she says governments play a crucial role in alleviating plastic pollution this plastic lesion across the world is enormous there have been studies that have shown that and to take one example by 2050 we're predicting that there will be more plastic in the ocean by weight then so it's crucial that countries do whatever they can to actually reduce the amount of plastic production and plastic consumption and to cut down on that and so plastic single use plastic bags are one of the most ubiquitous uses of plastic across the country and that across country and across the world in new york for instance billions of plastic bags are used every year and that's just one city so taking action to cut off the plastic bags from the supply side can do a lot to cut down on that particular source of plastic region tanzania has a lot of their own state in this effort for 2 reasons 1st of all tanzania has a large part of their national economy invested into as and when you have plastic bags that are littering the environment and hurt hurting local ecosystems hurting

the wildlife that's going to hurt tanzania and a lot of her run as well plastic bags also have adverse health effects a lot of waste is burned and when you burned out ways to create it's toxic fumes that can adversely chis and human and help expert humans and help that's where the environment is handsome he has a lot at stake here and i'm looking forward to seeing them fall around his example and following through on. lots more ground still to cover for you here on al-jazeera including a ringing endorsement from across the atlantic donald trump throws his weight behind boris johnson's campaign to be britain's next prime minister also ahead. i'm jim allen down then reporting from yami i meant our my morning on the northernmost tip of the philippines we'll tell you how the philippine military efforts to build a defensive zone here in greatly influenced other territories in the south china sea.

or. hell you can see much cloud in the skies above iran and further west of the levant but not much is coming out of those kinds of just that there are a few showers around in iran around the caspian is generated a bit generally speaking that's all moving eastwards towards afghanistan surprisingly early summer showers here temps are rising otherwise 29 in toronto 449 baghdad around the 30 mark on the coast of the london as you can see a little changes from day to day it's just hot inland and iraq has been the breeze developing now running down through the gulf which could well bring some rather dusty conditions it's still quite hot and hobble temps to dancing are dropping a little bit sunday down down to $41.00 is probably just clouds and with the breeze still blowing the be a max of any city 9 on monday now western society more than 60 down in yemen are we

seeing a lot of cloud recently the potential for big showers that's true in somalia as well in some good rains here recently still there although other courses disappeared for most of southern africa with the exception of few showers building over the warm water of the warm the current hitting madagascar and the customers a big it's a dry looking picture cape town 18 degrees mostly in the sunshine but. clacked. the pollution is palpable. delis shares the symptoms of many modern metropolis but its unique features have been gotten a crisis. people in power investigates the toxic mix feeding the city's invisible killer and asks why more is not being done to relieve its citizens the least

deadly aired on al-jazeera. that we are here we go let's recap our top stories for you one person has been killed 10 others were injured in the sudanese capital khartoum after the security forces opened fire on protesters have been camped outside the military headquarters for weeks now demanding a civilian government. forces loyal to libya's u.n. recognized government say they've pushed the warlord after its fighters south of the capital at least 3 people were killed in the operation launched an offensive to capture tripoli in april. china says the u.s.

must take full responsibility for the setback and trade talks between the 2 countries the vice minister of commerce one schwinn says the u.s. can't pressurize china into an agreement and that beijing will not back down over its core principles. the philippines is building its 1st military base on its northernmost island it is uninhabited but taiwan is just 80 kilometers away jimmy gump. traveled with the philippine military to your army island and reports on why it is so important. people here say it's talked about like mythical islands in the children's book a place so remote many thought there was no way to get there. but the philippine military invited us on the trip. and after almost 2 days of travel we finally arrived at the island. yami is also known as. the

northernmost to put the philippines taiwan. for the last 2 years the philippine military has been quietly building a maritime zone here it's not in a contested area as it's well within the philippines exclusive economic zone but the philippine military is thinking ahead to. the very. other naval forces in the. yummie the island is highly strategic it's facing a key waterway that connects the pacific ocean the east china sea and the south china sea. at a time when the administration is highly criticized for its worth. in the north. we have

a responsibility. braving the rough seas. has been fishing here for more than 50 years he says of foreign poachers with larger fishing vessels have been bullying local fishermen like him for decades he says he is grateful for the shelter that's been built here for them. from what i never imagine. that this was possible in my lifetime before we were helpless us who watch foreigners throw dynamite in front of us food security is a growing issue not just in the philippines but in a region with competing claims over territorial waters and analysts say this may well be the next flashpoint. as the flag is raised and the national anthem reverberates on this now occupied island the philippine navy promises to increase its patrols here on the northern front.

