take place in north korea including torture and public executions the united nations says the acts may amount to crimes against humanity words you probably won't hear used when donald trump meets kim jong il and some experts believe raising human rights in the first meeting may be too sensitive japan's government disagrees and has been pushing for the issue of abductions to be discussed north korea admitted kidnapping thirteen japanese in the one nine hundred seventy s. and eighty's to train is spies some have been returned but japan's government suspects there may be hundreds still in north korea there are other nationalities too like this woman seen in the background of a photo taken on a north korean beach family members believe it's a no chip pan joy a thai woman who disappeared from macau in one nine hundred seventy eight's. i have a lot of hope that south korea japan and the u.s. will push the north korean abduction issue and i will be able to meet and archer soon at this stage the new diplomatic face of north korea is largely viewed as

positive but for many it will mean nothing if the people they've been waiting decades to see aren't allowed to come home when hey al jazeera solve. the taliban in afghanistan has announced a three day ceasefire to mark the end of ramadan it's the first such truce since the group was toppled by the us led invasion in two thousand and one taliban fighters say they will stop all offensive operations during the muslim holiday later this month except against foreign forces for a similar announcement by the afghan government the government of afghanistan. has taken root take all the steps to make sure that. there is no more bloodshed in afghanistan even a food these troops are smaller steps we will come those we will come down on has been made by the taliban and we hope to be or will be. committed to implement their

announcement on the ceasefire but the truce announcement came just hours after taliban fighters killed at least seventeen police officers in an early morning raid one hundred fifty fighters stormed a military checkpoint in herat province eight of them were killed by afghan army soldiers saudi arabian state security has arrested a second women's rights activist in the space of three days my abs are on he was arrested for posting on social media supporting new. who was detained on wednesday the rest coming this week where saudi arabia issued its first driving licenses to women as part of a series of modernization reforms. the leaders of saudi arabia kuwait and the u.a.e. will meet jordan's king on sunday in mecca to discuss was over his country's economic crisis jordan has seen some of the biggest protests in years with people

angry over a proposed income tax law the government has agreed to shelve the hike but still faces the tricky task of balancing popular demands with a need to manage debt. still to come this half hour by supporters of a far right british actress to demanding his release from jail. oh more hollow core goal and the rather than condition that suddenly at risk in jewish slim's own city. the weather slushy dry unsettled across much of australia at the moment a little bit of cloud moving through the southeastern corner a little bit of cloud over towards the southwest as well cold front coming in here it will turn a little chilly if the perth over the next couple of days nineteen degrees bits and

pieces of rain coming in on sunday temp just fold back to around sixteen as a class for for monday wet weather will make its way through the by just scraping the southern coast nothing too much to speak of should brighten up should be fine and dry by monday there in that melbourne at around fifteen degrees sixty celsius there for sydney so not too bad but a little damp damp and a little drizzly over the next couple of days that cloud and ryan will make his way towards new zealand a that is towards the south all of them that badly fourteen celsius on sunday for oakland and also for christ so little bit of a change as we go on into monday cools off in christ it should be dry though if a little on the gray side we've got gray clouds and a good tale of wet weather making its way towards southern japan over the next day i'd say he would go with the outer band of and next tropical system which to push towards q.c. as we go through sunday doesn't actually make landfall but lots of heavy rain for much of honshu by monday afternoon.

discover new developments in surgery. or whatever in hiroshima japan to meet the surgeon hiring new techniques in regenerating bonding and a breakthrough medical trials provide some much needed to cystic fibrosis sufferers based on all the evidence behind the virus is at least one hundred forty more effective fighting. the cure revisited al-jazeera.

