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. now eighteen people have been killed in central my g. area after a gas depot exploded it happened in a fear the capital of state more than forty others were taken to hospital with serious burns. six people have died after a suicide bomber detonated a car full of explosives and the somali capital mogadishu group al-shabaab claim responsibility for the attack that left sixteen others enjoyed and destroyed an office building to the morgue and reports that the was the bomber targeted

a local government building in mogadishu and was followed by gunshots oh i need all of that i was drinking tea when the car hit the key i fell down on the ground and saw other people on the ground as well but i was shocked because this is the second suicide blast and somalia's capital has now. claimed responsibility for that blast and dozens of other previous he said attacks in others not quite as they turned out they are talking is the they have attacked in the hour with they carried out attackers in the conditions somali capital you know all the last week and hello that districts like yelling getting and today they are all the districts where you 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 which talks

about 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 with 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 threats of attacks people morgan al-jazeera. to iraq now where all groups in basra have vowed to track down protesters who set fire to their offices over the past week meanwhile prime minister either in a body has visited the city where people say corruption and neglect or ruining their lives rob matheson has more from the capital 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 iran bike on 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 it 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 hickman political party but were pushed back by police the party's leader is shia cleric ahmed al 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 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 more violence now there are armed groups too that could make politics and security even more

complicated in basra rob matheson al jazeera back down to the u.s. now of accusation orders have been issued to a million people as a powerful storm approaches the country's east coast how can fly as is expected to make landfall on thursday in north or south carolina already a category four storm it's predicted to strengthen further and the coming days authorities say people should leave the areas listed for evacuation by tuesday the u.s. national hurricane center is warning of one hundred and one thousand kilometer per hour winds flooding and coastal surges now the head of the united nations has issued a stark warning about the threat from climate change and tornado tears has urged world leaders to take immediate decisive action climate change is the defining issue of our time and we are at the defining moment we face a direct is essential sets climate change is moving faster than we are

and it speed us provoked a sonic boom s.o.s. across our world we are getting towards the edge of the abyss it is not too late to shift course but every day that passes means the world it's up a little more and the cost of all the next months every day we fail to act is a day that we step a little closer towards a fate that none of us want the fate that will resonate through generations in the damage done to human kind and life on earth. still ahead to. weaponize and starvation to hunger and conflict zones could kill to kill a child every minute before the end of the year and will tell you how some of the world's best surface did a competition more than one hundred fifty kilometers inland that's coming up on paper and sports.

now the rain heavy again has moved through genea and pennsylvania lumpia and his disappearance i mean north through new england the tail of cloud that run to the southern states shows little action but the most true still there so big showers are still possible from texas always through georgia to the east coast and new york at twenty seven degrees is feeling the humidity slowly rise again so will they the rain will probably go offshore for the most part you go to constantly rising temperature regime once more and he was to come out with it and just on the screen oh yes a spinning storm this is the one jew to hit possibly north carolina as a hurricane and a strong one will switch on wednesday but possibly on thursday rest the u.s. much quieter picture you can see but note the appearance of snow in british columbia jumping sas still

a fairly active region the gulf of mexico on the caribbean is a massive cloud here which might develop into something over open water producing heavy rain in honduras possibly yucatan nicaragua as well and the showers in mexico been tremendously big recently sundry of course in producing flash flooding chances are i will continue that regime at least the next two days. in germany's capital there is a barber like no other put it it. goes from cross what you have. but as he said he changes he's moving with the time. and going on the road. the stories you don't want to hear. by the people in. the master of berlin zero zero. jewing sierra leone

civil war nigerian forces were deployed to protect civilians instead some turned on the population in plain sight of a journalist camera is a name to. disagree in the peacekeeping force to look at the problem complete. zone using his harrowing images international lawyers seek justice for those slaughtered by their guardians peace killers on al-jazeera. good to have you with us on the al-jazeera news hour these are our top stories the u.s. has threatened to sanction the international criminal court that prosecutes american

