government planes carried out more airstrikes in the province despite the opposition agreeing to evacuate the area has been the focus of an intense aerial bombardment over the past few days netra sensitive territory because of its proximity to the israeli occupied golan heights hundreds of iraqis have stormed an employment center in the southern city of basra and then attempt to register for work officials say they received more than sixty thousand applications for jobs since opening the center three days ago the oil rich city has seen more than a week of protests over poor basic services and high unemployment shia cleric with how they're all souther whose political bloc one of the may elections as called on politicians to delay forming a new government until the demands of the protesters are met iran qana has more from baghdad. cleric and politician whose political bloc won big in the may twelfth elections has weighed in on the protestors debate in iraq and it tweets he said the

winning political parties in the election have to suspend all political dialogue for forming coalitions until they meet the protesters rightful demands now those words are going to boy the protest movement is going to encourage them to come out on to the she treats he's likely to be doing this for a few different reasons key amongst them is he draws an enormous amount of support from the south where the political protests have been taking place also he's looking to have influence within the formation of the next government so coming out in support of the protest movement gives him political leverage but will it have an impact on the government or the protesters are demanding three key things they want jobs economic reform and energy supplies to be restored to the country those are very long term problems for iraq that need to be addressed on a structural level now these protests were sparked when iran suspended electricity delivery to the south because it says it's owed nearly

a billion dollars by the iraqi government hasn't been paid now the iraqi government is paying attention to the protests listening to their demands but like i say a lot of what those demands of very long and what one is saying that these demands need to be met and he's thinking about the short term where they can be met in the short term remains to be seen and still to come this half hour. the e.u. winds member countries to prepare for the worst in case britain crashes out next year without a d.l. . they're part of the world's most famous football team but some of thailand's rescued boys still face the challenge of being.

welcome back starting our forecast in a straight is looking pretty chilly across southeast narrows temperatures really struggling in melbourne just eleven as a high amount colder weather still filtering through of the southeast and areas is generally looking dry in perth cheering the course of friday but this frontal system will be working its way into in the weekend so expect some rain problems late on saturday through into sunday stage just sixteen degrees in sydney and still chilly conditions for melbourne and indeed looking point cooler mitchell for tasmania to spread across into new zealand we've got a frontal system pushing in from the west so for much of it it doesn't look too bad we should get away with a lot of dry bright weather but it will be clouding up on the south on and and as we head into the start of the weekend this frontal system is an active feature will be giving some heavy rain initially cross the western side to the south island but eventually push into or clunes to suffer a nice in oakland with highs of fifteen degrees those move up into northeastern parts of asia we've got

a really nasty heat wave affecting japan at the moment daytime highs about thirty four thirty five degrees so that some about five six degrees above where this should be nighttime lows about twenty four and this extremely hot humid weather will carry on for the next week. zero. and three. to some they are worth millions of dollars to the middle east they are living god. to reclaim the polls still an. zero.

hello again here sir minor for our top stories and al jazeera the white house says talks are underway for a meeting between president trump and russian president vladimir putin and washington later this year the two leaders met in helsinki on monday. arab lawmakers in israel have expressed their fury at the posse of a controversial bill which declares israel the nation state of the jewish people critics say it legalizes discrimination. and the syrian government has launched more air strikes on connecter a province near the israeli occupied golan heights despite the opposition agreeing to evacuate. the crowd us president daniel ortega has marked the thirty ninth anniversary of the sandinista revolutions victory that first brought him to

power of thousands overtake us supporters gathered in the capital managua the spike jonze of anti-government protests demanding his resignation and he now say ortega is on the same path as the dictator he overthrew thirty nine years ago but others say the government is doing a good job. egypt's president is in khartoum for talks with a sudanese counterpart their agenda includes ongoing tensions over water security and disputed border regions relations have been strained between the two nations not least over sudan support of p.s. hydroelectric dam and the nile it's area gate and he reports. this is president abdel fattah el-sisi fifth visit to sadat since he came to power four years ago analysts say it was hastily arranged his next trip to khartoum had been shed jeweled for october hours before c.c.s. arrival the sudanese government banned international media from covering the two

day visit it said it was mirroring action taken by the egyptian government during president omar al bashir his visit to cairo in monch the talks will focus on the controversial grand renee sounds dam project in ethiopia egypt fears it will significantly reduce the amount of water flowing downstream in the river nile but the she has been a supporter of the project. we have to have complete coordination between ourselves in order to support any joint strategic projects or policies in any sphere political economic and cultural. there's also tension over a border territory known as the how the yap triangle the oil a mineral rich area is claimed by both sides and sudan wants egypt to hand over control its demanding united nations mediation. shylock this visit god willing will be very useful we have wasted many years but now we need to move forward in

a different way. egypt is one of four countries that have cut diplomatic ties with cattle both sides have been courting support from african states mr. approach might say that some see. some seem difficult to be more sinister is being. planned for qatar because of the same time america's foreign minister's visit to. the soldiers will equate the four agreements with terms to use be cooked i think sudan has remained neutral during the g.c.c. diplomatic crisis analysts say visit may be part of a coup which native plans with other blockading nations victoria gave him be al-jazeera arminius prime minister has criticised russia for carrying out a military exercise inside his country earlier this week.

