a roadmap in this communique but nothing we can expect big announcements we can expect at the end of the day who the rebels say they've launched an attack in northwest yemen targeting fighters with the saudi and rati led coalition they say several sudanese soldiers were killed and injured in the assault on camps in italy who 3 say they also fired rockets across the border into saudi arabia targeting a military position in the city of niger on 5 civilians from the same family have died in an airstrike by government forces in northern syria children were among those killed in the attack and it led 3 people died in an earlier strike on another part of the province hundreds of civilians have been killed since russian backed syrian forces stepped out there bombardment of the country's last rebel held on 5 in 8 from still aired on al jazeera. it really makes me sick because we are in a position to know. or tell you why dozens of police officers in the u.s.

city of philadelphia have been pulled off the streets. and afghanistan narrowly misses out on the biggest wedding day cricket in history. hello again well across united states we are looking at still more severe weather across much of the central plains and also the ohio river valley and you can see those clouds right there the reason being is temperatures are quite high for this time of year as well as plenty of moisture coming in from the gulf of mexico helping to feed those storms dallas is going to be a very hot day here on sunday at 32 degrees and you can see all the rain showers making their way towards chicago if you are flying into these areas it could be a problem with delays and that will continue as we go towards monday as well storms make their way towards toronto across the great lakes and we are going to see

minneapolis with a rainy as well as a cooler day at 21 degrees where across much of the caribbean to the east into the north things are looking quite nice not a lot in terms of rain but over here towards much of central america as well as mexico heavy rain has been the problem here we do expect though a little bit of a break as we go towards monday a lot of those showers make their way towards the southwest and we will be breaking out of the rain maybe not be breaking out of the clouds and then here we're going to be seeing some rain here across parts of one is that as of the next few days that has been the trend there but over here toward san diego it is going to be a chilly rain with a temperature of 14 in snow in the higher elevations across chilly. on counting the cost 2018 was the deadliest year for the aviation industry in years we'll find out just what went wrong also it's only considers the new domestic

current so you could lead to its exit from the euro but should you be worried about the kids having too much screen time counting the cost on al-jazeera. i really felt liberated as a journalist was. going to the truth as i was that's what his job. welcome back you're watching al-jazeera time to recap our headlines now if you know his chief of defense has been shot in the capital addis ababa the condition of shahnameh k'naan is not yet clear happened the shooting happened after there was a failed attempt to oust a regional government leader and out of state the u.s.

president says that he only stopped strikes against iran from going ahead for now the prospect of military action remains on the 10 table the u.s. is imposing additional sanctions against iran which will go into effect monday. sudan's leading fro test group says it's accepted a plan for a transitional government if you piers need to be mediating the political crisis the plan proposes the creation of a governing body made up of the civilian and military members. let's return to our top story now as tension builds in the gulf iraq is watching from the sidelines with a growing alarm over the threat to its oil exports and how its economy could suffer charles traffic before. these tankers are being loaded with iraqi crude oil. it's being pumped from iraq's biggest offshore platform in waters close to the maritime borders of kuwait and iran oil experts in iraq are increasingly concerned about how

rising tension between the u.s. and iran could affect the country's economy that's already struggling to recover after decades of war and political instability. iraq must avoid getting involved in any conflict in the region we don't want to be embroiled in other countries affairs we are focused on trying to secure our country's economy. the us sent warships including an aircraft carrier and b. $52.00 bombers to the gulf region in may. it's also sent around $2500.00 additional soldiers a patriot missile system and surveillance planes iraq exports around $3500000.00 barrels of oil a day much of it from platforms like this one but with recent u.s. iran tension and attacks on all tankers here on the arabian gulf there are rising security fears because around a 5th of the world's oil policy is along these waters and through the strait of

hormuz the u.s. has accused iran of attacking 6 all tankers in the region in recent weeks iranian leaders have repeatedly denied responsibility describing the allegations as dangerous security fears for tankers like these increased further on thursday. when iran shot down a u.s. drone because it it into to rain and space the u.s. says it was flying in international airspace unlist say iran is trying to use regional and global security fears about maritime safety to its advantage. it's one of iran's biggest means of defense limiting oil exports through the strait of hormuz would affect the iraqi economy hugely given that around 90 percent of its oil goes through the strait the situation is very critical frozen trump says the u.s. . military was clicked and loaded to retaliate against iran following the attack on the u.s. drone but he said he changed his mind and stopped 10 minutes before missiles were

