the kind of action against israel at the i.c.c. i mean the united states saying that it will stand with its allies but naming only israel among those allies so it's obviously an important factor in this decision but also when talking about the kinds of things that the i.c.c. might investigate that the threats that he sees the i.c.c. carrying out to investigate what he said was self-defense against terrorism but also the construction of what he called housing units in the occupied west bank no longer the u.s. administration calling them settlements it seems but now millions referring to them as as housing it is when you think back to the early days of the trump administration when trump himself indicated that he wanted benjamin netanyahu to cool it a bit on settlement construction it shows just how far we've come under this administration and the reason that the palestinians are so vehement in their refusal to work with the trump administration thank you harry harry fossett live in ramallah in the occupied west bank the rest of the day's news is still ahead including an attack on

libya's national oil headquarters puts pressure on efforts to end the fighting in tripoli last noirs for brazil's jailed former president lula give another hint about his plans for next month's elections and in sport naomi osaka shows off the u.s. open trophy on top of the rock of the rock in new york. more than one child will die every minute from hunger in war zones that startling conclusion is at the heart of a new report by the charity save the children of hope warns that salvation is now frequently used as a weapon of war victoria gets in the has the details. in towns and cities across syria forces loyal to president bashar assad have long used a surrender all stop strategy against civilians in rebel held areas eastern go to

is now under government control but earlier this year four hundred thousand people would be siege the many starving. a similar military strategy is being used in yemen both the fighters and government forces backed by the saudi u.a.e. coalition deliberately obstruct deliveries of food hunger has become a weapon of war and its use is more prevalent now than it anytime in the last twenty years. save the children has looked at child hunger in the world's ten worst conflicts it's found that four point five million children under five will need treatment for mt nutrition this year but five hundred ninety thousand a likely to miss out on the care they need and die of starvation and disease that's an average of sixteen hundred a day or one child a minute i think what we've seen this time is a buck in kind of a two decades trend where global hunger has been decreasing for the first time in

that time period is now increasing and complex is behind it so. yes it's always been there but i think we're seeing a much more acute pinch on children across particularly eastern countries in some areas starvation is a military strategy in others war disrupts food production which in turn leads to hunger. in the democratic republic of congo years of fighting has displaced large numbers of people from their homes aid groups a three hundred thousand children are at risk conflicts disrupt people's ability to farm to keep their livestock jobs disappear it can lead to economic collapse that causes food prices to skyrocket so even people who are miles and miles and miles away from any active fighting or find that they are no longer able to afford the simplest of meals fighting in just ten countries is now responsible for reversing a twenty year decline in global hunger save the children is calling for governments

around the world to protect children and hold to account those responsible for using food as a weapon victoria gate and be al jazeera. the united nations says more than thirty thousand people have been displaced within syria's italy province in sea asaad government and its russian ally began as strikes in the area last week at libya's the last significant rebel held region in syria the u.n. and aid agencies are warning any military campaign to retake the region will cause a humanitarian crisis seventy deca has more from antakya on the turkish syrian border. those are huge numbers given by the united nations over thirty thousand people fleeing the areas where the bombardment is taking place and going to different areas inside it most of the people according to the united nations going into camps these are camps that are along the turkish border turkey's borders of course remain closed some people going to stay with relatives also others according

to the united nations are an informal camps and others renting it just shows you the concern going forward particularly by turkey of amounts potential civilian exodus towards its borders its borders remain closed as we've said and it has no intention of opening them up regardless of what happens it says it is on its own and it is at capacity when it comes to dealing with syrian refugees hosting already over three million inside turkey so what what they're doing to prepare for this they tell us that they already have material inside syria in the sense that they can be setting up more camps more tense also medical facilities tree our facilities if that is needed because they do expect if the offensive gets closer to the cities to the more densely populated areas they're warning and a lot of people have used this word of a potential bloodbath at least two people are dead and ten others injured after gunmen stormed the headquarters of libya's national oil corporation in tripoli they've been security forces say they have now gained control of the headquarters

