lies my one woman and the two lifeless bodies. they say politics came before she minutes hereon assistance the rescue group says it was denied proper help which made their four day journey across the mediterranean longer than needed don't they dahlia both italy and mata refused to let us disembark the copses on the ground they only wanted to take charge of the medical evaluation but they did not accept the bodies. the libyan coast guard denies the accusations it says it rescued one hundred sixty five migrants in that same area last week without leaving anyone on board but the rescue team insisted this case has broader political implications this brings out it's unthinkable for a country of the european union for my country to finance a libyan coast guard which we can testify leaves people alive in the middle of the sea and is responsible for homicide a desperate journey with a tragic end that's claimed the lives of so many migrants now call for political

action when humanitarian help alone is not enough katia llopis of the young al-jazeera we're going to weather update thanks to you i was here at then we'll take a look at the political choices that are on offer as voters prepare for pakistan's general election plus. banging the protest drum demonstrations outside the g. twenty economic summit in argentina. shanghai saying have it at that moment or just has this it will kill a cloud doesn't look very much to think of the scale of the chart we're looking at here that was a tropical storm briefly typhoon came on land an awful lot of rain and winds strong enough to cause some damage and it may not be the last of the storms coming inland

in this part of china but the immediate future. there is still a spinning storm vast amounts of rain just going inland to the north of shanghai and that's taken most of the energy at atmosphere so anywhere else is looking fine quite warm thirty three in beijing thirty eight in tokyo the heat wave continues in japan the deadly heat wave i have to say is quite a humid one as well and no significant relief in the next day or so cloud of course is spreading northwards and beijing but get the rain from the remains that's storm come tuesday shanghai is dry by that time still thirty six humid degrees not pleasant and this is the general area spawning these storms has once regenerated from what was originally over northern vietnam but to be also is at least two storms in this general area which could develop in cause trouble for the philippines for southern china maybe vietnam of course eventually for shanghai which means most of the rest of china is halt and humid but largely dry.

arts. well i guess the top stories here on al-jazeera some white helmets rescuers have

been moved out of syria's southwest through the israeli occupied golan heights at the request of the u.n. the united nations says that it will be settlers around eight hundred of the volunteers and their families in western countries. more than one thousand jewish settlers event at the al aqsa mosque compound in occupied east jerusalem triggering a standoff with muslim worshippers there marking a holiday which commemorates the destruction of the ancient jewish temples in jerusalem have been small confrontations in the last few hours leading to several arrests at a group that rescues migrants from the mediterranean plans to file a manslaughter complaint against libya's coast guard they say that all the mother and child died after being left stranded and that boat deliberately damaged. campaigning is well underway in pakistan for wednesday's general election been a while bhutto zardari the head of the pakistan people's party and some of the

former leader benazir bhutto has been holding rallies in the southern city of karachi but the vote is widely seen as a two way race between the parties of the former cricket star imran khan and the jailed former prime minister nawaz sharif yes. we can form a government in pakistan where a minister will be afraid of corruption but our national accountability bureau will catch a prime minister and minister as it happens in europe well here's a closer look at some of the candidates in pakistan's election shahbaz sharif is running with the. no as faction of the pakistan muslim league the sixty six year old is the brother of the former prime minister nawaz sharif who was recently found guilty of corruption imran khan is leader of the terry in stuff party which is popular among young voters he's a former cricketer who became a vocal critic of the ruling party and of corruption but he too has faced corruption allegations running for pakistan's people's party has been a while bhutto zardari the eldest son of the former prime minister benazir bhutto

was assassinated in two thousand and seven the twenty nine year old is also being investigated for corruption the leader of the pakistan muslim muslim league party has been jailed for life after being caught misusing the chemical f.-a dream honey if a bussy was found guilty of. narcotics case court rather in a case relating to supplying the drug to a smuggler seven other people were acquitted the case has been going on for some eighty years in india women's rights campaign is a welcome the decision to scrap taxes on sanitary pads women in rural areas couldn't afford the items when a twelve percent tax was imposed last year girls often skipped school during their periods to avoid facing stigma the parents are now fishley listed as an essential item for the first time in its history the united nations is trying to reduce drownings in bangladesh it's the leading cause of child deaths in the country every

