used to play a decade ago moderating in mediating between. different countries in the region search and rescue operations are still underway in your the dead sea in jordan after flash floods there killed at least twenty one people most of the victims were children on a school outing. set this report from the scene. search and rescue operations started after daybreak several people were still missing rescuers shores of the dead sea resort area while. the water but with every hour that passed hopes to find anyone alive became dimmer and we sat patiently staring at the horizon wondering where his son could be. i came here with my six on we were having a picnic all of a sudden we saw the floods rushing down my son saw the children in the water they went to rescue them i was swept away to one died two were taken to hospital and one is still missing the count find him anywhere it happened when suddenly heavy rains

sent water surging from higher grounds in the jordan valley to school children were at a camping site near some hot springs furder in that range of mountains now they were caught by surprise and the force of the water swept them away over several kilometers according to the civil defense on the valley and some of the bodies were found in the dead sea a bridge that leads to this site with the school children where when do water started surgeon collapse so drills were also used to search to rocky slopes and deep canyons surrounding the dead sea. divided the work into tang groups to continue searching drones are also searching searching the show and the mountains. heavy rains and strong winds were expected in the area they had already hit the capital in previous days we did see is an arid region the lowest point on earth at some four hundred thirty meters below sea level and is prone to flash floods to

school day trip was initially due to happen in another part of the country it's not clear why plans change to school decided to take to children to do one area authorities had warned against. by late afternoon still had no news about his son he walked away overwhelmed with grief predicted how many did it see in jordan can investigators are trying to find out why a building collapsed at least one person is known to have been killed in melinda several dozen the war rescue. because president has sacked the prime minister and replaced him with his predecessor mahinda rajapakse sworn in on friday and replaces for neil. work i'm singing and says he's still in office saying the decision to remove him is illegal follows the collapse of the governing coalition and now fernandez has more from colombo. developments here in sri lanka giving the frieze

never seen never heard almost completely different twist the former president mahinda rajapaksa now sworn in as new prime minister now the swearing in this development coming as a board from the blue no one here with the political circles in general day to day life expected it what we're hearing from the president's media division was that the president might or policy ricin swore in the former president now this is not something that many people expect they were almost sworn enemies after seriously in the defeated rajapaksa at the last presidential election now running a victory macing heard the prime minister that walked a bit serious enough to set up the coalition government essentially is claiming that he's still prime minister he says that he has the seats the votes and the support in parliament and he says that this entire swearing in is illegal so it

will come to the coming hours tomorrow as things unfold when it becomes a bit clearer as to who has what support and what kind of support base that will see what exactly will be sri lanka's political future for malaysian prime minister najib razak has admitted that things went wrong and the one empty the that's the fun from what she and associates are accused of stealing billions of dollars as facing a thirty eight charges of corruption and money laundering and exclusive interview with al jazeera as one on one east he denies any wrongdoing saying he was not in control of that fund or its lawyer reports in kuala lumpur. not you brought up once seemed untouchable son of a former prime minister who rose to power himself but he has since fallen from grace charged with corruption money laundering and criminal breach of trust over accusations of stealing billions from a state investment fund called one m. d.

more than six hundred eighty million dollars which the u.s. department of justice says can be traced back to one m.t.b. was deposited into not jim's bank account in an exclusive interview with al jazeera as one a one east denies any wrongdoing. they kept on accusing me of receiving a huge sum of money but they forgot to mention that the bulk of the money was returned four months after the general election i mean there are six investigations going on around the world into corruption related to one in d.p. what what does that tell you you know there were things that were in wrong in one name d.p. . world many yes fine let it not let let them do their work we want to know where the money's flow to who benefits it will really benefit from

the whole one m.t.b. issue not just claims of innocence do not surprise analysts it just be that he has repeatedly said even when he was in power i think that will likely be his main defense so he probably beauty of it because of the such feeling against it it was partly this feeling of anger that helped propel ninety three year old mahathir mohamad himself or former prime minister opposition politician back into office following a general election in may since taking power there has reopened investigations into one and. but not yet says the charges against him are part of a political vendetta you must realize that this current government you know when they were running for office they had already. made this political narrative. that they were going to take action against me not to present maintains

