there is no sign of terrorist elements even if they do then they'll be talkative by iraq to force. an optimistic assessment even as it of the military commanders estimate that at least two thousand five hundred eisel fighters remain in dead is during and other syrian towns close to the border. brigadier general you hear us who says that all compositions have been fortified and the border is being secured at the bottom of tub where intensifying our intelligence gathering effort as well and we have installed he seeker and thermal surveillance cameras supported by drones were also conducting strikes and shelling guinn's ice where located on the highest hill overlooking the syrian border. the threat posed by ice along the border isn't just worrying the forces people living in the nearby town of a caught him are also concerned they've suffered in the past and are still suffering in two thousand and fourteen when

a client was still under eisel control samee to how mood lost a leg in an explosion the improvised device had been planted by isis to halt the advance of an alkie forces who were attempting to take back the town like it was with them i started working as a fisherman but the job is difficult i need to feed a large family i call on the government to help us said these are no thems husband was killed by ice will fighters in two thousand and fifteen she tries to support her family by selling milk from her two cows one and i know my children are students and need heat and electricity at home. sadness and desperation seemingly deepening even as a borders defenses are bolstered. still ahead here on al-jazeera what aid agencies call the world's most the collected conflict of thousands of forced from their homes in central african republic. and china's

biggest asho takes off but a trade war with the u.s. is forcing its booming aviation industry to hit the brakes. and i bet the rains have not played away from the eastern parts of north america you can see the latest system has it works its way over into the atlantic but it's still clinging on to the south so still expect a few showers here and if that will moves away another one develops of force for friday seven lot of snow on the northern edge of this and then tending to rain as you head of the south and then that system pushes its way northeast winds as we head into saturday behind it it will turn cooler than it has been so chicago will have a maximum just of zero washington d.c. will struggle to nine degrees further towards the west a fine along that western coast but not too warm for us in seattle a maximum temperature just of nine degrees

a bit further towards the south lots of sunshine here we can see quite a bit of cloud there over the lesser antilles and i think we'll still see plenty of showers here as we head through the next couple of days elsewhere the wettest of the weather will be across parts of panama and stretching a little bit further north woods as well as we head through the day on saturday for south america the wettest weather here over the past few days is mean in the northern parts of argentina but all of that it's now breaking up so it should be a good deal drier here as we head through friday friday will be wetter than forth in brazil but further south we're going to see the clouds gather once more the temperatures will be dropping for same but as always just twenty three on saturday . after one of greece's deadliest forest fires of coastal town. people in power. point institutional incompetence the number one responsibility of.

this project. was not an accident it was a crime but it is the real reason speak up to take. on al-jazeera. and again you are watching out there as a reminder of our top stories this hour turkish police have told prosecutors that they have ended the search for the body of saudi. forces have told that traces of acid were found at the residence of the saudi consul general in istanbul and is believed may have been using chemicals. say the gunman who killed

twelve people after opening fire in a crowded bar in california was a former marine who served in afghanistan but his motive is still unknown in long opened fire in a bar in the city of thousand. the welfare program says it's doubling the amount of food aid it gives yemen to try to prevent mass starvation the u.n. agency says is aiming to reach up to fourteen million people at risk. aid agencies are calling the crisis in central african republic one of the world's most neglected conflicts an elected government is now in power but the violence between armed groups continues its force more than twenty thousand people from their homes so far this year nicholas hark reports from a refugee camp. it just arrived you leave this place children in this refugee camp the latest victims of the unending sectarian violence in central african republic. some had their homes burnt to the ground others were

chased from their villages by young men with machetes and guns among them are survivors of unspeakable violence. ten year olds to the his mother is dead her father is gone killed because they were christian by their own muslim neighbors she hid in the bush with her uncle then tried to return to her village but the men kept coming back so she had again. there's no hiding from the violence we want the arms to go the violence to stop we just want peace this is silliness you home an overcrowded refugee camp of twenty three thousand people surrounded by armed militia groups under siege and unable to leave the camp is that they are held hostage protected by a few overstretched u.n. troops celine wants answers she says she wants to be asking the questions and so we traded places and she took the microphone. will we find peace how can we make the violence stop when will i be able to return home. we put her questions to visiting

secretary general of the norwegian refugee council young angle and i hope she will be able to go back soon house but the reality is that you know the big forces of the armed groups and the lack of intention from this national community is not going to hurt direction really this situation for these people is really desperate outside of the camp and outside of where this small girl is there are three armed groups and they deny people returning to their homes among the people living in this refugee camp are armed men in hiding not only do they target the humanitarian workers that bring them health they also attack the people that live in this camp it seems that there is no safe space for people to skate from the violence at least them but we're searching for food when she was gang raped at