dogon al-jazeera island northern philippines joining us live. is a defense and security analyst he's in manila studio who actually owns this territory . but actually the philippines. recognizes philippine territory those islands are philippine territory. shown in the treaty of paris 8 in 98. so it's. ports are the chances this yes are the facts of this base becomes a flashpoint in the region. well the base. us of now it is still a low key installation its primary purpose most likely will be to monitor the area

it will be a listening and a monitoring air post for the philippine military because that area of the island is in the middle of 2 channels channel and berlin tongue channel which are waterways that connect the east china sea to the solve china sea or portions of the rest of us we would call it here and that is a major interdiction point ok so. i will be frank here by saying that chinese military vessels for example can be monitored in terms of their ingress and egress all of that of the south china sea or is trying to see leading towards the central pacific so. the possibility of that playing a very big role in in monitoring those activities is quite high and of course there's always the potential for base improvement base improvement by itself need

actually not just be a unilateral affair by the philippines because we have to remember that the philippine that diary is works very closely with the united states military so it is also possible that such a facility me be assisted by the u.s. government in matters of installing sensitive listening and monitoring devices there and even perhaps upgrading the could be abilities of the philippine military to undertake its missions and its mandate in that particular part of the philippines and yes they are saying that it's a fisherman facility for for assisting our fishermen but of course the mere fact that the navy was used and not the philippine coast guard also is a signal. other countries in the region that the philippines is taking its defenses quite seriously we have always had this image that the philippines would always

back off in territorial disputes but this time it's a strong message that the philippines is sending because they said they could have used the philippine coast guard or the bureau of fisheries and aquatic resources which are 2 maritime civilian agencies that handle fisherman's concerns but this time they actually. highlighted the fact that the navy and major naval assets will be in that area so it's a strong signal still too early to say that it will result in a war ok just interrupt you. debate for the next 30 seconds briefly. you fast forward by a year. what happens if the philippines military mr and the american military are all working together to make this basin bigger and better and more strategic than it is at the moment the reaction in beijing point would be what are you well they can always protest they will most likely

protest the u.s. interference in the region which is their standard line they won't really be able to do anything about it just the same way that the philip in cannot do anything about physically about the chinese military improvements in the south china sea west philippine sea area so it's more of a tit for tat that will happen so we the chinese upgrade their facilities we upgrade their facilities also with americans assisting us and not just the americans possibly also the japanese or destroy or even the koreans ok we'll leave it there thanks very much. an investigation is underway into a series of explosions at a munitions factory in russia which left more than 80 people injured the blast happened 400 kilometers east of moscow at a plant that makes explosives for the military half of the injured were in the nearby residential area with the force of the blast blew out the windows. the british government says it's intercepted 9 boats carrying dozens of migrants trying

to cross the english channel a local m.p. says it's a record number of vessels trying to trying the crossing in a single day the 74 migrants are undergoing medical examinations are working to establish their nationalities. u.s. president donald trump arrives in the u.k. on monday kicking off a 3 day state visit but he's already making his presence felt by wading into the conservative party leadership contest need barkha from london. president trump has a keen interest in power who has it who hasn't he also has his own ideas on the next british prime minister in an interview with the sun newspaper this is what he said about the export and secretary and hardline boris johnson i know the players i know the different players but i think boris would do a very good job i think would be. i believe he also said he didn't think johnson's well publicized extramarital affairs would harm his chances johnston's been

complementary of donald trump's presidency in recent months but when he was mayor of london he was anything but how times change i would invite him to come and see the whole of london and take him around the city except that i wouldn't want to expose londoners to any unnecessary risk of meeting donald trump. foreign secretary jeremy hunt another leadership contender also got the trump seat of approval because of his pledge to spend more on defense the right but it thumbs down for environment secretary michael gove the leadership front runner who recently accused trump of saber rattling over his iran policy trumps words fall short of a full endorsement of johnson but they've been seen as a bombshell intervention in british domestic politics and a breach of diplomatic protocol also claims that other leadership contenders have approached him asking for his public support the guessing game over who these contenders are has already begun all in all the u.s.

president believes that he has the potential power to impact who will be the next occupant of number 10 downing street it is a crowded contest with 12 m.p.'s vying to replace to reason may the race may be on may will still be prime minister during trump's 3 day state visit to the u.k. beginning monday to resume and boris johnson of had a fractious relationship over breaks it. also told the sun he was really loved in britain given the huge demonstrations during his working visit last year including the appearance of this claim may be up for debate the barca al-jazeera london. iranian president suggested talks with the us may be possible as tensions continue to rise between the 2 countries however nice as washington must 1st follow international rules he says tehran will not be pressured into negotiations over its nuclear program iran has repeatedly denounced washington's withdrawal from the 2050

