alexander is that the chant cody's killed in an explosion in ukraine moscow is blaming the death of the separatist revelator on kiev. hello from joe harvey when i'm come out santa maria this is the world news from al-jazeera. it's the final goodbye for the queen of soul thousands attending the funeral and celebration of life for a reason franklin. meanwhile the counts could carrying the body of john mccain his return to capitol hill as political leaders across washington commemorate the life of the late senator. stopped from leaving the country ugandan opposition politician

bobby wine is arrested and detained again. and catholic leaders in australia reject a demand to break the seal of confession concerning child sex abuse cases and vowed to oppose a law which would force them to do so. so we're starting with breaking news out of eastern ukraine the pro russian rebel leader alexander has been killed in an explosion according to the region's official media outlets he was attacked in a cafe in donetsk the center of the city the russian foreign ministry is accused ukraine of being behind the attack. with the head of the self declared state that has been pushing for independence after russia's annexation of the crimean peninsula rory chalons following this one from moscow rory what more can you tell us. well don't know yet scott the moment is in

lockdown nobody is allowed in and nobody is allowed out both the separatist republic and also its backers in moscow calling this a terrorist attack a terrorist incident earlier on how xander was killed in what looks very much like a targeted assassination a bomb went off in the cafe that he was in with a colleague or two and he is the only confirmed fatality at the moment from that explosion but obviously this has ramifications for the deniece people's republic also for the conflicts in eastern ukraine and perhaps the minsk peace process as well. as one of the leaders of militia there was fighting against the ukrainian army fighting against kiev rule in the early stages of the war he was

then elevated to the position of prime minister at a time when it seems like the leadership of the republics there was being kind of real organized to make it look more like a homegrown movement and less like a kind of foreign operation run out of moscow he was present both the minsk peace meetings he was the signature for that in the us people's republic and in the second one he you know has been a big figure in this in this this conflict the simmering conflict no end to it yet it's been going on since two thousand and fourteen and this death this what looks like an assassination is a big moment of this ok rory we'll talk to you again later hopefully some more information come out of donetsk on that story thank you. now politicians in washington are paying their final respects to the veteran republican senator john

mccain ago a military on a god carried his casket into the u.s. capitol rotunda where it will lie in state until saturday morning the day of his funeral public viewing is expected to begin in the afternoon u.s. vice president mike pence and speaker paul ryan have delivered tributes in the building with mccain served for thirty five years. in every generation there are those who put country first who prize service ahead of self to summon idealism from a cynical age john mccain was such a man. today. he lives in the place where he served for the last. congress of the united states soon he will go to rest on the grounds where he served first the united states naval academy though the highest office eluded him. he attained

what is far more enduring. the biting affection of his fellow citizens and an example for future generations. and at the same time family friends and fans of the queen of soul aretha franklin is saying that final goodbyes. show at her funeral service. at detroit's a service to celebrate her life the music actually expected to last six hours aretha franklin a full face of the hits like respect and natural woman she died on august sixteenth at the age of seventy six john hendren live outside the with the funerals taking. six hours on what an extraordinary event.

it is extraordinary we're now an hour for those who are counting in there about an hour late right now bill clinton is still set to speak and he's never been known for a short speeches so that could get extended a little further still but what we have heard so far has been fascinating ariana grande day's saying you make me feel like a natural woman one of the iconic songs that aretha franklin sang for so many years the reverend al sharpton called her the soundtrack to the civil rights movement which i think is that rings true for a lot of the people here he also noted that president trump. in celebrating her life and in remarking on the day of her death pointed out that she had worked for trump and al sharpton pointed out and said she didn't work for you she worked for us meaning the civil rights movement smokey robinson spoke as well he said my longest friend has gone home he said she will be the one of the featured voices in

