softening right of rhetoric from the american president however iranian leadership here is likely to see this as insincere they consider u.s. president donald trump not trustworthy pulling out of the 2050 nuclear deal was a sign to the iranian government that the united states isn't serious about any sort of negotiated solution to tensions with iran we spoke to one expert who said that if the united states is hopeful for talks the fact is that when it comes to making war or peace if that still is power that rests with the ron supreme leader and 2 of the company has said that there will be no talks especially not with this administration this expert who is a former commander of the islamic revolutionary guard corps suggested that if there was any possibility even the sin is shred of possibility of any sort of negotiation the 1st at the united states would have to take is returning to the nuclear deal to the joint comprehensive plan of action before any other diplomacy could go forward pricing ahead on al-jazeera how the new leader of zimbabwe's main opposition party

plans to united supporters before the next election that's why dealing with corruption scandals in argentina has not been plain sailing. we still got plenty of high temperatures across japan at the man with a heat wave still ongoing but what's a weather cloudy skies slightly cooler weather still too far away it's moving across the korean peninsula see some live down poles coming through here a key issue a little more cloud starting to push into japan and this we go on through choose day to see that wet weather will start to make some inroads across the western side of the country ahead of that still coming up to 29 in tokyo but there is that fresh weather just tucking in behind across the korean peninsula will make its way through for wednesday but skies return that heavy weight easing away from eastern.

all of japan and you can follow that line of unsettled weather across the southern parts of china too it looks all the way down into the southeast and cold of the southern areas seeing some pretty heavy rain for a time 30 celsius in the cloud and the rain there for hong kong not wetter weather will continue to drift a little further south which as we go on 3 wettest a plane was there for vietnam for laos across much of indochina will see that wet weather when will the way down into cambodia like the show is to make their way across a good part of thailand bangkok at around 34 celsius the showers that affect kuala lumpur and also into singapore wetter weather not too far off the northern parts of indonesia but here it is not a dry. 2012 al-jazeera traveled to iraq people here are definitely scared to speak on camera they're saying that if they talk to us they think they'll be arrested down the line to take the pulse of a country ravaged under us occupation some of these graves are completely destroyed

it's one of the most holy and sacred sites in all of iraq had turned into a battleground between the mighty army and the americans rewind returns to iraq after the americans on al-jazeera. a recap of our top stories on al-jazeera voters across europe have dealt a blow to traditionally a centrist politician seen even parliamentary elections the populist far right so a surge in support but the negroes and the greens also added more seats meanwhile as not general election has been called in greece after the ruling party suffered

major losses in the e.u. are entry elections prime minister alexis tsipras and his left wing syriza party lost out to the conservative new democracy party and donald trump says he is not seeking regime change in iran on the 3rd day of his visit to japan the u.s. president reiterated his willingness to have talks with be a union leaders and make a deal on nuclear weapons it's. another news dozens of passengers are missing or feared drowned after a crowded boll boat sank in a lake my don't be in the democratic republic of congo at least 30 people died around $183.00 survived the disaster on saturday night is sought the boat was ferrying around $350.00 fast and just some were teachers charging to collect their salaries let's bring in markham weigh in kampala uganda for the latest malcolm what more are we hearing about the circumstances of this accident bodies. dozens more there now. the boat

actually sank very unlikely that. we pulled from the water alive it's more likely to be a question of where the bodies of the of the missing will be found the rescue efforts have been fairly minimal from what we've been told they were thought to and around the lake so they went in boats to try and rescue people but they don't have the proper mix just using the small wood plea used by live around the lake. overloading is very common on many of the waterways in congo course many people are . ok apologies for that we seem to be where we're losing you a little bit so we're just going to leave it there and hopefully we'll be able to rest the connection better for our next shows malcolm webb on the line there from kampala honester a boat accident in the democratic republic of congo which has killed dozens of people in zimbabwe the opposition leaders promised to ramp up pressure on the

