struggling to quell nationwide anger bangladesh's government cuts internet services as protests over road safety enter an eight day. long welcome my name's peter w. watching al-jazeera live from my headquarters here in doha also coming up scrambling to protect our president venezuela's leader claims an attempted assassination during a military rally. it's george states and they are not the jewel shall we ask the government and the other name but then both the knesset delete these will tens of thousands protest against israel's new nation state law the cabinet meets in one

are. also ahead when military and music come together the crowd rocking their way through russia's largest music festival. our top story protests over road safety in bangladesh could be turning into a much bigger issue for the government they've now shut down mobile internet services across big parts of the country as images of alleged violence rumors spread on social media an eighth day of protests is now beginning on saturday dozens were injured in the capital in clashes with the police officials have denied reports of rubber bullets being fired but many students were taken to hospital the demonstrations began after two students were killed by a speeding bus the protesters have been blocking main roads and stopping drivers to check their licenses several police and government officials were caught without

valid documents was just gone one pm in dhaka our correspondent tom via chivery is there for us turn via how dangerous is the situation. well right now the city is quite calm but it's very tense so you can see there's not much traffic we are just getting a very latest report just about three kilometers from here in the farm gate a major busy intersection there's been a reported clash between pro-government activists and students who are trying to gather day in their areas to make protests also we are getting reports from a pool where they are trying to gather and police dispersing them just behind me about a block away there are about a hundred two hundred people gathered earlier and they were making speeches about what happened yesterday. hitting on them and stuff like that but they have since then this prize because everywhere where they are gathering the police are pro-government elements are trying to disperse them

a lot of this school children are to essentially teenagers a thirteen to eighteen years old and the public opinion we are people in the state are very negative about this but there's a school children there was no reason for government to be too harsh on that the government on the other hand is saying the prime minister today in a statement said not to hit any attention to remarks that spreading in the facebook and social media at least twenty six social media news portal had been shut down you cannot access the internet it's a very limited three displayed and four displayed have been shut down now the government is also very nervous they lection is in december there's been student protests in april and may also civil service codes are a problem that's been repressed by the government and now this protest is making the government very nervous the opposition on the other hand has been alleging the local municipality election has been rigged there's been lot of commissions outside and the ground in recent days the government is saying that this particular

movement has been manipulated by the opposition bangladesh nationalist party and the which there is no evidence right now we'll have to save the students are able and manage to mobilize what does the social media and also their parents probably would be very nervous because the where they would have tracked the plane done monday and you got to love the city dozens of students writing god there was a lot of horrific pictures and social media including live and video pictures that didn't come into local t.v. our other media is because there are some respects on what they control in this movement if the age profile of the protesters is that low how well organized all day and can they sustain this. very good question on that because there are thankfully mobilising through media through aftermath and walk up there on have a real organized platform or a student leader and first who is going to direct them and put their financial

extending in method is it when i got a method you think please do something international media we need the world to know our condition that was yesterday when they were. basically their way are mobilizing then well it's going to be difficult for them. to really unless there is a platform there is no platform it's very spontaneous it was very random and with a lot of them. opened up again maybe they will again randomly come out in the street we'll have to see if that happens. thanks very much phone as well as president nicolas maduro is accusing colombia and a group of financiers in the us of attempting to assassinate him speaking at a military parade in the capital caracas when an explosion interrupted the event he wasn't hurt but seven security personnel were mike hanna story. this is a live broadcast of the ceremony on national television the camera begins to shake

and president maduro looks into the air as explosions sound before the feed is cut soldiers who had been on parade all seen the. number reported to be injured in the blasts who is going to have to leave investigation as evidence that shows those that didn't in the constitution is doing his will in the public. a group calling itself last day finale last claimed responsibility in a series of tweets this one with the phrase time is running out a few hours after the attack president maduro addressed the nation saying right between groups within the country were responsible but also accusing the colombian president. of involvement there looking for a martyr can see i have to inform you that some of those who carried out the attack against me today have already been apprehended and they are now being processed in not doing all the order they tried to assassinate me and i have no doubt that

