tomorrow we disappear a witness documentary on al-jazeera. this is zero. hello and welcome. you're watching the news our live from london coming up. we are not going to be. the media strikes back at the terrorists around the u.s. and the world defend their journalism but against attacks by president trump. and other violent attack kills hits kabul as afghans bury the victims of wednesday's suicide bombing at

a study center. their lives and houses were spared but those living in the shadow of generals collapsed bridge may never be able to return home. and the queen of soul aretha franklin has died at the age of seventy six. in school the spanish football league announces plans to move a regular season game to the united states the first month could go that this season of a fifteen year among the league in north america. so u.s. president donald trump has attacked a campaign by hundreds of u.s. newspapers supporting a free press trump tweeted that the media is free to write and say anything or ones but much of what it says is fake news well the boston globe which organized the campaign says trump is carrying out a sustained assault on the free press the new york times has warned that calling

journalists the enemy of the people is dangerous and smaller papers have joined in the albuquerque journal says the attacks could lead to a weakened democracy that's fallen or both to the whims of a tyrant. well the president's not only describe u.s. media outlets as the enemy of the american people but he's also called journalists horrible horrendous people that can make anything bad because they're the fake fake disgusting news. the committee to protect journalists says the white house's rhetoric undermines the media's work everywhere last year twenty one journalists were jailed and forced news char charges more than double the number in twenty sixteen and the total number of reporters behind bars a record two hundred sixty two she has 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 or drop 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. for more on this let's go to our white house correspondent kimberly how kids running us from washington so you can really heads of state have often clashed with the media even in recent times so why has this elicited such a response from the media. this seems to elicit a response because in the united states freedom of the press is constitutionally

protected and it is seen as an important check and balance of power providing transparency of government shining a spotlight giving a platform to those who hold their government accountable and this is sort of one of the fundamentals of american democracy and so by donald trump making his war with the media so overt many in the united states view that as really an attack on a constitutionally protected right having said that there are many in the united states particularly conservative conservatives in the united states that believe that in fact the press is the enemy seeing it as elitist seeing it as being out of touch with the problems of sort of the ordinary common man and that is really one of the aspects that in a sense fuel donald trump sort of rise to the white house he was successfully able to tap into that and continues to do so he was very much a stooge in doing so when he was

a real estate mogul in new york he often sparred with the tabloid media in order to promote his brand and this is really no exception so the challenge moving forward perhaps within the media is whether or not to respond to it and to continue to give that platform to a president that seems very keen to engage and spar with the media despite the criticism despite these editorials pushing back recently as this morning as you point out he was tweeting and then at the start of a fifty six minute cabinet meeting at the white house he once again said to the press if you like you can stay if you want you can leave saying tongue in cheek that's the freedom of the press can really help and washington for us. and their mind about our own reporters here have often become targets for performing their jobs it has been six hundred days since our dessert journalist ahmed hussein was arrested and jailed in egypt without charge as sane is accused of broadcasting false news and receiving foreign funds to defame state institutions he

and al-jazeera strongly deny the allegations and the network is demanding his release but professor charlie baca teaches journalism at the london school of economics and is the director of the elysee truth trust and technology commission and joins me now in the studio thanks very much for coming in today let's try and widen this out a bit more is this an issue in the states now trump is often derided the media spoken quite derogatory about them is this. contained city us the rest of the world be worried about this well as you just mentioned journalists around the world are quite used to being attacked often actually physically by their their leaders or their governments but american newspapers especially are used to being quite impartial they're not used to taking sides british newspapers are very partisan than what donald trump is doing here is really taken them by surprise

since he was elected and they're not sure how to respond and the difference is that trump is not just criticizing particular stories he's criticizing harf of the american press or most of the american press as fake he's trying to d. legitimize them and so they are facing a kind of existential struggle here they're trying to win back the trust of the american people as well as their readers that is an interesting point but before we go to that what do you make of the response this kind of three hundred editorials there's nationwide response to trump well in a sense well done for journalists actually getting together and doing something collectively if you read them some of them are i'm afraid a bit pompous and i'm not sure it may even backfire with some trump supporters who see this is some kind of conspiracy if you read it especially the editorials from the smaller cities they are talking about look we're part of your lives we're on

