from sunny that of all star thanks very. as a curator of visitors and afghanistan have confirmed the taliban has taken control of parts of the northern province of jones jan an area known as the calm district the area's police force says more than fifty of his men were surrounded by taliban fighters with casualties on both sides who has offices say they did not have official back up to handle the attack. still has head on alex is there and why muslims in china say that being targeted by the government plus. i'm wayne hay on the banks of the mekong river in northern thailand just across the river is laos and downstream from here the lao government is building another big dam we'll tell you why many people on this side of the river want it stopped. beneath pink sky news by the time. or is the sun sets in the city of angels.

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across algeria as well as into tunis actually make its way across the med we do expect to see some clouds with the rain in it as we go through the next couple days really increasing here on wednesday so for algiers it is going to be a cloudy day and probably scattered showers in your forecast to us at thirty one but tripoli a little bit clearer at twenty nine. the weather sponsored by cats on base. as we embrace new technologies rarely do we stop to ask what is the price of this progress what happened was people started getting sick but there was a small group of people that began to think that maybe this was related to become a disclosure on the job and investigation reveals how even the smallest devices have deadly environmental and health costs we think ok we'll send our you waste to china but we have to remember that air pollution travels around the globe death by design on al-jazeera.

again you're watching alex there as a reminder of all top stories president is calling on the international community to take action to stop russian and syrian government attacks on the province of the warning comes as thousands of people have been displaced because of an increase because of increasing as strikes that began last week on the rebel held territory. the u.s. has threatened sanctions against the international criminal court if it prosecutes its soldiers for war crimes national security advisor john bolton also. the i.c.c. has responded saying it will continue its work. and russian president vladimir putin is holding talks with china's president xi jinping at the eastern economic

forum and stock will be the two leaders a third meeting and comes amid an escalating trade war between the u.s. and china and us as sanctions against russia. iraqi armed groups and to track down protesters who set fire to their offices in the past week prime is a body visit to the city where people say corruption and neglect of ruining their lives. has more from baghdad's. 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 to 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 because 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 so 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 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. eighteen people have been killed in central nigeria when a gas exploded it happened and. state more than forty others were taken to hospital with serious but. the body of former united nations actually general kofi

annan has been flown back to his native ghana for a state funeral and wife and children accompany the casket which was draped in the blue u.n. flag and body will lie in state before the funeral on thursday the nobel laureate and the second african to serve as un secretary general died last month in switzerland he was eighty years old. here and human rights she first called on china to allow an independent investigation into allegations that mistreats hundreds of thousands of wake unless limbs human rights watch accuses the chinese government of conducting a systematic campaign of rights violations in sudan province 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. they want to exterminate muslim nations muslim writing muslim dress they are planning a nation that's a more generous everyone has to be chinese. at the camp they told us the

national anthem songs praising a song wishing one thousand years of life to president painting and the overall great history of china. the rights group says interviewed fifty eight people including many ethnic weakness and kazakhs they accuse 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 to cure what it calls ideological diseases. the un's new he writes cheap michelle bachelet has called on china to allow international monitors into asian yang to look into what she can. a deeply disturbing situation human rights watch china director said if you richardson welcome the call that 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 this restriction i in areas perceived by beijing as anti-government hotspots many interviewees say 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 massive 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 are to go against the threats of separatists in the region imran khan. the u.s. is planning a second meeting between donald trump and kemp and follow his request by the north korean leader to the white house meanwhile the new u.s. envoy to pyongyang is on his first diplomatic visit to the region it's even begun as. we take very seriously the responsibilities that are on both of us and we have

some hard work to do but we also have a tremendous opportunity created by the president from vice president and vice chairman. and we need to do everything we can to take the most of this money. i've heard that there's a korean problem the beginning is half done. and this is the beginning so i don't need to do is finish the job. lawyers for brazil's jailed former president he's an aussie lula da silva say he'll keep fighting so ron in next month's presidential election has been was balled from running because of a corruption conviction and supreme court has rejected his latest appeal on monday he met dad who could replace him as the workers' party candidates last america has to understand newman is encouraged when lula is serving his sentence. it's

