to convince iran to resume supplies. here. iran supplies six thousand five hundred megawatts which is half of iraq's nationwide electricity production that's why when iran pulls out from providing electricity it means a collapse of iraq's power grid i believe that a visit by the iraqi side to saudi arabia is very important because the saudis have expressed their readiness to supply iraq not only with electricity but also in other areas like hell's in and transport the new government as soon supposed to take charge in iraq and its future success will depend on whether it can provide jobs and basic services some of the job out of there u.s. president donald trump has been forced into a very public and embarrassing climbdown all the politicians across the board criticize his comments about russia now says he accepts the conclusion by his own intelligence agency is that russia did meddle in the twenty sixteen election but two days ago this is what he told a news conference with the blood of

a pigeon in finland. people came to me dan coats came to me and some others they said they think it's russian i have president putin he just said it's not russian i will say this i don't see any reason why it would be and in a stunning reversal trump says he misspoke and he blamed it on his grammar but as i want to have correspondent kimberly say is the damage seem to have been done. a stunning reversal by u.s. president donald trump the word what incentive would you. faced with nonstop criticism over his press conference with russian president vladimir putin in finland trump claims he misspoke and now accepts the conclusion of u.s. intelligence that russia meddled in the twenty sixteen presidential election i have felt very strongly that while russia's actions had no impact at all on the outcome of the election let me be totally clear in saying that and i've said this many

times except our intelligence community is conclusion that russia's meddling in the two thousand and sixteen election took place terms of arc's follow a barrage of condemnation from members of his own political party for his initial acceptance of putin's denial he just said it's not russian of any election interference by the kremlin i remain as i thought it was shameful i think he needs to fix it morning the republican speaker of the house of representatives equally unequivocal not only did russia interfere in the past it threatens to do so again they're doing it around the world they did it to france they did to moldova they're doing it to the baltics russia is trying to undermine democracy itself democrats are pressuring republicans to reinforce those words with action if donald trump was such an easy mark in helsinki. president putin will realize he's an easy mark

elsewhere that's why lawmakers are pushing for further sanctions against russia many are also demanding trump requests the extradition of twelve russians indicted last week or charges of interfering in the twenty sixteen u.s. vote but like previous administrations my administration has and will continue to move aggressively to repeal and they have friends and we will we will stop it we were. any efforts to get if you are in our elections some democrats are calling for legislation to prevent the president from criticizing the f.b.i. and the department of justice as the president has done in the past so that the special counsel robert muller can continue his investigation into russian interference in the u.s. presidential election can really help at al-jazeera the white house. don't want to come here it out there including fighting for control of the nicaragua neighborhood

at the center of the battle against the president plus. a rare view of life in pyongyang how north korean cinema is proving a hit with film goers in the south. to phone. me the weather sponsored by. hello and welcome to international weather forecast we've still got an area of low pressure across more eastern parts of europe and the potential is there over the next few days for more severe storms meanwhile across western areas for the most part it's looking fine again there is a storm risk associated with low pressure systems across siberian peninsula for instance but generally for most it just being drawn fine and brilliantly sunny so there's a complex area of low pressure in the east giving some rain for parts of russia

we've also this frontal system down through warsaw down through into austria and central southern parts all looking dry and fine temperatures there into the low thirty's so fine weather conditions and really not much change across those western areas london coming up to twenty six degrees on the other side of the mediterranean where the conditions are looking fine for the most part temperatures pushing forty there for tunis karo getting close to forty two and as we head into central parts of africa here some big storm systems all across chutney mali pushing quite a long way towards the north the potential is there for further heavy downpours too in the next twenty four hours for southern portions of the constant remains largely dry and fine could be quite breezy along the eastern cape. the weather sponsored by qatar airways. egypt is now china's third biggest trading partner in africa more than ten thousand chinese are living in cairo i wanted to see the

permits in september one thousand nine hundred five i came with my friends to egypt many started a small traders but are now successful in business shit i began to do business in two thousand and three or two thousand and four at a time it was small but then it began tricks but average al-jazeera world meets the growing chinese community in egypt egypt made in china on al-jazeera. look at the top stories here about his era thousands of people are being out of to northwestern syrian towns that have been besieged by opposition fighters for more than four years the evacuation of the fryer is part of

a deal between the rebel groups and iranian fighters who are backing the government in exchange the government is set to release hundreds of detainees. meanwhile in the southern province of garage the syrian government has scaled up his aerial offensive they have been dozens of air strikes and shelling targeting the city of now or a hospital is among the buildings hit. protests a continuing in southern iraq despite a promise by the prime minister to create jobs and improve public services young rest began in the oil rich province of faster and last week and has since spread to several other cities in the south. for the first time in twenty years airline passengers are now able to fly directly between ethiopia and eritrea the restoration of commercial matters of a follows saturday's visit to ask. by his new prime minister and that was followed by a visit by eritrea is president and the signing of the peace deal let's go live