day forty six people drowned most of them children and the un is hoping that raising awareness will change that kristen salumi reports in bangladesh a country crisscrossed by nearly twenty five thousand kilometers of rivers nearly six hundred kilometers of coastline drowning is the leading cause of death among children every year some fifteen thousand die. mom hema big goon was working when she briefly lost track of her two children last year a boy and a girl. i have no choice but to work things like cooking and household chores while we are working it's not easy to remember where our children are most of the time like it happens to me i lost track where my children were and this is how such accidents take place. she found their bodies in a nearby pond most drowning deaths in bangladesh happen between nine in the morning and one in the afternoon when caregivers are busy doing day to day work experts say

perhaps not surprisingly that the proximity to water increases the risk of drowning in bangladesh it's never far away this picture terrifies me this photo exhibit at the united nations headquarters in new york called just one inch of water is meant to highlight the dangers as well as point to ways to reduce the risks the scale of the problem is huge so it's bigger than the number of deaths in childbirth every year but it's never been addressed in the un's history it's never had any political attract attention at the united nations day care centers like this one provide not only an education for children but also a way to keep them out of trouble to view and i mean if there are ponds ditches and canals near almost all the village homes and in the monsoon these areas get inundated by flood water this becomes very risky for the children swimming lessons are also crucial to reduce accidental deaths in countries like bangladesh where

water sustains life but also claims the lives of so many christian salumi al-jazeera at least eleven taxi drivers have been killed in south africa after a gunman opened fire on a minibus that they were traveling in towards johannesburg for all the passengers wounded. supporters and opponents of nicaragua's president of resumed protests in the capital managua anti-government demonstrators want to take it to resign but he accuses them of plotting a coup with help from the catholic church in the u.s. as mariana sanchez reports from an eye many protesters have gone into hiding. and the ok. they weren't students they were criminals that's how supporters of niigata one preceded the day gussie opponents to the government right i guess they see students and other protesters are responsible for the deaths of police and confrontations in the past weeks. and they say government opponents have committed atrocities to the mint officials say anti-government protesters said the body of

a policeman and fire. nobody we are here for all the fallen policeman all of them who have been tortured they damn well ok but these demonstrators say they want justice for pro-government supporters who have these past three months all by lives but they say the government must continue its security policy to bring peace to the country. that policy for many government opponents means persecution. c.d.'s a psychologist who spoke from an undisclosed location for her safety says security forces are on a which. we are terrified because we now have to live like criminals they are killing us out there they are walking freely and those of us who are fighting for freedom and our country must hide. she says many students and other protesters are in safe houses and many parents don't know where their

children are at this human rights organization parents say they too are being harassed. here as their mask uniformed police three or four vehicles and very well armed that's why i'm terrified. government officials say opponents are lying were subject to mountains of false news students who had so students who had been arrested have been turned over to the church repeatedly as you can report also repeatedly turned over to the church i think we have to get out of this we have to get into responsibilities of the case by case analysis of who is responsible for why. if found guilty on terrorism charges protesters could face twenty years in prison and the new law. at this human rights organisation to police officers handed in their weapons and uniforms and asked for protection not wanting to fight

anti-government demonstrators they too went into hiding. and the innocent decided just now when they got out. at least three thousand villages have been forced to leave their homes after a boko haram attack in lake chad near the border with new jab eighteen people were killed nine women abducted boko haram is in control of the area across lake chad's borders with both asia and nigeria the head of the international monetary fund and finance ministers from the g. twenty are in argentina and that's brought thousands out onto the streets they're not happy at the government's decision to take a fifty billion dollar loan from the i.m.f. from one assad has to raise a bow reports. left wing groups who gathered to protest against the international monetary fund in one aside is on saturday. last month the i.m.f. stepped in to shore up the argentinean economy with a fifty billion loan agreement but people like the boy believe it won't help

