this is al jazeera. and i'm richelle carey this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes. stepping up the offensive syrian and russian forces launch major air strikes over tara endangering three quarters of a million civilians. the head of the u.s. environmental protection agency resigns after scandals about his spending habits and alleged misuse of office. pointing the finger at the british interior minister demands an explanation from russia after two people were contaminated with the nobody talked nerve agent. it is now time that the russian state comes forward

and explains exactly what has gone on. in the race against time rescuers in thailand work out how to extract the football team trapped and hey before the monsoon rains arrive. syrian and russian forces are pressing on with their offensive to capture the south west of the country on showing hundreds of airstrikes on rebel held areas the united nations says the fighting is putting the lives of three quarters of a million civilians at risk about three hundred twenty thousand people have been displaced since syria and russia began their offensive in the dera and in terre provinces more than two weeks ago sixty thousand displaced people are camped at a jordanian border crossing and thousands more are along the border with the israeli occupied golan heights jordan says it's managed to get syrian rebel negotiators back to the table with russia talks collapsed on wednesday prompting

the escalation in fighting as anecdotal reports from beirut. rebels indeed have province say they are ready to fight to the death but at the same time they say they are ready to return to the negotiating table several rounds of talks to end the fighting and restore government rule in the southern province peacefully failed jordanian mediation has yet again succeeded in bringing the warring sides together earlier the opposition said the terms demanded by the russian military negotiating on behalf of the syrian government are unacceptable and humiliating to the. people we didn't even begin the negotiations and the russians were not even ready to listen to our demands the russian side insisted on their own terms and left the meeting during that meeting we insisted on guarantees before we give up our weapons because how can we give up our weapons without an international guarantees. the relative lull in the fighting has been shattered the military offensive resumed in full force. civilians yet again the victims activists say there were hundreds of

airstrikes in the few hours following the breakdown of talks missiles and barrel bombs battered what's left of opposition controlled territory. the rebel held areas have shrunk since the almost three week long russian backed syrian government offensive began government troops continued to take ground moving closer to the jordanian border with the capture of the town of site it came at a cost dozens of soldiers were reportedly killed the opposition says it will continue to defend the remaining of the villages in the province under its control . the revolutionaries managed to prevent assad's forces from advancing into toughest on salmon for the fifth consecutive day this will be the graveyard for the regime and the russians. that the revolution started here and is and will be here. there is defiance but there is also a reality the opposition is surrounded. by its allies people are afraid of what

happens. people are afraid of returning to their homes if the regime is president they're afraid of being forced to join the army in a risk to join the opposition rusher in the regime accuse them of terrorism there's a lot of fear the offensive has created a humanitarian crisis hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced the number is growing with the escalation in the fighting the opposition says it is afraid to hand over their heavy weapons without security guarantees from a third party they fear reprisals from syrian government troops if they enter their towns and villages those who don't want to live under president bashar assad's rule are demanding safe passage to rebel held areas in the north and opposition to go she does want the u.s. and involved in talks about the fate of southern syria all those requests were rejected. i mean the intensity of the bombardment is being described as the heaviest since the offensive began just like in previous military campaigns the

pro-government camp is hoping to bomb the opposition into submission than. beirut as we mentioned the fighting has displaced three hundred twenty thousand people are hurt smith passed more from the bear crossing on the jordan syria border. has been a steady stream of syrians fleeing coming here for treatment with a wide variety of injuries many of them conflict related and the jordanian military set up three separate tents in what are extremely challenging environments hot and it's dusty and it's very difficult for people to work there are a lot of frightened people here frightened children frighten man frightened women. this five year old girl clearly in a lot of pain just fell over as she was running away from the fighting and she's being given stitches by the doctors but you can see the very difficult conditions.

working in and you can see that this is very frightening indeed most of enjoys here we did is cut the warning. bells. and describe the environment in which your working out challenging is this environment and why it's. something this is a before any people who want to do in his life. the jordanian military says it's treated hundreds of syrians here in the last few days for a wide variety of injuries and illnesses two women unfortunately who were pregnant tried to make it here for treatment lost their babies because of the great distance they had to travel an indication really the very stream dangers the syrians are facing as they try and flee the bombardment of a province now while jordan is not opening its borders to refugees to allow refugees in it will give treatment to any who need it and then they will be sent

