another forty thousand injured the risk were civilians already a reality rosalyn jordan al-jazeera the united nations. tech giant apple has become the first company to head to a valuation of one trillion dollars on the u.s. stock markets a million million mark was raised when apple's share price tipped over two hundred seven dollars it's the second company worldwide to hit the trillion dollar value petro china did it very briefly eleven years ago on the shanghai exchange market analysts expect amazon and alphabet that's the company that owns google to be next to them is the c.e.o. of social flow which advises social media companies he's also a commentator on social media and technology he says these results are a reflection of the loyalty of apple users but also of the strength of the tech market the tech sector surely has been performing phenomenally the growth in these tech companies had a few bumps lately with earnings releases the past couple of weeks but still you're

talking about companies that are worth more than half a trillion dollars and now for apple to get to this one trillion dollar mark is certainly it's the best of the best all of these tech companies are being rewarded for stellar growth and sometimes they're punished when we saw what happened to facebook you know facebook had record earnings a couple of weeks ago when it was punished pretty badly because the growth was not quite what was expected you look at apple's numbers and the growth was there and so clearly the market loves when the tech companies continue to grow they know they know how to turn that growth into profit you think about it you and i could reasonably say wow that's a lot of money for a phone i'm not sure i want to spend it i'm not sure our opinions matter so much that consumers clearly have voted with their wallets and their pocket books and they're buying those phones and apple ever since steve jobs came back you know when after he had been booted out of the company really honed in and made its products have a very sleek sense of design and have a whole lot of consumer appeal and that clearly hasn't changed people still want to own i phones and other apple devices and we see the result. so i had her on al

jazeera al spain. is becoming the cost adele heat wave. and why hundreds are found there's a holding a hunger strike in emigration detention center and the u.s. . welcome back time to look at weather conditions across the americas we still have heavy rain along the eastern seaboard showers extending all way down through to the florida panhandle behind that systems that warm air we've got thirty six there in dallas and across the west we also at the risk of some showers there across parts of colorado and down to the desert southwest cooler conditions for washington state their highs of twenty in seattle and then heading on through into stuff a recovery in temperatures there generally should be a woman in los angeles highs of twenty nine into central america we have some heavy

showers through panama costa rica nikki reika further north a scattering of showers around to mexico wanted to these are quite heavy particular on the pacific side as for the islands of the caribbean a generally fine picture with temperatures in the low thirty's the bocas sharrett to pretty across western parts of cuba and through into the bahamas into south america heavy showers there for colombia and across that region generally coming further towards the south the middle showers extending through parts of peru and into bolivia in the past could see the odd downpour and we still got some heavy rain affecting southern parts of brazil through into paraguayan so expect to see some rain and asuncion tending to clear as we head through saturday certainly looking woman when it's aries here expected to reach fifteen. the middle east's most religious you don't first country you still have the going to be just communities you don't have one for the future you have might you know.

carry on lines the confessional system in lebanon has destroyed the only problem and heavily influenced by regional allegiances whenever you have one prevailing over the other you have seven more so it's always this balance that should count following its first parliamentary elections and people in power investigates the state. just zero. and again you're watching out of their hands reminder of our top stories this. been declared the winner of zimbabwe's presidential election but just over fifty percent of the vote is the first time since independence that robert mugabe has not been on

the ballots. the saudi led coalition in yemen has denied carrying out an asse strike and have data that killed at least twenty six people with the rebels say fifty five people died meanwhile the u.n. special envoy to yemen is convening a new round of talks in the latest bid to end a three year civil war. and tech giant apple become the first company to head to valuation of one trillion dollars on the u.s. stock markets the mark was raised when apple's share price tipped over two hundred seven dollars it's. the white house says it's ramping up efforts to stop foreign interference in the two thousand and eighteen midterm elections. parents in the white house press briefing senior intelligence and law and order officials insisted they are better prepared to deal with anyone trying to influence voters or tuck elections software unofficial reports for the. as a six do you know one is the big beasts of intelligence gathering and law enforcement in the u.s. in unshared jeweled appearance they arrived in the white house press briefing room