government to save the country's dire economy on sunday nelson chamisa was chosen to lead the movement for democratic change replacing it sounded morgan chang or i who died last year arm which are sorry for some greater role in central assembly. after months of infighting over who will be leader of opposition party nelson chamisa is the elected president of the movement for democratic change he ran unopposed after some who wanted the top job left the party or dropped out of the race we have shown the world we have shown zimbabwe with on africa that it is possible to be democratic it is possible to renew it is possible to. nonviolent peaceful contests internally and that is what we have shown the world look at the number of people we have come all on their own accord. zimbabweans are watching him closely to see how he plans to put pressure on president innocent of

a rising inflation and unemployment along with fuel and casualties nelson chamisa narry lost last year's presidential election to president innocent women that were the result showed he has significant support but whether he can appeal to a broader audience remains unclear. his m.d.c. party also has to show its different from the ruling zanu p.f. i think there's a lot of common ground between the ruling party and opposition and i do logical frameworks and propositions. both pro free market business and they don't just fall. out they may differ in terms of world leaders whatever ages and so on but fundamentally. when it comes to his party jamieson has cheated i thi opposition is the 1st congress since morgan signed that i died from cancer last year. soon after the death of the m.d.c. is found the party split over who should replace him. the next election is.

jimmy so will need everyone to work with him if he should oppose the only party minisub audience had even. with. the head of sudan's military council has held talks with the crown prince of the united arab emirates as protests continue back in khartoum. visited abu dhabi where mohammed bin zayed offered his support the troops follows bronze meeting with egypt's president on saturday a move that angered protestors in sudan who are worried about foreign interference in the country's transition to civilian rule. state media in syria say government forces have recaptured a village from rebels for a 2nd time after weeks of fighting. do buddha is on the border between hama and provinces and was seized by syrian forces on may 8th. led by the hour kind of school pirates launch a counter attack to retake it 2 weeks later syrian government forces launch an

offensive on it live last month the country's last major rebel strongholds. in turkey several kurdish politicians and thousands of prisoners have ended their $200.00 day hunger strike they were responding to a call from their leader abdullah who's been in jail for 20 years on treason charges pro kurdish politician leader girlfriend started her hunger strike in november in a push to improve our children's access to lawyers and prison conditions. to argentina now where accusations of corruption were rampant when. power and since then the courts have launched a campaign to detain and seize assets of those involved in corruption scandals that has more from. the ceiling through but in a river aboard a confiscated $1000000.00 luxury yacht that's been used by argentine security forces. the ship belong to regard the former transport

secretary during the administration of cristina fernandez. he's currently in prison accused of corruption or whatever prefect. says all saudis are using the yacht because the government cannot sell it. was recovered in a corruption operation it is now used by the students of the institute so they can learn how to navigate we have to pay for maintenance everything is very costly but i would rather buy speedboats for students but in the meantime it is what we have. longed for a labor union representing construction workers being accused of corruption and extortion the estimated value of the car is about $350000.00. but it's not just for a reason there are at least 3 garages like this one filled with luxury cars the government has to pay for the maid and insurance of the vehicles at cost that

people like says needs to stop. ideally if the vehicles were normal we could use them in operations the problem is that in this case the cars are too expensive for us to use we have to keep them and it requires a big investment to keep them i. accusations of corruptions were rampant during the previous administration but what is your market came to power in 2015 with a promise to fight it but he was. also investigated because his name appeared in the panama papers machree is the son of a once powerful businessman who also had dealings with the argentine state. never mind the political part there are within the political establishment links that transcend the party and mix business and political classes and many of them want all the corruption investigations to be closed because many many are in court . precedent makea past

a decree so the government can sell the confiscated corruption items but for now it has not been implemented. the degree needs to be controlled by congress and congress rejected it the decree is unconstitutional i think fighting criminal organizations require us to address and limit to new methods but it has to go through congress and all political forces should be on the same side. but it's an election year in argentina and for now many in the opposition say the law will have to wait. ambulances in the afghan capital of kabul are a noun for their fast response to attacks but little else most people needing to get hot to get to hospital take a taxi and sometimes having their chance of survival finds out why. income an explosion or gunfire is followed by. police military and ambulances

racing towards the attack nurses and drivers without protection bury the dead and wounded to hospitals despite the danger around them. it is natural to be worried everyone is scared of places where there are attacks but it's our job and we have to get to the place and do our duty there is always a nurse in a drivers seat to a cool despite responding to more than 50 attacks since the ambulance services created in 2002 they haven't had any staff we killed or injured. this is what the ambulance service is known for what it is not known who is transporting other patients to hospitals those not victims of attacks. there's a lack of awareness about ambulances and how to use them it's a free service for everyone and they don't understand there's a nurse and driver and we can take them free. on the lack of awareness there's also a capacity issue. the carboy ambulance service has just $29.00 says for