there our correspondent in the capital. so this reprobation is going rather well isn't it many people must be so relieved because families have been completely divided by the hostility between these two countries. absolutely martin the people of. us still unable to imagine. the relations between the two countries have received the speed with which things have gone on the fly to call for just moments ago it's going to long enough money hour from now on board the formal. european businessmen journalists what the two men think what is being held. but the vast majority of the people who've been

separated by the rule from their families on the eve of the war you feel you have expelled seventeen thousand little. and it did the same expelling thousands more from its territories and created a separation between families now we spoke to one of the passengers on board a journalist with the state workers the european who's at the train one it was forced to flee ethiopia with two daughters. it's like he's being reborn again and these days all those years both decades it was on the hard disease without any as he said in his own words he really wants to reach as quickly as possible to set eyes on his two daughters once again so it's really hard isn't it to avoid the personal sort of sentimentality of this occasion but i'm just wondering whether this. hostilities between eritrea and ethiopia is leading to any change

in eritrea because of course. his use that is the pretext for this forcible conscription that is cool say many young eritreans to leave the country. while there is hope that within the malays national permissions between a tree and ethiopia the. government might ease its just on the people also stop the flow of conscription now that there is no need to be on the military a lot because there is peace finally between ethiopia and eritrea how about. the what the government there husband is completely postpone elections for good and that is where the problem might be because. they have to be meaningful change in that a chair elections have to be held but the size of pork it doesn't seem set on the

guts of the moment and that is where many how doubts whether a change. in the whole. live in that is have a thank you very much. now this turned eighteen days underground a move in a week in hospital in just a few hours from now the twelve time boys and their football coach will tell the world this story being discharged from hospital and will be addressing the media family members and psychologists will also take part in this panel as the boys answer questions about their ordeal. from china rice explains what we can expect. finally the wild boars football team can go home after more than three weeks when they french and into this cave just going for one hour to celebrate the birthday of one of their teammates and they got stuck for eighteen days and

a dramatic disappearance but also their dramatic rescue of course has captivated many around the world and that's why the government has now set up this media event it's a very tightly controlled media event it's more like a talk show which will be aired on all the channels here in thailand life the boys will appear and they will be asked questions by a moderator to questions all carefully screened journalists were allowed to put in questions but psychologists will decide if the the boys are capable of answering certain sensitive questions of course a lot of people are worried here about their mental state about possible trauma we asked one of the fathers we met him last night he said that he was quite worried about the future of his son he really just hopes to go back to their normal lives he said to his son is doing fine and is an. unbelievable bond now between all the members of this football team and they consider their coach now sort of as a father figure but he is also worried about all the attention on this football

team has actually already hollywood hollywood producers in town to look for a movie about this story so he really is worried about is it possible to go. on the. north korea movie is a being screened in south korea for the first time they're part of a film festival. after its organizers applied for a special permit to screen them and the florence louis reports they provide a rare glimpse into daily life in the isolated nation. welcome to the international fantastic film festival lots of glamour lots of star power the event is into its twenty second year and this time it's featuring nearly three hundred films from more than fifty countries but what makes this year's event stand out is the fact that for the first time as many as nine north korean films are being shown to the public without restrictions. because north korean movies are classified as

special data which means to screen those films a south korean cinema would need to pry approval from the government. in line with the recent expectations of into korean relationships and mutual exchange we suggested to the ministry of culture sports and tourism new way of screening to allow our audience to watch north korea movies without any difficulties that lead to what you could call really. one of the films being shown is an animation made in two thousand and eight to educate people about traffic rules the organizers chose it because they thought it depicted city live n.p.r. young the north korean capital the other is about three young orphaned siblings who overcome odds to stay together an award winning film with a strong focus on the universal theme of family. as a north korean japanese film director has traveled to north korea several times to make movies yes. good actors

a jumpstart to resolving conflicts so in that sense if we strengthen mutual exchange for example collaboration or exchange of technology we can extend this opportunity to achieving peace and independence relations have improved since north korea sent a delegation to take part in the winter olympics in february muvico us at the festival hope the screenings will contribute to that effort. my photo was from him here in north korea but he's passed away so this is a very special moment i feel great try watching a movie made in the north regardless of what kind of movie is the shown. i want to know their standard of living compared to where i think we may be allowed to visit north korea in the near future so i want to take a peek into their culture there's room for more of such exchanges in the future the korean film council has set up a committee to look into this and it said to be exploring the idea of filming on location in north korea florence li al jazeera. tens of thousands of russian

