treatments that many remain some in critical condition the medical staff say that tired but proud of the way they've responded to what was an unprecedented number of gunshot wounds gunshot injuries aren't uncommon for us we normally see went to a month and we normally see one to two critically injured country i should say year or so about six in the last three days but to get forty eight in one day is exceptional having to be exceptional for any hospital in the world actually the mosques where the attacks took place are still under police guard but people are hoping they'll reopen in time for friday prayers most of the focus now is on cleaning and reconstruction of the mosques worshippers want to be able to return for what would be difficult emotional and poignant friday prayers but they also don't want any physical reminders of what happens the prime minister has announced that friday's call to prayer will be broadcast on television and radio around new zealand and then two minute silence will be held to honor those who were killed wayne hay al jazeera christ church. now there's

a diplomatic rift between australia and turkey in the aftermath off the mosque attacks the president has lent the question shootings to australia's involvement in turkey during the first world war he accused his training and new zealand of having an anti muslim agenda when their troops took part in the glibly campaign more than a hundred years ago from the bride reports from said day. this is quickly developed into a serious diplomatic spat between australia and turkey over remarks made by turkey's president. that's brought this response from his australian counterpart remarks of been made by the turkish president. that i consider highly offensive to astride the ins. and highly reckless in this very sensitive environment he's talking about the claim made by erdogan that the alleged australian gunman in the christchurch shootings had also made threats against

people in turkey he went further saying give us trade unions came to turkey to do harm they would face the same fate as australian soldiers killed in the first world war battle of can the police. if you come with the same intentions you are always welcome have no doubt we will send you back like your grandfather's murder one has already been widely criticised for making political capital out of the christ church to things by showing footage from the attacks at his rallies but the memory of the thousands of australians who died in the literally is revered here and people are offended if that's not respected turkey's ambassador was called in to explain her two ends comments but he didn't satisfy the australian government you had a thank you exchange with the prime minister. the gullible and split more intimate very thinking risk australia's prime minister promising to take this further i

would like to see what the responses from the turkish government before taking further action but i can tell you that all options are on the table but also promising that any response will be measured so it doesn't escalate the tension rob mcbride al-jazeera sydney. let's move on now to other news and southern africa the number of people killed when fire climate i hit was m.b. has doubled and it's expected to rise further president felipe a new say confirms that more than two hundred people have died and close to three hundred fifty thousand are at risk the u.n. says cited it i could be one of the worst weather disasters to hit the southern hemisphere the destruction has made it hard for rescue crews and aid groups to reach victims and remote areas the storm has also left a trail of destruction and zimbabwe and. the city of beta and mozambique is one of the hardest hit places ninety percent of its infrastructure has been destroyed farming the military in beta and she met victims struggling to cope.

traumatized but safe survivors of cyclonic die or rival pira airport one helicopter load at a time they come from boozy one of the hardest hit areas in so far province infants a mother and daughter this is the first dry land they've seen in days. another chopper lands filled with young children but hundreds of thousands more remain in desperate need. the united nations says sightly die could be the worst weather related disaster known to hit the southern hemisphere one point seven billion people lay in its path in mozambique alone just. three days after the cyclon struck he was found clinging to a tree almost entirely submerged in water now just science navigates the same water that nearly drowned him to rebuild what little is left of his flooded home now.

there is no more reason to go back all of our houses have been destroyed risky workers say they've moved as many people as possible in dando district but there are many more they say the situation was made worse because people refused to leave their homes ahead of the storm this is a river it's bang. soon after the psycho hit some of the people who've lost their homes have come to this school to find a place to stay they may have found shelter and some water has been delivered but there's very little in the way of. a few hundred people living at the school several families are crammed into one classroom their usual shrugging i have been here since a cyclon hit by days ago so all the roofs are blown away when i look for help my neighbor but his house was also destroyed. the devastation is worse in rural areas at this point too far away and flooded to be reached by road we are now at the point on taking people that are there for water up to their heads and and taking

them by helicopter of boats to places where they are stranded up to their ankles where in the lifesaving phase where we're not even at the point where we can do medical assessments because they've been out there for many days drinking stay waters with bodies and animals and so the health is going to be our second most important thing relief efforts have been hampered by poor communications phone and power lines no match against the cyclons paula the water has to recede for life to return to anything like normality but for now the rain continues. to be. a partisan bomb we have also been hit hard by cycling it i medical services a starting to reach some communities stranded in the hills in the east but rescue teams are warning that time is running out for those who are cut off how demitasse has more function money money district which borders was an bake. one by one they arrived bruised and battered by the violent flood surge caused by cycling the

survivors spent days marooned in remote villages but damaged phone lines destroyed roads and bad weather delayed the help they needed some posing for pictures. but they always just bones because some we covered by my question or just a part of the border in some of. the cards in. turkey and on friday for some of the patients they were now sitting in fiction so it's going to be injuries but we've been seeing this woman walked as makeshift medical center she was injured when a house fell on top of her during the floods two of her children were killed her surviving baby is the sole focus of i love. my husband and uncle said the waters in the house they were trying to pull out one of my children from under the rubble he wasn't breathing and then the kitchen collapsed that's where my other