gunpoint by men she suspects are part of a christian armed group in the camp just so they won't stop hurting girls here they think we're objects for them to take rape is just part of living here despite the trauma and the violence committed by adults where the christian or muslim children in this refugee camp sure a brief moment of unity in a country torn and looking for peace nicholas hawk al jazeera. and you heard there from the norwegian refugee council egland need told us more about why this conflict inside forgotten. well i'm now in western central african republic it's one of the poorest most violent most neglected places on earth really all of the people in this community where i stand now have been displaced by violence each and every time we have family members killed in the most gruesome fashion but then

it's also as you may see a and i don't know hope because here we are really building houses for people where displaced and we do it for both communities christians muslims and this and there is now an island of peace here these people want to rebuild their lives but it's very hard to get funding for these projects really the central african republic is forgotten i think we have to build peace brick by brick literally here if we get resources and if there is a more coherent effort for peace that includes neighboring countries like to chad and sudan and cameroon and the congo etc i'm optimistic for the future of the central african republic if not if it continues like now we may have another cat attack let's make war around zones like this that could threaten the lives of millions. of trumpet ministration has made to restrict claims for asylum by those

who try to cross the u.s. mexican border illegally under the new regulations asylum seekers caught crossing the border at places other than official border posts will not be allowed to present asylum claims that diktats comes at a time when caravans of thousands of people from central america and making their way towards the u.s. border. shepparton she has more from washington d.c. where people have been protesting the move. this is one of many protests organized nationwide under the banner of trump is not above the law protest to spare to be appointed. matthew which is acting attorney general following the resignation of jeff sessions is an attempt by the president to impede the investigation of special counsel. into trouble his family and his associates has been a critic of the investigation that he's pulling some shady stuff here in between right after the election which was a two day. it's just. you know he's trying to get down but if you get that to get

around selection i mean it's an investigation he's terrified protesters of democratic members of congress say we should recuse himself from oversight off the investigation but even many of them accept that seems improbable given his opposition to robot seems to be the exact reason why trump him in the first place counting is so continuing in some closely fought us mid-term election races in arizona the release of over one hundred thousand previously uncounted ballots so a democrat christenson emma move into a nine thousand vote lead in a republican muffin mix sally had been leading by more than seventeen thousand fêtes. the democrats have demanded emergency herring's in the house of representatives to investigate donald trump's removeable of attorney general jeff sessions and accuse trump of trying to undermine his investigation into russian meddling in the twenty six thousand election the white house denies those

allegations has been. a day after losing one of the houses of congress the president was a man on the defensive we keep hearing about. investigations now facing investigations on two fronts special counsel robert mueller looking into potential russian collusion and obstruction of justice and in january a democratic controlled u.s. house of representatives looking into pretty much anything it chooses to. with that's a dramatic move his attorney general fired replaced by matthew whitaker a man close to the president in two. wheats in articles he's made it clear he thinks the moeller probe should be limited whitaker will have tremendous power over the investigation now not just the scope of it but under law he has the ultimate say as to what happens to muller's findings he could simply shred his final report but the midterm elections makes that less likely that the democrats will in fact

invite. special counsel mauler to testify before the committee and testify in public about what were the findings in other words there are more ways to get the information to be public now that congress is in the hands of the democrats mother and his team have kept remarkably quiet letting their convictions speak in their stead. they've got a lot of people close to the president so far those charged include his former campaign manager his deputy campaign manager his former national security advisor and foreign policy adviser all have pled guilty to federal charges and agreed to cooperate giving every indication that special counsel is making his way up the food chain the president has made it clear from the beginning he wants the miller investigation to go away there was no collusion there was no anything the midterm results make it much less likely he has the power to do that in the end. al-jazeera

washington. china showing off its military might as an and weapon show in the country's southern guangdong province and stash aviation an aerospace exhibition is attracted around seven hundred exhibits this for more than forty countries among them some american companies are taking a long term view on the ongoing trade war could hide the reports from june hi. there the biannual jus high air so this is the first public day where the public could come out and see the military might that china puts on display but what's also been interesting at the last several days during. the demonstration of the military. but also alliances with russia and pakistan that has also been on display and something else that's been surprising is that some american companies here at part of this year so have been optimistic and are coming along when it comes to the trade war between the united states and china. on stage in the air china's most