improve people's lives. we already had the i.m.f. on a crisis we know what happened in greece they will fire state employees they will reduce salaries and take away workers right what is today want. argentina's economy has been struggling in recent months due to a drop in investor confidence in emerging economies that beso currency lost over forty percent of its value and inflation has continued to rise this people are protesting just a few blocks away from where the g twenty finance ministers and central bank governors are meeting by they were prevented from getting closer by security forces this people that you can see here i'm hoping that christine lagarde the director of the i.m.f. . will hear their message and their fears that the austerity measures implemented by the government. will generate more poverty and unemployment but christine

legarde who came to attend the g. twenty summit showed strong support with what modi is trying to do there has been significant progress in terms of monetary policy as well where clearly the measures that have been taken by the bank of restored and managed a much better situation with less volatility more transparency of. protest because of policies suggested by the i.m.f. are not unique to argentina there has been strong opposition in countries like jordan and haiti international n.g.o.s like oxfam and others have suggested at the i.m.f. should rethink its standard recipes. take away power from labor unions do not help lower unemployment and demand action of government spending which leaves in most cases to an increase in poverty levels. for the seat in the i me the essence of the

i.m.f. is the same it is to prioritize the physical deficit protons are still at images it's the same old i.m.f. with a change in discourse look at what's happening in other parts of the world like jordan and haiti and that's why many here are distrust four of the current government's economic policies because they believe it will only deteriorate the lives of those who need government help the most. cuba's government has proposed a new constitution that would pave the way for same sex marriage and recognize private property president miguel diaz kal-l. says that the new laws reflect changing times but insists that the island's political system will remain the same politicians hope that the reforms will help to stimulate the economy and encourage foreign investors wildfires are raging across parts of northern europe better known for their cold weather last fear has had to evacuate a village as it struggles to stop a huge peat fire months of drought of forced it to declare a national emergency and in sweden it's become the worst drought in seventy four

years firefighters there need help to prevent a bigger disaster but in baba reports. firefighters in sweden say their battle for control is far from over remarkably nobody's been injured by the dozens of wildfires i think governments appeals for help from other countries it's really france and norway have responded by sending water bombing helicopters and planes as well as emergency personnel reeling in. the government is ready to take all necessary decisions and supply all needed resources our duties to support all agencies so that they have what they need to get the fires under control and they're for. government is following this event closely every minute every day. and usually high temperatures across the whole nordic region up to thirty three celsius coupled with virtually no rain for several weeks have made the vegetation here highly flammable finland norway have also had wildfires in the last week but it's

sweden that suffer the most. this dairy farmer says the grass is normally much longer right now and that's a real problem we don't use this much. normally. i think we used to feed about three or four a day. and now it's five or six. think of life. in some areas homeowners have been moved to safety well thousands of swedes have been born to stay indoors with the windows shut to avoid breathing in smoky the situation is very serious the rescue services do not see that the biggest fires will be able to be extinguished in the near future due today weather and that coming week and at the moment the focus is on delaying and requesting and trying to well delay and hinder the spreading of the fires swedish authorities say that as of thursday an area equivalent to twenty thousand football pitches had burned that's ten times

the size you'd expect in a normal year and some fires are still spreading the al-jazeera. finally space x. has successfully launched its final and most powerful version of the falcon nine rocket. lit up the skies over florida on sunday the telstar nineteen bunted satellite was deployed into orbit some thirty two minutes after takeoff it will supply broadband services to customers throughout the americas and will the atlantic ocean region. so good to have you with us hello adrian filling in here in doha the top stories in al-jazeera some white helmets rescuers have been moved out of syria southwest through the israeli occupied golan heights at the request of the u.n. the united nations says it will resettle around eight hundred volunteers and

