hello there we're seeing some very heavy downpours over the southeastern parts of china at the moment the satellite picture is showing the latest area of cloud that's working its way eastwards but it's just being replenished by yet more wet weather say for many of us as we head through the next couple of days that is the risk of seeing some heavy rains towards the east there's a better chance of seeing some dry bright weather here shanghai should be sitting pretty at around twenty degrees but just about everywhere else it's looking miserable with some very heavy showers making their way through parts of vietnam as well and of course across to india here's the remains of working its way out towards the northeast and dying as it does say we've only got a few residual showers left there as we head through monday or tuesday but don't be fooled although they don't look too impressive on these charts they all going to be giving us some very heavy downpours that could be giving some localized flooding and maybe triggering the old landslide as well away from there looking for and

drawing just pretty hot now new delhi up at forty to pour all the way up to forty three towards the west also here in doha it's all pretty hot now it is not completely sunny there is more in the way of cloud around and that cloud sticking with us as we head through the day on monday it does break up as we head through tuesday and into wednesday the winds are we swimming down from the northwest and so at least the winds will be slightly fresh. a university degree to be a doctor or a teacher but without any study is one of what east investigates the pakistani company at literally selling fake degrees to the dolls of the big around the world on al-jazeera. al-jazeera. where if you.

welcome back a quick reminder of the top stories here on the al-jazeera israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is ordering the military to continue its attacks on gaza israeli forces say they have carried out more than two hundred twenty years strikes in south of us as palestinian rockets have fired into southern israel of the sixteen palestinians in gaza have been killed authorities in israel said these three people have died in rocket strikes by a doctor. and palestinians have started burying those who were killed in this latest flare up of violence israel has denied responsibility for the death of a pregnant woman and a fourteen month old child. a military judge has ordered the youngest brother of

algeria president of the disease put a figure into custody along with two former intelligence chiefs side but a feat that was the country's effective ruler after his brother suffered a stroke six years ago. south africa's ruling party has held its final rally before wednesday's general election residents are in a poor syrians ending with him hiding in johannesburg african national congress is mobbed by allegations of corruption among them webb has more from johannesburg. because the final. south africa's really african national congress wednesday the next it is there and see him for our evidence it was predicated. on all of the rule in one thousand nine hundred forty one every election but it's a good job at the bottom of the clyde was this was capitalize on a series of corruption scandals a little sign on the outside of the liberty of public that is the guy over here.

officials say. they'll consider. it. we pollute the big. budget and. some of. the opposition economic freedom fighters doesn't it he was pushed out of the sea about six years ago his policies rapidly risen ever since the last election. for the state's involvement to. proceedings to change the course of south african politics criticized. the corruption promising to nationalize south africa's. fact. means a loss is one of a long time for the fed a potent and awful patent for them under movement was driven to the just under the

right now we would never come back after me. south africa's largest opposition party the democratic alliance held its final rally on saturday the last baldwins out just over a piece of the seats but. has been steadily but slowly increasing but in spite of they had a growing criticisms of their and say and disenfranchisement amongst many of its supporters too many more they were strictly loyal anybody in polls suggesting many south africans believe they come wednesday's poll the a.n.c. will keep its majority with a smaller margin than ever before the. divisions in south africa haven't gone away twenty five years since the end of apartheid millions of black. struggling to read benefits but some white south africans say they now. the ones

facing discrimination i mean the miller reports the northern cape province. it's in this dry dusty and desolate part of the northern cape province that a group of white south africans say they're found refuge they call this place utica only white african speaking people are allowed to settle here but they say they're not racists orcutt's want to paul and his family moved here three months ago he says to protect and preserve the africana culture language and way of life we were all building on a dream. but i think for aggressively it got worse and it got more difficult and with affirmative action. it made it increasingly difficult. for us as white people to get jobs jobs and also job security you really really sure when you might be retrenched we've not been given permission to film in utica instead we speak to the founder our brand new boat at his home nearby the school is

only on a foot or. but you don't wash. funny the shoe is now on the other foot and now we are fighting against the racists how can we be racist when it is us who are being forced out of the country they sing against us kill the farmer so everything counts against the white race so who are the racists. so far twenty families live here and more homes are being built the local government went to court to stop people here from building any more houses the minutes about it he says these homes were built without permission and contravene bolding regulations the court agreed but judges are also considering whether or not a town that allows only white afrikaner people to live there should be allowed to exist in a democratic south africa one of the smaller and newly formed political parties black first land first has banned white south africans from joining it we have

