tomorrow we disappear i will close documentary on al-jazeera. turkey's president warns his country's alliance with the u.s. is at stake because relations between washington and ankara deteriorate. logs the rommany watching of his their allies my headquarters here in doha are also coming up at least three palestinians are killed and hundreds of wounded as they continue to demand the right of return. also landgrab the hundreds of families in south africa's western cape living on private property. and chemicals giant monsanto was hit with two hundred eighty nine million dollars in damages for

failing to warn about the health risks of a weed killer. welcome to the program turkey's president has written an opinion piece in the new york times warning the u.s. must respect the sovereignty or that partnership could be in jeopardy president or the one said his country will seek new friends and allies if the united states continues to pressure its economy. president trump announced this week that he would double steel and aluminum tariffs on turkey well over one is urging folks to sell their dollars and buy lira instead to prop up the currency which has fallen to a record low since the start of the year the turkish lira has lost thirty five percent of its value against the dollar which of that decline has happened since president retook office with hugely expanded powers a month ago said in consumer reports of mr ball. turkey's president

vegetate proud to an address this large rally and have this massive for his citizens yes. if there is anyone who has dollars euros or gold under their pillows as you go exchange for lirot at our banks this is the national domestic battle this will be my people's response to those who have wage an economic war against us 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 on thursday night the turkish gone army has been struggling for a few years so recombination of several financial and political factors the lira tumbled even faster after just a presidential election which gave all executive powers to present our john i wish that. or mr and here is you know eighteen would be very very ready to hear a robust economy program day after they have been elected fortunately they're a little bit late 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 is the tension 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 all musically 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 a vote with investors selling of shares in european banks with generally have bigger exposure to the turkish gonna me 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 scene up to solo al-jazeera a stumble. a u.n. delegation arrived in gaza short time ago for meetings with hamas officials the visit is part of ongoing efforts to lower tensions with israel the talks are expected to focus on the details of a ceasefire proposal at least three palestinians have been killed by israeli forces during the twentieth friday of protests at the gaza border one of the people killed was a medic who was attending to the injured more than three hundred others were hurt since the protests started in march israel has killed around one hundred sixty four palestinians under seven's possible. there's a truce but just here on gaza's border with israel there's no such thing as calm

you see angle soon followed by live sniper round. finding their targets schools of life changing injuries mainly young people while near rafa a middle aged man and a medic died. here those wanting to express themselves with words not actions families with children risking their lives mixing with activists do they believe that the fighting can end it who do we use a truce will hold for long the protesters have an objective until they get what they want there's going to be no call in. a cease fire hard last because we have learned here the occupation has taken land by force we will get it back. not far away another rush with no cup of protection it's evident the numbers turning out have increased compared with last week's demonstrations the toxic mix of black

smoke and tear gas remains much the same as previous protests the more to follow this demonstration is freedom and life but this isn't the only form of protest in gaza today look. inside gaza city behind the rubble comes a different sound. peaceful protest on top of what remains of a cultural center crushed by bombing on first day israel had said that the five story building was owned by hamas and it had a presence who these people aren't quite as. good and that we have lost our cultural office but gaza lives is more than this a theater that helped hundreds of artists ask us go in the international community to immediately open an investigation into the israeli crime. passive resistance to life under siege. andrew symonds al-jazeera gaza says.

russian forces in syria say they shot down to rebel drones they say add offenses were deployed to be have been at base in latakia province their casualties or damage was reported if i was a syrian state television report that an israeli drone was also shot down near damascus. the syrian army is threatening a major assault on it live the last remaining rebel held province dozens of civilians being killed by intensifying airstrikes the bombing targeted parts of it that spilled over to areas and west of the last post leaflets have been dropped warning people to accept government rule. after there is her vicks milad federalists in the village in aleppo province which has seen some of the heaviest recent airstrikes. but. a new massacre has been committed by the russian warplanes here in the village of cobra in the western countryside of aleppo. this village has seen for aerial