child was killed doctors say they saw at least twenty patients in one day they hope that number increases as reports of more people needing help come in those people's rescue depends on the weather rescuing people when there is bad where they can be extremely difficult he needs the helicopters can't take off and some of these people have been waiting for days to hear news about their loved ones they don't know whether they are alive or dead. is a was storm to hit and second in the nearly twenty years ago some government officials have reacted faster and learned from past natural disasters we're very exists in structure. that give us an indication that the people were prepared but the magnitude of what you've been now was unimaginable. in new. ford. the priority finale is burying the dead finding the missing and cheating the injured many thea tide may be running out for those still believed to be alive and

trapped in a month parts of the country how to make. some money money. you know secretary of state to my palm pilot has spoken about the importance of again lighters gulf cooperation council and made the comments in kuwait on the first stop of his middle east tour also its role in trying to find a solution to the blockade of coupler by saudi arabia the u.a.e. egypt and behind. we spoke a great deal today about the rift between the gulf countries we are all working to find a solution. it's not in the best interest of the region it's not in the best interest of the world we need the gulf countries all working together on the complex set of challenges that face each of them as i think i i think i've said repeatedly united states is a force for good in the region we are working to help those countries find a set of common ground we all have the same set of threats other threats of

a kind in from isis threat from islamic republic of iran and we all are working diligently to find a path forward so that the rift between those countries can be resolved. shall has more from kuwait city. although secretary of state mike pompei i did stress the need an urgency for finding a resolution to the g.c.c. crisis he failed to outline and he will or actionable things that would be taken to find a resolution to the problem or the rift in the gulf cooperation council what is very peculiar is that simply blockading property was imposed by the iraqis the saudis and their allies the u.s. administration namely through president donald trump himself actually took credit for this essentially saying that they had given the green light for an even actively encourage. them and arm and cairo to take this collective punishment against qatar and the people there however existence transpired that the g.c.c.

crisis is not only being. something that is negative but with regards to the us a special interests or their own direct interest rather in the region but also goes against the interests of the wider international community of either the stability of the g.c.c. which exists in a wider mina region which has been more and more unstable since things like the invasion and occupation of iraq as well as obviously the war in syria and other conflicts taking place here and now obviously the u.s. is going to rely on the kuwaitis if there was any hope to find a resolution to this crisis because it is the kuwaiti amir who will be at unsuccessfully however has unwaveringly tried to find a resolution to this crisis he's been leading mediation mediating efforts here there moralities in the saudis have refused some of his suggestions in the past

even just to meet to discuss some sort of resolution to this but possibly through the latest calls by structure of state might compel some sort of breakthrough may be found. still ahead on the bulletin valley's dot the want to live protests face a crackdown but if it has trying to stop them. and the president of brazil and the u.s. meet at the white house among the top of the scots the political unrest in venezuela . hello again we're here across north asia we are watching one particular storm system right now making its way across the korean peninsula brings a very heavy rain not only for seoul but also for pyongyang now that storm system is what we're going to be watching as we go towards thursday because here on thursday that storm system makes its way towards japan bring some widespread rain

across much of the area snow up here towards the north also including the russian maritimes as we go towards friday that storm continues to make its way out here towards the pacific and we are going to sensible left over snow up here towards the north but really cloudy conditions across much of japan tokyo though a fairly warm day for you at twenty one degrees well across china that states same system with the trailing frontal boundary up here towards the north is causing some rain across much of that area take your forecast map here on thursday rain across shanghai but notice the temperature difference from shanghai down here to show that's all because that funnel boundary is right there it's going to start to make its way down towards the south as we go towards friday and we're going to be seeing through show temperatures coming down for you as well stan towards hong kong though it is going to be a partly cloudy day with a temperature of twenty six degrees and then very quickly across the philippines we are looking a much better weather conditions across much of the south up towards the north though for manila it is going to be a partly cloudy day with attempt a few of about thirty three degrees.

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funerals for victims of the new zealand mosque attacks have been held a father and son who fled the war in syria were among those buried in christchurch where fifty people were shot dead at two mosques during friday prayers and southern africa the number of people killed. doubled and it's expected to rise president confirmed that more than two hundred people have died and said close to three hundred fifty thousand are at risk. and u.s. secretary of state has spoken about the importance of a united gulf cooperation council he made the comments from kuwait on the first stop of his middle east tour also fact the country for its role in trying to find a solution to the blockade of qatar by saudi arabia. egypt and bahrain. now u.s. backed syrian democratic forces have taken control of an outside that is the last pocket of territory controlled by syria the mostly kurdish troops have made

significant progress that they are ready to declare victory. operation to seize control of started at the beginning of this month at the height of its power i saw declared a caliphate across a vast area of land in syria and iraq. amnesty international is accusing the us military of killing civilians in somalia the rights group analyzed satellite images from five hours of more than one hundred airstrikes and found at least fourteen civilians had been killed the u.s. military acknowledges that the number of strikes has tripled under the trouble ministration and says hundreds of fighters have been killed but it maintains that they have been no civilian casualties in the statement the u.s. military denied the accusations saying afrikan goes to extraordinary lengths to reduce the likelihood of civilian casualties exercising restraint.