i mean the war of words the japanese owner of one of the ships has cost doubts on the u.s. cleave that mines were used he said the ships a lot of soft flying objects before the explosion for analysts hard evidence is kept but intentions on the one side or the other easy to get it on may well one to prove that if squeezed it can hit back by dissipating 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 pompeo 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 easily but there was no telling what a war on iran could cause to the egypt. well let's speak to mohammed know who's live for us in moscow and how it is one of the vessels is ports in the u.a.e. what's the latest in the investigation. now the latest turn it is that. the an american team of investigators has been sent to one of the ships and it boarded the one of those tankers to collect more evidence i think is the hope of courageous and the americans would like to add more evidence to what they had said yesterday or what they have claimed but the video they show. to show that the one

that their ship has been. mine has been used to what are exposed and. moved to one of the minds of hasn't exploded for them that was an evidence that the iranians have been behind this incident also the japanese owner of one of the tank has said that they believe that it's not a malfunction that has been behind the explosions so bits and pieces of evidence but. i don't think it can be called hard evidence until it is proven to the world the bits and pieces of evidence coming from here and there and states claiming that they half more of that evidence the united arab emirates foreign minister has or saw and now start to his country house subcommittee their own evidence to the united nations security council and he said that he did that in a very transparent and open manner proving that to. the is either state

sponsored he did not mention iran by the name of another country but he said the it was a state sponsored and we know that that's our emirates stance has been always in a in in in in agreement with the american yesterday and before yesterday they said they believe the american version of events and they believe that iran was behind these incidents the u.k. also supported the american version alongside with saudi arabia the united arab emirates for a minute or so said despite the fact that they know that it is a state sponsor of they or want all the parties to this conflict to avoid. escalation and to try to find other ways to resolve the conflict and mohammed as easy as this investigation going to bubbles away in the background and we wait for any further developments for that what's likely to happen geopolitically what you know visibly we see more preparations for war particularly on the american

side we know that they have already mobilized the abraham lincoln aircraft carrier they have sent the nuclear capable of b. 52 aircraft to the region they have sent to bainbridge destroyer to the region as well they have sent more troops so in terms of visible preparation is a preparation for war but in terms of statements the americans half of the said many times and also trump himself said yesterday that they still want another approach to this aside from war to avoid escalation however he made it very clear that the americans would not let iran disrupt to oil oil trade and oil. of oil ships in the strait of hormuz and that if you're on decided to close the strait of hormuz it would not be for long so we have this double talk of war and peace at the same time and the analysis says that you know americans probably are by this preparation for war they want to put more pressure on the iranians and to send strong signals to the americans that we are capable of waging war and that's why we

need peace in that he didn't you're on the other hand is also saying something not far from that they're saying we have not to be doing something wrong we're not we're not behind these incidents but we are here in the region where our in our region and if aggression comes from any side from abroad we are ready to defend ourselves against it thanks very much mohammed for reporting there from moscow. enough for us what nicolo who's a former french ambassador to iran and he says what's being put forward by the u.s. is inconclusive. we're still missing the smoking gun that out of course circumstantial presumptions let's say. if only because the ring and the of iranian officials have repeatedly stated that if they could not export their all oil this would not go without consequences and raw exactly this in this state and

this situation at the moment but smoking gun no not yet there is still the possibility even if it's a remote depends on everyone's judgment that it could be a force 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 a you know the presidential election campaign will come soon you know and of course he wants to be a mere reelected of course does not trump won't come back to the g.c. period to do nuclear agreements and the reunions won't accept to renegotiate disagreement but there are still ways i believe her to do to do to build up

a kind of limited agreement which could. limit and reduce the tension in the region a plenty more still ahead here on the news hour including her in the iraqi city with the highest rate of cancer in the country where doctors are struggling to treat their patients. and later why some worried about the changing landscape of mayster city's cultural neighborhoods. and explore the much 1000000000 fans are waiting for sana looks ahead to india's world cup clash with pakistan. competition for resources between farmers and cattle herders in west africa is leading to more violence hundreds of killed every year as the 2 sides fight over land and over water worsening shortages of food in the region it's especially bad for the filoni people who say they're being ignored by their government i would address reports from northwest nigeria the population of the full be awfully nice

estimated 40 to 45000000 people there 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 the animals. man says he lost everything when cattle destroyed describes a few days ago he says his family could go hungry this year if you 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. 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 fall any cattle herders for the damage to his 2 farms the full on the on their part say they're the most exploited and neglected community despite their contributions to the economy of the region. life was supposed to release is getting harder. to release and result grazing areas. practically almost every inch of that. alleged 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' herders 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 will kidnap 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. busy. we just killed. can take you into the hands.