back into syria control stratfor has more from the israeli occupied golan heights. one of the questions being asked is why the refugees have come to this border when israel has never opened its borders to refugees throughout this war and recently said that that policy wasn't going to change now one of the main reasons is because this area was occupied by israel in one thousand nine hundred sixty seven it was a few years later in one thousand nine hundred eighty four that the so-called disengagement plan was put into place by israel and syria which basically makes this area a demilitarized zone if you look over my right shoulder in the distance there you'll see. around those trees there is a u. n. base the u.n. monitors this area and you can see how close that basis to these camps we understand that many of the refugees have come here because they feel a lot safer now the small warnings throughout the morning we've heard what sounds

to be either air strikes or artillery strikes close by there are is around ten kilometers to my left could nature to my right. the israelis say that they will continue delivering aid when and where is necessary we know that the i.d.f. the israeli military delivered around three hundred tents and approximately seventy tons of aid in a special mission across the border last week we understand that there are plans for a similar mission in the next few days but as you can see here and with respect to what we are hearing which sound like artillery strikes we sound like strikes it just shows you how vulnerable these refugees are that of the u.s. environmental protection agency scott pruitt has resigned after a series of scandals he's been accused of misusing public funds and missing thing his office john hendren joins us now from washington d.c. with more on this john. rachelle scott pruitt was the most aggressive d.

regulator in the history of the u.s. environmental protection agency not since president richard nixon created the agency in one thousand nine hundred seventy had anyone rollback quite so many regulations he rolled back obama era regulations on chemicals and cars and he played a lead role in pulling the u.s. out of the two thousand and fifteen paris climate treaty we put together a kind of political obituary on scott pruitt and his legacy take a look. scott pruitt was the environmental regulator industry ollie's want it it's the e.p.a.'s objective my objective is the minister of the e.p.a. to come in and make sure that people's health is protected the former oklahoma attorney general went from being one of the agency's most aggressive opponents suing it fourteen times to running it through filed two lawsuits challenging the e.p.a. mercury in air toxics standards you filed a lawsuit challenging the e.p.a.'s two hundred two thousand and fifteen national ambient air quality standards for ozone never since president richard nixon created

the agency in one nine hundred seventy his corporate america had a stronger or more controversial ally in it scott proteins done an amazing job that it was a very short period of time and most people left there a couple. later that. pruitt has declared war on regulation dismantling dozens of obama era protections on clean air chemicals in cars i think the focus in the past has been on making manufacturers in detroit making manufacturers in various parts of the country make cars that people are going to buy these gold global warming hopes infuriating progressives in congress if that's the kind of. e.p.a. administrator you will be. you're not going to get my vote he's drawn the fire of environmentalists scott pruitt playing taxpayers and president trump and dangerous to your family's health his alleged ethical lapses pricey first class flights

hiring a small army of security agents and running a cut rate condo from the wife of a lobbyist have drawn the barbs of late night comics got through it being the head of the e.p.a. is the same as new york's food inspector being a rat with a clipboard he's there to take a good piece a landing get the most money out of it is about time the environment got a pen and we got one now he used aides to try to get his wife a job in a chick fil a franchise he was recently confronted by this mother holding her son in a video that went viral i would urge him to resign but he had the support of the deregulator in chief then he got what white house watchers call the kiss of death a statement of lukewarm support from the president scott probes are you support i hope he's going to prove it leaves a legacy of unraveled regulations an unprecedented support among the regulated so john that's quite a quite a list there is i believe fifteen investigations that were focused on scott pruitt

what was the final straw. well according to president trump there was no final straw trump talked to about reporters for about thirty five minutes on air force one today during a stop in montana and he told them that there was no final straw he said scott pruitt did an outstanding job inside of the e.p.a. he said we've gotten rid of record breaking regulations and he went on to say that there were controversies with pruitt but within the agency trump said we were extremely happy he said scott was a terrific guy he came to me and he said i have such great confidence in this administration i don't want to be a distraction and trump said the choice was ultimately up to uproot their pruitt was the one who came to him and pruitt was the one who ultimately decided but the last word may be had by the inspector general of the of the e.p.a. and that is because the inspector general says regardless of the fact that pruitt has left the agency all of those investigations that are going on inside of the

agency will continue ok john hendren live for us in washington d.c. thanks john also nevers is executive director at american oversight a government watchdog looking into allegations of corruption and he joins us live from new london in connecticut is skype we appreciate your time so if what donald trump is saying is there was no final straw what does that say that there was no final straw after fifteen investigations. i think it's is everything in this administration you don't get fired for being unethical you get fired for being a distraction for having your your career corruption in your conduct aired on national television over and over again and interrupting the president's t.v. time that's what gets you in trouble not unethical conduct so this is a fifteen investigations he almost certainly would have been gone in any other administration and now he finally is but does this effectively start to move the bar. on what should get someone to resign because actually the commerce secretary