raids during each of which four missiles have been launched in residential areas this led to the killing of more than thirty civilians most of them women and children the destruction is that massive as you can see rescue teams are working hard to find survivors trapped under the rubble this area comes within the deescalation plan but it's still suffering damage and casualties following the russian area meanwhile there's also been big air raids in southern and northern where dozens of people have lost their lives jordan has confirmed an improvised explosive device was used in friday's attack in the face the ministry of interior has said the homemade bomb was planted at the spot where the security versus shuttle to park the unit was guarding an annual cultural festival in the city the attack left one officer dead and injured six other. many people

in south africa have become impatient to land imbalance where roughly seven percent of the population owns about seventy percent of arable land in a direct challenge to the government hundreds of families from an informal settlement outside cape town have taken to illegally occupying private land for me to miller has more 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 our government that we are here we have asked for lent before but they have not helped us we have to make a lot of norris and fight to get this land here the court has ordered that no more can be built and those that are on 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 presidents forum a pause 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 to. trina watts landless people need and watching this does 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 later fios 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 it 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 still ahead here on al-jazeera a labor of love why the persian carpets treasured by iranians are becoming so on the foldable and the white supremacy is here and it's been here for

a long time the u.s. city of charlottesville is still scarred by the violent protests one year ago. quite as hot in japan and i mean that is hard to say still in the thirty's not sure that's the korean peninsula as well but this rainfall we saw increased humidity and a bit of a wet spell i think for southern homeshare on westwards in fact what's turning up towards shanghai is not quite a thai food but a tropical circulation all the same and eventually might make its way into the yellow sea but probably not which means you still got something of a heat wave and then a break down to a few showers come monday in north korea little essay for south korea and a rather wet looking and still hot looking picture for much of honshu including

tokyo so you know it's hot in the east coast. china shanghai particular but this circulation here which is down the coast from hong kong more as a hideout has produced a lot of rain recently added still got a couple more days to go it's still an obvious circulation and that part of china possibly north vietnam will be affected by persistent torrential rain which has a cut off to the south we've got the same sort of story in luzon in the philippines cloud to the south of that with a scattering of showers from malaysia into the it but no more than a scattering the concentration is further north and it returns to vietnam cambodia southern laos thailand and. the firebrand. of the of people saying we're not talking about the same people for women's liberation. theme victory for anybody sexual assault continues an

iconic feminist and seminal writer i'm waiting for solution yes we need to do something well to wait on gay boy i'm not ok with hot made he has sand goes head to head with jimmy i can't do anything else on r.g.p. . welcome back you're watching al jazeera arms the whole robin a reminder of our top stories turkey's president has written an opinion piece in the new york times warning the u.s. must respect turkey sovereignty or the partnership could be in jeopardy president of the one said his country will seek new friends and allies if the united states continues to pressure its economy u.s.

president donald trump announced this week that he would double steel and the many of tariffs on turkey. the u.n. delegation arrived in gaza a short time ago for meetings with hamas officials are expected to discuss a ceasefire proposal but at least three palestinians have been killed by israeli forces during a twentieth day of protests on the gaza border one of the people killed was a medic who was attending to the injured. and dozens of syrian civilians have been killed by intensifying as strikes in the western areas and western aleppo leaflets have been dropped warning people to accept government rule. and along month decision a jury in the u.s. and state chemical giant pay more than a quarter of a billion dollars to school grounds keeper. the california jury ruled a weed killer made by monsanto who caused cancer is the first lawsuit to go on trial alleging a false eight link to cancer not the case could pave the way for thousands of other

claims as well michaela has more from washington d.c. claim of damages this was the first lawsuit concerning life assayed 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 cancer did round up pro or ranger pro failed to perform as safely as an ordinary consumer would have expected when used or misused in an intended or reasonably foreseeable way answer yes was the roundup pro or ranger pro design a substantial factor in causing harm to mr chance and answer yes the size of the punitive damages awarded to the jury's belief that the company monsanto had acted with malice and had not the spawn did to the plaintiffs 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 dated august tenth two thousand and eight the world health organization has found in the past that bypass eight probably causes cancer but the environmental protection agency has not ruled on the matter as yet monsanto 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 big spending and following this decision the con bomber faces the possibility of more massive payouts to come i cannot al-jazeera while it's linked to serious health risks life is eat is one of the world's most popular weed killers they have a side was introduced by world son two in one thousand nine hundred fifty four but

