from my guests from around the world take the hot seat and we debate the week's top stories and big issues here on al-jazeera. we do not want the situation to escalate. this is about deterrence not about war. u.s. defense secretary tones does in the rhetoric of attentions with iran. alone well come on peter w. watching al-jazeera live for my headquarters here and also coming up there has already been too much death and destruction. a grim warning from the united nations that libya could be descending into a prolonged civil war. clashes in jakarta over the results of indonesia's

controversial presidential election. also ahead the u.n. says millions of people who fled venezuela are in need of refugee status and his country is not to deport them. ok let's get going the acting u.s. defense secretary says there will be no war with iran and the recent deployment of additional forces in the gulf has deterred possible attacks by tehran patrick shanahan made those comments following a classified briefing to members of the house of representatives mike hanna reports . congress has been demanding more information for weeks and finally it was provided by the members of the trumpet ministration secretary of state mike compare with the acting secretary of defense patrick shanahan held separate reefing sessions in both the house and the senate. patrick shanahan arguing that the recent deployed. to carry a strike force to the region has played

a role in controlling the crisis we have deterred attacks based on our repository of assets to turn attacks against american forces. our biggest focus at this point is to prevent iranian miscalculation. we do not want the situation to escalate. this is about deterrence not about war. or not about going to war we're ready to respond if we have to the best thing to happen is for everybody to calm down and iran to back off and i'm hoping that this show of force will result in deescalating not escalating nobody is talking about a military solution to the current friction with the iranians i haven't heard anybody discuss that are you thank you all very much but the briefing still did not convince skeptical democrats make no mistake this president has

a bit strange itching for a confrontation with iran i believe that a war with iran would be. an absolute disaster. on the wall with iraq and i hope the american people told this administration that we will not go to war in iraq underlying this crisis the decision by president donald trump to unilaterally pull out of the 2050 nuclear deal with iran and as the briefings were taking place iran was announcing it had quadrupled its production of enriched uranium this many democrats a consequence of a president rejecting a negotiated deal with no thought as to what should replace it mike hanna al jazeera washington well going call is a former cia officer he says the calls for deescalate tensions must be echoed by president trump. the acting defense secretary is

a rare reasonable official in the ministration of india logs and incompetence so i think that is probably true that tensions are a little lower and the problem is that you have to the extent you have a coherent series of tactics i won't call you in the strategy they are those on the neo conservatives which gave us the invasion of iraq and it is easy to threaten and to break things for the united states but it's always infinitely infinitely harder to build them or achieve another more positive end and the approach almost always forgets that in any conflict even if one side like united states is vastly more powerful than the other the other side gets to play in the game too and we can't no one can control events but i think that the

defense secretary's statement is a positive one in a rather absurd situation the u.n. security council has been warned that libya is on the verge of descending into a prolonged civil war the u.n. special envoy to libya briefed members in new york haasan solomons sussman follows 7 weeks of fighting for control of tripoli by forces loyal to the wall or $24.00 have to diplomatic out as a james bays reports now from the u.n. . the u.n. special representative gas sounds salami reporting to the security council on what's been a dramatic and destabilizing period for libya. the country gripped by fresh violence his plans for a national conference representing all libyans overturned by a no day shifts offensive by wholly for half to a renegade general believed to be armed by the united arab emirates and egypt $48.00 days into the attack on tripoli by general have to us forces there has

already been too much death and destruction libya is on the verge of descending into a civil war which could lead to the permanent division of the country the damage already done will take years to mend and that's only if the war is ended now he said war crimes were being committed and some of those already listed by the international criminal court were involved in the most recent fighting there are numerous reports of extremists persons under international sanctions and individual is wanted by the international criminal court appearing on the battlefield on all sides or parties must publicly dissociate themselves from such elements without delay and refer to the i.c.c. laws for whom arrest warrants have been issued addressing a security council it is itself deeply divided and has been unable to agree a resolution calling for a ceasefire in libya he attacked regional and international players for fueling the