or whatever ross there has been he's under scrutiny right now for not selling certain stop when he was supposed to when it's barely got any attention you know over the past year or so i think americans could ask themselves whether corruption even matters anymore and i think today is a reminder that it does as long as people learn about it and tell the elected officials and the president that crypt officials should not be representing them should not be making policies for them those officials have to go so i think this is a warning shot to wilbur ross to rick perry to plenty of os if they have an ethical conduct is yet to come to light washings like american oversight and environmental groups and education groups were coming to find out and if transparency is a problem for you your problem for the american people they pay is a very important very important agency what does this mean now for the a.p.a. . well we can hope that means that

a restoration of ethics and or we will or will step in as the acting administrator has to treat his agency like a superfund pollution site and clean it up i'm hoping that he can do that from a policy perspective people should keep in mind that the guy stepping in to fill scott proof shoes is a former co-op used so santa claus might be out but mrs claus is stepping in and i imagine the children of industry are still going to get their presents ok and as our john hendren reported the investigations are still ongoing even though scott protests step down so we'll see what comes out of all of them austin thank you so much for joining us paper stated. britain's home secretary is demanding answers from russia after a man and woman were exposed to the nerve agent no but shock in england police believed on searches and charlie rally collapsed after they handled a contaminated item in the small town of amesbury that's almost thirteen kilometers from the city of solsbury were russian double agent and his daughter or attacked with nova top samples are being analyzed at the u.k.

military's porton down the chemical research laboratory which is halfway between amesbury and solsbury peter sharp reports. the couple remain in a critical condition at seoul's greece district hospital but police and counterterrorism office is investigating the second poisoning say it's unlikely they were deliberately targeted but were caught up in the fallout from the previous attack the couple don't stood just an charlie rally both in their forty's collapse in a house in a mystery twelve kilometers from seoul's break officials at porton down who had it done to fight the nerve agent as nabil chalk say it's designed to be highly persistent five sites are now cordoned off as they trace the couple's movements before they succumb to the poison. a park pharmacy house and church are still being searched for any trace of the nerve agent police urging people who also visited these areas to wash their clothes and take precautions britain's counter terror

chief warned that there still remains a low level risk to the general public but through it all the people of soulsby remain surprisingly upbeat i don't think it's put fear into anybody that it's always we still buzzing as you can see is a shame that it's happened who is it what is it does anybody really know it's just unfortunate soulsby just picking itself up again and now it looks as though we're back to square one the british government has always held russia responsible for the attack on the script and the interior secretary has asked them to come forward and explain what exactly happened the eyes of the world are currently in russia not least because of the world cup it is now time that the russian state comes forward and explains exactly what has gone on there is speculation here that those responsible for the march attack may have dumped chemicals on their way through a mystery would be the quickest route to the most

a way to shop al jazeera in salzburg. russia has dismissed all allegations of involvement as being merely speculative or a challenge has more from moscow on russia's reaction to the poisoning. the kremlin has come out with some comments the spokes person dmitry peskov says that he regrets that two britons are in a critical condition and hopes they recover swiftly the kremlin says it is very worried about this new poisoning incident in britain worried that a nerve agent has been used once again in europe it says that cit categorically denies any involvement in the original source three incidents and that it proposed a joint investigation into the original attack britain unfortunately didn't agree now this line that the russians are still british to let them in to the investigation into this crippled poisoning well that has been resurrected by

russian parliamentarians as well in the sense of the move now on to this new incidents and there's a man called of love emir chemin of who's the state duma defense committee chairman he says that russia should be allowed to help investigate this latest incident there is a need for thorough and professional work he says in the efforts that british his security services will not be enough russia should get involved among other countries. plenty more ahead in the news hour including. for united at last how many migrant children separated from their parents in the u.s. name not be reunited quite so soon. demanding the damage justice as the families of the victims braved the owners charged with manslaughter. and sport five of the top six women seeds have now crashed out. i'll tell you who's the latest to call.