sent to because they transport those iran and the u.s. say they don't want war but iranian leaders have previously said that if they can't export their oil on the u.s. sanctions then nor can anybody else and that's a concern for the operators of ships like these as they transport millions of barrels of oil to markets around the world if. chance strafford al-jazeera off the coast of southern iraq senior white house advisor president trump son in law has laid out the 1st part of his so-called deal of the century that's the middle east peace plan he says is based on $50000000000.00 of investment more than half would be spent on palestinian infrastructure over 10 years the rest would be split between egypt lebanon and jordan one of the main projects is a $5000000000.00 transportation corridor to connect the occupied west bank and gaza

where the 2000000000 would also be injected into the palestinian tourism industry. is trying to drum up support for the 179 infrastructure and business projects ahead of an international conference and behind next week how the stinney and kurds co-leaders are boycotting the event though they've refused to talk to the u.s. since it recognized jerusalem as israel's capital in 2017. the plan would invest about $50000000000.00 in the region they would create a 1000000 jobs in the west bank and gaza take their unemployment rate from about 30 percent single digits it would reduce their poverty rate by half if it's implemented correctly it's a 10 year plan that would double their g.d.p. we've had a peer reviewed now by about a dozen economists and dozen countries and we're very excited to put it forward. ali i will now i'm a is the co-founder of the electronic intifada an independent online news site on palestinian issues he says cushion as planned doesn't address

the root causes of economic hardship in the palestinian territory unemployment in gaza is over 50 percent and it's actually close to 80 percent for university graduates that's not because of lack of investment in the gaza strip it's because of the israeli blockade but his plan doesn't acknowledge the israeli blockade in fact his you know the trumpet ministration questionnaire and david friedman and the other top officials in charge of this so-called peace process support the israeli occupation they support this ready settlements they're very happy that the israelis and naming a new settlement to trump heights so they actively support all the things that destroy the palestinian economy that plunge millions of palestinians into poverty and prevent palestinians from thriving i mean palestinians don't need

a chair cushion is charity what they need is liberation. more than 80000 people in the tory province in the democratic republic of congo remain trapped because of ongoing ethnic violence the fighting in recent weeks has killed at least 100 people in this place hundreds of thousands some of them have fled to the like alba region in neighboring uganda from where catherine soy so this reform. appendage aims has suffered what no child ever should has just arrived at this refugee transit center in uganda after escaping an attack on his village in the democratic republic of congo the 14 year old who separated from his 7 siblings and mother who he last saw running away from an attacker with a machete i was running by going i don't know my mother or. my mother decided to start for me i just did this early on and one

would pound sterling my mom but by that time i don't know if he came to my mom or not. the village attack is just one of many many years of conflict between the lendu and hamad ethnic groups the fight by tribal militias need to a province is of a family and mental reaches some say their rivalry has been politicized or paint his father was killed in another round of violence last year. has also just arrived in uganda the 15 year rules also can trace his parents. he's one of about 4000 congolese who recently fled to uganda mainly from villages on the shores of lake albert which. people are coming here with what ever they could and it's not much what we also know from the families and many children some we quite different stories of what they experienced back home after processing the reception area and

then on to a settlement will be. the u.n. refugee agency says a large number of children are arriving it's a concern. they will have a different way of. it is informing. them. and then right away when they're there. across the board at any 2 region local government and catholic church he does are appealing for humanitarian help for up 240-0000 internally displaced. agencies i guess to get to those who most need help because the security situation remains volatile. besides the hundreds of thousands displaced people and come we have more than $80000.00 still in some conflict areas in juba the situation is

bad and sort of the old it's very difficult to get those areas to rescue them. back in uganda prepared his bed for the night he's safe for now but worries that his family able to escape to catherine sorry al-jazeera like i'll bet you that. north korea's leader has praised a personal letter from president donald trump says he'll seriously consider its content he says the letter was excellent but stopped short of. saying what it was about comes after stalled denuclearization talks between the 2 countries earlier this week kim said he was waiting on a positive step from the u.s. comes a week after trump says he received a beautiful letter from kim. more than 70 police officers have been taken off the streets in the us city of philadelphia for violent all racist social media posts

