here have given a clear red light to the commission's plans where this goes next could depend on how quickly the saudis respond to growing criticism. al-jazeera brussels. there are calls for an investigation into how i saw was able to launch a complex attack in kabul that killed eight people and injured dozens more i saw fighters attacked a gathering of has auras and politicians in western kabul shot betis reports from kabul i. from a city to a battlefield kabul becoming the frontline of a battle between i saw an afghan forces. attack on senior politicians a more than one thousand his hours gathering to commemorate his our leader abdul alim azhari. it began peacefully broadcast on national t.v. with c.e.o. of dollar bill or the former president hamid karzai listening to speeches then rockets were heard in the distance i get on baghdad on stand your places the

incidents are far from here your running creates a lot of risk. but the rockets got closer some politicians flared others tried to calm the crowds those of the body telling them to leave quietly. then the first explosion in the elder followed witnesses reported rockets mortars landing in and around the gathering explosions and heavy gunfire i saw it with the us the other as our leader mohammed hockey said on the microphone the better target in the gathering and told us to escape from there as i was fleeing i was hit with shrapnel on my back. there was confusion as hundreds of people try to find safety. i don't soldiers and police unaware of who was attacking and from where. afghan special forces zoned in on a building began a clearance operation to stop their remaining attackers. ambulances very dozens of

people to hospital most injured by rockets and mortars are through all of them. one mortar hit in the back of the crowd and then another followed by the third one hit close to me shrapnel hit me and also a soldier he was lying there and i was in a lot of time and i don't know what happened next. in a report last month the u.n. security council is to mated up to four thousand deisel fighters were in afghanistan many arriving after being pushed out of syria and iraq last year they carried out nearly forty attacks nationwide desires of a primary target as most a shia muslims as our leader mohammed mohawk who escapes to national television after the attack and accuse president danny of being complicit it looks like there was a lot of weapons stoked up i felt like i was in a battlefield i strongly condemned as barbarian attack and my condolences for all the families who lost their loved ones people are angry at such

a serious security lapse in the aftermath there are questions as to how iceland particular can continue to carry out such complex attacks in the heart of the city which a shia minority a heavy price shot at palace al-jazeera. but more to come on this news hour from london including a medical charity criticizes the response to the a boner outbreak in democratic republic of congo as the death rate continues to rise. of portugal seems to be the only e.u. country willing to take in more refugees getting them to stay those proving tricky . and fifa set a date to discuss formally expanding the twenty two twenty twenty two world cup in qatar to forty eight teams will have more in sport. disgraced french cardinal for you as he will offer his resignation to the pope

after a judge and found him guilty of failing to report child sex abuse to the authorities the case is shedding light on the catholic church's declining influence in france as well. from his diocese in the city of french cardinal philip announced his resignation this year. i have decided to go and see the holy father to tender my resignation he will receive me in a few days. it was an unexpected twist often already dramatic morning in court in his absence a judge from the cardinal guilty of failing to report child sex abuse to authorities giving him a six month suspended prison sentence bob barr had known the priest bernard paina had abused boys from the one nine hundred seventy s. to ninety's but he allowed him to work with children until his retirement in twenty fifteen the victim's lawyer said resignation was sudden but welcome for braun the

son would exhaust symbolically make sense it needed to respond to the verdict in some way because the is moral and legal responsibility. may well be resigning from his position within the catholic church but his lawyers say in terms of this case he is. to appeal the verdict for the victims and the campaigners who've been here during this trial they say this is been a true fall from grace one of france's highest clerics phosphor de veau is head of a victims' association in lee your. it's david against goliath it sends a powerful symbol of hope for the victims it's colossal i'm convinced that many others will now speak out. the case is shaken france's catholic church and inspired a film that won a top prize at the berlin film festival by the grace of god follows the victims campaign for justice because could be key for us which will do so until. just a tree on the floor somebody. for more than

