global authority changes that could take years to repair rosalyn jordan al-jazeera washington. well still ahead here on al-jazeera more on the rescue efforts in greece after wildfires killed dozens of people and cause widespread destruction and struggling to survive what cancer patients in the government have to endure because of the lack of treatment those stories after the break. i. mean the weather sponsored by katter. hello and welcome back let's have a look at the forecast for europe and it's still looking pretty stormy in many of these east narrow areas of cloud large associated with some big storms and we've seen some impressive rainfall totals there in serbia ninety four millimeters in twenty four hours present tell how fertile really severe storm conditions massive

hail stones coming down conditions though across more western parts of europe and that's how it's going to stay isolated thunderstorms still possible but temperatures thirty three degrees in paris and the u.k. temperatures again in excess of thirty degrees in many places and rising as we head through towards thursday i'm sure the u.k. july raechel will be beaten some states this month as we head through into thursday those storms continue across those eastern areas north africa quite know still might tippity nothing of note really temperatures much as you'd expect thirty eight degrees the high in cairo thirty five inch eunice for central parts of africa the storm continues to march towards the west chad look at these massive convective systems and further heavy showers and likely bamako mali picking up a few storms but southern portions of africa largely dry and fine it should be a fine day in cape town with highs of eighteen degrees. so whether it's sponsored by qatar. and new perspectives can change

a world. film. one chin is ian began as a hobby has grown into a passion a way of life. teaching the next generation to strive for a higher level. and in so installing in his country a sense of freedom and strength. new heights my chin is here on al-jazeera. welcome back you're watching officer ops a whole rob of all top stories there's been a suicide attack near

a crowded polling station just outside of the pakistani city of co-actor that's the provincial capital of baluchistan more than thirty people including children have been killed millions of voting in a tightly contested general election also suicide bombers of targeted a government held city in northern syria at least thirty eight people are feared dead in. the city is there a pocket of territory held by eisel. also local media in la our reporting at least nineteen people have died after a dam collapse a day it's a wall of water downstream flooding villages and sweeping away homes rescue workers are searching for the hundreds of people reported missing. rescuers in greece fear they may find more bodies after wildfires swept through coastal areas near the capital athens at least seventy nine people have been killed the government declared a state of emergency with many fires still burning need barkha is at the seaside resort of marty where twenty six people were found dead. with

ferocious intensity the flames tore through homes cars and livelihoods. and the wildfires quickly turned deadly. locked in a final embrace dozens of bodies discovered in the popular seaside village of marty east of athens families had huddled together for safety but found no escape. early this morning we discovered three other victims further away this place where unfortunately there are twenty six people men women and unfortunately children in the. cars with the keys left in the ignition the doors open and first aid supplies left on the streets picture emerges of people abandoning their cars and trying to escape on foot. within hours large parts of marty had been destroyed survivors described running for the sea to escape the choking smoke military and

coast guard vessels along with dozens of private boats join the effort to rescue more than seven hundred people from the beaches some survivors were discovered at sea. here in the resort town of marty nearly every block nearly every street there are signs of devastation like this charred cars lined the streets the fire was so intense here it's even melted the metal on some of these vehicles and some locals who've returned to inspect what's left of their properties in every fourth or fifth house here seems to have almost been completely destroyed but where do you begin thinking about the building owners emergency crews supported by the military go from house to house and as coast guards inspect the sea the fear is the death toll could rise to see many eleventh he is the mini me africa today greece's morning and in memory of those who perished we are declaring three days of national mourning however we should not let that overwhelm us because this

is a time to fight to be unified and courageous you're buying up all early in the hot dry weather fires burn on the other side of athens to there was panic because greeks looked for their neighbors the flames closing in. this is a coastal town an hour's drive west of the capital fire crews try to limit the destruction but it was out of their control. an appeal for international help has resulted in additional resources being dispatched from spain and cyprus to deal with the worst wildfires in more than a decade in two thousand and seven more than eighty people were killed as fires raged across the country for days this year a dry winter has again cause tinderbox conditions with one hundred kilometer an hour winds fanning the flames for greece in peak tourist season the fires are