a race against time for former president lula da silva and his workers party this is the federal police facility where the former president is serving out a twelve year prison sentence and it's here that the would be presidential candidate spent the day meeting with his running mate for the hard that it was widely expected that lula would give him a letter naming him as his successor to allow him to register in his stead as the party's candidate before a tuesday evening deadline for doing so runs out o. . outside supporters who've been camped out in front of the prison facility remained on vigil below them and made them. we vote for lula's ideals we have a program for our country voting had. it's the same thing for us because we are voting for a program. to break into that for poor chief negotiator saeb erekat speaking now regarding the u.s. closure of the washington p.l.o.

mission office let's take a listen. criminal exposure to the israeli leadership occupation forces and officials who seek to betray it for their war crimes and crimes against humanity through the forcible transfer of the palestinian bid one community of. renewed palestinian. request to the office of the persecutor to move immediately to open an investigation. additional investigation actually. into this jewish and of palestine there is sufficient evidence to compel this needed action we consider israel expanding on your regime and its associated system of discrimination including its court systems the single most important threat against palestinian lives and national rights. is a grave. they have their nationality

a racist law i think that's the beginning of them vision of that law by beginning their negligence in. this wider submission that we met today that if. we asked the prosecutor madam if you were to meet the village council and the head of the. minister would it was in charge of countering the image of settlements and on the on the war we would pursue our. requests and the i.c.c. the international criminal court and a woman has a saying says the americans once when they threaten him not to go to the international criminal court if you will those who worry about chords. should not commit crimes. and if you worry about courts or should not treated the courts you should stop committing crimes or admitting or ending crimes criminals.

we will pursue our request from the human rights council to issue their. list. of b.s. on the companies that operate in their israeli illegal settlements. and we would pursue our own was to invent a national court of justice concerning the terms decisions and jerusalem under one other issues and we would pursue our efforts of the you and your assembly and security council. and international protection for palestinians and membership. and states and rejoice companies and other actors who extend their assistance to the palestine. and in our states and to rejoice companies and other actors who extend their assistance to the. criminals. and of criminals protection. legally liable.

and many are sad to. let you know. so i'm going to try to get off. who are them. really economy free. the us threats against the i.c.c. is a coup against. international system. wants to dismantle the international order to ensure that it can stay above the laws and the scale of accountability if the us is that much against the international criminal court why did the us. lead the security council and trying to bring the present i'm not a bashir of sudan to the international criminal court. what it support. all of

the applications against african leaders and the international criminal court. going to become a double standard. i'm not going to go today show for it isn't i leave it to your thinking. and as much as this on december eighth one hundred forty nine united states submitted that after a solution to the general assembly on honor what their statement of honor a noted mission is a different world agency and it was voted upon a resolution three or two to nine hundred forty five came to life. and specifying its mandate that the responsibility is for a palestinian refugees until the problem is solved all its aspects now they don't want to dismantle. and. anyway. what the united states has done so far they have left the negotiating table. they did not honor the

commitments made to us by president trump. and the media the white house and method of two thousand and seventeen which he believed that he would give a peace process chance for one year and he would refrain from any actions that may preempt or prejudge issues or is it for parents that is. and then he decides that jerusalem as israel's capital. and he decides. from there file of negotiations and he decides that settlements are illegal yesterday his national security adviser bolton became the first american official to describe their legal settlements as housing projects. because of the two state solution sixty seven and then. close offices because we didn't come back to the negotiating table what negotiating table in every single meeting we had with them we request of them with us with their israeli. so what they have done with all its

decisions so far and we never have a confrontation with the u.s. by the way. but how can anyone in their sin mind with all these american decisions drum's decisions believe that these people can be honest brokers facilitators arbitrators in any peace process. they are no longer partners in the peace process facilitator the only way this team questionnaire friedman halley can be part of negotiations if mr netanyahu were to announce them as part of the israeli team and the negotiations with. israel has a right to choose this delegation maybe mr netanyahu. naming his delegation because one day it would resume negotiations so these people can be part of this really negotiating team if mr netanyahu were to choose them as his negotiator because that's what they're doing now. they are more catholic than the poor they are more israelis and israelis they are more sort of than the settlers and this cannot stand