a decade the catholic church in france has been dealing with a declining number of followers and new priests off to the cardinals trial it faces an additional battle won for its credibility and reputation natasha butler al-jazeera little frogs one person has been killed and at least thirty people have been injured in a grenade attack in indian administered kashmir the device rolled under a bus and exploded at the main terminus in general city some of the wounded remain in a critical condition the killing of forty indian troops in a suicide attack last month inflamed tensions between india and pakistan both lay claim to the region. and areas president idolizes beautifully care has warned that peaceful protests in his country risked being infiltrated by troublemakers. so. thursday hundreds of lawyers and doctors join student protests calling for

beauty freakout to step down the eighty two year old leader has been in power for twenty years and recently announced plans to seek a fifth term in next month's election the national association of lawyers is demanding the authorities bespoken the vote and set up a transitional government. european union has declared that its refugee and migrant crisis is over but despite that the resettlement of asylum seekers still remains while portugal seems to be any you country willing to take in more refugees getting to stay is proving tricky lawrence lee has this report from has been. just six years ago rafa it was a student in damascus since then his dad's been killed he's traveled to jordan and egypt before finding himself of all places in lisbon and now he runs a restaurant staffed by other refugees it's quite a story but he's happy more than. i really like being here for different reasons i

like the country the people the climates like home and the way they treat us i don't feel like a stranger here i can speak portuguese now and to make things much simpler health. there's been has become similar taney asli the most welcoming and yet least well known potential destination for refugees everything happening here is the opposite to the rest of the european union portugal finds itself in a minority of one inside the european union the only country actively trying to encourage refugees to come and settle here the problem is trying to get them to do it and then trying to get them to stay. portugal has reached out to greece and italy and is in advanced talks with germany about relocating fountains of people the country has accepted many more from turkey and egypt's portugal's interior minister makes the case for doing this in a way you almost never hear anymore inside the european union that it isn't only morally right to accept refugees as an economic and social opportunity and it

impact of refugees on the no account is globally positive we should be prepared be prepared to that is not a moment when in crisis the scene is a situation that we should see. along a long time around and we should be prepared. portugal's problem is that it wasn't on the refugee route it has no natural community from the middle east even though there is virtually no racism here towards foreigners the country finds it hard to convince refugees to stay so they hope that more places like the restaurants building a community will change things. like anywhere else the refugees are looking for opportunities but our experience is that when they feel welcome and integrated they don't want to leave. over the last five years the countries in europe with the loudest voices have been those claiming that refugees threaten the social fabric of

the continent portugal's voice is much quieter but it offers a friendship which doesn't exist elsewhere laurence li al jazeera lisbon. thailand's constitutional court has dissolved a prominent opposition party and banned its executive members from politics for ten years at iraq's a chart party was found guilty of violating election ors for nominating a princess who will rot as their candidate for prime minister last february when has more from bangkok. there was a somber mood among the leaders of the thai rocks a charred party as they arrived at the constitutional court in bangkok they knew these would probably be the final moments of the party's existence. they didn't have to wait long for confirmation the nine judges took less than forty minutes to deliver a unanimous verdict. we considered the out to the party as an tekken istic towards the constitutional monarchy the court has ordered that the party be dissolved the

fourteen members of the party's executive committee were also banned from politics for ten years. to party executive members and i are deeply sad about that the solving of our party it is sure to have an attack on basic political rights the verdict came a month after thai rocks a chart announced that princess melbourne right would be its candidate to become prime minister in the election. hours later the palace said the move was inappropriate and unconstitutional from that moment it seemed unlikely the party would survive in a country where the monarchy is seen as untouchable. still the campaign continued until a week ago when it held what would become its farewell rally in bangkok this is the third time the constitutional court has dissolved the party backed by former prime minister taksin shinawatra in fact six out of the nine judges that made this ruling were also involved in one or both of those previous cases jackson was removed from

power in a coup in two thousand and six and lives in exile it would in a jail sentence for abusing his power which he says is politically motivated. charge was seen as a potential coalition partner for his main party put a tie which was in power during the last coup in two thousand and fourteen the court verdict will be seen as yet another move against the shinawatra clan and its influence on politics by the military and bangkok's elite that surround it. the holding as we designed the constitution all the development that has happened. was designed to keep talks in out the dissolution of thai rexx a chart may galvanize support for the chena wants while deepening the country's political divide it seems thailand is sit for another unpredictable and potentially volatile political periods wayne hay al jazeera bangkok. the medical charity doctors without borders says a more humane response is needed to end the boehner epidemic in democratic republic

