one to say oh this is terrible this attacks a democratic process is where we must show leadership here we must stop this it's more more soft pedaling on the issue. very good to get your thoughts on your expertise on this we do appreciate that journey west live in washington d.c. and now hungary says it will challenge you sanctions for breaking rules on democracy and civil rights that's after the european parliament voted by a large majority to take action against it natasha reports from strasburg. there was applause as members of the european parliament voted to punish hungry for breaching e.u. values for the first time they agreed to article seven a procedure that could lead to budapest losing its voting rights it was nice dodge lawmakers report on hungary then led to the decision we've seen the democrats in

hungary deteriorate since two thousand and ten. guaranteed the judiciary independent academic freedom is. falling down the vote is unlikely to surprise hungary's far right anti immigration prime minister he and the e.u. have clashed repeatedly over the years. victor brand has accused the european parliament of trying to blackmail him to change his ways and in budapest his foreign minister has dismissed the vote saying hungary is being unfairly targeted like you. today's european parliament decision was nothing else but pet revenge of pro immigration politicians against hungary outside put a pests parliament anti government campaigners protested. all by mean that. opened talks about everything on tuesday but not the reality here in hungry everything is always about migration it's to fill her carians and they swallow it. is

true it's not a distortion the government have been changing the law step by step i think because they want to hold on to power. the e.u. will issue hungry with a formal warning before deciding whether to strip it of its voting rights such a move would damage hungary's international reputation but this supporter says it could actually bolster leadership in the long term mr obama be a winner of this. because he can establish a new platform video in the european people. can make new alliances in europe and through that you can increase his influence on the european domestic politics so now pro european politicians are celebrating but their victory may be short lived the voters highlighted the growing divisions in the e.u. the threats in the blocks very existence and its future natasha butler al-jazeera stroudsburg france. more than three thousand children were sexually abused by over

a thousand roman catholic priests in germany between one thousand nine hundred eighty six and two thousand and fourteen that's according to a leaked report published by german news outlet speaker landline the revelation comes just after port francis are senior bishops from around the world to attend a meeting in february to discuss sex abuse in the church the invitation follows new revelations in a number of countries including the us chile and a strain here. well plenty more ahead on the news hour including more fighting in the yemeni port of for they there as the u.s. state department says the coalition has awarding civilian casualties the u.n. says fighting in syria has displaced more than a million people in the last six months and an epic cycling champion christina vogel comes to terms with the injury that left her unable to war.

factions in south sudan have signed what's being called a final peace deal after months of negotiations the leaders will now form a transitional government within eight months president's health care will have rival that react as deputy again as well as for other vice presidents catherine sawyer reports from ethiopia's capital at us are where the deal was signed. another grim and aimed at peace in south sudan the last time this leaders signed the past. fifteen it collapsed. after violent clashes between the two sides in the capital juba. the deal that provides for man other things five vice presidents and five hundred fifty members of parliament despite mistrust between the groups the confidence reading is a process it is not an event so it is a but also as which is actually drawn through all the. people and i'm sure

this will happen trust will be built the confidence will be built as we are we move on to new. south sudan's leaders are under immense pressure at home and internationally to make it work the regional heads of state did not specify any action against spoilers it still remains a possibility i think they sanctions and things like are possible sanctions and is just a sanction of them. a lot of them going to us today and it's not it's not the not terrible but we know the use of those terminologies who had them we said before and i must say. i'm not ruling out if anything happens now if there's any good for good french or all the signatories say it's not apathic still but they are committed to implementing it so now we have eight months to form a transitional government which will run for three years opposition groups that

have signed this they have concerns with the division of roles in the executive and legislature security arrangements as well as the number of states and boundary demarkation. they also have reservations about how and who will be involved in try to have a constitution whatever we do not get. this process is a progress a process and it is a process a transitional process that will take. two years or three years. we will on our some of this thing as we go along. regional leaders and other stakeholders who witness assignee expressed optimism they say failure is not an option anymore for millions of south sudanese displaced from their homes those unable to fend for their families because of their kind of me or those who continue to live in fear of violence in their own country catherine saif al jazeera i disabled the. so bob when our police about in public gatherings in the capital to