and cannot be. tolerated we are. at this stage also exerting every possible effort in order to achieve our reconciliation what we appreciate the egyptian efforts being done there and we know that the government is doing everything humanly possible to keep guys a separate from the west bank the whole disengagement from gaza was designed by sharon to undermine the national project undermine the two state solution so now there are those who believe that they should reach. separate. whatever so to have a separate truce with someone in nablus somebody in here brand somebody in the middle of the continent and that's something that should be forbidden to all of us we are fighting so hard to preserve our national project we're committed to the two state solution is that for us fine with these duracell i'm a scab it'll. to live side by side to be secure the state of israel and the ninety

six seven lines were committed to international law and this will not change this will not change we stand tall to international law and and we cannot be twisted from our positions by the language of extortion blackmail and bullying us. if the art of negotiations to determine restriction is to put us when it was that we have nothing to lose i think we did. because there are terrorists. under one us the idea money move the embassy settlements are legal not a state solution and now it was in the office what's left though been missing too strong was firmly palestinian chief negotiator saab speaking in ramallah in reaction to the u.s. announcement of the closing of the p.l.o. office in washington he said the u.s. is no longer partners in the peace process in any way it can be as if netanyahu announces as part of the gravely team. he continues here on

al-jazeera after the stream. i want to see. where. you could be here in the stream now live on al-jazeera and you tube today what happens when fashion and activism collide you're about to meet a group of women redefining what it means to be a model. for designers to models and fashion these does a like new york fashion week is the pinnacle of the season but this year there is buzz beyond the runway we're seeing

a convergence of fashion and optimism with the industry focusing on not only creating goods but doing good so is this awakening a moment or a movement because this fashion trends go one day year and the next year out well here to discuss this our panel of models in the studio we have a great smile hari and mario malik and in new york city jillian mercado and hello to you my aid and welcome everyone to this stream so good to have you here i know you're busy in the midst of new york fashion week so we appreciate you taking the time because this is a topic that our community cares about and so with that i'm going to share a tweet from one of them i'm going to give us a little bit of a spicy start some argue pre-warning you there this is. who tweets and historically fashion played a role in promoting social change today i believe it's used more to feel good versus doing good julian you want to take that on this is more about what it looks

like than actually doing the work. i mean because i think that now in today's world i think that a sense models have a voice because of social media and or to act on it to be asked of the and actually the work and show that you know show or. runway and. we also are very passionate about the things that are only a fact or that we. have the power and the platform so we go out and do it and show that. even in the fashion industry so i want to share an example right away with our audience this is a tweet that you tweeted hellyeah mom when you see our fashion but cover story is all about unicef efforts to help children operated join me and she had read and supporting unicef usa and this incredible work you can scroll down there and you can see the cover of the c.r.

fashion book out today and this is what you all are doing why she had read it in and more come together for c r thirteen and unicef of course i watched you at a panel just this weekend talked about this very topic fashion activism so this is something that new york fashion week thinks is important to discuss why was it important for you to talk about this issue. no actually have. i mean being it i don't know. your big thank you cover mean everything actually one of my favorite. editorial ever. for the first time you know on a magazine and we're bringing together actors. and we're showing the world who are very much. on the very. end you could be working with

article or going to you know and i just want to encourage everybody. in the game like we'll be reporting you know. and so it looks like a little connection is breaking up just a little bit and that is coming to us from new york city but i wanted to share another example that people notice in new york fashion week this is a workshop that's their handle they tweet in cromer party uses their medium body positivity and inclusion incredible show at new york fashion week and they showed this week here grace says new york fashion week spring twenty one thousand runway images from both parties are absolutely killing it with their designs and use all really body shapes of all types of people from all walks of life what was it you know differently about this year than maybe perhaps other years it's well

