so i don't pull or the. letter bore like a gimmick that i'm actually a police innocent and not just on the eve of the elections even if it is order september by that and the elections are held this benefit does not lend going to the beneficiaries you know that if it gets any of that a third measure updates at least we'll just stop you simply meant things to get the prime minister yesterday but the actions you that i don't think what he says step i think is just not usable. the afghan military has made significant gains against the taliban in ghastly city the assault began on friday and at least four hundred people have been killed a quarter of them civilians there still fighting on the outskirts of the city which lies one hundred fifty kilometers south of the capital kabul is shelob alice. after six days of a taliban siege on the afghan city of gosney residents emerge from their homes they bring brooms and shovels and anger says part of the reason the government has not

paid attention to the people here and as you can see most of the markets have burned down in the city. if the government is brave and powerful they should listen to the people and answer for this. population of two hundred seventy thousand people found themselves in the middle of the war with the taliban on friday they survived by sheltering in their homes rationing food and water without power or communications or quarter for the stars and the. reason we don't want anything from the government now they should have taken control of this before it happened there aren't even firefighters and other committed. hundreds of people were killed tell about fighters soldiers police and civilians residents say some died in government strikes too dangerous to move bodies most of the streets for days the red cross moved some to a hospital inside space and resources a rush and between hundreds of soldiers and civilians the red cross very few body

bags and medicine to its doctors despite a direct threat from the taliban. after four consecutive days of the government prematurely declaring victory over the taliban and seen reinforcements on monday the extra troops swung the battle the afghan military requesting just two u.s. airstrikes on tuesday compared to thirty two in the days prior to the accuracy. afghan security forces strongly resisted and fought the taliban with high morale in different parts of the city and defended their people and country due to heavy clashes the enemy suffered a lot of casualties. on the waterfront important lies just one hundred fifty kilometers from kabul on the main motorway south take gosney and you save a kabul from the southern provinces of the military pushed up the taliban this time the fight has remained in the surrounding villages and in the middle the people of

gosney ballasts al-jazeera. still to come here on al-jazeera making ends meet how the war in yemen is hurting those with physical disabilities. and goals grow louder to the brazil's jailed former president lula run for the top job one more time. hello dan good to have you back well this hour we are going to start here across parts of north asia we have seen a tropical storm making its way across parts of q shu now that storm is going to be deteriorating over the next few days still some heavy rain coming out of the system making its way across the sea of japan but for japan mostly rainy conditions all the way from the north down here towards the south tokyo a rainy day for you at about thirty one degrees there on thursday on friday we do start to see things getting

a little bit better expression here towards the north but still cloudy across much of the south we are watching two particular tropical storms here affecting parts of china first of all down here towards the south this system really has been quite a radical for the last couple of days now we think we're going to see more of a wesley each directory this storm over the next few days from thursday to friday is going to become still a very very heavy rain maker bring flooding conditions across much of the region and then as we make our way towards friday that is when we are going to be seeing some flooding rains across parts of vietnam up to the auto shanghai on friday rain few is going to be quite extensive as well and then down here across much of the south we have to be seen dry conditions across jakarta attempt a few of about thirty three degrees and up here towards coaching partly cloudy conditions but temperatures of thirty three. some during these are tougher than others. but this is through.

the continent the struck there it stings your. allergies you know whom follows the moroccan truck drivers in danger of their life. just to be committing if you drive that might break your liver or even kill you because of the group isn't only for. the magazine to come on now just zero. welcome back you're with al-jazeera live from doha these are your headlines the italian transport minister says maintenance was not completed as it should have been on the bridge that collapsed in genoa on an early has ordered

a check of major infrastructures across the country he's also demanded all documentation from the company that oversees the bridges maintenance rescue teams pull thirty seven bodies from the rubble. israel has reopened the only commercial crossing into gaza because. it was crossed closed on july the ninth during heightened tensions between israelis and palestinians the defense minister says clothing fuel and construction material can now enter. india's prime minister has revealed what's being billed as the world's largest government funded health scheme narendra modi says it will cover around half a billion poor people he made the announcement during independence day celebrations in new delhi critics say the government can't afford it. turkey has upped the ante in its continuing dispute with the us it has severely increased tariffs on some u.s. imports and is calling for a boycott of american electronic goods and that the government says that's in retaliation to what it's calling a deliberate economic attack the lira has fallen by more than forty five percent

