alamosa showers are dying away or have gone from iran you can see from the satellite picture this is historic of course irving is moving in this general direction there's active weather there now towards turkmenistan and beyond and winter's thinking about it but the skies should clear for daytime on thursday that's not the case further west whilst i say most of iran is looking fine the likelihood of seeing yet more showers and big ones in the north of saudi arabia sudden iraq or kuwait is still there and it's don't lead just for thursday into friday i think is a persistent likelihood for the next three four or five days there are more showers coming off the eastern mediterranean for israel and quite possibly for lebanon as well and jordan sort of has jumped down to us arabian peninsula and see how far

south these shows get there's a line of risk from medina through riyadh up towards bahrain probably and to the north of that to the scientists at the moment the risk is minimal but you know cities green spots here saturday sunday monday expect the green to extend across qatar and down towards the south of that it looks fine how are we doing in south africa well the forecast for thursday is a pleasantly dry one after all that rain of late. china could be facing a debt that's according to western global trumpet ministration just been insisting towards the saudis and other old producers that they want to have more production to go on the prices we bring you the stories that are shaping the economic world we live in counting the cost on al-jazeera there's no one way of telling a story keeping a static right and to be respectful it's great to actually get to know the person

for the toast. and then again you're watching al-jazeera has reminder of our top stories this hour u.s. president donald trump has fired attorney general jeff sessions he will be replaced by his chief of staff matthew where he's been highly critical of the litter investigation it in democrats say whitaker must immediately cusins self from oversight of the russia probe. the firing of sessions was announced just after president talked up his republican party's gains in the senate from tuesday's midterm elections but he'll have to contend with democrats who were chap powerful committees in the house of representatives. secured

a majority in the chamber. and pro-government forces in yemen say they've advance closer to the who think controlled port city of data supported by the saudi ambassador coalition which has been bombing positions in the city more than one hundred fifty people have been killed in the last three days the leader of the who the rebels has vowed to never survive and. mexico has defended its human rights record of the united nations' review in switzerland mexico's ambassador to the un human rights council says recent laws have improved children's rights and helped limit corruption paul brennan has more from geneva. mexico came to this hearing of the u.n. human rights working group with numerous human rights violations to explain perhaps the most notorious among them the two thousand and fourteen massacre of forty three student teachers in. a massacre that is still unsolved today but the ambassador from mexico came forward with a raft of recent legislation that has improve the human rights situation general

acts to improve the rights of the child to tackle corruption and to prevent torture and also a whole new criminal justice system since twenty sixteen and the reaction from the chamber here was broadly supportive there were numerous suggestions and recommendations as to how mexico can continue to push forward its progress but in general the other ambassadors the other nations broadly supportive of the direction of travel that mexico is taking. thousands of asylum seekers migrants from central america have arrived in mexico city on their way to the u.s. the caravan made up mainly of hondurans as the first of three large groups moving across mexico in search of a better life mano repeller reports from mexico. this is the sound of children laughing in sr. he just arrived in the capital mexico city after traveling with five thousand other central americans for the first time in several weeks they're able to really rest it's going to take us where we want these children to see that mexico is a country that's in solidarity with them so they can take this memory when they

leave. the mexican authorities have been preparing for their arrival setting up food stands medical tents as well spaces for a shower and even a haircut better not let them feel nothing though i'm happy with how mexico has treated us we're very thankful to mexico. we met me here while she was waiting in line for donated clothes she says she's bound for the u.s. and has a message for president trump and no other than no there are no terrorists here or criminals nobody is here for fun we're all running for. poverty in honduras it's not for pleasure that i'm traveling to the united states. walking along the camp we spotted several volunteers providing legal advice to those looking to claim political asylum either in mexico or the u.s. although again as a volunteer attorney says most are planning to stay in mexico despite the rhetoric despite the fear that the trumpet ministration is trying to administer these people

