arrested in eritrea she doesn't know if they're still imprisoned or dead the same fate she says awaits her if she ever goes home malcolm webb al-jazeera nairobi kenya. well still ahead here on al-jazeera pushing back the advance on tripoli libyan government forces say they've taken a strategic town from fighters of the ward cleaver hafter. and security is stepped up in indonesia's capital ahead of a ruling on the disputed presidential election results stories after the break. hello again it's good to have you back we are seeing some very heavy rain continue across parts of thailand and into man mar you can see all those very showery conditions up here on our satellite and also on our forecast map here on friday so

continued rain there especially in bangkok where we do expect to see a temperature of about $32.00 degrees dryer down here across parts of much of indonesia that's going to continue so plenty of sun across java as well as bali but up here towards the philippines the rain is going to be quite heavy in manila expect those showers to cause some localized flooding maybe across parts of luzon as well it we do expect to see a time to there of about $28.00 degrees well as we make our way down here across parts of australia we have had one from about to come in off the indian ocean it pushed through perth and brought some windy as well as rainy conditions there we're going to be seeing the winds continue in that area as we go through the rest of the weekend and that system is going to be making its way across the bite for perth though only a temperature of 15 degrees winds are coming out of the south keep you a little bit cooler but for adelaide you can be seeing 20 but dropping down on saturday as that front pushes through and rain showers are coming into the area as well dropping down to about 15 degrees there over here towards brisbane though it is going to be a partly cloudy day

a 24 in sydney and i stay at 20 degrees. the pages of this exercise book cold unspeakable mannerly compiled testimonies of victims of congolese mercenaries as this intimate evidence finds its way to international courts the central african republic is plunged into further. and intricate tan the people and a nation crippled by recent history. africa on part one of a 2 part series on al-jazeera.

of them are killed watching under their arms the whole rahman a reminder of our top stories there have been 2 suicide bombings in the 2 missing in the capital killing a police officer and injuring several others the 1st blast targeted a police stickle close to the french embassy a 2nd bomb targeted the police headquarters. also ethiopian police have arrested at least 39 members of the empire a political party after a failed rebellion in the north of the country on saturday dozens of people were killed in the attack on the fighting that followed also president trump has touched down in a soccer japan for a 2 day summit where there is likely to be some tense discussions on trade trump is already embroiled in a tit for tat tariffs argument with china and as he left washington he said it was ripe for even more. there's also plenty to talk about in terms of the escalating tensions between the u.s. and iran the french president says that he's urged to iran not to break the 2015

nuclear agreement i will speak to president trump at that g. 20 meeting to look for ways forward to avoid a military confrontation in the gulf same striving has more. explosions hit oil tankers in the gulf the kind of incident world leaders worried could spark another war in the middle east on may 12th blasts damaged for oil tankers near the emirate the port of pajero a month later on june 13th 2 more ships were attacked in the gulf of oman the u.s. and its allies were quick to blame naval mines they said were placed on ships holes by forces linked to the islamic republic of iran on wednesday one u.s. ally seemed to go from certainty to doubt learner's we cannot point fingers at any state because we do not possess this evidence if there are other nations that possesses clear evidence in the international community will listen to them and. the evidence has to be clear precise scientific and convince the international

community that we are in a region that is important to the world we do not wish for any more strikes and we do no wish for any more instability we want most ability and more development of. the new ways foreign minister was speaking during a news conference with russia's top diplomat in moscow sergei lavrov made no secret of his support for to her own. there are no no return points although some would want to create such point but we will persuade our ronnie and us colleagues to step away from this dangerous line to start solving the contradiction through a civilized dialogue and of course it means stepping away from policies of ultimatums sanctions and blackmail. on monday the u.n. security council was briefed on the results of investigations carried out by iran's accusers the world body condemned the attacks but stopped short of pointing fingers

about failing to build a global consensus to blame iran might be one reason for the u.a.e. softening its stance iran has also been undeterred by the allegations warning the united states and neighboring countries of decisive retaliation to any aggression. carrying their divorce government in divorce because of division and plundering nations a very very long history not just 10 or 20 years the most hated officials of this government accused a rainy a nation again so you know on a daily basis they ring in nation want to be deterred by these insults they write me a nation want to treat the comments by the american official will no doubt be a positive sign to iranian leaders but it may not be enough to undo a cycle of escalation that has been going on for months about during the weekly cabinet meeting on wednesday president hassan rouhani said iran does not want war

with anyone but shooting down a u.s. drone last week he said was a clear sign that border security is a red line and that iran is more than able to defend itself and for world leaders seeking stability in the region iran's president had this recommendation on or the 2015 nuclear deal. now the syrian rescue group known as the white helmets is accusing russia of war crimes after 2 of its members were killed on wednesday the group says 7 other civilians died in russian strikes in the northwestern province of idlib as russian planes return to target rescuers as they were pulling injured people from the rubble russian forces are supporting the syrian government and its offensive in the rebels' last major stronghold in the country. the syrian refugee sentiment is on the rise in lebanon the country has the highest number of refugees become bitter. many blame the president's for its economic crisis rights groups say the government is now pressuring syrians to return home by making it harder to stay.