everything points to the right the venezuelan ultra right in alliance with the colombian ultra right and that the name of one man well santos is behind this attempt of president maduro playing to victory in the elections earlier this year but his political opponents insisted the process was rigged many venezuelans hold him accountable for a major economic collapse that could see the inflation rate hit one million percent by the end of the year mike hanna. there are growing concerns about a rift between national and regional governments in ethiopia after at least fifty people were killed in fighting and ethnic violence in the east it began when ethiopian troops were sent from the capital addis ababa to the eastern somali states to arrest regional officials there they clashed with local forces for the violence followed us with reports of groups of ethnic somalis attacking other civilians two churches have been burned and businesses looted and destroyed political leaders in the somali state of long called for it to be part of

neighboring somalia. the health ministry in the democratic republic of congo says three more people have died from the latest outbreak of the a bolo virus the number of confirmed cases has risen to thirteen the world health organization says this outbreak poses new problems because it's in north keith province several armed groups are fighting there. course in zimbabwe have denied bail to more than twenty opposition supporters have been charged with inciting public violence the leading opposition candidate says the charges are politically motivated six people were killed on wednesday when soldiers opened fire at a protest against alleged vote rigging. from the capital harare. police say these people were responsible for election violence in harare on wednesday they supporters embark ways main opposition party the movement for democratic change people when charged with inciting violence and refused bail. and d.c. officials say the charges

a politically motivated because the government's trying to prevent a legal challenge to the result of monday's election. lost the election and after losing the election he's aware about a large majority of the people in this country don't support him and he's afraid of them reacting to that so you know order to manage the population he has to do to arrest us to draw fear in everyone's heart and mind president. the ruling zanu p.f. party was announced the winner the opposition say about four hundred thousand votes added to his count after the polls closed and their candidate lost and she was the true winner the international observers yet to publish their final report the electoral commission and zanu p.f. deny break rigging you don't invite observe us so that you are then. you don't i think a lot of people wanted to make sure that this clean free and fair election

is my. elementary results were announced wednesday petitions supporters to speak to them protested the army was deployed in the city six people were shot dead most of them bystanders. cynthia my post there was one of them she was a fifty three year old mother of two eyewitnesses say she was shot in the back by a soldier while trying to run away. rights groups say that initially her past morton stated that she died of a stab wound until their lawyers pressured government doctors to correct it she died of a gunshot wound they say for years they've had problems properly documenting the death of those killed by the army or the police and this is something that hasn't changed since the days of former leader robert mugabe when he was deposed by the army in november a new zimbabwe was promised by his successor. people here hoped it would be better

than this malcolm webb al-jazeera harare zimbabwe. israeli cabinet is expected to meet in about an hour from now to discuss the controversial nation state law now this comes after the druze community led a huge protest against the new legislation many are angry that the new law defines israel as a jewish state and downgrades the arabic language the trees are considered loyal to the states under simmons was at the rally in tel aviv. it's rare to see demonstrations by the druze and these numbers are quite extraordinary it has to be said at one stage or being square was absolutely packed with people not only the troops but also jewish people who wanted to protest about the actions of the government and coals for more democracy in israel the druze say go house to god or at least the house to be a man in the negotiations so far with the government having succeeded in meeting

that yvonne only walked it's described as some sort of concession for people serving in the military to keep benefits but that has have little effect on the public mood the question now is whether or not pressure will grow much heavier than this and whether or not the israeli public will go in that numbers in resisting it it's highly unlikely that the benjamin netanyahu will say those policies no matter how many people make this sort of presence. still to come for you here on al-jazeera including these ones how the unrest in nicaragua is creating a refugee crisis in neighboring countries and he might be in prison but one of brazil's most popular president lula da silva being nominated to run again.

