a loon and the worst in the u.s. this year i would for sure al-jazeera washington syrian government forces and their russian allies a bomb several rebel controlled areas in the north west airstrikes have hit the city of that arab that's in the western aleppo countryside and also several towns and how my province activists are reporting bombings south of it live as well for the government offensive enable it has forced hundreds of thousands of syrians to leave their homes and search for safety hundreds of people have been killed since last month that includes more than $130.00 children the world food program says more than $300000.00 people have been displaced because of the fighting and camps are overcrowded and supplies are running short aid agencies are warning of a humanitarian crisis as libya's home to a majority of internally displaced syrians we're calling fleischer's the country director of the world food program in syria she says the situation is dire for those seeing the violence from a blip and we are witnessing a catastrophic on schooling and lives are being lost people must flee conflict

they're on the move that displaced civilian infrastructure is being used right and now we also see farmland being destroyed which will have an impact on food security beyond repair 300000 people have been displaced mostly moving from the south of the north of how much will we're due north in camps and all the program has been able to reach 190000 people with emergency systems which is food that can that is canned and people can't eat and. the situation is outgunned and it has to stop this is a very densely populated area and and the camps are full of the people who receive our tents from humanitarian partners but they have nowhere to pitch. you know one man told us that our partners that d he has been under. move and he had to carry

his aging and wounded mother for hours on his back until he found a vehicle to take them or another woman standing as that you know in a blink of an eye she has lost everything and her children are traumatized from the bombs and the shelling fall from the sky so do people are moving north to words to safety to which these camps but they don't find a place to tool to really settle even if temporarily but that was the program he's able to reach the camp with with the lifesaving. time for a short break here and al-jazeera when we come back. palestinian students in the archive the west bank learn to cope with the danger of violence from israeli settlers. recognizes the pain from legacy of the september 11th attacks more on that.

how it's looking laurie fine and dry across japan over the next couple of days the unsettled weather that's been running across the past half of the country is now in the process of pulling away so clear skies do come back in behind his area of low pressure in the northwest pacific got a trailing weather system coming in behind them and that will still in features some showers into the far south of the country to hue she further north where we get up to 25 humid 25 for tokyo behind that into the upper twenty's there across the korean peninsula could touch 33 in beijing on sunday tide warmer as we go on into monday by monday want to see showers moving across the yellow sea spells of longer range just pulling away from the far south of japan in that same area of cloud and rain stained just way down into southern parts of china say down to the

southeastern corner could see some localized flooding there just around food you come down across quandong towards the gulf of tonkin and there's that long line of clouds and rain it will sink it's where little further south which in these was as we go through monday so couple a wet day certainly a possibility for hong kong as we go on through this weekend is the early part of next we may want across southeast asia what is the usual case of sunshine and show us. the consequence of. russia he served in the marine corps from 90 to 95 that just doesn't go away. a little out of true for the last couple years. he's home as. follows a group of u.s. army veterans much i used by war. as they struggle to get their lives back shelter. 0.

welcome back a quick amount of our top stories here this hour mexico's foreign minister is in washington president trump's plans attacks all mexican goods trump wants mexico to stop the flow of migrants or face a 5 percent tariff which could increase to 25 percent u.s. police say a disgruntled employee has killed 12 of his coworkers and local government complex and virginia beach several people were injured the suspect died after a gun battle with police. the world food program says this 300000 people have been displaced in the syrian government offensive against rebel fighters and province

hundreds of people have been killed in the aid agencies are warning that the humanitarian crisis if the fighting continues. now mourners in the democratic republic of congo are paying tribute to the veteran opposition leader etienne tshisekedi a longtime opposition leader died in belgium 2 years ago but political turmoil prevented the return of his body he died before his son felix won the presidency in elections last year with how tacit joins us live now from kinshasa house so what's the mood like at the stadium and how significant is today's ceremony. was deliberating and before you run you know they've had the big kick in the almost got 9090 you're going with the reason why it took so long to bring you body that didn't because of the disagreement with joe the club you know all my friends and that's ok and even if not me it didn't and if they did nobody no better man whom it up again corruption you want the great challenge leader thank you for what you think they call darren of the letter and the cup you know and they all it's not