try and control the spread of cholera infectious disease has killed twenty one people in harare in the past week and he's not saying how long the ban will last it coincides with a rally by opposition leader nelson chamisa due on saturday un human rights investigators say syrian government forces have fired chlorine gas a banned chemical weapon on rebel held areas three times this year a u.n. commission of inquiry says an unprecedented number of people have been forced from their homes and most of them now in the last rebel held province of and led me back a report from geneva the syrian war is harming the syrian people on a massive scale the un's international commission of inquiry on syria says fighting displace more than a million men women and children in six major battles nationwide between january and july levels not seen before in the seven year conflict if as many diplomats

expect as an escalation of the syrian government offensive in italy a province to try and capture the last remaining rebel stronghold it could trigger a massive exodus of civilians you are fighting them thousand. people terrorists and. three million population will be the price to fight of course you don't have any feel. for it it is serious but something has to be done to protect the rights of the three million people or one million children if they had lived goes the same way as we've seen in other places then it's a complete failure. over the international system and it's a complete failure of many of us to be able to prevent work we've seen happening time and again the un commission blames all sides of the conflict for violations of

the syrian government for again firing the banned chemical weapon for gas using rockets made in iran turkish forces for bombing a medical convoy and an archaeological site in the battle for african and kurdish fighters for attacking a psychiatric hospital it's hope that all the analysis carried out by the commission of inquiry on syria will one day lay the groundwork for legal proceedings against those accused of war crimes and of violating human rights in the hope that when the war is finally over the guilty will be brought to justice but with fears growing of an imminent assault on it live the u.n. is preparing for an even larger humanitarian crisis leave barca al-jazeera geneva. u.s. secretary of state my palm power has told congress that saudi arabia and the united arab emirates are working to avoid harming civilians in yemen this clears the way for the u.s. to continue providing weapons and refueling support to both countries more than ten

thousand people have been killed in three years of war pompei a statement follows a string of sa the m. erotic coalition air strikes that have killed dozens of civilians including many children roslyn jordan has more from washington d.c. . the saudi like coalition has been criticized for indiscriminately targeting civilians while trying to go after the rebels who are trying to take control of the country of yemen. coalition has denied these allegations and it's also been facing criticism on behalf of its main military supporter the united states the u.s. has now certified that so far as best as it can determine the saudi like coalition including the government of saudi arabia and the united arab emirates are taking reasonable precautions to ensure that civilians are not targeted injured or killed in the conflict with the fighters in that country now this certification has been

made by the secretary of state pompei o at the insistence by the requirements of congress through the terms of the new defense budget act mr prompt said that the examination of the facts shows that the precautions are being taken but so far a public version of that certification has not been made the pentagon is supporting the certification because it does feel that it is important to bring the heat these to heal and to try to restore order and to restore the hardy government in sanaa but again the details of the certification have yet to be made public but this is something that is going to perhaps bring more concentration of criticism on to the united states because it provides both the saudis and the immoralities with their military weapons with their aircraft with military training and support and so there is a real concern that this military support if it is in fact being used against

civilians indiscriminately could be a violation of the leahy act which says that the u.s. must cut off military aid to countries that don't use their military equipment for the proper and legal purposes this is of course something that the u.s. is going to have to justify in the weeks and months ahead. the un's arm away from yemen martin griffiths has arrived in armani capital muscat he's hoping to restart talks between the warring parties meanwhile fighting between what the rebels have found the amorality fourth of has resumed in the port city of what they there anderson has more from neighboring djibouti there are no details on casualty figures and whether or not civilians are involved but multiple reports suggest that the fighting has escalated again around the city of who data it's rebel held by the hooter's and they are reliant on a supply routes between the port city and samar their capital now the report