it's painted expired in two thousand is not sold by various many factories around the world in twenty fifteen the international agency for research on cancer classified life saved as probably cost of genic to humans but the u.s. environmental protection agency says roundups active ingredient is safe buster after much debate e.u. countries renewed a five year license but france says it plans to ban its use within three years only a handful of countries globally have stopped its use of dollars shiva here's an ecologist and activist who has been campaigning against monsanto and has taken it to court in india she says the california trial sets a precedent as the case has global implications and every aspect of the sandal has acted with malice aggression and. they did it in india under all that's why i salute them in ninety nine i'm still finding those cases they collect general as g.'s trauma hours driving locusts and of the three hundred

thousand pounds they want and the captain bear to destress and suicide. extracting nearly seventy billion dollars of the legitimate royalty when they didn't have a prat that case they do not know how i got out of india and appealing in the supreme court opinion and intervening in that dream not today e.b.'s totally captive to the corporations that it should be regulated and the incentive terminal was really to bring the worst record but only the tabor the kidney failure jets which is why sri lanka drowned out which is why after the cases of around saying we don't phase it out in three years it's the public the sand the democracy and it's all the biodiversity of the word against one criminal corporation which now is owned by

a buyer so it'll be interesting to see how this story unfolds and it's really good to remember why i was part of my department that went through the nuremberg trial that's. the number of people killed in last week's earthquake in indonesia has risen to three hundred eighty seven the air force has delivered ninety tons of aid to the badly hit island of lombok food medicine tents and blankets have been given to residents in affected areas almost three hundred ninety thousand people about ten percent of the population are homeless or displaced. hundreds of people have been injured or to remain in police used tear gas and water cannon at and t. government to rally in the capital because rest. of the. thousands of romanians including many experts were calling for the government to resign many had traveled from other parts of europe to attend the protests against the governing social democrats they blame the party for corruption and the lack of opportunities. iran's

government says it's suing the united states over sanctions that target the sale and export of hand-woven persian rugs buster alone tehran sold one hundred twenty six million dollars worth of persian rugs to the american market weaver say it's not just the attempt to block an important revenue stream but it's also an attack on a rainy and culture same bus ravi reports though from karachi. in 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 to their mind that this is what my parents did to my grandparents who are doing so i learnt from them and now i'm in this career i love this when i'm not leaving i feel as if i'm like the carpet is just like a child to me i love it because this is an original passion art for the women in this workshop are artist employees they take 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 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 but then you

have a you know 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 and then the. 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 gardens of having iranians say the latest sanctions are an attack on the very fabric of iranian identity and an attempt by america to make trouble in paradise zain. carriage.

lebanon is considering legalizing the cultivation of exportation of marijuana for medical purposes to help revive the economy it may take months before it comes to a vote in parliament and this isn't the first time the idea of capitalizing on the underground hashish market has been floated. in beirut it's illegal but cannabis is planted almost everywhere in lebanon's northern because region in recent years the government stop destroying the crops because it couldn't provide the impoverished population with alternatives now it is considering legalizing cultivation for medical use but some farmers are concerned it could cut profits. the high supply means it's now very cheap so if they are lies the cultivation its will have no value we have been asking to legalize the trade for twenty years and they were against it and now they want to do this to gain political support from