a black. letter of the key to. accept white people the party sentiments resonate with some in a country many consider to be one of the most unequal in the world its been accused of exercising discrimination and taken to court the wrong of this country is. the whole economy system is under the media projection of let problems is on to black. we are going to the parliament therefore truly presenting the real voice of for people to bring a proper live democracy in a black country where the apartheid system and its policies based on race may have been abolished twenty five years ago many here say they have to live with its legacy and come election day the vote of many south africans will be influenced by race and identity. al-jazeera south africa. and unidentified body has been found and been enough the two french tourists and their guide were reported missing on wednesday but disappeared in the pen jari national park in the

north of the border with. you know what security forces are out and having numbers in the city of course something to days of election protests soldiers broke up demonstrations with live gunfire after the opposition called development of last sunday's parliamentary election all of the seats are won by the two parties allowed to take part both allied to the president. reports. the moment after shots were fired outside former president yeah you going to his home on the ground his mother of six prudence i'm assuming she died soon after with us were two of her daughters her eldest grace and their nine month old son the from grace saw a military commander take out a pistol and shoot her mother in the back and said. it all happened so quickly he will never go to jail and will never have a mother back. grace and her five siblings are now orphans the fifteen year old

girl is now in charge of the family the military continues to patrol the commercial capital cotonou and they don't want to be filmed we've avoided several military checkpoints and now we're on the streets where young lives he's made no public statements since his press conference where he called the parliamentary election an electoral coupe outside bernie's home supporters perform a ritual for those killed and to protect those still fighting for change among them . he shows us where prudence amas who was killed says look there's blood everywhere he says that this would be this is our country too if they want to kill us they can come and get us and kill us we're not going anywhere while the military reinforces its presence around the former president's house inside me another former president lisa for so glow in leading members of the opposition meet there calling for an international mediation but he will not make any more

statements his entourage fears for his security. after the arrest of other opposition members. there cannot be democratic elections without an opposition it makes no sense and our people have come out like the people of sudan and. we will continue to protest the world is watching us the opposition say they will not give up for the push for a new direction in pinin but for people like greece the fight has already changed their future nicolas hawke al-jazeera good to the. commanders of south korea's armed forces say they're very concerned by the latest weapons tests over the border in the north state media says kim jong il watched rocket launches on saturday u.s. president donald trump tweeted that kim doesn't want to break his compromise his promise on denuclearization. it's the traditional time of year to celebrate but his birthday a national holiday in south korea is emphasizing peace and harmony with the north

despite the firing of more rockets. broad reports from the capital salt. at the end of what's been an eventful twelve months on the korean peninsula but his birthday seemed like a timely moment for peaceful reflection. it is traditionally marked in south korea with elaborate lantern displays and this year's theme of world peace is especially fitting. we've prepared this year's festival with the goal of peace on the korean peninsula and in the world by overcoming conflicts with a buddhist spirit of mercy. reconciliation between the two koreas has led to combined sports teams including for the olympics train lines have been linked in the hope of running services the length of the korean peninsula and beyond. but there have also been setbacks. during the year there have been quite remarkably sri

into korean summits and to us north korea summits in between these milestones movements there have also been periods of relative calm and this is one of those lulls between february's failed summit in hanoi and no clear way forward on restarting talks between the u.s. and north korea the truce village of pam and john separating the two koreas has a new look just reopened to visiting talk groups the soldiers from both sides no longer wear helmets or carry guns and i think that what you'll see here is a place that can foster trust building in confidence to hope we can spread across the korean peninsula the chance to stroll along the foot bridge where the leaders of the two koreas match during their landmark first summit just over a year ago and friendly waves from the tall groups on the northern side.

but there's also a growing awareness that the attitude of the north korean leadership has recently become a lot cooler towards the south and the towards the u.s. there's been a return to some of the outright hostility of the past. that supported by saturday's weapons test with south korea calling on its northern neighbor to stop activities that could escalate military tensions. join into this holiday is tainted with uneasiness about what's to come. robert bright al-jazeera so. a war of words is brewing between the u.s. secretary of state and his russian counterpart of venezuela russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov condemned what he called the u.s. campaign to overthrow the venezuelan president mike pompei o says the u.s. could intervene if required. i'm going to meet with foreign minister lavrov in a couple of days we'll have more conversations about this the objective was very

clear we want the iranians we want the russians out we want the cubans out that's also what has to take place in order for venezuelan democracy to be restored. election for a new president is underway in the newly named republic of north macedonia candidates from the governing social democrats on the opposition conservatives failed to win the majority in last month's election both parties have argued over the recent change aimed at ending the long running dispute with greece and its province of macedonia. online computer gaming generates billions of dollars around the world and its popularity has also grown in iraq but parliament there has now banned several popular online games the government says they are harmful to society potential national security threat reports in the capital baghdad. glued to the screen you know virtual reality battle to survive an online gaming is big in iraq. the most popular game is play on the battleground developed in south korea three