a danger to its frangela economy only adding to the toll of a tragic summer. move back al jazeera marty east of athens. where the world health organization says thousands of terminally ill cancer patients and you have been struggling to get basic palliative care and medicines well the possible closure of one cancer treatment center is likely to make matters even worse president gupta reports. it was sabi has been desperate to find treatment for his sister she suffers from cancer he says he's spent all he has and the hope of trying to keep her alive. i saw all my property plots of land and even my cattle now i am in that i am helpless and cannot afford treatment anymore even if there is money medicines are in short supply in yemen specialist cancer treatment facilities like this one don't have the means to provide chemotherapy and we soon shut down. the patients treated here require more than twenty five million

yen many riaz every month to cover the cost of chemotherapy apart from other medical services needed regretfully there is no operational budget approved for the center by the finance ministry the relevant indorsement is still needed by human central bank medical facilities operated by donations grants and charities. there are thousands of cads of patients just in who there are a province in the middle of a battle between hutu rebels and yemen's government backed by the the iraqi coalition even before the war many yemenis couldn't afford cancer treatments but now it's become nearly impossible. according to the world health organization only twenty percent of yemen's hospitals can treat diseases like cancer diabetes and hypertension. it says chronic conditions accounted for nearly forty percent of the reported deaths last year. the hospitals that do exist face long spells of power

outages and severe shortage of medicines and staff and that might get worse if the u.n. fails to negotiate a deal between warring factions that will allow it to take control of what had a port a vital lifeline for imports of food and medicine meanwhile these patients can only hope that a solution comes soon enough priyanka gupta is here the democratic republic of congo's health minister says the latest break of the a bowl of virus is over there were fifty four cases thirty three deaths over the course of the outbreak that began in may health officials say a quick international response of the vaccination of more than three thousand people helped to contain the virus it was the diaz's outbreak since the virus was first identified in one thousand nine hundred seventy six we have all learned from ebola outbreak in west africa in two thousand and fourteen how deadly this virus is

and how damaging it can be for communities this time around the world health organization was better equipped to act quickly to provide support to national health authorities and in terms of for deploying experts quickly in terms of dispatching supplies at least eighty people are being killed in japan's a record breaking heat wave and tens of thousands of people have been sent to hospital in many cities across the country the temperature has hit forty degrees celsius forecasters say to remain hopeful the next few weeks. a venezuelan university professor pearse triggered a wave of solidarity on social media after tweeting a photo of his damage use which he says he called for to mend even though hose it out are works at a prestigious university he earns just one dollar seventy a month for the black market rate but since his tweet went viral he says he's received twelve pairs of shoes nine of which he's given away this is the model

number of dollars of obviously when i decided to take a picture of the she's and say look this is the world of a university professor a person who has so many qualifications but doesn't even have the way to fix the soles of a pair of shoes only throws into an hour. i began to get frustrated because my salary for the month of july was almost three million dollars laws but it wasn't enough until. the u.s. has accused nicaragua as president dudley will take its government of indorsing murder and intimidation at least three hundred people have been killed since anti-government protests began in april with local media reporting three more were shot dead on chews day. ortega is refusing to step down and he denies that he controls the paramilitary groups blamed for most of the deaths. the united states government condemns the ongoing violence and intimidation by the ortega controlled armed groups in nicaragua that includes the arbitrary arrests of

seven hundred nicaraguans who have opposed the ortega government as corroborated by multiple sources we also condemn the cowardly attacks on the catholic church leadership the buildings and adherence there along with the deaths of hundreds of protesters the attacks have been widely documented internationally and are completely unacceptable the nicaraguan government cannot continue its to excuse its behavior and blame others for its actions or the actions of those affiliated with it let's go back to a story that we've just covered and the incredibly intense heat wave that japan has been experiencing a correspondent for the celeb joins me now from tokyo it's really affecting japan north south east and west the impact of that heat wave is affecting businesses and of course the lives of people at large how are they coping. indeed this is unprecedented. heat wave that defined it facing now more than twenty

