that their favorite candidates are coalition members comprise this new iraqi government but i think that the bigger concern is that we have a new. u.s. foreign policy toward iran under donald trump which seeks to play hardball with us almost republic of iran and sadly iraq is caught in the middle of these two countries and it adds an element of instability that other i think developing societies emerging democracies don't have to face and it's a real cause for concern i was going to talk to so many thanks they've not hashmi the skype from denver. iraqi police a fired tear gas at anti-corruption protesters in the southern city of basra around three thousand people gathered to do jobs and better public services they say they're not getting a fair share of the wealth generated from oil exports some of the protests have been going on since july. the armed group says that it's behind a car bomb attack in somalia's capital mogadishu at least six people including

children were killed after the attack a detonated his car full of explosives near a government building. reports. the loud explosion was heard across the somali capital mogadishu soldiers stationed near the entrance of district headquarters tried to stop the suicide bomber. the attacker tried to enter the compound with an explosive laden car and when the security tried to stop it the car exploded killing three of the soldiers the deputy commissioner for security and politics was also injured in the attack children were among those killed and injured as a nearby school collapsed. i saw bodies scattered on the ground after the explosion before the ambulances and the paramedics reached there and the whole scene was very . the roof was blown of a mosque and homes in the area were also damaged. as you can see the explosion

caused a lot of destruction there are mosques and islamic schools next to the district compound. by the linked hardline group of shabaab says it was behind the attack a statement says the meeting in the district office was the target al shabaab has been carrying out attacks for more than a decade that includes a deadly truck attack last year which can more than five hundred people the un backed government which took charge in twenty twelve has not been able to control much territory beyond look at issue. for mali is devastated health infrastructure to struggle to deal with casualties in the past. and as the war began in the one nine hundred ninety s. goes on somali civilians continue to suffer. other there there with the news from al-jazeera still to come on the program from nothing to twenty six million how new york scientists have managed to revive the city's dwindling population. and i'm sorry for one of the last places you might expect to find high level showjumping right here in the gaza strip. plus ferrari's hopes of winning the

formula one. taken a nosedive we'll explain a little later. china's president is expected to announce a plan for billions of dollars of aid in advertisement in african countries later on monday president xi jinping is due to speak at the launch of a two day summit in beijing he's been welcoming fifty two leaders that include his sudanese counterpart omar al bashir and south africa's president several run oppose a she's trillion dollar belton road infrastructure plan is set to top the agenda but there are concerns that the project is overloading poor countries with debt where it's not just trade and investment which has been growing between china and african countries hundreds of thousands of people have relocated in recent years

a million chinese now live in africa while the number of africans in china is thought to be around half of that adrian brown reports on the cultural impact that that change is having on chinese cities. sandra's from cameroon but her son is chinese because he was born here both of these days on a popular chinese social media network marriage between a chinese man and an african woman is still a curiosity here. so she under husband decided to stream their day to day lives fans send virtual gifts which represent money dollars don't know i adore china everyone is envious of me everyone likes to see me happy with what i do i like to see me dancing but like me they're all my friends i'm missing nothing sandra and so shown shown married a year ago after returning to his village near dandong in northeast china.

life can be harsh here especially in winter when the temperature drops to minus twenty in cameroon it's hot and humid most days given the tiny kisses and hearts flashing on the screens of their smartphones symbols for virtual gifts it's going to be a profitable day in a good month they can make a thousand dollars china's economic courtship of africa began twenty years ago one of the consequences of that relationship a new generation of mixed race children. forty years ago it was all but impossible for a foreign man or woman to live in china let alone marry a chinese but today marriages like this are no longer exceptional marrying a foreigner is no longer regarded as marrying down in the way perhaps that it once was here. dolly days and there are more and more international married is in china some of friends also marry foreigners the chinese have become more accepting of

intermarriage to begin with though those mother was not so accepting. how containing marry a black woman she can leave at any time that's why at the beginning both my husband i say no to this married. sandra's had more success making friends on social media having now mastered enough mandarin to thank them in song. adrian brown al jazeera in northeast china. at least eight saudi soldiers have been killed in fighting with yemen's hooty rebels according to saudi news agencies the kingdom's military says that it followed a hoop the attack along its southern border videos from saudi media show captured who think fighters including what they say is a high ranking commander human rights watch says it wants an end to all weapons