the choir of angels there were statements from president george w. bush there was a statement from barack obama and we also learned that there will be a part of a park here where. thirty bands paid tribute to her last night is now going to be named aretha franklin park so a lot of tribute going on here but still a lot to go on inside of this church that could last more than the extra two hours i think the mob it will any john of what happens up as this is actually the funeral service to say she buried immediately after this does that happen tomorrow and he would. i'm not exactly sure on the timing of it at the moment she will be buried in the family cemetery where many members of her family are buried it also happens to be the cemetery where the civil rights icon rosa parks has been buried there's also talk within this city a columnist at the detroit free press has been bringing this out of his of creating a museum for aretha franklin it would focus both on her civil rights work and of

course on her music but it would also look forward and show those kinds of things that she continues to influence over time to be sort of a living breathing dedication to reach that frankly but when you talk to people here on the streets they really feel part of the reason franklin ceremony not just because about a thousand of them were let in at the last moment after waiting for hours out here of people who did not expect to be able to be lady here but also because she was really one of them from humble roots she was a preacher's daughter and she rose up to do things that many of them hope that one day perhaps they can emulate. john hendren thank you so much for that look i just we're looking at some live pictures from inside.

and that is how you create isn't it the queen of soul aretha franklin the ongoing services john hundred said four hours and counting supposed to go six by the looks of things that began a lot longer than that. there was a secular state my comp a.o. is now warning against a syrian government offensive in the province the rebels' last remaining stronghold he says that would escalate an already dangerous conflict both syria and its main ally russia or appear to be preparing for an all out assault on protesters in have been demonstrating against the threat on thursday the u.n. special envoy to syria called for a humanitarian corridor to be set up so civilians could escape safely hundreds of

thousands of syrian refugees a shelter and of course in neighboring lebanon there are concerns about a russian plan to repack treat them the u.n. high commissioner for refugees as any such move must be internationally monitored. by addressing all these issues and we're making progress on some of them some are more difficult we can talk about that and there is also another point that i would like to add to those that i have mentioned it is important also that u.n.h.c.r. as the united nations refugee agency plays a role and has a presence especially in the areas of return now this is sometimes spaf simple sometimes more difficult it is linked often to the security situation but he's clear to everybody in actor that he's playing an increasing role in the situation is the russian federation that they have put forward ideas thoughts a plan for the return and the same messages that i have described to you i have

also fast them. to our russian interlocutors i met them in damascus as well so the labor ground is making and by rich our correspondence they know what it was there as well. the united nations reiterating its longstanding position that refugee returns are still premature to organize large scale returns because the situation in syria is still not safe these returns cannot be in the words of the head of the u.n. h.c.r. sustainable he said philip ground a that they have been talking to refugees and we have been talking to refugees and refugees are concerned for a number of reasons even though the fighting has died down what are they going to return to many of the towns and villages have been destroyed their homes have been destroyed there is a lack of services lack of infrastructure no schools and no hospitals in some areas and they're also concerned about the not finding a job or being forced to join the army if the male the men in the family are forced

to join the army who is going to work to feed the children but more importantly a lot of them are afraid of retribution they feel that there are no safety guarantees in place to make sure that the syrian government does not take any measures against them simply for leaving or accuse them of supporting and supporting the opposition so filippo grand they touring the region talking to officials in damascus both syrian and russian officials about these refugee concerns and telling them that if indeed refugees are to return the united nations needs to have a presence for the program they did not say what response he got he did say that they discussed the russian plan for the refugee returns we asked them to elaborate on that and he let me he just didn't give any details so refugees are concerned why because host nations like lebanon like jordan have been stepping up calls for refugees to return home saying that the situation is not safe in syria and that

they have been a burden both on the lebanese and jordanian governments and lebanese that the lebanese president told from the program that we don't need to wait for a political solution for before refugees return so refugees are concerned the united nation. making it clear that it is still not safe for these people to return home. and in the news ahead on al-jazeera rejecting all stare if you measure is in argentina thousands of people braved the bad weather to resist budget cuts to public education. how i would got most shall is stressed around the black sea at present you can see the area cloud have a sponsible for those showers just pushing out of georgia armenia maybe into some parts of the med looking fine and dry some lovely sunshine coming through here temperatures getting up to around thirty one celsius the beirut on saturday similar