conflict by sending weapons to both sides in defiance of an arms embargo officially in place since 2011 many countries are providing weapons to all parties in the conflict without exception the amount and sophistication of these weapons are already causing greater numbers of casualties without it robust and forstmann mechanism for the arms embargo into libya. will become a cynical joke some nations are fueling this bloody conflict the united nations should put an end to it the u.k. is what's known as the penholder on libya they would draw up any security council resolution it's likely they'll try again to negotiate a resolution calling for a ceasefire but it's also likely the negotiations will be difficult james space al-jazeera at the united nations the u.s. says it's seen indications the syrian government may have renewed its use of

chemical weapons the state department includes an alleged chlorine attack on sunday in the northwest of the country on monday more than $400.00 u.s. politicians urged the trumpet ministration not to pull out of syria they say they have deep concerns about the situation there and the threats to regional allies the u.s. state department said it will respond quickly and appropriately if it does find evidence of a chemical attack. 3 prominent scholars are to be executed after the end of ramadan according to media reports. and mahdi were arrested in september of 2017 on what the saudis describe as terror charges all 3 have a large online following. protesters in indonesia's capital jakarta throwing fireworks at the police as they rallied against the results of the recent presidential election riot police fired tear gas and water cannon as the standoff continued into the night election commission to clear president look forward over the winner of the poll in april with 55 percent of the vote the opposition

presidential candidate probable civilian took says he plans to challenge that result in court florence lou joins us live from jakarta florence how many more protesters are they expecting as the day unfolds. we are expecting hundreds perhaps even thousands more we're getting information that hundreds of protesters are already on their way here they're going to they're going to try and mass outs. the office of the election supervisory board which is where they had started gathering on tuesday afternoon in a largely peaceful demonstration which then turned violent on tuesday night and into the early hours of wednesday morning now police say they've arrested 20 people who they suspect of provoking the violence that took place overnight. and but they are expecting the crowd to grow much larger now and this is what pro bowl has been urging his supporters to do to come out on the streets to demonstrate against the election results now and police have been taking steps to prevent the

demonstrations from growing larger they prevent their preventing people from traveling to jakarta on mass there are about 50000 police and military personnel while on duty and on standby in jakarta and they've also warned people to stay away from the demonstrations from large crowds for fear of terror attacks in the weeks leading up to the protests police say they've arrested 30 suspected extremists as well as seized homemade bombs and they say they've got information that people linked to isolate may be plotting to use the gatherings to carry out attacks down proposal has urged his supporters to maintain peace and order during the demonstrations but as we've seen happen on tuesday night with emotions running high really the situation can turn very quickly at any moment peter and the appeal from the opposition how fall do we think can go. well part of the what problem was doing now is he's using

a 2 pronged attack so he's asked his demonstrators to come out on the streets in a show of people power to demonstrate against the electoral outcome and now we don't know how long this protest is going to stretch it could take several days and that happens it's going to disrupt commands in the city it's going to paralyze the city some offices some schools have already taken precautions and they're closed for the day and then proposal also has a legal avenue that's open to him he is. expected to mount a legal challenge in the constitutional court and he's got until friday to do it but the court that has to decide whether or not it's things that risk enough evidence for it to take the case now if it thinks there is then it will have to look at the case and its ruling however it's it's final and it cannot be appealed so once the ruling is out then the general election commission will make an announcement of the final results it's worth remembering that because joko widodo won the elections by quite a huge margin 2 digit 11 percentage points which translates to nearly 17000000

votes analysts have pointed out that this in a way undermines the opposition's claim that the elections were great and also worth remembering that international observers have largely declared the elections to be free and fair despite its cat claims that the elections that were fraud irregularities during a poll florence thank you. lots more still to come for you here on al-jazeera including they were born and brought up in bangladesh so why are these children operating the refugees being denied a formal education also ahead is this the last roll the dice the u.k. as prime minister offers u.k. m.p.'s of boat on a 2nd brics a referendum. hello there we've had a lot of severe weather over parts of north america recently look at the satellite

