forces backed by saudi arabia and the u.a.e. launch an attack or sea and now within twenty kilometers of the city of data is on the red sea coast and is the main entry point into yemen for food and other humanitarian supplies. the. military coordinator in yemen is grounded says that a military attack or siege on her data would encourage hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians humanitarian organizations have rushed to develop a contingency plan you know cruel long worst case we fear that as many as two hundred fifty thousand people may lose everything even their lives the world health organization says the ebola outbreak in the democratic republic of congo appears to be stabilizing director general ted just says he is cautiously optimistic after a decrease in the number of cases reported in the past week more than eighteen hundred health workers have received an experimental vaccine for the virus the agency says it's also donating more than fifteen million dollars to countries

bordering the j.r.c. to help improve emergency care. so to come this half hour lebanon's growing rift with the un refugee agency which it accuses of spreading fear to discourage syrians from returning home and our doctors in thailand are providing eye care on the budgets for refugees from myanmar to read it. how low we've got some very heavy rain now making its way towards hong kong this is what remains of tropical storm status located to the the west of hong kong at the moment but even ahead of the system looking at seventy eight millimeters of rain in twenty four hours and that has caused some localized flooding some big and heavy downpours set to continue over the next couple of days actually gradually easing

officer go on through sas day but the showers never really too far away thirty one celsius there for hong kong in a similar temperature as we go on into sunday hopefully by this stage should be a little drier and brighter wet weather will continue to northern parts of vietnam pushing a little further north into the southwest of china some more big downpours coming through here meanwhile we've got says some very heavy rain just affecting southern parts of india with the monsoon downpours of course continuing here streaks of cloud across the south of the country pushing up towards me and ma pushing up towards the far northeast of india heaviest downpours will be around me in modern as you can see and also the western gas north of that is generally try and it's still very hot new delhi around forty celsius similar values on sunday and as you can see the rains continue but do push further east.

it starts in core rule communities with the promise of a prosperous marriage. but countless young indian women find themselves commodifying stalled and sold again. to toil by day. only to be violated by night. slavery a twenty first century evil continues with bridal slaves on al-jazeera. welcome back reminder of the top stories here on al-jazeera the international criminal court has overturned the conviction of four mcconville is the vice

president's jumpier the court said bamber couldn't be held criminally responsible for what his forces did in neighboring central african republic in two thousand and two u.s. president donald trump has arrived in canada for what promises to be a tense today g. seven summits the talks are expected to be overshadowed by a potential trade war after the u.s. slaps tariffs on steel and alum and imports. and three people have been killed and five hundred injured in gaza after israeli forces fired tear gas and live bullets palestinians protesting at the border. as strikes on a rebel held village in the syrian province of idlib have killed at least fifty people and then just up to one hundred of those the strikes on the residential neighborhood of that were reportedly carried out by russian warplanes last go has denied any involvement meanwhile russian president vladimir putin assault a television show that he has no plans to withdraw from syria he says the war has

given the russian military a unique opportunity to test and train its forces and weapons. lebanon has ordered a freeze on the renewal of residency permits for staff of the un refugee agency this after it accused the u.n.h.c.r. of intimidating syrian refugees to discourage them from returning home turkey has the highest number of syrian refugees three point five million according to u.n. a.c.r. figures but it's a large country with almost eighty million people jordan's government estimates that it's home to one point three million syrians about fourteen percent of the population which has contributed to the country's current economic crisis but it's lebanon that has the highest proportion of refugees in the world more than one point five million people according to the government that's a quarter of the country's population they know how their reports from beirut on what's occurring. seven years in exile in lebanon mahmoud i use is now getting

ready to go back home he's from the syrian town of mara in the khaled region can't go back because he's not considered a security risk by the syrian government it's a decision not every refugee can make note of it and we are fed up and have been humiliated the united nations told us that there are no guarantees when we get back home but we want to go back. that advice has caused tension between the u.n. refugee agency and the lebanese foreign ministry which says the u.n. h.c.r. is discouraging refugee returns a claim the u.n. denies it says it is carrying out its global mandate which is to provide support to refugees and help them we establish their lives in line with international standards. do you any is not deterring returns you any are you know has expressed many times that it just backs the government of lebanon's decision that local integration is not an option. lebanese authorities say