residents in a village called panic complained about gunfire as russian military vehicles go through the russian commander later apologized and said the rounds were fired that were fired were blanks russia has thousands of troops based in armenia and prime minister nichol question and has been trying to balance relations with both russia and the west but he told al-jazeera this incident was unacceptable it was probably kishan against the armenian independence for our children to. and knock and dairies investigation that started it and i think that. is guilty for that incident should be punished. footage showing one of the french president's top aides beating a student protester in may has triggered a fierce public backlash alexander was not on duty at the time and he was given permission to observe police operations so on

a go has this report from paris. was a violent attack on protest is that the man who took them isn't a police officer he's an example banana a former bodyguard and currently an aide to president he was only given permission to observe the may day protest topple hosp says he was there and filmed the incident. i didn't recognize him at the time i thought i was filming an example of police brutality so i feel his face looked like he was worried about being recognized so he didn't he was beating up on the floor close in proximity to power may fall under the illusion that they actually wield it and what should have happened here is that mr benn a lot also been reported to the police but he wasn't and that's left many opposition politicians saying that it is one rule for those close to mr mcconnell has another rule for the rest. but not was suspended from fifteen days but he was

soon back working even accompanying the victorious french football team on the open top bus tour on monday the president has since been accused of a cover up he said little on the matter when asked by journalists on thursday really commenting that the french republic was steadfast. and. leaving it instead to the prime minister to denounce banal as actions. that while he was authorized to observe he went beyond the status of the investigation will allow us to look at how and why this happened. the incident has so far reflected badly on president michael he has been careful about cultivating an image of a dynamic youthful leader but for his detractors it is yet another example of a president growing increasingly out of touch with that image sunny i go out

jazeera paris the european commission has warned it is tate's and businesses to prepare for a possibility of a no deal brags that this in case the u.k. government fails to negotiate an agreement of the warning came hours before the u.k.'s new brakes administered dominic rob at the end it goes here to michelle back to a in frost source to discuss progress on the withdrawal agreement. thirteen weeks left before you could overrule your friend comes from. during the star show. we have two things to do. we must finalize the reason or agreement and we are not yet their documents. we must prepare for political declaration and now we're through true relationship i've come out today to discuss in the detail proposals that we've got in our white paper that you will see and i'm looking forward to with renewed energy vigor and theme looking at the

detail of all of this as michelle has told us the clock is ticking and so i'm looking forward to intensifying heating up the negotiations and making sure we're in the best position to get the best deal firefighters since we don't have stepped up their battle against dozens of wildfires burning as far north as the arctic circle twenty thousand hectares of forests have been destroyed that's ten times the average amount for a year of several villages in central sweden or evacuated overnight a country is struggling with record breaking heat and it's estimated the blazes have cost sixty seven million dollars worth of damage four of the members of the thai football team rescued from a cave are stateless but they're not alone nearly seven hundred thousand people in thailand are stateless and that includes one hundred fifty thousand children although they're now treated as heroes by the authorities and they were invited to appear national television they barely have any rights in thailand step us and

explains. at the most northerly tip of thailand lies the hometown of the wild boars the football team trapped in a cave for eighteen days nothing more than a small river divides may saif from neighboring me on maher. like many other members of ethnic minorities in this border region four members of the team are stateless go check up all chant are wrong crossed into thailand to look for a better education after his parents from the shan minority died the twenty five year old is seen as the man who taught the boys how to survive in the cave. they all gave blessings at a local temple i am happy to be home i was finally able to sleep well last night despite a night of rest his future status is uncertain born in myanmar he doesn't qualify for thai citizenship which makes work and travel difficult nearly seven hundred

thousand people in thailand are stateless including hundred fifty thousand children an organisation who promotes education for people in the highlands visit schools in an effort to help kids such as me pro. i really want to tie citizenship because when i graduate i want to continue my education i want to get a job so i can send money for my siblings to go to school in myanmar i'm the eldest of seven children i want all of them to have an education like me. the plight of the stateless children is in the spotlight since it seems dramatic rescue. i was happy to say that the stateless boys weren't treated any differently to the others some people were suggesting they should have been taken out of the cave last shows tyo non time we all have the same human rights. that's far from reality for most out of stateless children many growing up without their parents for five instincts bunch of you to the fighting spirit of the status members and coach of the wild for