orthodox worshippers of month one hundred years since the country's last royal family member was murdered the brutal death of saw nicholas the second and his family ended the three hundred year romana of tennessee and also how did the rise of communism in russia which would go on to shape the new world order challenge ripples on the modern legacy of the murderous. one hundred years on russia's faithful still mark the date and in this sent ten or a year the crowds in here catherine burke are especially large first communion at the church on the blood standing at the site at the remodeled execution then a twenty one kilometer procession where the bodies were first buried for these worshippers rushes last saw is a martyr here he's in the example of a highly. noble who suffered through all of this but remains

a real human being nothing broke him down. as russia's revolution descended into a chaotic civil war the captive imperial family were moved from sin petersburg to central russia on the night of july sixteenth one thousand nine hundred eighteen they were woken by bolshevik guards led down to a cellar and was shot and benefit to death for much of the soviet period discussion of the remodels was a bit now multimedia projects like this from a state broadcaster and the federal archive of publishing possible photos. but the ultimate fate of the three hundred year denotes the that time russia from a fragmented northern european backwater into a pan continental empire still brings up disagreements. internal rifts mean the russian orthodox church is still reluctant to recognise as authentic what forensic experts have long believed to be the romano's remains canonized in two thousand his

song. and his family and now saints and symbols the church uses to preach the conservatism and self-reliance it wants russia to adhere to. no promises of a new happy life or support from outside allegedly by more educated advance people who must tempt our people. but while the states has venerated other russian princes an emperor has recently the symbols of a strong and resilient russia and lisp religion says this last is one of the reason falls out maybe nicholas the second is not an achiever he's a failure he lost his hand parker lost his family lost his life old russia was no war so to put in he is not an especially. attractive or a proper hero disagreement over the result of this is one of the many examples of the difficulty russia has in reconciling with his bloody. al-jazeera.

service a take a look at the top stories here. thousands of people are being added to northwestern syria in towns that have been besieged by opposition fighters for more than four years the evacuation of the fryer is part of a deal between the rebel groups and the rainy and five this is supporting the assad regime in exchange the government is set to release hundreds of detainees meanwhile in the southern province of durai the syrian government has scaled up its aerial offensive overnight there's been dozens of air strikes and shelling targeting the city of no a hospital is among the buildings hit seventy dekker is in the occupied golan heights close to what's an active front line is. what you're seeing in the distance which is there are strikes is the syrian government. along this border you have.

they cannot get any they can't cross so they're hoping being this close to the fence with israel that they're at least safe from airstrikes but certainly from what we've been seeing play out here in the last couple of hours is that you are also seeing military action probably about a kilometer where those people are so that certainly must be absolutely terror. protests are continuing in southern iraq despite a promise by the prime minister to create jobs and to improve public services the armrests began in the oil rich province of pastor last week and has since bread to several other cities in the south. forces loyal to nicaragua as president of stormed a k. opposition stronghold at the center of anti-government protest in messiah city at least two people were killed dozens of others were injured as police and armed government supporters advance into the money members neighborhood on tuesday at least two hundred seventy five people have been killed in

a wave of anti-government protests since april roger today those are the latest headlines coming up next here on out is there is the stream. getting to the heart of the matter if my cell phone. calls you today and says that's how would you accept realities what do you think reunification would look like if you were to people the peaceful unification is the only option for prosperity do you. hear their story. today india's economy is booming about many indian women have chosen to remove themselves from the country's labor market we'll explore some of the reasons why the dean and you're in the stream live on al-jazeera and you tube so tweet us and leave your comments in the chat we'll do our best to get them into the conversation . names that i had. going with them in this new car industry.

india is among the world's fastest growing economies but fewer women are participating in its labor markets the world bank estimates that just twenty seven percent of working age indian women have paid jobs figures for those working in the agricultural sector projected to be even lower the world economic forum's twenty seventeen global gender gap report also ranked india one hundred eight out of one hundred forty four countries one of the widest in south asia despite increased female enrollment in educational institutions but like countless women around the world many are prevented from joining the workforce to to social and cultural pressures prime minister narendra modi's government is trying to close the labor gap through their promotion of skills programs and in two thousand and seventeen parliament passed a bill to double the amount of paid maternity leave to twenty six weeks but even that move could potentially cause women's jobs to disappear so here with us now to

help unpack the reasons why there's been such a drop in india's female labor force participation rate. data journalist based in. chennai india and today's about india need to ananda is a director for a conference and that's a communications consultancy firm and enter in italy share saying barack is the program manager for the international labor organization training center he previously served as deputy director of ilo india welcome everyone to the stream of course to our online community i want to start with the tab this article has been circulating online from the economist not too long ago it was released the missing two hundred thirty five million why india needs women to work and in particular scrolling down to this stat here shows that female employment rate in india this is both the formal and the informal economy tumbled from an already low thirty five percent in two thousand and five to just twenty six percent now many what's going

