told by the people. mothers of. airstrikes rained down on if russia dismisses president trump's warning not to recklessly attack the syrian province. hello there barbara starr you're watching al-jazeera live from london also coming up on the program more than a million people urged to evacuate in japan as typhoon jet he makes landfall battering the west of the country plus. a confirmation hearing for trump's supreme court nominee to sends into chaos minutes after it

begins and the protests on social media but backing from sports stars after nike makes american football or colin kaepernick in the face of its latest campaign. thank you for joining us activists say the last rebel controlled province in syria is being attacked from the air the spot a warning from u.s. president donald trump against any reckless attacks on the area it's believed more than twenty separate air strikes have been carried out al-jazeera understands at least eleven people were killed by air strikes on the town of. the united nations as warned that a full assault on it could spark a humanitarian catastrophe on a scale not yet seen in syria's seventy year old. well stephanie becker joins us now from ray on a near turkey's border with syria i mean that's quite

a shocking phrase there just all in its own stephanie you know violence or catastrophe that we haven't seen in the seventy a year long war so far so what is the latest that you're hearing about the situation in italy. well from what we understand that number of dead has now risen to seventeen including five children around as you mentioned that southwestern area vidlin province also road and yes i mean the fears of the humanitarian catastrophe in the words of the united nations if this becomes a full on military offensive is huge we've been speaking to that head of the turkey's red crescent just coming out of it live just to tell you where we are that is a province behind us all those tents you see crammed together our tents for the internally displaced along turkey's border it is of course closed he was telling us well you know they're trying to prepare inside they don't want anyone to cross into turkey which is why those borders are closed he says there's no light at the end of the

tunnel for the rebel groups as of course many different rebel groups in syria the rebels who didn't want to stay under regime areas have been bussed to this province they have nowhere left to go he said there has to be a political solution also because because of so many different rebel groups there are also among the civilians in the towns and in the cities so this is the concern if there is this stepped up military offensive that there will be a mass civilian casualty toll which is also why you have turkey trying its hardest to talk to russia and all sides to try and manage what is a certainty which is that damascus says it is going to take back the province of opposition forces which is of course the last province in rebel hands and stephanie from where you are there are you seeing any signs of people actually fleeing leave now. well this is the thing with before when you had offensives at some point there'd be reconciliation and those who didn't want to stay in those areas would be bussed to adlib well it is now

surrounded by syrian government forces and there's a small area to the north which is territory under the sort of turkish government forces that they support on the ground from what we understand people aren't fleeing the province yet we are hearing that people have some people have fled those areas where the airstrikes were today closer to the border with turkey and this is what is turkey's nightmare scenario you can see just how close those tents are to turkey that's the wall in that delineates where they stopped that's turkey so turkey doesn't want to have tens of thousands of civilians fleeing this war back onto its border so they're going to try and manage it inside from what we understood speaking to the head of turkey's red crescent they're going to try and set up more camps also perhaps in those turkey controlled areas if you will in northern syria but people don't want to leave people don't want to go to any other areas people certainly don't want to go to areas that are under control of the government because they don't trust them regardless of these reconciliation deals on the table many people will tell you including rebels we've been speaking to

inside it with problems today that they say down the line they fear they will be arrested even worse tortured or killed because they are seen of course as opposition as those against the government so it is very difficult certainly adlib so significant for the opposition one man telling us today said it lives are damascus in the sense that if the government takes back it lib our revolution is over stephanie decker with the latest from where hanley is stephanie for the moment thank you well with the u.n. and the u.s. both warning against an assault on live interesting to know what russia has to say will rory chalons has more now from moscow where the kremlin spokesman has been talking about the situation in italy. a few hours ago the kremlin spokesperson dmitri peskov said that it live had become a hotbed of terrorists and this was impeding the political settlement of the syrian conflict and it was a problem for russia as well because from it live attacks have been launched drone