their actions were revealed in a study that looks at offices an 8 cities and found similar behavior in all of them kristen salumi has more philadelphia residents are demanding accountability from their police force. 72 officers out of 6300 have been put on administrative leave pending an investigation for posts on facebook deemed racist or advocating violence posts which according to the police commissioner could undermine police community relations makes me sick to be honest with you it really makes me sick because we are in a position to know where posts like nice day for a chokehold equating black people with savages and denigrating muslims were found by the plain view project when they looked at social media activity of a sampling of officers in 8 cities big and small when we looked at

a post we asked is it possible that this post this statement this name could affect civilian trust in civilian understanding of the police force lawyer amalie baker white said the post berry and severity but show disturbing trends i think it speaks to to coulter and if we have a police department where folks are being encouraged for whatever reason to be divisive to engage in prejudiced or violent commentary and where they feel like they do that in order to be a part of a community that gets in the way of police forces being able to do their job the union representing philadelphia police called the social media investigation overly broad accusing it of overlooking all of the good work done regularly by our officers the fallout from the study is ongoing not just here in philadelphia but

nationwide the police departments in all 8 cities looked at by the plain view project have launched investigations. reverend mark tyler says the findings contribute to an us versus them mentality in minority communities all we want is the same thing that everyone else wants to feel that if you need a police officer in a time of trouble that you're going to get help it's going to get support and that you're going to get the benefit of the doubt that you will be judged by your behavior not by what you look like on the outside. and others are hoping his revelation was better training for officers kristen salumi al jazeera philadelphia . afghanistan now really missed out on the biggest win in their cricketing history they lost a tight world cup match against india by just 11 runs so help malik reforms if you gave afghanistan a chance against india but they look good early on picking rohit sharma for just

one. there are kohli got india on track i but when he fell for 67 leaving india on 135 full afghanistan had real hope. they managed to restrict india to less than $100.00 runs in the final 20 overs the men in blue ending on a modest $224.00 freight afghanistan didn't have the best start to the chase structureless us by filling in the 7th over they recovered though and managed to get beyond 100 for the loss of just to make it but disaster struck in the 29th over just being too much getting to make it. the afghan didn't give up the harvard nobby's pass and to got to verify no been needing 60 runs but a mohammed shami hattrick ended afghanistan's dream india winning it by 11 runs and the 9 afghanistan a memorable with a helmet al-jazeera. new zealand's of maintaining their own big threat called they

beat the west indies but only just came williamson scored 148 to help them post 291 he when they struggled in response and looked out of it at $164.00 for 7 and a century from college sports white gotten close he couldn't finish the job thankful for failing and sometimes one of the black caps twinning by 5 strong so. let's take you through some of the headlines here now to syria now if he or his chief of defense forces being shot in the capital addis ababa condition of silent my column is not yet clear the shooting happened after a failed attempt to oust a regional government leader and i'm heart of states. u.s. president told trump has tweeted he only stopped strikes against iran from going

ahead for now and the prospect of military action remains on the table the u.s. is imposing additional sanctions against iran which will go into effect on monday. iran right now is an economic mess going through hell the sanctions have had a hard war sanctions are going to be put off a lot. it's hard to believe you could even but it is a rod want to become a wealthy nation to get. from abroad they will call it let's make the run rate again that they make the right way to get ok with me but they never going to do it if they think that vibrant 6 years they're going to have a nuclear weapon i know too much about nuclear a lot about let me tell you they're not going to have a nuclear weapon sudan's leading protest group says it's accepted a plan for

a transitional government ethiopia's leader has been mediating the political crisis the plan proposed is the creation of a governing body made up of civilian and military members the trade war between the u.s. and china is dominating the latest summits of southeast asian countries known as asia and in thailand leaders of the 10 nations that make up the block are attending the meeting territorial disputes in the south china sea the rangar crisis and ocean waste being discussed senior white house adviser jared has laid out the 1st part of his so-called deal of the century middle east peace plan includes billions of dollars of investment for infrastructure in the palestinian territories . headlines the news continues here now just after counting the cost of course you can stay up to date with all the news if you head

