new trains today. extensive metro system remain closed a show of defiance by the trade unions and inconvenience for many passengers trying to get to work oh my yes we just saw numbers and also should feel we called our manager and asked if they could send a card to take us to the office if we don't make it to work they'll be a deduction from our salary telling but thanks for the money it's important to protest against the pension reform but they should plan something that won't disturb everyone. bankers teachers and all workers also join the industrial action in towns and cities across brazil going to look at the total we are fighting for our futures and for the next generations future we want to retire with dignity. to love you that's ok well i don't think we know the government is not sensitive to this kind of protest but we want politicians to hear us anyway. roads were blocked here in law as well as in rio de janeiro in cities in the north the strike better observed in some places than in others. resident both from outer came to office 5

of the months ago promising radical reform to burst brazil's ailing economy sacrifices he said what hope to be made to the bears the brunt of those sacrifices is what this dispute is all about that. these workers around them and it should not be them the rich and big business they say should pay their taxes. we work of 44 awake one of the highest in the world also in many poor regions of brazil life expectancy is 6364 years old they want to rise the pension age to 65 but many will be dead by the end that's why we're against this proposal. the government says reform is essential to modernize a bloated financial system a make brazil more competitive. the unions say those cuts will hit the public sector the workers hardest with brazil heading for recession they say this is a fight it's a need. just be gone. down the road to 00. 0 to come here

not just here including a city of protesters we look at how hong kong found its voice against mainland china. hidden away the migrants being kept by the u.s. government in what's been called a concentration camp in the states. and i bet the heavy rain is trying to pull away from parts of north america now has been tracking its way north woods over the northeastern parts of the states and off into the eastern parts of canada and it's gradually going to continue northwards as we head through the next day i say still dragging its feet further south they say for some of us in florida we're going to stick around with that what weather as we head through the next few days as that system clears away that we're just seeing more wet weather begin to push into the great lakes region there as we head through

the day on saturday and that's around on sunday we'll also be throwing a few showers towards the south as well and some of these could turn out to be a bit nasty texas and oklahoma towards the west fine for most of it say seattle up at 24 so a woman day for us l.a. $22.00 before the towards the south a mess that line of thunderstorms over florida so it's going to be affecting us in the bahamas and through cuba as well and generally speaking to the south of that it's quite humid and it's quite hot so there are a few showers around lots of showers particularly heavy ones here over parts of costa rica panama and into parts of colombia a bit further south in the clouds also began to put itself together every part of argentina as well so it looks rather way here as it does through positive miracle i most of cloud for the north of repose of brazil into paraguayan as well and staying what for sunday.

for 30 years the red cross has provided a lifeline for afghanistan's physically disabled one i want to meet 3 remarkable people risking their lives to help to decide to in afghanistan on al jazeera. welcome back a quick amount of our top stories here this hour the u.s. president has dismissed iran's denial that it had anything to do with the tanker explosions in the gulf of oman washington released video to back up its claims but

germany says it's inconclusive u.k. census almost certain a branch of the iranian military was involved. the world health organization has stopped short of calling this part of a bone an international emergency more than 1400 people have died of the virus in the democratic republic of congo since august profiteers it could spread to uganda of the 2 people died there this week. parts of brazil have come to a standstill during a nationwide strike against proposed pension reforms if approved the minimum retirement age would be raised and workers' contributions increased. now a court in britain will decide next february if a judge in a song should be extradited to the united states we can expound as wanted in the u.s. for conspiring to hack government computers and leaking thousands of secret documents john hall reports. julian assange watched via video link as the date was set for his extradition hearing the wiki leaks founder said to be in poor health

and serving a 50 week sentence for bail violations would have to wait until february 2020 for a full hearing on the u.s. request this case raises such fundamental questions about freedom of speech we heard in court today it's an outrageous affront to journalistic protections and on that basis we would certainly hope that no journalist or publisher would be extradited said in court the 18 county u.s. department of justice indictment was read out charges including government computer hacking and the soliciting and publishing of classified information they relate to the publication in 2010 of hundreds of thousands of secret u.s. military documents to do with the wars in iraq and afghanistan. the charges the indictment reads relate to a songes alleged role in one of the largest compromises of classified information in the history of the united states his supporters of course disagree already we've

had the report by the united nations special at the time told scott explaining how the long period of time he's been subjected psychological torture and he's paying the effects of that he's cutting down the space we feel for this man. up putting his his own self interest aside with his walk gave this gift of knowledge to the people was. the goal that goes up here among supporters on to the massages for the u.k. government to step in and block his extradition to the united states while earlier this week the home secretary sajid javid signed off on that request warning it legitimate saying it was right but mistress on trial is in u.k. custody now and making it clear that the government's position is that this is a decision so only now for the courts. in april julian assange was. ject id from the ecuadorian embassy where he sought refuge for 7 years following a swedish extradition request on charges of rape in 2012 with