the monsters accept. and the good that. they do. the full line is produced most of the beef mutton and conceived in nigeria for centuries that lived in dependent 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 former harder clashes to control the situation. well it's in the from. the editor and investigative journalist and he says that so far the nigerian government has showed no political will to resolve the issue. the president live on this i don't even for the last man in the last 2 years or indicate that either but they think that because of when they had men are hot

farmers are our crops under president kwasniewski is that farmer love of our congress the man the law to live in the inserted in designated a full line as well as the for most of the school below the united and government designated i brought back i've been alive there as well still to designate a man after the government does not you want to put my house if you are to have a man that is the black there is the brand and god knows we see that men aren't only 6 if they need they don't know about the money up to the president so the people i refuse to look it will be if we had misgivings we are in the labor camp where the i.g.p. candidates used to go and the president not to diffuse this usual starting with. said the government have to make clear that it is taking those measures soon the

government have. both our security in our dismisses you know who make good enough for us why don't we find a state where beginning to happen is a lot more men into those those are punished often that these are that is happening aren't going to start getting it we need to get the idea that we told you need to clean this or in 3 months 6 more bombing lose your job people love to be responsible 12 kenyan police officers are missing one is in hospital after their vehicle struck an improvised explosive device in what your country that's near the somali border there's been no claim of responsibility kenya began deploying troops along its border with somalia in 2011 to crack down on armed groups following including al-shabaab. health officials in the democratic republic of congo have suspended vaccination campaigns for measles and other diseases in the northeast that's because the area is struggling with an outbreak of the virus the bin 5 cases

in the city there the border with uganda health services say they will prioritize the. world health organization has decided against declaring a public health emergency. health officials have just informed the measles vaccination cancelation in this region because of cases. the situation as the number of cases of this epidemic is growing even here in this camp kids are suffering and dying from measles we need more medical support now. killed nearly 1400 people in the deal since there are concerns now that the virus is spreading to uganda where several people have died reports from. so infection. that was made when this victim was buried in a wisht in uganda her 5 year old grandson also died of the disease days earlier in

what was the 1st case on ugandan soil they had crossed from neighboring democratic republic of congo where another family member was killed by the disease my sister. this was my was just. us the us. yes this is just. came in contact with nearly 100 people on thursday the deceased could come from back they. did request that we allowed them. and they were. 2 good reasons for that one is that in the currently they have. puti drug that can be given to patients although the medicine is still on trial

but it can be given on compassionate basis. they have been around 2000 cases of ebola with 1400 deaths the world health organization says although the a ball outbreak there is serious it is not yet an international emergency it was the view of the committee that the outbreak is a health emergency in the democratic republic of congo and the region. but it does not meet the 3 criteria for a public health emergency of international concern. if. some people enter the country areas screening is taking place. very. very. health

officials say there is no evidence. and as for the worst health officials have been vaccinated and trying to deal quickly with break. this week uganda. there's a version of the security council over the status of the un african union peacekeeping force in sudan's darfur region of france germany and the united kingdom and some african members of the council say the peacekeepers should stay while the countries in transition. security. that support forces part of the militia who are accused of killing thousands and for a formal vote will be held by the security council on june the 27th. timely weather no kevin study but that's right we have some flooding to talk about

actually to put separate countries 1st of all i want to take you over here towards parts of the u.k. where we have seen very heavy rain over the last couple of days with the weather system that has pushed through the rain has stopped but the flooding still is a big problem or i'm sure the video has come out of lincolnshire in the u.k. where they are doing everything they can to stop the flooding specially in parts of the areas where the fields are being flooded agricultural areas as well as communities we have been seeing evacuations taking place across this area as well you know as i said the rain has stopped but we're still dealing with the high water across much of the region we're not expected to see too much terms of rain in the next couple days so that is some good news there we do have some windy conditions as a storm is out into the atlantic but that is not going to be bringing rain across that particular area and i want to take you over here across parts of the united states and i want to take you to lake ontario where the water level in the lake has been quite high you take that you add it with the winds and along the coast here in rochester this is what they're dealing with this is not dealing with rain this is dealing with the melt of the spring causing the lake to rise and you add the wind

pushing it up against the coast and this is a very big problem across much of this area we are going to be seeing and across the area down towards the oher river valley very heavy rain over the next few days this is going to be our next focus of flooding as we go towards the next several days the rain in the area is not going to go anywhere anytime soon so that's going to be a big problem there. thanks very much let's see what's coming up here on al-jazeera a city of protesters we look at a whole called found its voice against mainland china. the 1st major song to host the action from the 2nd round of the u.s. open at pebble beach. in morocco unregistered and under-age marriages have caused problems especially for women and children i've been trying for years to get my daughter legally recognized by her father pressure from lobby groups has led to changes to the madonna family

code giving women greater rights in marriage while keeping the family at heart now the divorce rate has increased a lot mainly with occupations made by wives. al-jazeera world. when the news breaks the inauguration of comedian and active as president of ukraine when people who need to be high to work days are making blood work with no food for my child custody always to sleep with an empty stomach with exclusive interviews and in-depth reports al-jazeera has teams on the ground to bring you more award winning documentaries russian goals will be achieved none and tonight on air. and on line.

