next call was in washington discussing a deal this also gives donald trump a convenient political out if the situation on the border does not improve that he can say this is not our problem this is mexico's and he may well raise the issue of tide of sigyn because the talents for the moment are only suspended not completely cancelled all the u.s. and mexico have called the agreement a success there is trying to reach america see the deal very differently john heilemann has more from tapachula in the state of chap us on the mexican border with question marks. what on earth the united states and mexico but both celebrating the new agreement mexico's avoided the threatens us terrorists the us has the promise mexico will tighten its borders. it's been sold as a trial by both sides but there's bound to be a human cost and these people may be it central americans trying to get through mexico to the u.s.

and cool it up in the crackdown the president trying to push for in the couple of hours we spent at the mix can checkpoint 5 groups who are detained. many like honduran manuel say that the end demick violence and chronic poverty in their homelands means there's little choice but to flee if i let you know that it's the situation here organized crime there's no work the americans the whole lot we can't do that but he and his family will now most likely be headed back home and this is just the beginning because national guard are being deployed to the border to. mexico's rode out that kind of blanket security before and it's led to migrants taking even more dangerous and isolated routes. what tamal until fellow is still recovering from his own taste of the people smugglers squeezed him and some 50 others into a truck standing up and drove it through mexico's mountainous backroads it plunged

into a ravine killing 25 people on medicare when i woke up and heard that 6 of my friends from the community had died 3 of whom i had gone to school with i was very sad the solution many would say is to simply stay home and the new agreement does include a plan to development in central american countries so that people don't have to leave but the presidents of honduras el salvador and guatemala themselves have been virtually silent during this crisis and without their support their countrymen could be forgiven for thinking that in this new deal they've been left on their own john home and i'll just say that up until the mexico. still to come indian prime minister narendra modi expresses solidarity as the 1st world leader to visit sri lanka since the easter sunday attacks. and hoofing media in yemen said the rebels have launched several drones targeting saudi arabia.

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i know if i have the data to prove a. witness on al-jazeera. going to one of the top stories here now to syria at least 3 people have been killed in sudan during the 1st day of a general strike and call for civil disobedience in response to a violent crackdown by the military. has been violence in hong kong as police try to break up groups of protesters following a mass rally organizers say more than a 1000000 people took part in the demonstration to oppose a controversial extradition bill. the libyan coast guard says it's rescued more

than 500 refugees trying to reach europe since the beginning of june. india's prime minister has become the 1st foreign needed to visit sri lanka since the easter sunday bombings and ramadi has paid homage to the victims and agreed to step up corp to prevent future attacks we know from and as has more from columbia. a firsthand look at one of the main targets of the easter sunday bombings for indian prime minister narendra modi he's the 1st world leader to visit children since the attacks and stopped its announced a nice church in colombo on his way in from the airport worshippers had packed this church for easter sunday service on the 21st of april the 1st of 7 suicide bombers launched his attack here within minutes 3 churches and 3 hotels had been targeted killing more than 250 people and injuring hundreds more. 10 indians were among the

45 tourists killed. it's a 3rd visit here for the indian leader who had a ceremony and welcome including a 21 gun salute despite the view reince india is probably probably going to pick up more assertive role as far as its regional influence is concerned and this is part of more he has said his visit is to express india's solidarity with sri lanka's government and people in mind just be a force stop in sri lanka but analysts say prime minister narendra modi's visit sends an important message that things are getting back to normal 6 weeks after the easter sunday carnage politics is a different story present mighty by the city and prime minister brown a vicar missing her may have come together for more this visit but they continue to disagree on a number of issues their latest battleground the special parliamentary select committee set up to investigate the easter bombings the president has sacked his

intelligence chief and says he want to allow any serving officers to testify before the committee the indian prime minister highlighted what he calls a neighborhood 1st policy by choosing the maldives and sri lanka for his 1st foreign visit after his reelection observers say it's a policy that is likely to shape regional relations in future years when a finance jazeera colomba. cutter's foreign minister shaikh mohammed bin of the rahman funny says he's urging iran and the united states to work towards a compromise after weeks of rhetoric and hostility tensions arisen since washington reimposed economic sanctions on iran after withdrawing from the iran nuclear deal feel on iran has unveiled a new air defense system which it says is capable of targeting fighter jets and drones it says the technology called 15 called god can handle 6 targets at once.