against the dollar since the beginning of this year the turkish president mr erdogan is now targeting cars where tariffs have been raised to one hundred twenty percent he's also raised the charges against alcoholic drinks to one hundred forty percent and tobacco is also in the crosshairs even though the most popular brands in turkey are from the u.s. they'll be subject to a surcharge of sixty percent tariffs on cosmic. rice and cole will be doubled. his life for us in istanbul is this a difficult proposition for mr cinema because if he carries on this road he makes borrowing a lot more expensive for turks and pushes up the cost of living when the currency is going in the wrong direction. well in a way yes you are right but however. when you consider the diplomatic relations between two countries these are considered as more diplomatic and symbolic responses as

a retaliation. to the other remember the united states impose tariffs on turkey's steel and he didn't want to stay unconditional and today the vice president stated that this decision of increasing the tariffs was. reciprocal basis which which means as a response to american and american tariffs that are implemented on the turkish probe that's of course these kinds of moves have some impact on the on the citizens as well and the turkish lira began its slide almost ten days ago and it had a very harsh freefall actually close almost forty five percent as you said but these kinds of moves also give psychological support to the citizens as well so that it's means ancora has some poverty to respond against the economics. pressure of the united states but however today a presidential spokesperson had

a speech they almost an hour an hour ago he said that turkey is not on the side of waging an economic war two and a one as long as this economy is not targeted on purpose and he said that the idea through the nations between turkey and america can be recovered if the united states respect the judiciary in turkey actually here the tension begin between the two when. turkey arrested american pastor andrew bronson following the failed coup in two thousand and sixteen and recently president trump asked for the release of pastor bronson who is prison currently on terrorism charges and turkey said a judicial process isn't going. to put him under house arrest and trump said it's not enough you have to free him so this was the main tension and respect for its judiciary but we are hearing some signals to better the relations between the two

also the central banks squeezing liquidity to the markets was one of the reasons for the turkish recovery today and i can say that the markets and people are more optimistic compared to a couple of days ago and a stumble thank you a new report is accusing more than three hundred catholic priests in the u.s. state of pennsylvania of sexual abuse details allegations of assaults on children by those described as predator priests over a period of seventeen years has christensen. the accusations are stunning in scale more than one thousand victims of more than three hundred roman catholic priests for decades they escaped justice because of a systematic cover up that included high ranking church officials and allegedly went all the way to the vatican. priests were raped raping little boys and girls and the men of god who were responsible for them not only did nothing they should at all for decades. the landmark report compiled by

a secret grand jury in the state of pennsylvania took two years to compile many victims have been waiting decades for their voices to be heard and their pain to be acknowledged sean dougherty says he was abused as a child by a priest at his school whom other children had complained about you know the school protect them and allowed man three of my friends and i was very dear to help pakis belongings in the rectory pack up the car and go to the new parish and the new school and spend the first night in the new rectory with them and he was being transferred for sexually abusing two brothers two priests have been charged and one has already pleaded guilty to molesting a seven year old boy as a result of the investigation many of the crimes outlined in the report however took place too long ago to be criminally prosecuted. the report places significant blame on a former bishop of the diocese of pittsburgh cardinal donald wuerl for what it describes as his role in covering up abuse worl now the head of the archdiocese of

washington d.c. responded in a written statement saying that he acted with diligence with concern for the victims and to prevent future abuse in july pope francis accepted the resignation of archbishop theodore mccarrick from the college of cardinals one of the church's most powerful bodies amid allegations of molestation and sexual misconduct i believe the bishops if they give us the opportunity. forms of justice mean an apology isn't enough for sean daugherty and other victims who are calling on lawmakers to change the statute of limitations and force the catholic church to finally pay for its sins kristen salumi al-jazeera harrisburg. zimbabwe's governing party is trying to get the opposition's challenge to last month's election results thrown out president emerson and god was a party submitted the paperwork on weapons day they want the court to reject the petition filed by the opposition m.d.c.