nuclear deal mr rouhani says u.s. sanctions are meant to bully the islamic republic into new talks. liverpool have been crying kings of european football for a 6th time in their history after beating top them hotspur to no in the champions league final the victory also ends a run of 6 major finals. seats for the reds manager here can cause his poor weeks. they flocked from england to madrid in their tens of thousands many more fans of tottenham liverpool than could fit inside the 68000 seater study metropolitan oh but for those who did get a ticket contrasting emotions awaited within moments of kick off tottenham conceded a penalty after just 20 seconds to allow egyptian star mohamed salah to put liverpool one nil up spurs fans watching at home in london was having the worst possible start to their 1st champions league final experience while in the north liverpool supporters could begin dreaming of

a 6 european cup win. and so it would prove back on the pitch as belgium's developed made sure of victory later on in what had been a somewhat subdued all english affair in madrid the belgians 87th minute strike turning tension into triumph was putting liverpool 3rd on the all time list of european cup winners behind ac milan and rail madrid redemption after losing the final to re al a year ago redemption also for coach yogen caught up after he had failed to win his 6 previous major finals tonight is really emotional most that's that's my main feeling it's the overwhelming all of it feels really good but i'm much. carmen and i thought i would be when it finally happened but to morrow. going to liverpool and having something to celebrate that's big.

liverpool fans in madrid face to race to get back home to celebrate that 6 european crown the players ending a 14 year wait to get their hands on a trophy that the club has now won twice as many times as any other english team paul race al-jazeera. lots more news and background stories and analysis for you on the web site the address al-jazeera dot com. this is al-jazeera these are the top stories one person has been killed and 10 others were injured in the sudanese capital khartoum after the security forces the opened fire on protesters they've been camped outside the military headquarters for weeks now demanding a civilian government. forces loyal to libya's u.n. refugee government say they've pushed the warlords honey for half tourist fighters

south of the capital tripoli at least 3 fighters were killed in the operation after the launched an offensive to take for for the last april the un says tens of thousands of civilians have now fled the fighting israel's military says it fired rockets into syria late on saturday syrian state media says 3 soldiers died and 7 others were injured in the missile strike which hit south of damascus israel says that came in response to a syrian attack on the golan heights. meanwhile israeli occupation forces have entered the al aqsa mosque compound in occupied east jerusalem going to turn several palestinians were attending prayers that. china says the u.s. must take full responsibility for the setback and trade talks between the 2 countries the vice minister of commerce one show and says the u.s. can pressurize china into an agreement and beijing will not back down on its core principles the mexican president has hinted his country could tighten migration controls to diffuse donald trump's threat to impose tariffs on mexican goods mr

trump says he will apply tariffs on all mexican products as of june the 10th if it doesn't stop migrants crossing the u.s. mexican border in this it isn't even really there are international options that we could turn to if we think that won't be necessary that we will achieve a good agreement through dialogue and we won't resort to legal processes we want to maintain good relations with the government of the united states. a state funerals been held in the democratic republic of congo for the veteran opposition leader etienne tshisekedi he died in belgium 2 years ago but political turmoil prevented the return of his body. liverpool have been crowned kings of european football for the 6th time in their history after beating spurs to nil in the champions league final spurs conceded a penalty after just 20 seconds to put liverpool one nil up at the match in madrid but it was belgians de vocht already who still victory for the reds with a late goal you are right up to speed with all the top stories up next as people in

power have a quick summary for you in a little over 25 minutes see that. kidnappings are mad as in crimea since russia's for stanek sation of the black sea. i don't understand why in this case now. schools of crimean totilas have been arrested. most believe by russian security forces. crimea russia's dirty secret. on al-jazeera. delhi india a sprawling seat of government is the deadliest of all the world's capitals exposing millions of its inhabitants to shocking range of life threatening response

from diseases so why is it so polluted and what if anything is being done to remedy . the most know how many it was born and raised in the city to find out. deli. a vibrant bustling metropolis with over 20000000 inhabitants the capital of a rapidly growing india expected to be the most populous city on the planet in the next decades. it's

also my home i was born in delhi and i've lived most of my life but i've been away for a few years and in that time delhi has been making the headlines for an alarming reason it's become the most polluted capital city in the world and its residents say there's snow leaving bison by the air they breathe air pollution is estimated to be the hard highest cause of death in india killing over a 1000000 people every year nearly 12000 people died in that lead 2017 because of the city's bad air some doctors are calling this a public health emergency. so i've come back to find out why like many big cities around the world this pollution from too much traffic and from industry but there are also specific local causes delis geographies one is another

what i'm keen to know is why can't more be done to stop this i also want to hear from those worst affected the sick and dying and those on the frontline. of pollution that i it's a it's a very dangerous situation dr ivan kumar has been a lung cancer surgeon in delhi for over 30 years most of his patients used to be male smokers in their fifty's and sixty's but that's all changed when we analyzed the last year we follow. and the price of $5050.00 distribution between more goods and so-called nonsmokers from hardly any lady 40 percent female then age group from fifty's and sixty's we were now seeing patients in thirty's and forty's and nearly 8 percent of my patients were under 40 years of age i rarely see along with just think even when i'm operating one

