who come from a company where increasingly china is the major investor lots more to come here at al-jazeera including a state of emergency in libya after days of fierce battles between rival armed groups. and the boss amal and farmers who is struggling to revive land has been destroyed by volcanic ash. and the story in japan is once more of an approaching typhoon it'll be within twenty four hours and there's supposed has been a right ahead of it but that's the arc of cloud just coming up into the main island so the main storm itself is for the science it is a big gap clear skies next beltre right has been falling quite noticeably in the korean peninsula is dying out slowly in fact if anything is probably closing up on

this incoming typhoon it will be they couldn't a category one hurricane when it comes across nearest kyoto that sort of order it makes landfall during choose day but then moves slowly rapidly across the main and across honshu then just drags along the coast that's what's hot cardiff that takes less than twenty four hours that's a fast moving and declining typhoon but and the up to two hundred fifty millimeters of rain and winds over one hundred ks will be a hundred thirty kilometers per hour so it will be notes for though thankfully quick moving let's move further south the heavy rains recently they've been around the coast of china are no longer in the full cost you have bit of relief the floods are still there of course but the rain can drain to some degree and it looks try for a couple of days. but not to that so in hong kong thirty four degrees a few showers maybe a largely inland. one

of the best health care systems in the world. with local doctors as the gatekeeper we have really good continuity of care people while it makes you a better doctor but as the population ages what challenges does the u.k.'s national health. people in the interim practice in dr because of the stress of. the u.k.'s frontline on the people's health on al-jazeera. the top stories here in. this room widespread condemnation of a decision to jail to reuters journalists while learning char so who were found

guilty of possessing state secrets and sentenced to seven years in jail the journalist say they were framed by the police. iraq's first parliamentary session since the disputed election in may is currently underway eleven political groups have agreed to create an alliance which could give them a working majority in the coalition is made up of those loyal to the influential shia cleric. and prime minister. china's president xi jinping has played sixty billion dollars in financial support to africa he's hosting a major beijing aimed at deepening ties but there's concern that chinese investment could be saddling poorer countries with too much tax. now there is a growing solidarity with the writers journalists both on air and online the managing director of this channel trendall has joined calls for the men to be released immediately. so firstly i think it's a travesty of justice and it's

a shameful attack on media freedom we stand by a reuters journalist colleagues and can condemning it and we call for the immediate and unconditional release we ourselves as al-jazeera know something about this sort of attack on our media with had journalists ourselves imprisoned we had three of our journalists imprisoned for over four hundred days we launched an international campaign to to. to put it out there and to basically say that journalism isn't a crime they were eventually pardoned and released after four hundred days but there are still a journalist in prison in egypt from our sister channel al jazeera arabic who's been in prison detained for over six hundred days without formal charge it got a lot of publicized we had presidents we had politicians we had international human rights organizations n.g.o.s press freedom campaign activists and organizations and

other journalists as well including colleagues from reuters who who joined us in the campaign to free al-jazeera staff and under the slogan journalism is not a crime you can't lock up people to conceal and cover whatever nefarious actions you're doing you know you can't put john this behind bars libby is u.n. backed government is the credits state of emergency after almost a week of fighting in the capital tripoli at least forty one people killed and a hundred others injured most of them civilians forces backed by the government of national accord have lost several locations to a breakaway faction armed groups are battling for terror territory near this is his only functioning airport. reports from tripoli. has he's in mourning. a stray rocket killed two of his nephews when they were playing in this god in they were fifteen and fourteen years old he said as.

the boys were torn apart by the rocket their pleasure was scattered everywhere why is that it just came down from the sky we don't know where it was launched from. but if the explosion was huge say eyewitnesses sure up near flow in all directions and damages everything seven days of fighting between rival armed groups have taken a heavy toll on civilians. the seventh infantry brigade from the city of hona and its allies from the city of misrata have recaptured civil as threat t.j. cloke asians in the southern suburbs of tripoli the armored groups that have the support of the you and backed government of national accord have retreated to the city center random shells have a strike everywhere here a rocket penetrated the ceiling despite this turkle turkey says his family was

lucky they were gathered in another room when their architected saw. everything shattered into pieces and the smoke was stored bans for the night when everybody was screaming my biggest concern is look for the kids and get them away. civilians have been killed or wanted by stray rockets during the past week but it is not known exactly who was firing then and rival on with groups battling for control of the area are accusing each other of being behind the attacks. armored groups have been fighting for control of the capital. the tripoli base the government does not seem to be strong enough to rein them in. and his family are blaming the government for not doing enough to protect them. but with lawlessness saying kill us in libya do you feel that civilians will continue to be targeted.