alliance last week its leader nelson chamisa accuses. of rigging the presidential vote many people have disappeared during syria's ongoing conflict human rights activist resins it to me is one of those people now she was abducted in december twenty third teen from her office near damascus whereabouts are still a mystery in a harder as that story from beirut my me is the more you are from the hostages. as the hostages. the area has from there. the video was released just a few days before any one of the most prominent opposition activists disappeared horse and she along with her husband. and two other colleagues to meet one hundred and now somehow maddy were taken at gunpoint from their office on december ninth two thousand and thirteen the town was surrounded by government forces but it was under the control of the opposition. the most powerful group at the time denies any

involvement or knowledge of the kidnap. was not the only faction in the time there was in the entire region forces from the martyrs of the forces of the what are rising the stomach union of the levant and even then the store front where president. i. visited today was a very familiar face at the start of the uprising she was wanted by the syrian government for her role in peaceful protests calling for the downfall of the regime . her center kept track of atrocities but not just those committed by the government. her friends say saw her as a threat she promoted a civil administration and the secular state which weren't in line with the group's ideology. the violations documentation center in syria are sure the army

of islam kidnapped them we have proof that rosen was in their jails and under their direct supervision this was until the beginning of twenty seventeen as we were able to trace her movements regrettably after the beginning of twenty seventeen information was cut off and we have no knowledge about resigned. the group was forced to surrender do much to the government earlier this year before leaving it released detainees from the tubby prison witnesses say resin and her colleagues were held there they haven't been found both the government and on a lesser scale the rebels have been accused of cracking down on the opposition. thousand people have went. by the syrian government more than a thousand people are still waiting. for it hundreds of people who were abducted and when. there is little hope that prison and her colleagues will still be alive there is a long list of peaceful activists fighting for democracy and human rights whose voices have been silenced by those in power. beirut

thousands of brazilians are planning a mass rally to demand their choice a presidential candidate be allowed to run the former leader of the lease enough. to serve in a twelve year prison sentence for corruption. it was here in the northeast of brazil. enjoyed strong supporters president with his social programs that helped alleviate poverty his imprisonment earlier this year for corruption as part of the huge car wash scandal has left many voters disillusioned with their politicians and cynical about the political process. there is no confidence in the electoral process brazilians don't trust politicians especially with all these corruption probes i don't see anyone talking about the elections. is still ahead in the opinion polls his supporters believe he's innocent and the country struggling to emerge from this session they remember that between two

thousand and three and two thousand and ten the store a booming economy and they believe you can save them again. there is no other option. he's a political prisoner he wasn't condemned there is no proof against him. he was arrested for good and. it's unlikely however that lula will be able to stand up since has created a political void it's never been easy to represent a country so huge so ethnically diverse so rich and yet so poor that really have brazil's politicians involved in a huge corruption scandal often hiding in distant brasilia been so unrepresentative of the brazilian electorate. tapping into that disillusionment is the anti-establishment white we military man jay ableson are all his supporters growing especially in senses far from brasilia in the wealth of cell paolo in rio because of out of the delegates to come in when we talk about candidates we are hold people

in general don't trust any of the candidates however i have kind of decided my candidate is going to be both so narrow. however opinion polls suggest that more than half the brazilian electorate don't know who to vote for or don't like any of the choices on offer and won't cost a ballot despite voting being obligatory by the cup i think brazil is heading towards complete chaos that is my impression politicians are not governing it's a complete mess the same politicians are now faced with the challenge of convincing a disparate electorate in a country of more than two hundred million inhabitants that they have the solutions to brazil's many problems. shriner al-jazeera brasilia. this is al-jazeera these are your headlines the italian transport minister says maintenance was not completed as it should have been on the bridge that collapsed