your side if you weren't working here we working we'd be driving a truck with you or something they're trying to say we are we are part of your communities and i think that's what they have to do they have to work on this not just one day one editorial it should be the job of journalists every day to show people that they're on their side and in your in your time in your profession have you ever seen anything like this the head of state making these kinds of comments then and the journalism community coming together in such a way well certainly as. said lots of leaders around the world of been extremely authoritarian to the press and a lot of them are actually copying trump you hear from dictators around the world now saying fake news fake news to anything they disagree with i'm sure your colleagues hear that quite a few times trump is doing something previous presidents like nixon were very angry about the media but none of them weaponized it like this none of them made it an

actual strategy to try and turn their supporters against the very idea of a free press and do you think this will have basically the response from the media will have any kind of impact and as far as influencing the wider population or even making heads of state listen well i think so because it's a serious issue and although politicians have a kind of a love hate relationship with the press in the end i think serious people certainly in washington recognize that this is a risky game that if you undermine a free press in the end you're undermining of the way the american politics works charlie beck a thank you very much. now 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 voting to enter talks with the united states over the dispute that seen trade tariffs applied by the sides it's also welcomed

a pledge from qatar to invest fifteen billion dollars in the turkish economy pastor andrew bronson is being held under house arrest or allegedly lang's to the girl in his movement with turkey blames for a failed coup. the collapse of a motorway bridge and genoa has prompted the italian government to consider taking charge of the end tarmoh to a network away from private companies and contractors and while an investigation into what's happened may take some time hundreds of people displaced by the bridge collapse are wondering where they'll spend the night that tasha butler has this report from general. below what is left of juneau 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. portugal 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 in terms of rubble. it's unclear if people will be allowed to live here again as experts say the structure could be unsafe this firefight to show me what's now known as the red zone a high risk area if you look up you can see just how close minded way here is to the top of some of these apartments it almost seems to me it's and you can really understand why it's on authorities despite the fact you wait this whole neighborhood because of course if any part of that bridge was to collapse anyone underneath 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 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 rescind our teams for the direct research of casualties or. the victims into the void people in juneau are still coming to terms with what has happens in this city his grief anger and for those who call this district home there is now a future full of uncertainty natasha butler al jazeera genoa italy there is no sign of an end to the devastating attacks in afghanistan in the latest incident gunmen have strong armed and intelligence training center in kabul both attackers were killed after holding themselves up in a nearby construction site that follows

a deadly blast in western couple on wednesday in which i saw targeted shiite students at an education center thirty four mostly young people were killed as they prepared to take university entrance exams meanwhile the taliban has been engaged in a days long offensive on the eastern city of gaza any afghan forces appear to have finally driven the fighters from the professional capital but the civilian death toll is now reported to be in the hundreds charlotte dallas has more in this. 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 here. the force of the bomb blew the roof of the 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 saw 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 in alyse it may be the prospect of peace that is causing both hardline balla ban who are with hardliners who believe in fighting it out of them be politic graham conflict they are making america a big victory in my view to disrupt rocker's and created the situation where a big gob amend it going to difficult situation to announce prior. to the stakes

a growing with or that's a ceasefire with the taliban all the red occasion of isolate. those who remain say the desperate for change shall it dallas al-jazeera. there is the director of the british and irish agency's afghanistan group which supports civil society in afghanistan and joins me now in the studio thank you very much for coming in today firstly what can you tell us about this latest attack and couple the latest attack today and yesterday shows that nowhere in kabul is safe for the government for the civilians and it is an extremely desperate situation and your family is in gaza you know you're from gaza and i think you were there not too long ago what are they saying about the siege that our correspondent had mentioned there as the siege was was very difficult not just for the people who were trapped

in the city but also in the districts and overall in the country. the telecommunications were cut with the guys in the province for more than five days so people like me didn't know what the situation of their family so that was very frustrating the they are still very worried about the situation the civilian toll was extremely high in the city and the civilians were left without any food supplies water electricity so this had huge psychological drain over over over the people of promise and that's why i said in the past month that our correspondent had mentioned that in their report it's just been a very sadly eventful month why is that why has the situation in afghanistan deteriorated so much in what seemingly such a short period of time yes so this is a fighting season and the summer is mostly the peak of fighting season so partly it