picture we can see the cloud that's brought us our latest batch of thunderstorms that have given us some tornadoes some very large hail and some flooding rains all of this is edging its way towards the east and on wednesday it looks like the risk is easing so fortunately the weather is calming down for us no for long though as we head through thursday the next system is beginning to gather strength and this one could give us some more severe weather towards the northwest it should be fine for us warm to you in seattle it 23 degrees in calgary they're getting to around 19 a bit further towards the south of us some of us in mexico and across towards the yucatan peninsula is fine and dry and not following dry weather should extend through more parts of cuba and it's jamaica there is we had 3 day but the south though plenty of showers here and some of them very heavy actually welcome rain for some of us here because we do need the wet weather but it may cause a problem with some localized flooding there for the 2 was a sound there's also some very wet weather on the cards for south america over the next few days as well particularly over parts of paraguayans the system pushes its

way northward so paraguay in the northern parts of argentina southern parts of brazil that's where it's looking wettest and as that system pushes northwards setting up fresh air behind it. the earth is a tipping point scientists are telling us right now that we have just 12 years as the world's leaders fail to agree upon a solution. to taking matters into their. feet now which is actions to get people to understand that it kills people and that it kills people now it's ridiculous both sides return to people's doors on jazeera.

welcome back you're watching al-jazeera line from these are your headlines the acting u.s. defense secretary says they'll be no war with iran and that the recent deployment of additional forces in the gulf has deterred possible attacks by tehran the us is under pressure to reveal details of what the trumpet ministration describes as specified threats from iran. special envoy to libya as one the country's on the verge of descending into a prolonged civil war the assessment follows 7 weeks of fighting for control of tripoli by forces loyal to the warlord after. protesters in the indonesian capital jakarta throwing fireworks at the police as they rallied against the results of the presidential election the incumbent. was declared the winner of the poll in april the opposition presidential candidate says he will challenge that was held in the.

u.s. president donald trump's latest terrorist increase on beijing's plans to counter its. u.s. companies in china that's according to the american chamber of commerce its fund at least 40 percent of its members are considering or have already relocated businesses outside the country china's ambassador to the u.s. says beijing is ready to continue trade talks the last round ended 2 weeks ago adrian brown from beijing. well the survey shows just how worried u.s. businesses in china are right now the survey was conducted by the u.s. chamber of commerce it involves some 250 of its members and was carried out several weeks ago just after the 2 countries levied more tariffs on each other's imports it shows that 40 percent of members are considering or have moved their manufacturing

facilities out of china a 3rd of those members are now focusing purely on china business also they complain of harassment of sudden inspections at their plants also complaining of custom clearance delays and also delays in getting the licenses they need to function here in china meanwhile the propaganda organs here in china have been ramping up their message state controlled t.v. continues to show pictures of president xi jinping touring the south east of the country following in the footsteps of those who took part in the long march that was led by chairman mao the long march that of course brought the communists to power 70 years ago this year and a lot of people analysts are saying that in many ways this friction between china and the united states right now is very much for laying into president xi jinping hands because president xi jinping at the moment is regarded as the strongest

leader that this country has had since chairman mao and of course president xi jinping is arguing forcefully this is one of the reasons why china needs to strengthen its military to buy more aircraft carriers and i'm the man to help you stand up to the united states the u.n. says most of the people who fled venezuela's political and economic crisis are in need of refugee protection and is urging governments not to deport them 3000000 have left the country since 2015 as the economy crumbled a power struggle is can. when you're in between president nicolas maduro and the opposition leader on why don't the u.n. refugee agency says between 3 and 5000 venezuelans are still leaving every day almost half a 1000000 people have sought formal asylum mostly in other latin american countries this russell is a spokeswoman for the u.n.h.c.r. she says for many venezuelans the decision to leave is agonizing then as well as in