a court date set and a legal battle ahead. several months away yet from finding out whether he'll have to answer u.s. charges in a u.s. court showdown al-jazeera london the government may be wavering in its support for a new law to allow extraditions to mainland china another mass demonstration is planned on sunday to stop the bill becoming a final reading of the bill was scheduled for next week but the government's divided over whether to delay it an advisor to government leader kerry says legislators should stop discussing the bill because of the level of opposition. takes a look back at previous protests and while many say these different. in 1997 when hong kong was handed over from british control to china agreements were made certain liberties were to stay until 2047 like freedom of speech and an independent judiciary. but under president xi jinping beijing has rapidly exerted

more mainland power over hong kong a move to change the electoral system in 2014 brought thousands of students onto the streets and what became known as the umbrella movement they occupied central hong kong for 11 weeks in leicestershire was one of the leaders several of his fellow leaders are serving prison sentences if you go to just them and he's now an assistant to a pro-democracy member of the legislative council with widespread public opposition to the government's push for a new law allowing extradition to mainland china he says the current protests are very different to what happened 5 years ago when we look at the umbrella movement and it's. something random circumstances but in this time hong kong people are prepared to come out and protest people more prepared and the time that than ever in annie's sankoh born history something here

in hong kong universe that you won't see anywhere on mainland china a memorial of the massacre in tiananmen square in fact the largest gathering of people in hong kong before these recent protests took place just after that massacre 30 years ago this month kind of did point out that there historically hong kong is known as a city of protesters but many say this latest round has a specific goal blocking the extradition bill in this case and even though the opposition to extradition that was about much more than just the bill that is the clear target in many ways i think what's happening now is a little more focused. many here say the umbrella movement fail. its drive to push back against greater control by beijing and with protesters preparing for sunday's new march against extradition many are determined this time things will be different it's got harder al-jazeera own code. thousands of protesters gathered in the algerian capital for the 17th week in

a row this time to celebrate their arrest of officials linked to the ousted president of the disease but several former officials and businessmen were taken into custody as part of a larger corruption case they expire minister was also arrested wednesday protesters are demanding the removal of what they call the clan of beautifully. mexico says it will tighten security at dozens of border crossings as part of efforts to stem the flow of migrants into the united states footage filmed by al-jazeera shows convoys of trucks carrying migrants to a town along the guatemala mexico border low security and people smuggling operations of turn the area into a crossing point for thousands. the u.s. government says its border patrol agents on detention centers are overwhelmed with more than 140000 guns crossing the southern border last month well now there's evidence some migrants are being held outdoors in the summer heat without access to basic services to report from el paso texas. 3 months ago the u.s.

government kept migrants who had recently crossed the border locked under a bridge the makeshift camp closed after public outcry but in recent weeks and new one has appeared no longer under the shaded bridge that glared under public scrutiny but rather hidden from sight under the glare of the sun i'm going to use the phrase concentration camp these photos were taken by neil rosen dorf a government professor who says he discovered the camp after walking through an unlocked gate they were all busy in their twenty's and thirty's were able to scrounge for themselves. or sheets. pieces. that. just concocted together in order to provide themselves with a little bit of shade the area is not accessible to the public the government wouldn't allow journalists in either all you can see from here are the tops of the

tan tarps beneath them people hidden from sight al-jazeera secretly shot video shows the camp through the slats of a nearby pedestrian bridge thousands of people walk past each day most unaware of the migrants who are just outside earshot they had been in there for about a month 30 days and more that they had not washed once they had not been given any access to facilities at all the entire time that they were in there a government spokesman did not answer questions about the camp's condition and number of detainees but said in a statement during the current crisis u.s. border patrol has. had to take extraordinary measures to ensure the safety of our agents and those in our custody as such and to avoid severe overcrowding of u.s. border patrol temporary holding facilities every available space which provides both freedom of movement safety and security for those in our custody are used as

necessary what we are seeing the systemic by ole shows of human rights in the past we would argue that. some bad apples some bad 18 so but officers that were just mistreating people today the mistreatment has become part of the systemic strategic . problem the ngo border network for human rights says it's never before encountered such widespread abuse and neglect at u.s. border facilities and government inspectors themselves have documented dangerous overcrowding the conditions have contributed to illnesses and deaths and continue to deteriorate heidi joe castro al-jazeera el paso texas the mayor of paris is awarded honorary citizenship to the saudi out of as mood in recognition of advocacy for human rights that was among a group of female activists arrested last year in saudi arabia for campaigning to

