all the iran's involvement $100.00 ports from. what or who is to blame for the explosions on board 2 tankers in the gulf of oman the u.s. blames iran and they released this video purporting to show iran a sort of illusory gods removing an unexploded limpet mine from the japanese old kuta courageous the timestamp according to the americans shows it happened after the vessel screw had been askew well iran didn't do it and do you know they did it because you saw the load i guess one of the mines didn't explode and it probably got essentially a run written all over it and you sort of loaded trying to take their mind off and successfully took their mind off the boat and that was exposed that was a boat that will damn. near didn't want the evidence left behind i guess they don't know that we have a signature we can detect in the dark it works very well. russia and germany say the video is inconclusive and the incident requires further investigation iranian

leaders accuse the us of what they call diplomacy aimed against a country. speaking at a gathering of eurasia leaders in kyrgyzstan iranian president hassan rouhani said the u.s. is pushing and aggressive stance that cannot be tolerated. as the government of the united states over the last 2 years using economic and military capacity and is creating an aggressive approach the united states has stepped over all the norms and regulations of the international community and has created new threats for the region and the world. at least the war of words the japanese owner of one of the ships has cast doubts on the u.s. claim that mines were used he said the ships a lot of soft flying objects before the explosion this for analysts hard evidence is kept but intentions on the one side or the other are easy to get your on may

well one to prove that if squeezed it can hit back by dissipating oil supplies through the strait of hormuz the u.s. leaders on the other hand have long shown their desire to punish iran for its alleged nuclear ambitions one analyst says whoever is behind the attack incident has given the u.s. a perfect opportunity but i think it's pretty clear that the united states administration is really rushing to judgment there is quite a bit of cynicism out there are among people who are trying to read the messages from palm bay oh a lot of people think this is possibly a little too convenient given that there are some in washington some in certain countries in the region that want to see the tensions between the u.s. and iran remain really high some of those countries are iran a sunni muslim neighbors saudi arabia and the united arab emirates in addition to israel but there was no telling what

a war on iran could cause to the region gulf nations have much to do is if a major war breaks out if in the north of the country and i could find itself in the crossfire because of its location other nations such as the united arab emirates may well really think before encouraging a conflict and the economy prosper. some advice on disease must come home and. the leaders at the summit india are still holding talks bernard smith joins us live now from the taj capital so bernard iranian president hassan rouhani has briefed leaders of the summit what he have to say well he again has reiterated emphasize an ultimatum to world powers that he gave in may a 60 day ultimatum but essentially said unless you can help give iran relief from u.s. sanctions then he's going to start and reaching really rainy and at

a high level stop selling enriched you have. over seas he said today that iran has decided to cease performing on some of its commitments under the j c p a this is the 2050 nuclear agreement that source sanctions relief for iran in return for it not reaching uranium to a level that could create a nuclear weapon the u.s. withdrew from the deal european powers wanted. the deal to keep going iran says it's pretty much exhausted all options time is run out and is rapidly losing patience houssam and as far as the other key players. also we are expecting to hear from we know that the russian president and the turkish president also. you know it's often what happens on the sidelines rather than the main speeches that generates the most interest we saw putin and 31 huddled in conversation before the start of the official speeches tensions between those countries very high at

the moment following an attack earlier in the week on a turkish military observation post. monitoring a cease fire that has been holding but is increasingly park areas in the northern part of syria that ceasefire agreed between turkey and russia turkey's accused russian backed forces of attacking its military outpost about russia has blamed anti asaad forces so real a lot for putin and want to discuss that and also we've also heard that katz's emir is going to meet with house on rouhani here that's the 1st time they've met in the 2 years since the blockade of cats iran has become a very important partner for cattle because it's been forced to rely a century on iranian airspace and iranian trade routes because cattle has been blockaded by surrounding countries so an important meeting for the catcher is in the iranians as i'm all right bernard smith's life are staring into sandy now still ahead when we come back hidden away the migrants being kept by the u.s.

government in what some say is a concentration camp. the western sponsored by the time. hello again welcome back to international weather forecast well this week has been very very wet across parts of the u.k. and flooding has been widespread i want to show you some video that has come out of lincolnshire there dealing with the flooding would send bags right now with helicopters homes have been flooded and people have had to be evacuated across the area now the rain has basically stopped but the flood situation is still ongoing and we're going to be watching this very carefully over the next few days also we're going to watch what's happening here across central europe because we do have the threat of severe weather today going into tomorrow night right across parts of eastern germany as well as into western poland are the temperatures in this area

