hey at gaza's only commercial crossing with israel the stop for example will fill up with goods across the border before returning into gaza we understand around eight hundred trucks are expected to pass the border today. now we understand that a lot of pressure came on israel as well from israeli businesses that contract out gaza workers inside gaza or in for example the textile industry that kind of pressure being put on the israeli government because those businesses were concerned that those goods were not coming out we understand that the exports of goods from gaza could well starts tomorrow but of course this kind of movement at the crossings here this crossing being opened is all dependent on staying open his old dependence on the relative calm between hamas and israel continuing. goods coming in including vital construction materials petrol gas and vegetables and clothing but i learned serco are probably our people where the stores were closed

transport was stopped people have been really suffering and thank god things have calmed down now in gaza a bit on the trucks can start moving across the border again when i figure we're going to. israel has also increased the area in which fishermen can work could see from three to six in a school miles off the northern half of gaza and from three to nine nautical miles in the south. it's not enough we need to see to be completely six and nine or tickle miles is not enough there's just no fish left in the sea we need israel to increases according to international seaboard. of the me of time they are so as you heard there the gaza fisherman saying these easing of restrictions on the area in which they can operate and nowhere near enough they say they literally are the stocks of fish in this area any more bear in mind around fifty thousand families here in gaza rely on the fishing industry in some way the israeli navy

have killed thirteen fishermen since the blockade started almost twelve years ago meanwhile those negotiations in cairo continue the hamas delegation over there along with delegations from the other armed factions from gaza in a desperate bid to try and forge some last thing truce between hamas and israel. oh plenty more on this news hour including aid workers facing a new threat as they try to contain an ebola outbreak in the democratic republic of congo. money. you heard this from the last disappeared without trace the search for the truth behind missing syrian activists . and later in sport the tennis player who was losing his grip on the situation at the cincinnati mosque.

told us that i have a first the man who drove a car into burying the u.k.'s parliament has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder twenty nine year old was initially detained under terrorism offenses police confirmed reports the suspect is a british citizen originally from sudan three people were injured in the incident. of fighting in the eastern democratic republic of congo is hindering efforts to stop and ebola outbreak the world health organization says aid workers haven't been able to reach some areas where armed groups are present. on a recent trip to man gina in eastern democratic republic of congo the director general of the world health organization had a chance to see for himself how much work still needed to be done to end the above the crisis the latest outbreak began on august first and stands at fifty seven confirmed or suspected cases with forty one deaths back in geneva he didn't mince his words active complete the challenge. and the red zones

which are accessible and of course you know addition to that the high population density of population movement. the conflict is hindering vaccination efforts the disease could infect everyone regardless of what side they're on. we call on the warring parties for suspicion of hostilities because the virus is dangerous. it doesn't choose between this group or that group the august first outbreak was declared in one gene in north kivu province but officials on tuesday said it had since spread to the neighboring it to re province north kivu is densely populated with more than one million displaced people this is its tenth break the w.h.o. is clear without a ceasefire the disease will spread whether a cease fire can be achieved with or without international help is unlikely the

democratic republic of congo has been in conflict for much of the past two decades the d.l.c. is rich in minerals or says some twenty four trillion dollars according to financial analysts i. conflict has meant the country has stalled in development and low literacy rates mean that the w.h.o. is message on above the prevention has had limited success and long car which is a. safe. regional director for emergencies at the world health organization he joins us now via skype from thanks very much for being with us so how bad could this get then if if these groups are not teaching that the warnings about the spread of ebola and the need to get to these areas. thank you very much i just came back from not cuba and i was able to use the horse port monkey you know benny

so i think it's important for everybody to understand that we need to have access to or areas where we live investigation so far where you have contact and cases you have access to this on but we are not getting our lead from that area where you have groups to support them dearly to make sure that we can have access into some of the population to get that i left and it suspected case you can have it is a red zones is it important for the response and if you're able to secure an area like this what what what sort of process is involved what what what happens after that in terms of making sure that the virus doesn't spread i think in time welcome to in years months important for our teams to interact with the population first for prevention because prevention is the first action and also preparedness to make sure that the health for safety of the health workers is there they have. what they need to protect the populations really important to be

productive look to wait for cases to you know spread the ribs on to stop walking like it's important to be a. prevention or preparedness. and what about the democratic republic of congo's neighbors in the region where do they fit into to all of this and what can they be doing what are they not doing perhaps to contain the spread of the bones affected earlier is very close to uganda or on up so we started working with roland uganda since the first break so what we are doing is putting our force what we start to resent make sure that at this last you know cross border someone was ready for a big response and they have the law passed it to conform any suspected cases this is going very well so far with the two countries continued what we somehow or other countries neighboring your congo. our talk quite a bit about these armed groups and rebel groups but what what about the governments

