and morality regimes but it seems very unlikely that the belief here is that there probably that there will not be a war because if there is a war then all the oil and gas insulations in the persian gulf region would effectively be destroyed and that would create a global economic depression and so and so the arabia and the emirates they are not just dependent on on oil but they're also in the case of the united arab emirates the overwhelming majority of the population is not indigenous so it would be impossible for them to control the situation so the iranians have said repeatedly that we are. against war that they're against escalation but the same time the iranians are going to increase pressure on the saudis and them rocky's because at the end of the day the saudis and their montes are pushing the united states or its or attempting to push the united states in that direction and they

are engaging in economic warfare the saudis that their morality is along with trump are trying to strengthen a strangle the iranian economy try to make ordinary iranians suffer as much as possible and i think he runs patience is running thin well despite as you say that war may be unlikely i believe now the u.s. federal aviation administration has warned american airlines to exercise caution when flying over the passion gulf because of the escalating tensions you're in terror on what's the feeling on the ground there amongst today's today people. well iranians remember quite well in 1000 a 88 when the united states down the iranian civilian airliner killing roughly 300 people they never apologize for it and the american media justified the killing of those innocent so people know quite well what this can mean potentially but

again the escalation is on behalf of the americans they're the ones who are making a lot of noise about bringing in. further troops or warning iran or threatening iran this is something it's not for it's not particular to this current administration by the way obama constantly said that all options are on the table clinton once said we can annihilate iran. flying using nuclear weapons at one point so this is the sort of language that we're used to coming for washington in the iranians see what's going on in venezuela what happened to libya what happened to syria yemen afghanistan and iraq so the iranians do take these things seriously but that is why they for pair themselves for the last 2 decades alongside the persian gulf region and the gulf of oman and so i don't think then because of those capabilities that iran has in that region and because of the vulnerability of all

the oil and gas installations the belief is that the americans won't go down a road where the global economy would be destroyed that would be a sort of mutual assured destruction so they're pretty confident that things will remain peaceful mohammad marandi there professor at the university of tehran thanks for joining us again on outta there. well iraq seems to be caught in the middle of the rising tensions between neighboring iran and the u.s. in the past hour iraq's oil minister has criticized u.s. energy giant exxon mobil's decision to evacuate all its foreign stuff from an oil field in basra as an acceptable and unjustified to may god burns says the decision is not because of security concerns but for political purposes on saturday the saudis regional ally bahrain ordered all its nationals to leave iraq and iran fighting unstable conditions well rob matheson is live for us in baghdad rob where

are we at with these exxon mobile evacuations have they actually stasis. actually they have they finished they were took place on friday and friday night and saturday morning and this was an announcement was made by exxon mobil on saturday morning saying that it had evacuated what it called foreign members of stuff we understand there are about 60 of them they've been flown taken to boston airport and flown to dubai but it didn't say it was home any of those foreign stuff or u.s. citizens but it just described them as foreign stuff it was it was doing this because of the situation in the region and also because of some unspecified threats that they did say that there were threats but it did not give details that has really angered iraq's oil minister tom it all got banned he says as you mentioned it's unacceptable and unjustifiable he's written to exxon mobil determined to get details of exactly why they moved these 5 foreign employees out and asking them to

return the employees to the facility now i should stress that the west corner one facility that they were working at is still operating there's never been a break in and the oil that's being produced there on average is about $440000.00 barrels per day is still flowing out of that facility and that's because there are roughly $7800.00 iraqi staff who are continuing to make the place work but the oil minister is very angry about this because as you mentioned is saying this is nothing to do with security it's nothing to do with any potential threat what it is is the u.s. sending a message to other investors in iraq saying that iraqi military and the iraqi government cannot protect foreign citizens on its soil now that has really angered the iraqi government because as you may remember might prepare was here back on and may the 8 and at that point amongst other things when he had a meeting with the iraqi prime minister and other senior politicians here he was

asking for assurances that out iraq would be able to keep safe u.s. citizens both the 5000 to. 100 soldiers who are currently living and working iraq but also u.s. citizens who are working in oil and gas and construction and many other industries here in iraq as well the iraqi government said it could absolutely provide those assurances but there is a belief that might pump aoe has gone away not convinced and this is an effort at least in part according to the government and partly according to the all minister in an effort to perhaps try and ramp up the pressure on iraq to try to give greater assurances about the security that it can give let's not forget that this oil facilities in basra which is dominated by shia on groups many of which have loyalties to iran so this is all creating a situation for iraqis generally of continued dani's when they're seeing their country once again caught in this in the middle of this standoff between the u.s.