end the ban on women driving in the kingdom. iraq's vast oil wealth once paid for some of the best health services in the middle east but decades of conflict and political unrest have contributed to what the government admits crisis in hospitals . report is particularly bad an oil rich bad province where people have long complained of government neglect. could there was diagnosed with leukemia 11 months ago. she is 4 years old. her father brings her to this government cancer hospital in basra for chemotherapy treatment but the drugs needed to keep her along it are often in short supply and. we don't know whether she will get better i'm very afraid because i see many children who come to this hospital dying of cancer the number of chemotherapy sessions varies each month but sometimes we have to delay coming because there is no bed of

a level. around 70 children are being treated for cancer in buses children's hospital. experts say pollution from surrounding oilfields is one of the reasons why basra has the highest rate of cancer in iraq iraq used to have some of the best hospitals and medical expertise in the middle east but decades of war conflict and political instability means those days are long gone the situation at this cancer hospital is so bad that doctors here say they have to rely on cash donations to buy up to 75 percent of the chemotherapy medicine they need every month. patients a health services are particularly bad in southern iraq basra is the largest oil producing region in the country but there's little sign of petro dollars spending at hospitals like this one people in basra have along the complained of neglect of what they say is corruption and financial mismanagement by the federal government

in baghdad. protesters set fire to the provincial council building during demonstrations last year at least 30 people were killed during the un rest against the lack of services doctors say they often can't provide the basic needs for one. we're facing a crisis in so many levels become provide chemotherapy treatment fast enough it's not always available it's expensive in getting it involves a lot of red tape we also need more trained medical staff at the regional government in pastoral says federal government leaders in baghdad must do more they 7 mr and there hasn't been enough financial support from the federal government for many years this year we were allocated 2.8 percent of the federal budget and that's nowhere near enough and we need a better share of sector revenues or things won't improve. in the hospital is a mural called the tree of life showing photos of children who were treated here

and survived the government in baghdad which in recent years has struggled to cope with the battle against eisel has promised to do more to help doctors say that if it doesn't then many more cancer victims like fatima will die chance trafford al-jazeera basra. don't forget you can catch up with all the news on our website there it is on your screen the address al-jazeera dot com. look at the headlines here on al-jazeera the u.s. president has dismissed iran's denial that it had anything to do with the explosions in the gulf on thursday the u.s. released a video to back up its claims but germany said it was inconclusive speaking to fox news donald trump called iran a nation of terror. we were being very tough for the sanctions. when i came

into office they were a absolute terror nation of terror and they've changed a lot since i've been president i can tell you they were unstoppable and now we're in deep deep trouble and they've been told in very strong terms then we want to get them back to the table if they want to go back i'm ready when they are saudi state media reporting and strikes against yemeni targets by the saudi led coalition according to the report the strikes hit the military targets and defense systems in the capital. earlier a military spokesman for the who is warn people to stay away from airports in saudi arabia and the u.a.e. . the rebels have targeted saudi arabia's. airport twice this week saudi officials say they foiled friday's attack by intercepting drones aimed at the airport near the yemen border. the world health organization has stopped short of calling the spread of a bone an international emergency more than 1400 people have died of the virus in

the season's over just fears it could spread to uganda the 2 people died this week parts of brazil have come to a standstill during a 24 hour nationwide strike against proposed pension reforms if approved the minimum retirement age will be raised and workers contributions increased. mexico's says it will tighten security at dozens of border crossings as part of efforts to stem the flow of migrants into the united states footage filmed by al-jazeera shows convoys of trucks carrying migrants to a town along the guatemala mexico border. powers awarded only citizenship to the. moon in recognition of advocacy for human rights among a group of female activists arrested last year in saudi arabia and the ban on women driving those were the headlines the news continues on al-jazeera after one such

a lot of. stories generate thousands of headlines with different angles from different perspectives to separate the spin from the facts with the listening post. it's a fact treated. as a day 6 days a week to work here is financed and furious but it's not because all machines that they building it's bodies one percent that it can be in at the time. this is the great cross is all to peter center in afghanistan has been a lifeline for people with disabilities victims of a strike as accidents and congenital illness but no matter how many limbs they make the patients keep coming. one on one east meets the remarkable

people risking their lives to help the disabled in war torn afghanistan. sunday morning in the afghan capital kabul. it's the start of the working week. and the busiest day at the red cross is both a p.d. and physical rehabilitation center. hundreds of patients have come for treatment some have traveled for days risking landmines and taliban checkpoints to get sleep . inside physiotherapist karim cho is doing her best to calm the newest patient ok they know because they go to

cut off that. 6 year old you surf hasn't walked for months ever since he was injured in the houston run car crash they all the by him i now go made. they all the behave the. way it ended up the why not go. by all of them using. his grandmother says he's already been through several painful surgeries he's now terrified of doctors know all about her cargo whatever. it is the model of a bitch got in either the one other boss my mother and others out the top of having a lock on. because i never look well higher cause i doubt he's a ducky. you know that. it's kareem is job to help you save from iraq again but it won't be easy. god going after him out there

