if you find in latin america liberating a prison on al-jazeera. president read on calls on turks to support their currency as the value of the lira plunges amid a deepening brow with the united states. global the doj is there live from doha i'm martin dennis also coming up a u.s. court orders chemical company monsanto to pay more than two hundred fifty million dollars to a man whose cancer was caused by wheat killer. cameron's government says it will investigate a video which appears to show extra judicial killings by the army. and the labor of

love why the persian carpets treasured by iranians are becoming so expensive. president rajab tired edda one is edging tends to sell off their dollars and by layer instead to prop up the currency which is fall into a record low u.s. president donald trump has added pressure to turkey's economy by doubling steel and aluminum terrorists since the start of the year the turkish lira has lost thirty five percent of its value against the dollar much of that stick line has happened since president dredge up type of edible re took office with hugely expanded powers a month ago and see them cause yearly ripples out from istanbul. turkey is president. addressed this large rally and have this massive for his citizens yes. if there is anyone who has dollars euros or gold on the pillars that you go

exchange for lear is it all banks this is the national. the mystic battle this will be my people's response to those who have waged an economic war against turkey's currency has lost more than thirty per cent of its value so far this year at least fifteen percent of that was just some thursday night the turkish kaname has been struggling for a few years of recombination of several financial and political factors the lira tumbled even faster after just presidential election which gave all executive powers to president are john i wish that. or mr r. and his you know eighteen would be very very ready to. a robust economic program today after they have been elected are fortunate with a little bit later on that as a growing about fragile economy the lira was not protected against any current suspect lation especially after the two thousand and sixteen failed coup and

turkey's continuing dispute with the united states over every right jeff issues has not made things easy the most urgent disagreement has been this detention of an american pastor named andrew branson who is on trial on terrorism charges there is a currency crisis kind of promoted by the geopolitical risks which is obviously used by the american foreign policy decision makers another factor is turkey's unwillingness to join the recent u.s. sanctions against iran turkey buys energy from iran along with russia and azerbaijan now the crisis is being felt approach with the master selling of shares in european banks would generally have bigger exposure to the turkish kaname the dispute was supposed to ease as delegates from both sides gathered in washington this week but it didn't and it went to went further turks say the united states is trying to beat them with a financial stick and some even believe it's just a political move by president trump head off november's critical election now it's

a question of how turkey will handle all these pressures while its currency is at ten all time last seen up to solo al-jazeera a stumble. we've been speaking to peter cotty is the chief market economists often capital securities he says a collapse of tech is currency could affect other economies the central bank is probably going to have to raise rates. you know maybe two or three fold in the present levels if that doesn't happen the speculation against the turkish lira will continue and that means that we could see a crises developing in euro and as you know some of the banks in the southern region of euro land have exposure to turkish that debt and if. this speculation continues and turkey should implode

then we could see a renewed crises on the european banks especially in countries like spain france and italy. now just news coming in a stolen plane has crashed in washington state in the us officials the seattle tacoma international airport are saying this is an airline employee took the aircraft without permission and it's thought that there were no passengers on board this plane it was a horizon q four hundred so that these are the latest pictures that we're showing you of the plane having crashed and the coast guards were alerted to large smoke plumes. following shortly after that take off as i say that was in seattle so that's a rather curious incident whereby

a plane that apparently was empty was taken by an employee of an airline or an airport employee taken off and then crashed shortly after but we understand the plane itself was a team going to keep me right up to date with that as we get any more detail about as i say that curious incident we'll bring it to you now a jury in the usa to california has found a weed killer sold by chemical giant monsanto cools the cancer of the school grounds and is being seen as a landmark decision which could pave the way for thousands of other cases some analysts say monsanto future may even be at risk from washington mike hanna rickles . claim of damages this was the first lawsuit concerning life os eight to go to trial and after a month of hearing evidence and three days of deliberation the jury decided that it had caused the wayne johnson's counsel did round up pro or ranger pro failed

