help women terminate their pregnancies could face up to 99 years in prison. reports from washington d.c. the latest round of laws being passed in u.s. state legislatures that put new tougher restrictions on women's access to abortion has become a controversial development here in the united states those who support the outlawing of abortion say that they are glenn getting closer to the day when the procedure is outlawed in all 50 states and u.s. territories those who support abortion rights say that these new laws represent really a new frontier in trying to undercut the lives of women and girls and so they are trying to find a political way to respond to this new slate of laws being passed we've already seen demonstrations at state legislatures there's already talk of raising money to fund efforts to try to defeat the laws or overturn the laws in the state courts

perhaps in the federal courts as well but in the meantime this is a process that has been really going on since 1973 when the roe v wade decision was decided by the u.s. supreme court that ruling says that women do have a constitutional right to seek an abortion however that does not mean that the u.s. states have not had any efforts in that time to try to restrict access to abortion and in fact 43 of the 50 us states do put limits on where an abortion can be performed how many doctors can be involved after how many weeks during a woman's pregnancy and abortion can be performed there are penalties but none as tough as those that have been passed recently in some southern us states whether a. migrant. or. brought in by name that processed still demanding that the president resign

after days of violent demonstrations. hello again welcome back to your international weather forecast we're quite wet here across much of north eastern turkey of the next few days we do expect to see the rain continuing and that's also going to stand over here towards a little bit cooler for you with a temperature there of about 19 degrees but not so cool as we go down here towards the south baghdad your high temperature here on sunday 37 degrees getting a little bit warmer by the time we get to monday we do expect to see a high temperature there of about $39.00 degrees down towards quaid city hard as well at $37.00 well across the gulf we're going to be seeing some clouds pushing across doha and in those clouds could be the potential of a rain shower but nothing that's going to cause any accumulation as those clouds

make their way through for doha here on sunday 36 degrees but it is going up as we go towards monday it is going to be a hot day with plenty of sun at $38.00 abu dhabi a little bit cooler but winds are coming out of the northwest that means off the gulf and it's going to be about $34.00 there and here across much of southern africa clear for many locations we're going to be seeing maybe some clouds a little bit down here towards the south up towards parts of johannesburg though it is going to be a beautiful day at 23 harare may pick up the afternoon shower at 25 but madagascar is looking quite nice from the north as well as the south with the temperature there and plenty of sun with a temperature of 26 degrees. in a 2 part series. on video observes the lives of 2 children. over 20 years. where insights into circumstances that shaped

lives. in a rapidly changing world. 20 years of me starts with blood and land to build a story on al-jazeera. and again this is al jazeera let's remind you of the main news this hour the rebels have begun redeploying fighters from 3 major ports in yemen they say it's part of a un brokered deal but the yemeni government says that it's a ploy. an attack on a luxury hotel in the pakistani port city developed by china has ended with a security guard and 3 gunmen killed separatist group they belong just on

liberation army has claimed responsibility saying that it targeted chinese and other foreign investors. the poles were put in the 6th phase of voting as india's one of the half month long haul of entry election approaches its final week around 10 percent of the total seats are up for grabs on sunday including those in the capital delhi. but as well as opposition leader one guy though has called for direct talks direct contact rather between his movement and the us military made the appeal as opposition supporters gathered for another day of demonstrations against president nicolas maduro but tunnels fell short of expectations a sizeable reports from the capital caracas. another prove test in venezuela this one to demand the release of the vice president of the national assembly. so i have a sanchez says she cannot wait any longer for a change in her country i think right now i mean we cannot continue with nicolas

maduro in power we can hardly eat another detaining our lawmakers what else needs to happen from a door to go away. but for now it seems the little is not going anywhere many say last question and denounce the cia as being behind efforts. to overthrow him last week at coole attempt that did not succeed. because the person who carried out the coup is a coward a traitor his name is man one of the heart of the christopher a traitor who is guilty and a coward after which he fled. many people in venezuela believe mother would or is not the legitimate president. they say the elections last year were field with irregularities. opposition leader while asked people not to lose hope and says he has ordered he's envoy in washington to meet with the u.s. southern command. will talk to anyone that will help us transition to democracy in

venezuela with the armed forces with the people on the streets and the international community that turnout is demonstration is the mark i wonder that you crave yes ok well i tired and chanted with the current situation in the country when it is going through an enormous economic crisis that has already forced to millions of people out of the country. the government has tried to implement some reforms to improve the economic situation but most analysts believe that as long as my little is in power it's unlikely to get any better. there is no option since there are foreign restrictions and because there was a crisis the government has no credibility in oil production has dropped so it's almost impossible the students were not happy with saturday's turnout they say they don't have a future in venezuela but do not want to leave. our disappointment is what motivates us to take to the streets we have to win the street caracas we owe it to