rough seas have delayed the search for at least forty nine people missing after a tourist boat overturned off thailand southern coast the governor says forty eight people were rescued before weather conditions force the search to be suspended the boat was carrying chinese tourists as well as a thai crew. rescue crews in northern thailand say they are in a race against time to get that football team out of a flooded cave monsoon rains are just days away and pipes and pumps have been brought in to train millions of liters of water the old boys in their coach are now being taught the basics of scuba diving scott heiler has the latest from shanghai and uncommon yet welcome sight for this time of year no non smoking reveals itself during the rainy season the top peaks of the range containing the long cave network is usually completely hidden by clouds underground rescuers work quickly during the

break in rain installing more pipes and pumps as the try to lower the water level in the flooded caves divers also continue to supply the twelve boys in the football coach with food and water sharing supplies nearly five kilometers into the cave where they have sought refuge for twelve days it takes the divers six hours to reach them. the group is being trained by expert divers from the top navy seals on the basics of diving with scuba equipment they'll stay with the boys and till they are out what the. now not how do we stop that what the inside and ran it at that low rate well. we bring it what a. top but there's a weather deadline the monsoon rains are expected to return on sunday which is the biggest issue right now is it getting that water level down or training the boys.

to get it to get the. one hundred thirty million liters of water have already been pumped out of the massive cave system now the water level not to be down to a level where the boys can walk all the way out any time soon by getting it is lowest possible helps reduce risk when they do finally leave. as well as much activity underground rescuers are searching above the cave looking for a possible altered it escape route. we are calculating the position of the children and the corresponding position on the surface we are also mobilizing our teams to survey the jungle and about twenty to thirty teams of convergence to survey for may be of use to me. the governor says if the risk assessment of bringing them out is a ninety percent success they will go for as with the weather forecast looks like that number will only get smaller al-jazeera. yes immigration officials are using d.n.a. testing to reunite more than three thousand children separated from their parents

at the border with mexico. another was for you know i had with their eight year old daughter in boston after nearly two months apart from top administration had removed the migrant children from their parents and put them into shelters but last month a u.s. judge ordered the government to stop the practice and green knight families by july tenth. and that they will follow them i do not have words to express the happiness that my heart feels because the whole of my life is here today with me the most beautiful thing that i've received in my life many families will have a long wait before they're reunited al-jazeera spoke to a brazilian asylum seeker who's nine year old son was taken away from her at the mexico border careless and has a story she is so scared she would only speak to us by telephone she came to us with her nine year old son seeking asylum cleaning her native brazil and what

beauty of husband who threatened to kill her when she crossed the border into america her nightmare began border guards pried her son away from her grasp listen closely to what she says oh you know grab a non-truth started crying they're not going to we're holding onto my right from work or they got to me in the rebel crying in the road that's going to happen and one cell was full of mothers the other packed with children both cells with a thick glass wall faced each other the majority don't think you're going to run screaming and crying on the ground critiquing the hour trying to get to the front where you see their parents but now. you wouldn't know were there were even two thirty women but there were i knew your report being very. ninety nine zero yet after two days her nightmare became even worse. there are many jews and then i haven't found one in there walking with my son thanking him wait that

was five weeks ago it was the last time she saw her son after more than three weeks in detention she was finally released but her son was not she is now living with relatives in the u.s. and lawyers working on her behalf have filed a lawsuit against the federal government to force immigration officials to reunite her with her son and so far that hasn't happened the same immigration officials say that asylum seekers that are detained are treated well but that wasn't her experience you know you were were treated really bared bickered there was no right to use the plane and that meant that we paid for a parent made it work member calling the remembrance now if there were no working people or anything like that there were one three paragraph now who are over the mouth so because the repacking are put thing she's been able to phone her

son only a couple times the last time she was allowed three minutes on. one night he was crying he was he then he went home and he's going to come and get him. gabriel is on to. new york. venezuela's president nicolas maduro has put his armed forces on guard after reports of a potential invasion by the u.s. last august u.s. president asked his foreign policy advisers why he couldn't send forces into venezuela his brand in the government a corrupt left wing dictatorship during an independence day ceremony on wednesday middle row urged his troops to remain vigilant he accused trump of having a criminal and supremacy vision. in another. according to a senior official donald trump insisted very strong student private meeting with the president of colombia we know the allied right wing presidents who one by one

the canvas so they would accept of military intervening in venezuela we rejected these we repudiate he said the time and to our national admiral's general you cannot let your guard down not for one second at least twenty four people including emergency workers have been killed in a series of fireworks explosions in mexico city aid agency red cross says firefighters police and paramedics are among the dead at least thirty one others were injured while four warehouses were destroyed the town of told attack is known as mexico's fireworks capital the owner director of the day on the collapse in kenya killing forty seven people has been charged with manslaughter and also accused of failing to make a report assessing the environmental impact of that facility catherine sawyer returned to the rift valley to talk to victims of the slide disaster. paul mundy