thousand people have been put to life doesn't. died because of it so many people not a lot of violence in conditions like. twenty four hours a day some of the people actually we interviewed today they were saying that they couldn't now imagine not coming up with the blackout we can think back on who can they like for business and so forth so there is a big impact now well as you know in japan need. many have been done like i run i run on many other things and this includes a very high temperatures in the fact that in many of the business of business decisions on developing that workers who have to come and now they are working fifteen fifteen minutes on the m thirty they are working about fifteen minutes on their grid getting another fifteen minutes so it's like the chips are becoming short so it's. not that impact is on the phone isn't just today he also admits

mention it to people when they announce the confirmation of your monthly which is one of the most famous must begin a new offensive in japan on this since it has been going on. think didn't think so . when you mentioned how both. impacting people but indeed we'll continue to monitor events with you across japan for the members of the set of a correspondent i would take a thank you now the u.s. government has asked a federal judge to allow the quick people taishan of immigrant parents reunited with their children it has until thursday to reunite timely separated on the present trends cycles zero tolerance policy paperless all of them it was only affected by the changes. one in ana both sixteen years old crossed the border illegally in january they were soon arrested and detained for more than a month before eventually being reunited with and his mother maria who herself has been living undocumented in the u.s.

or several years none of them want us to show their faces or use their real names for fear it will affect the teenager's chances of being granted asylum when they were detained juan n n a spent the first two days in one of the border patrol's notorious holding cells they've become known as ice boxes for their cold conditions . where detainees are given only for oil blankets to keep warm i was really cold because when we crossed the river very wet so when they put me in the last box on got really cold with my wet clothes they were later moved to a facility near brownsville texas it was there they were separated the family are indigenous mayans from guatemala where they face poverty and discrimination often they are the targets of violence when one was eight years old he was thrown from the third floor of his school by fellow students he survived but it left its mark

he's since suffered from seizures but varia thinks neither won or ana are safe in guatemala anymore. and here in guatemala there is too much violence in there often abductions of children over there especially if they hear they have family in the united states and gangs demand the family pay money teenagers like and one who cross into the u.s. illegally and alone without parents or guardians are called unaccompanied minors by the u.s. government they're arrested and held it was the same under the obama administration crystal fleming is an attorney with the new york legal assistance group who represents the teenagers she says there's one big difference with president trump's administration type of asylum claims have been protected for numerous here such as women and children fleeing from domestic violence as well as fleeing from gang violence in latin america and now recently it was publicized that those type of claims are no longer going to be granted asylum if family facing uncertainty under

president trumps zero tolerance immigration policy the only thing certain is their quest for asylum in the u.s. is now more difficult than ever gabriel's sandow i'll just zero york. now thousands of people in kenya as largest in full settlement kabira have been left homeless after the demolition of their homes they were destroyed to make way for a new twenty million dollar jewel carriage way in the capital nairobi katherine sawyer has more. people here in canberra are trying to salvage whatever they can we're talking about thirty thousand people affected by this demolitions the bulldozers came yesterday people had been given two weeks to vacate this area the government saying that this is a government road reserve the road is going to cut across this area kibera it's an important road linking two parts of the city is going to ease

congestion and people here are saying that yes it's important for this development but there were been asking for more time to be able to move to other areas i mean we're talking about like i said thirty thousand people seven thousand families we had schools here health centers children were just about to see to their exams so parents really lamenting and saying please give us time to be able to get other alternative living spaces give us time to have our children at least rightly exam before they move by the government saying that this has to be done we've also seen human rights organizations like amnesty international coming out and saying that people really have to be moved humanely and we're being told that at some point there's going to be some compensation some people are going to be compensated but we don't know when that is going to happen and we're talking about people here who are really really poor this is the largest you know informal settlement in this region so a lot of people we've talked to say they really don't have money to be able to move

to other places they had hoped like i said for more time but the government saying no this road has been has to be constructed now. what you all just around the whole problem these are all top news stories there's been a suicide attack near a crowded polling station just outside the pakistani city of quarter past the provincial capital of blocks of stone walls of people including policemen. of being killed now that attack comes at a time when millions of voters are casting their ballots to elect a new government one of the main contenders sharee from the ruling p. and l. n. party has cast his vote he's the brother of the former prime minister nawaz sharif who's in jail on charges of corruption his biggest challenger is the former cricketer cum politician imran carnew leads the center right there in south party suicide attackers hit the southern syrian city of near the border with jordan

