the bridge collapsed on tuesday the driver of this truck managed to stop just meters from the edge others were not so lucky. in difficult conditions emergency workers continue to search for survivors we have the pieces of the of the bridge collapse in and now we're using big cranes to move. big pieces and to try to enter the rubbles again search for the beatles release on letting anyone who's not involved in this rescue operation to go down this road to pay warfare fact he waited hundreds of people who were living in the area because there are still concerns over the safety of the bridge and whether some parts of it may still collapse when they'll be still when i realize the bridge had fallen down like everyone and i felt as if the part of me had vanished it's unclear why the fifty year old bridge collapsed but some people in the city had questioned its safety this former independent senator warned of the risks as recently as two years ago.

learned there were destructor problems with the breach the motorway operator needed to carry out more maintenance but also the transport minister should have been checking after visiting the city italy's prime minister declared a state of emergency and said the motor operator in charge of the bridge was to blame so. these are tragedies which are unacceptable in modern society they shouldn't happen this government will do its utmost to avoid tragedies like this happening in the future we have plans in place to take action against the companies managing the motorways the italian government says it will now inspect the structure of aging bridges and tunnels across the country it's unclear though whether that will be enough to calm fears in a city where people have been deeply shaken. but this twelve month state of emergency how do you get the feeling that this will color their attitude towards

looking after that immediate zone where you are right now but also all those other bridges all those other via docks and motorways the length and breadth of the country. well the state of emergency was actually something requested by regional officials and what that's going to do basically is free up state money to try and help this city of course the bridge will need to be probably not rebuilt because we are probably be demolished but at least another bridge will need to be rebuilt because this is a major artery through the city we also have a situation which you have underwood's of residents that have been evacuated from under the remains of the bridge and all those apartments we're told will also have to be demolished because they're no longer safe there is a risk of the part of the bridges are still standing could actually also collapse so that they from urgency were they will help the city the government's also saying that it's going to try and inspect all the bridges and tunnels across i mean that's

going to be an enormous job how exactly they intend to do that they haven't said but what they have done of course is taken away the license from the motorway operator that was operating. on the bridge and the bridge itself and all the most ways and bridges across because they are saying that they are the ones responsible they are the ones to blame but of course we've also heard over the last few days people saying for the past few years engineers. local politicians saying they've been sounding the alarm that this bridge was unsafe but in fact politicians government ministers just didn't even respond to those concerns the tasha thanks very much. still to come here. a small town with a big worry is at the crossroads of the migration debate in germany.

and over again there are still some pretty big and slow moving sunder storms over italy over the adriatic in a circulation which is pretty clear from the satellite picture which is drifting towards the croatian coastal the bottom end of this cold front has dropped temperatures to some degree in northern europe the heat wave has gone so we're getting the change in temperature which goes down and then back up again but the real he's been pushed well way over to the far east so you're still in the south it's still there in spain and portugal as well they've got tension paris are on the way up again so overnight then whilst you've got these showers wondering around heading towards greece is still back on the adriatic coast and southern italy the front itself has aged a bit further eastwards on the next one is coming in twenty degrees in london in the rain by look at it twenty one by friday and twenty three in paris so it is a cool trend the green blobs suggest more heavy showers around the outs this time they still wandering around the adriatic and there's and that's the remains of our

old front so the end of summer might be arguably in sight at least for northern europe but that would be pessimistic anyway if you can is out of the mediterranean it's pretty hot the slow circulation means the want is coming out of the middle of libya and heading northwards only thirty one on the coast in tunisia but still warm enough.

welcome back you're with al jazeera live from doha a reminder about top stories so far two women accused of killing the half brother of the north korean leader kim jong un will face trial for murder in malaysia last year they were seen on security video seeming to smear a nerve agent on to kim jong nam space of the air force of kuala lumpur. turkey says it's ready to enter talks with the united states over the dispute that seen tyrus pileup and its currency plunging the dispute with the u.s. began after turkey detained an american pastime to keep most of the links to the failed coup. but twelve months state of emergency has been declared for the italian city of genoa as the search goes on through the rubble of the collapsed bridge at

least thirty nine people confirmed dead so far the deputy prime minister is blaming a lack of maintenance. no new report from human rights watch says prospects for a free and fair election next month in the maltese are under threat from a government crackdown on dissent in a fifty two page study researches described how the government of president abdul gayoom has introduced vaguely worded laws to intimidates and arbitrarily arrest critics it also details how religious extremists and criminal gangs enjoy political protection and have assaulted and even murdered dissenters with impunity targets of this crackdown have ranged from activists and journalists to supreme court judges human rights watch says the un should call on them all deeds government to put an end to the abuses which are eroding fundamental rights patricia gusman is the associate director of the asia division for human rights watch she joins us now