over to our web site al-jazeera dot com. the countdown to the 2020 u.s. democratic primaries has begun. televised debate sees candidates go head to head to define themselves on the issues from climate change to foreign policy john is in miami on june the 26th and 27th for the 1st us democratic debate. hello i'm command santamaria this is counting the cost on al-jazeera with a look at the world of business and economics this week safety in the air 2018 was the deadliest year for the aviation industry for years so as the big players gather in france for the paris air show we'll be asking what went wrong the world's safest form of transport also this week it's a these populist coalition is considering a new domestic currency. that could lead to its exit from the euro and if you

worried about your kids having too much screen time or being too exposed to the latest tech then we will show you this order. which speaks doesn't listen. so would be in the airline business these days what with trade tensions and disputes over aircraft subsidies and loans and the slowing global economy but you know there's a far more troubling trend to deal with with the industry could well do without. 2018 was the deadliest year the aviation industry has experienced for some time yes there were $37800000.00 flights last year which averages out to around $103000.00 flights a day so that volume is important to remember when we consider these numbers but there were 523 deaths last year the highest number in 4 years and up from just 59 in 2017 and this is already looking bad $232.00 deaths from the accidents involving

ethiopian airlines and russia's era flops that is well above the 5 year average of $199.00 fatalities a year according to the aviation safety network and front and center in all this is boeing a manufacturer once praised by pilots for its perceived safety there was that phrase very boeing i ain't going and yet 2 of its brand new 737 max jets have crashed indonesia's lion air in october and ethiopian airlines in march killing $346.00 people boeing expects the cost of grounding what is its fastest selling jet will be more than a $1000000000.00 and the airlines themselves expect losses of more than 500000000 due to the grounding and on top of all this spring is facing claims for compensation from the airlines shareholders filed a lawsuit claiming boeing put profitability and growth ahead of airplane safety and

honesty and families are also suing the american airplane maker and so this week's paris air show boeing executives were out to reassure the public and its customers that it is getting on top of the problems with the 737 max let's start with this from. the bush port in the french capital. the latest model of the boeing $707.00 dreamliner on display at the paris air show it's one of the planes the boeing is banking on to salvage its reputation the u.s. plane maker is in crisis over its 737 max absent from the show it's been grounded since march off to 2 fatal crashes the mood was somber as boeing executives that their priority was for the 737 max to fly again and words simply cannot express the sorrow and the sympathy that we feel for the families and the loved ones of those that were lost in these tragic accidents these accidents have only

intensified our efforts to ensure the highest level of safety and quality in everything we do. the 737 max was boeing's fastest selling plane until a crushing oktober an ethiopian airlines accident less than 6 months later killed a total of $346.00 people preliminary investigation suggests the software designed to improve the plane's handling was faulty boeing hadn't informed pilots about the new software leaving them clueless when it failed the barras airshow would normally be an opportunity for boeing to showcase its sales and successes instead this year it's become an exercise in damage control as purring executives try to reassure airlines that they fixed the 737 max boeing's troubles have created a window of opportunity for the company's are drivable european plane making a pass given the day or buses a production constrain the company both sides in about $11000.00 sales of the next

generation single while jets they can only produce so many at a given year given all the difficulties in ramping up so if the troubles continue it's an opportunity but realistically the problem should be solved by next year so the window of opportunity will quickly cause international regulators will decide if and when the 737 max will fly again boeing had hoped that would be within weeks but in a further blow for the plane maker u.s. regulators say the plane is unlikely to take off before december. let's talk more about all of this now with aviation analyst alex machar's joining us from london hi alex. just a terrible year for boeing or terrible 6 or 8 months really for the company one of the things it was talking about doing. was rebranding the boeing 737 max jets is that not just the ultimate sticking plaster i mean literally sticking something on

the plane and trying to change the look and hoping no one notices exactly hello come out well ultimately as you were saying with boeing facing its low. largest crisis in over a decade they are being forced to take measures that is less to do with the business and commercial side of the crisis and more to do with the reputation that has suffered massively in fact in one of the greatest ways boeing has ever experienced and ultimately the 737 max that phrase is a household name across the globe for all of the wrong reasons and the company to believe that the only way at the moment that could be necessary to restore that passenger trust is to actually stop for a fairing it to the name that has such a negative association following those 2 fatal accidents and perhaps rebranded but there is talk that they will drop the word max from the aircraft and industry leaders and airline c.e.o.'s across the world some of them are very vocal in saying that they too agree that boeing should rebranded the c.e.o.