families in western countries is the director of policy analysis of the arab center for research and policy studies he explains the significance of the evacuation. it seems to me that this is the last of the armed conflict in south western syria it's part of a deal that has been struck between days not ease the russians and the americans might have been involved also in this which actually allows the syrian regime to regain control of these of these areas and evacuation of the white helmet from from the area is part of the. i think this is an admission maybe by that is that it is by the americans and the russians have won in syria and the region of bashar assad would remain and empowered more than a thousand jewish settlers have entered the al aqsa mosque compound in occupied east jerusalem triggering a standoff with muslim worshippers marking the holiday which commemorates the destruction of the ancient jewish temples in jerusalem but in small confrontations

in the last few hours leading to several arrests. a group that rescues migrants from the mediterranean plans to file a manslaughter complaint against libya's coast guard they say that a woman or child died after being left stranded on the boat deliberately damaged supporters and opponents of nicaragua's president of resumed protests in the capital managua anti-government demonstrators want new elections of the resignation of president daniel ortega here cuse is them of plotting a coup with support from the conflict church and the u.s. and france is to send fifty tons of medical aid to the government controlled area of eastern syria the aids being sent on a russian plane it's the first time that a western country has sent the tiriel to government controlled areas with moscow's help government forces read to eastern ghouta in april after a siege that lasted several years. and those are the headlines borders on al-jazeera after today's edition of inside story next.

what's triggering protests in nicaragua president daniel ortega under pressure to step down off two years impala of the form of evolutionary leader claims of us for the months of turmoil so what's the solution this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i am hashem it's. the man who led the revolution

in nicaragua thirty nine years ago daniel ortega and his army of sendin star rebels were victorious in deposing president anastasio somoza the left wing rebel fighters called him a dictator which is exactly what many are calling or taking now the three time president's defied almost four months of protests against his rule at least three hundred protesters killed thousands injured and condemnations from all over the world from both friends and foes many living in fear roam the streets including in former rebel soldier holes. reports from. thirty year old landis had disappeared for three days but on friday his family found his dead body at the coroner's office in the capital. his father a man the says cuts to his arms show signs of abuse. he was

tortured he was beaten here in the head in the back and was shot in the chest and leg he didn't have weapons or mortars. his family says he wasn't involved in the protests but he was taken away by security forces and i mean. they took him away outside the house but since those an attack going on we couldn't go out. since security and pro-government forces launched a so-called clean up operation in tuesday at least barricades a caravan of heavily armed and masked gunmen have taken control of driving around in vehicles without license plates many businesses and homes here are still closed but the roadblocks have been lifted there are still some tensions here in the neighborhood of one as a paramilitary continues to patrol the streets here i was thinking of food vendor who says she's out selling stew for the first time in more than two months but

she's still afraid and if you guessed it. because of the situation we can't talk we can't say anything but we are ok because we are back to work. police say the clean up operation was ordered by president. and his wife vice president. says the government confronted protesters to bring back stability after weeks of turmoil. it has been our duty once again to defend peace for everyone it's been a painful battle because we've confronted an armed conspiracy. violent protest to me that i will have left nearly three hundred people good. morning beau was a bastion of rebel resistance since the sandinista revolution thirty nine years ago and also during these months of protests on tuesday's confrontations at least two people were killed but the crackdown is not get over. again as i

just i just want to make at our. this and in this town ashleigh liberation front or f.s.a. len rose to power in one nine hundred seventy nine by overthrowing president and a start your somoza anding more than forty years of his family's war in one nine hundred eighty the f.s.a. land revolutionary government led by daniel ortega introduced widespread land reforms to benefit formerly landless peasants two years later right wing rebels called the contras who were backed by the united states of america began attacks and a state of emergency was declared the control war led to the deaths of more than thirty thousand people in one nine hundred eighty four the first free and fair elections were held with a landslide victory for the f.s.a. len but in one nine hundred ninety of the sandinista were defeated the new