sales to saudi arabia following the bombing of a school bus in yemen last month the rights group called the attack an apparent war crime on saturday the saudi embassy coalition admitted mistakes were made during the airstrike that killed forty children in saddam's province alan fischer reports now from djibouti. human rights watch uses very strong language to condemn the saudi led coalition operation in northeast yemen at the beginning of august which killed forty children and eleven adults they say it just adds to the gruesome record of killing civilians in yemen now you remember at the time the saudi said that this was a legitimate military operation they were targeting with the leaders who they believe were in the area at the time what human rights watch is saying is that they have spoken to survivors to eyewitnesses to people who were in the area and while they can't establish if they were the leaders were there the saudis must have known that by taking the action they did they were going to kill a large number of civilians because there was a school bus a market and a number of houses there so the saudis conducted their own investigation they say

that the recently attack should have taken place is not because it would have killed a large number of civilians but because the leaders posed nor major threat to the saudi coalition at that point and human rights watch also see that people who are supplying weapons to either side in the conflict could be complicit in war crimes now we also know that both sides are due to sit down around the negotiating table on the sixth of september under the umbrella all of the united nations the problem is both sides don't want to be in the same room together so it's going to take some effort by the united nations to at least get a process underway that could lead to something that will deliver a peace in yemen and bring an end to what is an almost four year war yemen's president of drawbar mansour hadi is preparing to travel to the united states for medical treatment how does been treated for a heart condition since two thousand and eleven he's been living in exile in saudi

arabia since iran backed rebels took control of yemen's capital sanaa in twenty fifteen the reuters news agency is reporting that hardy will stay in the u.s. until the u.n. general assembly meeting at the end of september. pakistan says the three hundred million dollars of military support that the us plans to scrap is reimbursement that it's owed and not hate its foreign minister says the money is to meet pakistan's expenses in supporting the so-called us war on terror shah mehmood qureshi says that he'll bring up the issue with secretary of state mike pump a zero when he arrives in islamabad on wednesday the u.s. accuses pakistan of failing to take action against armed groups and providing them with a safe haven pakistan denies the allegations how does heroes come out how come all the reports now from islam about the u.s. move it likely to affect the atmosphere when the dog start happening and it. will be meeting the pakistani prime minister came around khan who had been elected. the

new government and already said that he had worn a new direction. on the foreign policy concern one doubted. reliant on the united states. to improve relations with mark goldberg and all ford . training of military officers and it concerned that move coming off to the us. program we can't been in place for decades the us really be interested got idea down and of darn pete the americans are already talking to the taliban directly and it will be important to see what kind of expectation they bring forward as far as budget on it concerned but the new government need to tell the american that the new relationship between the two countries has to be based on mutual respect don had already rejected the trump administration. and.

that it will not be taking dictation from the united states any more. afghan rashid is a journalist in the author of several books on pakistani politics he says the u.s. hasn't seen enough progress in pakistan to continue sending aid the major u.s. demand is for pakistan to if you like delivered a college band in other words push to college who are living in pakistan to push him into peace talks with the americans and the kabul government and it appears that the americans are very frustrated that pakistan is not doing it's not fulfilling that. pakistan for its part says that we're doing what we can the maximum but the collarbone a very stubborn imran and said that he wants improved relations with the u.s. but he's also very much known for his anti american views and his views certainly fit in very well with the military who's who which is also becoming very anti

american now this eight package does represent a significant sum is specially pakistan has a lot of u.s. weaponry which is going to need spare parts and things like that now all that meant might now be. under this bond and even bill paxon says it will turn to china to provide weapons and to provide military aid and also economic aid i don't know but it china can provide all the months that pakistan is looking remember remember the huge financial crisis here box that needs about twelve billion dollars in the next couple of weeks in order to stave off a going bankrupt simply. hundreds of people have protested outside the offices of the united nations agency for palestinian refugees in jordan that demanding that the u.s. reverse its decision to withdraw funding from the agency run schools hospitals and