values for jerusalem over the next couple days back that gets up to around forty six degrees for the race will couple gets up to thirty one more warm sunshine coming through but a little further south in the wool sunshine extends its way down across the arabian peninsula quite as hard as it has been recently bahati enough nevertheless forty one here in doha the thirty eight in abu dhabi little bits and pieces of plowed you notice the rather more humid just around the u.a.e. northern parts of amman the civil area cattle sink is way further south which is we go on through sas day on into sunday past fitting a little more humid in the process and you can just see how that area just slides its way down into the fall south of saudi arabia maybe a few showers around the southern end of the red sea still a chance of want to see showers around the southern cape of south africa but from just south of africa the dry season this dry fine and sunny will see temperatures going up to seventeen in cape town and twenty three for job.

top stories for you here on al-jazeera the pro russian rebel leader alexander's after a chunk of has been killed in an explosion according to the region's official media outlet he was attacked in a cafe in central donetsk the russian foreign ministry has accused ukraine of being behind the attack. and family friends and fans of the queen of soul aretha franklin are saying their final goodbyes her funeral service happening in our home town of detroit right now it's known for its light respect a natural woman pregnant died on august sixteenth. when protests in uganda's capital kampala are off to the attention of two opposition politicians popstar turned opposition m.p. bobby wines lawyer says he was beaten up in an ambulance while being taken to a government hospital soldiers bad wine and another politician from traveling as they tried to board flights to the u.s. and india one was charged with treason last week catherine sawyer reports now from neighboring kenya. this is a moment ugandan m.p. robot. better known as bobby wine was blocked by police from traveling to the u.s.

for treatment just captured on a phone at the airport by one of his relatives his doctors recommended that he needs by the tube and for keep me and back problems following what he says will stall by the military two weeks ago he'd been arrested after presidential where in the seventies motorcade was stoned june local election campaign. he was brought to this hospital in the copied all kampala well another member of parliament france's back was also taken he is also reported to have been tortured by the military and has been stopped from seeking treatment in india government officials say that they want state doctors to examine wine to verify whether his condition warrants him to receive treatment a brooch. when the very doctors who supervise the torture are being asked to a pine on his medical condition there is absolutely no way we or

anyone competent would agree that there is no independent body here these are doctors connected to you and in special forces we're not going to let them near on . wine has been charged with treason alongside thirty two other people a high court judge granted bail on monday and ordered that he get medical attention he did not specify where. quine to handle his passport the government's a special clearance is needed to be able to leave the country why his brother says his family is also living in fear we are living in three people and we are hiding every day every time people are the most trade to the city or money as they were going through making all these plans of making the most missions so they lay for president who we don't reward so critical meetings to see the compiler remains tense police and the military have been deployed to some areas that are seen as hot spots and they say that m.p.

sakit cannot leave the country because he had escaped from police custody but whines travel is going to be evaluated one state's doctors do their own assessment something the family is opposed to catherine saw al jazeera nairobi. coalition air strike has killed at least a dozen fishermen according to the who the media there they say it happened off a bomb island in the province the coalition reckons the boats were being used to smuggle weapons alan fischer is in neighboring djibouti sent us this update. as ever with breaking news coming out of yemen the picture is slightly confused what we were told initially was that seventy pressure men were missing after the coalition targeted three ships near this island that has no been revised media reporting that nineteen pressure men are missing presumed dead although no one can get to the area of what exactly what has happened certainly the saudis are saying that they targeted three boats that they believe were carrying weapons to the no

that comes just twenty four hours after the u.s. stopped a ship which they say was carrying one thousand seven rifles again heading towards there who think but it's not clear at this point if the coalition tried to stop these vessels all they just simply attack there are those who would suggest that these were simply fishermen going about their mission but certainly it shows the concern that fisherman along the red sea have they believe they're being targeted by the saudi like coalition but also they have to navigate past the mines that are being laid all around this area and they say it's almost making it untenable for them to go out to sea to try and make a living and it's not just then. i don't think he mistook planning a future but know it will be different from how you imagined his life changed forever in an instant. he was working at the popular fish market who did on the red