our friends who have died i would do is not going to go away if we keep on talking . many here are calling for an intervention to force. but the consequences of such a move could be catastrophic. you know a country where he supporters have sworn to fight back. government forces northwest and syria have ignored calls for calm and pushed further into rebel held territory of rebel fighters fail to reclaim enclaves in hama province which were captured by forces loyal to president assad the renewed government campaign against rebels in both hama and provinces has killed more than 100 people and forced around 150000 others from the us. from the world food program says that poverty has become the main enemy for many syrians especially those stranded in the war zone. after 8 years of crisis in syria. needs are

strikes staggeringly high is specifically in it live because of the latest escalation we know that there is from 150-002-1800 extension 00 people who have been displaced from north and. southern parts of it live to the northern camps where we've been receiving them and providing food assistance and humanitarian aid however more needs to be done since 2014 the world food program and the entire u.n. body has been able to reach the north west of syria through our cross border operations via turkey. alone is able to reach just a bit over half a 1000000 people on a routinely and regular basis however we have had to stop some of our assistance to parts in southern italy due to the fighting we've spoken through our partners to some of these families they happened to be the families who were unable to provide transportation for themselves it's a long road from the southern parts of it led to the northern camps and so they've

ended up being stranded we're doing our best to reach them and in fact our partners tell us that as of last evening we've managed to reach all of them with food assistance and shelter it's also important to recognize that after 8 years of crisis all lot of people are tired it's not just the folks in it live who are now under fire but also the 75 percent of syrians who are living in areas that have been settled but they are facing a new enemy that of poverty such operation is ongoing after a boat carrying almost 100 refugees sank or 2 newsies east coast at least 70 people lost their lives when the vessel capsized on friday gov who are reports. this bangladeshi man set off in the hope for a better life in europe but is now stuck at this refugee reception center in tunisia who were. yet he's one of the lucky ones. he

makes a painful call home 3 of his brothers who were on the boat with him when it overturned didn't make it. a fishing boat tried to bring as many passengers to shore as it could. only 16 survived out of almost 100 people who set sail from the city of zawar on the libyan coast along. they put us on a large boat after sailing for a while they moved us to a smaller inflatable boat with more than 70 people on board they left us and sailed away because of the number of people it started taking on water and overturned some of us are from chad or morocco but the rest are from bangladesh the un agency for refugees refers to the mediterranean as the world's deadliest sea crossing it's a popular transit route for those desperate to reach europe. last year more than 2000 people died trying to cross. the wide range of nationalities of the passengers

on the boat have made it difficult for the tunisian rescuers to identify the victims and. we took 4 of them to the regional hospital for treatment and the rest of the survivors are here we will present them to psychologists and experts in order to give them the support they really need as you can imagine they all traumatized tunisian human rights organizations are blaming the european union saying tough immigration policies are forcing people to risk their lives crossing the mediterranean but for these men who have lost friends and family blame won't bring back their loved ones. she hears i've got 0. the opposition in the west african country of the name is refusing to accept the results of april's parliamentary election members are now calling for president patrice talent to resign after days of violent protests nicolas hark reports now from the commercial capital. this is the building

president wants the world to see not just soldiers patrolling the capital shooting at protesters arresting members of the opposition. here it's a different parade one younger lete who for the most part support the man who has ruled for the past 3 years. i think patrice alone is working for our country he's doing the right thing for our country and he isn't hurting anybody we just need to do what he's asking us to do because he is our king our president. since the parliamentary elections boycotted by the opposition president calderon has ignored the violent protests against him and made any public statement but his government dick congratulate the restraint of the armed forces after the shot at an armed protesters demanding his resignation. before entering politics. became wealthy after taking over bin in state run cotton mills he financed the election campaigns of who was president until 2060. returned the favor allowing him to take stakes in

the management of the lucrative port of cotton. but the 2 men fell out when they became political rivals not only please turn on a rich man he's also a political outsider who took many my surprise when he won the 2016 presidential election he's often referred to as the donald trump of because he campaigned on a promise to change what he describes as a corrupt political system promising a greater share of been into wealth to those who have been ignored by politicians. but the poor are getting poorer and are growing in numbers despite the economy booming at the rate of 6 percent in the past decade the number of people living in poverty has risen to 40 percent according to the world bank. the newly elected member of parliament or dean dean says only the president can reverse the trend.

