about the needs of her community she's both doctor and refugee camp and he's getting a new pair of glasses but says basic i kid is not easy to come by. i'm an eye doctor but we don't have any equipment to treat patients in the refugee camp people come to me with eye problems so i do basic checks. these doctors from an american not for profit organization are providing inexpensive i wear to refugees and villages in remote areas of thailand they have

a new tool to work with that allows anyone to conduct i check ups and provide three d. printed glasses in just twenty minutes and. we are the first team on the ground outside of a university setting or an army setting that is actually using this system so it's earch early in its infancy but there are tremendous tremendous potential that we see for this really getting out there and really helping a lot of people see. most of the more than one hundred thousand refugees in these camps in thailand have fled mean mass southeast in covering state with karen nationalists have been fighting for independence for almost seventy years but funding from international aid groups has dwindled in recent years prompting many refugees to consider returning to mean ma but they're told it's still not safe. the huge fighting between karen nationalists and the mean military has displaced

thousands more people since march where the maggie and the refugees need to coordinate with the karen peace council first to verify how safe it is to go back they should not go back on their own because if something happens no one will take responsibility for the safety of their lives. with intermittent conflict forcing many of these refugees to stay put and aid cuts to the camps this innovative new program is bringing much needed care to a neglected community. al-jazeera. the un security council has imposed sanctions on six people involved in human trafficking and smuggling in libya there's been a push to take action after reports emerged last year of african migrants being sold as slaves russia had previously. more information was gathered it's now allowed the sanctions to go ahead. u.s.

authorities are planning to transfer sixteen hundred people who have been detained by immigration and customs officials to federal prisons five federal prisons are set to temporarily taken detainees who are awaiting civil immigration court hearings with one jail in california preparing to house a thousand people. from washington d.c. . well ice is confirming that it will be housing up to sixteen hundred immigrants coming into the united states illegally at medium security prisons here in the u.s. it says it's going to be working with the u.s. marshal service and as well as the department of prisons they said i says that this is a temporary situation because of the surge in illegals coming into the united states and because of the department of justice's so-called no tolerance policy the largest prison that would be holding these illegals would be in california it would

be holding up to a thousand illegals and then about two hundred to three hundred would be in facilities in washington texas and arizona now some unions representing prison guards have raised questions about this as to whether or not these illegal immigrants should be housed in the same facilities as prisoners we could expect to see some protests from civil rights groups about doing this sort of thing keep in mind that these facilities that they're going to be housed in are medium security prisons not maximum security prison so they would not be necessarily mixed in with people that are committing murder but medium security prisons do house people that have been convicted of things like assault so a breaking story we should be getting more information in the days to come the israeli army has warned palestinians in gaza to stay away from the border fence ahead of more protests expected for friday planes dropped leaflets into gaza on

thursday urging residents to void the area israeli forces have killed more than one hundred palestinians during weeks of protest against the ongoing blockade of the territory. the red cross has pulled more than seventy if its international staff out of yemen because of security concerns and the move comes as saudi led forces close in on the red sea city of her day that its port is yemen's main route for humanitarian aid the saudi military says yemeni government forces which it backs as part of a coalition with the u.a.e. are within ten kilometers of the whole of the controlled city the u.n. says a military assault could have dire consequences and the u.s. has warned against an offensive to capture that ports well yemen is also a transit point for thousands of refugees and migrants who are trying to reach wealthy gulf nations to find work the international organization for migration is the scribing it as a hidden crisis muhammad reports their voyage started from the port of bosaso in

some audio on tuesday headed for yemen but they'll smuggle a boat never made it to shore these pictures of survivors believed to be each open were provided by the international organization for migration the boat capsized the day break off the coast of yemen a sports city of aden on wednesday from over one hundred migrants on board nearly two thirds drowned forty six confirmed dead and sixteen are missing it's the latest in a series of similar accidents involving african refugees and migrants trying to reach yemen. the iowan estimates more than seven thousand people take a dangerous journey every month it says they face difficult conditions and appalling treatment at the hands of people traffickers there's an awful lot of the use of these migrants and they come across they don't necessarily have as many resources as those coming from west africa do but the my those predating on the nose picking up on the road that takes them off to sellers and torture them are

doing exactly the same thing they're burning plastic bottles on to their skin getting to call their families back home in ethiopia primarily so they'll send whatever they can quite often it might be twenty fifty dollars is nothing in january last year three hundred people were thrown into the sea by smugglers off human a southern province of subway in the gulf of aden most of them teenagers from somalia and ethiopia more than one hundred of them drowned pushed by war and poverty in the horn of africa many choose yemen because of its proximity and with the hope they can cross into wealthiest table gov countries in search of better living conditions but in yemen they're often kept in miserable detention centers and face systematic deportation on saturday one hundred thirty each o.p.'s were sent back to the country from the port of who data human is already devastated by a civil war that's led to what the u.n. calls the worst humanitarian crisis and the chaos resulting from that conflict