in this region to what extent are they. working to to prevent the outbreak of ebola there in front of the first responders from the government side that they're shown partner coming to provide additional support so most of the people deployed in this area from the government side they're using both looked at her for workers or the and spectrum was a vision including from the most remote site so we are course working together to stop this arm and just to remind people what what are the same terms that you look for. in the spread of ebola i think the first thing you look at it was really the fever and you can have all kind of sentiment linked to a wall or less volatile like bleeding but you start to show you don't have this building can be like a fever like diseases in portland really you have the to be able is the

local authority to conform if it will or not. and how does the current spread of ebola how does it compare with previous years because as we've been saying this is this is broken at several times we were number eight was very much in the headlines just a just a few years ago back in twenty thirteen and twenty fourteen how does this compare to the fact that i think countries are the international community more people have to respond to this type of evil because if you compare with twenty four to twenty six in west africa let's come to a little prepared to respond to because the first time in beer can well across the country since that time we continued to work with on preparedness making shows are very good i said the couple is they got to the international her for regulation in terms of capacity to prevent the technical response to our break so we continue to work with them to build capacity or lower the level of our list and county level is

much more back to the congress to the internet server for leadership is better and that therefore it's more people. will respond to that with our brick but any suggestion that you need comes the specific context the specific challenges that our response in close call or actually is government departments so say for get to speak with you thank you so much. now india's prime minister has revealed what is being billed as the world's largest government funded health scheme that under modi says it will cover around half a billion people but as andrew thomas reports now from goa harty there are concerns that existing facilities won't be able to handle the rising demand. india's prime minister narendra modi doesn't call it modi care but everybody else does his ambitious national health protection scheme will be the centerpiece of his reelection campaign. the poor of the country will not have to struggle when they

fall sick they will not have to borrow from money lenders families will not be destroyed. the scheme is due to start in late september and will become the largest publicly funded health service in the world in effect the government will pay the premiums for health insurance for one hundred million indian families each will get a policy that covers their medical costs up to the equivalent of about seven thousand dollars a year. at the moment only the well off have access to insurance to pay for treatment in a private hospital like this. i'm lucky i don't have insurance but i can afford it my husband has a good job we own our own house. the new program will cover the poor half of india's population the private hospitals the scheme should see a big boost in business but there is concern they'll be overwhelmed by demand india spends just one point five percent of its g.d.p. on health care compared to a global average of six percent facilities and staffing levels in the health sector

of poor but that doctors is changing on target guarding the human resources but i think we continue our for people in europe our health you know our personal health sector. some have accused of caring more for his hindu base than the other ethnic groups or india's poorest with health care for rule he's trying to change that image if it's a success it would be a big achievement and littleness al-jazeera. around two million people in yemen are living with some type of disability and the international red cross estimates six thousand people have lost a limb or suffered some other severe injury since the war began in two thousand and fifteen even though there are laws that protect the rights of the disabled the war is making it difficult to enforce them mohammed atta reports from neighboring djibouti. physically disabled muhammad would be the yemenis struggling to survive

the war in his country. with a proper job he provides for his wife and two children selling secondhand clothes in these tiniest hole in the cup with. conditions before the war were better after the war prices skyrocketed in the past people used to buy from me without any concern now prices are astronomical i sell for a slim margin people hardly buy and if they buy a bargain a lot. for yemenis with disabilities like mohammed the visit options calls by years of conflict between government forces and rebels and an all out war since two thousand and fifteen have been could is this suffering and put many out of drops in schools and as the war grinds on their numbers to a crusie according to the international red cross an estimated six thousand people have lost a limb or suffered some other sivia injury in the conflict yet few have access to

health care and we have believed. the monsanto for people with special needs is just one of few such facilities still operational and some. it cares for those with speech does orders and other disability before the war the center through to one thousand two hundred people in now serves just seven hundred one hundred four we once had five branches across and we also covered many of the of a provinces regretfully with the war to close down for them for fear of the falling missiles and lack of funds we've considered closing in months and many times since the beginning unfortunately the threat of closure is always here with. a man sent to once boasted a division that told that is a bow people skills such as painting tailoring and carpentry. i completed my study and joined the tailoring section after that i also joined the