football see from an early age they learned how to deal with hardship and survive in a country that doesn't officially accept them now many hope with the seven change of status the chances improve to be rewarded citizenship the local district chief says he has yet to receive the applications for citizenship and they will only be successful if they were born in thailand and have birth certificates so while the team spirit of the wild boars has become stronger after the cave or deal some players won't have the same rights as their teammates any time soon steps fast and al-jazeera made for a new one north thailand. china's premier league chan has called for cancer medication to be made cheaper after the release of a film which brought the issue to mainstream attention dying to survive has been a huge box office hit it aaron brown has this report from beijing well this is a film that's really struck

a chord here in china and this is one of the many cinemas in beijing that is now showing dying to survive some reviewers say that it's destined to become china's movie of the year it is based on the real life story of a chinese shopkeeper who imports drugs from india to sell at a profit to leukemia patients here in china who can't afford to buy those drugs in china a first he's in it for the money but gradually compassion creeps in as he realizes all the lives that could be saved so what impact has this film had on people who've seen it. i cried many times the field is very realistic is shows many problems about the medical care system in china how that many ordinary people cannot afford expensive medicine i can feel their desperation this is a sensitive subject because cancer it's estimated claims the lives of some four million people a year in china it is the country's biggest killer and some medical experts

attribute some of those cancers to the sort of pollution we have in beijing today pollution it also reflects other towns and cities across china dying to survive has now caught the attention of china's premier league who has said more has to be done to improve treatment for cancer patients in china it is an acknowledgment that inequality exists in china's health care system the issue has now started a big debate online but for now the census appear to be holding off. again his reminder for top stories and al-jazeera the white house says president trump has asked his national security adviser to invite florida might put into washington and a lot of this afterward jack to put its proposal that russia interrogate americans

in exchange for access to twelve russians indicted by the u.s. the u.s. senate has also voted unanimously against russia being allowed to question u.s. officials israel has passed a controversial law that for the first time declares the country to be the nation state of the jewish people arab lawmakers angrily protesting the passing of the bill makes hebrew the only official language and downgrades arabic to an ambiguous special status of palestinian in palestine liberation organizations as the law discriminates against israeli palestinians who make up twenty percent of the population. hooman the system this law establishes a system of bondage you can see the palestinian people and implements a policy of ethnic cleansing against them in order to expel palestinians especially when this law provides that this land is for the jews and knowledge of the historical facts about the existence of palestinians on the sly old world. except as an egyptian proposal to end its stiff dispute with fatah but it's not clear

whether father has also accepted the proposal which reportedly calls for the lifting of palestinian authority sanctions on the gaza strip in a while gaza's health ministry says one person has been killed in an attack by the israeli army and palestinians flying burning kites and billions towards israel protesters have been flying the kites across the border for the past four months of this fight reports that the israeli army may be preparing for an offensive along the gaza strip if the cuts continue to be flown syrian government planes are carrying out airstrikes in the province of connla despite the opposition agreeing to surrender and evacuate the area has been the focus of an intense aerial bombardment over the past two days under the deal rebel fighters from connector are being taken to live in the north buses have already arrived to take them there the u.s. warned member states to prepare for the possibility of a no deal breaks it in case the u.k.

government fails to negotiate an agreement well those are the headlines stay with us for a one on one east that's the next. the i.m.f. said riyadh's a breakeven although priced twenty eighteen is likely to be around eighty eight dollars a barrel why is argentina again turning to the i.m.f. to help now we bring you the stories that are shaping the economic world we live in counting the cost on al-jazeera. hold up in these himalayan mountains you feel you could almost touch the sky. no wonder people who live here if you close to the heavens and their gods. but the reality you there are a lot of very unhappy meetings going on here. these are stealing precious religious

icons it's a theft not only of valuable treasures but also of culture. i'm steve chowed on this episode a one on one east we're deep in the himalayas tracking those behind the theft and of paul's garments. the drive into the poles remote region of mostar starts here three thousand meters high. dusty. dangerous. yet stunning. tash this place is beautiful i know i it's amazing it's just tucked away in the corner of the himalayas you know. these mountains are not only home there are places fighting to protect i grew up here all my life and their own good love you don't like tara demo the way i just can't wait to be back you know they were like

ceases to amaze me. at like sister from the strong feeling of belonging this to the place you know. a sense of belonging to an ancient buddhist culture dating back centuries and with that has always been just a very unique isolated kingdom and until one thousand nine hundred two there are no visitors allowed into the area so there's a very strong sense of a living heritage that still governs a lot of life today but it's a religion and culture at risk yes this religious places of worship all over the place are being broken into it's pretty interesting at the moment they're suffering they're just lost at what an alarming rate so this one is some drilling ministry tash she has spent the last decade studying the region's religious icons of fighting to protect them and the culture they represent but they can look. stupid built to hold sacred relics are places of devotion for the buddhist community. so