to insist they were better prepared to combat foreign interference in the upcoming u.s. midterm elections the president has specifically directed us to make the. matter of the election meddling securing our election process a top priority just two years ago facebook revealed it had removed fake profiles and pages from its platform and instagram which it also warns the head of the f.b.i. says this shows greater partnership we're sharing with them actionable intelligence in a way that wasn't happening before we understand better what they need they're sharing information back with us based on what they find this white house is particularly sensitive to reports of foreign interference given the ongoing investigation into alleged russian collusion with the trump campaign before the twenty sixteen presidential election and the growing number of intelligence assessments that see when it comes to interference the russians are at it again donald trump says he

raised the issue during his summit with vladimir putin in finland he just said it's not russian but there is concern that this time around it might not just be the russians our democracy itself is in the crosshairs free and fair elections are the cornerstone of our democracy and it has become clear that they are the target of our adversaries all of those on the platform say they're not seeing the same level of attacks on the twenty eighteen alexion that they witnessed two years ago but that election is still three months away alan fischer al-jazeera at the white house . more than five hundred fall of fathers are holding a hunger strike an immigration detention center in the u.s. state of texas because county residential center currently houses hundreds of united micro families according to racism advocacy and legal services group the fathers are striking to urge the government to expedient their cases present donald trump was forced to end his zero tolerance family separation policy last month and

went public outcry and u.s. immigration and customs enforcement has reiterated its science on hunger strike saying in general ice respects the risk right. of all people to voice their opinion without interference i says not read it in any way against hunger strike as i see explains the negative health effects of not ceasing to all detainees for the health and safety ice place the monitors the food and water intake of those detainees dental fides as being on a hunger strike to have a falcon is communications director of the races organization she says the striking follow this all in limbo leaving them desperate i think that it's absolutely devastating that these fathers feel like this is their only. way to have their voices heard at this point some of them have been detained river three months while seeking asylum in reno that's a violation of international and domestic law. i think it's absolutely devastating

that even the sons are participating in this strike in their own way by not participating in school activities throughout the day they have asked us to share their stories and we have definitely advocated on their behalf and shared some of those clips with the public and definitely got their story out to media to select people understand that while there were families reunify and release there are still families in family detention here in the united states and there are also families who have not be reunited yet in the u.s. . israel has announced that is blocking fuel and gas supplies into the besieged gaza strip defense minister avigdor lieberman says fuel trucks won't be allowed through the current crossing it's in retaliation for palestinians using incendiary kites to set israeli land alight gaza already suffer frequent power cuts and rely on fuel to power generators. jordan's gas deal with israel still brings protests

the streets two years after it was signed they have been able to scrap the agreements construction of the pipeline has begun to reports from. government action that's facing opposition. public opposition in jordan fail to stop this project work has begun on a sixty five kilometer pipeline which is supposed to start bringing gas from israel in early two thousand and twenty the jordanian government says the deal will save hundreds of millions of dollars a year critics disagree it's a waste of taxpayer money to support terrorism. ten billion dollars of taxpayers' money can be invested in. a wide variety of. sources like solar energy. belongs to a movement called the enemies gaz is occupation which has been campaigning against the deal since it was signed in two thousand and sixteen for them it's not just

about funding israel they don't want jordan to be linked to economically to a country they don't trust. we are hostages of the israeli enemy it makes us vulnerable at any time they can just stop providing us with gas the demand for energy is only growing in jordan already it imports up to ninety five percent of its needs some forty percent will now be provided by israel in the next fifteen years our enemies occupation is one of many organizations involved in anti-gay normalizes campaigns it's been over two decades since your. and signed a peace treaty with israel but that deal is still largely popular a significant portion of jordan's population many of whom are palestinian refugees continue to resist efforts to promote ties with israel. some of the biggest protests in the arab world were held in the jordanian capital after u.s. president donald trump's decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital the