are going to be quite high today we're talking into the low thirty's which means a lot of instability and you add this to the moisture in the front that's coming through that's really going to cause the start of storms to pop up so damaging winds large hail even a possibility of a tornado crossed this area in the region now the temp just today are going to be dropping into tomorrow so thirty's today as we go towards tomorrow across much of eastern europe finally a break for you take a look at this germany from $32.00 degrees down to 24 warsaw down to $26.00 degrees vienna rain in your forecast but it is coming down to about $25.00 degrees there and down here towards athens will still quite warm with a temperature of $33.00 and sun is forecast. the weather sponsored anneliese. stories generate thousands of and allowing us with different angles from different perspectives of the sun just a long standoff with international borders is finally separate the spin from the

facts the misinformation from the journalism protesters complain about the under reporting of police violence the sensationalizing of the demonstrations with the listening post on al-jazeera. hello again you're watching out is there a reminder of our top stories the government in hong kong has suspended work on a controversial bill that would allow extraditions to mainland china chief executive kerry law has supported the proposal but hundreds of thousands of people have protested against. leaders from more than 30 countries are interject

a stand to discuss economic and security challenges in the asian region follows talks on friday where tensions between iran and the u.s. took center stage after the explosions on 2 tankers in the gulf of oman. iran's president has said iran he says his country will continue to pull back from its nuclear deal commitments because others are making progress on the issue. a competition for resources between farmers and cattle herders in sub-saharan africa is becoming deadlier hundreds are killed every year as the 2 sides fight over land and water war singing the shortages of food in the region it is especially bad for the full lonny people who say they're being ignored by the government has more from northwest nigeria the population of the full body or nice estimated 40 to 45000000 people there mostly found in the west african nations of nigeria mali book in a fossil on the rest but they also found in central african countries and the sudan

a 3rd of them are no mud people who move from one country to another across international borders in such a posture and water for the animals. says he lost everything when cattle destroyed described a few days ago. he says his family could go hungry this year if he can't get a loan to replant and time is running out for the farmer who depends on the rains to grow food for how he tends to this feeling because our crops. they came by tonight. everything is gone i don't know where to go and what to do it happens every time around here sometimes violence erupts and people get hurt. he blames this felony cattle herders for the damage to his 2 farms the full and the on their part say they're the most exploited and neglected community despite their contributions to the economy of the region. any life as opposed to

a lease is getting harder. does it netted a result grazing areas. practically taken off almost every inch of that. alleged such compound titian's they blame the government for doing nothing while their posture land was being usurped as a sahara desert moves farther inland edible land in nigeria's average north is shrinking as a result much of the century's old access routes taken by the herders has been turned into farmland their movement is usually restricted and most often results in deadly clashes with the farmers this is what remains of a kilometer wide cattle ruled on both sides farms over the past 30 years nigeria has seen a rapid growth in population with a corresponding increase in the demand for food so competition for land between farmers and cattle herders has intensified and led to violent confrontations over

the past 3 years more than 2000 people have been killed across the country. 2017 was one of the deadly as years in the farmers' herd as conflict with about 1000 people killed tension between the 2 ethnic groups is of the hurt of the lawlessness currently sweeping north west nigeria hundreds have been killed this year hundreds of kidnapped for ransom and over $30000.00 people displaced some governments have introduced desperate measures including the death penalty to try to stop the violence because. when the police and the money. the. busy. we just killed. the context you into. the minds to this acceptable. and and in the good that. they do. the full on is produced most of the beat and conceived in

nigeria for centuries they've lived in dependant lives of the farmers but the past 30 years of tested that harmony with deadly consequences the proliferation of weapons in the region especially from the conflict in libya makes it difficult for forty's and the countries affected by the from a harder clashes to control the situation a protesters in brazil have stood by their promise of a 24 hour strike continuing demonstrations into the night they're angry about a proposal to raise the retirement age protest for parts of brazil to a standstill with many walking off the job the government says the changes are needed to stop the country from sliding into recession. mexico's immigration chief has resigned as the government says it will tighten security at dozens of border crossings it's part of efforts to stem the flow of migrants into the u.s. footage filmed by al-jazeera shows convoys of trucks carrying migrants to

a little known of border town between guatemala and mexico poor security and people smuggling operations have turned the area into a crossing point for thousands john harmon has more from mexico city after a report that showed convoys of trucks heading through most nights from a very specific area of the guatemala mexico border and those trucks controlled by people smugglers taking hundreds of central americans through mexico to the u.s. border we asked president lopez all over a daughter of mexico why that had been happening for what locals told us was more than a year and why the government seemed not to have noticed or done anything to stop it this was his response to your tool. we have identified 68 border crossing points and in all of them there is going to be vigilance that's what i can tell you it's a plan to have control on the border so not really