if i. get sick will take a plane and go to the u.s. or europe for treatments paid for by the state the hospital is always on strike that's why we may going on strike eagle i know it's not popular but we have to do it to help the poor. the opposition accused of sweeping away basic freedoms so he can tighten his grip on power his supporters say he's just a different style of governing. nicholas hawk al jazeera. a north korean cargo ship seized by the united states on suspicion of violating international sanctions has arrived in american samoa it was reportedly trying to transport coal when it was detained in indonesia a year ago tensions continue to remain high between the 2 countries last week pyongyang conducts the missile tests which it called long range strike drills. for

some villages along myanmar's border with thailand the promise of a new road is a threat to life as they know it but others see it as an opportunity. has more now on how a chinese construction project is threatening a fragile peace in the qur'an state. when a road was built through his property to transport crushed rock from a nearby quarry sound decided to take action. the vibration of the mine explosion is very strong in the neighbor houses and wells cracked with the series 5 gratian from the explosions these houses are a few yards away from the quarry whatever the situation is they didn't come and see the damage. to save his crops he's attempted to break up the road on his land and is now being sued by the contractor. the quarry began operating in 2070 and people here say their landscape is now being chipped away at a rapidly increasing rate. the area is under

a fragile cease fire agreement between warring ethnic groups and government forces after decades of conflict while some people were compensated for damage to their properties by the road construction most were not which is added to preexisting tensions between villagers. most cory's on the mountain are small and locally operated but the much larger chinese quarry was never assessed for social or environmental impact. the asian development bank suspended funding for the project and worrying has stopped which has left some without work on the other leg or on how knowing what i would like to demand now is to restart the mining process we've been praying for this and people work in mining their livelihood is in good condition but now they're facing challenges everyone is in a difficult situation. numerous attempts to contact the china road and bridge corp

were unsuccessful civil society groups say the chinese state owned company has been doling out excuses instead of compensation. they chose to disobey laws that are already in place when the c.r.b. seek came to construct the road they didn't respect the rights of the local population. while smaller quarries continue to supply road builders observers say large scale projects in current state should wait until a final peace agreement is reached between the government and the region's armed ethnic groups until then a project meant to unite is instead sowing seeds of division. and. headlines on al jazeera rebels have begun redeploying fighters from 3 major ports in yemen they say it's part of a un brokered deal and one other groups to fulfill their end of the agreement but

the yemeni government says it's just a ploy. now the ball is in the court of the united nations internationally recognized government and the year many people in order to perform a cycle of pressure on the parties who are being an obstacle future agreements cannot be reached unless the countries of aggression and mercenaries commit to the implementation of this agreement that an attack on a luxury hotel in southwestern pakistan has ended with the deaths of a security guard and 3 gunmen it happened in the port city of. separatist group the liberation army has claimed responsibility for the attack saying that it was aimed at chinese and other foreign investors. south africa's president oppose it has called for national unity after the election victory the ruling party came out on top with its smallest parliamentary majority. i salute each and every one of you and i thank you for making it possible for this election to be. expression

of the will of the people of south africa we can declare certainty that democracy has to victoria's country our people have given the leaders of this country a fair mandate to bear a better africa for all. but as well as opposition leader has called for direct contact between his movements and the u.s. military he made the appeal as opposition supporters gathered for another day of demonstrations against president declares model rope a government crackdown is ongoing and turnout was down on previous rallies. the world health organization says that more than 450 people have been killed in the in the battle for libya's capital tripoli the united nations security council has called for a cease fire as warlord heavy for hostile continues his campaign to capture the city is the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera off the fault lines

next to the subject of more than half a dozen investigation around. billions of dollars stolen from ages sovereign wealth one on peace investigate other nations coffers were wrong on al-jazeera. she's an amazing kid. she was just. always trying to help others. and i don't think tottered take care of herself. so it's 10 years on and there's you're still searching you're still searching the streets. here. across the united states indigenous families are searching for their loved ones. for closure and would tell each other what do you think she said this was going to

. cry for help if she prayed she shall. soon body. and searching for answers why their family members were taken from them . but once traveled across the u.s. to look at what's behind the crisis of indigenous women going missing. and ask what more can be done to stop it already with good. food good news or what are. i mean we're. the. we've come to camp in washington just south of seattle. tina russell is showing us some of the places where she's going to

search for her niece alyssa said we had search parties still of all this area over here this was because i actually had a dream i found her body back there why do you keep the fliers in the car and i never know when i need to make copies of meet somebody i'm talking about a list on how to move wired sometimes it's just a beach in a park me i'm not going to go to the beach and just walk along the beach or i don't know flyers and really. it's been just over 10 years since alyssa's family saw or heard from. she was 21 and see of the red dress yes so i made this red dress and eventually going to put a charm on and put it on a skirt that i'm making for myself right now. knows you and that is the cutest good to ever actually did not like this because she did not appreciate my obituary because i had to you know it was a kid out of time for the family back then what about alyssa's mother was dying alyssa's here in this is listless braided henri. we knew she