of qatar airways the c.e.o. of kenya airways they have both said that they believe it's the only way passengers will fly and not be too concerned when this aircraft is back in the skies honestly i'm struggling to see how that works out so i mean if i fall on a plane called the 737 greatest plane in the world but i knew it was still a max i'm still going to feel a little bit concerned about it and i think a lot of fliers would feel concerned about and you make a very valid point but i think come out that's because you yourself would know that it was a 737 max for the rest of the public it's actually very unlikely that they would know if the aircraft itself isn't called a max now that may be astonishing you may think how could boeing try to hide away in this way you know and try to almost trick that passengers into thinking they're on a different jet but it is to do with optics and ultimately the airlines already speaking to the manufacturers saying that the passengers are telling them when we see 737 max on the safety card or if the pilot mentions it in his announcement we will not

fly and ultimately they think that just by removing the phrase and not letting you know the majority. passengers won't notice i know that the 787 the dreamliner obviously didn't have anything major or is as fatal crashes but it had its problems with the batteries in its early life and it got through all of that it seems it did the $77.00 recovered pretty well after what was a very turbulent entry into service again the dreamliner was becoming a household name it didn't suffer as much as the 737 max had has right now following those 2 accidents but the dreamliner there were you know contradictory statements saying that it was nicknamed the nightmare liner after all of those problems with the onboard batteries that you know one aircraft here in london was on fire at the gates at london heathrow also ethiopian airlines who have suffered this latest 77 max crash so you know again back then the optics were very bad but

it does go to show that aviation is incredibly resilient and also passing just quickly forget alex there was an order this past week for my a g. the owner of british airways and iberia for some 737 planes. they count 737 dash 8 planes or desh one of those max jets or not are we sort of is there a bit of smoke and mirrors going on here actually this was particularly interesting because in what is somewhat extraordinary measure i agee who the parent company of british airways they have given boeing the biggest vote of confidence that the company has seen since the crisis by signing a deal this week at the paris air show for 2737 max jet aircraft this is very unusual given that this aircraft is in the heart of its crisis it's good news for boeing but it has been met by a backlash from the people that noticed that actually these are max jets because interestingly enough they decided not to mention the word max when they notified

the london stock exchange here that they are signing this deal and again that's probably because this could have sent. it says across the industry that at the heart of its crisis you have a major airline player ordering such a large amount of aircraft that passengers claiming they simply will not fly so with a vote of confidence like that alex what's your feeling bottom line can boeing get its way out of this can it survive given that really i know there are other plane manufacturers out there but really it's only boeing and air bus that really matter in the grand scheme of things for most airlines most big airlines at least for most airlines exactly the dominant players a boeing and airbus a notably boeing are extremely resilient we shouldn't underestimate the damage this has done and more so how this has kind of filtered down to the most basic level where i have people on the street telling me they won't fly the 737 max it will need probably to something like a rebrand where boeing

a force to have to change the name to be able to hide away from the fact that this aircraft is the one that has suffered so famously but boeing as a company they will get over this they got over the 787 dreamliner and get over the problems with this aircraft but the handling of this hasn't been so great and again this is why the company has suffered so badly i'm sure as it is always a pleasure talking to you thank you for joining us thank you of course another issue we haven't addressed for the airline industry is pollution you have 800000 odd flights every day and that's a lot of carbon emissions but the growing pressure for greener skies is resulting in change things like more efficient engines and even electric planes once again here's natasha butler at the. stylish sleek and fully electric the evy asian prototype is a glimpse into the future and more environmentally friendly flying powered by batteries the 9 seats a plane on display at the paris air show would produce ciro carbon emissions and be

fueled by sustainable sources the c.e.o. of the israeli start up behind the plane says he could fly commercially by 2022 can we build an all electric 787 to compete with today's planes were absolutely none other it acknowledges not even close to that but to fly the speed of this size and to beat those designs that are out there since the seventy's or eighty's well here it is this was build the way we believe planes in the 21st century should be build electric planes could be a sustainable option for short flights but cutting c o 2 emissions on medium and long haul travel is a bigger challenge aviation officials say that the airline industry is responsible for 2 percent of the world's carbon emissions climate activists say that is nearer to 5 percent and one of the problems is that the technology needed to reduce airlines carbon footprint is still out of reach some airlines are experimenting with.