$5000000.00 people it says its response time is usually less than 20 minutes but it can be up to an hour and a half to ambulances a facing further delays after the taliban day tonight had one packed with explosives in central kabul last january well the 100 people were killed ambulances another search to check points. it means most afghans choose to use a taxi rather than call for an ambulance everyone in this intensive care unit was 1st brought to hospital by a txi b.v. he was admitted unconscious with renal failure. i was feeling pain in my body and i was in trouble when i was travelling here by taxi i was not able to sit up properly i was in a lot of pain. most of the patients were brought here by taxi or in a serious condition coming in a taxi the patient loses 50 percent of the chance to recover because they come from

a long distance without oxygen. and it's not a problem limited to the capital kabul ambulance service has 50 vehicles in 3 provinces it if going to start has 34 provinces and more than 30000000 people the ministry of health admits it doesn't know exactly how many ambulances exist. people and on wednesday be sure to wash and next story in our 1st responders series will be covering emergency care in kenya where lack of traditional ambulances doesn't stop workers from trying to save lives. many in west africa says it's working with the french government to arrange the return of precious artifacts stolen during the colonial era but one of the challenges is the capacity to look after the items i once i returned and i'm watching reports from a region that many of those items are thought to have been taken from. this is what remains of the palace of what was once the most powerful kingdom in french speaking

africa we were given rare access to the album a palace of 48 hector maze of compounds rich in history and culture dating back hundreds of years. ago it is himself a prince mature who is explaining how the apple makings conquered their enemies sold their people to slavery and took hundreds of wives. is asking france to return thousands of artifacts looted from the country during the colonial wars many of them thought to be from the kingdom of apple me these stars represent the spirits of the ever making and they date back to the 1600s the obama people considered these and other stolen artifacts to be at the heart of their culture and that's why they want them back. the current king holds a position still steeped in ceremony we have to kneel while he grants us an audience and gives his view on the issue. of these objects are back we will perform so roman used to recover their powers this will allow peace to reign in our country

we've suffered so much since the reign of my father shot but you will have only seen pictures today i am king and if they carry past. it would be a great joy for us. in december 28th in france as president announced the return of just 26 pieces but that hasn't happened yet because been in is not ready to receive them the government admits it needs resources and expertise we have in where you. ministry of culture in france for training. professionals here the curator is. fair in our sights and museums and the professional courses has already started hearing been in the french institute in order to have a really nice exhibitions we have to modernize. eyes. in museums and we're working

on that the french side because passages to preserve the country's culture and history is a challenge that extends beyond me in the capital city of portland the best museum in town is also in need of support along with iconic buildings such as the central mosque built in the early $1900.00 of the world to much to the president of his people's past is his passion but it's going to take time before you look at the chance to see his kingdom's artifacts back on home soil i'm aborting al-jazeera uppal me. again i'm fully back to go with the headlines on al-jazeera voters across europe have dealt a blow to to draw centrist politicians in the european union's parliamentary elections a populist far right saw a surge in support by the liberals and the greens also added more seats as

a general election has been called in greece after the ruling party suffered major losses in the e.u. vote from mr alexis tsipras and his left wing series that party lost out to the conservative new democracy party observers say voters punish areas of a failing to keep pre-election promises to end austerity donald trump says he's not seeking rigid a regime change in iran on the 3rd day of his visit to japan the u.s. president reiterated his willingness to have talks with the iranian leaders and make a deal on nuclear weapons. and i'm not looking to hurt the rounded off i'm looking to have iran say no nuclear weapons we have enough problems in this world right now with nuclear weapons no nuclear weapons for and i think will make a deal i think a room again i think iran has tremendous economic potential and i look forward to letting them get back to the stage with a can show that i think iran i know so many people from iran these are great people