and all that is and iran rob matheson there from the iraqi capital thank you rob. well through don's military of areas and protest leaders will resume talks later today they were suspended to 72 hours after protesters were killed earlier this week demonstrators have been continuing their sit and outside the army headquarters demanding the military hand of power over to civilians the 2 camps are at odds over who will run the country for 3 is before new elections they have all we can speak now to have a morgan he's live for us in khartoum to the standoff i have had these constructed barricades continue it. well the protesters are saying that they have listened to the military council and their demands to remove some of the barricades and now the mood in front of the army headquarters is one of anticipation people want to know what's comes next what will the 2 sides talk on they have to talk about the issues of the sovereign council they've already agreed on the legislative assembly as well

as the executive council but the main issue the main point of contention between the 2 sides is and has always been the sovereign council bed body effectively will be the presidential body so the military council wants to be the one chairing it and it wants equal representation or it wants a military majority in that council meanwhile the declaration of freedom in chains which is the opposition coalition has been saying that it wants a civilian chair in that body as well as a civilian majority representation with the slight military representation for safety and security of the country so the 2 sides have to come together today later on and talk about that and if they can agree on that then they say they will be able to announce a deal regarding the transitional government and how it should be run meanwhile the people in front of the army headquarters are saying that if they do not hear that the opposition coalition has announced it is accepted the deal that the military council is offering they will continue with their sit in they will continue with their protest until their demands are met with the talks set to resume this evening and with the violence that took place earlier this week can you give us an idea of

the atmosphere in the capital at the moment is it feeling very tense there. well the tensions were in the 1st few days last week when the shooting happened on monday and on wednesday when protesters said the military faction known as the rapid support forces opened fire at them when they tried to move the barricades but now most of the barricades are largely gone and people are waiting to see what comes out of the talks but not all sides are are with the talks going on between the 2 sides the opposition and the and the military council some coalition parties and some are political parties which were formerly allied to the government are saying that if a deal is reached they will not recognize that because they were not included in their out of talks they were not consulted so they feel that there is sidelined and they are saying that most of the laws and most of the agreements are coming between the 2 sides does not reflect their religious beliefs which is islam and they don't want that yesterday we've seen a group of political parties demonstrating against the agreements reached so far and they're saying that if they do not adopt islam as the official religion and

most of their laws are basically based on islam then they will not accept that so there is concern that even if the 2 sides the opposition coalition and it's a declaration of freedom and change and the military council reach a deal then all political parties will not be on board and it's going to be very hard to bring all political parties there for stabilizing sudan throughout its transitional period i haven't morgan that in khartoum thank you for that update. well there's plenty more ahead on this news hour and puting a drought in somalia that could push millions to the brink of starvation. to get exclusive access a northern became a faster as the government tries to find out who's responsible for a church attack. and in school the p.g.a. champion takes the 7 shots lead into the final round of this year's tournament will be here with the action. a final votes are being tallied in

a straight following saturday's john election prime minister scott morrison is conservative coalition won another term overcoming predictions of a major loss to the opposition labor party and as andrew thomas reports from melbourne it's still not clear whether morrison will have an outright majority or need the support of independents. he wasn't supposed to be the winner of australia as election opinion polls consistently had prime minister scott morrison and his rights of sense and liberal party behind the labor party rivals he and they defied expectations side friends. were going to work to do. we all work to do and we're going to get back to work we're going to get back to work for the a strategist that we not go to work every day. if i started struggles and trials every day they're looking for a fair go and they're having a go and they're going to get a guy from our government the way in the sydney hotel hosting young expected that

tree party the world's euphoria the good gosh it was the liberal party once again have profiles like me and the student body scott morrison i said i'm not going to see job how do the liberal party and let's enjoy the next 3 think it's ultimately about the least i thought was funny mr labor's been taking in people i mentioned about politics in melbourne where they were expecting a party labor policy supporters were very subject and i can't believe it i can't believe that i. should shut up i say that straight out why did. i just say that i the labor leader had been confident of victory there on saturday in states he had to be the gracious loser i was scott morrison good fortune and good carriage in the service of after right now

