ambassador to iran he says what's being performed by the us is inconclusive we're still missing the smoking gun that all of course circumstantial presumptions let's say. if only because the range and of iranian officials have repeatedly stated that if they could not export their all oil this would not go without consequences and raw exactly in this in this state and this situation at the moment but a smoking gun no not yet all there is still the possibility even if it's a remote depends on everyone's judgment that it could be a false flag operation i don't think the brink of war at the moment not yet you know one has to keep in mind in fact that donald trump and president trump wants some kind of agreement with iran if only because the you know the

presidential election campaign will come soon you know and of course he wants to be reelected of course does not trump won't come back to the g.c. period to do a nuclear agreement and the reunions won't accept to renegotiate disagreement but there are still ways i believe are to to do to build up a kind of limited agreement which could. you know limit and reduce the tension in the region when we come back on al-jazeera we're in the iraqi city with the highest rate of cancer in the country like doctors are struggling to treat their patients. and hidden away the migrants being kept by the u.s. government in what some are calling a concentration camp. hello

again we're here across parts of japan we are seeing quite a bit of rain over the next few days that is going to continue notice the clouds here on the satellite image and compassing most of central japan and here's the area of low pressure that is causing it so here on our forecast map on sunday it is going to be a rainy day even some winds could be a problem there thunderstorms are going to be an issue so for tokyo expect delays at the airport 28 degrees there as you go from sunday and into monday the system starts to make its way to the north and to the northeast we start to see sim improvements down towards the south but for tokyo it's probably going to be monday afternoon by the time you break out of those clouds and those rain showers with the tempter there of about $26.00 degrees well here across china we're seeing some better weather here across much of eastern china a lot of sun across much of the coastal areas and that's going to be some good news here on sunday it's not going to last too much longer because if you look towards

central and also into western china the heavy rain is still there and as we go from sunday and into monday we start to see the edge a little bit more towards the east so hong kong your nice day is going to end on monday more rain more clouds in the forecast there up towards the north though for joe it is going to be the clouds as well as humidity we do expect to see 30 degrees there in shanghai a temperature of 28. it was dilute the futuristic bullet train that 1st drew me to japan in those 2 decades of trains reflecting. kind of things that occurring around japan is aging the birth rate is falling on the line and losing money having experienced both the railway and high speed i hope the one will not be neglected to the other off the rails a journey through japan on al-jazeera. and

again you're watching algeria reminder of our top stories this hour hong kong is suspending plans for a new bill that would allow suspects to be extradited to mainland china territory chief executive kerry lam made the announcement after meeting legislators for several hours. plans decision follows a week of mass protest protest organizers say they will still go ahead with sunday's demonstrations since suspension doesn't go far enough and want it scrapped . iran's president has said when he says his country will continue to pull back from its nuclear deal commitments because others aren't showing 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 worsening shortages of food in the region it is especially bad for the full army people who say they're being ignored by the government i mean it has more northwest nigeria. the population of the full be awfully nice estimated at 40 to 45000000 people they're mostly found in the west african nations of nigeria mali balkan apostle and the rest but they're also found in central african countries and this would on a 3rd of them no minded people move from one country to another across international borders in such a posture and water for their animals. a book arose man says he lost everything when cattle destroyed describes 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 failing 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 full any 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. life as opposed to release is getting harder. does it netted a result grazing areas. practically took an almost l. inch of that. a would such competition. they blame the government for doing nothing while their posture land was being usurped. as

a sahara desert moves farther inland arable 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 q let me tell you why 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' curtis conflict with about 1000 people killed tension between the 2 ethnic groups is at 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 this is risible. when the police and the money among. the. because. we just killed. the context you into the hands of the monsters acceptable. and a need to do that. to do diluted quotes. the following has produced most of the beef and conceived in nigeria for centuries that 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 in the

countries affected by the from a harder clashes to control the situation. of vaccination campaigns for measles and other diseases have been suspended in the democratic republic of congo after more ebola cases were confirmed ministry of health says 5 cases were found in bunia near the border with you kenda health services say they will prioritize the a ball of vaccine until it is invalid katie on friday the world health organization decided not to declare the virus an international public health emergency because the criteria had not been met. 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 led to what the government admits is a crisis in hospitals at stratford reports things are particularly bad in boston a 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 key with therapy 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 available. 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 protests to 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 provide the basic needs. we're facing a crisis in so many levels become provide chemotherapy fast enough it's not always

available it's expensive and getting it involves a lot of bureaucratic red tape we also need more trained medical staff. the regional government says federal government leaders in baghdad must do more they 7 when 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. the 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. doc to say that if he doesn't then many more cancer victims like fatima will die strafford al-jazeera basra. the protesters in brazil kept their promise to go on a 24 hour strike and continue demonstrations into friday night they're angry about