to perform as safely as an ordinary consumer would have expected plenty used or misused in an intended or reasonably foreseeable way answer yes it was the round up pro or ranger pro design a substantial factor in causing harm to mr charenton answer yes the size of the few minutes of damages awarded reflects to the jury's belief that the company monsanto had acted with malice and had not responded to the plaintiff's concerns during the years to use the product as a groundskeeper what amount of punitive damages if any do you award to mr johnson answer two hundred fifty million dollars signed by the presiding stated as tentative meet the world health organization has found in the past that by phosphate probably causes cancer but the environmental protection agency has not

ruled on the matter as yet on some toes says it will appeal the case and continues to maintain that its products are not carcinogenic but there are more than five thousand cases concerning the weed killer and it's a fix pending and following this decision the kong lumbered faces the possibility of more massive payouts to come i cannot al-jazeera. the saudi emirati coalition says it will investigate an asteroid in yemen that hit a boss full of schoolchildren killing fifty people in all the united nations has called for a prompt independent inquiry a saudi led coalition insists it struck legitimate targets ahead of days following developments from neighboring djibouti but his report does contain some images that viewers may find disturbing. it's hard to imagine a more disturbing and sickening image of the futility of war in the year. of the

seattle bomb ass strike by the sodium erotic holy shit body parts us through. a manhole subtone body of a child. what is his guilt what is his crime he wonders why target these students this is the walk of the american soda coalition as strike school children why we will seek revenge no matter what he says. is children why in a minibus full of students heading back from a school some a company in yemen. but does their boss drop through a busy market in. the provinces he was targeted by the airstrike they do what they can here at the hospital which is under-resourced and overwhelmed. and what effect will it have on these young minds dozens of their classmates were killed in the strike there's now a growing chorus of condemnation a rare thing in the m s three and

a half year. it took the images of these children drenched in blood and reeling from shock to move the world we deplore thursday's attack in yemen where a coalition air strike is a bass carrying children in die on market in sabah reportedly killing forty people and injuring another sixty eight the u.n. secretary general and tony harris called for a swift investigation into the talk the secretary general emphasizes that opar this mistake constant care to spare civilians and civilian objects in the conduct of military operations and he calls for an independent and prompt investigation into this incident the conflict in yemen pits the richest countries in the region so that is beyond the united arab emirates against the poorest the sodium about equalisation has been reported the criticised for targeting civilian areas in their war against the haughty fortress the fighting has killed thousands and left

millions of us on the brink of starvation how about the world as duty. korea's government says it will investigate a video which appears to show soldiers shooting at unarmed people amnesty international says it's very fired the video through witness testimony and analysis of weapons and uniforms it was reportedly filmed before may twenty sixth seen in a village in the far north of the country a spokesman for president paul beer says the video was released to undermine the government ahead of elections in october i just a are quasar advocacy director for africa at amnesty international he says the video is evidence of a culture of impunity in cameron's military. the video documents. cameroonian soldiers basically lining up men women and in the far north and basically committing action additional executions the soldiers are can be heard

on the tape saying that they're committing at comic-con is the type of operation it seems like the footage was taped by one of their own soldiers so it is very clear we've been able to confirm that these are indeed cameroonian soldiers and that they're not. type operation based on the fact that this has happened before and that this seems to be a pattern of operation by the security forces in the country in twenty seventeen we released a report that documented incidences of torture by the cameroon security forces elite forces known as the her who had been operating in a camp call sound like these kinds of. treatment beatings and action executions even proceed those kinds of incidents there's years a culture of impunity the government has been fairly dismissive calling the

concerns raised by both domestic and international human rights group says it's not credible so today's announcement that they're going to actually investigate as an incredibly important positive step but of course a single incident is not going to address all of the incidents of abuses that have been documented prior. still to come here why hundreds of families in south africa's western cape have illegally occupied expensive private land costs. the white supremacy is here and it's been here for a long time challenge failed still scalloped by the violent protests that wrecked its reputation as america's happiest city. hello there we've still got plenty of showers around the black sea at the moment

