hit by shelling a brutal heat went to the site of one of those attacks. this is part of the market that killed the two little boys since the beginning of the clashes that broke out a week ago. many civilians were killed by ugandan rockets as the minister. says and as the family members tell us here the rocket when it landed here and killed their talks arms and you can also see you know there. remains of the explosion here on this one. team that the rocket was the explosion was very strong that. is hard to watch here was also destroyed by the explosion. it is a state of panic among civilians especially with rich random rockets play rockets

landing in densely populated areas and it seems that the government of national movement is not a strong enough to put in this conflict people here and so many people in tripoli. blaming the government for not doing enough to stop this conflict. claudia could see me as a senior libyan analyst at the international crisis group she says the ongoing violence is the product of growing anger against the tripoli based all groups. one thing that has been building up over the past few months is this resentment by the communities outside tripoli so the main cities in this case. resentment from these communities and their armed groups for their absence from the capital and they say that the armed groups in the capital which are tripoli based armed groups commanded by people who are from tripoli that these groups and their

leaders actually control this state and the greater accusation that has been made is that these armed groups are tapping into the state resources and actually calling the shots of what the internationally recognized governments do does so these i'm groups from outside tripoli want to move into the capital they say to get rid of these tripoli armed groups that are dictating the agenda in the capital and on the government they say to end this predation that they are carrying out of the state resources and said create a restart of the political roadmap but of course you know these armed groups are very loosely associated to one another they're from different political orientations the group into one eye has elements from the old gadhafi regime military in the you know armed group from misrata is an islamist leaning armed group and there's no coherent strategy that that they share except for wanting to

move into the capital the only power that this government has is first of all dictated by its international recognition so the power that it has in part is linked to the fact that the u.n. security council supports it and key west key countries u.s. u.k. france italy recognize it and have been supporting it throughout these past three years but in terms of power on the ground there are only backers. groups from trip . early that i mentioned earlier and few others from western libya they do not control the east of the country and there has been growing frustration towards internationally recognized government for its inability to to change the dynamics on the ground it has been you know it's supposed to be a unity government officiates called the government of national accord because it stemmed out of a political negotiation process that was supposed to unify the country but it has

been unable to bring together a political unification or military unification it has been unable to improve economic living conditions nearly four months after iraq's disputed parliamentary elections significant progress has finally been made in the formation of the government eleven political groups have agreed to form an alliance making up the largest bloc in parliament iraq's election was held in may but a manual recount slowed the government formation process parliament will convene on monday it will elect to speak on the process of forming a government will begin while still ahead here on al-jazeera the quater bolland pharma struggling to revive blood destroyed by volcanic ash. and i'm sorry for sit in one of the last places you might expect to find high level showjumping right here in the gaza strip.

how low we've still got a few showers around the black sea the caspian sea but the much of the middle east hot dry and sunny something out once again baghdad will see temperatures getting up towards the mid forty's of forty three celsius there for kuwait city little more clout there in the southern parts of pakistan karate at around thirty one degrees and on the other sort of the region well thirty one celsius or so for beirut and for jerusalem lovely sunshine around that eastern side of the mediterranean no change here in the coming days the showers that we have around the black sea even these will diminish somewhat as we go on into choose day and on into wednesday most notably right across the raven peninsula meanwhile the temperatures here in doha to around forty celsius over the next couple of days was just feeding in from the gulf so it will feel a little humid as we go on through the next that is so early morning mist and fog something to watch out for but it will stay dry staying off the dry across southern africa we've had some rain around the southern cape the eastern cape that's so

making its way through fine and dry for most on shore showers will fade into northern parts of mozambique and also into tanzania joining up with the showers that we have crossed central africa anywhere from the ethiopian hadas through the gulf of guinea and across a good parts of west africa right throughout the week. a journey both dark. blue there's a rave for everybody and there's a lot of corruption and beautiful lake and beautiful lady you have to be very patient and audi's also the city has ascended towers introduced to it though when my father and my mother or our chief or king for had the personal story to discover the source of one of the most expensive commodities sent from had left an hour just .