he's done nothing wrong and has pleaded not guilty to all charges his trial is due to begin in february not yet has said that the trial will afford him an opportunity to clear his name florence lilley al-jazeera kuala lumpur. to watch marian jolly's full interview with one on one east don't miss malaysia speaks first airing saturday at three thirty g.m.t. here on al-jazeera wherever else most popular tourist islands has remained reopened that is six months after being branded assessed all being closed off to the public work island in the philippines typically welcomes two million visitors a year the mass tourism resulted in widespread pollution forcing it to close to allow time for cleanup. has more. this is supposed to be a new door one for an island dubbed one of the wilds most beautiful for the last six months only residents and local workers have been allowed on baraka i now

they're preparing to welcome visitors once again this is an island rebranded with its rehabilitation some of its newest attractions upgraded sewer lines and drainage and an improved transport system that rain has been hampering construction efforts or thirty's of bulldozed illegal structures and shut down the island's three casinos and there have been all the sacrifices tens of thousands left unemployed people here say they're desperate for life to return to normal. photos here i walk a war zone what a ghost town we lost jobs had to go home to where province was and white for six months before we could work again in this new baraka i fewer than twenty thousand tourists will be allowed on the island at any one time that's less than hoff its previous peak capacity back in germany as you heard that this island will be closed he said wow that's a good thing to really close the whole environment to nature is like can rest

assure a second. in april rule sewage was being pipes directly into the sea and the island's landfill was overwhelmed by more than ninety tons of rubbish daily the government said hoff businesses for violating environmental rules and decided to close it for a six month cleanup i will prove. what i use is says. despite being criticized for an abrupt decision and disregarding livelihoods or dorothy's pressed ahead with the shutdown. yet the tourists replaced on the beaches by riot police trails and trash collection teams the twenty five meter. record that's basically what we wanted from the very start there's no temporary structures there and the beach should be ready for all three so like things like the island now there's

a slew of new rules for its freshly pristine beaches no drinking no smoking and no vendors so no more of its multi day parties then nor its famous photo op sandcastles and while with artie's admit it will take longer than six months to clean up baraka they say this has been a good start. al-jazeera. take a look at the headlines right now on al-jazeera turkey's foreign ministry says it will request the extradition of eighteen saudis accused of killing jamal khashoggi turkey's president and says they should face justice in turkey he says more of it will be released and he called official saudi explanations comical and childish meanwhile jamal khashoggi his fiance has given our first television interview more than three weeks after the saudi journalist murder and istanbul. was critical of how the u.s. has handled the case it was rejected an invitation from president donald trump to

visit the white house. oh no doubt about that one little trump invited me to the united states during the first days of the process but his statements had very short time periods in between and they were contradictory i perceived it as a statement to win the sympathy of the public man from florida and has been charged on suspicion of sending mail bombs to prominent critics of u.s. president donald trump fifty six year olds say as are say august accused of targeting at least thirteen people including former president barack obama the f.b.i. says the packages were not hoax devices and that more could be found president from condemn the bombs but says the media is exploiting this situation. these jurors actions must be prosecuted and punished to the fullest extent of the law we all know. and i want to applaud the f.b.i. the secret service and all say local federal officials for their

incredible work in this investigation i mean they did incredible. this is finding truly a needle in a haystack when you think about it israeli forces have killed at least five palestinian protesters along the gaza israel border fence or than sixteen thousand palestinians gathered there on friday a later several rockets were fired from gaza into israel every friday since march thirtieth palestinians have helped protest along the fence israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu has made a surprise visit to the gulf state of oman that amman's for a war sultan qaboos to discuss the middle east peace process those are the headlines to keep it on al-jazeera much more to come in the meantime inside story is up next.