suggests that that supply route has been cut to the point of choke point called kilos sixteen also reports the kilo ten further towards the city has also been breached cuts by government for forces they are aided by the saudi usa easy led coalition a mounting strong asterix all around the area now we're hearing that the hutu rebels have responded with a counter attack using artillery and other weaponry and that fighting has been very harsh indeed now beyond this beyond this whole issue of this route that delivers aid and arms and supplies to the rebels is the problem of how martin griffiths the un special envoy can possibly get traction again for any form of peace talks or talks about talks involving diplomats and the fighters he

is shy jeweled to be in amman and moving on from there hopefully he thinks to sana'a and from there to riyadh but as he knows the chances of getting a breakthrough seem quite limited. now thursday marks the twenty fifth anniversary of the oslo accords between israelis and palestinians the deal set out a five year timetable for two state solution but with each passing year palestinians have seen chances of that proceed further and further power a force that reports. it's a sun dappled september day in ramallah families enjoying a public holiday twenty five years since israeli and palestinian leaders signed the oslo accords parts of the occupied west bank have attained limited self-government but a two state solution the overriding goal looks more distant now than it did then i sat down with three members of the so-called oslo generation palestinians who were born around the time of the agreement rita is an activist with the boycott

divestment and sanctions movement aiming to marshal international economic pressure against israel for her it was flawed from the start it's going to twist it felt. that. people such a place it's just that it's it's it's just. people will depart from it i think. it's good that it was there yeah but i think it was structured one of here us are wired a youth member of the ruling fatah faction the agreement was a worthwhile effort we're still today in the table yet also has lots of positive sides to puts us geographically and politically on the international map also the return of some fifty five thousand palestinians including arafat gave us interim self rule one thousand nine hundred sixty seven borders with east jerusalem as capital unfortunately it was supposed to last five years it wasn't expected to drag

for twenty five years that's a lifetime of. the accords which was supposed to be the starting point of a path toward statehood were immediately disrupted by a hamas bombing campaign and by the killing of the israeli prime minister yitzhak rabin by an assassin with far right views all the while the israeli right was gaining political ground promoting the inexorable expansion of illegal settlements on the palestinian side came the split between hamas in gaza and fatah in the occupied west bank and a growing disillusionment with the leadership whose democratic mandate had long x. . byatt. was once an activist but now she's given up on politics nothing have changed however everything's becoming even worse and worse. and a lot of other palestinians are just fed up of the case and they're getting themselves out of politics and they just want to live their life a poll released of leader this anniversary suggests nearly three quarters of palestinians believe conditions were better before the two thirds feel the process

has damaged the national interest such numbers may be on surprising right now with the us administration carrying out punitive measures against the palestinians and the prospects of a two state solution being at a particularly low but they also reflect the legacy of what many here believe to have been twenty five last years are a force that al-jazeera ramallah in the occupied west bank french algerian so never has died of a heart attack at age fifty nine. the half used punk and rock with north african music and was known for protesting against racism and from our book and french and rose to fame as the front man of decisional. just finished recording a new album which was due for release next year. still ahead on the news hour the media conference that's exposed the strained relationship between the philippines

president and the military. a warning about cigarettes u.s. regulators say a new generation of addicts as emerging and india and pakistan extend their biggest sporting while read on to the football pitch will be here with more later in the news hour. from the clear blue sky of the doha mooning. to the fresh fruits and breeze in the city of love. hello again welcome back to international weather forecast for starting this hour down here across parts of central asia we're watching a tropical system here passing along the northern part of the south china sea there's going to be some rain showers for hong kong as well as make landfall we think just to the north of high now on now what that system's going to do is really bring a lot of rain here on the heels of watching another storm system that is making its

way towards the philippines now this is super typhoon and could it is going to be a big factor passing over luzon as we go towards saturday so we could be watching this system very very carefully as to make a way to go down towards the south here we're watching a lot of activity here not only for the philippines but we're over here towards north towards thailand as well as into malaysia down a little bit more towards the south though it is drier so things a little bit better there jakarta not too much in terms of rain or cloud in your forecast really up towards the south also the portions of vietnam though it is going to be rainy for humans about thirty one degrees is going to be a high there really not staying too much of a change there maybe about twenty nine degrees in your forecasts and then very quickly over here towards parts of india well the west is looking quite nice we are seeing that we're drawl of the monsoon right there still very rainy out here towards the east we are seeing kolkata see a temperature and rain at thirty three. there with sponsored by qatar race.

