if hundreds of them are countercultural in fact i mean i don't know the reason i'm here is to avoid potential iran must play a constructive role in the region japan will not give up i hope today's visit will be a 1st step in achieving the goal of stability in this region japan has long been an ally of iran it bought over $2000000000.00 worth of oil from tehran last year but since u.s. sanctions were introduced it has stopped. and that is why hasn't heinies asking the japanese prime minister to convey the message to the u.s. government that economic war will not help bring iran to the negotiating table the best thinking wrong expects from his. prime minister is to tell the americans that. what is your hours expectations. for any kind of you know possible to new talks between the 2 sides as a non signatory to the 2015 nuclear agreement japan has a unique vantage point it is seen as an outside party that could try to deescalate

tensions in this region with all the diplomatic activity that's been taking place here in the past week it is clear that the international community is on a mission to try and ease tensions between the united states and iran but none of the efforts by foreign powers have so far managed to make a difference and it is too early to tell if the visit by japan's prime minister will be more successful dorsets a party al-jazeera to iran well u.s. president donald trump says his strategy of keeping iran under pressure is working in jordan explains. u.s. officials were paying close attention to the high level meeting between the iranian president and his japanese counterpart in tehran on wednesday but the u.s. special envoy for iran affairs brian hook told al-jazeera that the u.s. is not particularly alarmed by what shinzo abbay said during his visit prime minister obey did land in iran today we've been highly coordinated with the prime

minister he and the president spoke in a few times and so he's there to try to do his part he did today call on iran to play a constructive role in the region which is not a role that it has played to date. so we are going to continue our campaign of maximum economic pressure because we want to iran to make better decisions and we have seen i think very positive effect from our pressure campaign also on wednesday the u.s. president donald trump said that pulling out of the iran nuclear deal was the right thing to do that the maximum pressure campaign on iran is having a negative impact on the iranian economy and may induce terror hard to return to the negotiating table but if washington is serious about negotiating it doesn't appear at least publicly that much has been invested in preparations for any such talks. well there's plenty more ahead on this news hour including they skate to

violence and poverty in their countries but now children seeking asylum in the u.s. are facing abuse and former. russian opposition politician alexina valley is among hundreds of protesters arrested during the anti corruption rally in moscow and in the sports with peta defending champions of stray and pakistan the cricket world cup. now the saudi m.r.c. coalition fighting in yemen is promising to retaliate after a missile attack by the rebels on a saudi airport the coalition says the projectile described by the group these as a cruise missile hit to the arrivals hall of course that's north of the border alexey o'brien reports. these pictures a said to show the damage where flights were disrupted for several hours saudi state t.v. says the airport was back up and running soon after the attack carried out by hooty

rebels in neighboring yemen the head of the saudi immorality coalition that's fighting the rebels called it a terrorist attack on a civilian target which could be considered a war crime the whole thing is targeting civilians on purpose on the blindly they want to put to. a player a week of the player a dirty player in the region because you know targeting civilian targets is very bad. but the who these insist they have the right to defend themselves saying by launched a cruise missile after years of bombings by the coalition and an air and sea blockade they're tempted aid access dana. we've identified 300 enemy strategic targets every day we have a goal and we will not rush to bomb all the targets today we carried out how threat and promise. the whose they say they hit and disable the airports taua

the stepped up missile and drawing attacks across the border in recent wakes and have made advances on strategic locations inside saudi arabia they can target easily a lot of headquarters you know airports important bases military bases so basically that is attending dynamic of the this kind of going war in yemen saudi arabia has been at war with the who has these in yemen since 2015 the kingdom accuses iran of arming the rebels which iran denies the u.s. says the attack is another attempt by tehran to destabilize the region these provocative actions mark a new evolution in the threat around poses to the region to our partners and to our own national security. the conflicts already caused the deaths of tens of thousands of people the u.n. spokesman says he's deeply concerned we urge all parties to prevent any further