a thing that he the man who after all the time spent getting into politics he challenges judge of could be a lot more to feel good doubt would come into it and he was instrumental in making sure he tried to make him leave office thank you david the day of yellow breaking all those milestone what's going to happen at the stadium it should start in about an hour's time or so no part from here because they have a right the president's from the thank you african republic rather than the ad congo probably will opt out of the ceremony of their d m it's going to be a professional mosque and in fact i have comportment lanka walk along by the coffin to the cemetery where you know miley bury her as you say he spent years in politics but was. never president but today his son phoenix is how the people compare him to his father. what number are you going to be a president for

a few months don't you know you got my problem up with this thing to think believe that during the election in the them back toward the caribbean a film a plane couldn't read the election to a make believe they carry in the president they also believe that deal was made way by bill controlled he got been working clued parliament and the senate now go with me in the naive claimed it was a controversial election some people here in the congo believe that opposition leader mark in my unit who won the election the challenge let's move out and want but the court ruled that he had no pavement belittling what one and all i i now want you to clearly if you claim to be like me father strong parent not acknowledge corruption or i am people here believe in the going to be told what to do by god the computer got all the commands and you got a lock to prove the big stupid bell lucky people in that the are you be watching you closely to see what is you know 6th out is going to be are

a harem attack in kinshasa who thank you on the former leader of and go on as rebel unita movement is being read buried 17 years after he was killed jonas savimbi died in a shootout with government soldiers in early 2002 his death spell the end of angola's long civil war so then these family and supporters say they waited a long time for the government to turn over his remains the decision to do so is being seen as a gesture towards national unity. leaders of muslim majority nations have condemned the u.s. for moving its embassy in israel to jerusalem it was a sign of islamic cooperation has been meeting in saudi arabia delegate said any recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital undermined the 2 state solution. we shall not accept rewriting of the history exchanging justice with economic benefits and disregarding dignity and legitimacy because of palestine and there could still always remain the core issue for all of us any peace deal doesn't throw

away the creation of an independent and so are in state of palestine within the 1967 borders with sheriff as the as its capital will be rejected by the ois the community. more than 45 palestinians schoolchildren were killed by israeli fire last year in the occupied west bank where now teachers and students are trying to find ways to protect themselves from violence by israeli settlers security forces maybe abraham reports from nablus. students here when israeli settlers attacked their school in a village most of the occupied west bank classes to find safety but it's not all the skilled. people here say this happens regularly israeli settlers are still in stones at the school they shot this video and. some students threw rocks back but

witnesses say settlers are often armed and have the israeli army's protection this includes life and we created. he tells us an israeli settler shot him from a short distance a few months ago the damage to his arm could be permanent. we were in class when the settlers started throwing rocks and fire bombs the students started defending themselves as we were leaving the school some of the settlers were armed with weapons and sharp tools i was walking when a settle a shot at me with a life bullet that went into my arm such attacks have forced some students to study in other villages or drop out of school. and this with the. i was shocked by the declining number of students attending the school some parents say instead of losing their children to these attacks they protect them from harm and send them to the labor market and said to make money. students you know what if it did at least 14 times since the beginning of the school year the legal settlements are so close

to means that this school is exposed to regular attacks yet this is not the only risk palestinian students have to face children's rights organizations say students are being traumatized by school demolitions checkpoints and harassment this video shows 9 year old isn't it is being detained during a lesson this really army told the children. threw stones at israeli vehicles and have stopped at the west bank and it says it has no choice but to interrogate an address children believes may be involved in violence but you are not going to see attacks on schools by settlers are increasing sometimes backed by israeli forces the military law as a whole is a system of control rather than a system of justice in this is what they want they want to control in their daily life all the activities of palestinian children as it has been at arts and education is the main tool to control them hidden or if school attacks could happen any minute but students and teachers try to keep their school life as normal as

they can. the occupied west bank the u.n. is urging sudan's military council in protest leaders to return to the negotiating table. a religious group showed support for the military which has been in power since president omar al bashir was deposed in april outside the defense ministry thousands demanding civilian rule defied warnings from the military to stop the sit in on thursday a senior army official said the protests have become a hub for criminals and was posing a danger to the state. sudan's main opposition group the sudanese professionals' association has condemned the closure of al-jazeera his office in khartoum a spokesperson said it was quote a new setback to the gains of the revolution the committee to protect journalists also weighed in the middle east and north africa coordinator said the raid enclosure of al jazeera was khartoum bureau is a worrying sign that sudan's military rulers intend to suppress coverage of pro-democracy events its action belies military leaders statements and they should