soldiers for war crimes of gonna last also advisor john bolton also criticized palestinian efforts to bring as well before the i.c.c. and he confirmed that the u.s. would be shot in the palestine liberation organization office and washington lawyers for brazil's jailed former president says he'll keep fighting to run a next month's presidential election the reason that the silva is banned from standing due to corruption can. and the supreme court has rejected his latest appeal. and the u.n. says tens of thousands of people have already been displaced within syria's province and some escalation in airstrikes last week turkey's president has warned that the entire world stands to pay the price if the syrian government and its ally russia don't stop their air attacks. aid organization save the children says more than one child will die every minute from hunger and war songs the group is

warning that starvation is now frequently used as a weapon of war the gate and the reports. in towns and cities across syria loyal to president bashar has long used a surrender all starve strategy against civilians in rebel held areas eastern ghouta is now under government control but earlier this year four hundred thousand people were besieged 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 cat 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 book can kind of a two decades trend where tribal hunger has been decreasing for the first time in that time period is now increasing and complex is behind 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 overseeing 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 gave him be al jazeera. the united nations' new human rights chief has urged the creation of a new body to investigate alleged crimes against realm as a hinge of minority michelle bashing his comments follow the international criminal court's ruling last week that it has jurisdiction over any forced deportation of a head to neighboring bangle there on is not a member of the i.c.c. under their shares i also welcome efforts by members think that this council to establish an independent international mechanism for myanmar to collect consoli the

preserve and then allies evidence of the most serious international crimes in order to expedite fear and independent trials in national and international courts. this mechanism would also complement and support the preliminary examination of the i.c.c. prosecutor i urge the council to pass a resolution and refer the matter to the general assembly for its indorsement so that such a mechanism can be established. and michelle bachelet has called on china to allow monitors and to look into allegations that hundreds of thousands of wigan muslims are being forced away from their faith and detention camps and one can reports just practicing islam has become a problem for the chinese government. this man says he survived what the government calls a reeducation camp. and then it all too we'll. but i think they will in just one game you would end up with

me to get ben in so many getting them all along. so he'd been among the. clean up among. women that you can download awful the rights group says interviewed fifty eight people including mainly ethnic weakness and kazakhs they cues officials of all the true detention religious repression and surveillance against thirteen million muslims the government says it set up the reeducation camps with the sole purpose of eradicating religious extremism and terrorism and secure what it calls ideological diseases. the un's new human rights chief of michelle bachelet has called on china to allow international monitors into asian yang to look into what she calls a deeply disturbing situation human rights watch china director sophie richardson welcome the call but says much more needs to be done one of the challenges that

everybody faces is of course chinese government restrictions on access to the region and beijing really has nothing to hide then it's time to restore actions. in areas perceived by beijing as anti-government hotspots many interviewee say mom half of their family members are in prison or in these so-called reeducation camps the report also cites what it calls disturbing high tech mass of violence and says officials have a database of everyone's biometric data including d.n.a. the chinese government has not yet commented on this report but it has denied accusations of mistreatment of muslims and jin yang it says the increased security measures at a guard against the threats of separatists in the region iran card. now there are being celebrations in north korea to mark seventy here since the country was founded tens of thousands of people have been taking pot and the mass games and events that showcases the country's achievements. and attract foreign tourists from

the bride reports from 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 you know this display also promotes the message of strengthening relations with the international community after years of isolation. you know i think our country should be very unified soon and go out into the world he said. 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 direct number of tourists to visit north korea providing a much needed boost i'm feeling yang 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. to afghanistan now where dozens of members of the security forces have been killed in a series of taliban attacks across the north of the country where the government is under pressure to improve the security situation after an escalation in violence in

recent months as part of that effort it's trying to attract more female officers to join the police. reports from kabul. female police officers are relatively new phenomenon in afghanistan. the police force was rebuilt sixteen years ago and there are now one hundred sixty thousand officers but only three thousand women. that i can feel there is danger for female peace officers in afghanistan but when i joined the police i decided on that day country or coffin which means i kept the danger i want to be a role model for our people to serve them sincerely so the culture changes and lots of wood.