such further incidents which risk escalating the current situation pose a serious threat to the national and regional security and undermine the un led political process. but the saudis are already promising stern action with the who he is reporting bombing in civilian areas and except run al-jazeera. now both democrats and republicans in the us are trying to block on sales to saudi arabia last month the government declared a national security emergency citing growing threats from iran to justify an $8000000000.00 weapons sale alan fischer has the details very very well and donald trump has been keen to flaunt his big arms deal with saudi arabia but his reports emerged of u.s. made weapons being used by the saudi military in attacks on civilians in yemen members of congress expressed their concern and alarm and it looked as if any seals would run into serious opposition and could be blocked so the state department declared it an emergency and authorized the seals anyway in

a congressional hearing one of my top lieutenants insisted an increased threat from iran will justify the decision by providing a deterrent against hostile actions this transfer lowers the risk of a broader conflict among the weapons approved for sale precision guided missiles like those used in the attack on a school bus in yemen in august last year more than 40 children were killed so the planes fired american bombs one congressman claimed that seal wasn't about defense against regional rivals the vast majority arms the administration wants to sell with respect to this transaction are offensive weapons correct. it's not limit to that there's a statement they didn't say limited the vast majority are offensive weapon there are offensive weapons there are sustainment package but that aspect you already are offensive isn't that correct sar a number of them are offensive house republicans were measured in their response to the decision to sidestep congress but stopped short of criticizing the president

for pushing through the sales but one democrat wanted to know how big a rule his advisor and son in law had played in the sales was he involved not in the emergency declaration it's very much what i am certain daily and the question i was at a tough question it's not this ongoing in the in charge out of my peace. process he's got a direct line to the saudi leadership u.s. president donald trump has already vetoed congressional efforts to limit u.s. military support in yemen and refused to impose sanctions after the murder of washington post columnist jamal khashoggi in the city consulate in istanbul members of the house are to table for so-called resolutions of disappointment to try to stop the deal going ahead in the senate next week they'll consider 22 similar resolutions it's a sign of the growing cross party anger at the current state of u.s. so do relations and the ongoing situation in yemen but that anger still is unlikely

to be enough to stop the seal going ahead alan fischer al jazeera washington. now lawyers in the u.s. a migrant children are being mistreated and held illegally in a florida detention center they calling for the facility which houses more than 2000 children to be closed and it claims it's run like a military account and you got to get reports. every day this small group of demonstrators stands outside the homestead migrant facility in florida. they come to show their support for migrant children being held here without their parents over the fence more than 2000 children mostly teenagers live in what's called a temporary influx center marty levin describes himself as the original witness he was the 1st wave of protesters to come here 4 months ago and what's become a growing group everyone who has any bit of empathy. will come down here and give encouragement and love to the children we have signs big red hearts

and we wave it to the children and they wave back to us the homestead facility is the largest of its kind in the country and the only one run by a corporation the private for profit company that runs this facility says the safety and welfare of unaccompanied minors is their top priority a recent. documents paint a different picture campaigners say it's run like a military camp children are not allowed to touch each other and there are green reported cases of self harm the average stay for a child here is 67 days of protests as far as they know of one case of a child that's been here for 9 months without their parents lawyers and children's rights advocates say they're attempting to have this facility shut down because they say causes psychological damage to the kids and violates child welfare standards making permanent trauma p.t.s.d. increased incidence of suicide but also will have physical impacts increased incidence of high blood pressure of cardiac disease of cancer things you would

never associate with psychological trauma but it is real. what to look for a deal or cruise works for a nonprofit involved in the legal battle to close the homestead facility she says they're ready to fight we're not sure how long it would take we know it's going to be a long run in the long haul but. with time there's just so many other folks that are coming into the fight with us so we're building allies along the way but the u.s. the southern border unaccompanied children continue to cross most from central america in the past few weeks a comprehensive health services of issued licenses for 3 permanent shelters in texas even as criticism of the treatment of children grows and agalloch rogers era homestead florida well we can speak to katherine hampton who is an asylum metric program officer have physicians for human rights and she joins us now on skype from new york catherine in the work that you've been doing you've been visiting various detention centers just like the one we've been hearing about tell us

a little more about what you've seen. hi 3 a thanks for having me on i represent the h.r. positions for human rights asylum network which is more than 400 clinicians around the country to conduct a valuation of the asylum seekers including children and to the ready and what are clinicians consistently tell us is that they have serious concerns about the conditions that children are being held in and that ultimately it is impossible for any detention center to be a safe place for a child and this is why there is a nearly universal consensus that children should not be detained under almost any circumstances and so we're extremely concerned about these reports that we've heard from homestead which as we've mentioned in your report is and unless realty is on federal lands it's not subject to state licensing agreements and that's not a way that we can ensure safe standards. catherine how many detention centers like this are we talking about and how many children in custody. there are about 150