immediately reverse course and allow al-jazeera to operate freely. is in hungary's say it will take some time to find the 21 people missing after a tourist boat sank in the danube on wednesday at least 7 south korean tourists have been confirmed dead while another 7 were rescued the river's murky water and strong currents of stopping divers from being able to inspect the wreckage the search area has been extended to neighboring serbia protesters in the honduran capital have set fire to the entrance of the u.s. embassy it's not clear why the embassy into google but was targeted but the attack happened while other rallies were taking place public workers have been demonstrating for the past 2 days against presidential decrees which they fear could lead to major job cuts at least one person has been killed and dozens injured after tornadoes struck the southern chile and region the b.o.b. or the storm formed just before 6 pm local time sweeping into the regional capital los angeles and knocking out power to around $12000.00 homes the region is no

stranger to natural disasters earthquakes are common but tornadoes are rare. a missouri court has ruled the u.s. states only abortion clinic can stay open and now it was to have closed at midnight state's health department said the clinic did not pay enough attention to patient safety has been granted a reprieve allowing it to operate until tuesday when another hearing is due to take place. a memorial has been unveiled in new york to the growing list of 911 victims hundreds of thousands of people were exposed to toxic dust from the collapse of the world trade center in 2001 and 1st responders continue to suffer ill health since then the reports now from new york. in the park where the twin towers once stood the unveiling of the new memorial highlights the lingering impact of the september 11th attacks particularly on 1st responders nearly 400 of them have died

from 911 related illness so far thousands more are sick at the ceremony being mixed with dignitaries amid the slanted stones meant to honor them bridget gormley father william was a firefighter whose company was one of the 1st on the scene that day everybody initially had the 911 cough the world trade center cough it wasn't until 2016 though that he was diagnosed with bladder cancer that killed him 6 months later this is shifting the narrative to where it needs to be shifted not as what has what happened but what is happening. the gormley family is still waiting for payment from the victims compensation fund which was set up to help survivors you won't see any names written on this memorial that's because the list of sick and dying is still growing and could soon eclipse the nearly 3000 people who were killed on september 11th that as funds that were set aside by congress to help victims are

drying up. it's estimated as many as a half 1000000 people were exposed to the toxic dust that filled the air for months after the attack and it's not just 1st responders who are getting sick but also those who volunteered went to school or worked in the area the bearish mcgarry law firm now represents 12000 people from all over the country whose illness has been linked to 911 exposure and they say they hear from the new victims every day we're seeing many people in the 911 community who have not one but 2 and 3 cancers doctors tell me they have never seen this before in february officials overseeing the victims' fund announced they were running out of money and would have to drastically cut payouts to victims but advocates are already pushing congress for more fun down we belong to on september 16th 2001 when we were told there was a debris of the water was safe to drink and yet now we're fighting. health care and

compensation. from the government the very government. a government that promised to never forget the horror and courage seen that day and a community who with this memorial is promising to remind them christensen al-jazeera new york. finally an artist in taiwan has created a larger than life balloon to mark the 30th anniversary of china's pro-democracy protests the inflatable insulation has been put in front of a memorial hall in taipei it recalls an iconic moment in the square protests. time for a quick check of the headlines here on al-jazeera mexico's foreign ministers in washington president donald trump's plans to tax all mexican goods from mexico to

stop the flow of migrants or face a 5 percent tariff which could increase to 25 percent. i believe this measure will be further analyzed by the united states government i believe that president trump will understand that this is not the way to solve things i think that there will be a correction if not right away at some point because these measures are neither in the interest of mexicans nor united states citizens u.s. ports have started collecting 25 percent tires on several goods arriving from china beijing's retaliate for attacks on 60000000000 dollars worth of u.s. products have also come into effect last month donald trump increased taxes on $200000000000.00 worth of chinese imports from 10 to 25 percent. u.s. police say a disgruntled city employee has killed 12 of his coworkers and local government complex in virginia beach the suspect died after a gun battle with the police. syrian government forces and their russian allies a bomb several rebel controlled areas in the northwest airstrikes have hit the city