the. are you well aware of the heat down the southwest of europe in the general warm summer everywhere but the nighttime temperatures maybe are even more teddy doesn't cool down at night in the daytime heat is really quite distressing and this is a maximum warm light twenty six in madrid same is true in pepin year and that compares is rather more typical figures danny rose to twenty seven so we're up in pretty high figures this is the lows to get so overnight so by day to get to forty odd you know this is very very nasty and within this is very not not very much development of cloud we've seen up until recently thirty good showers but apart from this one mass here that's about it those streaks in the north are frontal systems and they will for a time for days produce wet and windy weather and the cooling trend but that cooling trend is any for some places we still pretty warm in spain portugal i would

use the word hot probably or two to be honest when excess of forty goes south for spain and portugal the showers are showing themselves around the alps and maybe a bit further east but the temperatures are dropping here barely in warsaw examples the same is true stockholm back down to twenty two even moscow has been pretty hot recently is cooling down there are a few showers around into news here in libya but otherwise this two cools remains dry. arts.

hello again you're watching al-jazeera these are your top stories so far today students in bangladesh are protesting for an eighth day as they rallied for better road safety standards dozens were injured on saturday in fighting with the police the demonstrations began after two students were killed by a speeding bus. the venezuelan president nicolas maduro is accusing colombia and a group of financing is an american trying to assassinate him to do it was speaking at a military parade in caracas when explosions interrupted the event he was. israel's cabinet is expected to meet in iran's half an hour forty five minutes from now to

discuss the controversial nation state will they sell to the druze community led a huge protest against the new legislation. leading syrian scientist reportedly involved in missile development has been killed in an explosion as easy as spark and his driver died in the blast nehemias yaf outside of hama in twenty twelve an armed group killed another senior scientist in damascus turkey russia seems to have come to an agreement to stop the syrian government from carrying out a military offensive on it lip any renewed fighting there would trigger a humanitarian crisis only to the collapse of the so called a stand up process is in a harder. president bashar assad says it live is the syrian army's next target the opposition controlled northwestern province is home to almost three million people at least half displaced from other rebel areas after so-called surrender deals but the syrian government's ally russia appears to be giving turkey

a chance to what it called stabilize the province turkey is being asked to fulfill agreed commitments in the so-called fast enough process. accepting responsibility for the situation. expected to fight terrorists. russia says turkey was supposed to expel or dissolve the heat a sham the group formerly known as el nostra as well as what our city in the syrian branch of al qaida those fighters are designated as terrorists by the international community they are powerful and they have in the past we checked with ultimatums to disband. lenders all turkey wants to avoid military action so it's using the threat of military action to force will start to disband the announcement that see a rebel groups are united under one command is an example. part of it live lies on

the border with turkey which wants to avoid any military offensive that would cause human suffering further displacement and the collapse of the ass and a process there. for three years especially in the syria area trying to. train. the opposition groups free syrian army to be started. for months now members of the so-called radical groups have been targeted in unclaimed attacks that some link to a campaign to eliminate the province from foreign fighters disagreements over at liberty turkey and russia were evident during talks on syria and such the province was not mentioned in the final statement it live was mentioned in a separate statement issued by turkey's foreign ministry emphasizing that the province's status as a deescalation zone must be preserved. turkey's military presence won't deter

campaigns on the fringes of it live that are aimed at opening highways linking government controlled cities and preventing attacks on the russian and syrian military in nearby latakia province that is likely what russia syria and void meant when he said there are no plans for a large scale assault on for now russia and turkey still need each other but this time around government leaders and given limited time to deliver. strategically important. a military offensive in lib would be a pivotal moment in the seven year conflict one that may have grave humanitarian and regional consequences the syrian opposition stronghold is one of the four deescalation zones which included eastern gota part of homes and areas in the south western provinces of there are and. the deal was negotiated last year to stop violence and protect civilians but since january this year the syrian regime in

plate in violation of that agreement has captured three of them but no leaves this last significant enclave of armed opposition that goes up against president bashar assad's regime capturing it labe would put almost seventy five percent of the country under government control but government forces would have to fight a coalition of key rebel factions with reportedly an estimated seventy thousand fighters in order to achieve that goal it is also strategically important it shares a border with a government stronghold like the archaea home to the biggest russian military airbase in the country and the m five highway which is the country's main north south artery collecting turkey syria and jordan runs flight through the province it look also shares a border with turkey which is called any offensive there a red line turkey has encircled the province with twelve observation points along the front lines