one of the top stories on al-jazeera the canadian prime minister justin trudeau has wrapped up the g. seven summit promising to match terrorists imposed by u.s. president donald trump he said he was insulted that washington would justify tariffs on canadian steel on national security grounds. don't trump is all right for singapore for tuesday's highly anticipated meeting with kim jong un to be the first time a serving us president and a north korean leader ever come face to face. and the afghan taliban has announced a three day ceasefire to mark the end of ramadan the first such truce since the group was toppled by the u.s. led invasion in two thousand and one. two more people have been killed in violent protests in nicaragua demonstrators have set up barricades and clashed with police they've been demanding the resignation of president done it'll take. both young men

who were killed were killed by gunshot wounds and student accuse the government of setting paramilitaries on the protestors brings the total death toll to one hundred thirty seven as efforts by the catholic church to mediate in the crisis of so far failed. to marlon's have been ordered to leave their homes to escape an eruption on want forgo the volcano has been spewing a toxic cloud of ash and lava for the past five days at least one hundred nine people have died and two hundred missing with little hope they'll be found alive david mercer has been speaking to survivors. as painful as his burns might be that he'd melt our nose how lucky he is to be alive he his wife and father in law were at home in the moment what a mollusc volcano erupted that even his wife managed to escape but the memories of that day will haunt them forever. was forming inside our house when we

went running out my father in law was swept away the ash was boiling mud mixed with people were running and the hardish came down on top of them killing them people were trapped inside their houses and couldn't escape they were cooked inside. six children with severe burns were airlifted to the united states where pediatric burn center offer state of the art treatment not available in guatemala. and now one of all us national disaster agency is coming under fire for possible negligence public prosecutors have ordered an investigation into whether evacuation procedures were properly followed is a little bit of the official say they warned the public after sensors picked up an increase in volcanic activity hours before the eruption everybody i mean to the mayor of all of the communities received warnings and obviously we don't have the authority to order an evacuation we make recommendations and it's the residents who

decide whether to evacuate or not. but residents who escaped the gases and volcanic mud said that only those close to the highway heard the warning seeing it on the real world is will be if we would have received a warning we would have left our house earlier and many people's lives would have been saved i don't know about the others but they didn't warn us we didn't know about the eruption until the lava was coming down. that again on friday expelling large quantities of pirate classic material on ash nearby homes were evacuated authorities hoping to avoid another disaster. david mercer al-jazeera the squint laura what a mama refugees in one of the world's largest camps have been beamed around the world in a rare web streaming event to tell their stories the cooma camp in kenya houses about one hundred eighty five thousand people who south sudan somalia ethiopia and

other countries a text organization arranges lectures around the world to try to change perceptions thousands of people have held a rally in the democratic republic of congo for the exiled opposition leader was eager to meet to be addressed the crowd and crowd i should say the capital kinshasa via video link of the rally comes ahead of december's election that could end seventeen years in power of president joseph kabila to me as the former governor of the country's katanga province and seen as the leading opposition candidate in the election. this was a demonstration to everyone showing that moyes is alive and is preoccupied with the situation of all congolese and also to say that we have a project which can properly resolve all these problems we want to transform the congo restore its greatness but also we want to unify the congolese people the

support today about people showing that we will overcome. all the one hundred thousand supporters of the roumanian government have held a protest in bucharest routing social democratic party alleges that prosecutors have too much power and accuse them of tapping phones illegally and unjustly targeting officials as part of an anti corruption campaign critics say the government rally is designed to intimidate judges. supporters of the british far right activist tommy robinson of march to london calling them to be released from jail robinson his real name is steven yaxley lennon is setting thirteen months for contempt of court and critics have accused him of encouraging islamophobia as many bomb reports. with a crowd of several thousand supporters of the man known as tommy robinson former founder of the english defense league made their way from safaga square in the heart of london to ten downing street the official residence in offices of prime minister to resume a calling for tommy robinson's release from prison and there was