wasn't going to be there much longer. i told a list talk to her on the phone she's like ok. i'm on my way. and she in all the years her mom was sick she was always there she would just go somewhere and be. not show her. she might be late she. that was the last time barbara anyone from the fair. i spoke to her. a few days later alyssa's mother died and there was still no word from alyssa everything happened so fast with my sister being. it's like there were so many we were just thrown into a turmoil to many witnesses come forward now as witnessed as that they saw

a list of talking to somebody in a green truck with a plate. that was one of the only leads that turned up after a listen was last heard from a witness said they saw her talking to a man in a green truck at this intersection. another important development in the case was that the can't police received a 911 call from melissa cell phone. the night when it turned out to. sergeant tim ford was one of the original detectives on melissa's case and heard the 911 call it almost like sounded like now but the call cut and police were unable to pinpoint a location just really bothers anyone and i want to know when you listen to it you know when you're out you can hear her voice go. maybe go out and i remember going to count part of me that would never ever get any credible. evidence pointing to

anybody and. with no answers from authorities the family including alyssa's little brother jim are are left wondering what happened last friday. and. if she's still alive or gone every time somebody they find a body every single time there's a body found on the news there's a pos. it's literally like you're dead for a moment because you have to wonder is it a list i think of called the corner more than. anybody should in a lifetime. the family can only search wait and hope including alyssa's daughter who was only 3 years old when she went missing she had this big string of beads and she would hang it on the door selling case her mom came home she could hear the beats rattle. we don't know what happened so we can't.

for relatives of people who go missing finding closure is often impossible. and stories like alyssa's are all too common in the united states where native americans go missing at a disproportionately high rate. 2 hours away from where alyssa was last seen is the optimum nation. very thing and worth. the pain in her. words. to put this in place. help others. i mean his rights know i have

a problem here they are not heard. and you know make sure to write. this. letter for it for me next on i mr pratt her family member today this is about our community or family our loved one here. busy people are meeting here to raise money for the search efforts of reason to strong a 31 year old mother of 4 who went missing and october she didn't mention where the hotel. i'm going to be her voice. across the country indigenous communities have been trying to draw attention to cases like reason. you can't really give them anybody else here that's here and there are still there. but advocates and family members have started to raise awareness about the high rates of violence the disproportionately impact indigenous

communities. part of the problem is that government agencies don't have comprehensive data on how many people in the us are missing we can't solve problems we don't have. we can't prevent violence that we don't bother to pay attention to the needle casey is a doctoral student who has built a database to keep track of how many indigenous women in the u.s. and canada are missing and have been murdered whatever information we get is just kind of handed to us with no context or explanation and there's never any opportunity to include us in that data collection or analysis process so really what we're trying to do is find and gather as much information as possible to support chimes the native communities in making you know effective data driven decisions on how to protect our women and girls in need as documented over 1500

cases in the u.s. dating back to 1975 percent of the cases of just from the past 2 decades people ask me a lot you know why or why or why are native women going missing or being murdered what's the reason and the reality is unfortunately there is no one reason i think the one unifying factor would be caught hold of them and i'm going call your occupation it teaches people whether you know native or non-native it teaches folks to undervalue native women to see us as less than human to see us as exotic and sexy and easy to use and abuse when you talk to family. are there any commonalities in their experiences with law enforcement i think you know why in general commonality that most families experience is that law enforcement. are not helpful especially in the beginning hours when it matters the most so whether someone has gone missing or has been killed. usually there's

very little communication with families families are often not made to feel as if they're being heard and i know that these barriers are missed. this is making making. personal. and made. this why wait. you know. every family who has somebody who's missing or who has experienced that at one point or another they know the scale and the magnitude of that crieff and confusion and frustration that comes with the process of trying to search an advocate for a missing loved one and magine that 10 fold 50 fall of a 1000000 like we don't know. the ripple effect is so much becker than any of us

are even able to measure. in the backyard. i would hope there are people over. because she always used to be of the matter what time of day it was my to be up there. the biggest one. we've always lived through and i'm back yard but that's where we would. we wouldn't hear her but we'd hear her. one of the most important things law enforcement can do when someone goes missing is to act quickly. that didn't happen in the case of 14 year old any scot on the northern cheyenne reservation in montana she

was this place this ball of light that was just. the last time her mother paula spoke to her it was a friday evening last december and he called to ask if she could go to a basketball tournament and i told her no i mean you can't you're grounded. and she said ok i'll be home in a bit tonight so last i heard. one hand he didn't come home. all of 1st took to social media to ask if anyone had seen her. 5 days later she and her husband nathan went to their local law enforcement the bureau of indian affairs or b i a a federal agency the reason why i was down there is reaching out to them is because i needed help to look oh where. and when they told me you know did she took her friend's house or maybe some new boyfriend did you check there.