a buried his wife and child close to where their home once stewed it was swept away after a dam collapsed during hearings in may many people here remain traumatized they say compensation given by the owner is not enough and they were duped into signing forms they weren't allowed to read so. one hundred fifty thousand i was given fifty nine hundred dollars for each unit was a small price to our life but fifteen hundred mg my little boy could have grown up to be worth more than what you were just and all that the money was an apology the so lie tragedy in this village happened just when many were preparing to sleep more than two hundred families leave here some decided to bury their loved ones on the sport where their homes were to serve as a reminder of what happened the government has said that the dam was build illegally and hadn't been inspected for years the director of public prosecutions has ordered their arrest of nine people including the owner also lie down and

government officer sam will be charged with manslaughter people here are saying they're happy about that they want to see a quick and fair trial they also want to get a better compensation package. the owner of the dam perry months super tell a family and a government official with their water resource management authority pleaded not guilty to manslaughter as well as charges of negligence and failure to file an environment assessment report. joseph local will be closely watching the court proceedings al-jazeera visited him back in may he had just lost all four of his children this is what now remains of their home and belongings. they do. every time it rains i hear my children screams my wife has never recovers i can never bring myself to come back and live here but. this is still very much a village in mourning they want

a proper policy from the dam adequate compensation and justice for the dead catherine. so why in kenya's rift valley five senior ethiopian prison officials had been fired for alleged torture and abuse and are notorious in jail it's part of a reform program by the new prime minister who took power and april human rights watch says inmates in the prison and chicken known as jail and were abused for years among those tortured are members of three opposition groups that have been put on a list of so-called terrorist organizations. so head on al-jazeera by cannot interfere. with what he wants to do malaysia's prime minister tells us what he thinks about the corruption investigations his predecessor. they don't play shooting in france raises questions about the treatment of minorities boss. i'm a richardson at the world cup in russia where after eight years of preparation we

now just have eight teams and eight games left in the tournament. welcome back a look at the weather across the americas this time now in north america we've had some prolonged warm weather across eastern parts of canada we've had a lot of fatalities as a result of the heat wave but we've got this cold front pushing through temperatures dropping by at least five or six degrees across many eastern areas heavy rain though coming through new york and washington sure there on friday showers across parts of the south so that frontal zone clears further towards the southeast during the course of saturday so brighter fresher weather coming in a pleasant twenty five twenty six degrees out sort of order behind it meanwhile out across the west still pretty hot for denver not good conditions for the fire raging further towards the south and across much of california is dry showers very few and

far between one to two showers likely for seattle and washington state moving into central parts of america i think up through the isthmus it looks pretty wet actually a lot of showers coming off the caribbean side extending through into southern parts of mexico so space and downpours in mexico city but for the caribbean islands weather conditions are generally looking dry and fine heavy showers extend across french guiana through surinam towards venezuelan colombia further south is largely fine picture we've got this little weather front across parts of southern brazil into argentina thirteen and one is aries. this is one. of our judicial system what to do with children examining juvenile justice he didn't adult crime he's got a face and all signs adolescents should not be demanding the rest of their lives pre-action security can kill you know your rights he's just as guilty as suffers

the same consequences as the law exploring the dark side of american justice system with job. on al-jazeera. fresh perspectives new possibility. and this gentleman is a dollar been moved north the public support debates and discussion when you see tough questions like this what comes to why how do you respond before how global of all couldn't see out there is that award winning programs take you on a journey of around the globe. only on al-jazeera.

watching al-jazeera let's pick out the top stories for you syrian forces backed by russia are pressing on with their offensive to capture the country's southwest they've been martyred bombarded that is rebel held areas around zero with hundreds of airstrikes and the u.n. says the lives of three quarters of a million people are at risk. this president has accepted the resignation of his environment chief after a series of scandals ethics of scott pruitt have been under scrutiny for months over his spending habits and accusations of misuse of office britain's home secretary has called on russia to explain itself after a man and woman collapsed from exposure to a nerve agent and southern england couple fellow close to saul's ferry where former russian spy and his daughter were targeted with the same substance. libyan warlord cliff one half to has issued five demands for closed oil ports to be reopened