a petition of more than half a million people supporting that some of the speakers at ten downing street highlighted what they say is an infringement of sprit speech the dutch far right politician can't build it's got a warm reception from toby robinson's supporters as he said robinson was prepared to talk about issues others won't highlight in the past tommy robinson has really done a lot of campaigning on paedophile gangs involving muslim men in certain parts of britain but the facts of their case last month at least crown court were that he was light streaming and was found to have been in contempt of court something he'd been given a three month suspended sentence for before with a warning he'd be jailed if he really offended well he admitted doing so so now he's in jail his supporters say that he's being silenced but he has many critics in holding including the anti racist groups who very protested here in smaller numbers

on saturday say that in fact he is very one sided and doesn't highlight similar issues among people convicted of similar crimes on the far right and more more than that his supporters they say are using the the current conviction to try to increase divisions between communities here in britain. and ancient muslim practice your month of ramadan is under threat in jerusalem it involves men banging drums on the street in the night reminding muslims to eat before the fast non jewish settlers have complained they make too much noise and it's myth reports from occupied east jerusalem. it's a wake up alarm that dates back centuries. just before dawn during ramadan across the middle east men known as most a hierarchy call people to pray and eat before the fasting begins. but here in the

muslim quarter of jerusalem's old city for the first time police have been detaining and finding the most a hierarchy for disturbing the sleep of the jewish settlers living here. to learn. from some of the police are always harassing us i've been detained four times accused of making noises that disturbs the settlers the settlers get annoyed by everything we do even the decorations we make for ramadan annoys them. the old city is split into the muslim jewish christian and armenian porters but for the past fifty years jewish settlers have also been moving into the muslim quarter now appear is where while settler families live and the guys stop the music as they go past the house but that's not been enough to stop the settlers complaining to the police. over that of. the settlers complained again tonight there are jewish homes here this woman says this is going to go on all month. jerusalem

police told al-jazeera in a statement that they are constantly trying to maintain the delicate balance between allowing in ensuring the freedom of religion and worship and maintaining public order and quality of life for local residents the police see offenses of noise and disturbing the peace is one of the most serious offenses that cause harm to the public and the quality of life for our local residents the police presence is provided for settlers who choose to live in the heart of a muslim quarter. finals running into the hundreds of dollars mohammed's wish to continue this ramadan tradition has suddenly become very expensive the. burnet smith al-jazeera in occupied east jerusalem after half a century the longest serving staff member at the sydney opera house is calling it a day saves us marriage and migrated to australia from greece and soon began work

on the opera houses construction just weeks from retirement he reflects on his many is working inside one of the world's most famous landmarks my name is the scholars and i'm working in my twenty's over the sydney opera house i doubt i've you know starting at the sixty four i was an eighteen years sort of and i come to work quite as five every morning for the last fifteen years. i was single out with the open it was ninety six the heat i started on these beautiful build the the icon of the australian i come from a small island south of greece my face up when i started here you were seeing the drama theatre when they finished that i start on the scaffolding we had the lot of greeks lot italians from ireland i made my wife and we married late it's sixty and the same here i start here of course we've got the opera hair so i was in love

with the opera. three quote of the billy sea on the water on the sea in the material they put that time there was not last for long i saw of the congo to. do something with the cancer and there but homes to change the colony and i remember my grandmother the used to do the floor with a casting saw that i said to my wife get me a packet of baking soda and i have a little clothes the congress girl sliced so then i thought i was thinking a bill that brought us my grandmother used to have it i q a was bronze cubes they get there a wreck where the only boy and i make assemble they was very impress you come to work not to pass your time you come to two you joining the beautiful

building peace card to put in my mind i'm going to leave the job i'm seventy three you know i've got three grand charles there waiting for me and that. i wish we find that i people to continue to protect the building gently with the love because i love this ability. among the top stories on al-jazeera the canadian prime minister justin trudeau has wrapped up the g. seven summit promising to match terrorists imposed by u.s. president donald trump. particularly did not take lightly the fact that it's based on a national security reason that for canadians who either themselves or whose