is that partly it is that the peace efforts or have increased the afghan government and international partners or are doing more to reach to a political settlement with the taliban and other insurgents the problem. is that the battle in the battlefield whoever has more a stronger position they will also have a stronger position in the diplomatic discussions and political discussions so it seems that the taliban are trying to to win when more. when more ground on the battlefield but also on the diplomatic discussions so given that the government is trying to broker a cease fire with the taliban at some point how realistic would that be given what we've seen in recent times the problem of the afghan conflict is that the insurgencies are not just the taliban they're also i still. who fight and who commit atrocities against afghans against minorities in particular the

attacks yesterday on the education center was on the has are as who are shia population last month there was attack on the sikh population in fact the only sikh candidate for the parliamentary election was killed in this so these kind of attacks have continued any kind of peace negotiation with the taliban only will not resolve in these seas the seas seizure of violence in the country as someone from there someone who's worked extensively there and seen the situation on the ground what do you think is needed is there a solution in sight in the near term or is this something that that basically it's a work in progress it's extremely difficult to to be hopeful in the situation the people in kabul i spoke to from taxi drivers to shopkeepers they all felt that they were helpless in the situation if you let listen to the government propaganda or the international community's messages they say that the taliban are not able to

win militarily and that they are actually losing on the battlefield but the reality is telling you something completely different story in this kind of situations people can't help but to think that there is some sort of conspiracy going on that certain elements. and the government or in the international community are actually allowing the insurgents to win these battles so it is a very very conspiracy. kind of conspiracy filled situation in the country so personally i think there is need for a political settlement so the war cannot go on like this the civilian toll of the civilian toll has been has been extremely high. but any kind of political settlement will be impacted by the realities on the on the battlefield so if the international community and the afghan government would like to have peace they will have to perform better on the battlefield indeed thank you very much of

another thanks for coming in and talking to us today thank you. ok still to come this hour. more than a hundred people are dead as india goes through the worst floods in a century. facing trial to a man in malaysia have been charged with the murder of kim jong un's father. and then sports odds of course back into the england squad the latest on a better return to international cricket. aretha franklin the universally acclaimed the queen of soul has died at her home in detroit the seventy six year old american singer had been ill with pancreatic cancer. has a look at his life. she

was simply known by her first name. because of her unmistakable voice she was born a rita louise franklin in one nine hundred 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 the way. you. leave it winner of eighteen grammy awards distinctive gospel vocal style influenced multiple generations she was number one rolling stone magazine's list of greatest singers of. the first. but it was in one thousand nine hundred sixty seven song respect. international

attention and. 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 come 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. the engineer is going to. be the queen of soul for her fans she always was and

always will be. frank with her seventy six years old. one of india's leading political figures has died former prime minister atal bihari vides by passed away after prolonged illness the ninety three year old was the figure behind india becoming a nuclear weapons power it was also one of the most popular leaders of prime minister narendra modi's ruling in the nationalist party. the families of the thirty four striking miners killed six years ago in south africa so the government has not properly acknowledged their pain and grief while the government has paid some families compensation of about seven million dollars others including survivors are still waiting for their payout from either miller has more from amerikana where a commemoration ceremony has been held. the commemoration took

a somber tone with the loved ones of the thirty four victims get candles and student sign. six years after the money can a massacre the grief felt by families and survivors is evident but many are angry too they blame the government and the police for the deaths of the mine is new evidence suggests that when striking miners were sharks they were running away from us. was shot in the head the bullet is still in his skull he was told he would die if doctors removed it. because i feel like a piece of scrip and not good enough to work anymore i deserve to be compensated. this it been a particularly violent strike ten other people including police officers and security guards were killed in the days before the mass shooting six police officers are facing legal proceedings but no one has so far been convicted of any

crime. i think there's no willingness on. the law. was mollett decisions. and. the handling of stray. dog of particularly with. what happened in britain where this was. in the. morning down. adding. to the continuing volatility here is the potential of thirteen thousand job cuts by mining company impala platinum people here have used the anniversary to revive their cool sport better wages and living conditions but these remain major issues for the mining community who say mining companies have put their profits ahead its own of people's

well being. but there are concerns that if these issues are not adequately addressed some may resort to violence because union amcu says it will not accept job cuts in plans or mass action for me to mina al jazeera america. and still to come this news our schools attended by more than a half a million palestinian children across the middle east will reopen despite huge funding cuts by the u.s. . the u.n. has urged the japanese government to protect people working to clean up the fukushima nuclear plant. and in sports one of tennis's most controversial players this is temporary and admits to losing a set on purpose and he will be here with the details.