the satellite picture is picking up those shower clouds very clearly you can see them here stretching their way across georgia and away across the caspian sea we have plenty of showers here for weeks now yet more showers expected as we head through the next few days and again some of them are likely to be rather heavy with the old rumble of thunder in as well elsewhere and it is just rather hot as you might expect now beirut's not too hot we're at thirty one further inland we're looking at thirty five forcing kabul and for us in baghdad all the way up at forty five a bit further towards the south and it's not being quite so hot on the thermometer says recently here in doha because it's been so schumann but humidity is expected to stick around as we head through saturday but on sunday things will change we're expecting the winds to fire down from the northwest that's a drier direction for the winds so forty four forty five will be our maximum but it will be a draw a feel to the air further south you see the cloud this taken off to give a few showers over parts of oman as you'd expect at this time of year a bit further towards the south and we've had some very heavy downpours over the

eastern parts of south africa recently has been gratefully received it's also a fair amount of snow or of that's clearing away though and behind it the temperatures are bouncing back up we'll see nineteen in durban force in cape town where it's eighteen. it is when you are abducted and forced into sexual slavery by the japanese imperial army. the so-called comfort women of the second world war decades have passed but the trauma lives on. witness on is the story of the women who campaigned with unwavering resolve for an official apology for this morning chapter in history. the apology on al-jazeera.

for a reminder of the top stories here it out as their attack as president deserves people to shore up their currency by selling dollars and exchange for the lira illyria's fallen to a record low whopping thirty five percent of its value since the start of the year partly because of additional terrorist levied by the us on steel and on the menu. a plane has crashed on catcher on the island in the u.s. state of washington officials at seattle tacoma international airport say an employee took the aircraft without permission it's thought nine passengers they were on board the horizon air q four hundred we'll go live now to the location of that plane crash where. the local sheriff is holding

a news conference just listen to him. all over the water so there's no one to go through was a terrorist and attempt to attack this might have been a joyride gone terribly. wrong. here. i think it's funny was it. and we know. it. apparently was a man and i don't have further information got my people downtown checking on it working with the airport and checking on it but i don't have that at the scene right now but it was there any case. there wasn't with the sheriff's office i know that whether there was with sea-tac or other airports in the area or j.p.l. am i don't. know. we got it right there were five are going

to be where we're starting really are two more questions for you and then oh let's get up and to free to jump in if you need to search. so. we did the scene there can you just describe what you have heard about what it looks like i mean all i have is there's a fire and it's a fairly heavily wooded island there's no indication that buildings are involved but they may be again there are very few buildings there they're mostly sort of cabins recreational kinds of areas so it is not a heavily populated island twenty people year round some people come from the summer are a whole lot of people there right now that we know that yes i'm. now in this i'm going to i'm going to ask of west pierce wants to add anything actually they may be wrapped up right now and it will be you bet ok sir thank you very much appreciate if you would. all

right so that the local sheriff talking about what seems to have occurred he said it was a joy of roy wright that might have gone terribly wrong he said it was a man who had taken this plane and flown it for a little while clearly because it crashed and we don't know what's happened to the man the pilot this person this joyride or we didn't get that detail but one could imagine that if that is the scene of the crash that not men not much chance of survival in that it's a heavily wooded area this is an island just off the coast east coast of the united states and it's not heavily populated about twenty people apparently there is a seasonal thing where people have their holiday capitals so presumably then there are not many casualties perhaps beyond the the pilot himself but that was the latest then regarding the joyriding episode involving a plane that was taken off by an employee of the airline or the air cools and then

rather sadly crash soon after and these are the scenes life as i say this is catch on an island an island just off the case of seattle the east coast of the united states right let's move on now. because many becoming impatient in south africa at the continuing land imbalance where roughly seventy percent of the population and owns around seventy percent of arab land in a direct challenge to the government hundreds of families from a shanty town near cape town and now illegally occupying expensive private land for me to miller reports from stellenbosch. slivers of light shines through the simply furnished home of no one decent she's been living on this land illegally for three weeks there are dozens more roughly built homes dotted across this hill instill in boston a cape town an area known for its affluent vineyards and estates. it's because of