phenomenal maybe to put things in perspective i've been in the industry for about twelve years. and i have been just so. i mean to put a pretty broad like for that i am born with straight size stander and the very like homogenously group of model cars for certain things and of course i benefited from some of. as of my natural body type but to see women in my family woman around the world men as well who who differ and body share a race ethnicity you know sexuality represented in fashion in the media it means everything it means that we are trying to move at least collectively as a culture and society into a more truthful space. with it martin can you relate to that absolutely do i believe fashion is storytelling and in order for us to be able to connect with the

rest of the walls and influence because fashion influences so many is for us to have voices to tell the stories of the voiceless and unheard through fashion all through our experiences and this is why i believe for myself specifically that being a model was for me to be a model with purpose because i came as a refugee and i got this privilege and platform and i feel fortunate so i feel like i have to use my platform in ways where i can make a change and it's so important for us in the fashion industry to be involved in making the change because we have that platform to do so i love that you mentioned the platform we were just seeing images of some of your modeling i want to share a closer look with our audience here this is kenneth cole but courageous class q. and a mari moloch you can see some of her modeling there but then this picture is

a little bit different talk to us about what we are seeing here in this picture you are with a group of students holding up minstrel kits yeah talk to us about that and why they're so important to you so since i got involved in the fashion industry i always wanted to share the stories of where i come from south sudan south sudan is the youngest country in the world we're facing one of the worst refugee crisis as well. now and the ones who are suffering the most are women and children over fifty percent of south sudan is children under the age of eighteen years old and sixty four percent are women and we are not prioritized to have empowerment to have equality or to have education when a girl ministry is already considered to be a woman and she doesn't have access to school after that she's married all and many girls end up missing three four five days of school because they don't have access

to menstrual products or they completely drop out of school so withstand for education are nonprofit organization is that we provide menstrual hold products and we give free menstrual health products that picture was a picture of girls holding underwears where we put kids together i go there every year and supply girls in school with kits and underwear is last the girl for one to three years it's incredible and it's leakage free it's a stain of all is free usable and this is not an issue that's just in south sudan or all over the world is in refugee camps in america in prisons and homeless shelters and. mental products should be feel like toilet paper and that's what we're working on that and of course they are not really and i see you nodding your head there or did you want to. i mean it's amazing because. you know what i

would think earlier using our for show the world. and it's very unfortunate for our knowledge that and make change you know i think we're good at the community we had you had it not. you know we're out there using our good making a difference that much needed and. i'll. talk about. around the world because i'm very privileged to have grown betty. where we have. people there's so many people in the world. and in my case with disability. something that not talked about. and make sure that we women and children are. everywhere around the world so i want

to share with our audience what that looks like for you and it's in new york city where you are part of this is times square the heart of the city look at argo i got here and clapping for you and well deserved doing arcata i'm not too outspoken too vulnerable drug driven defiant or ambitious strong too confident or even too different this is the ad campaign for les or little lady can see there with it behind you. this moment of course resonated online it sent ripple effects this is your face on this campaign i want to our audience to have a look at the video behind this campaign featuring jillian mcconnell have a look. when i was diagnosed with my disability. there was this encyclopedia of things that i should know shouldn't do should do act. so right there and then i was faced with so many things that i wasn't even sure that i actually wanted to follow. and you know you're

a little baby you don't know but then as an adult you realize that. you don't have to follow the rules that someone else. has for you you can write your own journey in your own rule book and that's something that i face every single day trying to add a new rule in my own. many ways julia makoto together we can face anything. you can write your own rulebook i'm taking notes they're interesting and interesting comment that came up after you tweeted that out was this from tatyana but i wanted to bring it out tatyana says this is gorgeous but i'm out they didn't show your chair but i know it's all about the face congratulations and this of course what she's talking about talk to us about that idea not showing the chair well because nobody else was.

there right there. everyone know that that's i think the point is you know i. i. but it's also i think that people here or the melody. and i think that we've been brainwashed. for centuries with people who. think that knowledge and. without actually getting. regarding her comment. because it was a. race i want to bring this up because our guests are hearing our audience is hearing what i got to have to say and people read how helpful or difficult.