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 and he relieving shows a wind direction miles away there's nothing really to be seen from space from the forecast point of view it's clearly not quite as hot was too hot on the rocky plain and cools down further west the hot wind blowing southwards the potential for showers in the caspian more or less gone that still got some i think in northern pakistan and maybe the eastern side of afghanistan and also that through tashkent and his two major cities otherwise we still see little change curates forty one you must think is a huge contrast you go to northern kuwait and then cross the border is still hitting the forty nine fifty mark. now for the last day or so it's been a breezy and dusty time the eastern side of saudi out he waits for bahrain and he's even qatar the other option is for to turn humid and that's likely to happen i think he still holds out and then probably sunday and also a hint that is the increasing potential for class let's go

straight to the state department where the u.s. secretary of state thinking about an action group on iran for nearly forty years this amendment to iran has been responsible for a torrent of violence and destabilizing behavior against the united states our allies our partners and indeed the iranian people themselves in may of this year president trump withdrew from the flood iran nuclear deal which failed to restrain iran's nuclear progress or its campaigns of violence abroad in its place president representative campaign of pressure deterrence and solidarity with the long suffering iranian people our hope is that one day soon we can reach a new agreement with iran but we must see major changes in the regimes behavior both inside and outside of its borders there are many people in the world are demanding that iran finally act like a normal nation the iran action group will drive daily progress on these objectives

and i hope do much more we're committed to a whole of government effort to change the reigning regimes behavior in the iran action group will ensure that the partner state remains closely synchronized with our inner agency partners the i.a.g. will also lead the way and growing efforts with nations would share our understanding of the iranian threat present troubles making our end our iran strategy a true multinational undertaking and their own action group will be key to further progress in that regard. i'm also announcing the brian cook will lead the iran action group with the formal title of special representative for iraq. brightest served as the director of policy planning here since february of two thousand and seventeen days worked tirelessly to advance president from foreign policy priorities across multiple domains once diplomatic expertise and broad experience with iran policy makes him an out chair standing choice to lead the state department in the run action group. that's the president's decision to withdraw

from the rendell in may brian has played a important role in shaping our strategy of maximum diplomatic and economic pressure we're going to continue to rely on him and his team to lead our efforts to counter the iran regimes mine activity to support iranian voices and to galvanize international support for our efforts and with that i'd like to introduce our new special representative ron right. here really everywhere. here. all right. i'm going to pass on andrea that's. i'd like to i'd like to think the secretary. in may the secretary announced our new iran strategy to protect america's national security the security of our allies and partners and to promote a brighter future for the iranian people and we have taken

a comprehensive approach to iran because the scope of iranian malign activity is so wide ranging from its aspirations of nuclear weapons its support for terrorism its cyber activity its proliferation of ballistic missiles and much more the iran regime has been a force for instability and violence. our new strategy addresses all manifestations of the iranian threat and the new iran action group will be focused on implementing that strategy we have an elite team of foreign affairs professionals here at the state department and across the administration. the iran action group will play a critical role in leading our efforts within the department and executing the president's iran strategy across the interagency the administration will also

build continue to build the broadest level of international support for our strategy just yesterday i was in london meeting with senior officials from germany france and the united kingdom for productive discussions on iran we will continue to build on those areas where we are in agreement with our allies and partners around the world and we will work to find consensus on those areas where we are not i have worked on iran throughout my career in foreign policy beginning in two thousand and six on the u.n. security council serving as an advisor to u.n. ambassador bolton. i thank secretary pompei zero for this opportunity and the confidence he has placed in me and my colleagues to execute the strategy and i'm glad to answer a few questions yeah this is three but there are so brief it will seem like just one. talk about an elite team can you tell us who else is part of ariadne some of