of the market watching al-jazeera remind of our top stories to reuters journalists have been found guilty of illegally obtaining state secrets and sentenced to seven years in prison while over the choice or who were arrested while investigating a massacre of ten rohingya muslims the verdict has been condemned by the united states of u.k. united nations has called for them to be released also libya's un backed government has declared a state of emergency after five days of fighting in the capital at least forty one people being killed in violence and more than one hundred others injured several armed groups are battling for territory there tripoli's only functioning. china's

president is expected to announce a plan for billions of dollars of aid and investment for african countries on monday president xi jinping is due to speak at the launch of a two day summit in beijing he has been welcoming fifty two leaders including his sudanese counterpart omer bashir and south africa's presidents are opposer she's trillion dollar belt and road infrastructure plan is set to top the agenda but there are concerns the project is overloading poor countries with debt adrian brown has more from beijing. china has been investing in africa at a blistering rate africa is important to china because in the past africa of course has and remains rich in the resources and minerals that china needs to fuel its economy but now in recent years china has become a customer a customer for chinese loans these are loans that are used to pay for the vast infrastructure projects we are seeing in countries like south africa nigeria and

kenya to name but a few but the problem is a lot of these loans come with some pretty tough strings attached the i.m.f. says that it now believes a third of countries in africa and they are having trouble repaying these loans will china says a lot of this debt is not debt that's the result of chinese loans it's the result of borrowing from other lenders a lot of african leaders also say that actually china treats africa as an equal partner and the chinese investment has been responsible for rising prosperity and more jobs but there is no doubt that the issue of debt is of concern to a number of countries and debt will almost certainly feature on the agenda of this summit also likely to be discussed is president xi jinping signature economic policy the one bill one road policy this is the president's grand plan to revitalize and expand ancient trade routes from china through central asia the middle east europe and of course africa but

a number of african countries will be worried that signing on to this deal will simply mean more dead. the u.n. refugee agency says people smugglers are taking greater risks to ferry refugees to europe it says of the risks of those making the journey higher than ever as victoria gate and the reports these images of three year old alan could ease body shocked people around the world it was a reminder of the human cost of the syrian war and the refugee crisis three years on the dangers faced by other refugees trying to get to europe have increased. a report by u.n.h.c.r. shows more than sixteen hundred people have died or go missing while attempting to reach europe so far this year well the total number of people arriving in europe has fallen the rate of deaths is risen sharply particularly for those crossing by the mediterranean sea in the central mediterranean one person died or went missing

for every eighteen people he crossed to europe in the first half of twenty eighteen compared to one death for every forty two people he crossed in the same period last year there isn't the traffic has become more deadly is that traffickers are taking more risk because there is more surveillance exist size by julian cause god's on there trying to get the coast it does cost them more to keep those people who are longer in their warehouse and their captivity the drivers of forced migration remain unchanged conflicts in africa and the middle east are forcing people to leave their homes the solution should not just been europe to europe to sort their lead has to be exemplary needs response but it's quite clear that it's already too late when the people in libya we need to work downstream in country first in country are forging on that takes time despite information campaigns the more

warnings through social media about the dangers they may face refugees feel they have no choice but to risk their lives crossing the mediterranean victoria gate and be out there israel's navy has fired warning shots towards boats attempting to breach the naval blockade on gaza the palestinian vessels plan to sail off the gaza strip as part of an international campaign against the scene they're forced back to port by the israeli military when in spite of the blockade there are still some recreational pursuits ingalls of that offer an escape from life under siege how the force that found one of them. as the fierce heat of the day starts to ebb it's time to get ready last minute grooming final checks on saddles and stirrups. 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 i was as he 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 i struggled for all of 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 garza 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 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 cost 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. trainer ahmed 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. even well our families are now reducing their expenses including on this port many will send their son to get trained 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 are made is finding his horse carve a 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. farmers in guatemala struggling to make ends meet two months after a volcanic eruption which has ruined their crops david messer reports from channel to nine go field where field after field is blanketed in ash and rocks. the rich black soil on the side of this volcano in guatemala is normally the stuff of farmers dreams but knows firsthand that what the volcano can provide in

