if you find a latin american occupying brazil on al-jazeera. i really hope liberated as a journalist was. going to the truth of the way that's what his job. we are not going to mean. the media strikes back against attacks by donald trump but he insists much of what the press this is fake news. hello welcome i'm the bigger problem you're watching others are live from london also coming up. another violent attack hits couple us off guns bury the victims of wednesday's suicide bombing at a study center. the aftermath of the genoa bridge collapse the italian government

considers taking charge of the entire birth to a network. and the queen of soul aretha franklin has died at the age of seventy six. u.s. president donald trump has hit out at a campaign by hundreds of u.s. newspapers supporting free press he took to twitter saying the press is free to write and say anything it wants but much of what it says is fake news the boston globe is leading the campaign with a twitter hash tag enemy of non that's a reference to the trunk calling journalist the enemy of the american people more than three hundred universities used papers have published editorials on thursday criticizing the u.s. president and his attacks on the media. more from washington. we're at

the newseum in washington d.c. a museum dedicated to reporting and news gathering each day here on pennsylvania avenue they display the front pages of the nation's newspapers it's interesting to note that some of those taking part in what the boston globe cools a fight back against donald trump's dirty war against the press did actually endorse still trump at the last election but here's the philadelphia inquirer it sums up the message stop the war on the free press a war on the press is a war on democracy it was not enough to label american journalists as enemies of the people now he has called the entire profession quote dangerous and sick he being told including if the press is not free from reprisal punishment or suspicion for unpopular views or information neither is the country neither are its people ok for more on this let's go to our white house correspondent kimberly joins us from washington that kimberly this is not the first time a head of state has been condemned and contention with the media so why has it elicited such

a response from the media. i think because the in the united states particularly as part of his constitution is protected free press americans really hold dear the foundation of their democracy in many ways is supported and is really pegged on the free press having an important role of a check and balance on government and so as a result it takes personally and many take personally the attacks by the u.s. president which we should point out and put in context are the most overt we've seen of any president and certainly not unique barack obama for example a recent example was criticized for weaponize in his justice department to seize the computer records e-mails phone logs of reporters and it continues going down the list george w. bush and on and on and on you go certainly this is a white house that has made that fight between the press and what some consider

a healthy tension however into a sort of a very public battle so in terms of american feeling about this i think the other point to consider in all of this is that in many ways there are many americans who do believe that the press is the enemy of the people that it has become overly elite that has become heavily biased perhaps even left leaning and as a result because of some of that dissatisfaction with the role that the media has played potentially being partisan that is in many ways what contributed to donald trump's election in the twenty sixteen u.s. election campaign the fact that people felt dissatisfied and and wanted to see someone speak out and call out what many had been holding as a personal feeling for some time and separately can really in the past hour or so trump president trump has been holding a cabinet meeting what's come out of that. well in addition to donald trump tweeting repeatedly about the fake news he did open

a fifty six minute long cabinet meeting that is. underway at the white house at the moment saying when it comes to freedom of the press the press you're free to stay for the cabinet meaning or go freedom of the press was a bit cheeky if you will but after that the president did go on to hit a number of topics again in fifty six minutes where the press was there and presumably that meeting still ongoing a lot covered including the fact that there was a bit of a tribute off the top to the music legend a wreath of franklin. president saying that her legacy will thrive and aspire for generations and when it comes to foreign policy some updates from the secretary of state might pompei old leaves when it comes to north korea the u.s. believes the fact that there have been no further missile test that that is in the eyes of the united states progress being made on the issue of turkey the president underscoring at the root of that sort of deteriorating relations between the united states and turkey is the issue of the ongoing to taman turkey of the american pastor andrew brunson the president saying that he's

a very innocent man and when it comes to some of the trade wars that this white house has been waging particularly the attempt to renegotiate the north american free trade agreement with canada and mexico the president acknowledging sort of the standoff that exists between himself and the canadian prime minister justin trudeau saying that there are no discussions at the moment with canada and that he is in no rush to negotiate kimberly how it could in washington thank you with the freedom of press issue our own journalists here i have often become targets for simply doing their jobs it has been six hundred days since journalist mom would hussein was arrested and jailed in egypt without charge but say this accused of broadcasting false news and receiving foreign funds to defame state institutions he and others are strongly denied the allegations and the network is demanding his release. thank