who else is going to be joining you that's number one too is what exactly is the univision is doing is it does it have any resemblance to the future of iraq project that was initiated many years ago with respect to the neighbor of iran and then lastly it has been not it has not gone unnoticed that this announcement is troubling right at the sixty fifth anniversary of the one nine hundred fifty three coup in iran and is from to lots of speculation about this being the formal group that is going to oversee some kind of try to oversee some kind of regime change can you dispel or confirm that speculation this three questions three brief answers the number one iran action group will launch with a core staff of several permanent personnel. and additional experts will be detailed from the department the secretary is committed to ensuring that the team has all necessary resources to do its job and to drive implementation of the new

strategy we want to be very closely synchronized with our allies and partners around the world this team is committed to a strong global effort to change the iranian regime's behavior. on the second question about the specific names that you offer us not yet for now we have a team that's assembled and in time we'll be happy to talk about it he's got two more questions again number two. no connection number three pure coincidence and. i do you believe that the u.s. should be talking to iran right now is it the time i mean is that going to be clear out of your brief to try to get some kind of negotiation going and some direct talks with. with tehran well if the if the iranian regime demonstrates a commitment to make fundamental changes in its behavior then the president is

prepared to engage in dialogue in order to find solutions. but the sanctions relief the reestablishment of full diplomatic and commercial relations with the united states and economic cooperation with united states can only begin after we see. that the iranian regime is serious about changing its behavior and that the in the secretary speech in may he outlined twelve requirements these are the kinds of things that we would expect any normal nation to do and a lot of our work is going to be built around advancing those twelve areas mostly around nukes terrorism and the detention of american citizens arbitrarily determined. i. intend to make this a multilateral effort given the fact that this administration has an. tariffs on many of the countries that you need as partners and is we imposing sanctions on

companies that are doing business that's allowed under the j.c. . well the purpose of the sanctions is simply to deny the iranian regime revenues. to finance terrorism that's that's the purpose of maximum economic pressure the point is not to create any riffs with with other nations but when you look out the kind of money that iran provides to assad and to shia militias to lebanese hezbollah it's billions and billions of dollars and we need to get at drying up those revenue streams. and so that is the purpose of our of our maximum economic pressure campaign we have had teams from the state department and the treasury department who've now visited i want to say twenty four countries in most regions of the world that work will continue. in the coming months and we have very

good discussions with allies around the world because when you look at the at the range of iranian threats especially around missiles and cyber maritime aggression terrorism these are concerns of other nations united states is not alone in that regard and i find that when we sit down and talk with other nations there are shared interests that we're able to pursue and we'll continue doing it. ok we were just listening to brian hope there at the state department he's the new head of the yearly created iran action group. basically both him and the u.s. secretary of state my compare had said that it is going to be created to change behavior let's get more on this from roslyn jordan who now joins me at the united nations or was as you've been listening to those both those men speak can you summarize what the main points of this group and what is expected to achieve.

well if my pump ale the u.s. secretary of state and brian who is now the special representative in charge of the iran action group or two will be believed this does not mean that the trumpet ministration is interested in regime change and brian hook was very careful in saying that he is very interested in seeing the current iranian government change its behavior that's a quote however there are going to be many questions one about who will be joining this or hold on the iran action group what kind of a whole of government what kind of economic policy defense strategies are going to be employed in order to compel the government in town hall to stop what the u.s. considers its to farias and the stabilizing activity not just being a state sponsor of terror under u.s. law but also supporting those groups and persons who may be violating human rights

on notice that mr hope made a point of mentioning bashar al assad the president of syria whose country has been engulfed in a civil war for more than seven years and during which the assad government has been criticized for indiscriminately targeting civilians in its efforts to try to win that civil war of course there are also going to be questions about whether or not the u.s. is going to be looking for other ways of perhaps trying to support the iranian people it has hinted that is it would be opposed to seeing a change in the kind of government in iran but certainly there is just many many questions that need to be answered about this effort wind down is it actually going to lead to for example an actual to go see a should of iraq's nuclear ambitions something which donald trump alluded to while he was running for president and criticizing the iran nuclear deal but something