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it's good to have you with us on the al-jazeera news out on these are our top stories millions of people in the path of harken flaws that used to the united states are making last minute preparations for what's being dubbed a monster storm it could make landfall as early as friday south carolina's governor has warned of heavy rainfall and image from flooding. hungary says it will challenge proceedings against it for breaking a you rules on democracy and civil rights the european parliament agreed to take action which could lead to hungary losing e.u. votes and riots and south sudan's warring factions have signed what's being called a final peace deal off the months of negotiations the leaders will now form

a transitional government within eight months president salva kiir will have rival react much as deputy again as well as for all the vice presidents. the philippines president has criticized his military commanders for refusing to arrest one of his opponents for the rigors of tell their vote to an amnesty to former navy officers senator aren't all neutrally an answer and order to the rest military leaders refused saying the order isn't lawful jamila are in the ground reports from manila. what was the widely anticipated conference ended up becoming one of the most jarring interviews ever held by president through the good the thirty for most of the one hour and a half long interview vented his anger on the philippine military exposing the strained relationship between soldiers and their commander in chief. and i only started now don't let this drag you plan to sabotage me then go ahead and be firing

a few rounds won't work then assassinate i will be happy to die in your hands he accuses soldiers of citing with a staunch critic and doing it on this the senator accuses the that there and this family of amassing illegal well which is denied this was also one of the proponents of a complaint in the international criminal court against the terror does war on illegal drugs. that they ordered arrest which the military did not carry out. their younis was a navy officer one of the many to mutiny when gloria arroyo was president despite his detention for seven years he complained and won a senate seat he was granted amnesty by former president binney lucky no seven years ago there to revoked the amnesty saying it was avoided but documents show the amnesty was legal and absolute and because an amnesty is your revokable juliana's

says what the title has done is unprecedented and only done by a desperate leader there will probably. be psychological help for the commander in chief because they didn't expect that from their commander in chief who will actually incite. against against himself and it threatens to split the military institution that has. gone through major reforms over the last thirty years critics say it is unheard of for a president to challenge his commanders two hours to the politics of the if he is that. client relationship he dispenses favors he dispenses. people would think that the us logical from the run but i look at this person us a calculating person and he is not to be underestimated the senate leadership has

given chile on this sanctuary so he remains within the premises for now meanwhile the military has made a commitment that it will only follow orders that are in line with the constitution still many here are worried they say do tear it is relentless pursuit of juliana's no matter the costs may further destabilize the country's already fragile democracy dogon al jazeera mandela now was laid out you said how government faces multiple challenges in iraq and state when asked about the crackdown on four hundred muslims said she was speaking at the world economic forum in vietnam and she also said the hinge a crisis could have been handled differently and she reiterated the government position that the two jailed waters journalists violated the official secrets act. there are of course. within which we with hindsight might think that the situation

could have been handled better but we believe that for the sake of long term stability and security we have to be fair to all sides the rule of law must apply to everybody we cannot choose and pete who should be protected by the rule of law and i have to keep repeating because people are very few are interested in that aspect of the situation that in the rakhine there are many many small groups ethnic groups and religious groups and they are don't just the muslims and the cons seem to be the section of much of the world for example we are very small ethnic groups which are fast disappearing but nobody seems to be interested in them and yet they are the ones who could disappear altogether because some are now down to four figures a former president of al salvador has been sentenced to ten years in prison for corruption antoninus after lead the country from two thousand and four to two

thousand and nine last month he confessed to money laundering and embezzlement the charges relate to treat three hundred million dollars of public funds which were redirected to personnel and company bank accounts the build of the guilty plea saw his sentence reduce he had faced thirty years behind bars five others also confessed in the case. now brazil's leading presidential candidate conservative. remains and tens of care awaiting more surgery after being stabbed last week and while he's on likely to return to the campaign trail before the atop a seventh election a new opinion poll shows the attack has boosted has approval ratings a latin america editor lucien newman has more from quote achieve. the aftermath of last week's attack against also not only during the campaign rally has become the latest source of controversy surrounding the brazilian presidential candidates to new polls show his approval ratings rose from twenty two to between