on how do you make sense about. so i think that it isn't this is happening as it is reasons there's movement in. education and a families can't just choose to move jobs in. these. economic necessity but some one cities in. some of them have to do. something nice like that they're just. good enough jobs and some of these. even when the family. think that whose. families. do want to jump in there on your take on why we've seen this significant drop. things and i think many hit the nail on

a number of the key issues so indeed participation of women has folded as you noted in the intro during a high period of growth and this is being attributed to you know increased involvement of girls and young women in education that's something positive but at the same time there is a concern around access to jobs and i think it's important to stress that the largest pool happened in rural areas that particularly with women withdrawing from agriculture we in itself is something positive in the sense of women withdrawing from the back breaking work in agriculture but the question then remains where are the other jobs that women are aspiring to. take up and join that market and you know i'm sure you have something to say about this but before we get to i want to share with you what i asked on our community has said while the literacy rate specifically among female children has increased in india the women in the labor force has drastically decreased there can be plenty of reasons for it she

cites lack of support early marriage pregnancy or inability as she says to to keep up with work and human i guess it's homely duties in your experience what do you think is the cause and what do you make of that juxtaposition. i think it's very true to the continent because. you know the india is a very old and a very traditional society it's very few people speak. it's there's a lot of his germany and traditionally roles for men and women have been. very much divided it is very clear that men go out to do the work and women stay home and the whole notion of well work at home is never defined as well when you take care of the home and the children and the spouse. in melos the

elderly it's never considered well work is defined as something you do when you step out of the house and you get economic compensation and that's global. or the nomenclature for work but i'm talking specifically about work outside the home that for a very early age both men or women are socialized to believe across the board that women will eventually grow up get married have children and men will grow up and have to work and support their families and despite the fact that we modernized with the fastest growing economy when a very large. and just and adding to what frequently said there are positive signs the reasons why women are not going to love the fact is that women to be out of the workforce is not good for society and not just economically it's

because women need to feel relevant outside of the home and the society you know it's men and women scientists just jump in there yes just on that i just on that point i think it's it is important to you know in our in our group in what was just me to just said but i think it's. it's important to stress that you know i think this is the sixth and i'm sure all of us are not suggesting women are not working they aren't you know they're working very much in the household is that the burden of domestic care except in the crux of the matter is working outside the home and what are the opportunities and the choice to. join the labor market and find jobs in growing sectors and from an i don't perspective we would stress the importance of accessing well ity employment as well as the opportunity to also start their own businesses and the see in that perspective i think you also want to repine this a. lot and i was feeling i mean this is something that actually hits home and

reporting that around for that i'm not but really meaning it because i'm one of the that isn't getting the government doubling what maternity leave does have my second e.p. and hundred thousand in that i have not even an evil to do this and i have been to a few. hours i think i would him have placed that. net in the end a little more need for sharing of domestic demand the burden continue to remain and it is much harder going to be one let's take a listen to this video comment from padma judge joshi who actually points out how maternity leave could actually be driving women out of the workforce so far as the start of a nice sector the mitterrand of women in the old and i think the feast is not last more than a day here are. few days in terms of maternity he's not progressive legislation was going to which more than doubled the amount of maternity leave that women get from twelve weeks it was recently six weeks the thing is that most small companies

whether it be in this emmys or start out they would not know not would employ a woman at all and give this kind of benefit because twenty six weeks of unbeaten lead to a woman basically according to these companies. them unproductive and so not far from benefiting then you'd actually be just blow dried out of the workforce on. i mean i see you nodding over uniting about well i agree completely with the person who just scary and. i also had twenty eight years ago when i was living in it to be in working for a new solutions i went back after three months and i felt that that that was just i wasn't grist i guess if i was it would be two more months but i do know well. a lot of work because of what has oceans and women have worked for me and i have worked for me that it's very important for women to stay in the whole force because

like the common men if you are out for twenty six weeks chances are you're going to be out of the workforce for all because what clement was very organizations carried on before you have women be away for the law and to be high on it you know there's a whole slew of women that are coming to that won't force you know that the law to be asking for the child to the doctor and to take care of the mother in law. of the jail because the child is there are these all these social conditions which are never discussed actually admit talking about figure they leave a loss of apologies to the shares an apology is due but these are all statistics statistics if you had to be doing well you know so i mean i think that i think what's so interesting about what you said is that twenty six weeks is too long and

this is speaking of someone within the unit united states where we don't have any mandated maternity leave and that sounds like a dream but i want to i want to pick that apart a little bit and i'll throw that to you reckoning cause i know you're nodding your head there if that is too long and that is the government's plan to help encourage women in the work place in the workforce what that is the answer. so let's i just agreed that it's true no and i don't think that i was i'm disagreeing with me because i'm in this position i think i would have to see to maybe give. you know i needed that the economy's not even the girl as long. term damage even haven't suffered for it in fact they've offered but then.