you two gunmen have been killed after a six hour standoff with security forces in the afghan capital of kabul they targeted a training center for afghanistan's security service this is kept a particularly violent week with hundreds of military police and civilians killed in a series of attacks ballasts has this report. ten am in kabul's whiston neighborhood known as p.d. five. gunman launch an assault on a training seem to for the national directorate of security afghanistan's primary intelligence agency. special forces well versed in urban firefights repel the attack they form a cordon and move people out of range of the bullets. a short drive west from here and not twenty four hours prior a different result oh a suicide attack on an education seem to killed at least thirty four people most of

the victims were students teenagers studying for university entrance exams in. the force of the bomb blew the roof off a classroom. killing students as against all human dignity people should never be this brutal in any part of the world those behind this action are worse than animals. i so claimed responsibility it kept off of the to kill a violent week within a particularly violent month for afghanistan. the taliban launched an attack on gaza one week ago the city was under siege for six days more than four hundred people died in the fighting a quarter of them residents there are also multiple taliban attacks on police and military outposts across the country dozens of afghan soldiers and policemen were killed. we want peace in our country we cannot continue this bloodshed any more we demand from the government and government forces to stop the war and work

towards peace and brotherhood. the afghan government appears to be listening president musharraf danny says he will not negotiate with i so but there are talks of a ceasefire with the taliban during the holiday of next week it would replicate and i'm president. ceasefire in june this is negotiations continue between the u.s. and taliban for a long term peace plan but analysts say it may be the prospect of peace that is causing both hardline by lebanon who are with hardliners who believe in fighting rather than the politics of. conflict so a day out of making america. in my view. rocked and created your region where the government is going to difficult situation to announce prior. to the stakes a growing with or that's a ceasefire with the taliban all the red acacia nick eisel. those who

remain say be desperate for change shallot ballasts al jazeera. aretha franklin the universally acclaimed queen of soul has died at her home in detroit the seventy six year old american singer had been l. with pancreatic cancer gabrielle alexander takes a look at her life. she was simply known by her first name aretha because for a mistake of all voice she was born everything louise franklin in one thousand and forty two in memphis tennessee from her first recordings as a young gospel singer she went on to become part of the sound of detroit her singing career would span six decades.

a winner of eighteen grammy awards for distinctive gospel vocal style influenced multiple generations she was number one on rolling stone magazine's list of greatest singers of all time and she was the first artist ever. inducted hall of fame. but it was in one thousand nine hundred sixty seven song respect which garnered her international attention and framed. fifty years ago she sang at dr martin luther king jr's funeral and many years later at the dedication of dr king's memorial in washington she was active in the civil rights movement for decades something she spoke about in two thousand and fourteen well it certainly was a struggle and still is although we have a great ways a long way there still is a significant way to go the recipient of the united states highest civilian honor

the presidential medal of freedom her voice delighted presidents as her health declined she curtailed her performances but she always sang like in this two thousand and fourteen performance and she sang adele's hit rolling in the deep. engine is. the queen of soul for her fans she always was and always will be. retha franklin for seventy six years old. and still to come on. more than one hundred people dead. the worst floods in a century. diving for treasure in thailand's muddy waters where reports on a livelihood which is under threat in bangkok.

china is keen to win friends and influence in the oil rich middle east business spark the long line of china to secure its resources for the future the i.m.f. said sub-saharan region as a holdout is expected to grow we bring you. stories that are shaping the economic world we live in counting the cost on al-jazeera. how the temperature is still hovering around the fifty mark in the southwest of iran there's no reason why it shouldn't be to be honest any relieving shows a wind direction miles away is nothing really to be seen from space from the forecast point of view it's clearly not quite as hot was still hot on the rocky plain and cools down as you go further west the hot wind blowing south towards the potential for showers in the caspian is more or less gone that still got some i think in northern pakistan and maybe the eastern side of afghanistan and north of