a few thousand refugees displaced by the seven year long war have already signed up for what they call voluntary returns and that thousands of others are willing to go home lebanon which is hosting more than one million syrian refugees has long complained of the burden it carries official say it cost the country about eight billion dollars a year many refugees now have economical political or security reasons for. foreign ministry officials say much of syria is now safe. specifically. which is not. what they say. but what what is actually happy happening is much more than that the ministry has now decided to suspend residency application submitted by u.n.h.c.r. for its staff in lebanon the foreign minister is acting in a caretaker capacity but it does belong to the ruling alliance so his decisions

could be a sign of future state policy. some officials are using the refugee political capital they play on fears about the impact of the prolonged presence of refugees in the country those officials belong to the pro syrian government camp they want refugee returns to be coordinated with the authorities in damascus as a first step toward restoring relations with the assad government. refugees are caught in the middle and what could become a contentious political issue a large scale returns gives legitimacy to the syrian government which wants the international community to provide badly needed funds for reconstruction the u.n. insists it does not encourage or discourage returns but it is not organizing them while discussions with damascus continue on safeguards that still need to be put in place. five days off to mount a go or up to killing at least one hundred nine people in officials have warned

that falling ash from the volcano poses a threat to flights emergency services and aid agencies in the country are still on the massive strain david reports from the disaster zone where he's been meeting relatives of some of the victims. a community in mourning in the mountains of what i'm lucky to feel is mother was one of more than one hundred people who died after a volcanic eruption buried the town of san miguel this lot this after days of not knowing lucky will finally be able to put her mother to rest it's a small consolation during a time of immense great. price. i give thanks to god that they found my mother's body they were looking for her for three days for three days we didn't know anything until they told us she was in the morgue it's hard but so many are still missing many people in my family are still missing. since sunday the deadly eruption dozens of bodies have been handed over to relatives some people here have

been able to get some closure but two hours away in the city of a squid others are just starting the challenging and sometimes long process of trying to identify their loved ones. relatives of missing persons come to the city's morgue family members describe important physical characteristics blood samples are then taken for d.n.a. analysis the work being done here is essential for people's peace of mind this info phase the sense that i feel sad i feel sad because i want my family to be found and brought to my house even if it's just the bones i want them in my house i want to give them a funeral and a proper christian burial this is my wish. identifying the dead is a laborous task while water might have enough qualified staff forensics officials say their budget isn't enough to respond to

a disaster of this magnitude. this in fact the cadavers have been exposed to high temperatures well being buried for days these has cooked the body's tissues which could mean the bone cells have died it's possible will have to repeat some of the t. shirt and bone samples to get a genetic profile. that means it could take weeks or even months to identify the dead and with hundreds still missing from the eruption that cost many residents off guard watermelon prosecutors will investigate whether and back you ation procedures were properly followed. david mercer out what. catholic bishops and they have stepped in to try to end the political crisis there they've met president daniel a tagger and are pushing to broker talks between the government and protesters the central american country has suffered two months of bloodshed after a violent crackdown on demonstrators. and his proposed changes to the social security system manuel reports from the capital. another

day of unrest and get out one means another funeral this time it's a thirty three year old opposition demonstrator killed during one of the latest confrontations with pro-government forces in messiah his body was carried past a checkpoint to the nearby cemetery. with tensions continuing to rise in messiah all the roads leading into the city have been blocked by demonstrators forcing thousands of people to walk for hours to the next town. we have you will kill looking for food they don't have the government i said calmly having dinner while you go hungry. political violence has become common in this part of the country some of those leaving the area say they're not coming back any time soon but. we're walking to managua to see if we can make it to the border with one doris we don't know if we'll be able to make it all the way there. despite the relative calm demonstrators are quick to react to any activity that might suggest an assault from

armed groups behind me is just want to dozens of barricades set up by anti-government demonstrators now these barriers that are set up aren't only here to shield protesters from pro-government forces but also to prevent the free flow of commercial traffic into the city of messiah which has become a symbol of the resistance against the government. the only traffic allowed to pass through the barricades or emergency vehicles humanitarian aid workers and members of the catholic church here that if you talk about. has seen violence has seen deaths the city is totally paralyzed there is no commerce it's nappers that have left so many dead in messiah. the catholic church continues to act as the primary mediator in the ongoing crisis on thursday bishops in met with president daniel ortega presenting to him a set of conditions for renewing a national dialogue a dialogue the church says will only continue if the government can guarantee an

end to the violence and lit up. when i was the austrian government has announced plans to shut down seven mosques and expel up to sixty moms is turkey is down saying as to islam and racist australia is home to around six hundred thousand muslims mostly of turkish origin of the right wing government say it's just the beginning of a crackdown against conservative muslim groups with foreign funding. but a legacy of the parallel societies political islam and radicalization have no place in our country we can announce to you today a decision from the office of religious affairs lead to prohibit of the activities of seven mosques this means dissolving the greywolf mosque and secondly shutting down the arabic cultural community to operate a total of six mosques several moms will be expelled due to violations of the law on foreign financing of the e.u.