the national interest required no. it was not the speech shorten hoped nor expected to make sure i could say thanks but thanks election i would make a promise that i can state is just resigned the leadership of this labor c.r. is it was set in. labour's policies more action on climate change more investment in schools hospitals and infrastructure did not resonate enough one result did buck the trend and independent candidates who campaigned hard on climate change because of coal the prime minister tony abbott he wants described manmade climate change as a salute. but that was the exception overall the surprise result is a victory for rights of sense of politics in australia under thomas al-jazeera melbourne well the united nations as warning of

a major humanitarian crisis in somalia which is again in the grip of drought 2000000 somalis are at risk of starvation unless they get imagine see aid and reports. hungry somalis arrive daily at this makeshift camp on the outskirts of the capital mogadishu their farms have failed and the animals have died sheltering here is now their best chance of surviving the drought the house the house are better than me i was a roof i left our home and farms because of drug related conditions and conflict our farms were hit badly by the drought thankfully now we live here somalis are leaving rural areas in the 10s of thousands to get food aid in the capital the failure of so-called long rains which usually sweep east africa between march and may has caused crop failures across the region aid agencies have scaled up efforts but say more support is needed the situation in somalia is very worrying we are just 2 years on from the 27000 drought which had

a famine warning to it we were able to avoid famine through working with partners governments civil society the diaspora private sector it really was a collective effort. the new arrivals join 2 and a half 1000000 others already displaced by conflict and passed droughts in somalia with their livelihoods destroyed many of the displaced will continue to stay in camps long after the drought is over big turia gates and be al jazeera. well in a few moments we'll have the weather with steph but still ahead on al jazeera syrian refugees in lebanon go without the and chill health care as un run dry. a different cheering from pro palestinian protesters as israel hosts the euro vision song contest. and on the final stretch the worry is the blazes to close in on a place in this year's n.b.a. 5.

the west sponsored by qatar way. in the states we have had a lot of severe weather in the last 24 hours it is only in thanks to this area of cloud here it's me marching its way eastwards and giving us some very damaging winds a lot of large hail and some tornadoes as well in fact this is the location of those storms the reds all where the tornadoes have been 17 have been counted so far we've also seen a lot of wind damage you can see that actually spreads all the way up to the east coast of the u.s. and a lot of hail as well and actually it's worth mentioning that the hail has been up to 7 and a half centimeters in diameter so at the very least there's a lot of very dented cars in some places this morning the winds well they've been measured to be up to 138 kilometers per hour so incredibly destructive and of

course the tornadoes well the very fact that there are tornadoes speaks for itself this is just some of what we see and then that is a very powerful storm as it's worked its way across the landscape there now the sort of damage that you can expect to see out of a tornado is this some of the homes that most of them wouldn't built will be totally destroyed of course there's a lot of caravans in this area as well and they don't fare too well either now this storm system is easing for now but there's another one building as we head through the next few days and if anything that's a few more destructive. ways. stories generate thousands of headlines with different angles from different perspectives of the sun just long standoff with international borders is finally over separate the spin from the facts. and misinformation from the journalism

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hello again i'm just on the attack and a reminder of the news this hour indians are voting in the final phase of national elections wrapping up a 6 week long process around 100000000 people across 7 states eligible to vote and sunday's prime minister narendra modi is taking a 2nd term. iran and saudi arabia say they don't want a war as riyadh's ally of the united states builds up its military presence in the gulf the leader of iran's revolutionary guard says tehran is not pursuing a conflict the saudi foreign ministry said the kingdom doesn't want to escalate tension. either but stands ready to defend itself. saddam's military rulers and protest leaders will resume talks later today they were suspended for 72 hours after protesters were killed earlier this week demonstrators have been continuing their sit in outside the army headquarters demanding the military hands power over

to civilians. now the united nations says they're running out of funds to help syrian refugees in lebanon nonprofits are trying to fill the gap that has donor fatigue sets in the refugee population is growing more vulnerable by the day than a quarter reports from bekaa valley. over 70 percent of lebanon syrian refugee population lives in poverty. is one of them he also lives with chronic diseases the cost of care is high non-governmental organizations run clinics like this one for those who can't afford treatment or medicine but not everything he needs is available. i have cancer and diabetes i also have heart problems i need my medicine but they're no longer providing it the help has dramatically decreased and we do not know why. the lack of money is