twenty four and twenty six percent not as much as some had predicted. political violence is always there but. it was a crazy man with. go what jimbo or an organization and i think their vote in brazil it's very good but the barrage of photos and videos of both in intensive care released by his campaign and family members has sparked an outcry even some allies say using them for electoral gain is in poor taste and manipulative but. while he awaits a second abdominal operation one piece of good news for the ailing candidate was tuesday's announcement that imprisoned former president lula da silva was withdrawing his candidacy would brazil's most popular politician now officially out of the race. is well in the lead but now his main enemy may not be

a rival candidate but rather the exploding and also not a campaign also showing me they are leading the charge are women also not as controversial comments against gays blacks and women are galvanizing opposition to his presidential bid and. is one of those who've helped gather more than a million supporters in less than two weeks. a man who says that engendering a girl rather than a boy is a failure what does that say about his opinion of women. in the us a man who says in front of cameras i won't rape you because you don't deserve it does anyone deserve to be raped we've been make a pretty three percent of the brazilian electorate and could decide the election also now has attempted to turn down some of his most politically explosive opinions but with more surgery limiting his chances of returning to the campaign trail

before october seventh election it may be too late to undo the damage you see in human al-jazeera brazil here is health authorities are warning that young people are using electronic cigarettes an epidemic proportions the third and drug administration is now considering banning flavors like candy and bubble gum that are popular with young people the agency has also given leading manufacturers to models to provide details of how their member sales to minors it's estimated that over two million teenagers use the devices in the u.s. last year she have a chance he has more from washington d.c. it's against the law. to anyone under the age of eighteen in the united states number less it's estimated that some two million school children are regular users that's of concern because these cigarettes deliver a particularly intense hit of nicotine so young people are getting hooked tobacco manufacturers say it's not their intention to market to young people but

campaigners are skeptical pointing to the long history of tobacco companies doing anything they can to sell their product despite the health risks campaigners say the time for self regulation is over it's time for the government targets or matthew miles as president of the campaign for tobacco free care that he says the latest devices are highly addictive. i think what we're seeing is an interesting thing in the united states there's been a dramatic decline in the use of cigarettes they're no longer cool among adolescents the new generation of the cigarettes have been designed in such a way that they're sleek and hip they've been marketed with social media campaigns that appeal to kids and they now come in flavors that are highly appealing to kids and mask the harshness of the flavor so it shouldn't be a surprise if you design a product that appeals to kids marketed on social media and introduce it in flavors you're going to see kids use it what f.d.a. did today is important because they made clear that they see this is

a truly serious problem and they recognize that it's the actions of the industry that is made the problem worse with the unfortunate is that there are experiences shown that given the opportunity the tobacco industry and the cigarette industry won't reform itself they can't police themselves the only solution is for our government to ban flavored products that appeal to kids than the kind of advertising that we have seen over the last couple of years in eliminate the kind of online sales that make it easy for kids to get the products unless the government acts it won't be solved and i have faith that this food and drug administration does not want to be known as the food and drug administration that allowed another generation of americans to become hope. stocks of the tech giant apple have dropped slightly after its latest launch featured its largest i phone but little in the way of groundbreaking innovation however the company's strategy of getting consumers to operate and christen the expensive devices continues to pay

off high the show cost has more. what is the secret to apple's success wednesday's product launch we're short on new products big on prozac now let's talk about i phone and even bigger on price i phone tennis max has the largest display have on the night of the new i phone tennis max a larger and faster version of the previous i phones starts at one thousand nine hundred nine dollars while the so-called starter version i found this year costs seven hundred fifty under its estimate the demand for these phones especially for folks who are looking for an upgrade to be away for a year or two or three four or upgrading apple's higher prices are a way to boost sales in an already saturated market although the number of i phones sold remain steady apple has increased.