sea when it was hit in early august after the first bombs landed he thought he was safe he was. nothing happened to us in the sense rate we saw the dead people we went to risk you and helped them win the second rate happened i was busy rescuing and saving the wounded people certainly i lost my arm . the raid took place in front of three a winter then or so down i started screaming and howling. he was one of more than thirty injured that day those were the lucky ones twenty eight people died. suddenly i heard a big explosion i went out and nothing happened some of my friends had been injured i went to save my friends then the second right took place and i was hit still shrapnel was inside my body like. a water fish market fuel is hard to come by so traditional methods are used to keep the boats at sea but because the area has

been hit several times by the saudi led coalition and with the risk of mines on the water fewer fishermen are willing to take the risk of working on got about all of the. here we have only the war planes that target us who died of hunger and our children died because we don't work due to the. head of the. crime we have children and wives and we need to feed them we don't support any want to get the other why are we being targeted like this. abdul hakim can go home no there's nothing more the hospital can do he was the main source of income for his family his mother father brother and three sisters live very simply but they could eat because he had a job. my son has made a law bless him he is the father and the mother may allow get him help and malice and he'll am i know this. guy will never give up and i will return to work in the

fish market i have no other job and i'm not going to give it up but it's by no means certain i will be able to return to what will ever be able to earn enough money to feed his family again and so by default the two become victims of the air strike alan fischer al-jazeera djibouti. rescue workers in maine mara struggling to reach thousands of stranded people days after a dam burst sending torrents of water into at least eighty five villages four people are confirmed dead more than sixty three thousand people in the bugger region have been forced from their homes after this watching dam collapse on wednesday when hey reports from neighboring thailand. repair work is underway at the dam site to try to stem the flow of water the breach happened on the dam spillway a structure that was once one hundred twenty meters high vast areas of big-o. region remain submerged beneath muddy water in some places it's starting to recede

but it will be a long time before once fertile farmland can be used again several people are still missing and the military and other rescue personnel and never gauging the murky waters searching for survivors people living in the area had voiced concerns about the water level in the reservoir before the disaster they say they should have been some warning but just days before the breach authorities had given the dam the all clear. were going on little when before one day before one our people were going to get the repair work is also started on a bridge that was damaged causing traffic chaos it's on the main yang gone mandalay highway that links me and miles to biggest cities it's the wit season in this part of me and and flooding is common the questions will be asked why the dam didn't cope this time and whether those responsible for its management and maintenance could have done more when hey al jazeera bangkok. and in neighboring bangladesh

range of refugees from me and maher also struggling with the heavy rain nearly a million of them living in the camps and coaxes bizarre after the military crackdown in million miles north in rakhine state and mohammed germ is reporting for us from that. we talk a lot about how our hindu refugees living here in could to prolong refugee camp are very vulnerable when it comes to the rains let me try and explain why first of all they live in huts mostly like this this is a hut that's made entirely of tarp of plastic and of bamboo some of them are tied down with rope there are some of them have bricks and wood on top to try to to try to keep it from flying away and some of them have the sandbags at the base but still these huts are extremely extremely vulnerable when it comes to the bad weather that affects this area this is already an area that is prone to natural disasters flooding mudslides and most of the hinge it live in these huts that are on this forest land that has been deforested so you're talking about these

structures that are already rickety on muddy hillsides on on sandy slopes and when it rains that means that these areas are prone to flooding and to mudslides happening that's why it's so dangerous today is a day where it is only rain intermittently throughout the day some of the raining today has been quite heavy some of it like right now it's been light but the skies here especially during the season they can open up at any time and that's why this population that is already so vulnerable already so marginalized is is so concerned when rains happen because it can be so extremely dangerous for them. the strain is catholic church has rejected proposed laws which would force priests to report sexual abuse of children which was revealed during confession the decision will put the country's biggest religious group at loggerheads with the government it's been a five year long inquiry and it recommended priests face criminal charges if they