that through tashkent and al not these two major cities otherwise we still see little change kuwait's forty one you might think is a huge contrast you go to northern kuwait and then cross the border is still hitting the forty nine the fifty mark now for the last day or so it's been a breezy and dusty time the essence out of saudi out he waits for bahrain and he's even in qatar the other option is for it to turn humid and that's likely to happen i think if not on saturday and probably sunday and also a hint of that is the increasing potential for clad in the southwest and saudi arabia and yemen which might might give you a shout up in the mountains and the chance of rain further south well yes in the eastern cape is just about possible but i think unlikely. cheering a moment in time. snapshots of other lives other stories. provided

limps into someone else's work. on al-jazeera. hello again here's a reminder for top stories in august there are hundreds of u.s. newspapers have published ordinated editorials criticizing the u.s. president's first so-called dirty war on the press donald trump has repeatedly derided elements of the media as news. two gunmen have been killed after a six hour standoff with security forces in the afghan capital of kabul it kept a violent week that's over thirty killed and i saw bombing targeting she has two kids on wednesday. and the franklin the universally acclaimed queen of soul has

died at her in detroit the seventy six year old american singer had been l. with pancreatic cancer. the collapse of a motorway bridge in general has prompted the italian government to consider taking charge of the entire motorway network away from private companies and contractors and while an investigation into what happened may take some time hundreds of people displaced by the bridge collapse are wondering where they'll sleep for the night but there has this report from genoa. below what is left of juno is marandi bridge hundreds of properties stand empty more than six hundred people were moved from this neighborhood after the bridge collapsed on tuesday some are returning to collect their possessions many all still visibly shaken you know this reported a lot of i saw the bridge collapsing because my apartment looked over it so i saw it fall or heard a big noise like thunder i thought it was

a storm and then there was dust everywhere and i saw a building turn to rubble. it's unclear if people will be allowed to live here again as experts say the structure could be unsafe this firefighter showed me what's now known as the red zone a high risk area if you look up you can see just how close from randy quaid there is to the top of some of these apartments it almost seems to me it's and you can really understand why italian authorities decide to pull back you wait this whole neighborhood because of course if any part of that bridge was to collapse anyone underneath would bring grave danger carrying their belongings residents leave to stay with family and friends or in city shelters this man's elderly mother was too shocked to come back he says my fear will never be the same so the next visual for can this year used to be a firefighter and looking at all this i believe it will take years to rebuild and recover. at the rescue site hundreds of emergency workers

continue to search for survivors as time passes hopes are diminishing. now we are cutting the big slabs we are moving them and then we send the can and units the dogs the search dogs. if there are positive signs we send our teams. direct research casualties into or. into the bites people in juneau are still coming to terms with what has happened in their city is grief anger and for those who call this district home there is now a future full of uncertainty natasha butler al-jazeera genoa italy. it agency is are scrambling to prevent humanitarian crises in a war torn yemen one and a half million children there are suffering from malnutrition and health workers fear it could worsen a cholera outbreak mohamed other has this report from neighboring djibouti. the

casualties of human swore go way beyond the bomb some bullets. food is the greatest threat run out khaled is weak and severely malnourished she's nine years old but weighs on him nine kilograms the ideal weight for a one year old baby. everyone who i know has been sick for almost four years i took her to several hospitals when they failed to treat her i took her to a hospital the pediatrician there examined her and found a big stone three centimeters in size in her kidney. doctors told a hospital in the port city of doing all they come to sever on us live. from said she was suffering from severe pain in her left side after diagnosis we discovered that she has a fully blocked kidney we managed to do the operation for free but she didn't get any better due to malnutrition in. yemen has always been desperately poor but the

war has made things much worse. while food prices rise incomes of plummeted with frequent strikes it's difficult for people to leave they'll see. the destruction of roads and bridges have limited the supply of vital supplies of food and fuel to a population already. nutrition department receives more than twenty cases a week from her data in neighboring areas this is because of the current situation in the country and because the closure of health centers outside. also because of the financial situation and lack of jobs for fathers families cannot meet basic needs. according to the u.n. two point eight million people have been driven away from their homes by the bombing in yemen many of them are living in dream comps in the middle of the country surviving on me go to live hundreds whose deliveries are few and far