kingdom rejected trump's decision and has been outspoken against what it calls israel's violations against holy sites in jerusalem this is a part of the hypocritical approach of the jordanian government they say we care about jerusalem then we sign because. we need you know for local consumption then the question is why don't you get. us got thirty. or goes from anywhere else the government however remains committed to the project despite criticism from the public and members of parliament who have still not seen the terms and conditions of the agreement. at least twelve people have been arrested in argentina in connection with a multi-million dollar corruption scandal dating back to one christina kushner was president the case centers around eight detailed notebooks kept by

a driver who worked for the once for a once powerful minister has been ordered to testify by a federal judge has more from one us aries. this the investigators believe is only the beginning with politicians and several leading business people arrested in a corruption scandal they say involves millions of dollars and threatens to reach the very top. investigation centers around this man. a former driver for the number two in the planning ministry in the governments of both nestor and christina kitchener the movie that she has been summoned for questioning he died in two thousand and ten argentines are still coming to terms with the news it seems everyone is involved here i don't know if the businessmen share the same responsibility of the politicians maybe the politicians are more to blame but it is overwhelming we are already tired of all this. we need time to do an evaluation

this is still very volatile it's still difficult to know what still means. officers have been searched in vehicles seized all as they usually do have denied the charges or refused to comment the driver kept detailed accounts of the trips he made over many years delivering sacks of cash to the presidential residence and the private kitchen the home as well as to business leaders allegedly paying to seal big public works contracts are. also implicated as the former planning and public investment minister who you are the veto confidant of nestor kitchener and already in custody on other corruption charges some say that this could be as big as the car wash scandal in neighboring brazil that sucked in business leaders and politicians from right across the political spectrum this scandal threatens to undermine the arjan time population space and institutions which they already have little regard. pope francis has changed the

catholic church's teachings on the death penalty saying it can never be sanctioned because it attacks the inherent dignity of all humans the church previously sanctioned death penalty in some cases. the key question here is human dignity ok and what pope francis is saying is that no matter how grievous the crime for which someone should be punished and they should be punished there's nothing so bad that it takes away their human dignity and certainly the church always always teaches about redemption. hot air from africa is bringing a heatwave to europe prompting health warnings forecasters say the all time temperature record in europe could be broken this weekend in spain and portugal the current record is forty eight degrees celsius and was set in athens in one nine hundred seventy seven called battle reports from montoro in southern spain. by a bend in the river spain's hottest town.

it's only mid-morning in the temperature in one is already above thirty celsius. ninety two year old olive farm appeared on moira sure that every year the summer months a getting hotter. if it carries on like this i think the earth could catch fire and the world would come to an end this corner of spain is on heat wave alert but the local police chief is confident they can handle it no not a lot of there's no alarm here people are smart the old folk have passed down the know how from generation to generation like a secret recipe. this is one of those recipes. traditional gas batu tomato olive oil vinegar and garlic i said was it with a machete demeanor this is essential it has a lot of vitamins and when it's served fresh it revives your body. the pharmacy

thermometer marks a high of forty one degrees well shy of last year's spanish record of forty seven point three celsius. down the street the rodriguez sisters sell air conditioning the higher the heat the bigger the fan of you i mean there is only one equal in the past there was even a secret language of the fans depending on how woman lived her fan she would send a message. next door basket weaver. blames plastic and the younger generations for the demise of old fashioned natural fibers that he uses for everything from window blinds to food hampers much of what bunny don't you know you don't need a fridge you put your food is somewhere just in here to keep them fresh just closed the lid narrow streets white walls and cobbles all designed to keep montoro as cool as possible the spanish formula for staying safe seems quite simple

stay off the street stay inside and take a siesta just a little response by the fountain as evening temperatures dip but the heat wave is set to continue culp in all al-jazeera spain and you can find much more on our website the address at the bottom of your screens al jazeera dot com. you're watching al-jazeera these are our top stories and has been declared the winner of zimbabwe's presidential election with just over fifty percent of the vote is the first time since independence that robert mugabe has not been on the ballot . in terms of six one hundred ten subsection three sub sub six if sub sub six to do year by that the votes received by.