a clear answer there but president lopez obrador saying that in $68.00 border crossing point security is going to be increased we're already seeing that across the country mexico is really under pressure from the united states to curb the amount of central american migrants coming from honduras el salvador guatemala fleeing poverty and violence that ending up on the u.s. border to the north and it's say said already that if mexico doesn't do that there would be terrorists mexico is a verted that threat for now but the government said from the u.s. that in a month and a half if it doesn't see concrete results in those results will be judged by president trump then there will be further actions. the u.s. government says border patrol agents and detention centers are overwhelmed with more than 140000 migrants crossing the southern border last month now evidence has surfaced the some migrants are being held outdoors in the summer heat without

access to basic services reports from el paso texas. 3 months ago the us 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 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 and 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 have been in there for about a month 30 days and more that they have not washed once they have 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 camps condition and number of detainees but said in a statement during the current crisis us 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 our use. as necessary what we are seeing he says they may buy a lay shots of human rights in the past would argue they were just some bad apples some bad 18 so but officers that were just mistreating people to the street men 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.

all right let's get a roundup of the top stories on al-jazeera the government in hong kong has suspended a controversial bill that would allow extradition of suspects to mainland china chief executive kerry lamb said days earlier she would push ahead with the proposal hundreds of thousands of people have protested against it after repeated internal deliberations over the last 2 days i now announce that the government has decided to suspend the legislative amendment exercise restart all communication with all sectors of society do more explanation work and listen to different views of society i want to stress that the government is adopting an open mind to heat comprehensively different views in society toss the bill leaders for more than 30 countries are intelligent to stand to talk about economic and security challenges in the asian region tensions between iran and the us took center stage following explosions on 2 tankers in the gulf of oman. france

germany the u.k. and some african members of the u.n. security council say peacekeepers should stay in sudan's darfur region while the country is attempting to change its rulers the current plan is to hand security to sudan's military including the paramilitary rapid support forces a formal vote will be held by the security council on june 27th protesters in brazil have stood by their promise of a 24 hour strike continuing demonstrations into the night they're angry about a proposal to raise the retirement age protests in parts of brazil to a standstill with many walking off the job mexico's immigration chief has resigned as the government says it will tighten security at dozens of border crossings it is 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 little known

a border town between guatemala and mexico those are the headlines europe today we're back in half an hour right now it's the listening post. 8 years after the fall of gadhafi who is still raging in libya but it's not just a domestic showdown outside powers are involved to squawk about the axis of evil. this so are these and these she. talks to al-jazeera. i'm. like i. think such houses think that in order. for you. hello i'm richard desert and you're at the listening post here are some of the media stories that we're covering this week now you read him now you don't iran

this information and the curious case of not hong kong and why journalists are among those who fear a proposed new law that could land them in a chinese prison the you tubers chronicling and powering the protests in algeria plus the me too movement and the voices that have gone on her we begin with iran and 2 stories over the past 10 days that show that when it comes to the coverage of the islamic republic all is not as it seems 1st the online opinion writer who was it. was one cited by the white house as a credible commentator on iran but he'd have far more credibility if he actually existed it turns out he's a fictional persona reportedly created by the ne k. mujahideen. a shadowy group opposed to the iranian government and supported by washington then there's the iran dissin from nation project funded entirely by the

american taxpayer a stand simply to counter iranian propaganda it trolls and sometimes smears iranian american commentators and journalists online the government in tehran is no innocent player in all this it also tries to engineer what gets said and read online as the trumpet ministration continues with its hawkish talk on iran dissecting this debate and figuring out who's driving it is proving more complicated by the day our starting point this week is washington d.c. . a self described human rights and political activist with 30000 followers on twitter a critic of the iranian government advocating regime change and a remarkably prolific writer widely published his columns appeared on the websites of the american business magazine forbes as well as the hill the federalist and the

daily caller on the saudi owned. on the voice of america's persian website until the american news outlet the intercept published this story saying that hash marks did not even exist that he was a creation of the m e k an iranian opposition group schooled in the black arts of propaganda and that all the news outlets that had published alice in forbes this case 61 times had been gained. what was shocking was dark force magazine daily caller federalists the hill published a person who did not exist were talking about someone who they thought existed but never bother to verify in any way shape or form and i don't think you would ever see that happening on any other issue i think this is an iran specific thing in which the standards and the bar in the us media particularly on the right is

essentially non existant and his content wasn't very subtle if you go back and see the record it was published under the can see where he's coming from but the fact that nobody realized just shows a lack of responsibility on the part of the media and he really utilized that and yet a track record of published articles that then made his ideas on twitter believe that he's a real person and he's a credible unpublished author for failed on so many levels if one journalist could discover. that. a fake fictitious character an entire organization as well funded as forbes could have challenged him at several times and the misinformation that it was propagating online and never never responded so