it has to choose to be a great country with the same leadership we're not looking for regime change i just want to make that clear dozens of passengers are missing or feared drowned after a crowded boat sank in a lake my don't be in the democratic republic of congo and he said people died around 180 survived the disaster on saturday night state media in syria say government forces have recaptured a village from rebels for a 2nd time after weeks of fighting from the buddha is one and the border between hama province it's syrian government forces launch an offensive on last month the last rebel stronghold the crown prince of i would be has offered support to the head of sudan's military council at a meeting in the united arab emirates it follows abdel fatah younes meeting with egypt's president on saturday and move that has angered protesters in sudan they're worried about foreign interference in their country strands ition to civilian rule they're upset with headlines on al-jazeera the news will continue here after inside

story to stay with us. could iraq be pulled into a conflict between the united states and iran iraq coltan the middle of the us from its battery what's needed to reduce the tension and prevent a war this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program. the united states is bracing for the stakes

against what it calls threats from iran president donald trump is sounding an extra $1500.00 troops to the middle east and he's bypassing congress to sell billions of dollars of weapons to iran's rivals saudi arabia and the united arab emirates iran's neighbor iraq is vowing support and offering to mediate but the same time iraqis wary of straining relations with the americans rob reports from about that. if mohammed jeffords came to baghdad to clarify where iraq stands in the ongoing tension between the us and iran iraq's foreign minister seems to have given him an answer and. against the unilateral measures taken by the us we are standing by iran in its position and god willing we can play an intermediary role between the parties if necessary. iran's foreign minister has proposed signing a non-aggression pact with gulf neighbors but iran says it will take action if

necessary. comes i'm on we will defend ourselves against any efforts for a war with iran whether it is a military or economic one that would victimize the iranian people we will face it with strength and resistance iran and iraq have close ties to trade culture and religion but iraq relies on u.s. and foreign troops to combat the threat of eisel and it needs foreign investment especially to develop its oil fields iraq has been doing a diplomatic balancing act for years and some say that puts it in a perfect position to be able to mediate between the united states and iran but to do it successfully like most negotiations it has to be seen not to take sides they're also fears that some shia armed groups in iraq who are allied to iran might decide to upset that balance they might decide to take their own action their own initiative against u.s. assets in iraq. iraqis filled tahrir square in the heart of baghdad on friday

demanding that their government put iraq's safety 1st and that their country should be at the center for talks to find a solution. in iraq at the however the legitimacy on iraq has become a bridge where meetings have been held at the iranian embassy with european diplomatic missions and it's taken the decision to start talks with moderate countries and affected by the situation to lobby the united states. and iran to try to extinguish the fires of war. iraqis may need more evidence to convince them that they won't be dragged into an unwanted conflict rob matheson al-jazeera baghdad. let's bring in our guests here in the studio is andreea scrag assistant professor of the defense that is department at king's college london in beirut sami now the

director of the levant in 6 years for strategic affairs and. robert goshi associate professor at lancaster university has edited and written books on the u.s. politics including the trump presidency journalism and democracy welcome to you all under us is the military build up a sign of an imminent war is it just a classic example of gunboat diplomacy yes or no i think it's part of the trump weird maximum pressure policy which is about you know which is what how he's driven any of his business strategies before becoming president which is basically putting maximum pressure on clients and then forcing them to basically give up and then come to the negotiation table that might work in the business fear i'm not sure but it definite doesn't work in international relations and when we see what's happening here with iran is that you know there is it's all about narrative here is about building up a narrative of a posture signaling strength power and a and is somewhat an escalation of tension if you will be always sending more

troops in ascending and making it look as if there was a buildup in reality i think it's not a buildup it's all of this is within the realm of normal operations but it is how this has been framed i think it has been framed by the media in the particular way has been framed by the u.s. government in that way to make it look as if the u.s. is ready to go to war i think we're still hopefully quite far away from a military escalation samuel with the u.s. accusing iran of express's of planning attacks on american forces how do you see this crisis contained and at what price. i mean. there is a point that. iraq in particular has no interest to be dragged into such a conflict now the american are putting pressure they are building up militarily but i don't think that they have an interest in waging a military action why because economic sanctions are doing well and they are