a proposal to raise the retirement age the government says the changes are needed to stop the country from sliding into recession daniel schorr and he's in sao paulo . 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 but why yes we just saw numbers on us a shift here we called our manager and asked if they could send a car 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 something the people of 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 but have to be made bears the brunt of those sacrifices is what this dispute is all about. these workers rather meant it should not be them the rich and big business they say should pay their taxes they were mothers or mothers we work a 44 hour week one of the highest in the world also in many poor regions of the. life expectancy is 6364 years old they want to raise 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 and 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 only just begun. daniel shrine there al-jazeera cell paolo mexico's immigration chief has resigned as the government there says it will tighten security at dozens of border crossings it's 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 border town between guatemala and mexico for security and people smuggling operations have turned the area into a crossing point for thousands. the u.s. says border patrol agents and detention centers there are overwhelmed and now evidence has surfaced that some migrants are being held outdoors in the summer heat without access to basic services heidi jackass i reports 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. and pieces. that they 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 washing 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 in. sure 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 sustained me by a lay shells of human rights in the past we would argue they were just some bad apples some bad 18 so by the 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. this is al jazeera that's going to round up now the top stories hong kong's plans for an unpopular extradition bill are being suspended after

a week of mass protests and the threat of more the proposal would have allowed suspects to be extradited to mainland china the territories chief executive kerry lamb says they considered widespread public opposition to the proposal hundreds of thousands of people protested in large crowds gathered outside the legislative council on wednesday and forced the 2nd vote to be postponed sorrow and regret that the deficiencies in our work and various other factors have stirred up substantial controversies and as built in society following the relatively calm periods of the past 2 years this appointing many people. we will adopt the most sincere and humble attitude to our sept criticisms and make improvements so that we can continue to connect with the people of hong kong a protest organizers say they will still go ahead with sunday's demonstrations they

say the suspension doesn't go far enough they wanted to scrap iran's president has says his country will continue to pull back from its nuclear deal commitments as others haven't been making progress on the issues he was speaking in a somewhat intelligent a stand where heads of more than 30 countries are discussing economic and security challenges in the asian region. vaccination campaigns for measles and other diseases have been suspended in the city of bunia in the democratic republic of congo the city borders uganda the ministry of health says 5 new cases of ebola were found in bunia on friday the world health organization decided not to declare an international public health emergency health services say they will prioritize the ball of vaccine until it is eradicated. protesters in brazil kept their promise to hold a 24 hour strike and continue demonstrations into friday night they are angry about a proposal to raise the retirement age the government says the changes are needed

to stop the country from sliding into a recession. those are the headlines we're back with more in half an hour right now it's inside story. it's an ambitious west and clap for the shanghai cooperation organization holds yet until the summit on the heels of a global trade war but what difference does this group make on the world stage and could it be a front that's united against the u.s. this is inside story.

hello welcome to the program i'm adrian finnegan leaders of the shanghai cooperation organization of in kurdistan for an annual summit led by china and russia the 8 member your ration block accounts for almost hauffe of the world's population but meeting comes as tensions grow between the u.s. and china over the escalating trade war meanwhile iran is seeking support against washington's maximum pressure campaign but regular conflicts between members namely india and pakistan cost doubts on whether the bloc can challenge the existing world order led by the us. open for us to walk or reports now from bishkek. now that india and pakistan are members full members of the shanghai cooperation organization the club would like to be taken very seriously on the world stage because it represents 43 percent of the global population and

a quarter of global gross domestic product it's about forging new strategic alliances and that became apparent very much today with iran which has observer status attending president rouhani criticizing the united states defending iran against allegations that it was involved in the attacks on those oil tankers and finding very much support amongst other member states like china and russia both of whom have their issues with the u.s. russia under sanctions for and it for its an exception of crimea china now under pressure donald trump's trade war now these countries are very much interested in regional cooperation on. economic trade opening up new trade corydoras and of course counterterrorism they talk about being partners but it is also worth bearing in mind that within the organization there are big

differences rivalries between these countries let's take for example russia and china both have very significant interests in maintaining insurance in central asia and with pakistan and india both member states those 2 countries having continuing difficulties ongoing differences with india accusing pakistan of aiding and abetting terrorism so there's a lot of rivalry within this organization as well as partnerships between those member states what exactly is the shanghai cooperation organization what it's a political economic and security alliance led by china and russia since 2001 it has 8 members. india and pakistan joined in 2017 other members include kazakstan kurdistan to take a stand and is biggest on iran has been trying to become a full member but remains for the moment an observer along with afghanistan bella