between the world health organization is in the middle of a large drive to prevent a recurrence of color in north london yemen the destruction to the country's wartime sanitation facilities has already cost an outgroup which affected more than a million people w.h.o. officials say any major outbreak in the middle of the month attrition crisis could wasson the humanitarian crisis of the al-jazeera djibouti the u.s. treasury secretary says washington is prepared to put further sanctions on turkey if an american pastor detained in the country isn't released earlier turkey said it was willing to enter talks with the united states over the dispute that seen the trade tariffs applied by both sides it's also welcomed a pledge from qatar to invest fifteen billion dollars into the turkish economy pastor andrew bronson is being held under house arrest over alleged links to the girl in his movement which turkey blames for

a failed coup. the local media are reporting that more than one hundred people have been killed in the indian state of carola and some of the worst floods in a century tens of thousands more have been forced from their homes the government has called the situation extremely grave and the region spain airport has been ordered to close for ten days john reports. heavy rain floods and landslides have destroyed or damaged thousands of homes and carola disaster officers say some two hundred people have died since may because of an unusually severe month soon season . when want to came in we ran away with whatever we could grab the water came very fast we had to save our lives. the state is home to thirty three million people and one hundred fifty thousand of them have been sheltering in relief camps tens of thousands more remain stranded because ten thousand kilometers of roads have been destroyed or remain underwater. in our village everyone's houses were destroyed it

will be a long time before we can go back i have no idea how long it's going to take and where i will take my family it will take a long time to rebuild the water levels in the states thirty four dams have reached dangerous highs state officials are releasing water sending a heavy flow into rivers the rain is also crippled water and sewage pumps leaving millions without drinking water. our water treatment plants in different places have been submerged under water motors have been damaged our first priority is to get the drinking water out to the people. the monsoons of also wiped out crops in a state known for its spices and coffee cara was famous for its palm lined beaches and picture us tea plantations. it's a popular destination for both domestic and international tourists meanwhile carola residents are bracing for more rain in the days ahead paul chatterjee on al-jazeera . on the videos leading political figures has died former prime minister atal

bihari budget cry passed away after prolonged illness the ninety three year old was the figure behind india becoming a nuclear weapons power he was also one of the most popular leaders of prime minister narendra modi's ruling in the nationalist party on a party. a malaysian judge has ruled that there is enough evidence to try to women for the murder of the north korean leader kim jong un's half brother the indonesian and vietnamese nationals are accused of carrying out the attack on king jong nam at kuala lumpur's airport last year using a bandit nerve agent called v.x. florence louis has the details from shiela. cold blooded killers or unwitting pawns one p. hong from vietnam and city i share an indonesian citizen has been presented as both the prosecution says they were trained to kill the judge had evidence of practice runs at shopping malls in kuala lupul and absolute security footage showing the

attack traces of v.x. the banned nerve agent considered by the un as a weapon of mass destruction and used to kill kim jong was found on the women's clothes the judge said their intention to kill could be inferred from the fact they targeted his eyes to ensure the substance which penetrate his bloodstream quickly defense lawyers say the accused are disappointed with the judge's decision to take the case to trial instead of acquitting them outright. it does not mean that the judges would have duty what it means and is this day to judge by the days of promised us against. these day and the kids must know that want to hear ya bullshit just. the judge said he couldn't rule out the possibility that the killing was a political assassination but said there wasn't enough evidence to prove that police have also charged for north korean men who they say trained at the women but left malaysia hours after the attack. u.s.