why at the same time the needs are growing up to $4000.00 patients come to this clinic every month. and. we are unable to secure medicine consistently for these people because we don't have the financial support and we don't have the exact number but around 20 to 30 percent of those being treated at this center don't get the medicine they need. the u.n. does provide support to a network of 40 hospitals across the country but it received 38 percent of the budget request it this year the u.n. refugee agency also complains about donor fatigue there are 1000000 syrian refugees registered with the u.n. in lebanon and at least 180000 of them suffer from a chronic disease. budget cuts mean some don't get continuous treatment the u.n. says at least 25 percent of nearly 200 refugees with kidney disease have been affected by this. number of conditions that is not covered with them

like within the scope of the program you speak of a chronic condition like. conditions. of extremely high cost of life. complicated is this having trouble induced to receive. another challenges reaching health centers refugees are too poor to pay for transport that is why doctors regularly visit camps they treat common illnesses but they also try to prevent disease outbreaks and complications which have resulted in deaths. you have many many other diseases that cannot be covered and no one is covering. which could which increases the. city and it could use 9 years into the largest refugee crisis and help is being reduced aid agencies are forced to prioritize which means the needs of the whole sector are not always

covered so what they're called valley on. venezuela's opposition leader says he will not enter into any false negotiations with president nicolas maduro his government. rallied supporters after a mediation meeting between the opposition and the government and norway the dura says he's trying to build a peaceful agenda to resolve venezuela's political crisis declared himself interim president less than 4 months ago a move that president majeure has dismissed. we have a path a strategy of people that a mobilized a plan for the country we will not be deceived in the door a government will not deceive us they are so weak and insist they want to manipulate talks we went because of an invitation from a friendly country norway let me say clearly to norway the context group europe the united states the lima group we appreciate all your efforts but we have barry clear

government will not confuse us now the president of bolivia has launched his re-election campaign for a 4th consecutive term despite opposition cries that it's unconstitutional even morale has lost a referendum 3 years ago to extend presidential term limits to libya's fast indigenous president and left wing lida is trying to buck the trend of a switch to right wing politics in south american countries reports. many believe the ins and the brits time when this was not their president he's credited with lifting tens of thousands out of poverty and giving a voice to women in the poor is getting a fairer price in the international markets they believe is commodities especially natural gas. brothers i want to tell you why i want 5 more years to finish our great work why 5 more years of evil i want to tell you that we feel strong we have self-confidence and these rallies give us

a lot of energy 5 more years to guarantee liberation and once and for all. these supporters were able. to continue being their president. is that. the strength is there in our democracy the strength and depth of our democracy is thanks to president evo morales because the people decide and they will decide in october to start the campaign this meeting will be massive men and women miners transport workers teachers as medical staff and professionals. in this believe 1st indigenous president in a country with an indigenous majority he's been an inspiration both here and abroad other musts. my presence here is to accompany my friend president ever to give him strength in the knowledge that the world's 1st indigenous president is here in bolivia. but increasing numbers of believe the ends believe this is outstayed his

welcome they say he's acting unconstitutionally by ignoring a national referendum in 2016 voted by more than 51 percent to prevent him standing for a 4th consecutive term in office. and this is embarrassing democratic you can see the president has clearly lost the support of the bolivian people because he's not a man of his word he's lied to the bolivian people and is now using democratic mechanisms to keep himself permanently in power. even with alice said. trix campaign in the following year it was overturned by the constitutional court but his opponents say he's undermining believe is hard won democracy both campaigns of the next 5 months earlier likely to harden their respective positions. al-jazeera. and now former argentinean president cristina kirchner is hoping to make a comeback as vice president and october's election decision is seen as

a surprise because she was considered the most likely challenger to conservative president merits or mockery his supporters foreign in opinion polls a corruption trial involving catch now is due to begin next week the 66 year old is also implicated in other scandals. and former us vice president joe biden has officially kicked off his 2020 presidential campaign with a call for national unity he is entering what appears to be an already crowded democratic race but elizondo has more on why biden thinks he's best placed to take on donald trump. during the battle for the soul of this nation when joe biden announced he was running for the democratic nomination for president 3 weeks ago he began by attacking president donald trump. but on saturday in his 1st big campaign rally officially kicking off his run for the presidency biden tried to present himself as a man who could unify politically divided america to defeat trump this politics is