a military escalation it would be catastrophic for its population within half of which are internally displaced making the biggest cluster of the statement counts in the world rival rallies in nicaragua have shown how divided the country is thousands of people turned out for marches on saturday either in support for or against daniel ortega the president of human rights groups say one three hundred people have been killed since april in clashes with pro-government forces as the taker has accused his critics of his head against. the crisis in there. that country is spilling over into other nations asean human reports from san jose. park in costa rica's capital is the first point of call to nicaraguans newly arrived with just the clothes on their back. and they say they walked for days using clandestine border crossings to avoid the nicaraguan army they've come from all over their troubled torn country. the paramilitary started going door to door

and since my son is part of the freedom movement they sacked our house when they couldn't find us so we skate and cross the border at three am. we left with nothing because i was born there were going to cut my son's throat i said son we have to leave right now most of the younger men cover their faces was president has labeled them terrorists this twenty one year old student shows us his bullet. they took part in massive roadblocks and confronted police and paramilitary forces until they were forced they say to flee for their lives. we haven't lost the war we are just resting to recharge our strength we tell daniel ortega we had to leave but will return and he will be the one to go some stay with friends but the majority are now penniless and homeless surviving on the generosity of compatriots already living here in costa rica this is one of several makeshift shelters for the

nicaraguans that are here in san jose those who don't fit here are going to some private homes but more and more people are coming every day and we're told that the resources of the local the community are being stretched to the limit. immigration authorities tell us so far twenty three thousand nicaraguans have applied for asylum. but this well done student leader is not one of them. we're not asking for political asylum because their objective is to return to nicaragua. that's where our work is first i need help to shore up international support for our course yes a former costa rican president and nobel peace prize laureate also could add yes doesn't believe the solution to the crisis is near. it's very evident that ortega won't bring forward elections i don't think dying or takers willing to hold them because he is convinced that there is no way that he can win the election if it's clean and transparent. and as the crisis enters its fourteenth squeak the refugees

keep coming and they keep covering their faces afraid they say that even here the long arm of war take us paramilitary troops could reach them you see in human al-jazeera some course it costa rica. the brazilian workers' party has endorsed the former president who isa nothing a lot or silver for his candidate for the election in october but he remains in jail for corruption and money laundering daniel slimer reports now from sao paulo online many want back. will make brazil happy again that's the party slogan with his supporters believe despite him serving a twelve year prison sentence they say they'll keep backing him until all options to release him are exhausted he's a political. prisoner right now because the there is not in our view.

definition of proof for his guilt we think that the his judgment has a strong political tone and we consider that his not sure. he's not a guilty even if it is allowed out in the actual court must decide if he's eligible to stand if leura seems like he does not run in october's elections he's going to be a difficult man to replace one of the other twelve candidates even comes close no them getting more than fifteen percent in the opinion polls and many of them. far less than that. gaining support and attracting controversy is the military man jailed for not all he tells his audience what they want to hear all of that while others are outraged he's expressed his admiration for donald trump and some have compared him to the us president you know there. are two schools. i know the discomfort i have caused to what we call the establishment or the machine the system we know

that i am the ugly duckling in the story but i'm sure we will soon be beautiful. a key figure in that establishment the sure i'll do i'll claim while at the other end of the political spectrum and splitting the left wing vote for an ally of the jailed leader cyril gomez and the former environment minister in loose government but he insisted. it still means that. i'm running for the third time as a candidate in a very delicate situation i believe my political integrity will prevail and resilient people should no longer be left out of the traditional political structure. the finance minister in the current government and became a release hardly registers an indication of the deep unpopularity of president michel tema that perhaps the greatest statement in a country where voting is obligatory is that more than half the electorate either doesn't know who it will vote for or even whether they'll vote at all than shwe and then i'll just stop all. the spanish maritime rescue service as rescue two hundred