which up until now has not been concretely addressed beyond the u.s. his decision to pull out of that treaty also in jordan is shedding some light on that newly created iran action group thank you very much. now the united nations has asked japan to prevent the exploitation of workers a ploy to clear up the focus nuclear power plants that was destroyed by tsunami in two thousand and eleven between the time of the disaster and two thousand and sixteen almost eighty thousand workers were hard to decontaminate the area around fukushima according to the un many of those recruited were migrants asylum seekers or homeless and the international body says it is concerned that they're being exploited or were deceived about the risks of exposure to radiation. and jack is the un special rapporteur on hazardous waste compile that report on for money joins us now from a source in turkey thank you very much for speaking to us today can you first

outlined what your greatest concern is about the situation focus with regard to the workers that are there trying to clean that up sure thanks for having me. trevor or concerns as being true for the first is an unhealthy level of radiation exposure both to workers the second is the exploitation of vulnerable workers knowing that all workers are vulnerable to toxic chemical or toxic substance exposure. those that are most vulnerable indeed or migrant workers asylum seekers and those that are homeless or otherwise. economically vulnerable so that's the. and and the third is the ability of those who may develop. diseases or disabilities to get access to their right to an effective remedy for those those injuries that they suffer. that these workers what kind of training or preparation would they

have received before going into such a perhaps contaminated area like fukushima. well that's that's precisely our concern is the likelihood that these workers were adequately first informed about the risks and second trained and prepared and provided sufficient protective equipment. the structures that have been created to recruit these workers are such that the effective oversight and monitoring of these recruitment agencies is very difficult. and we're we're very much concerned that the workers have not received the adequate information or training that they need and having approached a japanese government about this what kind of a response have they given you regarding your concerns. we've approached the japanese government on two different occasions first with regard to the resettlement of those who were. displaced by the nuclear disaster and second with

regard to the workers we were speak we have received responses from the japanese government on on both occasions. with respect to the workers as well as with respect to the relocated communities. we continue to have concerns and we continue to communicate these concerns to the japanese authorities ok it's been seven years why are there still so many health and safety concerns with regard to the nuclear the fukushima nuclear power plant and also the prefecture the area around it where the reality is that these these radio nucleotides these these radioactive substances do not disappear that they will remain for for centuries in some cases and. that there needs to be a concerted and diligent effort to remediate and preserve. the health and the safety of communities as well as workers to ensure that they're protected while the

decontamination efforts are taking. profits and jack thank you very much for talking to us thanks for having. a malaysian judge has ruled that there is enough evidence to try to remain for the murder of north korean leader kim jong rather the indonesian and vietnamese nationals are accused of carrying out the attack on kim jong nam at kuala lumpur's airport last year using the nerve agent v.x. florens louis has the details from. cold blooded killers or unwitting pawns to one p. hong from vietnam and city and indonesian citizen have been presented as both the prosecution says they were trained to kill the judge heard evidence of practice runs at shopping malls in kuala lumpur 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 why did this is a problem of us against. these day and the kids must know the court wants to hear gavel should go to school. 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 the al jazeera malaysia. schools attended by half a million palestinian refugees will reopen as planned later this month despite funding cuts by the u.s. 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 the agency which is known as under a still needs another hundred twenty million dollars to support five hundred thousand students past september of the u.s. cut house to its promise funding to honor in january. local media reporting that more than one hundred people have been killed in the indian state of carola in some of the worst floods in

a century heads of thousands more have been forced from their homes the government has called the situation extremely grave and the region's main airport has been ordered to close for ten days paul chunder john reports. heavy rain floods and landslides have destroyed or damaged thousands of homes in kerala disaster officers say some two hundred people have died since may because of an unusually severe monsoon season. when water 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 under water. 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. water levels in the state's 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 underwater 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 kara 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. on al-jazeera. the former england captain back the clock well have the details and sports the day .