united states says it's time to pull out of a nuclear arms pact to the russia so i moved in thirty years ago helped end the cold war but president donald trump wants to rip it up why now and does it mean a return to the nuclear arms race and an increase in the risk of conflict this isn't a story. hello i'm wrong this is inside story from the united states and the old soviet union well once on the brink of nuclear war they called it the cold war and it dragged on for decades but in one thousand nine hundred eighty seven u.s. president ronald reagan and soviet leader mikhail gorbachev signed the into mediate

range of nuclear forces or i.n.f. treaty defusing the arms race now there are more phase another one could be about to start because president donald trump wants out of the agreement we'll speak to all guests shortly but first let's take a look at what the i.n.f. treaty achieved. hopeless reports from trondheim in norway. i'm here in norway as nato runs the largest war games it's held since the end of the cold war and as president trump threatens to pull out of the i.n.f. treaty both institutions with their origins in the cold war nato seeks to expand its role as the i.n.f. treaty is in danger of collapse so what is the treaty and why is it important with the i n f or intermediate nuclear forces treaty was signed in one thousand nine hundred seven between the united states of america and the soviet union designed to stop one side from sneaking up on the other with missiles either have a short flying time or can fly under radar cover to attack high value targets

essentially catching their adversary off guard and destroying them before they can defend themselves the treaty was designed as a confidence building measure to lower the risk of general nuclear war was based on the limitations the technological limitations of its day there was no provision for instance on sea based cruise missiles which both parties the united states and. russia have used extensively in conflicts since both sides accuse each other of violating the treaty the americans accuse the russians were designing missiles with more warheads than the treaty allows and also basing their cruise missiles on land the russians in turn accuse the americans of basing tomahawk cruise missiles in poland and romania both the united states and russia are unhappy with the provisions of the treaty but it's the united states that seems to withdraw from it unilaterally it feels that regional competitors like china and north korea are not able to endanger both it and its allies and that it is constrained by an arms

control agreement that was signed over thirty years ago and is now seen as increasingly obsolete. let's bring in our panel joining us in washington d.c. lawrence korb former u.s. assistant secretary of defense in moscow to be trained babbage political analyst at risk said you know and. london not fall down meant nuclear policy analyst at the british american security information council i don't pawson think tank which promotes debate on nuclear disarmament welcome to you all i'd like to begin with larry korb in washington d.c. why this agreement and why now well actually the russians have been violating it since two thousand and fourteen the obama administration accused them of doing it and they have kept on violating it for the last last four years the real question is what do you do now i think it's important to keep in mind that trump that with

helsinki and this you know one on one meeting did he bring it up then did he talk about how they might resolve it did he listen to what the russians claim the u.s. is doing with the a.b.m. anti-ballistic missile systems we're putting into poland and romania did they discuss the fact that president putin has offered to extend the new start agreement for five years which president don't trump you know did not did not respond to so it should be part of the whole package to deal with that or else as the iran upset we could start a new arms race let me bring in dimitri babbage in moscow hit august in washington d.c. says the russians called the trusted they violated the agreement on several occasions what are your thoughts well first if you look at the agreement if you look at that that still of the treaty it doesn't bring he bit

a research and development that brings keep its deployment that was absolutely no proof of that dross and deployed any intermediate range nuclear missiles in the areas where this deployment is behavior that by the treaty russia recently invited the united states to inspect all that was set about doing on their missile that is was. in the united states. larry is correct in his facts that actually president obama started to use in russia so it wasn't just drama but it was a bomber who wanted to get out of these are an f. treaty if we will get why the united states wants to get out of it i think it's primarily against china that they want to have more capability because if you look at their european situation it changed to russia's disadvantage in one thousand ages seven when the treaty was signed poor and czech republic survived germany they were all part of the soviet bloc and of course now all these nations

have governments which are very hostile to russia or they call russia horsetail nation we don't consider them hostile we never use that word but obviously a from a military point of view it would make sense for atia to have our our intermediate range missiles directed at these countries because for them not bring in let me bring in. air which is a blunt guy you're hearing than just what the west is saying in almost so although obviously russia is interested in that you hearing what our guest is saying in moscow that the troops are your. usual me to let you all have plenty of time we have to bring in.