tripoli yemen's government has ordered a temporary halt to the import of luxury goods in an effort to prop up the struggling economy people in the southern city of aden have been burning tires and blocking roads in protest at the deteriorating economic situation the yemeni reale has lost more than half its value since the saudi u.a.e. coalition began its offensive in twenty fifteen meanwhile exiled yemeni president average rebel mentor hardy is preparing to go to the u.s. for treatment for a heart condition he's been living in saudi arabia since the war began he will reportedly stay in the u.s. until the u.n. general assembly towards the end of the month now a top level donor conference is underway in germany to highlight the needs of millions of people who live around the lake chad basin germany's foreign minister

told local media that the region is facing one of the biggest humanitarian dramas of our time now it includes the four countries altering the lake that's cameroon chad lesia air that nigeria internal and cross border conflicts have led to the displacement of more than two point four million people the u.n. says more than ten million need lifesaving humanitarian assistance and protection with women and children of course particularly vulnerable it says a lack of jobs extreme poverty and climate change of made the problem even worse by human is the director of the norwegian refugee council's berlin office he says the urgency of the situation cannot be understated. it's definitely one of the most forgotten crises and also i would say one of the world's worst humanitarian crises today over ten million people are affected there are five million people who are malnourished don't have enough food secure we've got in northern nigeria eight

hundred thousand people that we can't even reach because of the situation you cannot go to the remote areas and looking at all of this you go to we talk about global acute malnutrition under five children and there are areas in nigeria again where these rates are up to fifty percent and the crisis the threshold is at fifteen so the figures are staggering a lot things are happening people are starting to move back but it's also it's not only about we talk about two point four million have been displaced but it's also about the host populations that really took the brunt of the burden when people started fleeing and cannot be left out so it is a multifaceted multipronged crisis that we have and we hope there is still funding around but just heard a pledge of forty million dollars from the norwegian government of the next three years and we surely hope that other governments will will come across also but it needs not only it's not only about pledging it's really about getting an interest

in getting to get also not only the humanitarian actors but the development actors to see the situation start working to highlight the important work that's been done by the civil society so there are many things that come together here. argentina's government is considering merging or even scrapping a number of ministries as it looks a ways to cut its budget president mauricio markley may also be forced to reverse one of its flagship policies by reinstating export taxes on agricultural policies products machree has requested a fifty billion dollar relief package from the i.m.f. but the move has sparked widespread protests across the country. two people have been shot during anti-government protests in nicaragua by unidentified gunmen in the capital tension has been mounting between pro and anti-government factions for months president recently spelled a un human rights mission after it claimed his government for

a violent crackdown on protesters activists say three hundred people have been killed in the armrest since april follows in guatemala struggling to make ends meet two months after a volcanic eruption that destroyed much of their crops as david mercer reports from . the field after field is still blanketed in a thick layer of 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 harvests 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. athol knock up a bit but i don't think. there was

a layer of ash 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 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 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 and his family are determined

to get through the year had 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. what amalek . israel has followed warning shots attempting to breach the naval blockade of gaza the palestinian vessels planned to sail from the gaza strip as part of an international campaign against the siege on board were students and activists as well as people who couldn't get urgent medical care that they need because of the blockade by israel and egypt they were forced to they were full spot to pull out by the israeli military. now hundreds of people have been protesting outside the offices of the youth united nations agency for palestinian refugees in jordan they are demanding the u.s.

reverses its decision to withdraw funding to the organization 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. brazil's president says hundreds of years of history of being destroyed in a massive fire at the national museum the two hundred year old building in rio de janeiro held twenty million items including some of the region's best preserved human fossils and ancient egyptian artifacts the name records. flames shot through the french windows and ornate iron balconies of this former nineteenth century palace. museum employees and art lovers watched in frustration. as firefighters fought to say rio de janeiro's national museum and in doing so preserve centuries of cultural and artistic history you know we'll be you know i

just saw a piece of my history the house of the emperor where the emperor of the second of brazil used to live being destroyed i see the history of my country becoming ashes it has no price i am devastated. president michelle tamera echoed that sentiment calling this a sad day for all brazilians who have watched two hundred years of work investigation and knowledge lost. the fire began after the museum closed its doors on sunday evening eighty firefighters worked through monday morning to put it out. a fire department spokesman says they were hampered because two fire hydrants closest to the museum weren't working and fire trucks had to be dispatched to retrieve water from a nearby lake. good to him the question is jones it's a loss for the world the can never be recovered for the people of the building