permanent shelters of the office of refugee resettlement but i think what's most concerning for us are these large scale with the least like that which are housing at the moment 2500 children are being held there and you simply cannot provide safe conditions for children when you're holding them in such large scale facilities something that was reported by the offices in fact in general last year in regard to torneo a very similar to the lady was this close just last month in texas stated that they had absolutely not recruited an adequate number of health care professionals and the mission you need to help needs of the children and i don't see how that would be any different in the early unfortunately what's very concerning is the lack of transparency by the administration i just spent 3 days on capitol hill and even staff of congressional offices were telling me they find it very difficult to get numbers from the department of homeland security about how many health

professionals they have in there whether this is worthwhile station or of authority . catherine a lot of these children that we're talking about i'm making exceedingly long journeys to even get to the border what's his state of health like when they arrive and their state of mind. visions for human rights has just released a report on monday. based on a $183.00 friends because valuation conducted by our experts of child asylum seekers and what the study found is that among the children that we surveyed they had an extremely high level of mental health sign of use about 3 quarters of them with the highest the most common diagnosis in p.t.s.d. these are children who are in many cases when very severe harm and what they need in order to heal in order to exercise their natural resilience so that they can become you know happy children who are playing sports with their friends what the school is they really need access to holistic hungry has the services they need to

be in a neighborhood they need to be reunited with their family members and so that physicians for human rights strongly recommend that resources be primarily directed towards reuniting children with sponsors with extended family members who are in the community and ensure that they have access to a wide range of catherine in your opinion having spent time with these children and their families do you think hotshot policy that likely to tell them from even attempting to cross over into the u.s. . you're in a changing demographic that we haven't seen in the u.s. where is that then a big question in america you know how how do we deal with the work that actually where people are wired to come in. and what our latest study shows is that the children are clean the importance of movement to aggravated and oh so many children experience direct political power including. firearms

if you know a witness. stream by one of their parent and remember you know these are the kind of i mean you asian that are not going to be heard mentioned and you know people are not mean because you know if boy they're really mean because they feel that they have in other words they're on their way to. katharine houghton for from physicians for human rights speaking to us there from new york thanks for joining us on al-jazeera catherine. pedestrians in new york city have been facing the disturbing sight of caged mannequins representing child migrants it's part of an art installation highlighting a place on the southern u.s. border the artists and activists also shed light on the poor conditions in which many migrants are held when they're arrested after crossing from mexico police are dismantling the exhibition's almost as soon as they appear well still ahead on

al-jazeera and a bogus scare in uganda after more people tested positive with the deadly virus and then sport a 4 time champion chris froome is out of the tour de france peter will have the details. the wedding sponsored by qatar airways. hello again welcome back we have seen plenty of rain here across parts of china and taiwan over the last few days and flooding has a big bend a big problem across much of this area the thunderstorms are visible here on the satellite image in the map here on thursday not much of a change from what we have seen we're seeing some new rain though is out here towards the east anywhere from shanghai all the way down here to joe where the rain is going to be quite heavy over the next 24 hours the good news is 24 hours is pretty much it there because we are going to sing

a break in the rain but not necessarily down here along the coast so more rain for hong kong over here for taipei as well with a temper there of about $26.00 degrees well here across parts of northern thailand as well as men mar the rain has been particularly heavy across much of that area and we are going to be seeing the rain continue across much of the region over the next few days so localized flooding will be a problem there bangkok at about 32 degrees on thursday and as we go towards friday may be getting up to about 34 degrees there and then very quickly across india we have been watching our cycle make its way towards that we'll be passing that coastal area very close and the rain will continue to be a major problem there storm surge over the next few days is going to be quite dangerous and localized flooding across much of the area but for crutcher we do expect to see a temperature of $37.00. the weather. and ways global food production is wasteful and it's straining our planet. but pioneers are