attacks against russia's air base come a member and the russians are basically saying that this is a problem that needs to be sought to douse this this festering sore of terrorists as they put it in and that the syrian army is preparing to do just this now what the kremlin is not saying at the moment is just how much air support russia is willing to provide for the upcoming offensive in previous damascus offensives going back months years of this civil war it is russian air power that is basically allowed those to be successful it was russian air power that turned the tide of this war in favor of damascus so you would assume that if there is going to be a successful assault on. then the russians and their bombs and their planes would

have to be fully involved we don't know quite how much russian air power is going to be given in this one the turkish are trying to persuade the russians to give more time to a separate process which the russians have actually been pretty adept at over recent months and years which is negotiations on the grounds trying to persuade different rebel factions different groups different villages to defect essentially peel away from the opposition cause and turkey wants more time to be given to that process the united nation wants more time to be given to that process as well but it's damascus is champing at the bit and saying let's get this over with as quickly as possible and russia is kind of split at the moments we're having to listen to turkey and the united nations on one side and damascus on the other. iraqi security forces have fired tear gas during the funeral of

a protester who was killed in clashes in the southern city of basra the protester died and six of the people were injured in ministrations against for government services and corruption protests have swept cities in the south backs shia heartland in recent weeks. japan has issued evacuation advisories for more than a million people and canceled hundreds of flights as typhoon gebbie sliced across the west killing at least six people it's reportedly the strongest typhoon to hit japan in twenty five years in some areas a saw the highest tides since a typhoon in one thousand sixty one also causes cancer earlier or it was close that the sea will flood a runway gebbie is the latest storm to hit japan the summer it follows heavy rain landslides floods and record breaking heat that's killed hundreds of people by the

tsunami has more now from tokyo. thank you jim he has already bought the whole but if you know what that guy which was didn't it's painted as a big disaster there it's this if you haven't seen felt so good when fight was over a decade ago many people where when afraid that defeats in for such evidence be able to understand this kind of but if you're. wrong and action even so some report video that was showing on the truth so we can see that anyway one of the runways in the gunfight airport which an. airport terminal it's loaded with was that i don't think they're they that they've got that they're going. to use it for maybe a couple of days also people there because annoyed some she points on the bridge the connecting the boats with to feel for. the. but after work goes

on trying to you wade through all of the ship some of the nobles and even people are talking the ship then it's a bit if you're stuck about twenty meters long done one thousand four hundred way equates to about one thousand points. the sign is now and things won't. go to more weight but it's going to cruise alongside the with both of japan for the about nine hours from now and we're expecting you have your rain in tokyo and all the council area within the next hour coming if you all it's a highway bridge has collapsed in the crowded indian city of kolkata half a dozen vehicles including abbas plummeted to the ground when the thirteen meter section of concrete just gave way officials say a number of people have been treated at hospitals there were no immediate reports of deaths but police and firefighters are still at the scene and it's unclear if anyone was trapped in the rubble. the u.s.

senate judiciary committee hearings on brett kavanaugh his nomination to the supreme court have started in chaos with democrats complaining about republicans blocking access to his records cavanagh is president donald trump's pick to replace the retiring justice anthony kennedy who has long been seen as the court's swing vote on many compendious issues that will crowd started the mad thing to see documents related to cabin as war under the bush administration between two thousand and three and two thousand and six morning ninety three percent of the records from can't get from kavanagh's tenure in the white house as counsel and staff secretary have not been provided to the senate and ninety six percent are hidden to the public and now for the first time ever we've been told the white house is withholding over one hundred thousand pages from kavanagh's tenure in the white house counsel's office with no explanation of what the topics are and no

formal claim of executive privilege and last night forty two thousand documents were sent over obviously no one has been able to look at them yes. or people a currently outside the senate protesting of a cavernous nomination roles in jordan is there for us i mean a lot of people were unhappy with having islam nation in the first place but going back to these records at the republicans of the white house given any reason why they are being withheld. barbara the white house is arguing that executive privilege covers these documents even though the documents come from the time when brett kavanaugh which they're going as staff secretary to george w. bush more than a decade ago even so a number of documents more than ten thousand documents were given to the judiciary committee overnight and that said democrats sitting on the panel off they said that they had had absolutely no time to review the documents that releasing these