there's no way to get it back thankfully no one died but the loss can never be recovered and. even before the flames were put out there was anger among museum employees they blamed budget cuts by the government and a chronic lack of support. the national museums hundreds of rooms featured ancient egyptian artifacts the largest collection in latin america and the oldest human fossil in brazil known as louisa the museum turned two hundred this year now twenty eighteen will also be remembered for this devastating fire natasha good name al-jazeera. tough is it take a look at the top stories here about sarah as we might read condemnation of a mammal called physician to jail to reuters journalists while learn and so who

were found guilty of possessing state secrets and sentenced to seven years in prison and they were arrested in december while investigating the killings of ranger ereka in state general say they were framed by police. you know this is unfair i want to say they are obviously threatening our democracy and destroying freedom of press in our country we will face the situation calmly and the best way we can we are afraid of nothing as we did nothing wrong iraq first parliamentary session since the disputed election in may is underway eleven political groups have agreed to create an alliance which could give them a working majority the coalition is made up of those loyal to the influential shia cleric. and the prime minister. china's president xi jinping has pledged sixty billion dollars in financial support to africa he's hosting a major summit in beijing aimed at deepening ties but there's concern that some

chinese investment may be saddling poorer countries with too much debt. a state of emergency has been declared by the u.n. backed government in libya after a week of fighting in the capital tripoli at least forty one people have been killed and one hundred others have been injured including civilians the u.n. is calling on all sides to abide by a previously agreed cease fire. brazil's president says hundreds of years of history have been destroyed in a massive fire at the national museum the two hundred year old building in rio de janeiro held some of the region's best preserved human fossils and ancient egyptian artefacts yemen's government has ordered a temporary halt to the import of luxury goods in an attempt to prop up the struggling economy people in the southern city of aden have been burning tires and blocking roads in protest at the deteriorating economic situation the yemeni reale

has lost more than half its value since the war began in twenty fifteen there is the headlines inside story is next. it's been called an apparent war crime a saudi emirati air strike on a school bus the saudi left corelation admits it made a mistake but will anyone be held to account and who has the power to punish those responsible for such atrocities in yemen and elsewhere this is inside story.

hello and welcome to the program i'm good of that hamid the saudi iraqi coalition now says the attack on the bus was unjustified human rights watch called it an apparent war crime and is calling for an end to all weapons sales to saudi arabia fifty one people died forty of them children in the air strike inside a province last month the coalition is promising to hold those responsible to account this comes after a report by un experts accused all sides in the conflict in yemen including who the rebels of committing war crimes more than ten thousand people have been killed in more than three years of fighting many thousands more from cholera and other diseases alan fischer reports from neighboring djibouti. it was an attack which threw international condemnation and the appearance of forty children crying over

their graves eleven others are also killed in the attack on a crowded market in who the hell diane in the north of yemen in early august initially the saudi led coalition claimed the attack was a justified military operation it was targeting the leaders know it says it made mistakes they are that the joint team is based on the above information gathered it is of the opinion that the coalition forces should take legal action to try and penalize those responsible for these stakes which cause collateral damage in that area these mistakes are as follows first delay in handling down the exaggeration order with the execution scorch and should be waiting for the target to approach a clear area free of civilians to avoid unjustified collateral damage in line with the approved rules of engagement and article fifty seven and fifty eight a political one of the geneva convention and the started norms seventeen and nineteen the findings came just days after two reports critical of the saudi led efforts in yemen a u.n.

panel of experts said that both sides in the conflict including the saudi coalition could be guilty of war crimes and human rights watch accused the saudi led coalition of feeling to investigate allegations of possible war crimes it said too often their inquiries like transparency credibility and did little to stop strikes hitting civilians. so the investigators see those responsible must be punished. the joint team is also of the opinion that coalition forces should take necessary measures to immediately review and verify the rules of engagement approved by them to ensure the total compliance in all military operations in yemen there are suggestions the saudis and their allies have come under u.s. pressure to do more to cut the number of civilian casualties the surprise admission of mistakes may go some way to improving relations and peace talks are still planned to be hosted by the u.n. later this month. so

let's bring in meow guest now joining us from berlin bill van esveld is the senior researcher for the children's rights division at human rights watch but rashid band joins us from london he is middle east and north africa caseworker and the international new human rights ngo reprieve and from mount in sweden via skype from nancy senior nonresident fellow and get planty counsel warm welcome to you all now . but let me start with you this saudis sort of gave an admission of error without going into too much details of what happened or who they were targeting do you see that as genuine well i mean i think regardless if it is genuine or not genuine i think the point is that the that there was and there was an investigation despite that in the past they said that the strike was a was justified and was. against a against