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hello again i'm just. a reminder of the news this hour japan's prime minister has asked iran's leaders to abide by the 2015 nuclear deal and to play a constructive role in securing peace in the middle east also warned of an accidental conflict in the region during his 2 day visit to tehran. to fight against a controversial extradition or despite saying they won't back down tear gas pepper spray and rubber bullets were used in clashes between police and demonstrators on wednesday. and the saudi embassy coalition at war in yemen is promising retaliation for a missile attack on an airport in saudi arabia the coalition says at least $26.00

people were injured when the arrivals hall of the airport was hit. now u.s. diplomats have joined a mediation efforts to try to find a solution to saddam's political crisis washington's newly appointed special envoy donald bruce met with protest leaders in khartoum along with a top u.s. diplomat to africa to board knowledge the opposition told them the military council must be held accountable for last week's violent crackdown on demonstrators they also stressed the importance of a peaceful transfer to civilian rule as soon as possible. last friday the ethiopian prime minister arrived in khartoum and presented a mediation project we told him that we reject any direct negotiations with the military council we don't think that direct negotiations with the military council is useful the only thing we can talk about is an agreement to hand over power to a civilian authority this is what the sudanese people want well life is slowly returning to normal in parts of sudan finale at least some shops and businesses

have reopened in the capital after the opposition called off a civil disobedience campaign and agreed to resume talks with the military genter but many people are staying at home until services entering the internet are fully restored. there's no money in the bank when i came and gave my check i was told there was no money and i told me to go to the a.t.m. outside however when i went there there was also no money it turns out there was money but it finished now mali is prime minister has declared $3.00 days of national mourning for victims of monday's attack on a village which killed dozens of members of the doggone ethnic group violence between drug and farmers and matic fulani herders has claimed hundreds of lives in recent months and more attacks have since been reported in the region raising fears of an escalating cycle of violence let us talk reports from the capital.

barely visible molly and soldiers helicopters from the un peacekeeping force hovering over days after sunday's deadly attack in security forces are finally on the ground protecting what appears to be an empty ghost town and. we are angry and disappointed to alter to need to deploy most soldiers to a secure area. shortly after this interview mollen soldiers meant to protect the village chief beat him up for criticizing the government ethnic tensions continue to be high between the doggone hunters and the philosophy herders both the communities are in mourning and see things for revenge on wednesday fall on the villagers were attacked a short while later doggone villages were stormed and response president archita removed the governor of the president's call for national unity have largely been ignored well both communities may be in disagreement accusing the other 4 of these

attacks and killings they are in agreement over the lack of response of the 1000000 forces in the un peacekeeping force that are meant to protect them. as part of the un mission known as there are 14000 peacekeepers 4000 french soldiers and almost 20000 forces known as pharma. several battalions were just a few kilometers away when sunday's attack on the doggone village took place the never. have. gone chief he says despite numerous calls for help no one came to protect the villagers being attacked. no protection. by the minute. nothing. is very deplorable but that's the issue please and so it is left to these villagers to make arrangements for their own security whether full on your dog on their

arming themselves and taking justice in their own hands as the u.n. forces watch from a safe distance nicholas hawk al jazeera. and the un special envoy for mali has told the security council the killing cannot be allowed to continue. to love your loss. this hellish vicious cycle of violence must be stopped at the risk that everyone will take justice into their own hands it's necessary to emphasize the importance of the fight against immunity the glimmer of hope on the horizon cannot be transformed into a true opportunity without an acceleration in the control of the security situation especially in the center of the country. now russian media says turkey in the kremlin has broken a cease fire between government forces and rebels in syria's in a province on the ground fighting continues in as well as neighboring hama province

earlier syrian rescue workers were seen pulling out bodies from the rubble after government and russian air strikes killed at least 27 civilians on tuesday most of the victims were women and children the government's push to recapture the lost rebel strongholds has killed more than 300 people so far. turkey's president says the purchase of a russian s $400.00 air defense system is complete and it's likely to be delivered next month the u.s. has stopped training turkish if there are 5 pilots at an air base in arizona because of the purchase said i'm cacio reports from ankara. the diplomatic tension between washington and. continues to grow over is $400.00 russian missile defense systems the latest dispute was over a letter that was signed and sent by the acting defense secretary shanahan to the turkish defense minister. last week of the letters that if turkey doesn't cancel