especially around the state of baba meant that has made the area even more risky for refugees one hundred five disease canada's senate has voted to legalize recreational marijuana putting it a step closer to becoming the first in g seven country to permit its use prime minister justin trudeau committed to legalizing the drug during his twenty fifteen election campaign the landmark bill would allow cannabis to go on sale and adults to grow up to four plants at home for their own use it now needs to clear the house of commons again before coming into effect. eligible voters across europe have begun to cast their ballots in turkey's general election and it's thought as many as three and a half million turks living abroad can participate in the votes both for president for a new parliament the largest turkish community is in germany where this reports. on a sunny day in berlin these people wait their turn to cost their ballots in elections

many think could be decisive for turkey's future and which here at least seemed to be dividing opinion. i voted for i don't want today because i see no other candidate that has done so many good things for techie for me it was an easy choice to. take he needs new energy and change for that reason i'm posting from a harm he's the right one for turkey he promises great things and has some clue of what he's doing. the x. patrick turkish electorate here is the biggest in europe in last year's constitutional referendum almost half of all the ex-pat votes were cast in germany and with some opinion polls suggesting a close result this time the parties pushing for every vote can then call that is a prominent member of the turkish community in germany and supports the opposition c.h.p. he told us what victory would mean for his side. first who

would try to bring calm both to the money markets and our economy but also to the political situation in the first six months in office will try to amend many of the laws that president one has brought in by the creek and instead try to reestablish turkey as a country grounded in human rights. are who leads the alliance of german democrats movement which is aligned with turkey's governing ak party he thinks this election can assure in a period of consolidation. of the solve i think this is a decisive election for turkey because we've had a historic change to a more presidential system and i hope that the continuity of leadership we've had these past fifteen years can continue for another five and that we can consolidate our new constitutional structures and make them a success. the question for voters here on the first day that they can cast their ballots is do they want to support the parties that favor president or the one or do they oppose them these are central questions in this entire debate here in

germany or no the answer when the votes are counted the mccain al-jazeera belin. and a bit of breaking sports news in the washington capitals. greatest trophy that's down the cup take a look at the live pictures right there fans gathering in the streets outside the capitol in washington where thousands as you can see have gathered to watch the game outdoor even though the deciding game was played nearly four thousand kilometers away in las vegas washington. for three to take the best of seven series four games to one it's the first championship in the team's forty four year history and also the first stanley cup for the team's captain russia's alex ovechkin who was one of the. biggest stars.

hello again the headlines on al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump says he may invite north korea's kim jong il the white house if negotiations between the leaders go well ahead of the summit japan's prime minister has urged trying to ensure the release of japanese citizens believed to have been abducted by yang leaders are arriving for the g. seven summit with the trumpet ministrations decision to impose tariffs on european and canadian goods likely to dominate discussions fears of a global trade war are hanging over the two day meeting city in canada here's our diplomatic editor james take on the growing rift among the g seven countries. by two g. seven meetings for many years including when they were ga when russia was involved always a great deal of tension between russia and the others when russia was invited to those meetings never have i seen tension among the seven like we have right now some are even calling it a meeting of the g six plus one on the one against the other six is president of

the united states afghanistan's president has announced a temporary ceasefire with the taliban to coincide with the end of the muslim holy month of ramadan the u.s. says it will honor the ceasefire calling it a bold initiative for peace a group of bishops in nicaragua has met president daniel ortega to discuss how to stop weeks of violence they say they'll offer to mediate between the government tempered testers at least a hundred and thirty people have been killed since mid april. u.s. authorities are planning to transfer sixteen hundred people who've been detained by immigration and customs officials to federal prisons five prisons are set to temporarily taken detainees who are awaiting civil immigration court hearings with one jail in california preparing to house a thousand people those are the latest headlines on al-jazeera people in power

is up next. a year as passengers the start of the blockade. qantas foreign minister talks to al-jazeera about the impact of the crisis on regional politics. and how his country is coping with it. in august twenty seventh seeing a devastating landslide in sierra leone killed over a thousand people a terrible blow to a country that still bears the scars of the civil war and be a potent force initially three grains pulls on by climate change was felt to be the colts but then other stories emerged of corruption greed and environment that. we've been to all sports talk warnings of catastrophe or ignore.

the. the past decade has seen a rise in the number of catastrophic weather events around the world. be it freak storms or drives or unprecedented rainfall extreme weather is becoming the new normal a no where are the effects felt more keenly than in developing nations. from bangladesh to peru and sierra leone to the dior sea record breaking rains have triggered devastating floods and lethal landslides. among them the landslide

that struck sierra leone in august two thousand and seventeen it was one of the deadliest with over a thousand people killed or missing. but was this disaster all it seems one more portent of the havoc that climate change will be sending our way. or was it compounded by other more prosaic human failings. we've been to investigate the root causes of the serio landslide. to ask what can be learned and what the future holds for this and other countries if those in power fail to act.