years ago it's become a global sensation with players around the world being parachuted own to an island and fighting for survival by any means. but iraq's parliament has voted to ban it saying it's harmful to the health culture and security of a society. student only a place for a couple of hours at least four times a week. led to a lot i it is an exceptional game and very realistic it gives you the opportunity to compete with and build new friendships with other players around the world it's ok if they ban it for children but not for adults we're old enough to know how to manage our time. players on one battleground is one of the most popular computer games of all time in two thousand and eighteen that will hold a four hundred million players around the world now be affected by the computer games on the you must be long debated by psychologists and social commentators and

it's an especially heated debate here in iraq because young people have exactly we must say watch violence the ban which is expected to come into effect in the coming days as calls only line protests these iraqi girls dressed as characters from the game posted pictures of themselves online iraq's high commission for human rights says a teenager recently committed suicide after he was influenced by the game. and you have the definition of clear that up here when we analyze the iraqi personality we find that consecutive wars and violence have traumatized and shaped iraqi psychology in general to be more receptive and prone to aggression confrontation and trauma due to these harsh variables and dynamic that is why peace games provide a subconscious venting platform. shops are full of the games merchandise school computer businesses are doing a roaring trade for many gamers their own line life offers an escape from the

challenges of growing up in iraq if there's anyone they wish when they play gamers are able to break away from and forget the bad situations they are living in many gamers especially the older ones say the government should be doing more to eradicate the causes of real violence in iraq ali and his friends to say they are old enough to know what's right and what's wrong. but that. time for a quick check of the headlines here on al-jazeera israeli forces say they have carried out more than two hundred twenty and strikes in south a day as palestinian rockets fired into southern israel at least sixteen palestinians have been killed authorities in israel say at least three people have died in rocket strikes fired from gaza where palestinians have started burying those who were killed in this latest flare up of violence. israel has denied

responsibility for the death of a pregnant woman and a fourteen month old child. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says he has no plans to slow down the bombardment on gaza. and he could be a book of that song this morning i instructed the idea to continue its massive attack against terrorist elements in the gaza strip and i've also asked to buffer the forces around the gaza strip with armored forces artillery and infantry hamas bears responsibility not only port attacks and actions but also for the activities of the islamic jihad and it pays a very heavy price for rebel held areas in northwest syria being attacked for a six successive day by government forces and russian warplanes. at least one civilian was killed in the bombardment on sunday this raises the number of people killed in the offensive to twenty three activists say around twenty five areas were targeted. and hama provinces. a military judge

has ordered the youngest brother who was ousted president of the disease beautifully again to custody along with two former intelligence chiefs side which if we go was the come visit fact a ruler of his brother suffered a stroke six years ago but protesters aren't backing down continuing their calls for revamp of the political establishment. so africa's ruling party has held its final rally before wednesday's election president zuma is ending campaigning in johannesburg the a.n.c. is mobbed by allegations of corruption it's facing a challenge from the democratic alliance as well as the economic freedom fighters party. and the runoff election for a new president is underway in the newly named republic of north macedonia calibrates from the governing social democrats and the opposition conservatives failed to win an outright majority in last month's election both parties are argued over the recent name change aimed at ending the long running dispute with greece and its province of macedonia. or writes those are the headlines and he continues

on al-jazeera after one of the watching often are. getting a university degree with ask any study or exams sound too good to be true can be appointed future university destroyed this guy and act like hundreds of thousands of people have fallen for pledges like this from fighting and online universities do you think these people are ready that these people if at all and i want to want to use investigates the puck astonied company allegedly pulling the strings behind the scam and the lengths they will go to to keep the money flowing success so it's

the best event. getting a degree isn't a z. . for most students it entails years of study and hard work. increasingly millions of students trying to gain vasile qualifications by studying online. but not all online degrees are what they see. sanitations to everyone if you want to meet the head of the department of law a new food university which says it's based in the united states we have one of the most renowned that lutie in the world new food promises no more marathon study

sessions no more cramming for those dreaded exams and all at a bargain price our education standards and protocols are constantly read that. provider students. new foods website claims to have a presence in more than one hundred eighty countries. and it's not the only online university selling its global rate. must claims to be the world's largest university which was news to benjamin placards and investigative journalist who specializes in stories about higher education. big whether it was took time and it was. something that can step by step by step and then the floodgates open must university was the first institution that we came across. benjamin quickly