from kabul welcome to al-jazeera. what's the main issue here for you. well as you mentioned the elections are upon us in just over a month and it's really a question whether president will succeed in what seems to be in the tent to eliminate or prevent the opposition from participating freely in the election this is a problem that really goes back several years with the enactment of laws that criminalize basically peaceful dissent make it very difficult for the opposition parties to function really crackdown on the media and now we're seeing the culmination of that in these last few months leading up to the election with the detention of even supreme court justices who dared to defy the president so i think it's time for the international community will largely look at them all the. tourist destination to

really look seriously at what it's like for ordinary libyans who have to bear the brunt of this increasingly repressive government are there enough election observers going to be in the country at the time with the big vote. i think that's a that's a good question but i think the problem is that the day of the vote only gives you a very small picture of the problems going on one really has to look at what's been happening over the past few months in years at whether or not the opposition has had really there's really been a level playing field for the opposition whether the media has been able to criticize the government whether people have access to that kind of information right now there have been problems with the registration requirements for many voters so the actual day of the vote is just a small piece of the puzzle how potentially dangerous do you think this could get. well i think we could see violence and then we could see the government the state really retreat back to what it was before the the much more open

constitution of two thousand and eight which for the first time many of these fundamental freedoms to be recognized in the mall the it seems that president mean wants to retreat to the days when it really was single party rule for for many decades as far as you're concerned is that constitution only a constitution in paper it is according to you being abused as we speak. that's exactly right with the laws that have come into force sense that two thousand and thirteen my president i mean came to power because i've been fundamental threats to the very vital freedoms that are and shined in the constitution is there a worry here as well that the people of them will know perfectly well what is going on assuming your report is accurate and it's an accurate reflection of what's going on and they simply don't vote so the voters will be skewed in the political process will follow on from that. i don't know if that's so much

a concern as many feel they won't be getting unfairly the opportunity to vote given these reregistration requirements or that the opposition parties haven't had the chance to get their message across. given the pressures on the media and on their freedom of assembly so i think now that means they're also very concerned that they're largely forgotten their very small country overshadowed by other events in the world and they don't see that their problems are reflected much which is why we wanted to get this report out now to draw attention to their concerns understood patricia grossman thank you so much for joining us there from kabul. thank you the world's second biggest platinum producer is to cut more than thirteen thousand jobs in south africa impala platinum says it's due to low prices and soaring production costs it was announced as a mark six years since the marikana massacre when police shot dead thirty four miners demanding better pay me the miller has the story from bristol took. from the

depths of this mine comes one of the world's most valuable metals despite the value of platinum above ground at the impala mine in rustenburg many workers live in poor conditions but impala platinum says productivity and profits are down and it now has to restructure its operations. it plans to slash about a third of its workforce this miner who doesn't want to be identified says while working conditions are often difficult miners are desperate to save their jobs is a rare form for our management there on the ground in simi challenges in freezing isn't really so and their god there are producing actually things in extras there are reason you can apply. for hours through or for the shaft actually. impala platinum declined al-jazeera is request for an interview but released

a statement saying the cutbacks would be done responsibly and it would try to save as many jobs as possible mining in the rustenburg area makes up at least seventy percent of economic activity with mines employing at least half of the people working here three of the largest ones have spent tens of millions of dollars on education health and local housing programs so a decline in production would mean more than just job losses for thousands of people. this is where six years ago thousands of mine workers at the neighboring lanman mind went on strike demanding higher pay into living conditions police opened fire on the crowd killing thirty four miners and injuring seventy eight others the wounds of that day still rule in this community the sense of the volatility and what this could be leading to who was already given in january and february where there were protests within within within rustenburg.

but they were clearly to do with with the growing sort of social desperation which is coming with the downturn in the part mining industry that while most of south africa's conventional platinum mines like impala platinum are losing money further job cuts are not easy to swallow in a country where the unemployment rate has risen to just over twenty seven percent. workers union amcu says it won't accept the job cuts and is considering mass action the concern for many is that the job cuts could further escalate simmering labor and social unrest for media miller al-jazeera rustenburg northwest province. turn your attention to lesson america because the party of brazil's imprisoned former president we and i feel a lot of silver has registered him as a candidate for the forthcoming presidential elections thousands rallied in the capital brasilia to show their support for his candidacy mr lula was convicted and jailed for corruption during his time in office he says the charges were

politically motivated it's expected the courts will bar him from running for office because of that conviction. well the one hundred migrants rescued in the mediterranean sea have now been taken ashore in malta their arrival ends a five day standoff after the rescue boat is banned from docking in several ports the one hundred forty one migrants on board will not be taken in by france germany luxembourg portugal and spain doctors without borders say some of the migrants are escaping torture forced labor and sexual violence in libya. germany me reintroduce controls on its borders with switzerland and france in a small part of the interior ministry's desire to get a tighter grip on migration police controls have already been reestablished along parts of the border with austria but as dominic cain reports there may be resistance from businesses on both sides of the river rhine. the violent hine is