after several masks individuals trying to take over the building this comes after un brokered talks between sorrow armed groups vying for control of the city agreed to hold the fighting. has more from tripoli. the special deterrence force that is the security apparatus policing in the capital tripoli has announced that its individuals have taken full control of the headquarters of the national oil corporation following that attack that targeted the national oil corporation and killed two of the employees and one did ten others now according to the head of the tripoli security directorate the attackers belong to ice of but at the same time the interior ministry issued a statement saying that the attack is a terrorist attack without without naming the assailants at the same time the g.n.a.t. that is the government of national accord condemned the attack calling it

a terrorist attack now the situation has has called of to some extent but there is still security measures security measures have been tightened in front of the state institutions and premises now this attack is very similar to the attack on the high national election commission last may when i salute claimed responsibility for that but so far according to security sources this is this bill is the science of a terrorist attack but the identity of the assailants has not been confirmed yet. a suicide bomber has blown up a car in somalia's capital mogadishu at least six people were killed and sixteen others injured heba morgan has a details the the bomber targeted a local government building in mogadishu and was followed by gunshots the only dollar i was drinking tea when the car hit the cage i fell down on the ground and

saw other people on the ground as well but i was shocked the this is the second suicide blast and somalia's capital that's not the al-shabaab claimed responsibility for that blast and dozens of other previous he said attacks in others not quite as they turned out they are jockeys they have a doctor they are with they carry a brick when attackers in the conditions somali capital they know are the last week be attacked and hello that districts like killing. and today they are all the districts where they are and it is a. many people are there on their way growing they are always in their life like. that this. somalis government with help from the african union. fighters from the capital in twenty eleven but the group still has control over territories in the southern parts of the country and continues to target both government sites and civilians in the capital the u.s. has also been involved in targeting senior figures of the armed groups. but after

more than twelve years people in mogadishu still face the new daily threat of attacks people morgan al-jazeera the fragile calm in the southern iraqi city of basra may be under threat. by iran have vowed to track down protesters who set fire to their offices over the past week iraqi prime minister hyderabadi has visited the city where people say corruption and neglect are destroying their lies rob matheson has more from baghdad. under pressure to resign the prime minister hide the body or arrives in the southern iraqi city of basra where protesters say his government is to blame for much of the corruption and neglect which have destroyed their water and power supplies and left thousands without jobs. what happened in a bathrobe was one hundred percent true to a political conflict unfortunately some political blocs have military wings and some of them wanted to burn down power throw off but thankfully there was stopped

by the cooperation of the peaceful civilians yet they're going to get a body is facing calls for him to step down over the crisis in basra the iraqi government is deadlocked disputes over the result of an election in may have left politicians wrangling over power in basra fighters from the air and bite on the group known in english as the league of the righteous have paraded through the streets their headquarters is one of several private and government buildings burned by protesters during a week of demonstrations against corruption which also targeted other pro iran shia groups the governor says the destruction is criminal part of many protest organizers and activists have denounced such actions and a criminal act should be denounced by the people of basra regardless of who had carried it out but is only allowed to have peaceful protests in order to deliver the people's messages to the government. three hundred kilometers to the north of basra is the city of samarra protesters there tried to storm the offices of the

political party but were pushed back by police the party's leader is shia cleric ahmad all hakim who is also part of the parliamentary coalition headed by fellow shia cleric. seen as a nationalist and anti iran solder is vowing to fight corruption he's demanded the protests should hold for forty five days in that time he says the government should demonstrate that it's doing something to help bus but critics say this short visit by the prime minister won't achieve much. in basra there's a heavy military presence but there are fears that might incite violence. about could be politics and security even more complicated in. matheson al jazeera background noise for brazil's jailed former president luiz inacio lula da silva says he'll keep fighting to run in next month's presidential election you know is

banned from running due to a corruption conviction and the supreme court has rejected his latest appeal it had been thought that numerous handpicked successor a fair man who had died would vying for the presidency as the workers' party candidate a latin america editor lucien newman has this update from brazil outside the workers' party headquarters behind me is the federal police facility where a former president. is being held where he is serving his twelve year prison sentence he's been here since april and he's been meeting since early this morning with his vice presidential candidate said nanda had that it was speculated that they would use this opportunity to announce that lula was going to hand over his candidacy to his vice presidential candidate sometime today but that is not so clear anymore it seems that the top brass of the workers' party will be meeting on tuesday to make that formal announcement this according to party insiders still the meeting continues we understand that they are discussing the terms under which this