are intent on carrying out the right that they have to seek asylum in the united states. yet while it may seem crowded authorities say they're still expecting more people to arrive in the coming days this space at this outdoor sporting arena has been transported to a comedy as many as five thousand people traveling as part of a caravan that left on douras several weeks ago but their stop here is only temporary they're also make goal is reaching the southern border of the united states. with a fresh change of clothes in hand jimmy led and her daughter head off to get some rest knowing the most difficult part of their journey still lies ahead. when. mexico city. chile has begun rape outraising migrants who want to go home for free the last and the first and largest group are haitians or more than a thousand signed up to the program last america as they say name and explains why the government is flying them home. these haitian migrants are leaving chile with

a bit more than with what they came but with their dreams shattered. what we thought we were coming to do doesn't exist we came here for a better life for decent work but there's nothing there the first one hundred seventy six beneficiaries of a government humanitarian repatriation program for migrants who can't afford to leave they've been given a free flight home in exchange for not returning to chile for at least nine years. since they could not adapt to our reality in their expect a sions were not mitt they asked the government's help to return home. the vast majority like they. say it's because they can't survive here. their mom i christened chile two years ago when i came it was easy to find a job but not now another thousand haitians are on the list and an undisclosed number of colombian migrants are also asking for a free flight home it is an unprecedented offer unique in

a world where many more migrants are deported against their will but the very fact that this program exists draws attention to the exploitation and abuses that many many migrants in chile face. thousands of haitians live in appalling conditions employers often under pay them others complain of racism you know we asked the interior minister what the government is doing to help migrants stayed rather than leave but we're working to police and control employers and landlords and we've introduced measures to ensure that migrants obtain proper residence documents so very complex and can access public services too late for these migrants who've given up any hope of making chile their home as they return to haiti to an uncertain future you see in human al-jazeera santiago. some news coming in from afghanistan where fourteen soldiers have been killed and eight others injured after taliban fighters attacked an army base and happened in the collage god district of

tech hub province. for more than four decades japan sterilized around twenty five thousand of its own people who are suspected of having disabilities or mental illnesses after years of silence victims of the controversial program under mounting an apology they also want compensation from the government reports will take it as a boy kick a worker jamie was regularly abused by his foster parents because of his polio in nineteen sixty aged eighteen he was admitted to a psychiatric ward at makerere hospital in sapporo where he was begun given electric shocks and forcibly sterilized. i remember what the nurse said clearly mr kadima you have schizophrenia you have a disability so people like you should not have children. as lawyer has medical evidence showing his scars are consistent with the sterilization and that he does

not have schizophrenia but not to hospital says few old records of sterilisations exist and they can't confirm if kick was a patient. really is the government's fault i just didn't know that they were to blame or did they stripped us of this right to live. is just one of nearly twenty five thousand japanese citizens sterilized in a poll see that and to eradicate disabled and mentally ill people. and that did after world war two the government justified its so-called eugenic protection law because the nation was struggling with food shortages and people like you i was seen as a burden on the economy clinics across japan advertise their ability to perform sterilizations under the law but the majority were performed against the patients will. until very recently phones like this one were one of the few reminders for sterilisation now big terms of speaking out and demanding compensation japan's top

sterilizations in ninety ninety six but you macabre young she says those with mental illnesses still face social stigma today. persinger helps them find jobs despite introducing quotas for disabled workers japan's government it be said this year they had dramatically inflation their only employee numbers must have a home grown almost a government itself it is not following the regulations there are some people who get extremely angry about this disabled people will think they can't work if they see this. in a country preparing to host the next paralympic games in twenty twenty the prejudice continues for the seven million japanese living with disabilities drew ambrose out zero tokyo and you can watch true ambrose's full program japan's disability shame on one zero one east this thursday twenty two thirty g.m.t.

right here on out is sarah now our first image this week as a cute viral video scientists say this footage of a mother and her cub is an example of the misuse of drones video of the baby best struggling to climb an ice was being viewed on social media around twenty million times as an example of never giving up well just says the bears were afraid of the drone and were trying to get away from it as fast as they could while was last about biologist and he says regulations on filming need to be stricter. the mom is actually really stressed out she's constantly looking at the drone to kind of see where it's at i think the drone operator having his drone in so close forced her to make a decision that normally she would have made with a bit more time she kind of cross that that steep drift in iraq and typically you know they'll be really careful to pick the route that they're come to make safely and that they can stay with their coven kind of a tighter unit so i think just having that drone right on or really made her make