i gave you what you had 0 remind of our top stories this hour sudan's former president omar bashir could be brought before a court within weeks reuters is reporting that the chief prosecutor says that there will be referred to trial in the sea of files on appeal in the next 7 days. iran's president has said in ripon he says his country will continue to pull back from its nuclear deal commitments because others are not showing progress on the issue. hong kong is suspending plans for a new bill that would allow suspects to be extradited to mainland china its chief executive kerry made the announcement after meeting legislatures for several hours . when on that let's hear from an injury who's an independent china analyst in hong kong and he says it's unlikely the extradition bill will be considered again anytime soon. the decision to suspend the 2nd reading is

because the end to be a rush and that raises suspicions on the part of a lot of people. and also involves understanding all the conseco in the and then they're all also that even with the same. they would not be sufficient to hold the fort against the law all on sol so that takes a long time and also the opposition political parties would have a field day and indeed taking advantage of this. position against the government to get them all in the all coming elections so i think that the government is treading very carefully and there is no it's quite unlikely that it would come back but it's not the 1st time protesters in hong kong are flex their vocal muscle scott hardly takes a look back at previous protests and why many say these ones are 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 street and what became known as the umbrella movement they occupied central hong kong for 11 weeks and leicester shoom was one of the leaders and several of his fellow leaders are serving prison sentences right if you go to visit 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. some random circumstance but in this time hong kong people are prepared to come out and protest people are more prepared and the time meant than ever in annie's sankoh born history something here at 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 failed in 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 scott harder al jazeera own cause. 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 a recession. it's in saw power. new trains today much of the 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 see you 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 joined the industrial action in towns and cities across brazil doing something to 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 sao paolo 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 the outer came to office 5 months ago promising radical reforms of 1st brazil's ailing economy sacrifices he said but have to be made to the bears the brunt of those sacrifices is what this dispute is all about that. these workers rather meant it should not be them the rich and big business they say should pay their taxes they were mothers are mothers we work of $44.00 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 mate 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 shriner al-jazeera. makes kerry's migration chief resigned on friday without giving a reason for. departure it comes as mexico stepping up security along the southern border the white house has been pressuring as they would to do more to stop the flow of people from central america from heading to the united states john holdren has more now 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. 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 on the 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 as 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 and those results will be judged by president trump then there will be further actions. rising property values a change in the cultural landscape in parts of the mexican capital each year thousands of people are pushed out by the ever increasing cost of living as wealthier people move in but in the city's historic center one community is fighting back and reports now from mexico city. mexico's capital is one of the most expensive cities in latin america at least when it comes to the cost of building a house with little public housing investments those rising costs are displacing many of the city's longstanding residents as old buildings give way to fancy

apartments. perhaps no case is more emblematic of the fight against gentrification than davy located in the heart of mexico city's historic center the building housing the cafe was recently bought out. says the new owners want to close his restaurant and he picked the residents who live upstairs. we don't want travis to suffer the same fate as other businesses cafes restaurants and bars that carry the tradition of downtown mexico city but have been lost to gentrification. reports that the cafe could be shut down has brought the community together in support of preserving the iconic building a landmark of downtown mexico city. across town artists hold him back and sound are talking about the lack of legal resources available to low income residents this was the inspiration for creating. this is mexico city's patron saint of resisting

gentrification. why not have a saints that can intercede on behalf of all the hopeless cases in mexico the lore and the authorities not going to help so why not pray to a saint. activism against gentrification in the mexican capital is on the rise. urban planners like danielle bet is see this is because the city has yet to strike a balance between private investment and affordable housing i think difficult part of the. gentrification is just another part of the economic process but it can be mitigated and it can be reduced in order to avoid the massive exit of the population experts say it's the booming economy that's behind this wave of displacement in many of mexico city's so-called up and coming neighborhoods every year however this amounts to an estimated 2000 of the city's residents being evicted from their homes. residents of the davie building have managed to avoid

eviction while a lawsuit against the building's new owners is pending the outcome of this case could set the tone for the future of mexico's most historic neighborhood went up in new. mexico city. rescue efforts are underway in chile to free 3 men who are trapped in a collapsed mine specialized rescue teams have been deployed to the scene into a computer and the mine collapsed on thursday one of the moments of believe in citizens in the trapped at a depth of the 70. according britain is expected to decide. to be extradited to the united states the wiki leaks founder is wanted in the u.s. for conspiring to hack government computers and making thousands of secret documents general as this. 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 journalistic protections and on that basis we would certainly hope that no journalist or publisher would be extra 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 compromise.