sports class despite the house life conditions and the saudi missiles falling on our heads we're still surviving in the human heart leaped. in what is already one of the poorest countries. world an acute shortage of basic needs such as food and medicine has led many families not to pay attention to the education that rehabilitation. children it is not trying to fill the void in the. public service sector but many still need help. from a dog. djibouti. time for a look at the weather now his kevin that's right we have a lot of weather to talk about here across united states where we're looking at some above average rain that has been falling not just this past week but really over the rest of the summer because we have looking at of stalled pattern that has really been instigating a lot of this moisture appeared from the south we have an air of low pressure here across the central areas and over here

a high pressure in the atlantic that really drives that moisture to the north and i want to show you some video that has come out of the region we have seen flooding in parts of new jersey new york looking like this where streets streams as well as flash flooding mudslides have been occurring across much of the area this is been going on for the last several weeks many of these cities are well above average in terms of how much they have received in rain just this year this is what's been happening here in parts of pennsylvania streets are flooded many homes are damaged and also many homes are now inhabitable across this area i want to show you the forecast we are seeing a little bit of a break over the next day across the area in terms of rain for that region but take a look what happens we are going to see more rain coming up over the next few days in terms of the weekend more rain coming out of the southwest we are going to see more moisture camille's southwest those storms are moving out of the central parts of the states temperatures are still well above average in that area so very hot for humid and very wet for many parts. still ahead on al jazeera

accusations and recriminations police in chile raid offices belonging to catholic church leaders over abuse claims. cause god allowed to let brazil's jailed former president lula run for the top job again. and in sport how a medical center in australia is stocking up on brains to research the effects of concussion in rugby and boxing.

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again you're watching al-jazeera reminder of our top stories is to use italy's transport minister says maintenance was not completed as it should have been on the bridge that collapsed in general denny low nearly has ordered a check of major infrastructure across the country is also demanded document all documentation of the company that oversees the bridges maintenance death toll has reached thirty eight. blasted an education center in afghan afghanistan's capital has killed at least twenty five people a suicide bomber blew himself up at the building in the mainly shiite area of west kabul no one has claimed responsibility and israel has reopened the only commercial crossing into gaza. was closed on july ninth during heightened tensions between israelis and palestinians the defense minister says close fuel and construction material will be allowed in. ruling party is trying to get

the opposition's challenge to last month's election result thrown out president. zanu p.f. party submitted paperwork on wednesday they want to court to reject the petition filed by the opposition m.d.c. alliance last week accuses of rigging the presidential vote. as the latest from harare. the opposition m.d.c. alliance has three days to respond sunny have officials say the opposition has no case and they want the inauguration to happen as soon as possible so what's going to happen next the judges will meet they could either stay in. the election and he has to be sworn into office within forty eight hours they could order a recount or they could order a free selection which has to take place within sixty days the native officials say the opposition case has no merit there is no sound argument. to challenge the electoral vote. use normal legal grounds to challenge

one is not complied with the typical rules of the court and secondly the case is normal there is another court case happening tonight bt a senior official in the m.d.c. alliance is appearing in court he was arrested last week in charged with public violence and breaking the electoral law in terms of electoral law it's there that he gave a press conference where he told the media that nelson chamisa than the main opposition leader had won the election and is involved in law only the electoral commission can announce results in terms of public violence escalates on the sixth of august he told opposition supporters to take to the streets burn cars destroy property in harare an allegation he denies the main opposition leader nelson chamisa says these charges are politically motivated sorry piers has said that they insist he was in the wrong we have no idea how long his court appearance or his trial is going to last at least twenty two children heading to school in sudan who died after their boat sank or crossing the river the accident happened in a small town around seven hundred fifty kilometers north of the capital hard to

state news agency says the boat was carrying more than forty people here engine failed in strong currents a new report is accusing more than three hundred catholic priests in the u.s. state of pennsylvania of sexual abuse it details allegations of assaults on children by those it calls predator priests and it predicts the victims could number in the thousands crystal salumi reports. 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 of the state of pennsylvania took two years to compile as many victims have been waiting decades for their voices to be heard and their pain to be acknowledged sean daugherty 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. harm to justice and we made 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 it sins christian salumi al-jazeera harrisburg and in kill a police have raided the offices of catholic church leaders there they're looking for documents to support allegations of widespread sexual abuse by the clergy prosecutors are investigating thirty eight cases involving more than two hundred