twenty three migrants trying to cross the mediterranean four boats were found in spanish waters on saturday that brings the number of people rescued since the end of may and nearly five thousand spain has become a preferred destination after italy shut its ports to eight ships. tens of thousands of rock phones are attending the popular. music festival in russia it features more than one hundred fifty pounds and musicians but it's also become the venue for a military show of force is that. it's a summer staple for many russians being is the largest rock festival some also call it. a yearly appointment with the finest of the country's music scene. which. has been missed for the past three seasons it's amazing. you can like hear your favorite musicians all your favorite musicians in one place

the festival started two decades ago after the fall of the soviet union but recently it also became an exhibit ground for the most unlikely of institutions the russian ministry of defense its presence felt from the air with the performance of the russian knights aerobatic team to do the light of myth. is that we think it's not just. the whole country the presence of the ministry of defense is not sponsorship or some kind of special that's a story which came to life because people are interested in taking part in it by the ministry over the past five years the ministry expanded its presence from air shows to a full on display of power it might be surprising to have a military exhibit at a rock festival but these days in russia there's a great sense of national pride and ask anyone here they will credit that feeling to the army. some of the new is equipment and weapons are shown here like this

armored personnel vehicle already in use by the infantry division here such piece of modern hardware has a different purpose but. we want to show people and in particular what kind of equipment we have and what our army is capable of when people want to see this up close patriotism increases when you see them you get some kind of pride for your country for your fatherland and you are confident in tomorrow. some artist did pull out in protest but many big names like the. lead singer of men one of the most famous russian bands indoors the festival nothing like that happens at the european festivals but because because the russian society is so miniaturized were so fond of victory parades and we can never escape it's so basically i decided for myself just accept it at this festival. it's not

clear whether this marriage of music and military is a spontaneous one or it was in pose but it's a detail that many here don't seem to care about. al jazeera. festival. this is al-jazeera updating its top stories for you students in bangladesh are into day eight of the protests calling for better road safety standards dozens were injured in fighting with the police on saturday demonstrations began after two students were killed by a speeding bus the government has now copped mobile internet services to try to stop the spread of protest messages and rumors. venezuela's president nicolas maduro is accusing colombia and a group in the us of trying to assassinate president speaking at a military parade in caracas when an explosion interrupted the event he wasn't her

. hurt but seven national guards were. there's growing concern about a rift between national and regional governments in ethiopia after at least fifty people were killed in fighting and ethnic violence in the east it began when ethiopian forces were sent from the capital at a suburb to the eastern somali state to arrest regional officials there they clashed with local forces further violence followed with reports of groups of ethnic somalis attacking other civilians political leaders in somali state have long called for it to be part of neighboring somalia. the israeli cabinet is expected to meet in the coming hour or so to discuss the controversial nation state law this comes after the druze community led a huge protest against the new legislation many are angry that it defines israel as the jewish state and downgrades the arabic language and they're calling for the bill to be revoked the druze are considered loyal to the state this is the first time in recent history that they've staged such a large protest

a leading syrian scientists reportedly involved in missile development has been killed by an explosion he was a spur he and his driver died in the blast near massiah outside of hama in twenty twelve an armed group killed another senior scientist in damascus spain's maritime rescue services have saved two hundred twenty three refugees trying to cross the mediterranean sea four boats were found in spanish waters on saturday that brings the number of rescued migrants to close to fifteen thousand since the end of may spain has become a preferred destination for migrants since its of the shutters ports to aid groups in june those are your headlines up next it's inside story by. it's a story of survival. it's a story about how people lived to live in such remote. but each to the way we live . to eat and how that instinct help them recover from the financial crash i would

continue this long as i can stand. this is a story about iceland. agege on al-jazeera. why is it so hot the worldwide heat wave is setting new records and causing deaths and wildfires scorching temperatures show no sign of falling so apart from climate change what is the cause this is inside story. hello welcome to the program i'm richelle carey temperatures in europe are soaring close to their highest ever forty eight degrees celsius is the current record set in the great capital athens back in one nine hundred seventy seven this weekend's continental heat wave.