discovered a lot of different university websites with some very curious similarities there all the websites for the universities have the same template. they have a banner at the top that says the name of the university the colors are different. there is a little picture of a woman with a head ready to take a. little box here that tells you about the kinds of course is that you can do at university . and the other thing that is very similar is that when you log on to these various websites they'll do a pop up and say we're having a special offer on scholarships callers now that happens on every single website. the websites also often feature indorsements from start like lecturer ethan turner at california port university teaching a california university is

a great achievement in my academic career but we were unable to find any lecturer called ethan turner or indeed any university called california poor when we searched for the address given on the website we ended up at what appears to be a mexican butcher shop i would say it's only obvious when you start to scratch i was shocked at how obvious it was after just a very small amount of scratching below the surface dramatic university claim studying he would bring you a step closer towards professional excellence and features a glowing testimonial from one of its students turnout was an awesome experience party as a bit. in leadership and education administration but when we checked out dramani address instead of the impressive university campus we found it. schock. the common denominator between these websites is a company called x. act the exact world's leading i sounded as though the first time i heard about

exact words from a source of my in. abu dhabi he basically said me. an email saying i've been offered a scholarship from this university and it just sounds fishy to me check them out and. the more you found out about them the more you realize that. x x owners say it's pakistan's biggest and most successful i take company. but to its critics it's the world's biggest agreement selling bogus degrees to hundreds of thousands of customers. exact now has a global presence in six continents one hundred twenty countries and thirteen hundred cities. except located in the hospital pakistan's biggest city

caracas he claims that he left them ten years it's grown into a billion dollar company employs more than twenty five thousand workers. pockets on the ex or school but just billion dollar package and. accept is the creation of one man show web shop. in one thousand nine hundred ninety seven mr shoaib ahmed shaykh embarked on a journey to create a company that would become a household name in every industry some some meat that he not me but not. really good says not to me. as shakes company exact group so too did his reputation as a business mogul in pakistan. but in may twenty fifth pakistanis woke up to some shocking news. i think it feel islay fake laugh

i edited out the baby on the left i feel money learning time at nine o'clock it may find out eventually shake you've been arrested and charged with being at the same to open a store machine complex with the fraudulent activity there allegations that these men all fake degrees and then just by being a certain amount of money you can buy a degree amount but i live a double exempt not. i need to get it out i'm going to find it on my exec she asked me to get it out i'm going to. shake insists that his company simply makes software which businesses of all types including online universities can use to find customers his loyal shall cut hi out says shake cannot be held responsible for what happens between customers and online universities that use x.x. software the exit function on loop around the called send food and has had mrs doodad in the midst of providing and information on behalf of the university to

speak to mr parker and fish. and shakes lawyer stresses that his client has not been convicted of any crimes if that i know has been for me. then it has to be proved that it has to be mccain that is has to be sure indeed. this is unfair unjust. but when the pakistani authorities raided access's offices in may twenty fifth jane they found a mountain of compelling evidence. there were hundreds of thousands of blank degrees to bigots lists of hundreds of fake universities thank you count showing payments amounting to millions of dollars and tens of thousands of names and contact details the customers around the world. there are also recordings of hundreds of hours of phone calls where representatives of the fake universities demand payments from often terrified customers that you just pay an

amount of and thousand dollars budget small amount your actually putting at risk everything else but if you're going to be a different year for your beard among the recordings were stored on hard drives at x.x. call centers local media reported the police also found proof. of evidence being destroyed with documents being burnt files dumped into the sink and computer hard drive smashed into one phone in the room where the body when you complained to me that despite the arrests in seizure of evidence many of the online universities linked to exact a still up and running and the pakistani authorities have not taken steps to shut them down so what actually goes on in these type degrades operations. had right. hello is there is the l r a university.

no university. to find out research is in london in singapore made a series of coals to some of the universities linked to extract network. obvious told about online and online universities is where. you can go to get greedy and traditionally. the coolest presented themselves as lacking any of the kind of academic qualifications normally required by legitimate universities but very came to biodegrade the response was always a made and positive. impression is yeah in the online world it doesn't take long to find office the thing too good

to refuse. does not mean the experience based program that starts i was curious for these online universities a lack of basic academic. simply doesn't matter. custom is a toad life experience is enough ok but i wouldn't actually have to take any exams with a university. a whole range of degree and diploma courses offered at a bargain price. without having to do any actual studying or take

a single exam the lucky student is suing the proud recipient of an impressive looking stupid showing that he or she has been granted a degree from a world renowned university were. that in may twenty fifth date the new york times published its own investigation which for the first time identified exact as the world's biggest agreement. at first the exposé threaten to bring the roof down on the company. on money. but the story of accept and the fake degrees was far from over. karate is a new tory sleeve violent season with frequent clashes between criminal gangs.