of that's in the western aleppo countryside and also several towns and how my province activists are reporting bombings south of it as well. the world food program says 300000 people have been displaced because of fighting and since last month hundreds of people have been killed in the aid agencies are warning of a humanitarian crisis in the violence continues. mourners in the democratic republic of congo are paying tribute to veteran opposition leader at the end she candy he died in belgium 2 years ago but political turmoil delayed the return of its body. authorities in hungary say it will take some time to find the 21 people missing after a tourist boat sank in the danube on wednesday at least 7 south korean tourists have been confirmed dead while another 7 were rescued. and leaders of muslim nations have condemned the u.s. for moving its embassy to jerusalem. well those were the headlines the news

continues here now jazeera after inside stories. reigning in iran saudi arabia hosts 3 summits calling for action against hebron and riyadh accuses its rival of threatening regional order but beyond such high level meetings what can saudi arabia do does it have enough support this is inside story .

hello everyone i'm come on santa maria welcome to inside story an emergency requiring 3 consecutive summits in the one location it certainly sounds like something that needs to be addressed and quickly and according to saudi arabia the emergency is iran the kingdom gathered arab leaders for meetings of the gulf cooperation council the arab league and the organization of islamic countries and said the international community must quote use all means to stop iran from interfering in other countries a fair question is though is there an emergency or is this another power play in the gulf with the addition of a u.s. military presence we'll discuss that and more with our panel in a moment 1st this report from hash. a rare moment between qatar and saudi arabia. qatar prime minister shareholder lebanon.

greeted by saudi king solomon binoculars he's in mecca the kingdom is hosting emergency meetings of the gulf cooperation council the organization of the islamic conference and the arab league to counter what they say is iran's growing influence but the saudis who are eager to show they have wider backing face a daunting task and of the blockade imposed sister $1017.00 the thai prime minister is seen here shaking hands with the king of bahrain another blockading country and then the kuwaiti amir steps in trying to bring the saudi king and qatar the prime minister to engage in further talks that might ease tension and bring harmony to a d.c. in disarray king said man made it clear in his opening speech that he sees iran as the biggest threat to stability in the region. the iranian regime interfered in our internal affairs and developed polycystic and nucular weapons it affects navigation

in international oil this is a naked aggression against our stability and international security. but for the sardi's to build a coalition against iran they need to end the impasse created by the 2 says he acquired the diplomatic spat started with saudi arabia bahrain the u.a.e. and egypt sever ties with qatar imposed a land sea and blockade the blockade in water accused qatar of supporting extremism accusations strongly dismissed but qatari government kuwait is mediating in the conflict and the u.s. is concerned the feud might undermine its efforts so isolate iran and defeat icily in the middle east. is flawed from the state's flawed because in one sense. they don't want to talk to your own iran has asked for a dialogue and they don't want to sit on the table and talk to your own and sort

out all the issues that we have of iran on the other hand they are instead of uniting and unifying the gulf region to stand as a bloc a solid block they are actually dividing it into different countries they are this integrating. regional organization the g.c.c. there are conflicts within between the g.c.c. member states the blockade against qatar so you can't have one. standing against your own if you want to push back in one sense and this and this is this united and this is this fragment that at the end of the meetings the g.c.c. and the arab league expressed support for saudi arabia against what they describe as iran's destabilizing activities in the region as a diplomatic boost for saudi arabia but also a period to more tension in the region.

so let's meet the panel for today 2 of our guests here in doha with me in the studio as magid and saadi who is a professor of the. cutter university we have also got a professor of political science from kuwait university and in teheran house on the an assistant professor of political science at the university of tehran welcome to all of you 3 professors on the show so that's get into it majid let me start with you. i mentioned this in my in my set up a little bit earlier the emergency and i am using escorts there because this seems to be this promise of we need 3 summits right now to deal with this emergency is it an emergency or is this in fact a way of almost creating the feeling of an emergency yeah well let's just clarify one thing which is that 2 of the summits were murders he said ok this climate summit is enormous i would always really issue but certainly there is some insight held consecutively in the show of emergency if you will because it was very clear