change changing of the guard would take place what exactly would be said to the brazilian people a less her possibly from lula to the workers' party to his supporters and to the rest of brazilians now that he has apparently lost all of his attempts to appeal his conviction that will prevent him from running in this presidential election on the seventh of october. a former cambodian opposition leader has been released from prison and placed under house arrest was arrested a year ago for treason but is yet to go on trial when he has more from bangkok. after spending a year in a remote prison camp was finally able to return home but he's not free as cambodians awoke to news the opposition leader was released on bail and placed under house arrest a small number of supporters and media gathered outside his home in phnom penh at eight thirty am a claim what i am very excited to hear that he has been released when i first heard

the news i grabbed my shirt and came straight here. was arrested in september last year on treason charges in a case widely dismissed as politically motivated as the supreme court then dissolved his cambodian national risky party the largest opposition political party more than one hundred of its members were banned from politics for five years it came amid a broad government crackdown on dissent independent media outlets closed and rights workers harassed or arrested with no credible opposition prime minister hun sen's cambodian people's party won every seat in the national assembly in july his election. last week swearing in formality confirmed one since thirty three year rule would be extended for at least another five and with that it appears the time was right to release him circa the release who came so come and other opposition party political leaders like me i hope that they are shining a light a street

a path to national unity and reconciliation that seems unlikely at the moment as kim so car still awaits trial and never afraid to intervene in the judicial process one sin says if he goes unpunished cambodia will descend into civil war wayne hale jazeera bangkok. they have been celebrations in north korea marking seventy s. since the country was founded tens of thousands have been taking part in the mass games an event that showcases the country's achievements while at the same time putting interest says rob mcbride reports from south korea's capital seoul. taking months to prepare and involving tens of thousands of citizens to perform them the games are an extravagance north korea can ill afford. they haven't been staged for five years but the country's leader kim jong un clearly believes this period of improving relations is worth celebrating. him and bracing his south korean

counterpart while korean characters declare a new era of reunification eat this display also promotes the message of strengthening relations with the international community after years of isolation i think that you know i think our country should be reunified soon and go out into the world he says. north korea's neighbors may be prevented by international sanctions from trading with it but tourists face less restrictions tickets for foreigners to witness this spectacle cost hundreds of dollars and thousands are expected to visit during the coming months. kim jong un has personally overseen the development of new tourist resorts as a way of attracting visitors and their cash. neighboring china is allowing a record number of tourists to visit north korea providing a much needed boost i'm pyongyang wants to reopen a resort on its side of the d.m.z.

border to allow return of tourists from south korea. this is an impoverished country still under maximum international pressure not that you would know it from this display robin pride al-jazeera so. so ahead on al jazeera ladies only the afghan town being built just for female police offices and rights groups accuse china's government of using khomeini and methods to crack down on the muslim a minority and in sports will tell you how some of the want back surface that the competition more than one hundred fifty kilometers and that that's coming up later in the news hour with peter to stay with us are back after the break.

hello again well this hour we are going to start just out here towards the eastern part of the mediterranean notices clouds pushing up across parts of turkey we are seeing some showers affecting as well as the northern section of the country but down along the eastern parts of the mediterranean really not looking too bad beirut seeing a partly cloudy day ten twenty nine degrees there jerusalem at about twenty eight and as we go towards wednesday well things get a little bit warmer with temperatures in beirut seeing thirty two degrees and speaking of those warmer temperatures quite city forty eight is your high here on wednesday and we are seeing some dry conditions winds are coming out of the north northwest so as long as are there it is dry but it's still very very warm make your way across much of the middle east we're all here in the gulf doha at thirty eight degrees very humid here so that is going to be very uncomfortable for most people here on tuesday as well as into wednesday but down across the low in oman we are looking at clouds along the coast a temperature few twenty degrees then as i make are way down across parts of southern africa we are looking at one funnel system way off the coast so across

much of the region really looking at mostly cloudy to partly cloudy conditions but as we go towards tuesday it is going to be relatively nice for cape town at ninety and up towards durban it is going to be twenty three degrees in your forecast and twenty nine on wednesday. my name is mike it's a manager as i might say all of my children my friends look his brothers screwed up points me he doesn't say we need to. do this just we just seat the club. i am mentioning i've only got to speak. to. my nigerian.