ok let's get you all the day's sports with bandy. thank you so much davey it will spain's top football league has announced plans to stage a game in the united states it's part of a fifteen year plans of promoting the league in north america the league has yet to confirm the dates or teams involved but says it's committed to moving a regular season game outside of europe for the first time early this month the spanish super cup game was taken out of the country with barcelona beating serbia two one in morocco the decision though has angered the spanish footballers union

their president saying the f.e.c. strongly objects footballers are not currency that can be used in business to only benefit third parties well earlier on we spoke to finance mcallister a journalist at one of spain's leading sports publications he says league is doing all it can to close the financial gap on the english premier league. i think they can be s. popular as the premier league because they have they have the two of the greatest clubs in the word you know when you have a messy and you have barcelona you have real madrid you can do whatever you want to so now they're trying to be professional there's something that the legal wasn't before have yet they went through there and got to the president of the leader so now they're there they're raising their they're losing but they're getting close to the premier league so the premier league they taught they tried to have actually

a regular season game in the u.s. they failed so now the league is trying to do something that the premier league couldn't do it with european football back in action so it's who is the global piracy of matches all games from the opening round of the premier league and more than half of france's top league fixtures were illegally broadcast live by pirate channel b. out q qatar based broadcast have been sports see whole the middle east and rights to these games say it now has independent proof that is being distributed by the saudi arabian based arab sat tests for being were conducted by three leading technology companies cisco and i cried over on but the saudis maintain the signal isn't from their country footballers football's world and european governing bodies of won't be our kids i'll take legal action they've been joined by formula one and world tennis bodies if all demanded the immediate closure of be outta here. in a couple of brazil shot a coin say of missed out on the semifinals after losing to corinthians shop

occurrence a in green here have completely rebuilt it say after the twenty sixth the plane crash that killed all but three of the squad that was on board they held on until the eighty fourth minute in this one with johnson scored for the visitors from sao paolo and that put them through to nail on aggregates. the american are in rio from ankara taking on grimier for a place in the semi's this was one one from the first like everything would be error scored early for the home saying and that was enough to take from one car through soon one on it's. former england and manchester united striker wayne rooney is settling in nicely at his new club in united states the thirty two year old scoring twice as d.c. united forward symbols for one in major league soccer. he's got three goals in seven games now. that will also moving d.c. off the bottom of the eastern conference and up in eighth place. england

cricket coach trevor bayliss says ben stokes has been recalled to the test squad for his own well being starks was cleared of any criminal wrongdoing wrongdoing at a trial in bristol on choose day and could now play in saturday's third chest against india he missed the second test today's court appearance he was arrested after being involved in a fight outside and night club last year the twenty seven year old missed england's tour of australia as a consequence but has since returned to international action. when he came in to new zealand after the issues to that he mused he said. the plan is in the chinese relief. to rort so from your point of view you know the team uses these contrition even for the blues in the england rugby player danny cypriani has been fined more than c. and a half thousand dollars after pleading guilty to charges of assault cypriani had just been resell exit fifty national side after making his first test start in

a decade see months ago the thirty year old was on a pre-season saw with his club side gloucester when he was arrested outside a nightclub in jersey. mclaren have announced the family will and so will be replaced by another spanish driver color cites the twenty three year old from madrid is signed a multi-year deal is carolina run out from red bull but has decided not to trigger the recall clause in his contract which would have seen him draw for red bull mclaren announced this week that alongside will retire from f one at the end of the season. now not for the first time australian tennis player nick curious looks to be on a collision course for the game's all thorough carry of submitting to losing a set on purpose after all king with the umpire about a line call. well the same lost the second set against one of courage six months love but did go on to win the match carious was banned for three months at the end of twenty six thing for his lack of effort journal match of the shanghai masters the second certainly would also you know i

knew that you know it was no road no real point in me going out there competing in all of us who waste energy trying to battle back against. new but for those you know if a loss at sixty or those and we saw it first in the you know i think i carried a lot of momentum going from the first game and you know that it ended up being a slug. that is high sports is looking for now let's get back to the. thanks for that and now this is just about it for this news hour read remember you can always find plenty more on our website the address for that is al jazeera dot com and as you can see there are all the latest news including on the u.s. singer aretha franklin who died of pancreatic cancer at the age of seventy six and that's it for us so i will that's it for me for today but stay with us maryanne demasi will be here in just a moment with a full hour of news and plenty more. whether

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