advanced stealth fighter jet the g. twenty performing at the ju high air show an impressive display but the goal to make it one hundred percent chinese has not yet been realized. it's still powered by russian made engines delays and issues with a purpose built chinese engine under development. also at the air show the pakistani air force customers of the j.f. seventeen and earlier generation chinese fighter along with ally russia pakistan is the only other foreign military taking part in the aerial displays. and started having johnny had coffee and the new sixty's and then we moved on to go production but a very important for both funny and forced to have good relations with china. commercial travel demands could see china take over from the u.s. as the world's largest aviation market in the next decade and that means a big need for more airliners for years china has been developing indigenous

commercial aircraft as with the stealth fighter they have been delays. but for the first time a life sized model of the wide body c.r. nine tonight a joint project with russia was unveiled at the show a move to break into the market dominated by air bus and boeing but the first version of the plane won't take flight for at least five years and it will be powered by engines from either the u.s. or europe the jew hot air show is now in its twenty second year traditionally china has used it as a showcase for its booming aviation industry and advanced weapons but this year is much more subdued thanks to budget cuts and an ongoing trade war with the united states but the trade war has not kept american companies away in fact the organizers of the usa pavilion at the expo say they've seen a twenty five percent growth since the last show two years ago aviation companies and suppliers view their business in china in the long term and at least one sees china as a market not

a place for manufacturing i think you know it's going to be. challenging in the next tell me two to three years. it's only the beginning of the start up trade war the power company will the american based company and you say how many first. i mean us mate. and we've got to keep it this way. so with the expected rapid growth in the number of chinese passengers taking to the sky over the next ten years some companies are willing to put up with the trade war for now and it's not just americans. who are playing the long game in the china market powerhouse boeing has announced over the last couple of days their completion plan this is something where seven thirty seven's produced in the united states are shipped over here. and there they are going to open that december here in china things back one. hundred thirty seven for the chinese market roll out

of that factory that's up. to the chinese market here despite what's going on with the trade. hopefully some progress with the trade war at the end of the month at the g. twenty meeting in argentina and that's the next time the leaders of china and the united states will sit down hoping that there's going to be progress in this trade war. and finding the classic. entertaining and frustrating people for west forty years now but some people find it infuriatingly. thirteen year old chinese schoolboy a first world record for solving three. simultaneously using both hands and both feet john you took one minute thirty six seconds to record the expected to attract challenge.

these are the top stories turkish police have told prosecutors that they've ended their search for the body of saudi jenna's jamal khashoggi sources of toll down to zero that traces of acid were found at the residence of the saudi consul general in istanbul it's believed that has showed his body may have been disposed of using chemicals jenna's was killed after entering the saudi consulate over a month ago. three say the gunman who killed twelve people after opening fire inside a crowded bar in california it was a former marine in long's motive is still unknown allegedly took his own life after being confronted by police officers who are food program says it's doubling the amount of food aid it gives to yemen to try to prevent mass starvation countries currently suffering at the largest food crisis in the world in an agency says it's a mean to reach up to fourteen million people at risk. in pakistan thousands of hardliners protested against the acquittal of

a christian woman who spent eight years on death row on charges of blasphemy as he was released from jail on wednesday she was convicted in two thousand and ten on charges of insulting the prophet mohammed after a dispute with muslim farm workers. the trauma ministration has moved to restrict claims for silence by those who try to cross the us mexico border illegally and the regulations issued a short time ago asylum seekers caught crossing the border places other than official border posts will not be allowed to present asylum claims a fast moving wildfire has forced the evacuation of tens of thousands of people in northern california's paradise town reports of a number of injuries to residents and firefighters as. homes and businesses. and i'm the school that's in cameroon this week says that kept as want all schools in the region closed and seventy eight children released on wednesday two days

after being taken to members of stuff still in captivity the government says the kidnappers a separatists from cameron's english speaking minority say they were told not to go back to school. that i had lines are back with more news here on al-jazeera people and power. china could be facing a debt i suppose that's according to s. and p. global trumpet ministration just been insisting towards the saudis and others that they want to have more production to cool down the prices we bring you the stories that are shaping the economic world we live in counting the cost on al-jazeera. like many countries around the mediterranean greece suffers from the dangerous of wildfires but the one that after coasting july twenty team was the worst in the

country's history claiming ninety nine lives and leaving thousands about them scrutinised and homeless so why was it so deadly dull to ever come in to investigate and. it's went down the mountain like a vengeful call it was overbearing people was in power we will wear. it we'll take a yes yes man if. it's

a resort town just thirty minutes drive from athens we're going to fail over a single part that went right through since i was there one wonders that there were not more people. ninety nine people died with no warning of the danger and no attempted evacuation was it an unstoppable freak of nature or staggering incompetence this was an all of cost at a time of peace it was not an accident it was a crime and it is a crime demanding justice and punishment. it's how war zones look when the fighting stops. the red cross patrolling the scorched earth tending to survivors. were loaded with.