and south korean officials have accused north korean agents of planning the killing north korea denies any involvement in a few months the two women will have a chance to tell their story as they take the stand to defend themselves defense lawyers say they'll call witnesses and hope to obtain more information about the four north korean men perhaps then more information will come to light about who gave the order to kill kim jong nam florence lee al jazeera malaysia. it's the sixth anniversary of the maracana massacre in south africa where forty seven people were killed by police officers miners had gathered a long minute platinum mine during a strike to demand better pay and living conditions families of the victims are still awaiting compensation and justice american an oscar is regarded as one of the most brutal post apartheid clashes between protesters and police. schools attended by half a million palestinian refugees will reopen as planned later this month the sprite

funding cuts for the us the united nations agency for palestinian refugees has prioritized reopening more than seven hundred schools across the middle east because it says education is a fundamental right they didn't see which is known as an ra is still needs another hundred twenty million dollars to support five hundred thousand students past september the us cut its promised funding to on ra in january. they've been called thailand's indiana jones divers and their divers to scar the bottom of the main river running through bangkok looking for valuables that have been lost or thrown into water but now their livelihoods are in danger scott heiler followed one of the treasure hunters in bangkok for nearly fifty of his seventy years don't come king has been a treasure hunter. since he was a boy he's lived on the child prior river and has spent a great deal of time in its murky water using his homemade equipment to dive for

underwater treasure with bangkok skyline looming in the distance he heads up river like he has thousands of times before but it mitts he still gets excited before each dive when i might not have been doing this for a long time and i don't think i will quit i will continue to dive until i die i am always away as of the danger because down in the river. and then dress things that might be carried by the currents then hits me. he and the other divers go as deep as twenty metres but with near zero visibility they feel their way around the river bottom as they search for treasure so don has decided to come to this spot for today's dive that's because there used to be a river community similar to theirs they called this home decades ago and the current is very strong right now so it's better for their hunting to be closer to the shore. don is happy with today's bounty some coins in china from a few hundred years ago but the standout piece one hundred year old opium pipe. is

. to indeed said to me and we filed that. in. i did that have. the pipe will fetch about twenty dollars from a dealer then sold in a market for about thirty they've never found antiquities and that's a good thing because their treasure hunting is technically illegal but the police don't bother them as their findings are not too valuable. hunting is a family business his main diving buddy his forty six year old son they make about three hundred fifty dollars a month but it's about much more than the money on. a dime it can be compared to a fish they both always need to swim like doing exercise every day so the man is very healthy when he's put on shore and will be like a fish dying out of water who gets sick kempon is worried about his father there's

a government deadline looming over their community built on stilts they are to be relocated by the end of the year. that would put them out of reach of the river and their treasure hunting the only way it has ever known to provide for his family it's got hotter al-jazeera bangkok. bear in mind there are top stories u.s. president donald trump has lashed out at a campaign by hundreds of us newspapers supporting a free press tweeted that the press is free to write and say anything it wants but much of what it says is fake news the boston globe is leading the campaign with a titter hash tag anomie of none that's in reference to calling journalists the enemy of the american people more than three hundred newspapers have published editorials criticizing trump and its attacks on the media she has a ton she has more fortune to it's interesting to note that some of those taking

part in what the boston globe calls a fight back against donald trump's dirty war against the press did actually in the last election but here is the philadelphia inquirer it sums up the message stop the war on the free press a war on the press is a war on democracy it was not enough to label american journalists as enemies of the people now he has called the entire profession quote dangerous and sick he being told including if the press is not free from reprisal punishment or suspicion for unpopular views or information neither is the country neither are its people two gunmen have been killed after a six hour standoff with security forces in the afghan capital of kabul they targeted a training center for afghanistan's security service it is kept a violent week with hundreds of military police and civilians killed in a series of attacks. the u.s. treasury secretary says washington is prepared to put further sanctions on turkey

if an american pastor detained in the country isn't released earlier turkey said it was willing to enter talks with the united states over the dispute that athene trade tariffs applied by both sides it's also welcomed a pledge from qatar to invest fifteen billion dollars in the turkish economy. and the u.s. saying oh yes her franklin has died of pancreatic cancer at age seventy six the undisputed queen of soul was known for classic rhythm and blues tracks such as think or say a little prayer and her signature song respect won eighteen grammys during her career and she was the first female artist to be inducted into the rock n roll hall of fame and those are the top stories stay with us for inside story.

mining has always been part of south africa's rich economic history but the sector is now shrinking companies are planning to cut thousands of jobs even as many struggled to find work so what impact will it have this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm. south africa has some of the world's biggest reserves of platinum gold iron ore and coal but mining now makes up less than seven percent.