according to the government at least thirty eight people are being killed dozens more injured the area is government controlled but near a pocket of territory held by ice on. local media in lauer reporting that at least nineteen people have died after a dam collapsed on monday the prime minister visited a temporary shelter where those affected by the floods are staying rescue workers continue to search for the hundreds of people still missing. at least eighty people are being killed in japan's a record breaking heat wave and tens of thousands of people have been sent to hospital in many cities across the country the temperature has reached forty degrees celsius forecasters say it'll remain hot for the next few days. all of those stories including what's going on in the pakistan election on our website at al-jazeera dot com and back with more news in half an hour next on al-jazeera it's the strength to stay with us. i.m.f.

said riyadh's break even price twenty eighteen is likely to be around eighty eight dollars a barrel why is argentina again turning to the i.m.f. for help now we bring you the story is the economic world we live in counting the cost on al-jazeera. here in the stream now live on you tube it's the only country in the world that doesn't allow divorce in the philippines couples be allowed to break the bonds of marriage well look at the ongoing debate. of last legislation is facing a difficult battle in the philippines where a largely roman catholic population remains divided over the legal and i'm all related to break a marital contract

a divorce bill still waiting to be addressed by the senate would expand the reasons for ending the marriage to include abuse and fidelity and irreconcilable differences listen to what the former speaker of the house who was just ousted on monday said on this issue this is. in him. it's a bad. bet remember. the philippines and vatican city are the only places in the world where divorce remains illegal so how would legalize divorce impact couples and families with us to discuss this in malegaon city lowenstein devereaux he is head of family ministries with the group couples for christ philippines in manila it has been of

a rona a journalist and women's rights advocate also manila. independent journalist whose work focuses on health and gender inequality she's also a single parent added divorce advocate it's good to have you here everybody and you gave us a lesson in what it is like for one person at least to go through that process of trying to end a marriage jimmy show everybody the piece in the atlantic is a couple years old right now but nothing has changed which is why we're all here has the title ending a marriage in the only country that bans divorce that marriage was your life i'm not going to go into the nitty gritty of what happened but the process the process is why some women and some of the kids for divorce really pushing for it in the philippines if you could explain what are the options your marriage is failing or failed in the philippines what choices do you have that. you can only file for

a legal separation which means that you can only like live apart so it doesn't severe the marital bond you're still married on paper but you can live apart or you can file for an element of marriage or nullity and that is a very strictly complicated process i apply i filed for nullity of my marriage and it took me four years to get that involvement and during that time because adultery is criminalized in the philippines and only women could be charged with adultery i couldn't have a relationship i couldn't begin a new one i couldn't buy property because it would be considered conjugal i couldn't change or revert to my maiden name it was literally like my life was a nimble and finally when i had to go to court to testify and defend my involvement case i was relentlessly interrogated by the judge i was made to feel like a criminal for a failed marriage and i guess you know that's how it is in this country it's like i'm worse than a criminal because i had violated marital vows i was

a sinner and after even after all of that i should consider myself lucky that i could get in the moment because so many people can't get one either they can't afford it or there's even a possibility of your anonymous being denied so try to imagine that you can choose who to marry but if your marriage fails and if you file for an anomaly or another to have marriage the state can actually decide for you to grant that and on that or not they can decide for you who you should stay married to that's just ridiculous. i'm just wondering has only just as an explanation of off your marriage has failed do you see she was those options you have two options. i would not say that they understand where she's going but. again i would like

who my late. son options aside from legal separation. and i meant again. i hope that it was a real he and i it's. the prince we have around us we have been. cautious where we went through and are telling us in their lives and that we have a community this church organizations and we've been up and it's not true then seaton's we have been at the medical school in assists in. the us go through that the challenge yes in their head of light and for me i would really like who i later wish that. to prevent the separation you know. lauren i don't i think. i want to go to you with