social services for more than five million palestinian refugees across the middle east two million of them living in jordan who israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu has welcomed the u.s. announcement he says that perpetuates the refugee crisis instead of solving it. the u.s. has done a very important thing by halting the financing for the refugee agency known as an ra it's finally beginning to resolve the problem the funds must be taken and used to genuinely help rehabilitate the refugees the true number of which is much smaller than the number reported by unruh this is a welcome change. israel's navy has fired warning shots towards boats attempting to breach the naval blockade on gaza the palestinian vessels planned to sail off the gaza strip as part of an international campaign against the siege on board were students activists and several people who can't get the urgent medical care that they need due to the blockade by israel and egypt they were forced back to the port

by the israeli military but in spite of the blockade there are still some recreational pursuits in gaza that offer an escape from living under siege under serious hairy forces has found one of them. is the fierce heat of the day starts to it's time to get ready last minute grooming final checks on saddles and spirits. and then out into the arena here in northern gaza given the territories recent history of conflict blockade and economic crisis it's perhaps a surprise to find young people here competing in what around the world is viewed as an elitist sport. ahmed are zazi is aiming himself to be an elite showjumper taking advantage of the recent opening of gaza's southern crossing with egypt he traveled to jordan and then germany excelling in two five nation tournaments and. my ambition is to compete internationally in the recent tournaments i won first and second places some competitions allow us to qualify for the world cup but we've

missed out on so many because of the siege and the closure of the crossings. this is final training for a gaza wide competition unlike many sports in this conservative society here girls and boys train and compete together the contests a split according to the heights of the jumps not the competitors gender if event. there's no difference we like brothers and sisters and i'm ready to compete in society does ban women from doing a few things that contradict additions but i didn't catch all continue. but the egalitarian ism only goes so far this is an activity reserved for the very few in gaza who can afford it stabling costs about two hundred dollars a month some of the horses imported from israel even europe are worth thousands. most of gaza's horses are used to heavy labor not sport unemployment stands at forty four percent more than half the population relies on food aid all around the world this is a sport that carries connotations of elite isn't and wealth but here in gaza more

than most places the contrast between scenes like this and the realities of daily life for so many is particularly stark. traina med ramsey says working with horses helps children who no matter their relative wealth have had childhoods marred by conflict and siege but he says the costs are becoming harder to sustain. had. has even well our families are now reducing their expenses including on this port many will send their son took a train but when they reach a certain level with competition and fees and so on then they stop. a few days later and it's competition time relatives friends nervous parents lined the side of the arena star rider ahmed is finding his horse covered gold a bit hot to handle he places third. i did my best and i trained very well and i hope next time to win

a better place it's the kind of attitude required of young athletes around the world but perhaps especially of those growing up in gaza perry force at gaza we're going to weather update next year on the then they were once banned from school now raija refugee children have a chance to study will tell you. a birthday party for a much loved oasis in moscow has been jungle. fodder what happened when steven gerrard came up against one of his former managers in scottish football's fiercest contest all the details coming up a little later. we still got some very lively weather across the eastern half of the us around the great plains pushing up towards the midwest the same some flooding around the lakes

another system starts to poll six way in towards the northern plains toward the midwest as we go on through the coming hours and in that wetter weather will not its way further a switching see the long lot of cloud of rain actually comes out of quick back out of ontario across the lakes down across the midwest all the way down towards texas he says out of the country saying that warm moist air look at the way in this coming in from the gulf and lots of moisture lots of heat once again further west it's a good deal quasi we have got temperatures getting up to twenty celsius there for seattle maybe twenty one by choose day things nazi bad here twenty eight degrees there for central parts on tuesday seeing more heavy rain further flooding so me a possibility just notice this little area cloud and rain started to push its way into southern parts of texas by this date further east just warming up once again for new york temperatures getting into the mid east now across the caribbean we've got this little club just storms just around the turks and caicos islands pushing

up towards but muta that will make its way across northern parts of cuba as we go through monday grassy heading on into the gulf of mexico. on counting the cost off to a week of nafta talks we'll look at the impact donald trump's trade policy is having globally plus why celebrity social media influences have a new set of online followers advertising regulates. deported from the u.k. indoctrinated by somali goes on how can a young man disillusioned by violence rebuild his life. experience going to be the state they are and reunite his family africa's no not call me at all from my

last warrior a witness documentary on josie. it is good to have you with us hello adrian filling in here it with the news hour from al-jazeera our top stories libya's u.n. backed government has declared a state of emergency after five days of fighting in the capital at least forty one people have been killed in the violence of over one hundred others injured several armed groups are battling the territory it took police only functioning force.