is negotiator says a british plan to avoid a hard border in northern ireland raises more questions than answers michelle obama welcomed the progress but said the rest of the country wouldn't get the same terms of access to the single market that northern ireland has been offered of a backstop cannot be extended to the whole u.k. why because it be designed for the specific situation of national nine and what does it do. in costumes not an island would form part of our we're accustomed territory what is feasible which authority read the size of national island is not necessarily feasible for you kate. thousands of refugees from nam ma who fled across the borders it's highlands have a tough time getting the basic necessities with a shortage of international aid it's hard for doctors just treat patients properly that's not the mala refugee camp a three d. printer is helping with up as yarrow boom reports.

nope no knows all about the needs of her community she's both doctor and refugee in the camp and is getting a new pair of glasses but says basic i care 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 but we need more. 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. we're 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 mar south east in korean state where caret 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 korean nationalists and the mean man military has displaced thousands more people since march where the magyar. 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 canada senators voted to legalize recreational marijuana a pledge promise that justin trudeau majoring his election campaign the changes will allow cannabis to go on sale for people to grow to four plants at home for their own use the legislation now needs to clear the lower house again before coming into effect. a second quick look at the main headlines the international criminal court has overturned the conviction of form of vice president jumped he was found guilty of crimes against humanity two years ago for atrocities committed by his forces in central african republic in two thousand and two he was sentenced to eighteen is in

prison but in the latest decision the court said bamber couldn't be held criminally responsible for their behavior. from the group of seven nations are in quebec for a two day summit with the u.s. looking increasingly isolated from its allies in a number of fronts u.s. president donald trump arrived a short time ago the summit is expected to be overshadowed by a potential trade war after the u.s. tariffs on steel and elam and you may imports trump also broke ranks with his allies by calling for then to russia's expulsion from the g. seven three palestinians have been killed in gaza after israeli forces fired tear gas and live bullets at protesters border medics say more than five hundred others have been injured in the violence on thursday israeli minute you planes dropped leaflets into the enclave residents to avoid the border area israeli forces have killed at least one hundred nineteen palestinians during weeks of demonstrations

that began at the end of march. is a male says protests will continue until the israeli blockade is. ready to deal positively with any real initiative to end the siege completely on the gaza strip but not at the expense of the palestinian cause or resistance is related to the march of return and to breaking the siege the marches will continue until we achieve our goals firstly breaking the siege on the gaza strip. five days after mt for a. moment officials are warning that falling from the volcano poses a threat to flights all canuck claimed at least one hundred nine linus when he set up today on sunday or somalia has warned the aviation authorities to take precautions with flights and the austrian government says it will shut down seven mosques and expel sixty moans that are funded by turkey is from to the furious response from current by the move has been branded racists those are the main

stories and i'll just up next bridal slaves a look at twenty first century slavery. struggling with the effects of climate change sierra leone's dry season is on forgiving but compounded by corruption it's white season months lives that are claiming most lives i don't remember even the wall when things would be in one thousand wound occurred died in two minutes people in power investigates the effects of deforestation and illegal building and asks what the future holds if those in authority fail to act the mountain will fall on al-jazeera.

for three hundred years the most powerful nations on earth grew richer and stronger on the profits of the slave trade over twelve million men women and children were forcibly transported from africa on slave ships like this to the colonies and plantations in north and south america today slavery is illegal in every country on the planet but the truth is slavery did not die in the nineteenth century it is alive it is thriving and it is bigger than ever.

india is one of the world's fastest growing economies. an economic boom has brought with it new wealth and consumers. but india also has the largest number of slaves in the world. and in addition to poverty and desperation the new prosperity has brought in its wake a new scene of slavery. bright traffic and. mock what happened and why and now for crying out loud that word got there in the. garden again about america. are turning out it was my war look at all our. chair again no. wonder the indicate they're planning to go back and. is it a piece of that is that the left. got a new company that's

a dope but it i mean magic i think. but on the market in retail. for the past twenty years bride traffic is have preyed on vulnerable young women from india's vast rural hinterland promising to deliver them into a traditionally arranged marriage but in reality selling them over and over into a life of sexual slavery and forced labor. drove you do not come but i was sick of the. slip what the air it got to make any. hard temper. skill level care get.