roosts and mongolia the organization represents 40 percent of the world's population with more than 20 percent of global g.d.p. its row has been expanded from security to other areas like trade energy culture and transportation between member states the block is increasingly being seen as a means of countering u.s. economic and military power. so let's bring in our guests for today's discussion joining us from moscow alexei clipped the call foreign policy analyst with the russian international affairs council david is professor of international politics at sysfs options nanjing center he joins us now via skype from than cheating and richard white security analyst at wiki stress in washington d.c. richard let's start with you how much geo political heft does the shanghai cooperation organization have is it anything more than a back slapping opportunity and talking shop from your point of view. the

organization has always underperformed its potential if you were just to add together the population the and us real power of the military power of all the members that aggregate is significantly greater than how the organisation itself has been able to act as a unified bloc this is a good question dollars because for a while when i was 1st set up there were just concerns in the west prickly washington that this was going to become some kind of anti nato some kind of authoritarian international fracture that russia china and other countries would join in and act as a unified bloc to balance the united states and also to drive it out of the heart of eurasia but i would argue if the organization has never been able to function that way because of some disagreements among its members a lack of

a strong infrastructure or a inherent to itself and other challenges david r.s.a. would you agree with that assessment how important is this block to china in particular and its belsen road initiative with the the still escalating trade war with the u.s. right now. yes i think richard's right it has been an underperformer but the a c. o. for china is strategically important because. it can do what china needs which is stabilize central asia and reckons al differences rivalries it has was russia this will go a long way toward helping to be alright i succeed because that the mainland connectivity carders of the. 2 central asia so it's very important. what one of the organizations aims and ambitions what does it see itself

as and who is in the driving seat russia or china when the 1st place we shouldn't forget that a c.e.o. didn't appear as a counterbalance to nato or to any other regional or global economies ation in the 1st place it's a regional unity which unites regional countries to tackle regional problems in the 1st place its counter-terrorism security a. stable development and then economics so this is why it's important for those countries who are currently members and are attracting new members to actually to perform as an alternative. to the existing global organization but not in a way as a competing one but underlining the value and the rising importance of the original blocks which can tackle more effectively the regional problems. on the regional

level whether it is the problem in afghanistan whether it's iran or its other problems in central asia which is crucial for all member states alexa's things stand at the moment is it failing to fulfill its potential as a bloc. well. of course it wants to gain more weight and political weight in the can on the grade in terms of but as my colleagues rightly indicated that it on the performs hugely given that it accumulates. bigger part of the world you know economic power population and in political power it on the before in in in real terms so this is why i would argue that they try to focus more on the regional issues for which are concern for the members at most not for you know the global community richard of

course a lot has changed since the block meant met in june last year china now finds itself and broiled in a trade war with the u.s. india pakistan relations hit a new low earlier this year got iran coming under pressure from the u.s. and its gulf allies all of that sets the scene for what could be a fascinating meeting what do you think we can expect. no i think that it raises it's going to increase the turtle tension is raised within the block so china may wish to secure the bloc support for its position on some of the economic disputes this has with the us you know call for deemphasizing the dollar or building up an alternative economic trade structure and so on by this a country like india even pakistan would be has that to back and an explicitly anti

u.s. approach russia made for similar reasons want to use the block to attack the u.s. position on iran and i'm sure they have iranian support on this but again some of the other countries are going to be a bit hesitant to address this we've also got the interesting issue of some recent internal developments in key countries i mean a new elections in india didn't change much but certainly we've had different. leaders take charge in pakistan and more recently in kazakhstan so the dynamics i think we much more fluid but i think that will lead mostly to paralysis i think the communique will be very bland and i think that some country like china is going to try and focus its efforts on other institutions where it has more control of b r i for example david you agree that will get a communique just goes to the u.s. china trade will give other c.e.o. members leverage over china right now is china's position in the block we couldn't

because of the trade. well it has to turn more toward the continent because it's in countering had a lot of problems on its you know pacific periphery and with the trade worth the u.s. strategic tensions but to get back to why it's not a former. you know it's the problem is that the big 3 china russia and india you know each want to be a strategically independent autonomous and you know but china's in a position to be a dominant power in eurasia it's huge it's arguably a global power a rival to the united states russia india are sort of want to be great powers their regional powers but they will they would like to achieve great power status and so this because they have these ambitions it's very difficult for them to to agree to any meaningful and important of cooperation between them whether it's

security or economic because the the the the the ambitions of these 3. are in a way mutually incompatible even though they all want to promote racial integration the terms on which they want to do it will you know there won't there won't be any common agreement on on how exactly does that mean david that that they can never be allies in the true sense of the word that there are many countries who may be willing to work with each other and a loose affiliation that's correct yes because each of these powers wants to remain strategically autonomous which means they cannot. unless absolutely forced. they they will be very reluctant to form an alliance and particularly if it's in a line.