a bustling german town lying next to france and switzerland people from the three countries mingle and is markets and from a distance it can be hard to tell them apart but all supporters of e.u. integration welcome such thoughts some people in berlin are concerned a senior official of the interior ministry has spoken publicly about whether it's time to reintroduce border controls all part of his bosses migration master plan your globe and the government's land meant we remain a liberal minded country we remain a humane country and we remain a country which grants protection to those who need it at the same time we want to eliminate the abuse which also exists. but how significant is that abuse in the first five months of this year more than eighteen thousand people were detained trying to enter germany illegally of that twenty seven percent were held on the austrian border a further eleven percent on the swiss border with nine percent on the front

a with france some in violent itself this is the last remaining sign of any physical border here the river rhine the natural front here between germany france and switzerland the question must be how practical might it be to reintroduce border controls in areas where the people have grown used to the absence of them for twenty years at the midday market traders like mohammed syrian are clear about the benefits of border free travel just because they have the degree it's more convenient for customers coming from switzerland or france to come to our markets they can then do their shopping and do not have to worry about long waiting times at customs so it means they can drive back and forth much more easily. a glance at the amount of trade between the germans french and swiss highlights the importance of the showing and the combination of imports and exports between germany and france is worth one hundred sixty nine billion dollars each year combined annual

imports and exports between the germans and swiss amount to almost one hundred billion dollars little wonder then that in the swiss city of bars and people don't want borders back any time soon we have every day more than seventy thousand people coming working in this part of to switzerland from france and germany and as a commie route not were without these people but the mere fact officials are discussing it shows how much impact the migration crisis has had dominic cain al-jazeera in southwestern germany and you can get all the latest news with if you want it on our website al-jazeera dot com. this is al-jazeera these are your top stories so far today two women accused of killing the half brother of the north korean leader kim jong il north face trial

for murder in malaysia the court has ruled there is enough evidence to try the suspects were from indonesia and vietnam last year they were seen on security video seeming to smear a nerve agent on kim jong nam was face at kuala lumpur airport the women say they thought they were taking part in a televised prank the lawyer for one of them said they were disappointed. you ok she was the one who had like the way the evidence that she had like. it was. there was no evidence that this is the give you the dish that show now did josh not want to draw that inference in print because she says well you look at the expiration. she looked very pale and before she went to bed by let an issue where you elect i think it. well look even worse she knew what was happening and she must have gone to that but it was a. judge right or wrong but i think wrong and the days of metaphors on that view. turkey says it's ready to enter talks with the united states over the

dispute that seem tariffs piling up and its currency plunge cats are has come to the aid of turkey with an investment of fifteen billion dollars the dispute with the us began after turkey detained an american pastor accused of having links to the failed coup. a twelve month state of emergency has been declared for the italian city of genoa because the search goes on through the rubble of a collapsed bridge at least thirty nine people are confirmed dead the deputy prime minister is blaming a lack of maintenance. gunmen are attacking a training center for afghanistan's primary intelligence agency in southern kabul the police say the attackers entered a neighboring building to launch their assault from the roof security forces are trying to move people living nearby to safety. the party of brazil's imprisoned former leader luis enough feeling that a silver has registered him as a candidate for the presidential elections in october thousands rallied in the capital brasilia to show their support mr luna was convicted and jailed for

corruption during his time in office he says the charges were politically motivated is expected court will bar him from running. up next inside story on top of the hour. tensions are high. little has changed and new village officials are struggling to demonstrate goodwill. among morial is trying for a comrade who sacrificed his life the political change. that really event tonight will drive a wedge between the village and. crack jazz pop three of a six part series filmed over five years. china's democracy experiment amount to zero. can the afghan army defeat the taleban the armed group has made huge gains in the southeastern city of gaza that's about one hundred fifty kilometers from the capital kabul so how much of a threat is it to the government this is inside story.

hello and welcome to the program. the people of afghanistan have not known peace for a long time in the one nine hundred eighty s. it was the conflict when the soviet occupation in the one nine hundred ninety s. they had to contend with the brutal rule of the taliban that ended with the two thousand and one u.s. invasion following the nine eleven attacks but the taliban never really went away and its recent raid on the southeastern city of thousand is a sign of how much of a threat the armed group still poses at least four hundred people have been killed a quarter of them civilians the afghan military says it's making strategic games with the help of u.s. air strikes we have a lot to discuss with our guests but first this report from charlotte bellus. after six days of the taliban see the afghan city of gosney resistance from their homes

they bring brooms and shovels and anger says competition the government has not paid attention to the people here and as you can see most of the market. of burned down in the city. 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 and the aftermath we're learning more about the human cost hundreds of people were killed taliban 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. the armed groups attack was the most aggressive against an afghan city since it briefly took control of condos two years ago the city's police chief estimated more than one thousand fighters swarmed into gaza me after midnight on friday equipped with guns and rocket launchers their arsenal group as they overran checkpoints and ceased police vehicles. up.