seventy alleged victims mostly children latin america and tennessee newman is in santiago the raid on the headquarters of the catholic church here in santiago is just the latest in a wide ranging prole searching for evidence against not only members of the clergy but of cover ups by the by bishops and even by cardinals we're talking about two cardinals including cardinal really got a lot of it is saturday who is the archbishop of santiago he has been summoned to testify next week before a port where he has to go as a defendant he denies any wrongdoing but at least one hundred and thirty eight members of the church are being investigated covering more than two hundred and fifty alleged victims ranging will are going back rather for many many decades this is the largest investigation of this type in latin america and certainly in chile

which until now until all of that was a staunchly catholic country francis has had to apologize and ask for forgiveness he says for having not only not done enough before having actually ignored but the claims by the victims for years and years and in fact in january saying that they will quote slander. the fraud trial involving u.s. president donald trump's former campaign manager is expected to wrap up in the next few hours paul man of ford is accused of tax evasion and lying to obtain bank loans prosecution and defense are both due to give their closing arguments soon the case was brought by special counsel robert muller who is investigating possible collusion between russia and trump's presidential campaign political hain is joins us from outside the courthouse in alexandria virginia now this does not involve a president trump himself or anyone in his administration but just remind us of how this is connected to the overall investigation into possible russian collusion and

the case that robert mueller is is involved in right now. exactly right and even the judge told the prosecutor and the defense attorneys i don't want to hear the word russia and it did not come up paul metaphor is being investigated and being tried because of his connections to lobbying in ukraine for the former ukrainian president but this really hasn't been about the campaign this is you mentioned is about paul mann a fourth who was trying to campaign manager for a brief amount of time but he is facing those charges of tax evasion and bank fraud and basically prosecutors have had to have been able to present a pretty strong case first they went through his very lavish lifestyle they showed his houses in new york and virginia and florida they detail the fifteen thousand dollar coat that he bought made of ostrog feathers the two million dollars he spent in one year on cable and television equipment so then the judge told the

prosecutors ok it's not a crime to be rich get on with it so the trial moved along faster than anybody expected but they were able to present testimony the prosecution of brick gates that was metaphor its former partner he flipped on metaphor and he basically testified that yes they knew it was wrong to hide their money in overseas bank accounts they knew they were lying to the tax collectors they knew they were line and bank forms and the defense man of course lawyers didn't present a case they didn't present their own defense they basically are hoping they were able to make a way i gave his credibility on the stand because on the stand he admitted that he embezzled from man to fort in order to pay for an affair extramarital affair he was conducting in london so that's basically the entire case right now from the prosecution to the defense rests on how the jury thought gates did on the stand and one of the possible scenarios here i mean if manna forty's he's found guilty because what was it the hope that he would eventually flip as you say.

you know if people are going to flip they tend to do it before they get to this phase in the trial it's not at all clear that robert muller offered him a plea deal in any way shape or form perhaps things he doesn't need men to for because again he has rick gates who actually was with the campaign much longer so what's going to happen now is the closing arguments have just gotten underway the each side's going to get two hours for that then basically the judge is going to give the jury instructions and they're going to go back and they're going to figure out paul metaphor its fate now we're not sure if that's going to happen today or tomorrow or how long it's going to take if he is found guilty he's basically going to spend the rest of his life in prison if he's found not guilty well he's not in the clear just yet he's facing another trial on similar charges in washington d.c. that's going to start in next month and that is when we expect more evidence about potential russian collusion will be presented. in life which there in alexandria virginia. our thousands of brazilians are planning

a mass rally to demand their choice a presidential candidate to be allowed to run former leader. lula da silva is serving a twelve year prison sentence for corruption daniel reports. it was here in the arid 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 now it's called there is no confidence in the electoral process brazilians don't trust politicians especially with all these corruption probe so i don't see anyone talking about the elections. as popularly known is still ahead in the opinion polls his supporters believe he is 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 he can save them again and lula you know there is no other option. he's a political prisoner he wasn't condemned there is no proof against him and he was arrested for good and. it's unlikely however that the will be able to stand up to this 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 but 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. his support is growing especially in senses far from brasilia in the wealth of sao paolo and rio. in 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 the ballot despite voting being obligatory. 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 they have the solutions to brazil's many problems. and there are. hundreds of people have disappeared during syria's ongoing conflict rights activists. is one of them she was abducted in two thousand and thirteen from her office near damascus whereabouts remain a mystery reports from beirut mining. is from

the last. the hostages. the area. from. 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 and now somehow maddy were taken at gunpoint from their office in duma 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. islam was not the only faction in duma at 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. twenty was a very familiar face.