bountiful harvest it can just as quickly take away the deadly eruption in early june dumped tons of rocks an ash 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. a few thought. that they'd think that. there was a layer of ass or thirty centimeters deep that was super hard like cement so all of the folk liable to get. it soft 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. they represent of killed hundreds of people a few kilometers north of the scene of the disaster ashen 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 these people are already some of the country's most vulnerable and now they say they need help. in the 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 for up to three months. this is the agriculture ministry is first response but soon will be providing new coffee plants will also be giving away seed so farmers can replant their fields but these are medium term plans it will take two or three years to be able to recover these crops . in the meantime family is relying on public donations in order to survive their year had begun with such promise his family rented extra land and planted all the seeds that saved from previous year's harvest

in the hopes of getting ahead now they have nothing to show for their efforts. paying for corn means buying one hundred to two hundred pounds every month depending on the size of your family so you could be paying around fifty dollars a month for corn but often you only make twenty dollars and we both work on our. the money doesn't go far enough. despite the setback ronald and his family are determined to get through the year ahead he and other farmers here have faith that the same volcanic ash that killed this year's harvest will help produce a bumper crop next year david mercer al-jazeera and the department of the now go what amalek. your job as their arms the whole robin these are all top news stories to reuters journalists have been found guilty of illegally obtaining state secrets and

sentenced to seven years in prison. arrested while investigating the massacre of ten running muslims the verdict has been condemned by the united states and u.k. the united nations has called for them to be released. today it's very disappointing not only for their. for all of us on the lawyers for the press. for your. country it's very disappointing for all of us it is bad and it is better friends and it is bad father for the. country. that luckily for. rule of law and for that freedom of press a state of emergency has been declared by the un backed government in libya after five days of fighting in the capital tripoli at least forty one people are being killed in the violence and more than one hundred others injured several armed groups are battling for territory near the city's only functioning at port forces

backed by the government of national accord have lost several strategic locations to a breakaway faction about four hundred inmates of a skate from a prison as fighting rages nearby the united nations is calling on all sides to abide by a previously agreed cease fire deal. nearly four months after iraq's election eleven political groups have come together to form the largest bloc in parliament it includes groups loyal to shia cleric. and prime minister hide a body parliament will convene on monday and start discussing a new government there and a fire is raging in brazil's two hundred year old national museum in the city of rio de janeiro's all floors of the building are ablaze twenty million items are under threat including human fossils and ancient egyptian artifacts on twitter president michel tabor called it a sad day for brazil those were the headlines one of the east is next. on counting

the cast after a week of nafta talks we'll look at the impact donald trump's trade policy is having globally plus why celebrity social media influencers have a new set of online followers advertising regulate. count you know cast. in the philippines biggest maternity hospital a baby is born every few minutes and often the new mothers are just children themselves. with the legal age of consent just twelve teen pregnancy is on the rise here prompting many to turn to a shadowy underworld for help i'm steve on this episode one on one east investigates the impact of church and state on a nation dubbed the baby factory. it's

late afternoon in an area locals call happy land on the outskirts of the philippine capital manila. and i am amongst the shanty dwellings thirteen year old my family is playing a jumping game with chinese goddess with her friends and then a. crowd watching on high from sniffing paint solvent is her twenty two year old boyfriend at just eleven she became pregnant to him but she was seven months alone before she even realized. that the stick up i love i didn't know i was pregnant that

i was even playing chinese gotta supply and i think at that hour when i was jumping the gutter. i thought something in my stomach. at that and then i suffered a miscarriage. local health workers. so her boyfriend torrents are losing their child but many many doesn't mention that she just blames the self. it was painful and. it's also an affront to the lord. god why did i commit such a sin that i played. on i cried hard because it was painful to lose a baby. may may's pregnancy was not by choice and it seems neither was the first time she had six. it was painful.

i was just forced to do it. with a father in prison and her mother in a new relationship she lives here with her boyfriend's family. why he's staying here with your boyfriend. because they feed me well it's. just one of the growing number of young filipino ghouls who find themselves pregnant it's really a problem not just for in terms of the health of the actual teenagers themselves who are becoming parents at sunny such young ages and for the children that they then have but it's also costing the government and the country a lot and soul much is so much money lost in productivity and in terms of them being unable to join the formal economy because they haven't finished high school it's really a very very big problem for the country. the province of polo in the