of congo it says not enough has been done to gain the trust of local communities and even aid workers and increasing target for violence comes as the head of the world health organization is visiting the country to get an update on the outbreak and bron reports. wearing protective suits they wash down with chlorine making sure every particle of the highly contagious virus is destroyed but doctors without borders says efforts to contain it working and instead have led to his still iffy end violence against the people who are trying to help the existing atmosphere can only be described as toxic it shows how the response has failed to listen and act on the needs of those most affected the doctor who was in the democratic republic of congo last week went to treatment centers were burned down it forced the charity to suspend its operations at the a.p.c.

into the outbreak this region seeing decades of and raced as armed groups of ifa territory and resources and doctoral uses the involvement of security personnel is alienating patients and their families. more than forty percent of the death are right now up in the taking place in the community that means that we have not reached them and the not sought our care these are vast amounts of money pouring in but they don't see where it ends up. they hear the constant advice to wash their hands but nothing about the lack of soap and water. has killed more than five hundred sixty people here since august and robbed these communities of their right to vote in last december's presidential ballots the election commission said the virus made it too dangerous for them to go ahead. the chief of the world health organization is in town to assess the response. he agrees community

ownerships needed to end the epidemic we are here to try to help. these really. especially when we have. when we are in going to. become a nation is for the community to take responsibility to understand that it's a problem. that's what the society that we should be. for to fight he believes the virus can be based in doctors without borders though says it still has the upper hand brian al jazeera and more on the sound of news hour including crossing borders for an education the extraordinary lengths venezuelan children are taking to go to school. complaints of corruption and red tape in iraq where many are waiting for government cash to repair their war damaged

homes. and a footballer who slashed four rivals with a razor blade learns his fate will tell you more in sport. hello again welcome back to international weather forecast where we have been seeing some windy conditions here across the northern part of europe over the last couple days even some wind damage has been a big problem across the area with this storm system here you can see the area of circulation just over scandinavia we do expect to see more in terms of windy conditions and gusty conditions as we go into the weekend as well notice the streamlines pushing up towards the baltics the temptress remaining fairly low across the area with berlin see about nine degrees there but we are going to continue to see very windy conditions continuing with heavy rain pushing through parts of germany as well down towards the south though in the southeast looking

quite nice we are going to sing athens at twenty two bucharest at about twenty and that is going to continue into sunday as well there well here across parts of algeria we do have this area of circulation right there and that is going to continue stubbins also some windy conditions as well as some lower visibilities could be a problem up towards algiers along the coast it is going to continue to remain cloudy for many locations as well as over here towards tunis but we do expect to see some of those clouds begin to dissipate by the time we get towards saturday for much of each of those along the coast looking up about mid twenty's as your forecast high but as we go down the nile oz one is going to be about thirty one in khartoum about thirty three degrees for you there. your men killed a mother and son in that way to an appointment sadly the insurgents don't wear uniforms or so it is seem long with the was over the american occupation of iraq matthew has an old american prince to account from tower twenty sixteen how come

you didn't mention the meeting to congress and i did i don't know if i got the transcript wrong. i don't think you're that sure that you can tell the difference between a polish guy a french guy holding a yacht and charming at the head on a zero. when the news breaks and the story below six million children in and outside syria have been affected by war when people need to be heard. and the story needs to be told people are telling us that there's no medicine or no syringe and al jazeera has teens on the ground u.s. air power alone is not enough to bring in more will be taking documentaries and live news on air and online.