look at this i mean this is a super a very religious monument that has been broken into this is supposed to be completely sealed up and people have. put all of their religious sacred offerings inside but look the vulnerable just the belongings of the just anybody who could come and try to make away with stuff you know. scraps of fabric and clay statues are all that remain the more valuable items says cash have been stolen the power for rulers them for longs they were donating their belongings to stupas so they are they do who are like a lot of ancient very precious artifacts. so normally you have. scored endings that are printed on fabric and in some cases also a lot of. it will statues copper bronze statue is like from back in that is just like on the black market these would fetch tens of thousands hundreds or thousands

of dollars that's a sad part you know because this precious items that are such a big part of our living characters have such a big market value it's somehow fused happening of such things. and demand he says is at an all time high. over several days we visit a number of religious sites they've all been pilfered so this one right here used to be. here barbed wire was put up to stop please but it's only managed to stop the thief who would underneath her simplicity as soon as your news but as you see unfortunately it's not possible anymore because there's all this barbed wires that go around to ensure the safety of the super. robbers got inside anyway who knows the belongings that they could have made away with to the police ever catch those responsible sadly there has been no police cases filed in any of the lootings in all of them is that why is that there is no

proper record giving or inventory that could have been used as a difference to file a case on what has been stolen. to better understand what's being lost she takes us to a monastery which so far has kept their treasures secret from outsiders. safe under lock and key. conan. this is a collection of ministry inside are dozens of buddhist statues all priceless treasures. and get this one. this is new code interesting how intricate the patterns the designs the detail is and the handiwork is incredible and it's absolutely i would imagine people purpose spent like that in decades or lifetimes coming up with these must this is it or how old would you say this one is. i think

this could be a new read between fourteen to fifteen centuries. and look at this as their absolute masterpiece or. really really ancient eleven century and then century exactly so it's a thousand years old how much would this go for the black market or i wouldn't be able to tell for sure but. i wouldn't be surprised if it's pictures. of a few hundred thousand dollars or so but that's not the kind of value that we look up to for us it's really just value you know and it is these are. like very important symbols of something that binds the communities together you know a treasure like this particularly when it would be an absolute disaster. happening. prayers and religion are clearly an integral part of life.

in the town's mean monist. months before the same rituals that have been carried out for centuries. it's here we meet she may go to a tibetan spiritual leader he's also concerned that the deaths are not just a loss of treasure they're harming the buddhist religion itself. welcome to the children ministry if you take us to a whole that's normally off limits to outsiders he has something to show us. it's an ancient manuscript every polish you'd have to dip into her cover in trenton we call them like them and the nation and they took it mean the rude and crude

and bailed out more than seven hundred years old it's considered so priceless and so significant to their religion it's never been shown to a foreigner before it's. submitted in for in history the development ministry because all. that and i think. every page of buddhist teachings is meticulously written in pure gold. it was rescued from a neighboring street after a break. through here. is to put it in the unsaved way. give it to say a second manuscript also written in gold has already been stolen and with it ancient buddhist teachings we can launch then what is. what easter with his aid.

he didn't help but. it's pretty sad news for us to go to the. chimney is eager to show us more that we have to join him on a pilgrimage high up into the mountains. the journey takes us through bora most towns incredible landscape and sights. this is most of the care of the people before the fourteenth and did so variation this cave this is the its nuclear waste group or the biggest in arm the himalayan. jimmy asks us to keep our destination a secret for fear we could lead to their hidden icons so.

many hours later we arrive in a valley and begin to decline. now we get them on the street. oh wow what a beautiful love story here's a look at history shows free. will but it is. here we find giant copper statues including all the buddha. stones fourteenth century. put in some sort of what they said were a very nice little dimmer going to issue but sadly even here we've come too late all of the big statues all their business have been cut and the insides have been

taken away why would someone want to steal what's inside. for reading so sure of the belongings that art is there today in the statute so. she says typically inside the statues are scrolls of tibetan prayers items collectors would pay a fortune for. so what's this to me. this makes you say do. we go deeper into the monastery. oh. so this is the going home which means the room of the protector diety and the protector and artist room ensures that don't want to strew say that it is six thirty in the monastery and the villages around some of the most powerful room in the minister absolutely. the irony here is that these days were created to protect the monastery but now they themselves need protecting. them all those all of them

bald was younger and older more during the. cold war. the. later outside and as monks carry out what they came to do. holding a special ceremony asking for higher powers to keep the monastery and its guards. when you think say about those who steal these things do you think he's angry. with those. who go to somebody who is dating them things is their own karma what impact would you say all these thefts is having on but it's. all for. their own it's very sad news.