this but i want to pick up on what lauren sad about the assistance because online there are some people who are saying well there are a few things in marriage that there is no assisting one out of this is katherine or assisting one towards a reconciliation rather katherine says if this divorce the losses spouses would be able to end their marriages for reasons like abuse and infidelity they can't right now which means that many women are trapped in abusive and dysfunctional relationships are picking up on that croatia here size regarding divorce if it's costly even if they're being physically abused by their partners and women are considered strong for putting up with those circumstances rather than allowing them to get out of toxic relationships so and i think for people who are not in the philippines what might be surprising to them is even in the cases of abuse and. detriment to the woman's health and body she's not allowed to get

a divorce can you explain that for us true under our laws you're only allowed a legal separation and that's a very strange law there because. you can have the opportunity to marry again to find happiness again and also these are crimes you know back to read a crime infidelity bigamy is a crime and jeff when you're systematically abused for years and years you steal truck there in the marriage i mean lawrence everybody would want counseling and all my friends who are now separate that the cancer counseling nobody jumps in and says you know i want to warn people try to save their marriages but when and woman has been like for years why you do b. or b. had her this chance. to get out of hell and flying and

the like i look at the air. again just like what you said that if they go separate issues they love we're. in a situation that. by lance the message by aliens well we're really only one consideration and yeah there's little to remarry. it's just like what you see or hear or see. you see. it because. they believe. they will be in. it or jump into a new new little new marriage a game. or. two no no no no i don't know why you assure me that they will jump into marriage you know they might say i don't know what we're talking about stopping them from getting the opportunity to do so with

counseling if you want to that's not to say i think what i think we're talking about here is just you know being able to give people options depending on what their circumstances are in life so if a couple is going through some kind of rocky period and they want to seek some kind of counseling ryans as you said there are there are organizations like yours that will offer that but i'm also coming from a place where the marriage is just it's just and be under dempsey and where do you go from there legal separation is not a viable option because it won't allow you to marry again and you're still married on paper can you imagine that you're allowed to live apart you don't need the law to tell you that you can live apart but you do need a law to allow you to start again to allow you a second chance at happiness and then let's go to the two versions of an element that are available it's incredibly rigid because there's only a set of predefined criteria that you that will qualify you to apply for an

announcement apart from that it's so it's so if it's an intervention you know those grounds are insufficient because they don't include physical violence they don't include for devotee as a grounds for bearing your marriage. is a little bit more because this is quite it's going to be quite surprising because the way that all norman is set up in the philippines is it has to be quite combative you cannot say ok we agree that we're not going to be together but we had we had something to now we want to be on you have to prove that your spouse is what i love. right now for an element you have to prove their catch all if you don't fall into any of that pre-set criteria and it's very rigid a lot of people will cite psychological incapacity as the reason for filing for an all bad and you have to prove psychological incapacity because it's just such a wide catch all term and you have to think

a bucket where you put in all sorts of things that were wrong with the marriage of the highlights noble sings about will spouse you can sing calls because you don't want to judge to not see and know meant exactly and even if they were true you know and you know if there is specially if there are children involved do you really want to air out your dirty laundry you don't you just want to end this marriage and move on and you want some kind of. coupling as they say a very nice and coupling right it's already bad so you want to turn that kind of situation into something good and also with respect to their children involved again this is the the father of my child with respect to that you want to be able to to get out of that with as much respect and much dignity as possible and because the process is so adversarial it prevents you from doing that. i want to share this story that's circulating on twitter from someone with a personal story she says when i was a kid i dreamt to get married and build my own family and then the dream came true

unfortunately to the wrong one i'm tied to a monster who made my cloud dark and all i can do is dream again to be free so that's one person's story there but i want to shift to this because it picks up when you were saying on a about the and moments here says i support this bill is legalization because marriage and omit is extremely expensive and it used to be part of member pre-colonial culture and i'm wondering if you can unpack that for us where with. the average well one you need a psychiatrist you know to certify that one of you is psychologically capacity for marriage that's the only well that's one of the most common ways that people get a moment to.