and we're going to run the top stories down under zero chinese telecom giant huawei is taking the u.s. government to court restricting federal agencies from using huawei products. thirty six countries including all twenty eight member states of the european union have signed a statement criticizing saudi arabia's human rights record. french cardinal felipe behind has offered his resignation to the pope after being found guilty of covering up sex abuse allegations against a priest. the u.s. special representative for venezuela elliott abrams has pledged to expand the net of sanctions on venezuela the sanctions are to encourage more banks supporting president responders government adams also said the i.m.f. and world bank are ready to offer billions of dollars in funding to rebuild the

country as many continue to struggle to survive when europe i know has this report from the border city of kuta. most of the children waiting in this lunch line are from venezuela they travel across the colombian border every day just to attend school but since venezuelan authorities blocked off access through the official border crossing students are having to find other ways to get across thirteen year old cat only not russell says she was scared the first time she had to sneak over the river that divides the two countries but it's the only way she can get to class where running away as was that it was dark we were very skat people were terrified we didn't know what was going to happen is a very difficult situation because you wouldn't expect to have to cross in an equal rate school. it doesn't mean you're at this elementary school in kuta cologne b.-a only a short distance from the venezuelan border ninety five percent of students are from venezuela the school's director had a much better bessie says since the border has been closed attendance has dropped significantly as

a single sample in lebanon is lilah these children have problems in venezuela because there aren't enough schools because teachers don't make enough money and most have quit and left so children migrate to our country especially this school because it's the closest one to the border. and if you get outside the building parents are waiting to drop off more children once their lessons are over many of them will make the journey across the border back into venezuela quickly and when we cross back if there is any kind of conflict or gunfire out children's lives or our lives are in a great risk or nearly faculty members at the school say many of the children who arrive for class haven't eaten and it's become part of the institutions mandate to make sure that children are fed before they begin their lessons half of the students in this class did not show up to school today the director of the school says that a humanitarian corridor between been a swell and colombia is desperately needed to guarantee young venezuelan students access to

a formal education. an estimated three thousand children are travelling to and from venezuela across illicit routes every day humanitarian observers say the conditions these children face on the border is another example of human rights violations by the venezuelan government. dizzied a good economic. a belgian court has found a french citizen guilty of the murder of four people in an anti-semitic attack in brussels in twenty fourteen men who were suspected of working for i saw in syria opened fire with a kalashnikov assault rifle and a handgun at the city's jewish museum in brussels on the thirtieth of may twenty fourth scene three people died at the scene and one died later in hospital they will be sentenced at a later date and armed separatist group in cameron's southwest wants the government to give official status to a proposed breakaway state called amazonia so-called amazonia freedom fighters have

attacked religious schools and businesses over the past year they want independence for the english speaking areas in the southwest of what is a mostly french speaking nation tara gate and he has more this banana plantation in southwest cameroon used to be a thriving business not anymore last august it was attacked by armed men from a group known as the amazonian freedom fighters workers on the farm say they were terrified they worried about more attacks so we've hidden their identities they beat me on the head with a machete a young man was asked to kill me but he didn't have the courage to do it one of the guys kicked me and they fell to the ground he cut my neck and back i begged him not to kill me after that i lost consciousness the plantation was so badly damaged that it's been difficult to restart production. the park house burned to the ground word then spread and people were afraid to come to work the packages was abandoned the

fields were abandoned that's why you see weeds everywhere the separatists who attacked the plantation want the government to recognize southwest in cameroon as its own country to be called amazonia they say the english speaking minority faces discrimination in the largely french speaking nation the surge in violence has damaged cameron's economy this plantation is a by the country's biggest private employer it says its profits fell by fifty percent last year putting thousands of jobs at risk in the pumps that draw out of seven estates only to. freshen up. in the corporation family and the bottom a sector this is clear. fighting has caused thousands of people to cross the border into southern nigeria they're waiting to return but must be wondering whether they'll have jobs to come back to victoria gate and be algis there are lawyers

representing syrian refugees who fled to jordan i've asked the international criminal court to investigate the syrian government for alleged crimes against humanity a case is being brought on behalf of twenty eight refugees who say they were forced to leave their country future attacks carried out by government forces syria has not signed up to the rome treaty establishing the i.c.c. but jordan is a member which may give the court jurisdiction to take the case. we need to take it step by step the first stage has been to get the jurisdiction of the court fixed which we say we now have and we have evidence to back up the crimes that's a breakthrough and we've got to use it as much as possible now to generate the momentum to get a full investigation open that could then lead to persons being identified who or