putting enough pressure on iran and the military buildup in my view is i mean and that them to dissociate any act and to from iran to not to wage a war but to resort to a military action in order to change the balance of power in the ija and to try to achieve a breakthrough in any leak in this sanctions that are putting a lot of pressure on iran economically and socially. vobis not to try to depict as most likely going to be an easy of white for the united states of america which will can about syria iran a country with a huge influence who the region operated mitzvot capabilities particularly comes to its ballistic system and the other that when you need them most in places like iraq

afghanistan and syria how do you see the potential for any mythical front taishan well i mean part of this you know this is a history of how the presidents of the u.s. have treated the middle east as being its own playground for military testing as telling of goods and really creating another that it does she but your 1st guest had a narrative of us versus them you know donald trump's quite frankly i think we're interested in how this plays out in the media spotlight what the images look like and what his rhetoric is that probably creates some chuckles back in the united states for for his supporters he's more interested in and the 2020 presidential election and bringing that suit to his side which is probably a great likelihood here then he is about altering any of the past procedures and processes of the u.s. government which has been to maintain tension in the middle east so i don't see

this going to a massive war because of somebody making a mistake and on the ground here of the high tensions but i do see it possibly happening based on the rhetoric that's being thrown back and forth across the oceans under us common sense says that there's no indication of a massive in a cycle for patients but you know mistakes happen you know it's when an incident can trigger. a massive confrontation yes and i think that's where that and we are in the era of weaponized narratives so narratives are not just in the information space it creates real tensions and it is actually a matched up with action as well as we see with you know the deployment of particular component of the u.s. military into the gulf and the same time the other side the reins are responding when there it is but they are also you know playing with fire they are meant taining one of the biggest networks or the biggest network of surrogates across the middle east many of these are goods and it's very important to highlight here are

not part of the command control system of the iranians they act on their own they're almost autonomy as the who these for example receive massive support from iran but still an independent actor and they they they might play the role of a spoiler so we've got these tensions we've got 2 relatively rational state actors here iran and the united states not willing to escalate not wanting a war and then you have a lot of gray area operations particular by iranian sorry gets across the region which might we wanting to test the resolve of the u.s. government and trying to escalate and in this kind of you know they're in this kind of space a lot of there's a lot of room for error which might just blow the entire. powder keg open some you've mentioned earlier. iraq its role in mediating in the crisis what can iran achieve in this particular crisis. i mean.

here i mean iran is trying through mr zarif visit today to lever to and in iraq because iran succeeded at least since 2008 up to 2 selves in 15 to exert control inside iraq plus it develop and it's supported some proxies some mini shop proxies. has been law or had a cat has been. bad to the brigade there are afforded me shows that are under iranian control however that is it change in the iraqi society and it was the big sign of this was that the most efficient that took place yesterday today that is a big loss of the iraqi population that. that to defuse the.

meddling of iran in their affairs and they want peace and they want to distance shape themselves. from not only from iran but from washington as well then leader of this protest of yesterday his a staunch enemy of washington wish. to the southern so that is a good all wind a movement inside a growing mood inside to the iraqi population that they have paid enough the price of others is ok and they want peace and they want to distance themselves from this conflict taking place between town and washington which brings me to ask this question about the irony of suddenly having iraq bussy all messages back and forth between the u.s. and iran what can the iran iraq is achieve when they are partly beholding politically to the americans about same time beholden to the iranians. well it is

quite ironic when the u.s. government came out and said that non-essential u.s. . military should should leave as though the country of iraq was not safe for americans anymore a bit was a bit of an irony after everything that the u.s. government did to say that it was that it was safe i mean iraq is and is in a tough spot here but to be to be completely clear that the u.s. is using kind of their the idea that iraqis don't want quote unquote freedom or quote unquote democracy which they may or may not want they're using that as a scapegoat for allowing you know iraq to to be into these days tight spots where they don't necessarily know who who who is we know which side to go and it's. it's a tough call here to try and play this middle man with with particularly with donald trump on the on the u.s. side in so that this tension.