john we don't. want more side it come on good you've. got. less than two hours from the country's capital new delhi a traditional arranged wedding is about to take place. two brothers from nearby marrying two sisters of a landowning family here in northern india. the girls relatives and local dignitaries awaiting patiently to greet the team from the saddle gondola. carrying a feast just being explained to me that the groom is actually just in those buildings just behind me he's going to be coming in just a few minutes after the ceremony which is called in the car will then be performed where the marriage certificate. or agreement is signed by the groom and the bride's

family and then the feast again. arranged marriages like this one are as much about cementing relations between two families and their property as they are about the wedding of brides and grooms. marriages can take many forms in india directly arranged marriages like this one are common. but some marriages are arranged by go betweens men or women who act as brokers often bringing marriage partners together from distant parts of the country. but it's a small step from the go between who arranges marriages by consent to a new and dangerous trade entrapment and sale of women as brights. i've come to a suburb of delhi to meet shafi khan who runs

a grassroots organization dedicated to tracking down bride traffickers and the women who fall in victim to their trade. most of his work is done in the punjab and the neighboring states of hari ana. some rescue work is carried out around may watts in haryana states a predominantly muslim area less than two hours drive from delhi. i mean whenever he says that may watts is a hub for the trade in brides problem. as marianne. also than. men. once a woman has been sold her status within her new village is defined by the derogatory terms or malky meaning a purchased woman. in

the villages in fields near may want women are often found to be doing the most punishing of manual labor. bugs there is a shortage of women in this region sometimes as few a seven women every ten men it creates a ready market for bright. arianna state is one of the hot spots for bride trafficking in the country with women being brought in from the far east of the country thousands of kilometers away and it's no coincidence that haryana state also has one of the largest discrepancies in the ratio between men

and women. but the consequences of this can be devastating. in a small huts next to a local mosque a group of women from nearby villages are gathered to talk about their lives as traffic brides. all of these women say they have been transported to her yana from distant parts of rural india taken from their families against their will they claim by traffickers who used a mixture of false promises and violence they were then forcibly sold into marriage some of the many times over. they have been secretly brought together here by one of should fix local organizers because i've been told meeting them in their village would make their lives even more dangerous. middle of me don't like. rossley out there we're not going to tell but. sadly i am with that idea.

go to the limit do not marry b.b.'s at the hip. hop us. there with this regard to learn how to lie our horse in love and have a good. pedal or scuff is the mentality was up us a member of the love to listen to the luthier was there ever a moment where you thought you might be able to. have someone your number if there are going to find a pocket of them and there are three in the game as you are them our them and that the love out there are to cut the carcass in hand either but. you don't block a blockade and be kicked out of the us has out of. so five thousand rupees us about one hundred twenty dollars so how did these men would bore you trick louis madi

gave us jealous. god gave them the little about the god he gave madi got him a complex dog but so do plenty nice accomplish them blushing accomplish. the most. urgently in a god but that the moon did it got it got appears that the aadmi modoc will get the prize a. vessel but a limo did they retook. bryde trafficking is relatively new in india it has emerged in just the last two decades his story and well much of our team believes that it's driven not just by the growing imbalance between the numbers of men and women in rural india but by the new technology now available to families with pregnant women. shot one

itself as a consequence six elective abortions that have been practiced at least for the last twenty twenty five years it began with. amniocentesis which was meant for determining genetic disorders as part of that test one of the things that the test revealed was also the sex of the unborn child. and if these tests reveal that the unborn child is female abortions are more likely. the bias against girl children in india is closely connected to the traditional dowry system the payments of cash and gifts to the family of the group. diaries are outlawed but the practice is still widespread. and for the poorest families with young girls the costs of the diary in marriage can be crippling.

but with infanticide and now selective abortions the falling availability of girls for marriage has created another social time bomb. according to sociologist rev in the car the demand for brides in certain parts of india is now so strong and the costs of dowry so high that some families afford to cash in on their daughters. because families are poor and you know dowdy means a huge investment. people. often go into debt marrying daughters off and heard they see an opportunity where they think that their daughter will go to a prosperous state she will not have to worry about food and you know our. livelihood. if economy is a lonely voice trying to fight the trade.