who the media in yemen say the rebels have launched several drones targeting saudi arabia in a tweet they said they were trying to hit military facilities in the airport near the yemeni border has been no confirmation of this from the saudi government lavender lot of has more from santa. confirmed media outlets have. international airports with the key to. its kind of. phones for drone that has been. claimed that the has been domestically made by the whole of these this kind of. big big distraction especially has been used to different areas and also. that has also closed. among. the military there so the. key

has according to how the hold these has had its targets this is not the 1st time for the whole of these 2 to launch drone attacks on international airports the say that this. response that this report is being used to launch air strikes against yemen so be considered as a legitimate targets thousands of syrians have attended a funeral for a prominent rebel figure who died fighting government forces on saturday mourners sang lyrics by abdel baset as a root a former football star who became known as the singer of the revolution. a procession character which body into problems. i suppose in kazakstan show the interim president has won 70 percent of the vote in sunday's election qassim draw much talk i-f.

is said to be the 1st new leader in 30 years but some opposition groups say the vote was unfair at least 500 people have been arrested after police and protesters clashed on election day from university walker reports in the capital no assault on . i was this was no it's the electoral turn outs the old thirty's wanted disorder in kazakstan capital turn and 2nd city almaty was. there we caught the vote protestors cried because they do not believe this election office them a real choice. some said they supported the democratic choice of kazakstan a band political party. with the reasons for i'm not afraid because i've had enough i've been living without a home in temporary accommodation for 13 years i'm fed up others said they wanted freedom to demonstrate because unsanctioned protests are illegal in classic started

only just the election is unfair it's all been decided already it's not like attend choices as they are all on its own like the circus was the cry police now working their way down the central street the protesters in front of me they are trying to say heads of the police. in the vicinity of the crowds are being seized. but it's really getting it's a could if the situation. was good that there. was this was the image the authorities wanted to project an orderly participation by the electorate in a peaceful transition of power. as a boy of the man who ran kazakstan for nearly 30 years has stepped into retirement

although he retained significant powers as chairman for the life of the country's security council is chosen successor kassim george takei of his own cause to take over what is your specific message to those individuals who are camped. more democracy and rights in this country those individuals who've been detained are advised all the law enforcement agencies to be tolerant to size restraint but any serious violations of our law of course will not be tolerated but at the same time i urge all the young people. on the same level. exercise restraint to be tolerant to the power to the government a rare acknowledgement because it's deserved more political freedom that didn't

stop the detentions kazakstan has never seen an election day quite like this before robin for a steelworker al-jazeera though so tied up well are always new president has thanked his supporters it a victory rally after days of anti-government protests in the country beat a majority of vowed not to refurbish claims in schools damaged during the opposition demonstrations claiming his political rivals for the destruction. police used tear gas on thursday to break up the protesters demanding material his resignation. and the 6 people have died during the latest round of heavy rainfall across china nearly 1000000 people across 45 counties have been affected by the downpour as much as 200 millimeters of trench all rain fell in is china's jancsi province over the weekend alone whether analysts will cast rains will move across to the south west to southwestern china in the coming days iraqi archaeologists say

they need urgent help to preserve artifacts from what was the ancient kingdom of babylon many of its sites have been neglected because of years of conflict joss travelled to travel to avalon to find out more. on the capital city of an empire that reached its peak on the king neb you could around 2600 years ago this road led to the tower of babel archaeologists say the walls were once adorned with blue ceramic designs the babylonian god murdoch rides along the famous ishtar gate king maybe couldn't is his name is carved in qunu form a writing around 5000 years old and some of the bricks the southern palace was rebuilt on the original foundations and completed around 20 years ago but a lot of the restoration work is complicated to preservation efforts concrete has forced moisture insult up into the ancient foundations the water table is high

because a tributary of the euphrates river is close by bricks late in the 1980 s. to reinforce some walls have made archaeological investigations difficult. problems include the shifting heavy populated areas close by we need a vast plan of excavation the remaining archaeology needs sustainable preservation because the archaeological material is being heavily eroded rising above the site perched on top of a manmade hill is a palace built for a man who often identified himself with the babylonian kings saddam hussein's sama policies an eerie reminder of iraq's more recent past. the former dictator's faces carved into the palace walls. the great holes inside the empty marble walls are covered in graffiti humira on the ceiling seems the only thing not

defiled us saddam hussein was so obsessed with babylon that he built one of his policies here and it's from the palace walls that you get this incredible view of the ancient ruins it's believed that in the foreground here that's where the fabled hanging gardens of babylon were located and it's hoped that after years of petitioning by the iraqi government this site is soon going to gate world heritage status iraqi archaeologists say the government needs to demonstrate its commitment to the sustainable preservation of babylon conflicts and political instability has kept most international archaeological teams away for almost 30 years the importance of babylon goes beyond whether or not it's a world heritage property and that goes for many sites in this country the origin of civilization civilization itself of complex civilization the evidence of it is here in this country the origin of writing you know important governance itself the