documents so late before hearing was irresponsible at the very least and that the committee hearing should be adjourned well it's still under way but there have been interruptions and demonstrations inside the hearing room upstairs from me right on the other side of this monument for the past two and a half hours in the past hour about one hundred or so people who are opposed to cabinets nomination have been here in the atrium of the hart senate office building arguing that he should not be confirmed one because he opposes a right of the woman's right to choose an abortion they say that he is not reliable when it comes to l.g.b. t.q. rights they say that he is opposed to knwo worker rights into unions and is in favor of giving up businesses of free faddle to do whatever they want with their resources and with their employees it's probably not going to make much difference

on the panel because republicans control the judiciary committee as do every as they control every other committee here in the senate and on the house for that matter and so. so unless something really unusual and unexpected develops during the course of this confirmation process it's a fair bet to assume that brett kavanaugh will be replacing anthony kennedy on the u.s. supreme court and you've explained why a lot of people there at the protest behind do you do protest against happen as nomination but how do they feel about the kind of influence that he could have and probably will have on the supreme court for years and years to come. well they're saying that's the very reason why brett kavanaugh should be opposed only in his early fifty's this is a lifetime appointment other more senior justice on the court are in their eighty's and perhaps are reaching their ninety's and so unless

a justice were to decide ahead of time that he wasn't willing to serve until his death this is something that would have impact on people's lives for the next thirty or forty years and so that is why you see these people here in this atrium on capitol hill trying to make their voices heard of course those who were in the hearing to try to make their voices heard were tossed out. jordan with the latest there from washington d.c. on that developing story for the moment i wasn't thinking. so this half hour the taliban that reveals that jello didn't have found their one of afghanistan's most feared armed groups has died. and how technology and greater awareness are allowing hong kong residents to see their air pollution problem a little more clearly. hello

there was in quite a bit of cloud over parts of eastern china it's giving us quite a few showers as you can see it hey this line of thunderstorms that's gradually pushing. southwards it is giving us some wet weather them but not really a change in the temperature so shanghai will be at fifty three degrees in the sunny air there as we head through wednesday for the south even though we've got the showers for some of us it's going to be around thirty four degrees those showers should eventually clear for the south woods as we head through the day on thursday hong kong will see more of them and they'll be pushing further towards the northwest as well so i do expect things to be roll the way to jaring thursday doesn't like a particularly saw one out towards the west and we've got plenty of showers across many eastern parts of india see them here on the satellite picture also affecting us in bangladesh through me and ma and a few of them across nepal as well towards the west is largely fine and dry at the moment and that's the way we're expecting it to stay as we head through the next few days so want to showers a possible but more drawing weather what weather around forcing kharaj see the

temperatures hovering around twenty nine degrees which is about average for this time of year now towards the west and here in doha being fairy very sticky recently in the humidity is expected to stay high as we head through the next couple of days saw temperatures generally hovering at around thirty nine or forty degrees. this is life on the streets of a lot of to bolivia. from a discovery of theater is an opportunity to ski and become something. for the two region of a plea. for. a lifetime a. little prince a part of the viewfinder latin america. at this time.

welcome back here's a reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera activists say the last rebel controlled province in syria is being attacked from the air the spread a warning from u.s. president donald trump against any reckless attacks on the area japan has been hit by its strongest typhoon in more than twenty five years causing at least six deaths in the hundred sixteen a million people have been told to leave their homes and hundreds of flights have been canceled and the confirmation hearing for president donald trump supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh has started with kail suffolk democrats the man that and the joy mint and two dozen protesters were dragged out of the. well it's the first

day of the u.s. holding the rotating presidency of the u.n. security council and there is already some controversy let's get more from our diplomatic editor james bases at the u.n. for us so what is going on there james. well there's a meeting taking place right now in the security council chamber a meeting you don't normally see and that's because it's the us as the president of the security council ambassador nikki haley is in the chair as the president of the u.n. security council what she's trying to get past is their program of work for the month which is normally adopted with no problems whatsoever she has revealed in the last hour or so that this month is going to have a security council meeting in a couple weeks time presided over by none other than president donald trump head of state security council meeting and we think that that is going to have the subject