hundreds of people died in fighting between local forces and hoft are self-proclaimed army last month after reportedly says he is willing to reopen oil terminals and set crude oil exports back to normal if certain conditions are met so those conditions include appointing mohamed al sugary the new governor of the central bank of libya having a local and international committee to investigate what he describes as terrorist groups and an investigation into why he says armed forces haven't been paid their salaries recently turkey's government says a two year nationwide state of emergency will be lifted on monday a new decree it will allow some of those measures to continue president ratchet type heard want to impose a state of emergency after a failed military coup and two thousand and sixteen he wanted new five year term last month complete with new executive presidential powers. it has been one year since eisel was driven out of the iraqi city of mosul but nearly four hundred thousand people are still displaced in the city is in ruins about ninety percent of

western mosul was devastated in the battle with the armed group it's expected to cost more than eight hundred fifty million dollars to repair just basic infrastructure malaysia has suspended three multibillion dollar china backed projects in a review of deals signed by the former prime minister not to cross it earlier he was given bail after pleading it not guilty to corruption he was charged as part of an investigation into how billions of dollars disappeared from the state investment fund he insists the case is politically motivated jamal shell is in kuala lumpur where he's been speaking with knowledge of successor mohammed. dr martineau hammered is the person who was credited for transforming malaysia's economy making it a powerhouse in the region essentially reinventing good to become one of the asian tigers in the one nine hundred ninety s. when he was first prime minister but since then so now the economy in the markets

here have struggled to say the least a big part of that has been the endemic corruption which has plagued not only the political scene but also the economy here for several years and it was that level of corruption reached new heights with hundreds of millions of dollars or even billions of dollars going missing in terms of public funds that convinced him to reenter politics at the age of ninety two he turns ninety three in just a few days time when we asked him about whether he was using the corruption case to try and get back into politics or sideline his opponents or whether there was a genuine attempt to ensure that the judiciary would take its course and the justice system would go off to those who have been accused of embezzling months and thirst this is what he had to say attorney general has good enough evidence to decide to go to the cause the law must see its course in eve finds they said she

never does of eggs to be sure then the takes the decision. so this is a complete separation here between your role in terms of politics and the drew disarray in the way in which the legal process is taking place well when they came back when or promises was that we will honor the oppression of power be thinned. legislate if exact defending. so i cannot interfere. with what he wants to do aside from the corruption there is a more dangerous issue which is foreign interference in men. politics for promising to chip claim that the money that was in his accounts we're talking about six hundred eighty one million dollars was a gift from saudi arabia to help in his election campaign now either he's telling the truth and saudi arabia has effectively been interfering in malaysian politics

by funding somebodies campaign or he's lying on the money you were stolen but he's using saudi arabia to try and cover his tracks would also mean that saudi arabia is interfering in malaysian politics or domestic affairs. we are disappointed in that. has not denying that the money was given by a saudi. at one time he claims one but person and then he leaves a he says so deal and all that but he has no proof of these so we can accuse saudi arabia unless of course there is proof that saudi arabia is in fake i miss him polity. aside from the case of one m.t.b. in the corruption scandal that's been plaguing malaysia we also spoke to the prime minister about another very interesting topic which is his relationship with

brahimi brahim was tears deputy prime minister in the ninety's he himself tried to uncover corruption back then and instead of. the prime minister listening to me i actually went off to him imprisoned him more became a prisoner of conscience and here was widely criticized for sidelining and throwing him behind bars since then there's been a report small in fact part of the election campaign that my to run in caught in a coalition with an wires party was to secure for a pardon of our and promise that he would actually give up the reins of power to a more within two years time we spoke to him about that relationship as well as the regional issues in a wide ranging interview which obviously will be broadcasting soon on al-jazeera you can watch the full interview with military mohamad on saturday at four thirty g.m.t. here on talk of al-jazeera. the french prime minister has called for calm after

a second night of violence in the western city of nart car shops and a library were set on fire following the fatal shooting of a driver by police during a traffic stop the officer has been taken into custody for questioning about reports. of young people set fire to cars buildings and shoot with riot police while dozens of firefighters battle blazes the second night of violence unarmed was sparked by the killing of a twenty two year old man by police on tuesday france's prime minister condemned the unrest and said an investigation has started it is to see the cases in the hands of the justice system and it will do its work thorley and with full transparency because everyone wants to know exactly what happened and i will make sure this is the case the man killed was driving in this neighborhood when police stopped his car for a check police said he gave a fake identity than