kingship and the temple complex evolving over hundreds and thousands of years according to the bible god punished the babylonians for trying to build a structure to heaven and this overgrown trench is where it's believed the tower of babel once stood experts say a star archaeological investigation of babylon in the surrounding area could take centuries a site often described as the birthplace of civilization in a country that struggling to recover from its violent recent past chance trafford al-jazeera. one of the top stories in our jazeera at least 3 people have been killed in sudan during the 1st day of a general strike and call for civil disobedience it's been organized in response to a violent military crackdown on protesters the opposition is accusing the military

jointer of waging a war against the sudanese people and they say they won't stop protesting until there's a transfer to civilian rule it's just another form of this relation of nonviolent resistance. we tried going out in protests will be if they thought well if we refuse you we do not want you we want where we are what one of them are corsi what we want is a civil authority. there's been violence in hong kong as police tried to break up protesters following a mass rally organizers say more than a 1000000 people took part in the demonstration to oppose a controversial extradition bill they fear the proposed changes would allow china to target political opponents in the territory and send them to the mainland for trial the risk of people dying attempting to cross the sea to europe is at its highest ever that's according to the un's refugee agency the u.n.h.c.r. says without intervention in the mediterranean there will be

a sea of blood but libyan coast guard said it's rescued more than $500.00 refugees trying to reach europe since the beginning of june u.s. president donald trump is pushing back against media reports that his latest agreement with mexico doesn't actually contain anything new trumpet threaten to impose tariffs on all imports from mexico unless it did more to stop migrants crossing into the u.s. the white house announced the agreement on friday but their u.s. media reports that many aspects of the deal were agreed months ago. exit polls in kazakhstan show the interim president has won the 70 percent of the vote in sunday's election. took a if is said to be the 1st new leader in 30 years but some opposition groups say the vote was unfair. and iran has unveiled a new ad defense system which is says is capable of targeting fighter jets and drones says the technology called 15 core drugs can handle 6 targets at once.

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have read. that you would think it was all concepts like syria because he just isn't my. police showed me it was he was funny i. never managed. to see. i ski in syria when the bombing reached my own homes.

my home was destroyed. and i was arrested. i became a refugee. everyone in this camp came from my home town homes. i began taking photos in the camps. through the lens i wanted to show the whole world what had become of us. live together in peace. and as refugees. own lives limbo surviving. that i've been

in their lives here. and there and. then the latest is that. we didn't choose this for ourselves. taking photos helped me to express the sadness i felt. it was my way of surviving. i have an eye condition called the stage most. i see only shapes and outlines unless some 10 centimeters close. i've

had this condition since i was a child. the camera became my oyster. what the fuck i love to be the. sole. source for. the wheel. the other night when we're a little. slower. soria. thank you i've been there in the shoot. that helps. my family and i fled to the scam 3 years ago we'd applied for asylum to

canada but we'd heard nothing. we were losing hope. there are over 1000000 refugees in lebanon. many are women and children. every day i'd see them or king in the fields i thought it could be if it was this article. cannot collect a whole packet of credit in a locked in a stocking of the sort of hard to get ahead when i'm in the high you have audible hey i'm heard up there about 5 guys have a stash of pub on tablets to thaw the gist of the visit one of them were absolutely startled recollect many women are here alone. they lost their men back in

syria. the war took so much from us. our present and our future. the iran of south africa bit visual b.s. bubble that i heard a lot of smart to live sort of been going after fading and muck around election any willisville in. any but at least a moment and among others leaders who thought the death of ideology 3 or a sudden name can be for the live you climb the red bus in a very high late line and study it like the arabs are and whole of but nothing else just let the slain have sort of normal to deal with in harvest the local. rebellion the leader now had to let down many of the talk on us what must you do when you.

read the books and. time stopped for us the day we fled syria. and i could feel my dreams slipping away. then i got a phone call. well i'm very glad to hear that. it's a big honor for me. it was the canadian embassy. welcome to the kingdom the same names you mcgrath. today when you have passed the

interview you have had your case referred to us by the u.n.h.c.r. you guys are going to be going to regina. road just a good question regina is the capital of the provinces the sketch one which is located in the middle of canada. beautiful stars when you arrive it will be spring time so you'll see flowers and animals good. beautiful start for me you can see for miles you'll be able to receive treatment for your eye i noticed that you had difficulty in the bright light will definitely be able to see a doctor in canada. everyone has access to a physician. sauce

so. it was i will last 11 on. the last time we traveled we were escaping the bombs in syria. but. after all they cared about was my high school certificate it was my only chance to get to university where you could avoid the worst of it.

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does the nation in canada. i didn't know what to expect. this is a city of big dreams and big believers. superstars who are extraordinary and ordinary at the same time or in china. it looks beautiful what was it depends on you. the.