parents are community members have stood shoulder to shoulder with american soldiers in far off lands and conflicts. from the first world war on words. that it's kind of insulting or donald trump has now left the summit is now route to singapore for tuesday's highly anticipated meeting with kim jong un and it will be the first time a serving u.s. president and a north korean need to have ever come face to face the president said he felt positive about the negotiations it's a one time shot and i think it's going to work at very well that's why i feel positive because it makes so much sense and we will watch over it will protect and will do a lot of things i can say that south korea japan china many countries want to see it happen and they'll help the law so there's a great there's really

a great time this is not happened in all of the years that they've been separated by a very artificial boundary it's a great opportunity for peace and lasting peace and prosperity. the taliban in afghanistan has announced a three day ceasefire to mark the end of ramadan it's the first such truce says the group was toppled by the u.s. led invasion in two thousand and one taliban fighters say they will stop all offensive operations during the future holiday the leaders of saudi arabia kuwait and the u.a.e. will meet jordan's king on sunday in mecca to discuss rizzo when his country's economic crisis jordan has seen some of the biggest protests in years but people are angry over a proposed income tax law there's your headlines the curia visited is next for the free world cup two thousand and three is nearly upon us and for the second time in

four years but he may putin is hosting one of the planet's biggest sporting events but can russia overcome the security fears and put on a great football party for the world following all the action on and off the pitch here on al-jazeera. for some trick of nature these stem cells and white swan are on. which this whole procedure is

a bad joke like cupping but it's more sophisticated insight into what our team is sad but you're born american like us relations. it doesn't matter that worldwide three hundred fifty million people are affected by genetic disorders closed by faulty d.n.a. these genetic defects can lead to a variety of conditions like cystic fibrosis which leads to conic and also sight along sections and at the moment the system of cure i'm dr elizabeth healy in the u.k. to see how groundbreaking developments in gene therapy could one day transform the lives of people living with genetic disorders. that may help out on the left but not mary bond on a is sixteen years old and was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis at the age of one. american tell me from your perspective what is your day like living with cystic

fibrosis. aaron when i asked that i guess op take my interview arises off eyes. and then harass again my x. tears. and asked so you know what now you guys are failing. and they're nasty to my physio if i do spiral a.j. and they're going to go out and just plain that helping me. and then after that ask to do another not be lies well. there are still more positives. and then yeah i will need space for city of about now so i learned. an hour a night. when mary was first diagnosed doctors thought she would only live until the age before. my decision i was dazed and not ready until marriage or. unknown

house to turn around i thought i'd take the medication then of ok. there's never a day goes by then todd everybody forgets the whole thing and i get up so i know it's always there. mary to use me to the children that have cystic fibrosis. mark on this of royce if i meet one of them there were no pos i just want to me all on one particular one to them so now it was a question isolating condition to hear yet because i was in a special and i was not a c.s. haitian now all right. so and we used to send your letters to h l r. because he couldn't meet face to face on the fly now last night at the moment mary is not really understanding everything about c.f. she she does now know that it is life show me that she doesn't know that it cannot be kids. but things could be about to change scientists have proven for the

first time ever that an experimental technique called gene therapy can improve the health of those with cystic fibrosis i've come into central london to meet the doctors and the clinicians involved in the gene therapy trial and to cystic fibrosis. western bank and. adding literature. to stick fibrosis is as you know a genetically inherited disease parents who pass those copies on to their child and they have cystic fibrosis during the first year of life most babies will experience and lung problems and those relates to the buildup of sticky mucus within the airways and that sticky mucus attracts bacterial infections and the bacteria infections become chronic and they eventually cause quite significant lung scarring in the u.k. there are around ten thousand people with cystic fibrosis at the moment on our registry about one in twenty two of us is