a properly reversed as if fleeing prompting another officer to open fire ridiculous said the fact that this individual has been judge jackson's june two thousand and seventeen off and the restaurant issued by the credit court for organized. criminals that maybe this would explain the logic behind the driver's attempt to flee. the. people here say tensions often run high between police and young people but the fatal shooting has shocked many. for a so-called routine traffic stop because it can happen to anyone to be pulled over and asked for his papers in the car it should be simple maybe a search or something but i don't think there's a need for weapons the victim was from a paris suburb where nearly two hundred people have marched in protest against what they call police violence the concern for french authorities now is whether the arrest in norm's will spread to the capital and to other cities it's actually bottler al-jazeera. germany's chancellor angela merkel has reached

a deal with her coalition partners the social democrats plan to turn back some migrants at the border of also deal with her other allies the christian social union on monday the government stressed it will not allow the creation of transit centers for migrants that hungary's prime minister viktor orban to discuss controlling migration in the e.u. or bodies government is crack down on immigration says he's willing to strike a deal to limit the number of asylum seeker arrivals german interior minister horst see hoffer held similar talks with the austrian chancellor sebastian kurz software clashed with a miracle on her approach to immigration but agree to deal with her to a deal with her over the weekend he is in vienna to sail that deal to kurz who has taken a hard line against emigration. germany's chancellor says that britain's negotiations to leave a crucial phase. prime minister theresa may for talks. on friday may as

ruling party meet to discuss conflicts on how to approach. the government's been criticised for a lack of clear direction and merkel says time is now running out and. is pressing and we already have to have. it is now very important what the british government decides in the next few days. i will be bringing my cabinet together to discuss and decide a substantial way forward which would enable the pace and intensity of the negotiations to increase still ahead. the world's top surface make waves with the oceans leaving predators in south africa.

yes. i would use iraq where every new. special events are taking place across the u.k. to celebrate seventy years of a national health service in h.s. was established as a universal health care system guaranteeing free access to treatment regardless of income or status but there are some questions some serious questions about its future as paul brennan reports. the n.h.s. is the world's fifth biggest employer with around one point five million staff offering more than two thousand three hundred different surgical procedures and

treating a million patients every thirty six hours health care should be like this it should be free at the point of access i don't think patients should have to worry about how when they're poorly how they're going to fund things. and the scope and complexity of the treatment that it now offers the n.h.s. is almost unrecognisable from the service first founded seventy years ago but one thing remains the same the driving principle behind it all in the words of nih bevan the then health minister in one thousand nine hundred eighty eight no society can legitimately call itself civilized if a sick person is denied medical aid because of lack of means the n.h.s. has helped u.k. average life expectancy rise from sixty eight years in one thousand nine hundred eighty eight to eighty one years now wonderful new drugs new technologies just look at being huge revolution happening in digital how we embrace innovation because with innovation we can improve the quality and safety of care but that longevity

means today's n.h.s. is facing unforeseen challenges from obesity dementia cancer and cardiovascular disease earlier this year a parliamentary committee warned that the n.h.s. finances were in a perilous state an extra twenty seven billion dollars was pledged last month but the government spending watchdog warn that even that was not enough to improve services hospital administrators are contemplating difficult choices based on clinical outcomes and affordability and if we see procedures if we see things that we doing in the n.h.s. aren't value for money then let's have that conversation probably to say actually it would be better off spending the money doing something else or looking after a group of patients in a different way the n.h.s. remains free at the point of access but there after there are no guarantees. social care of the elderly is in crisis it is a way especially for my age the older you get the more likely want you to have to

have coffee and we have before the change they don't want to go because all they need the rain and they don't know how they. find anything to imply so that they have that reassurance and they know that they will still be cared for when they die the problems have not gone unnoticed there are regular demonstrations against hospital closures and cutbacks this protest last weekend attracted thousands of marches the public affection for the n.h.s. remains undimmed and there is much to celebrate about the past seventy years but the prognosis for the service remains uncertain paul brennan al-jazeera milton keynes. sport. i. thank you very much we are just

hours away from the quarterfinals of the world cup there are two huge matches on friday first up your guide take on france you guys a leading striker it's income finally is still doubtful for the clash that's one year old who's seen here training away from his teammates has called three goals in four matches picked up one injury it during his side's two one win against portugal coach has remained tight lipped about his fitness. he is a very important player for us and he was really playing well as i was saying guess soon as he was injured he started working hard to recover he's concentrating on his dream and his hopes and that is what he's doing right now belgium versus brazil in cousin is shaping up to be the most into taming of the quarterfinals but the european side have a tough task ahead of them as they face the world cup's most successful team brazil have won the title five times coach roberto martinez has urged his players to