kind of this wraps rash decision that ended up working out for a pub could have been a lot worse had it been steeper as far as my research goes when we are filming bears we try and be as as least invasive as possible so we typically set up cameras that are camouflaged their motion activated by the bears typically don't even notice and that's just so we don't place any stress on the animals as far as those laws are concerned i do think there needs to be some laws around drone activity with wildlife in particular i just think you know as humans we're already placing a lot of different stressors on animals whether it's you know encroaching into their their areas or hunting or whatever so that adds to that with drones just it's just one more thing that they don't need so so i definitely think some laws could be beneficial as being described by conservationists as the greenest country on the planet but three quarters of bhutan is covered that because their don is covered by

thick forests and to let wildlife but as the country continues to develop it struggling to find new ways to balance economic growth and the protection of the environment a falcon reports it's is a window into time before humans. time is the only car but negative country in the world producing more oxygen than it consumes. at least sixty percent of the country must be forested is in trying to the constitution but as b. town slowly embraces the modern age keeping it this way is a huge challenge the pristine wilderness is home to one of the rarest animals on earth the himalayan snow leopard by careful conservation betime successfully managed to maintain numbers the same also goes for another big cat the bengal tiger for a small country like don sandwiched between india and china we are also one of our biggest contributions is being very symbolic of the things that we can do when you

have the right leadership you know when you have the right vision and the right commitment from the people there are stories of large predators stalking these ancient forests for generations which is probably what gave rise to the legendary story of the meat or yeti in reality though in addition to the big cats there are also wild boar and black bears here living in close proximity to these creatures is a major concern for farmers worried about keeping their livestock safe. every evening luck pummel keeps watch over her fields while boren deer often devour her crops. she resorts to age old techniques to safeguard her livelihood. the government's installed in the lead foot fence nearby but it needs repair there's a compensation scheme if livestock

a killed but the payout often doesn't cover the price of a new animal. killing a large predator will almost certainly lead to a jail sentence despite the challenges put in the show unlikely levels of tolerance towards wildlife helped by hydropower. twenty five percent of putin's national income comes from selling energy to neighboring india it also allows the government to provide farmers with free electricity. but hydro projects account for harf of the national debt political promises conservationists fear the country may compromise its forests in order to balance its books we all huge sums of money some sums of money we cannot afford sums of money that have been borrowed from international agencies around the world by the asian development bank man is such a greedy force and the natural resources are the easiest way to make money

the pace of change is increasing. the country's future depends on preserving a delicate balance between humans and nature the parker al-jazeera boutin. zero these are our top stories yes president donald trump has fired attorney general jeff sessions trump's chief of staff matthew whittaker will replace him been highly critical of the murder investigation into alleged russian interference in the two thousand and sixteen presidential election even democrats say he must recuse himself. sessions was announced just after president talked up his republican party's gains in the senate and midterm elections but he'll have to contend with democrats who will chap powerful committees in the house of representatives the opposition party secured a majority in the chamber. and president trump says he will have

a much stronger opinion on the case of jamal khashoggi next week the journalist was murdered in saudi arabia's consulate in istanbul last month on that matter of more than a month since the death of mr show you know your list. very terrible thing do you think saudi arabia is guilty of of having to murder and if so what marginal your opinion on that subject over the next week and i'm working very closely with congress working together some very talented people and we're working with congress we're working with turkey and we're working with saudi arabia and i'm forming a very strong opinion fourteen soldiers have been killed and eight others injured as the taliban find says attacks an afghan army base it happened in the co-op jugaad district of takar province all of the students kidnapped from a high school in cameroon have been released armed men took the seventy nine pupils from a presbyterian boarding school and amend weasel government says four people are still

missing including a driver to teachers and the principal. aid group save the children says one of its health facilities in yemen has been damaged by a mass strike a pharmacy providing life surprise so saving supplies was hit in the fourth city of data is why u.n. and international calls for a cease fire for saudi amrozi coalition has escalates its military offensive against who the rebels in the city over the last three days one hundred fifty people have been killed save the children is calling for both sides to stop fighting saying hundreds of thousands of lives are at risk. all the headlines more news on al-jazeera after witness.