this 400 missile deal system with the russians turkey will be out of the f. 35 fighter jet training program which turkey is also a partner in it with with a lot of companies and for more than a decade the dispute the dispute is set to have some economic consider quinces according to the american side because if turkey it doesn't cancel this so washington says that turkey will be subjected to the cuts of sanctions which which could mean billions of dollars for the turkish industry also this is very critical for the turkish economy thinking that the turkish lira has been has been going down for the last one and a health care now the world health organization has called an emergency meeting after a 5 year old boy died of ebola in uganda it's the country's 1st death from the virus since last year's outbreak in the neighboring democratic republic of congo sara harras has the latest. the family in quarantine in

a hospital in east in uganda the 5 year old boy succumbed to the virus shortly after arriving there from neighboring democratic republic of congo where his grandfather also died after contract. doctors treating the family say they've been expecting the worse this is a disaster which you ask where to where it. stops have been trained and. this is the day we showed you how to use the government going to make sure that. right. it's the news ugandans have been dreading for months confirmed by the minister of health to journalists at a media briefing in the capital kampala before the boy's death the ministry of health the world organization and the center for disease control have dispatched a rapid response team to classes to support the teams who are on the ground to continue with the various activities including contact tracing and case management

. uganda has been on high alert for the last 10 months since the outbreak in the eastern d.r. scene where 2000 congolese have contract at the virus and 1400 have died in the 2nd worst ebola epidemic on record. 8 people in contact with the family have been identified the ugandan authorities will vaccinate all contacts and ensure all health professionals and the district are vaccinated to the last outbreak of ebola in uganda was 7 years ago then it strained an already overstretched health system this time the government wants to contain the virus much more quickly uganda have a long history of what we bowled out good in knowledge there. so with a well coordinated. intervention and with funding this should be possible to where to contain this virus the government's launching an

emergency vaccination campaign to immunize doctors and health workers on the frontline as well as anyone who's come into contact with the infected boy the hope is to stop the virus spreading and prevent an already alarming situation becoming less so to hide out and jazeera. police in russia have to taint hundreds of protesters including opposition politician alexina valley there after a rally demanding punishment for police officers who arrested a journalist that journalist even dollar has since been freed stepped out and has more from moscow. one by one they were arrested randomly taken from the crowd thousands of people took part in the protests in the center of moscow despite government warning still really illegal police are detaining protesters one by one now. and they bring them to the police truck bands of those have been arrested so far the protest has been called illegal

because demonstrators didn't get approval in time takes time days at least here in russia to get the permission for a demonstration so the police has from the beginning ordered everyone to leave they said this is an awful rights protest but the protesters are defiant. girl not arrest last week. outcry even in russia tightly controlled state media this uprising released on tuesday didn't stop people from taken to the street. despite the fact that ivan was released they haven't changed the legislation haven't reforms the police what is the difference even if one particular case something went well overall it doesn't change anything. because the issue hasn't been solved it's still here and tomorrow they can plant drugs the same way to my children relatives or colleagues. opposition leader alexei nothing on the who was

released from his latest detention only last october was arrested as well. as been investigating and revealing corruption cases inside the moscow government was released on tuesday night because of a lack of evidence an unprecedented u. turn by authorities in a country with a nearly 100 percent conviction rate and the history of framing opponents in. these protests is fear that his release has not changed anything they say today's police crackdown shows just that and not all rally is expected at the end of the week stop fast and al-jazeera. now the u.k. is conservative members of parliament will soon vote for a new party leader the 1st round of polling takes place on thursday and contenders have been setting out their agendas parents meet reports. incoming here's the man who the bookmakers think is going to be the next prime minister crazy fun loving boris johnson former mayor of london and foreign secretary. and ladies' man short

on attention to detail but long the ability to work a crowd. johnson's entire argument is that nigel farage is new bricks it is so undermining the conservative that it isn't delivered as soon as possible that the tory party faces destruction. but does johnson do his rivals jeremy hunt the current foreign secretary or michael gove the eloquence environment secretary actually know how to do bricks it's any better than to reason mated they've been wrong for 3 years. now so they don't stand up to scrutiny i think it's not necessarily intended to stand up to its baby intended to .