a target so i think the importance is that with the mounting pressure on the saudi led coalition eventually they did. they did investigate and admitted that the strike did indeed cause civilian casualties and in this case it was clear i was on a bus full of full of full of children and now what will happen next because of this this investigation i think it's this is where the question lies and i think it's still not clear there has been pressure even from the trump ministration for the first time when john mather said that not necessarily his support for the coalition is basically not necessarily unconditional so i think there are there is mounting pressure and i think the attempt is also not of to for the u.n. envoy not to fail in his attempt for the coming peace round of peace talks in

geneva. but i'm not sure how far can it go well a frog the saudis also say that they will hold accountable who contributed to this error but isn't that a way of sort of absolving the leadership from any wrongdoing and trying to pin it on maybe one or a small group of individuals just a painkiller we've seen this from the saudi led coalition and other crimes so the school attack is not the only crime that was committed thankfully because it was recorded on video and also it was followed by a report from the you and the panel of experts but. nothing has ever been done and nothing followed this amount of pressure or this can diminish or admit the saudi led coalition admitting their wrong doing nothing concrete has ever

been done after such a trend of condemnation so i think we need to pressure governments and allies of the saudi led coalition for the. saudi arabia and united arab emirates and the i mean u.k. and the the u.s. they have to be directly in war in pressuring. the saudi led coalition in order to find a peace process and the war words and comden condemnation never really materialized in yemen justice never been served to the victims and nothing has ever been done well bill i think that's what human rights watch is actually arguing in this latest statement that if you want to stop the atrocities in yemen then western powers should start to stop selling weapons to disavow these one might argue is that really feasible. do you think it's realistic in any shape or form well i think it's

not only realistic but actually legally necessary i mean if you have a military partner who consistently conducts on lawful attacks some of which appear to amount to work crimes again and again and again and you argue like the u.s. has actually argued that selling the saudi led coalition more weapons will reduce civilian casualties it is extremely hard to take that statement at face value but it's not just a question of is it politically feasible it's legally required because if you continue to supply somebody who is conducting unlawful attacks with knowledge of that you also could be responsible criminally for for complicity in the in those unlawful attacks so the united states the united kingdom and france need to stop immediately they need to they need to have stopped already so we need to stop more atrocities from happening and in addition to that we need justice for the victims

the attack on a school bus is a tragic one but it wasn't the first one and one could even probably say it won't be the last one where you would have in this in civilian is dying because of this war calling for investigations doesn't really change anything underground really it's a completely there's two separate dynamics there you have the fighting and then you have what the international community is trying to do which probably from a yemeni perspective might sound like a lot of words and no action. well i mean i think the the investigations. or forming any new macan isms in the too soon to investigate what's happening in yemen is only effective of how much actually the fighting parties are willing to cooperate and how much are they willing to to engage with with such

with such a process and i think it is unfortunate for us as yemen is that it comes at a situation where the first of all the security council is quite divided over many matters just yemenis it becomes becomes in the on the side venture over this ongoing conflict happening at the international level and also i think for example when the constant argument of arms of arms sales to the saudi arabia this is a very very small parts of the of the of the of the of the narrative it does it helps ease to portray this entire conflict as this is a saudi war lead on them or an on on yemen but this regards the civil war that was happening even before as a result of the coup that they stage along with the help of the former with the former president but between all of those for example the whose leaders have been

sanctioned yet it has. been sanctioned even by the security council but actually had little effect on their ability to move and their ability actually to bring in more weapons into the country the u.s. also considered this as this is part of a big picture because the truth is do. help iran in increasing its influence in the region and at the same time you have you have the saudis trying to push back the push back to fifty's so the discussion really about what's happening in yemen the civil war that's happening in yemen and the transitional period that followed the arab spring. becomes just a side talk to everything that's going on the bigger picture if you'd like to if you'd like to say well our friend i just want to touch on what you said earlier because i mean there's been. disallowed acknowledgement earlier there was a un report. stating that war crimes have been perpetrated in yemen by all sides now human rights watch has a report and it has been going on for

a few years so the intention of underlining the horrors of what's happening in yemen is there but what is lacking is there a mechanism that doesn't exist or is it difficult to actually implement that mechanism. so if you talk to an ordinary yemeni who is facing you know the speakable human suffering and yemen they literally lost any hope or faith in the international community or international humanitarian law was because none of that has ever been you know of the interest of yemenis the when the war started the saudi led coalition mobilized states at the u.n. security council and came into giving legitimacy to their intervention in yemen so we saw an international can isn't being you know in effect. to wait.