president elected was violet acho morrow with support from washington the united states immediately stopped backing for the contrasts fast forward to two thousand and fourteen when changes to nicaragua's constitution came into effect allowing president or target to run for a third consecutive term he won the election in two thousand and sixteen and appointed his wife. as his vice president let's introduce our panel. in washington d.c. venice noire men the founder and c.e.o. of a symmetric it consultancy that specializes in latin america. you ok colin harding director of the firm locked in form via skype from. blunden student demonstrators in nicaragua welcome to all but. we talking here about an outcry against

a dictator or is it something else you know to thank you for having me on yes no it absolutely is an outcry against a dictator i'm on the original from venezuela and i have been on your show several times to discuss those dynamics what we're seeing here is very similar you're saying that there was a group that sort of couched itself in this left wing revolutionary you know rhetoric that had at one point some reason for being right there the green reform inequality corruption dictatorship it's at a woman as well we didn't have a dictatorship when the when these when chavez came in but what is happened is that these these guys the people have realized that what were these left wingers have now you know taken control of all the powers of state taken control of a lot of means. of production control of the media and they they want the repression to end this is what happens when people stay in power too long they

become authoritarian and repressive and they're under strain right now so that's exactly what this is this is a real outcry for democracy they want their rights back mr cullen says this is a satanic sect backed by the united states of america to undermine his government. well yes but that's the government's rhetoric. taken has never abandoned his left wing anti-imperialist rhetoric but of course when once he was back in power after two thousand and six he implemented much more pragmatic policies he actually developed quite a successful economic model in conjunction with the private sector who were representatives of business were included on the advisory panels and contracts government contracts one hundred out to the private sector and this worked rather well the economy was growing about four percent a year or more for several years until very recently and i think the reference to venezuela or alias is quite interesting because they're playing by the venezuela

playbook now venezuela bankrolled the ortega government in recent years about six hundred million dollars a year where solve all on very easy terms and credits flowing from caracas to acronis enabled this this model to keep functioning it's when it started drying up and one of the things they had to do is increase contributions to pensions by both . workers and by employers that the process broke out alone you're a demonstrator tell us about how it feels being a protest. against done or target in the capital managua what's the atmosphere right now. so. we never. i mean.

we're. an especially generational thing we live in you. never. like this. so we have to we. they are playing my writing or you know but it's. now or. it's it's hard because the government it's not me. to. to get out of this situation. and that. i owe everything and. i love it if you work in ok can i ask you this question i learned g. g. g. do you fear for your safety it just easy for you to come openly on the streets to denounce the government now i know. as normal.

body. you know i. it's not really safe. now. they have hundreds approached by the government seems to be paying off a peaceful the time being the do you think dance. in a way or another has this bottle well i think he might i mean you know the parallels between the what's happening in the good our what happened in minnesota are tremendous i mean it's exact same formula and you know protests and as well as started for real in twenty fourteen so when as well as been at this for four years and the streets are you know there are many about thirty protests

a day but. but they have there is no end in sight to liberation you know to the dictatorship in minnesota so that lasted for years and this is more brutal and in the words this is sort of more people dead in a shorter period of time more effective government repression and more brutal government repression then we can see this lasting for a very long time as well other than sort of devolves into civil war which of course you could al gore has a history of but the people are by and large not armed and the use of the paramilitary forces and the censorship and the paramilitary forces on motorcycles are particularly frightening and again we had that too is you know means that this can go on for a long time and it gives the government some form of like knowledgeable deniability you know down down the line but so you know that i unfortunately i think the the

people the student protesters have a very long battle ahead of them i don't see or think a letting go anytime soon and you know for the last three years at least that we. no of the russians have been training in arming the military and the paramilitary forces and you've got our and so they and they have backing by cuban intelligence as well so this is not you know there are no amateurs ok mr cullen but at the same time we've seen thousands of pro turn supporters on the streets saying that their revolution is now being hijacked by the west well. this reflects the changes that took place in recent years the money particularly flowing in from venezuela unable the government to.