many cases are unable to go back home they're suffering from the point of view of persecution but also deterioration in the conditions inside the country one example is a father who spoke to u.n. refugee colleagues who said that he decided to take his family to brazil after 3 of his relatives including his 9 month old daughter died and he put it quite bluntly he said we either leave or we die we totally understand that the scale of the numbers of venezuelans arriving in countries is challenging and is complex we recognize that and we recognize that the countries of latin america in the caribbean have made efforts to host venezuelans in some cases they have offered them temporary visas or work arrangements to enable them to stay but what we are saying is that given that the infrastructure and the asylum systems may be overwhelmed it really is important for the governments to focus on giving venezuelans international refugee protection and it may be very difficult maybe

impractical to do individual determinations so in that case we are advising that they consider venezuelans as a group in order to give them asylum. in america at a certain sea and human has more from caracas. the u.n. refugee agency has called for venezuelans to receive refugee protection seems to be an indication that this crisis is going to get a lot worse before it gets better in fact the united nations says that nearly 4000000 venezuelans have left the country in less than 4 years most of them come. to latin america which is a part of the world that certainly does not have the resources to absorb so many this is an unprecedented refugee crisis for this part of the world and there are countries that are already closing the door on venezuelans like trinidad and tobago panama which is demanding that they have a visa so the united nations is clearly saying this is an emergency the region needs help venezuelans are going to need help and latin america still are saying

that this is a burden that needs to be shared not just by the region but by the whole world thousands of students marched in the streets of the algerian capital calling for free and fair elections the young protesters want all politicians connected to the ousted president. to step down including the interim president and prime minister a presidential election is shuttled for early opponents fear it will be manipulated by the country's political elite the british prime minister is offering m.p.'s a chance to vote on whether to hold a 2nd referendum sarees amazed that. britain's departure from the e.u. are telling him they have one last chance to deliver. m.p.'s have already rejected her withdrawal agreement with the european union 3 times latest plan will go to parliament next month. the austrian chancellor sebastian turret's says he'll appoint a new caretaker government is facing a vote of no confidence after

a scandal that saw the removal of coalition party politicians dominic came from berlin. sebastien course has very much been in crisis management mode ever since the scandal that engulfed his coalition partners the freedom party erupted over the weekend in forcing out the ministers of that party all but one of whom have left their posts in cabinet mr cortes clearly believes that this is will bring support will reassure voters in austria but also reassure those looking on from the wider european union that austria's government is still in steady hands because i believe this is a death in guaranteeing security for our country and making sure that we remain capable of acting on the european level in the crucial coming months the government has a responsibility in austria it also has a responsibility to him and for the european union i promise you i will fulfill the

responsibility to the best of my ability in referring to the coming months if the court is clearly conscious of the role his country is playing as president of the european union specifically with european elections taking place in the next few days but it's the coming the coming days in austria which really matter there will be a confidence vote in the austrian parliament on monday must survive that or there will be greater constitutional worries for his country one last thought to make though is that in the most recent opinion poll released in austria since the scandal erupted over the freedom party it appears that mr courts his party the austrian people's party government has found a boost several percentage points up on what they had to be whereas the freedom party is down it's dangerous to infer too much from one poll but if it is. accurate it suggests that mr courts well some people do approve of the actions he's been taking in austria. staying in europe french judges to force doctors to resume life

support from man who's at the center of the debate over end of life decision making in some land suffered severe brain damage in a car crash 11 years ago the 42 year old's been on life support ever since then at the request of his wife doctors agreed to switch off life support equipment on monday but an appeals court overturned that decision. the new prime minister of the democratic republic of congo is already facing challenges still there. was appointed on monday under a political agreement between president felix she cater and his predecessor and months of political uncertainty in the central african nation since january's controversial election result catherine soy has the story from the capital kinshasa . what stands out when you visit kinshasa are the number of roads being built in the city infamous for its bad drugs and traffic congestion many are prone to floods because of poor training each president has

a located 7 $1000000.00 for an emergency infrastructure program in downtown kinshasa traders and the disrepair has cost them lots of money. is very important to many businesses here and very difficult for clients to come we've got it. so most 4 months since she said katie became president inheriting many a cannot make and social problems from his predecessor joseph kabila the previous government is accused of mismanagement of public resources as well as human rights abuses she said katie says he wants to change that he's also given amnesty to hundreds of political prisoners and those in exile to come back home but all that has been overshadowed by politics with some critics saying that he's a weak president who is not in control of the country's affairs. she said he has formed a partnership with the former president common front for congress and the f.c.c.