teenagers we are fighting big black black deposits and much of this dr kumar believes is down to the city's dirty air in delhi the only requirement for you to be affected by the ill effects of air pollution is that you should be breathing. to get a better sense of what that means i had back out to the streets it's early summer and the city is gearing up for national elections pollution levels are generally lower at this time of the year than in the winter. but things are still pretty bad . i've met up with ron aqsa taria who has developed an equity wanted to ring network with piety khan for and duke university to my surprise he just my attention 1st to something quite mundane the road speaking

almost like 50 micrograms off of dust which was picking up just when that activity was happening ron extra vice monitors fine particles in the air including something called b m $2.00 which is smaller than the weight of human hair this tiny particle is a mighty healer it has been linked to nearly 3000000 deaths around the world in 2017 but more than half of them occurring in china and india. although the indian government disputes mortality figures to. directly linked to absolution b m 4.5 are the most harmful pollutants to humans you know it goes deeper than the body it settles in the lungs and over an extended you ration you know it definitely caused all the respiratory problems while many disorders people like walk faster but the people who are actually doing the work they're exposed to this on an extended duration day after day. there's more to delhi's application than just to go

dusted. and so we set off to take measurements around the 6 x. 7 right now we have quite a bit here or there the field $2.00 level here is higher than 60 in the last 24 hour scandal how much of a problem is that if you know. the rate of actually called about 30 to 35 percent of families where you should wake up going over to unless it is regulated or keep going. with around $10000000.00 vehicles fighting for space in delhi's crowded streets it's unavoidable and sadly ironic that among those we knew them last summer to convict him on the city's policing crisis. i'm a 26 year old new delhi resident about 6 months ago i got diagnosed with stage 4 met a static lung cancer. priyanka jin is a digital marketing consultant an only child she lives with her mother in south

delhi the right lung is completely damaged the cancer has spread so much that it's just not visible on extra hands it's less than a year ago she used to drive for an hour and a half one way to get to her office nearly 25 kilometers away. now many of her journeys to and from the hospital the city's evolution has been a significant contribution to my health issue it was very very difficult because i was you know working i was living my daily life i was happy and then all of a sudden i started experiencing these breathing issues i would go breathless and then one day i was hospitalized i still feel that. i'm not sure

if i would even make it for the new year and i don't know how many how many days do i have. think about it is pretty evident that she's too young to have any cancer at all and then to have a longer answer which is classically related to smoking is almost impossible to with priyanka as dr need a she wrote again has been on colleges in delhi for the past 7 years he's noticed a rise in the lung cancer among his patients we used to talk about smoking go back every day for 25 years causes cancer or any sex so it's quite obvious that that may not be able to use their gums to chemical industries somebody who's exposed well she's not exposed to dark either then you start thinking of family history and she doesn't have the idea that you have to stop and. pollution actually be your reasons for

a cancer somebody dark young there's enough evidence in the world that pollution can go dark and i really wonder if that was the main chord to be a true fact of if so then it could be in accord with the latest state of global air report on air quality and health it states that 33 percent of lung cancer deaths in india can be attributed. living in a city like delhi you're directly what are you doing it in him being. when all look and serve. not for one. or do you been doing this for years together i can not see or stop it and say that's katie. and rhonda kids means some more disturbing news in the past 6 months he has put monitors in 15 of. the city he's noticed high levels of pollution even young hospitals in

a neighborhood where i grew up. this is bad news for patients to risk of having respiratory ailments from the air that they breathe is very high for you know places like these it is particularly more important to make sure that the air is far more cleaner. it also helps explain why we could see a lot of nebulized and mosques being sold around us people used to buy headache. pain killers buying breathing about it is which is becoming a medical equipment you know requiring still the unfortunate reality you know what is happening to the i don't know if. it's been shown by studies. of lung capacity in generation born and brought up in the new did cities like daily is much less than their counterparts in cities. because some of the most exposed to the cities and pollution i mean them just

a few kilometers away from where i live a poor community that helps clean up danny but is he clearly vulnerable to it's dirty and. covered up call her. name. but actually. that's a learning center run by n.g.o.s children surprise me out of their knowledge of how people eating their daily chores are but they seem to have no other choice. but to. file must still a leading cause of household and the indian government has made

a commitment to replace the. with gas and windows and $50000000.00 homes according to official figures almost $71000000.00 have benefited from this so far but many of the poorest communities like these have yet to be reached. and that the. being here has made me realize that denny's application comes from many sources big and small. it's all made worse by the city's unique job of food and atmospheric conditions but lucian from other areas gets blown here and then gets trapped. what is surprising is that the fight for clean air was 1st spotted decades ago and cautiously won but experts.