of iran now russia is already objecting saying if there's a meeting on iran it needs to be in the context of the u.n. security council resolution on iran resolution twenty two thirty one which is the resolution that supports the iran deal of course the deal that president trump has pulled out of of course the trumpet ministration want to see a meeting that condemns iran but it's already looking like many of those council members will be criticizing the u.s. for its position on iran the reason the meeting we're seeing right now is in the open is because other members of the security council object to the idea that the u.s. wants a meeting on nicaragua or they say that's an internal issue the protests and the crackdown in nicaragua were that is not a subject for the u.n. security council they're meeting discussing it and we may well get a very rare situation of a vote on the program of work for the month which as i say normally is adopted with no controversy whatsoever yeah i guess the u.s.

holding their rotating presidency of the u.n. security council is going to spur some interesting times ahead james bays at the u.n. thank you. the taliban in afghanistan has announced that that. after a long illness a kani was once an ally of america fighting soviet troops when they occupied afghanistan in the eighty's it went on to ally himself with the taliban and his a cunning network has been behind the many attacks on afghan and nato forces in recent years that has more for most of the world. will be remembered for the decades of havoc and bloodshed he plotted in afghanistan. the hakani network he founded is accused of planning this truck bombing in kabul last year that killed about one hundred fifty people denied involvement and the network is also accused of taking hostages such as u.s. soldier bowe bergdahl and

a canadian family. conny was an american ally during the soviet invasion of afghanistan in the one nine hundred eighty s. the cia regarded him as a brave tactician. during the us invasion in two thousand and one he became an enemy his group responsible for a string of attacks on u.s. and nato troops. the prolific use of suicide bombers and murders of government officials became trademarks depending who you are the one thing that you have to admit is this you don't know he's a he's. in the. water that he has meaning is doing the border last for decades throughout his life he formed alliances of convenience and adapted as needed. a common theme to rid afghanistan of occupying forces he was a military commander receiving u.s.

aid to fight the soviets. i mean. you know you know. you're enraged you know. when your partner. and what. he learned arabic and forge ties with arab armed groups and leaders such as osama bin laden he later became a taliban leader the u.s. has long the qs the haqqani network of being linked to the pakistani intelligence agency for years how conny has been ill and leadership of his network was passed on to his son so roger dean in two thousand and one he's also a deputy leader of the taliban so don't expect much much ain't happening in terms of that big government and city of engagement. in the out on war as followers mourn july. analysts expect the group he founded to continue to wage attacks in

afghanistan natasha going to zero. at least thirty people have died including children after a boat carrying at least one hundred fifty african migrants capsized off the coast of yemen it happened on sunday near shadwell province most of those on board were somali like humans the narrow waters between the horn of africa and yemen are a popular migration. as cities around the world struggle with air pollution hundreds of campaigners and scientists have gathered in south korea to find new ways to tackle the crisis while the spotlight spino on cities like new delhi in beijing hong kong is also suffering high levels of pollution but as pride reports a group of activists are trying to find new ways for people to reduce their exposure to pollution. and awareness event by air pollution campaigners in a city that is becoming aware of the growing danger. this hong kong

like much of mainland china has been experiencing record levels of ozone a complex mix of pollutants from vehicles and industry that's made worse during heat waves and a problem not helped by climate change. has the highest level of home for the last two decades and right now we do not know how to do without and it is a problem for hong kong and thai china polluted air has long been in the necessary cost of rapid economic development that's only recently been tackled they just lation has been passed to control the industrial emissions as well as from vehicles and shipping and there's a drive towards using renewable sources of energy instead of coal. cities like beijing have been enjoying far more so-called blue sky days critics say the chinese and hong kong governments have been forced to act for fear of social discontent if

they didn't but the outcome for china's cities has been the same after years of deteriorating air quality finally signs of improvement i think the political climate has changed along and there is a lot of talk about pollution being not acceptable alexis lauder leads a university team that has developed a mobile app giving real time pollution readings at street level anywhere in the city people can then plan their daily routines to be as pollution free as possible then they have i said look information they can choose our i think that will keep them some help in trying to weed their exposure to improving scientists and activists helping to empower a generation of city dwellers increasingly concerned about the air they breathe.