all governments that we are here we have asked for lent before but they have not helped us we have to make a lot of noise and fight to get this land here a court is ordered that no more can be built and those that are in occupied be destroyed but as night falls people scurry to bring in more building material. is the believe this is our land that was taken from our ancestors even though the current owner bought this land the previous owner stole this land and so now it needs to be returned to us while we are taking the land. according to government statistics of africa's white minority population owns more than seventy percent of privately owned farming land under political and public pressure to reform land ownership the ruling african national congress says it will support moves to change the constitution to allow the seizure of land as long as it does not harm the agricultural sector or the economy but it's unclear how this will be done and who

will qualify for the land while acknowledging the need for urgent land reform president force appears to be struggling with a balancing act this week while addressing investors he said the government would not allow land grabs and an alkie. wanting to calm the fears of the business community but deciding between what land those people need and what investors want may not make everyone happy but that woman says it plans to seize one hundred and thirty nine farms across south africa before the constitution is changed if successful amendments to the constitution could be avoided there are fears seizing land without compensation could scare off investors violate property rights and hurt food production critics say talk around land exposed creation is a ploy for votes ahead of next year's elections rather than a sincere attempt to reform land ownership and that expectations should be managed meanwhile people here could face eviction as the landowner returns to court in the

coming weeks to have them removed from al-jazeera stellenbosch south africa the inauguration of the bobbies president and his imminent gaga has been delayed because of a legal challenge to the election results it was shuttled for sunday. has more. this is the first time in zimbabwe's history an inauguration has been stopped the m.d.c. alliance party say they won the election result overturned they say they have evidence forms that show that the results what happened with the judges could meet quickly if they think this evidence is weak they could throw the case out if they want more time to look at the evidence that could take a couple of days if they don't meet over the weekend monday and choose their public holidays here which means all meet on wednesday they have fourteen a day to make a decision and i can do is wait president elect him or someone and are going to city respects the court's zanu p.f. supporters aren't thrilled with us opposition supporters are static but most about

wins think are concerned about the economy this election was different from other elections regardless of who people voted for a lot of people we spoke to whether zanu p.f. or opposition would say it's the first election that robert mugabe on the ballot they hope for a fresh start especially when it comes to the economy they're worried because the south african business community has warned zimbabwe say if you don't get your house in order we can come and invest we can come and create jobs people are concerned the longer this political stalemate drags on the more negative effect it's going to have on the economy the state of emergency has been declared in the u.s. city of charlottesville ahead of the anniversary of a white supremacist protests that turned deadly a year on the fifties still deeply scarred by what happened at the unite the right to rally and gallagher reports. it began with a fight to remove statues of confederate soldiers who fought for the right to keep slaves events in charlottesville last year turned violent white nationalists

running battles with counter protesters in scenes that shocked the world when one member of the so-called right drove his car into a crowd thirty two year old has a higher was killed i am training the next generation of activist advocates in our in the years since susan brought a stop. a foundation in her daughter's name and remains committed to fighting racial intolerance her wish is that her daughter's sacrifice will not be forgotten a hope that i have for the future is that i see more people waking up i see more people taking a stand old and young not just young so often times change is driven by the young and the old don't buy into it i'm seeing more cross generational awakening that gives me hope over the last twelve months charlottesville has been through a lot of soul searching the confederate statues still stand and some here blame

last year's tragic events on external forces others though say what happened is a reflection of a city still dealing with racism yeah it feels like i'm not included in the narrative of my town associate professor in black lives matter activist julian schmidt says charlottesville needs to address its past and own up to persistent problems this was an extreme example you know physically violent example of the white supremacy which pervades every day you know as i mentioned you know we had problems with affordable housing with stop and frisk you know all these sorts of things so that the white supremacy is here and it's been here for a long time most of the reporters in charlottesville xl local newspaper covered last year's events night editor mark newton says the only positive change is the damage done to the so-called right movement but it seems like there is a lot of disarray charlottesville did a lot of damage to their kind of credibility and their ability to form