the people who are fed up with the politicians. it's a multimillion dollar industry which an international consulting firm says could help lebannon struggling economy it would first have to introduce new seedlings that have medical properties a draft bill has been proposed in parliament proponent say the people of the region will benefit. a proposal to help farmers they have been the victims they can't openly sell it because it's illegal so dealers benefit by imposing a price on the farmers selling the product for higher prices and those dealers have political cover if. it's not the first time the idea has been put forward and it may take months before parliament votes on the bill. the farmers say they have little choice but to grow cannabis in order to survive people are poor and there are little economic opportunities they blame the authorities for neglecting their area the livelihoods of tens of thousands depend on this trade which is controlled

by the region's powerful families growing cannabis is cheap and alternative crops can't survive the harsh climate here that is one reason why attempts to eradicate the cultivation after the civil war in the one nine hundred ninety s. failed there are those who believe the government should support this industry. today you have. been all. so it's very important for to cultivate such amounts of plant where you can get more than forty projects. you can just get out of that. it's out of that the united nations says lebanon is one of the largest producers and exporters of cannabis in the world politicians now want to cash in on this lucrative underground market but in a country known for corruption some question the government's ability to control and regulate the trade center. northern because lebannon. you know as as far.

building barriers to try to contain a slow moving fire in southern california more than twenty one thousand people are being told to leave their homes a state of emergency has been declared police have arrested and charged a fifty one year old man for deliberately starting the so-called holy fire in lake law. a search for mergence been declared in the u.s. city of charlottesville as well ahead of the anniversary of a white supremacist protest that turned deadly a year on the city's still deeply scarred by what happened the unite the right to rally and as more. 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 nationalist support 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 heather higher was killed i'm training the next

generation of activist advocates in our eyes in the years since susan boyle established a foundation in her daughter's name and remains committed to fighting racial intolerance a 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 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 the white supremacy is here and it's been here for a long time most of the reporters at charlottesville zoo local newspaper covered last year's events night at a to 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

charlottesville virginia. and you can follow all of the stories that we're covering here on al-jazeera by log onto our web site at al-jazeera dot com that ongoing situation in turkey and the u.s. we'll we'll continue to follow. you watching algis their arms the whole robin these are all top news stories turkey's president has written an opinion piece in the new york times warning that the u.s. must respect turkey sovereignty or their partnership could be in jeopardy president said his country will seek new friends and allies if the united states continues to pressure its economy u.s. president donald trump announced this week that he would double steel an element in tariffs on turkey a u.n. delegation arrived in gars or a short time ago for meetings with hamas officials there expected to discuss a ceasefire proposal at least three palestinians are being killed by israeli forces

during the twentieth friday of protest at the gaza border one of the people killed was a medic who was attending to the injured russian forces in syria say they've shot down to rebel drones they say defenses were deployed at the himym and base in the taqiyya province no casualties or damage was reported it follows a syrian state television report that an israeli drone was also shot down near damascus the syrian army is also threatening a major assault on it led to the last remaining rebel held province dozens of civilians have been killed by intensifying strikes the bombing targeted parts of it live and spilled over into areas of western aleppo leaflets have been dropped warning people to accept government rule. jordan has confirmed an imposed improvised explosive device was used in friday's attack at face the ministry of interior said the homemade bomb was planted at the spot where the security bus was shuttled to park the unit was guarding an annual cultural festival in the city the

attack left one officer dead and six others injured. the number of people killed in last week's earthquake in indonesia has risen to three hundred eighty seven the air force has to live it ninety tons of aid to the badly at island of lombok food medicine tents and blankets will be given out to residents of affected areas almost three hundred ninety thousand people about ten percent of labatt's population and are homeless or displaced. the jury in the us has chemical john monsanto to pay two hundred eighty nine million dollars to a school grounds keeper is the first of all sued to go on trial alleging a life link to cancer the case could pave the way for thousands of other similar cases that was the news to stay with us here on al-jazeera.

dozens of children are killed in air strikes in yemen that i made the outrage and calls for investigations broader questions of what is the international community's role in this war and what can be done to stop it this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm hooked up to how yemen is routinely called the world's worst humanitarian crisis but sometimes an individual event can bring that face talk lee into focus that's what happened on thursday when a series of airstrikes in the norden province of sada killed dozens of people most of them school.