naturally i you know at tribute at that to. join a list with gigantic ego or someone who is very busy but now we know. that those media outlets the end ek should have been well known to all of them the us considered it a terror organization until 2012 and since that classification was dropped the m e k has cozied up to american officials who share its hawkish views on iraq one of them president trumps national security advisor john bolton spoke at the group's annual conference in 2017 there is a viable opposition to the rule of the. opposition is centered in this room today. enrique runs a sizeable troll farm in albania where it's all part of target online voices who expressed support for the iranian government the iran dissin from ation project

does a lot of that too only it's based in washington and is paid for by american taxpayers it's brief is to counter dissin from ation from iran but the project has gone much further than that among the people it trolls iranian american journalists and in geo workers like. of human rights watch she landed in iran disinfo crosshairs after sending this tweet seeking information from iranians on how economic sanctions are affecting the availability of medicine there. was a purely research base to. it was in persian it was intended to towards the iranian audience to help me find some some evidence that i could use for my research they retreated my tweet and said something along the lines of despite the fact that hundreds of protesters have been killed since 2018 human rights watch researcher is

working hard to prove iran's right any moderate or nuanced view or reporting of iran has been triggering their attacks i had been called a mouthpiece a lobbyist for the regime other people had been called apologists or lobby for simply voicing their criticism against president trump's policies or a nuanced view of what is going on inside iran that wasn't seen as hardline enough by the iran disinfo group here you have an entity that was supposed to fight iranian propaganda online. instead it was actually spending almost all of its time attacking critics of the trumpet instructions iran policy to make it worse the fund that came from the state department was actually designed to fight isis

propaganda and russian interference in the united states instead the trumpet ministration diverted that money to fight critics of trump's iran plans. including jason rezaian a washington post writer iran disinfo went after him which was ironic because just 3 years ago the same state department that funds the project was lobbying to free resume on from prison in iran the authorities there are notorious for their treatment of journalists this past week they revoked the credentials of the new york times as bureau chief there without explanation tehran also invests in its own online this information campaigns setting up fake news websites generating spurious articles and creating online personas that was what iran disinfo was created to fight against before it turned to trolling critics and lobbying for regime change

and is just one of the many players in washington lobbying on one side of this story or the other some iranians accuse the d.c. based national iranian american council nayak of in fact being the unofficial lobbying arm of the iranian reformist movement. in the m e k pushes their own political agenda by creating fictitious characters such as me and nyack brands people who do not agree but as warmongers iran descend for engages in similar tactics so what i'm trying to say is everybody is engaging in those tactics iran has. diverse voices and for certain groups with more financial resources to be able to monopolize this space is doing them the service certain positions are much more marginal and certain viewpoints are much more mainstream and the viewpoints that nyuk has

represented you know holding iran responsible for its human rights violation but at the same time engaging in dialogue rather than and war is vastly supported by the iranian american community if there are any campaigns by anyone to manipulate the debate manipulate social media then obviously that should be shocked. iran disinfo has avoided being shut down so far but it has taken a big hit over its rude behavior to the funding does remain suspended where. there were but there's a review process that's ongoing right now to gather the iran dissin from nation project and the m.e. case hash mat deception provide lessons for anyone news outlets included dealing with the iran story with hawks in the trump white house flexing american muscle and placing maximum pressure on iran iran has been

a very dangerous player very bad player they are a nation of terror and we will put up with it the times call for extreme caution in separating fact from fiction legitimate voices from paid trolls and credible commentators from virtual. or analysts reporters policymakers anyone who is trying to make sense of iran these days if their only point of reference is what's happening on social media they should think twice before publishing it as this is how iranians feel about this things one thing that these 2 seemingly unrelated stories that have come out at the same time prove is that this space is highly man. plaited and it's far from reflection of iranian public opinion. we're discussing other media stories that are on our radar this week with one of our producers johannes joel hundreds of thousands of protesters on the streets of

hong kong this week demanding that the government scrap this proposed new extradition of our journalists were among those protesters why is that well primarily because of fears among press freedom at forgets that this new bill which would allow the extradition of alleged criminals from the semi autonomous city of hong kong to mainland china will be used by beijing as a way to target political enemies and critics including journalists and their sources once in china they say those extradited would be at the mercy of an opaque justice system and at risk of serious human rights abuses according to reporters without borders china currently holds at least 111 journalist under life threatening conditions in an open letter sent to carry law who is hong kong's head of government $23.00 human rights organizations including the committee to protect journalists and pen hong kong urged the government to scrap the law and what about news outlets on the chinese mainland how have they been covering this story well

they've either completely ignored the protests china's state broadcaster for example that not mentioned them at all or they are parroting the communist party's line on this in some cases.