a carrier of the mutated gene most of us won't realise and about one in two thousand babies are born with cystic fibrosis the genetic nature of this and other conditions mean that treatment has focused on managing the symptoms as best as possible but a new and experimental technique called gene therapy replace the faulty gene with a functioning one this is the largest and the longest duration gene therapy trial using a liquid formulation for cystic fibrosis that has ever happened in the one hundred sixteen patients completed the protocol and took at least nine be nice doses over the course of a year and it was in that group which was defined as being the group we were going to look at that we saw a significant impact on lung function at the end of the year. we can thank the patients and their families in earth because without patients like mary and her mother we just couldn't have completed this trial so we're really grateful. these results would not have been possible without the perseverance of scientists

who spent years developing the genes and. we started this program and it's thought it would be very easy for patients to just in pair the gene research and if it gets to the right area into the right cells in the lung it turned out that was much more difficult so how are you getting this healthy new gene into the areas and learn to do the job of the some teaching. for the try that is just finished but actually using a very symptomatic cure it's a had it lifted but we did just we use the gene and we mixed it with this that this formed a smaller complex that complex it is then inhale it into the lungs of cystic fibrosis patients the dose of gene therapy that the trial participants received does not determine the correct the faulty cystic fibrosis d.n.a. but scientists are working on finding a longer lasting solution clinical trial results have been very encouraging but they're not quite good enough to turn them into treatment yet so we have plans for

another trial where we get more there if it's on gene complexes and more frequently basically in addition to that we have to develop a virus that is very very efficient in getting genes into the lungs do you think you see a virus might be more efficient than using the fatty possibly using them and we certainly think so based on all the evidence we have the virus is at least a hundred fold more effective writing very exciting you know. these success stories represent a huge step forward for people my. did you notice any changes cheering the course of the treatment i thought i had no more injury i didn't need well though charity more k. . were christian tradition was the best so i prayed still going up just

getting a little lot done. and how does that make you feel when you submit cheating asone in the main mission where you get to know i could die i die i could do that and i know i can get the hype is that one day gene therapy will be approved for use and widely available to those with cystic fibrosis and holders people that are studying and working to get this drug to work even better than it did let's just hope and pray they can get it done and they can get the funding and if it doesn't come soon enough mary she's helped other faithful if it's not. the next generation of children born with cystic fibrosis in a city some are. going to do it again. i south korea how corning it speaks for seniors. is that really the sermonize. alymer back again. things can stay there.

by the age of eighty five nearly half of us will suffer from oxygen damage to the name which can lead to chronic pain and disability or perhaps because cartilage unlike other tissues doesn't have its own blood supply so heals very slowly and off the job when i've been here ashima to meet the surgeon pioneering new techniques in regenerating on these. professor myths are all she. is one of the world's leading nice surgeons and a revered figure in the world of regenerative medicine.

professor to be here self please wait ok thank you. jay tech is an enterprise focusing on tissue engineering and has spent over ten years commercializing professor archies research. the source saying there are a lot of very nice to see how you very welcome things are back. in one thousand one thousand for my dance on paper was published by swedish group. the swedish team had developed a way of regenerating cottage in a lab and then re injecting it in liquid form directly into the knee however there was a weak point all with their technique. in order

to solve this problem started to use the very same scale for the. yes you can imagine that. the foot would be here coming up yes if that. meniscus has no blood supply or if injury is the. song we are the light to resect so what you can do with this regenerative medicine is to take the patient's own cartilage from the same joint yes all the change of confidence is essential company i see it does she engineer the concept. and that's why we're here yeah just half a gram of healthy cartilage is harvested it is then broken down with enzymes and then planted on a college in scaffold designed by professor ought to after just four weeks the cells will have multiplied to form a four square send to me to disk. the surgeon then makes

a template of the lesion and uses that to harvest some perry all still tissue from the shin bone. this will be the cover used to hold the new cottage in place so this is a model of someone's potentially regenerated cartilage but the beauty of it being the patient's own cells here is that it's not rejected you don't need any medicine from the viewpoint i mean you know roger reaction hotel genus to shoot is a topic today this method has an almost ninety percent success rate and is considered a leading treatment fanie cartilage d. fax. what are the limitations of this can it be done better we need a larger scheme. that is in there.