all party are more than half the number of votes cast in the presidential election for. all of the party is therefore julie declared elected president of the republic of zimbabwe with effect from the third of august twenty eighth. the saudi led coalition in any yemen has denied carrying out an airstrike in her data that killed at least twenty six people the strike hit a fishing port and fish market near the main hospital the rebels say fifty five people died meanwhile the united nations special envoy for yemen is convening a new round of talks in the latest bid to end the three year civil war. mali's presidential election will go to a runoff after no one candidate secured fifty percent of the vote the election commission announced early results with president abraham boubacar kater forty one

percent. say came in second with seventeen percent millions of people cast their ballots on sunday but the vote was marred by violence in thousands of polling stations and some election convoys were targeted by gunmen the health ministry of democratic republic of congo says it has identified the strain of a bowler in the country's latest outbreak medics say its desire strain which has been successfully treated by a vaccine in the past and international team is in the town of benny in north kivu the outbreak was detected on wednesday twenty people are confirmed to have died from the disease and four others are ill. and tech giant apple has become the first company to have a valuation of one trillion dollars on the u.s. stock market is a million million was weeks when apple tipped over two hundred seven dollars. eight now with all the headlines about with more news on al-jazeera to people and

power. once considered a war criminal now an aspiring presidential candidate in the democratic republic of congo. after his conviction was overturned by the international criminal court in the hague jump to challenges they are. struggling with a failing economy inadequate public services and the mental some attention of two rival regional power as many lebanese hopes recent elections might provoke reforms to help solve their problems but in a country where power is apportioned along sectarian undernourished declines little ever seems to disturb the status quo we went to find out why.

in may twenty eight hundred eleven and went to the polls it was the first parliamentary election in nine years and there was one question on many observers minds was it to be politics as usual or would growing concern over the country's myriad problems affect the outcome. there was that at least a hint of change in the the first time a grassroots movement known as the civil society coalition was fielding hundred hits against lebanon's long established sectarian parties. on the other he sees in his view of the. comments and mom on the floor there the issues the. deal with them but apathy was the biggest winner but it has

turned out it was less than fifty percent despite general discussed over spiralling unemployment and faltering basic services it seemed few lebanese believed the route to solutions mais through the ballot box. other than bored with the food from want train will be of will be landing our assumption was that people were fed up after nine years of having the same parliament people would go and call it seems that this was not the case are we at the point where people both can't anymore in the all to most of an election that promise much but to live at least two to the six million citizens we've been to investigate why lebanon's distinctive political setup appears so dysfunctional and resistant to change. in twenty fifteen lebanon's capshaw beirut were the first of several demonstrations

against huge mounds of uncollected garbage that were piling up in the city. soon the rallies were attracting over one hundred thousand people as fury grew over the state's fadia the authorities squashed the protests in doing so a movement that would later attempt to challenge the country's unique political system. as the most religiously diverse country in the middle east lebanon has tried to prevent any one group from dominating by setting up a parliamentary system known as confession ism in which each of the main sects holds a position in government a president must be maronite christian the prime minister's sunni muslim and the speaker of parliament shiite muslim. nouri hightail and was a candidate for civil society in the elections but being born armenian orthodox she