but bright al-jazeera hong kong. has been a backlash against sportswear company nike after former american football colin kaepernick was announced as one of the faces of a major new campaign the former san francisco forty nine ers quarterback announced a multi-year deal with this photo on twitter cap an exterior controversy in two thousand and sixteen we refused to stand for the national anthem in a protest against racial inequality and nike campaign has the backing of ten tennis champion selena williams but it immediately led to social media calls to boycott nike goods some people burnt their nike shoes in protests christmas salumi has more now from new york. i believe in something even if it means sacrificing everything that's the slogan that nike has chosen for collin kapur nick and its new ad campaign which is proving to be just as controversial as the national football

league star himself he inspired a movement among fellow players to not stand during the national anthem to instead take the need to call attention to show social injustices especially issues of race in the united states but it's been very controversial while he's gotten support from some segments of the community and certainly other players some find this very disrespectful including president trump himself who has tweeted about the issue and called on the n.f.l. to not allow the players on the field if they refuse to stand for the national anthem this latest slogan this campaign comes out just ahead of the season opener for the national football league on thursday night no policy in place right now to deal with the issue of taking a need during the national anthem which is considered by some to be disrespectful to the flag here in the united states so fanning the fires of an already very controversial issue controversial moment in sports with this campaign let's bring

you some breaking news from here in the united kingdom now where the opposition labor party has adopted the internationally recognized the finnish and and the examples of anti semitism it follows calls for the opposition leader jeremy corbyn to resign over accusations that he has anti semitic views get more now from lawrence leah lawrence is this a climb down for jeremy corbyn. yes i think to some extent it is exactly what it is agreed finally with much kicking and screaming to solve all not just the definition of anti semitism as defined by the. members committee but but also its examples and crucially to the examples that relates to criticism of israel the one that jeremy called himself particularly objected to was that it was deemed anti semitic to describe israel is by definition

a racist and surprise he said that was effectively shutting down a foreign policy or political opinion but there has been so much criticism of him and his supporters that they have eventually climbed down but with the county out there with have accepted all the eggs examples of an semitism but have said that this does not in any way undermine the freedom of expression in israel and the rights of palestinians but if then go on olive branch to their opponents by saying we really invite organization to engage in consultation on the code of conduct and what they're trying to do now a thing is to offset any further division at a meeting of the parliamentary labor party tomorrow which is now going to have to sign up so wallace i want to see how much disagreement there is particularly on that kaviak clause that they put in on the end of it lawrence is being so divisive within labor and many people will say it is weekend labor at a time when the whole bracks and the big going on you know the country really needs a strong opposition would you say that this might will strengthen jeremy jeremy

corbyn and the labor party now that this problem maybe has been resolved. it is a crime so if you see i think a lot of the people from his supporters in in the grassroots will be very angry about this they were protesting this morning saying they didn't want the i.h.r. a to be a top seeds because it shuts down criticism of israel so they sent to some extent his support base in the membership might see him as having as having a he will get more support i think potentially from the parliamentary labor party which clearly is what he needs to take on the conservatives over breakfast and things like this but i think there will still be some labor politicians who are likely to say it isn't enough because of the cow fiat's and you still say you're going to criticize israel at all the rest of it there may still be the possibly want to see resignations over this but i think probably on balance it will bolster his position in parliament if not necessarily so much among his own membership

lawrence leigh with the latest on that story from london which is this program of course bring you more analysis and developments for the moment thank you and just before we go let me remind you of some of our main stories today activists say the last federal controlled province in syria is being attacked from the air that's this fight a warning from the u.s. president donald trump to syria's government and russia not to recklessly attack the area now it's believed more than twenty separate air strikes have been carried out killing at least seventeen people five of them children the united nations has warned that a full assault on aide lives could spark a humanitarian catastrophe on a scale not yet seen in syria's seventy year old war more news on that everything else we have been covering in about half an hour coming up next it's viewfinder.

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