failed to report report abuse. the catholic church has accepted ninety eight percent of the regular doses will commission that relate to the catholic church. the only recommendation we can accept relates to removing the seal of confession or priest penitent privilege as it's sometimes called and that would be no surprise i imagine to most of you rights groups in nicaragua say the government has ordered the expulsion of a un human rights team investigating allegations of abuse president daniel take it dismissed a un report accusing him and his government of ignoring human rights violations during the anti-government protests there the report blamed the government for illegal arrests torture and closed trials. now argentina's currency is starting to recover off the sinking to historic lows the central bank raised the key interest rate to sixty percent the highest in the world trying to control inflation and rein in a high budget deficit cutbacks in public spending have already led to strikes as poll

church in our records. the downpour from turbulent economic storms over argentina couldn't stop these university students on thursday night. the students along with their professors braved the rain to march through want to see i research and expressed our outrage over budget cuts in education but i found that i'm here to defend free and high quality public education a psuedo nothing salaries don't masturbate of inflation at the market to go with going to that level at the top of the lower university budget the country is in a crisis because of the international monetary fund. the international monetary fund has extended a fifty billion dollar bailout loan to argentina when president asked for an early release of the i.m.f. funds the peso tumbled to a new low against the dollar ending the day at nearly half the value it had on january the first number is that we did dollar worth over forty pesos we cannot buy

teaching materials supplies or tools he said that if i show inflation is exceeding thirty percent and we are earning less than we need to feed ourselves there are teachers who are living in poverty. protesters say basic needs get more expensive every day you took your rates have increased one thousand five hundred percent and businesses are closing leaving more people jobless they blame president for what they call nec anomic disaster economists say the government needs to stop foreign currency from leaving the country however the government has done the exact opposite they totally deregulated markets. sort of setting the grounds for the run on the dollar president mccree is trying to ease panic among investors he has promised to restore economic growth while cutting argentina's budget deficit reducing inflation and making the six hundred forty billion dollars khana me more competitive. i think you have to give the government times the legacy of the

previous government is very pronounced very complicated but not everyone agrees that more time and patience will save argentina's economy from a total collapse paltrow dirge on al jazeera. top stories for you here on al-jazeera program rebel leader alexander has been killed in an explosion this is coming from the region's official media outlets he was attacked in a cafe in central done yet the russian foreign ministry has accused ukraine of being behind the attack or a challenge that's mine. the net sky at the moment is in lockdown nobody is allowed in and nobody is allowed out both the separatist republic and also its backers in moscow calling this a terrorist attack a terrorist incident earlier on i would encourage was killed in what looks

very much like a targeted assassination a bomb went off in the cafe that he was in with a colleague or two and he is the only confirmed fatality at the moment from that explosion the u.s. secretary of state my pump ayos warning against the syrian government offensive in the province the rebels last remaining stronghold he says that would escalate an already dangerous conflict but syria and its main ally russia are appear to be preparing for an all out assault protesters in italy have been demonstrating against the threat and on thursday the u.n. special envoy for syria called for a humanitarian corridor to be set up so civilians could escape safely family friends and fans of the queen of soul aretha franklin is saying their final goodbyes right now a funeral service happening in her hometown of detroit best known for hits like respect and natural woman franklin died on august sixteenth at the age of seventy

six politicians in washington meanwhile are paying their final respects to veteran republican senator john mccain a public viewing viewing is expected to begin in the afternoon the u.s. vice president mike pence and speaker paul ryan have delivered tributes in the building women kane served for thirty five years on the ugandan politician bobby winds lawyer says he was beaten up in an ambulance while being taken to a government hospital soldiers dragged wine out of the airport as he attempted to board a flight to the united states. that's europe tonight with all your headlines here on al-jazeera there is more news right after inside story with.

the battle for the syrian government and its russia appear to be preparing for an all out offensive for the bulls it would likely be the last stand off to more than seventy years of fighting beyond the military and the human cost what will an assault on it live tell us about syria's future this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program. syria's civil war may soon and but not without one final humanitarian crisis as the government of bashar al assad has reclaimed one city and region after another its opponents have been driven into our.