in genoa the nilo town in nearly as order the check of major infrastructures across the country has also demanded all documentation from the company that oversees the bridges and maintenance rescue teams a full thirty seven bodies from the rubble quest. maintenance to the bridge has not been out to taken as it should have it is extraordinary that this could lead to the blockage of such an important port as genoa we are studying a support proposal at the moment which will allow us to get people out of genoa and also a reconstruction project for the bridge israel has reopened the only commercial crossing into gaza because abu salim was closed on july the ninth during heightened tensions between israelis and palestinians the defense minister says closing fuel and construction material can now crossover india's prime minister has revealed what's being billed as the world's largest government funded health scheme and

their own road he says it will cover around half a billion poor people critics say the government cannot afford it. there is good good good the poor of the country will not have to struggle. they will not have to borrow from money lenders families will not be destroyed. turkey has upped the ante and is continuing dispute with the united states it has severely increased the tariffs on some u.s. imports and is calling for a boycott of american electronic goods the government says is in retaliation for what it calls a deliberate economic attack zimbabwe's governing party is trying to get the opposition's challenge to last month's election results thrown out the president. p.f. submitted the paperwork on weapons day they want the court to reject the petition filed by the opposition m.d.c. alliance last week its leader nelson chamisa accuses men and god of rigging the presidential vote those are your headlines the news continues after inside story i

will see you very soon. turkey crisis its currency has hit a record low the markets are nervous president there don't want to use outsiders of mounting an economic war but who's to blame and what are the implications at home and abroad this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program. the turkish lira is facing an unprecedented crash

it has lost more than forty percent of its value against the dollar in recent days and its meltdown is rattling global markets turkey central bank has stepped in with measures it hopes will reassure turks and financial markets and the finance ministry says it has an action plan in place turkish president reza type everyone blames the crisis on what he calls economic terrorists but he's been criticized for his influence over the economy from istanbul simcoe solo reports walking through a business street to people take nervous glances at the foreign exchange screens wondering how much less their money might now be worth. the dollar the prices of up what she wants to buy overrun serb budget and give me a discount or leave. her request it's turned down turkish airways down at least thirty percent against a dollar in ten days this doesn't only hurt the buyers but the sellers too.

including tibet's cartel he has run this shop for at least twenty years how far his products are imported is cost horizon tremendously. stronger more notice and we are almost at stagnation waiting for exchange rates to settle i purchase in dollars so my costs increased forty percent i'll have to reflect this in my prices however exporters are happy with the depreciating. if you see their house owner who has run the silver wholesaler with his brothers for twenty years say's his profits have grown. for the other although i import my products i explored them all we don't have a problem my profit margin is bigger now also we bring foreign exchange to our country but there certainty of worry seventy one the finance minister says it has an action plan to help ease the markets concern and turkey central bank has pledged to

provide all the liquidity needed by the banks many economists say the markets the men do you trust to stop the us trouble but present ads on this financial team are totally against that i don't say as this is a speculative attack against still there robbed by foreign countries and might continue. if it does experts fear it could have a spillover effect into europe where turkey's biggest lenders are see time to solo al-jazeera a stumble the financial crisis comes as ties between turkey and the us worsen president erda want to action against american goods days after the us doubled tariffs on turkish steel and aluminum. boycotts american electronic products. all over our photo was so they had the i phone three samsung elsewhere. there are now in country we have a vested. german chancellor angela merkel has called on air to want to respect the

central bank's independence none of us like it's almost a determined perspective is that no one has an interest in techies economic destabilization but everything must be done to ensure that there is an independent central bank that can learn. all right let's bring in our panel joining us an encore a locus articularly director of the encore office of the german marshall fund of the united states and berlin dietrich von couch former german ambassador and permanent representative to the e.u. and in london egg set skin a senior political risk analyst at the firm i.h.s. market welcome to you all of us grow i want to start with you today what can the government of turkey do to stop this slide well i mean they they should do first of all we should maybe look into i this crisis as well even before the