nearly four months after iraq's election eleven political groups of come together to make the largest bloc in parliament that includes groups loyal to the shia cleric. and prime minister hide a body parliament will convene on monday and the process of forming a government will begin. the china's president is expected to announce a plan for billions of dollars of aid and investment in african countries on monday president xi jinping is due to speak at the launch of a two day summit in beijing his trillion dollar belt and road infrastructure plan is set to top the agenda. of children have faced some of the worst forms of violence and persecution by myanmar's army three hundred eighty thousand range of kids escaped to bangladesh in the past year now one charity is trying to give them a chance to learn as al-jazeera as mohamad but john jhoom reports. in this child friendly space in bangladesh young real hinge a refugee are getting

a chance they were never afforded back home in me and more. and they are in a happy mood is the proudly show off their reading and reciting skills. save the children's daphne cook tells me how the informal program aims to teach more than just letters and numbers these are kids that haven't had any kind of education at all what that means is they might not know how to cross the road safely they might not know how to wash their hands so it's really basic stuff like that to keep kids safe and healthy in their day to day lives outside the learning center though a grim reality confronts you at almost every turn like these children who should be in school instead they're selling vegetables to help support their families or these teenagers who should be having fun with their friends instead discussing what little they have to look forward to before fleeing to bangladesh sixteen year olds

used to dream of becoming a doctor and then a one month of one now i don't know if i can continue to study i would be able to do anything with my life i wouldn't have any skills i'm very worried that this could mean i might end up a thief one day just so i can survive i want to study z. obl completed the seventh grade in me and more but he hasn't been back in a classroom since he and his family fled the violence there go to almost any camp for the displaced practically anywhere in the world and you find more often than not that in those settings it's extremely difficult for children to get access to a proper education but when you speak to him to refugees who fled me and more over the course of the past year you find out that their education crisis started long before they arrived here it's estimated that upwards of sixty percent of the or hindu are illiterate when you hear how these boys were often barred by soldiers from attending school in myanmar as rak kind state it's easy to understand why. and

at it when we were on our way to class the army used to stop us and ask where are you going and we said we were going to school they'd ask us what are you doing go to school unicef simon ingram explains how dire the situation has become so over the past year we've had something like three hundred eighty thousand school aged children arriving here from across the border trying to get them into some kind of learning activities give them some sort of shape to their lives give them some sort of hope for in terms of learning and their education for the future that has had to be one of our biggest priorities while aid workers are cautiously optimistic that consultations with the government of bangladesh will result in a formal curriculum that's ready to roll out by october most of the refugee children don't hold out much hope for while they may not be in school they learn

each and every day just how cruel the world can be mohammed atta at the could you belong refugee camp in cox's bazaar bangladesh. a new commander is taking control of nato forces in afghanistan the u.s. army general scott miller starts as nato and the afghan army under pressure from a resurgent taliban and growing eisel threat has been a string of attacks in recent months that's led to increased concern about security at elections next month. one person has been killed fifteen others injured in a bomb attack in the philippines it happened at an internet cafe in the predominantly christian city of israel and on mindanao island it's the second such attack in a week the government has blamed pro eisel fighters access in and out of the city has been restricted by security forces who are trying to find the attackers. in russia they've been more protests against increases to the age at which people can