every day medical teams visit victims like zahara yes constant talk of still living in his ravaged home if i was. going to say he didn't know maybe you know getting ready to go home soon. this year right here i don't know much about boom bum bum bum bum bum who is going to go model guys i got the eighty four year old air force veteran raced over a burning bitch of men that melted his shoes to bring two children to safety. so low we're going to do a load and he said. there's a low there's no hurry you build up you know it's you the whole lot of talk about you. getting mad at. every home every family here has a story of survival you know this is he thinks i was out there on marx who may honestly. believe it's cover not dollars nearly died writing his motorbike through

flames to find and rescue his mother. how is your mother now. the fuck. do. you think i will try to fix my eyes. and the blaze i will put some through is. something where. i live so. keep going. i feel very legit. really good. in the was a small but i know it's just so. angry . as in of the north wind blows almost incessantly on shore.

but for days the bureau of meteorology had warned about unusual wind in the opposite direction sweeping down from the hills to the coast. on the morning of july twenty third many of my aunties firefighting resources were sent to a blaze sixty kilometers away. but it full forty nine pm a second fire broke out in the hills above. it was more than two hours before a fire brigade helicopter was diverted to tromp water. unit commander you'll. says by then the wind speed was more than one hundred kilometers per hour. yes to me. there was a. it

was already too late the fire reached the coast suddenly residence and daytrippers was surrounded by smoke and flames the roads were soon gridlocked then blocked by burning cars the only hope of escape was the same. money that. they tried to jam. like one jam from the. schoolteacher maria does illy lives on the waterfront but even she figured she die . marty is built on cliffs with few puffs to the water and almost not i'm not getting in the water but this mild all around us fire their hands drown part of it

larry i find it a day i can say you knew that there was that down the back you don't because you were like that because i live here mind you so how many people were sheltering here on this beach where around thirty people already it's a whole area yes we were like sardines yeah did you feel safe once you were down here no forced all through it if i'm out and people were around crying here people were asking for their families there were mothers kurang for their children it was a case still over there we can see the force everything you know with the tourist there is time ago for the love and yes as you call the fold of thirty is. called the book had our moment we called them again and again and we called our families to inform that but they didn't and. so who finally rescued you

just a small say same boat it's. almost seven hundred people were eventually picked up by a flip tiller of small boats and the coast guard many drowned or died of birds as they waited. oh i hope. this small community gathers in a church that was somehow spayed by the infant to fan well nearly one hundred loved ones. undressed dimitri who was one of the firemen battling the blaze as soon as he heard the flames would be his home he raced back to try to save his family. he found his wife margarita dying by the water's edge she was alongside the body of their six month old son. is on the up for the couple.

as wrote the note board calls for free up for a cute thing like him a thought or more of all gave on is this. going on in a god. of the borders or if this law you know got throw people the dog. in the gut if yes and i'm. caught in a south of us with or false. this all happened in the midst of a horrid northern hemisphere summer temperatures off the charts across europe but grace was the exception this was an unusually mild summer with more rain than normal this was not a file links to climate change it could have happened any summer the authorities

knew that they just weren't ready for it. so how did the greek government at its emergency services fail so comprehensively i've come to greece's most pristine just research center to make the one man who i have answered this welcome mr welcome to the government coming nice building we are going to be coastal city lucky says a crisis management expert and a member of the academy of athens he was commissioned by an opposition party to interview survivors and to piece together what went wrong. and critically surprised and shocked by the stories were people and. what what happened there was absolutely no pre-planning in greece because there is no culture planning for big public emergencies most people including the government are in complete denial things don't happen here. one of his

most disturbing discoveries was that police had directed into believing that coastal highway behind the town would act as a fire break. and they said they've heard the traffic through the smaller streets which again in effect block created the gridlock so even the people who tried to prevent it from the smaller streets. and other people who had absolutely nothing to do with my going live there there. actually they've worked into harm's way that made them suddenly no sense. even more surprising with the actions of the coast got it not only failed to send rescue boats in time for hours it allowed to risk ferries to continue arriving the coast guard did not stop ferries old coming in the port of a few notes very close which was a hollywood mistake because ferries unloading

a lot of cars these odd to the topical would you do not the moment you do not want to have more cars from the road you want in the roads open us open as possible because you want to move traffic it way where is the government not of this i mean the number one responsibility of coming government is protecting its citizens this is the number one responsibility everything else comes second and here the government failed completely. the. wrong careless everywheres oh my god the us weeks on the survivors are demanding the government pay for what happened and you might hear the lib dems you know speak to me there is no middle ground up with and i give you one example of how she thought . this was actually meant to be a night of celebrations.