boring so far it's written in this country part of the sea is. our politicians our politics today traffics in division and our president is the divider in chief oh yes choosing pennsylvania kickoff rally was not by mistake the state's voters will play a key role in picking the next president in 2016 hillary clinton merely was defeated by trump in the state by less than one percent of the vote the 20 electoral votes in the state helped trump become president this time around it might be different biden was born in pennsylvania and appeals to the state's white working class voters there is no one no one's going to work longer no one's going to campaign harder to win your heart your trust and your support than the sound of character you're doing afraid to turn scranton pennsylvania was far brighter.

was polls indicate he's beating trump in the state by more than 10 points but before then there are 22 other democrats vying for the nomination a diverse field that includes 6 women 3 african-americans and 2 people under 40 years old biden is 76 but he's familiar to voters and served in washington as a senator since 1973 before being brock obama's vice president for 8 years biden will face questions already being talked about is a controversial. crime bill he sponsored over 2 decades ago that even some of his democratic challengers say led to mass incarcerations mostly young black mean for nonviolent crimes. thank you it's just part of his record that will come under scrutiny the coming weeks and months ahead dave rosendo does either washington.

well now for the 1st time boeing has acknowledged floors in software to 737 max simulators which train pilots the company admitted the software couldn't replicate some of the flight conditions that led to the ethiopian and lion air crashes it says those faults have now been corrected and his stall software has been blamed for the 2 crashes that killed 346 people in march an ethiopian airlines 737 max crashed shortly after taking off from out us about the crash led to nearly $400.00 of those planes being grounded world wide last october a lion edge also went down in similar circumstances shortly after taking off from jakarta. alex metairie us is an aviation analyst and he joins us now live from london via skype alex give us a damage assessment given these new admissions from boeing how bad is this for the company. well to get into perspective this is the largest crisis that owing is facing and has over the last decade to have

a brand new jet. is somewhat unprecedented but where we are now is a number of months following the most recent 737 max crash which equals occurred and. yet craft the worldwide remain grounded these jets are not allowed to fly and what we know is that in the last few days boeing said that they have completed a software update for the cockpit basically it's related to that system that you just mentioned and the store system that they believe was a large contributes at both crashes and boeing hope to be submitting that. over the next week or so but it has a lot of stakeholders do we know it has to be able to group not only to the f.a.a. but international safety regulators will around the world including the our so here in europe and then of course that final hope to be winning back passenger confidence because this jet is now a household name for all of the wrong reasons and it's here talking about aviation

authorities and passengers in terms of getting confidence back but what kind of reaction are we saying from the airlines or by boeing jets surely this one effect confidence not just in the 737 max but in the company's whole fleet. well the airlines have varying views on this one thing they share in common of course is that they they are financially suffering and this grounding period continues i've met with so several c.e.o.'s of boeing 737 max operators who was at the cost being encouraged are astronomical and not sustainable and so on $1.00 end of the scale we're hearing from airlines who are publicly saying boeing we will not wait any longer we are switching that would perhaps looking at. because they can't be just waiting period there are other airlines who are standing behind boeing they are saying that manufacturers have suffered in years and years before in a similar way and that they are confident that boeing create in due course and that it will be accepted widely around the world but we are still in this hazy period

where there is a very kind of range of opinions alex let me ask you a little more about the perception within the industry and how boeing if dealt with this whole situation do you know how long boeing has known about the simulator for despite only admitting it on saturday we do not know how long they have known but we do know like you just said that they have now it means that they know that this and past each is what they're calling a large cringe now you have a clear division right now between the manufacturer and the airlines ethiopian airlines have been very active on twitter sharing art schools blaming boeing they feel that the blame shouldn't be on their own line at school and boeing are entirely to blame and to witness that relationship breakdown between the manufacturer and the airline is again somewhat unprecedented but in terms of how boeing have handled this communication why is this just been a case study in the industry for how not to do it oh absolutely everything is from donald trump being.