fallout with the united states i could cite six reasons first of a high cost deficits second the private sector adept third political risk at home for geopolitical risks abroad fight for market our friend the economic policy is on that six fix fiscal normalization in the united states some of these that there's nothing that turkey can do about such as the physical normalization in the united states but there's still a lot that turkey can do for market friendly economic policy is decreasing politico diskettes decreasing private sector debt than decreasing the current to const dificid this would require political reforms as well as economic reforms dietrich have any of the efforts by turkey central bank thus far to try and reverse this decline been effective are there see any signs that any of them are working. i think they might get go in the right direction but it would probably be in all

likelihood not be enough because what we are facing is a lack of confidence by investors by international markets in turkey and that has to do with the attitude of the president of rwanda and there is a lack of confidence and they have for the central bank would have from my point of view have to increase interest rate and take really firm measures which might not be very popular with the general public and therefore. the president hesitates to accept that. the markets know this so they're select of confidence and as long as this will stay on it will be very difficult for turkey to recuperate again you heard each of their

talk about the fact that president air to want to has resisted thus far raising interest rates why exactly is that. well for a long time the general consensus in the markets was that when i heard one insisted on his theory that high interest rates result in high inflation rather than the other way around that was largely for the purpose of playing to the crowd sort of speak for for the for the domestic audience however we saw in a meeting recently when dawn came to london to talk to international investors. the president repeated those claims and it was at that point that the markets started understanding that these were things which are gone genuinely believed and i was really a turning point in terms of perceptions of turkey and expectations of policy on there are due on. the president appears to have

a deep seated fundamental opposition to interest and whether that's rooted in his religious beliefs or what it might be. the result is the same turkey has been avoiding. levels of interest which would be dictated by rational economic policy and the result is. the stabilized the turkish lira and rampant inflation and to act now and to follow what the market is saying now means that they have to do even more than what they would have had to do before because it's at this point it's very late and the results are as we can see all right let's take a step back for a moment turkey is one of the fastest growing economies and the sixth largest in europe but it's facing major challenges the inflation rate has reached fifteen percent this year the highest in fourteen years turkey's budget deficit rose by

more than half to thirteen billion dollars in two thousand and seventeen the value of turkey's imports is higher than exports leading to a negative trade balance of almost said. many seven billion dollars last year but on a positive note the economy grew by seven point four percent in the first three months of this year oscar let me ask you how much worse could this now get for turkey i mean could you envision a total financial collapse or meltdown in turkey that is very unlikely because despite all the negative factors turkey's public sector is still strong turkey does have a high international debt but it's coming mainly from the private sector and the public finances are very sound and as a matter of fact among the soundest in europe as so a total financial meltdown is very unlikely at this moment dittrich why specifically is what's happening in turkey affecting emerging markets the way that

it is well but because emerging markets in certain ways in similar situations as turkey is it's a precarious situation you are trying to stimulate economies and there's always the risk that you war beyond rational limits but in turkey this has taken place do you want to the editor or the president therefore there is the risk that others through in order to be affected by the way . we are in europe very much into twined in particular germany with turkey. economy could be and therefore there is also the risk that we buy suffer to a certain extent by far not as much as turkey but to a certain extent we would we expect. at one to visit us in september eleventh

serious discussions we are partners in nato with a pop in the us if you have a customs you and you between the e.u. and turkey we have we have three million turks. popley but the turkish nation in the pot the with the property with both living in germany working here we have a vital interest in stable in the state of turkey and the trickle down relations are to enter by the interests of starting interruptus just that since you're bringing up the ties between turkey and germany that leads me to a follow up question for you because on monday german chancellor angela merkel said that they want to make sure that you know that the central bank in turkey has its independence she said nobody has an interest in economically stabilization in turkey and everything must be done to ensure an independent yet central bank so my

question for you is would germany be in a position to help now in some way. well i don't know we will give him. on the advice that our stability our arising out of the ashes of world war two was largely due or saw due to not only our efforts and support and free trade and so forth but also that me very run by in our monetary policy by an independent central bank and also the european central bank has the insisted on that is independent no central bank that cannot act independently can pursue rational and reasonable monetary policies and if everyone doesn't understand this it may be almost hopeless to help turkey but if he should decide to.