in a. good girl simple actions good story sky. sports icon which. means more. on the morning. of aug fourteenth two thousand and seventeen after days of heavy rain the side of the sugarloaf mountain in region to sierra leone collapsed the avalanche of mud water and rock that followed destroyed three hundred homes and killed over a thousand. more divestiture. is the maids. i don't remember even the war when for a single day one thousand wound up people died in two minutes there was a big found. like a plane coming down you know that goes on with you wasn't easy to sort through your

brain even the the ground by brits. what i mean if i'm in it if i get me someone get me but if no one's. six weeks later the rains have come to an end and people are resuming their lives. but not everyone thinks heavy rainfall alone calls the disaster. not far from the site of the landslide in the hills around regent stuns the taku gamma chimpanzee sanctuary. for over twenty years tucker gamma has been a haven for chimps orphaned by habitat destruction and the illegal. but for the past i carry the sanctuaries finder. kyra has been fighting a different one that has implications for people as well as wildlife.

always looking good. so when they come here we have. them back mentally and physically and will form them into a felony and stay in enclosure so they have given a second chance at life and their slaves. yes. the law is on the border of the western area national park it's a seventy square mile stretch of mountainous rainforest adjoining the capital founded more than a century ago the park is home to ninety percent of sierra leone's biodiversity including while chimpanzees and numerous endangered species. it is this forest and its wildlife the bow and his team of forest rangers have been

fighting to protect feed this line here there was a caterpillar that was trying to come in all the way and we stopped it at that point for people but then it's like going to miss firefighting. move then after one two among the attempt again this is how the his looked historically and that is how they should be preserved for many reasons and we. help protect this forest is going to come down one day and that's what happened that we have been warning about this landslide all potential for something like big discussed like that for the last say ten fifteen years. for the collapse of the sugarloaf was triggered by rampant deforestation and illegal building. for over a decade he warned the government of the damage being done to the hills around free time he took his message to local radio and television and even planted trees in

the area. in the last three times a documentary produced a decade ago appeared alongside local architects and urban planners calling on the government to control unplanned building and environmental damage around the city. with the war situation we had everything stopped for many many years to suddenly there is this thursday everyone wants to build deeply want to come back to see the new industry left. that is a huge. demand for land are they in the building code as rebuilt simply ignore the ones i believe nobody has ever got to the some of the roads we obviously slide down the mountain government you learn slips it's an environmental disaster. to you in a few years we will see over. the warnings were dire. but no one listened.

patrolling the boundary of the national park today takes power and his team to the site of the landslide where one of their guard posts once stood. a year before the disaster it was burnt down by angry locals determined to build houses in the area. mistaken the lawyer but make you feel say that when in a period you come where look at it what i see is not the top i'm imagining what is underland so many people perished here we are actually standing on top of an australian basically we got hit with literally missile to be released like a lot of the of the people the problem was not cost here the problem was caused by the ground that you can see this landscape a lot of rock when you have this rock you have little soil in there and is the trees that's where the roots are spreading into these areas around the rocks and that is holding everything together and once you cut the tree basically the root system dice that means there is nothing holding these rocks again soil is already

lose it's becoming like dust and once you have the heavy downpours and it's all based basically taking it away then the rocks are being exposed. we're playing games with people slice if you ask me really it's going to hurt again it will hurt the. architects millions scarboro and quinn journey alan return to freetown at the end of syrian civil war and find a city where the ruble could be in front at the window. like they warned of the dangers the city faced. truly remarkable what has happened. just post-war post-war. a. small area that opened up totally unplanned. three hundred home. were destroyed in the region planned slight.

but the collapse of the hillside didn't just destroy the houses beneath us. he created a mudslide an avalanche of water earth and stone that swept downhill towards the sea. the houses that stood in its way were built in floodplains were close to water courses areas normally classed as high risk when i got to know it would i want to be with. you. now maybe you did if you work around it or well being get away. with the family or die a. little tin shack there has been built into the side of the hill and the earth is left exposed will rain come in will cause that slope to fail if you have houses like this it would all of them would just be going collaterally despite the disaster when millions find the area around the landslide

a hive of building activity. with laborers rushing to meet the demand for new houses this is that this selling is broken aggregates to whosoever will. only police. so that to give the story from the riverbed here you can see that bridge is being eroded and this obviously they are taking stones from out there that is going to collapse eventually through ignorance we were wrecking the landscape. look the height. none of these houses should got been built in this vicinity a cult. is a mishmash of houses placed on the hill it will be interesting to find out if any of this. houses here sharks have. a building

permits but those we spoke to around the landslide site did have paperwork including conveyances site surveys and building permits all stamped and signed by the ministry of lands it's very painful it brings heaviness in my heart to see that we do have people in so who know what to do who would advise governments on how to proceed but if if if that is ignored then then what's. the reason a silver bullet that would have prevented the region's landslide. not everyone thinks loss of forest cover or damage to the landscape played such a critical role the landslide might have happened anyway but if the law had been upheld it would have been far less deadly the area around pretty towns sixty percent of the forest covered has been lost in the last four decades although the line sluggard.