a year later the city is still reeling from events that tarnish its reputation as the happiest city in america dozens of officials resigned after last year a new leadership is in place but deep scars remain and they go across zero charlottesville virginia. iran says it's suing the u.s. over sanctions targeting it's hand-woven persian rugs last year alone it sold one hundred twenty six million dollars worth of them to the us we even say it's not just an attempt to block an important revenue stream but also an attack on the reigning culture zain reports from. iran there is a saying carpet weavers sacrifice their eyes for people's feet making even the smallest carpet means patiently toiling for months using tools and techniques that have been passed down for generations kartik. that this is what my parents did to my grandparents who are doing so i learnt from them and now i'm in the career i

love this is not leaving i feel as if i'm sick of the camp it is just like a child to me i love it because this is an original persian art for the women in this workshop artist employees basic classes to learn the basics and practice for months. the best students get to work on the most intricate designs. but there is something sad about this job the closer these women get to completing a carpet the less able they are to actually afford one of their own creations persian rugs sell for thousands of dollars and some of the carpets made in this very workshop sold for tens of thousands. and depending on the detail and materials used such as silk or even string spun from gold a persian rug can sell for millions it's no wonder then that in the business world carpets are a valuable iranian export second only to oil. but they're also an important part

of iran's cultural identity in the two thousand and eleven farsi language film gold and copper a dying woman weaves carpets to pay for medicine and keep her family together. the script writer says the persian carpet was the engine driving the story and then having it i need. iranian and global audiences recognize the iranian carpet as a piece of art. it has been a little painful for me that the price of the iranian carpets has risen a lot and now it's on affordable to everyone in the past it was common for people to cover every corner of their houses in carpets. and especially sad irony for carpet dealers is that the united states is their largest market in the medical procedure and latin america has put sanctions on iranian carpets but if you look at american buildings and family homes you see iranian carpets on the floor as i saw in a video i think even u.s. president donald trump's daughter has an iranian carpet in her room traditionally

persian carpets are meant to portray the guardians of having iranian say the latest sanctions earn attack on the very fabric of iranian identity and an attempt by america to make trouble in paradise zain bus ravi carriage. time for us to take a look at the top stories here it out jazeera a plane has crashed on catch an island that's in the u.s. state of washington officials at the main airport seattle tacoma say an employee took the aircraft without permission apparently there were no passengers on board the horizon and q four hundred let's listen to what one of the sheriffs of the area had to say about the incident. the plane was taken from sea-tac airport our

information now is there was only one person on the plane and that was the person flying the plane i understand the person may have been doing some air stunts and whatever i know that some aircraft were scrambled from the air force base there is no indication that this person who was flying that plane was trying to damage anything or attack anything that person crashed into the island there was a fire that followed there are about three west pierce fire units proper units that are going over there by ferry they should be arriving just about now as well as some command units and some sheriff's department units to his president has urged people to shore up their currency by selling donas exchange for the lera the nearest fall into a record low wiping thirty five percent of its value since the start of the year partly because of additional terrorists levied by the u.s. on steel and elam in new u.s. jury has ordered that the makers of a controversial weed killer pay more than two hundred fifty million dollars in

damages california groundsman dewayne johnson who's dying of cancer accused monsanto of ignoring the health risks of its products round out on santa says it will appeal against everything dozens of people have been injured after remaining in police used tear gas and water cannons at an anti-government rally in become rest thousands of romanians including many ex-pats are calling for the government to resign many of them had traveled from other parts of europe for the protests against the social democrats they blame the party for corruption and a lack of opportunities. those are the nation's headlines from a ferret out there coming up next. on counting the cost what the first wave of u.s. sanctions on iran means by iranians and companies doing business there well biggest oil producers and climate change plus stamping out colombia's cocaine addiction

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