suspects and arrest warrants being issued and then they have to be arrested you've got to go through all these stages well in a year and a half after it was recaptured from the iraqi city of mosul is still in ruins seventy five percent of public buildings were destroyed and thousands of homes were reduced to rubble in nine months of intense fighting the government has allocated money for the residents most in need but as natasha her name reports much of that funding is yet to materialize. abdul salam yeah he says he's dead inside an airstrike killed his son the home he built is uninhabitable and he and his family pay three hundred fifty dollars a month to live in the rubble of someone else's partially destroyed home. get a hint of that younger man on the for life under ice all emerges when the seventy two year old describes jumping from roof to roof and hammering beams for fifty

years in mosul's old city. with these two hands i built so many houses so the happiness of people felt pride now i'm helpless to rebuild i feel a sense of hopelessness inside that i can't contribute to rebuilding my city it's difficult to find a home or building in the western side of mosul not damaged or destroyed during the battle to purge i saw a member of the nineveh provincial council says there are eleven thousand six hundred destroyed homes and forty five surrounding villages are levelled the iraqi government estimates it could take one hundred billion dollars to rebuild the country after its battle with ice all since twenty seventeen its allocated money in the federal budget for people who submit claims for compensation however allegations of rampant corruption and too much red tape mean few are getting the money they need to start over yet here is among the more than one million people

who filed claims in mosul and across the nineveh province fewer than one percent of the people who filed claims have received assistance members of parliament could not tell us exactly how much money has been earmarked and distributed in claves what is that. people have nothing to rebuild their lives with we are going around in empty circles and no proper solution is given everything is ink on paper. the frustration is as overwhelming as the mountains of debris and choking dust. the only thing we need from the government is to hasten the process of compensation and turn their attention to this calamity otherwise the situation will remain bleak for generations. yeah and his family complain about the absence of grocery stores the rodents that have found a never ending feast and the stench that comes from decomposing bodies deep under

the wreckage especially after it rains but they won't leave the old city they have roots here they say it's one of the few precious things they have left natasha going to aim al-jazeera mosul israel's central actions committee has disqualified an alliance of palestinian israeli parties from running in next month's election and follows a petition filed by the prime minister as nick could party and two others accusing them of supporting a violent palestinian resistance and hizbollah are a force that has the latest from western. israel central election committee is hardly a neutral adjudicator it's made up of political parties with an eye on the voting blocks as much as electoral law yet his decision to allow jewish supremacists to run in next month's parliamentary election and bar one of two major arab parties is causing controversy and we of course it will go to high court and it will continue

until the end we will not accept this discrimination against. people in israel the decision was celebrated by israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu who tweeted that his likud ruling party's position had been approved and that those who he said support terrorism would be allowed in the israeli parliament the knesset israel's attorney general fresh from recommending netanyahu indictment on corruption charges had said the petition charging that blood sought the elimination of israel as a jewish state and supported palestinian attacks was not supported by sufficient evidence. israel's top lawyer did however recommend the banning of one member of a far right supremacist party jewish power from standing for the knesset on the grounds of racist incitement the committee voted to take no action in that case this is not the first time that race has been an open issue in this radio election in two thousand and fifteen for example benjamin netanyahu on election day itself appealed to his core constituency to come to the polls because the arabs he said

were moving there in droves this time though it all seems to be happening a good deal earlier. that his campaign launch on monday the israeli prime minister used the catchphrase his nickname on t.v. the leading palestinian israeli politician and to the dismay of israeli moderates and u.s. jewish organizations engineered an alliance between one of his prospective coalition partners and the far right group of jewish power whether he gets elected or not the damage is already being done both in terms of eroding people's trust in democratic institutions as well as disenfranchising and the legitimizing a twenty percent minority in israel the israeli arabs with a month to go before polling day the ballot boxes are being prepared the election is essentially a competition for right wing votes something is visible in the voting inside the election committee as it has been in the campaign itself perry forsett al-jazeera west jerusalem. more to come on this hour of news from london including.

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