get a state pension the communist party organized rallies across the country the government wants to increase the retirement age from sixty to sixty five for men and from fifty five to sixty for women president vladimir putin has made some changes to his original plan but argues the current pension arrangements are not financially sustainable and ball shift skier is a fellow at the washington institute focusing on russia's foreign and domestic policy she says the putin's government did not expect such a public outcry and. the way the government announced these reforms was at the time when russia was still hosting the world cup sort of hoping that the public would notice trying to trying to soften the blow so to speak but more importantly the larger issue here is that these reforms demonstrate russia's economic decline of the government's inability. to handle development because russia has a system that is not geared towards development of the country rather it's

a system built on loyalty to the kremlin where those that are close to the kremlin get rewarded. and that you know there are such things as for example the government had stopped contributing to the pension fund to finance the crimea and excision. the witnesses so it's prioritizing political motives funding foreign adventures over domestic development not only never took responsibility when he made these concessions rather he sort of presented himself as this fatherly figure that is stepping in at the last minute. moscow has been celebrating the ninetieth anniversary of one of its most beloved places gorky park. takes a look at the landmarks role in shaping the city and its history. ninety years old and looking pretty good for its age gorky park has firmly reclaimed its position as one of moscow's most popular attractions but the city is part of gorky has been reinvented numerous times through communism and post soviet decay to its

current sleeker more modern face but it is. the park appeared and nine hundred twenty eight it was designed for their proletariat the new and young state need in a new and young place where their protests could relax there was an idea to create a park of culture and leisure where people could get educated and take a rest. it's energetic director betty glam invited the u.s.s.r. most talented artists and architects to shake the park even during world war two the park stayed open but when the soviet union collapsed in the early ninety's parts crowned slipped to it hosted some of russia's first raves and metal concerts but it's fair ground rides became shabby he developed a reputation for crime that's all being swept away now beginning in twenty eleven a radical overhaul brought wife i cafes labrat playgrounds and more these days

gorky park is alive with visitors parks modern reef it was the shape of things to come moscow it was the first major project of a huge and regeneration programme that has been rolled out across the russian capital at a cost of billions of dollars. now much of modern moscow gleams to with riverside viewing platforms roadside swings and cycle paths the capital needed to revamp. but some of those who've watched moscow's transformation say it's no coincidence this all followed the anti-government protests of twenty eleven and twelve analyst alexander bound of think so authorities chose to ignore calls for political freedoms but grants the classes a more livable city they try to isolate and by nish there their protest activists bugbee made a lot of we can call it concessions we can call it improvements eliminated

almost completely their low level corruption and in the improvement of the city environment. gorky park was the first broaddrick and the first step to this direction. down or says the opposition is now split about whether to accept such gifts from the authorities everyone else meanwhile is down in the park will reach alan's al-jazeera moscow. just ahead here on the news the guatemalan farmers struggling to revive land destroyed by volcanic ash. that is sport for the u.s. open champion rafael nadal reaches the last eight in new york the details coming up with. an instantly shifting news cycle to receive in change in america tweak the

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well again farmers in guatemala struggling to make ends meet after the crops were destroyed by a volcanic eruptions two months ago their fields blanketed in ash and rock david nasa reports. the rich black soil on the side of this volcano in guatemala is normally the stuff of farmers' dreams but ronald wral knows firsthand that what the volcano can provide in bountiful harvests it can just as quickly take away the flag of volcanoes deadly eruption in early june dumped tons of rocks and asked onto his field the twenty eight year old was counting on his corn harvest to feed his young family for the coming year but all was destroyed ok if the will knock up

a bit but i don't think the middle. there was a layer of asser thirty centimeters deep that was super hard like cement so little over the book liable to get well you know it's off now because we've tried our best to work the ground but this corn won't give us anything like this plant here no cob no nothing. direction of flag go killed hundreds of people a few kilometers north of the scene of the disaster ash and volcanic rocks not only damaged thousands of hectares of corn and beans but also cash crops such as vegetables coffee avocado and fruit trees ronald is just one of fourteen thousand smallholder farmers who lost their crops after june's volcanic eruption because people are already some of the country's most vulnerable and now they say they need help. in a highland town an hour away government help is starting to arrive guatemala's ministry of agriculture is providing shovels machetes and other tools to thousands

of farmers official say that those who lost all their subsistence crops will also receive food assistance.