could only stand against others of that section had district this is what we are trying to fight that this is not sustainable the vision you are dividing people according to their religion or to their sect and this is the only identity you are in forcing why they should visit this is on its function with the same rights and responsibilities. lauri's district of fear is one of the roots christian heartlands still influenced by the legacy of the she dismay and leader of the right twinky to a party during lebanon's fifteen year civil war which ended in one thousand nine hundred ninety. she was president elect for three weeks before he was assassinated in one thousand nine hundred eighty two. the. power being passed from father to son is a common feature in lebanon stein mastic politics although he was only four months old when his father was killed nadeem is a prominent member of the kids at

a party. leader of a. policeman i think. you can call it inheritance you can call it the easy way to do things but what i believe is that i believe in the same cause of my own eyes i have the same values and ethics of doing politics. christian are part of the. people of lebanon and of course we cannot live in lebanon if we don't get into them the freedom and the security. was the defender of the question during the civil war and when we were doing our election campaign in this region people would say that as shafi a without the. white male has popularity here and they see him as the continuation of that political ideology.

they see between all the communities between the sunnis and the street between the christian and the muslim that the street between the christian days all of this is based on the fact that no one trusts the community the system guarantees government posts to all the main parties but it can also mean politicians of based on accountable and free to dispense patronage as they like. our citizens were mistaken by voting to some people just because they offer services or money i believe that the confessional system in lebanon has. destroyed or. were. under confessional ism if the government call into a way to provide state welfare citizens are forced to turn to their sectarian leaders for help it's how lebanon has run for generations. today these

people are all awaiting an audience with say more. one of the main candy of lebanon streets community it's a family tradition usually we always open the house chooses to receive. either for financial assistance or jobs and sister don't have a stable government to provide jobs this is working to. these people have come in for financial help to cover medical bills and support with that children situation fees and. find jobs. for. the dream. they may have. five percent of the population but some fighting hard for them to say they are still a force in. his role as leader of the main druce policy from his father he is unexpectedly candid about why i don't want to be in politics

but i have to show it to my father and to my family history which been basically working in politics for more than four hundred years the family business we don't want to exist at some point so we all were always fighting this thing it's almost like a fuel system in the community and we always come back to us for help or for assistance unfortunately number one hundred and go to the other counter the. christian come to us for help he always comes back to his roots. basically every political party is responsible for his own people the system of the country is built even myself and my father we're all accountable but nobody is going to. against anyone not trying on a confessional ticket getting into parliament one of the few who managed it is billionaire for me he's convinced the confessional system has done the country more

harm than good. that has more equality in this country politics economists think social conditions think. forcing people to go forward. to even get the basic rights that combination force people to go for. the state as one of the richest men in lebanon could fund his campaign and ways groups like the civil society. the people that they had the cause like the civil society that they really believed that they had a message to send out they couldn't even get out unfortunately here it's not anymore because is that you are fighting for political program is for police politicians a lever mostly for lease you don't buy the too expensive that ruling class did not want somebody to come in unless you can afford it in my case i can afford it.

during elections politicians often use like who political agents name as election keys these are individuals who mediate on behalf of candidates to secure very. sophina hass was wonderful at math to me selection he reveals just how the system works some people used to give money and as you know most of the people are in need of money because of the present political situation and it starts from one hundred dollars per person to fifteen hundred per person to give his. people in poor state they came to us asking for money but we told them this is against the law on the other hand if you cannot pay for their rent we can support you. but the most important thing. is. we were very very very busy. to feed told us he'd mash over

a thousand people for help. foundation claims to have been supporting families long before the elections including running soup kitchens but his sure didn't hurt his candidacy equally many voters are just as willing to take advantage. of a policy will help. him. critics say lebanon's distinctive constitution inevitably lends itself to abuse and is the main reason why the country is often cited as one of the most corrupt in the middle east it's almost. always. takes.

a much wealdstone show here. for the select few who are able to make the political system what. these impressive new skyscrapers are a good example a staggering eighty percent of lebanon's coast has been privatized but activists say much of this development is illegal civil society campaign and. takes us on a trip to explain why. one of the most controversial developments is this resort recently despite several legal rulings against it.