controls parliament the senate and local governments some analysts say the struggling trust site his authority he's really tied to the will of the if you were to have a gallon that would really be operational that's part of the deal he knew what he was getting in as he signed for this did however it will come to a point where they will have to citizens you know. for me it will start pointing fingers people will know who is blocking from result results from happening the president has appointed a new prime minister 73 year old sylvester lugar is a little known career public servant who served in 3 previous governments and is loyal to some colleagues say he brings nothing new to the table but others believe he comes in a wealth of economic experience really have a problem. with our public into prices and he was the head for some time of the

committee rituals or actually. what was in charge of trying to reform our public enterprises to understand and so if you can bring that expertise and security become actually outlined new vision the new prime minister is yet to meet his cabinet many people we talked to said they want to see government ministers who are keen to make reforms actually a political choice of the past may largely determine who is going to be appointed katherine soy al jazeera kinshasa. almost a 1000000 rohingya refugees a living in camps in bangladesh for years government run schools of quietly welcomed in the refugee students but recently scores of children have been expelled turn be a child reports. amman and abu were both born in bangladesh their parents fled me and mar in 1901 their home now a sprawling refugee camp in cox's bazaar we have not identified them at their

request but both were recently expelled from school our teachers went on our classrooms and told us that you will not be able to study here comment is not enrolled to study any more here for years bangladeshi schools have allowed some rohingya refugees from cox's bazar to attend classes a man is now worried about his future and that of other refugees so even the gunmen can give us everything so why they are unable to give us and education. nearly 55 percent of the total running our population are children providing them education is the biggest challenge the community is facing now bang alleged gunman however is wary that setting up any such schools will offer the rowing as a sense of permanence and that they will not want to return to me m r r bull is

concerned many young people like him are being denied the chance to improve their lives. in this situation because of the more integrated. transport to let ourselves to be known in the global area if we stay on it look at it then will not be able to get our rights and our nation back. in the camps there are dozens of informal school run by iranian government tears where children learn basic literacy but little else and the un children agency says it is trying its best to provide more education when there is he came there was nothing seems then he will say we've made a lot of progress in terms of both creating this space where she didn't and come together to learn so we have from the unicef save as of last week we had 2060 learning centers but the recent expansion from bangladeshi government run

schools highlights the struggle faced by hundreds of thousands several children who are desperate to study if only they were given the opportunity to invent chart 3 al-jazeera cox's bazaar bangladesh. we should all be here in doha with a quick reminder of your top stories the acting u.s. defense secretary says they'll be no war with iran and that the recent deployment of additional forces in the gulf has deterred possible attacks by tehran the us is under pressure to reveal details of what the trumpet ministration describes as unspecified threats from iran. our biggest focus at this point is to prevent iranian miscalculation. we do not want the situation to escalate. this is about deterrence not about war. we're not about going to war this

is about continuing to protect our interests in the middle east and conducting the missions that they're we are there to perform. the u.n. special envoy to libya has warned the country is on the verge of descending into a prolonged civil war now that assessment follows 7 weeks of fighting for control of tripoli by forces loyal to the warlord after. the u.s. says it's seen indications the syrian government may have renewed its use of chemical weapons the state department says chlorine may have been used in an attack on sunday in the northwest of the country the u.s. government is warning the regime that it will respond quickly and appropriately if it finds evidence of a chemical attack 3 prominent saudi scholars are to be executed after the end of ramadan according to media reports oda carney and mahdi were arrested in september of 2017 what the saudis described as terror charges all 3 have a big following online protesters in the indonesian capital jakarta have thrown

fireworks at the police as they rallied against the results of the presidential elections riot police fired tear gas and water cannon as the standoff continued into the night in.