for the saudis that they needed to prop up the situation with between the united states and. vied with with the american agenda in the region of course what the saudis are they're banking on the i'm about is what that is that the white house would change its position so quickly because their white house went from calling for war with iran to basically now the exxon mobile staff going back to work on sunday in iraq so there is absolutely no sign of any tension tension between the 2 countries is this still not a bit of ambiguity there i mean the classic from the trumpet ministration of mixed messages bolton says one thing trump says the other thing and we never quite know what the official line is i think i mean if we look at the pattern of behavior when it comes to trump administrations very clear that this issue now it's been treated exactly like the north korean deal so you can see very clearly started escalation threatening talking about even you know. i think what he said to what trump said in

the u.n. was. think of the living thing all of the total destruction of yet original of korea now the same thing has been said about iran but also as well what happened with north korea then he started praising the leader of north korea and then asking for the summit and then holding the summit and then nothing really caring what happens after the summit because it's all a political win for trying the same thing is what the white house now wants from iran. it's very clear that the iranians are more stubborn they're not going to get into bed easily with the americans just over a photo shoot and they're right now with the saudis and there are things that are left high and dry without any any real agenda in the region towards what's going to happen it's very clear that when it comes to the military the u.s. is not appropriate for war when it comes to how it's dealing with its citizens in this company of the agents not having up for war but the saudis and their morality is no are left with a summit that is basically only condemnation of the acts that took place during the

last month but with no pussy ger to deal with it in the future even so let's talk about that condemnation and bring you in at this point tell me what your thoughts were on the language particularly of king solomon the way he said we will use all means to stop iran iran's criminal acts naked aggression against an instability it was all quite aggressive language really exactly i mean we have to look at this issue of these summits the 2 emergency summit that we had. last night up until dawn as a part of the ongoing cold war mentality and practice that has been the norm the new norm since 2016 at least one saudi arabia sever ties with iran and other g.c.c. countries followed suit especially a bar a and also other g.c.c. event qatar and kuwait. withdrew their ambassadors and lower the diplomatic present

taishan and to hang on so what's going on is that this is a rather solve all of pushing back by the saudis the leader of the g.c.c. to assad their message to the iranians especially after the loss of bombings of the 3 i think asking salmond stated very clearly the op inning and opening statement that iran is responsible for the shannon. again and for what's taking place to undermine security and stability in the region the heightened tension is because of the escalation of rhetoric between the united states and iran and now we have the escalation and from day one i said there is no war and this region but it's just part of the. administration flexing its muscles to gain some. some credence and some votes among his staunch voters and his base who are totally his base as the americans keep saying so the condemnation was expected and that the

saudis are trying with the i'm oddities and mayor de bar and he's to try to with. the free hawks we have ox and olives and the g.c.c. and the hawks are not taking this stage and they're trying to send a message to the iranians through their their constituencies and to the americans that we are standing tough against the iranians and that is what there was white condemnation although it was not the reflected in the speeches on the other summit the emergency summit that the arab league summit but it was clearly in the in the find of communique that there is a strong condemnation of iranian behavior is iran has brought this upon itself for supporting proxies for for a. sectarianism and for pushing the region into the abyss so it is a clearly a message was clear of sent by the communique the final communique the arab summit final communique and before that the g.c.c.

find the communique also so is this a bell of the saudis as you describe all that condemnation is this the saudis almost taking the baton from the united states as magid said. the united states slightly backing down a little bit is the saudis taking the baton and saying right we will allow lead the charge against iran and us if you want to support us come along that case because the. perplexing issue is that the. well nor be beyond condemnation of iranian behavior which was and practice which was expected was the issue of what are the practical measures that will be taken by the g.c.c. leaders and by the arab leaders to. put in practice this condemnation translated from condemnation to a practical approach to try to push iran to change its behavior and this is the issue not regime change and then there is

a contradiction by united states and this is what's really puzzling pompey or about a year ago stipulated to 12 conditions on the iranians and that they should really add here too in order for the americans and the iranians to strike a deal. and talk you know a president trump a few days ago just obliterated all of that and erase that and he just stated 11 point and that is iran should not become a nuclear pollen and the ayatollah khamenei stated that clearly that there is. any an approach under any any policy and effect is that it's against islam to have a nuclear arsenal so we are at with this stand still is ongoing but what are the conditions what the what is the really the united states.