simply enjoy the experience. i think when you are in the quarterfinals of the world corp face in brazil you don't need extra motivation we know why we're here we know how hard we've been working now for two years i feel that the group is ready i feel that the mentality is right i feel that we are confident so all all a martyr is now is to be able to be ourselves on the beach anything out of them think we need to get any extra messages when extra motivation i think is the only game probably as a player that you're going to be involved and you don't need motivation well thousand russia has travelled from around the world for the quarterfinals as andy richardson found out in moscow they're soaking up the atmosphere a godless of where they're from. well after eight years of preparation we have eight teams and eight games left in this world cup red square just outside of the kremlin which has become an informal gathering point for fans from all over the

world and really regardless of whether or not that seems have made it through to the quarterfinals none of the supporters seem to be in a rush to leaf the people. the world cup in general have been a religious service for the country it's difficult to know if this is russia like all the time i think it's the world cup fever that make its special people so amazing in seoul giving information for those who love. impressive four for me you know we were on the wall you know celebrating the beauty of the game their love of. friday's first quarter final sees euro quite on france now killing them back by really announced himself on a global stage for france in their last sixteen game against argentina he looked dangerous throughout and scored two goals we've been talking to the former french international florimel luda about how good he thinks and backpay and this french team can be is very ambitious of course he's going to go even with these young age

. he wants to be among the best in the sea in. one of the best so. what he's doing i think for me is normal for us is not. that is is normal level of performance and. the type of players who will need to deliver that's what they do in their. in their clubs brazil versus belgium is fridays of again brazil have conceded just worn goals at the tournament favorites and haven't been behind at any point in any gang belgium meanwhile well they had to come back from two goals down against japan in their last sixteen games so when three two would seem in forty eight has come back from such a deficit and want to gain in the knockout rounds they're looking to reach the semifinals for the first time since nineteen eighty six. while the speed of france

is. around the feel that people also show media and his teammates compare him to something out of the computer game in the thick of the killian doesn't like it a fee for video games like when you push one button for acceleration. you cannot do anything as it does that the right moment is the technically skilled and talented player and i think he's realised he can pass through any defend in the world if you pushes the ball and accelerates off to three or four metres it's going to be very hard for anyone to stop in the defending world and women's champion gabby mogul with her has been knocked out in the second round. is the latest of the women's top seed to fall. reports the men and a much better. job in mcgrew thers lawson three sets to the little known belgian means five of the top six women seeds of all really been eliminated. it's the earliest except for defending champion since they've lost in the first round in

nine hundred ninety four. french open champion and world number one simona halep is the last of the surviving top seeds she came back from five three down in the first set against china's sysop aging to win the next games in a row to advance to the third round. the overnight rain delay worked wonders for men's world number eighty two power through to the third round of a grand slam for the first time ever after coming from two sits down to upset last year's runner up marin chill much i will go up to the if a better one quarter was feeling better and better. that tennis is like that sometimes you will govern you feel good and that's it. three time champion novak jock of its needed treatment in the third set for a thigh injury before winning in straight sets. thanks there was a bad move on. during the point. and affected my knee

a little bit. yeah i felt the all the way to the end of the net basically last couple games so i've been doing check ups now and seems like it's. nothing major. there was no trouble for rafael nadal on the court as he eased into the third round of the straight sets one but the world number one was born before the start of the match for being too slow from an umpire he's previously had issues with even received another time violation for taking too long to get changed in the second set and i had to take it. there is a burned. out change everything. probably i should go to the toilet if i go to that i had plenty of time to change everything without a time relation the door remains on course to make joke of it in the semifinals prevented with al-jazeera. chocs have again for surface from the water during the

final of the day a world surf league event in south africa great whites were sitting near the competition area and caused delays for the second day running the event carried on despite the safety concerns with brazil's a philippe to lead a winning in the final to claim number one spot in the rankings shark sightings are a common and the area and in twenty fifteen world champion mick fanning a famously fought off an attack. and that's all it is for i have more later on that is all for this news hour out of here i'm richelle carey thank you for your time we have much more coming on the other side of the break and the mean time to check out our website obviously are dot com all of the day's news up to the minute keep it here.

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