west of the philippines is a pretty part of the world but it belies an ugly reality palauan has one of the highest rites of teenage pregnancy anywhere in the country one in five teenagers in the program already has a child and the vast majority of them live in very poor communities like this one. in the slum on the capital puerto princesa we find fifteen year old tara with her family the baby she's holding isn't one of her three siblings it's her daughter she says she knew little about six when she met the child's father soon after her fourteenth birthday. no nine. i didn't want to do it i was scared. but after week i agreed. when it came to protecting yourself against pregnancy

terrell's says she knew nothing and no mother. never talked about it don't blame me and the same the going on and sobbing i felt awkward giving her advice about contraceptives because she was too young. i also wasn't sure whether she was allowed to use contraceptives at her age. in the philippines girls under the age of eighteen need their parents' permission to get contraception or an egg hiv test but the age of consent is much lower just twelve one of the lowest in the wool the father of terrell's baby says he's twenty eight but local health workers believe he's at least ten years older than that in. one or not. i feel proud that i call of duty for wife when you know. even if i'm so much older. rebell already had four children when he met terrell his eldest just

a couple of years younger than her he claims he didn't know terrell was only fourteen until she got pregnant. about money after a year of being together with what she told me she was pregnant and. so i chose horrible my wife because i was scared a case might be filed against me in the going on and. under filipino law even though terrell was above the age of consent because she was still under eighteen and he was over were dilke could have been charged with coercing her to have sex with. me. i was so scared i went to a parents' house and told them that i would take responsibility for the baby they gave their consent. my parents were concerned that he might not be able to make a living for us. but now they say he's trying his best to put food on the table and

to support our daily needs they don't say anything anymore. we reported to the department of social welfare and development but the girl didn't want to press charges because she's in love her parents didn't want to press charges because as far as they were concerned she's being taken care of by her boyfriend now she's living with him one less mouth for them to feed and they don't want to interfere ameena evangelist. is one of the founders of women's health in roots of health something troubling that we've also seen among the groups that we work with is that a lot of the young girls are in relationships with much older men and i think technically via the laws you should be able to press charges even without the cooperation of the girl and of the parents. on the other side of

town twenty three year old angela has four children to two different fathers the youngest child is just a week old and she says her food a sexual experience was when she was fourteen and her boyfriend nineteen. only knew back then. that's all. i wanted to cry. i was pushing him away but he said he would take responsibility and that he loved me. that other guys would accept me anymore i thought what if it took my virginity should be the one. angela zon threatened to file a case against him for coercing her into having sex. that's why his mother and father decided to make us live together and make him take responsibility for what he did to me. at fifteen pregnant but miscarried

at seven months at sixteen she gave birth to a baby boy and then within a few weeks was pregnant again. they said contraception had side effects they said it damaged a uterus. so i got scared. after her second child was born her boyfriend left her for another woman taking their two kids with him she now has two more children with a new partner he's at work today but they will live with the family. as he wanted me to get pregnant. i agreed because he accepted me watch i am. unlike others. but there are times when he tells me i should be thankful he accepted me. sometimes i

cry because my children are suffering as sometimes they have nothing to eat. angela believes things would have been very different if she'd known as a teenager. is better to be educated about what contraceptives are available. and what sex is about. that's better than being ignorant. here and we have a government that doesn't spend very much money on teen pregnancy prevention programs. they don't want a lot of very much funding or any at all to contraception and so this really ties the hands of the provincial health office they can't really do very much without the budget to have activities and programs. we

visit the vice governor of the province dennis socrates to ask him why this is the case i think the solution lies in a more intensive information and education company to tell young people that sex is good but it has to be within the context of a loving and indissoluble marriage and it must be open to life through parenting which is the natural consequence of the. so abstinence to married yes that's right. you're a member of the extremely conservative catholic group opus dei it's easy imminently against all forms of contraception all human life is good even life that is even life but people also even human life they want that by the mother. but the united nations says that it's a woman's right to be able to plan a family. what do you say to that i disagree with the un

proposition of the the un idea and i would like to think that that. would be overturned in the future. with more than eighty percent of filipinos catholic the church wheels enormous influence over national policy particularly when it comes to family planning. it's five needs since the government to reproductive health will guarantee six education in schools and access to free contraception but with fierce lobbying from the catholic church and other pro-life groups it still hasn't been implemented. and having no access to contraception.