that are already there was i'm other than are we are these are mother these are what his legs are a mangled mess but she's more worried about the scars she can't see the child is very sad because. father tyler they walk and they it and i apply but he's always that thing on the wheelchair. things maybe you know i walk. home. despite his injuries yousif is very lucky outside we meet his 16 year old isra who'd lost his leg in the same accident. he knew so for waiting for a bus home from the market when a speeding car plowed into them when he came when you know i was in a room. the driver tried to break but the car started flipping us over what

you saw of was hit and went flying into the ditch i'm awkward to all of them marches on doesn't look good. i was pulled below the car and my leg went under the wheels still only on the mother's car. but the logical question when i tried to pull it i saw blood pouring out it was everywhere all over my clothes i started screaming my leg humping my leg. is translate was completely save it but his worst fee is we feed you so if you support our kids yusuf was in the children's hospital pharmacy and he went into a coma for $6.00 days the exam there was only a 5 percent chance that he'd survive it. are you i was crying a lot for you son out or no i thought he was definitely gonna. my family started to bring me pictures of him every day to prove that he was still alive 3 acuminata.

ever since there is trial hasn't taken his eyes off his nephew on. august. use of small souls are so weak that he's going to need leg braces to help him stand. people get. you which he really doesn't only got your cheek i got bill watch until the arm under his arm on the ballot. recount band over and over and over. to. istra the recovery is going to be even tougher he needs a whole new priest that equal a. brother moment only older brother or her brother really got. the ability. or. how about more more more on her show her the

power of women are measurable by the amount of what. my father got to give him but walker what a van we're going to be around us very fast right. now where you surf and it's rather head higher but the work of these technicians is just beginning. over the next few days they will painstakingly mold the new leg braces and christie says for the boys devices that will change their lives. in the sushi years that this program has been operating in afghanistan they have made nearly 200000 artificial limbs and treated almost 180000 disabled patients. will be on our must see the only place they can get help is here at this red cross center. i haven't seen another place that provides this kind of

research. nobody knows how my life changing this work is better than karimov. boy my daughter there made that claim i've had this leg for about 20 years i've never asked for a new one because i'm used to that. a patient surprised when you tell them that you have a prosthetic leg what him up why when my legs are covered and nobody notices anything when i show them my leg that totally surprised by that they don't believe that was an artificial leg that they can walk normally my foot in the form of them but then i show them i tell them see my leg is artificial but i still come here and work out how they. first came to the red cross as a 13 year old patient at the time kabul was engulfed in a deadly civil war she was shot in the leg 4 times while walking home from her

grandmother's house as a millionaire. when i regained consciousness my leg felt very light i tried to feel it but i realized it had been cut off the sugar will be here and when a woman becomes disabled she becomes invisible people think she can't do anything while at work it was hard for me to accept this situation. i couldn't accept that i could have killed myself. instead the red cross offered to train her as a physiotherapist when she finished high school that was almost 25 years ago since then she has helped thousands of patients just like. them because i'm disabled myself i understand their situation and i mean whatever they're going through i've already been through it. really how.

do you. make them. the center has a policy of hiring people with some kind of disability just like their patients some of the staff have been crippled by in the says like polio many like kareen a victims of the country's relentless war. for as long as i can remember that has been fighting in afghanistan and it will never end. and day by day the number of our patients is growing it's because of the war landmines and suicide attacks. ready are not. even by afghanistan's grim standard the

situation here is becoming increasingly dangerous a record number of civilians were killed and injured last year in attacks by the taliban isis and pro-government forces some of the most brutal violence has accrued right here in kabul. with incidents like rockets and bombs on. we've seen a lot of these horrible incidents it's been hard but we've gotten used to it. through good old the taliban has allowed great cross to stay open. a month after they took power the taliban came to our center they visit at the male and female. they were satisfied with our work and we carried on with our problems. but in afghanistan nothing is guaranteed. days into our visit we

hear about a disturbing development the taliban have just announced a spring offensive against the afghan government in the military so what this means is that we're likely to see a lot more attacks but they're also saying here that the red cross will no longer be protected this is a really serious problem for the star and the patients at the center. it's not long before the news spreads very you know more than just the removal of the murray river that is. in the women's department crema is also briefing they get you michel almost and i was going to. give them something on everything but the. closer they don't think that we're going to listen we'll have not done that for a long. time left. you guys worried at all about your safety i mean someone

we don't even understand maybe in your life that a moment or. the humbling that it might be called really well that it was. one of the shots that. one of the staffie a seaman faced i'm struggling to understand why the taliban would ban the work of a humanitarian organization especially one that helps disabled afghans. it's too risky for us to ask the taliban in person so we called a spokesman you recently revoke the security guarantees for the red cross why did the taliban decide to do.