in ramadans life as a refugee is coming to an end it has been for difficult years in lebanon is taking his family back to syria even though he's not sure what awaits them. on the pressure is increasing that's why i want to go back they keep taking measures against us like tearing down our homes. lebanese authorities ordered the demolition of anything in refugee camps that could be a permanent home it was the latest measure against refugees criticized by human rights groups they say refugees are living with fear and intimidation and life is becoming intolerable and this international analyzed all of the returns and we found that syrians are being pushed back into syria and that's because of a combination or through a combination of restrictive government policy is mass. arrests to starting down businesses or you know preventing syrian refugees from working in certain fields

and now there is a campaign by lebanon and patriotic movement headed by foreign minister. encouraging businesses to fire syrian workers not everyone supports the initiative but those behind it argue syria is safe for return. you are doing is not racism our priority is that many refugees are working here illegally they should go back. a crackdown on illegal businesses has begun authorities are closing shops that are hiring non lebanese without work permits official say it is about protecting the economy but syrians who are facing difficulties in op taining and renewing residence visas feel they are being singled out for anti refugee sentiment in lebanon is not new some. in the refugees from the war in syria for worsening the economic crisis and competing for a job with lebanese workers but now pressure is mounting on the refugees to return

the campaign is backed by some politicians who support syria's president bashar al assad syrians are concerned. that they don't want to see here we don't want to live under a regime that killed us stop pushing us to go back we can't bear this the u.n. and human rights groups say syrians still face risks of persecution if they return after years of war and searching for a safe home these people are faced with hard choices. northeastern lebanon. 2 of africa's rival forces in libya or disputing the reported curvature of a city used as a staging post by the ward cleaver hafter and its campaign to seize tripoli forces that are allied to the u.n. recognize governments say that they've captured guardian around 80 kilometers south of the capital but have to its fighters say they remain in control using the city would be seen as a setback and have to 3 month campaign to capture tripoli mahmud of the wind has

the latest from tripoli. the city of that about 80 kilometers to the south was from the capital tripoli has finally fallen into the hands of forces loyal to the e.u. and it could nice to government of national accord the city of as various threat as it has been used as a supporting hub alongside the city of that huna for have to his forces fighting the government forces in southern tripoli forces loyal to the warlord 24 have to have taken control of the city for the past 3 months and now after losing the house was drawn to the town of us harbor which is in the west in the south of the very end military sources with the government say that dozens of have forces were killed in the battle for you today while also say that they have taken

control of us throughout egypt luke asians in cite the city of libya and including the central command of have to his forces that has been used to run the battles in southern tripoli we know that the battle for tripoli the military campaign launched by have to his forces to take control of the capital tripoli started from the city of mosul from the city of horner it seems to be a major setback for have to as forces as they now have only one city and the west of libya supporting them and the military campaign to take control of the capital tripoli meanwhile in southern to paly have to us forces have been losing strategic locations. including in active old international airport and also in neighborhoods in the southern in the west and in the southern the western part of the capital and also in the southern part of the capital tripoli including a little for

a journey where hoods. security has been stepped up in indonesia's capital ahead of a ruling on the disputed presidential election results now thousands of police officers have been deployed in jakarta former general proper words to be done to called on the court to overturn the april election results citing systematic fraud and abuse of power official results declared incumbent djoko were due to the winner with 55 percent of the votes florence louis has the latest from jakarta. they've been summarizing the legal argument which is essentially that he believed that systematic fraud and cheating at the polls and if there hadn't been cheating says he would have won about 52 percent of the vote and therefore been declared the winner so what he's asking the court to do now is to invalidate the result now. which way the court is going to decide but analysts have said it is extremely difficult for applicants in presidential election results to be able to get a verdict in their favor and many legal experts lawyers and academics who've been

watching this case closely say that really has a very slim chance here and so far the argument they've not been very strong has not been able to provide very strong evidence so a lot of people a lot of legal analysts academics watching this case don't think that he is going to get a decision in his favor but we're still going to have to wait for the judge's decision we have to remember that the court's decision is final and cannot be appealed so if the court decides against probably. really this is the end for him this is the end of his legal challenge. in the region holds a pro-democracy campaigners have turned their attention to police and justice officials they gathered outside the main offices of the justice department and were held back by lines of police. spoke of a rally outside the headquarters of another part of the city and the protesters are trying to keep up pressure on the government to draw a bill that would allow suspects to be extradited to mainland china. pardon me

a new floor has been discovered in the computer system of the troubled boeing 737 the. problem with the. software and says the company must address it before the church can fly the 737 was grounded in march of the 2. the u.s. senate has approved a bill to provide 4 and a half $1000000000.00 in emergency funds to deal with asylum seekers on the border with mexico the approval followed the republican led senate rejecting a similar bill agreed by the house of representatives and it had more restrictions on how the trumpet ministration could use the money. you know i'm curious troops have been sent to confront protesting teachers and doctors who say public schools and hospitals are literally falling apart present on the wall on the homeland as announced the nationwide deployment of military forces last week 2 months of protests intensifies this battle republican polls from some to demonstrators in the

city are demanding the president reverses to crays the privatization of public services. this illam entry school was once considered among the best in the city of some pedro sula today the classrooms are literally falling apart teachers are on strike and say the hunter and government has abandoned its commitment to public education where as you can see the wood is rotten it's been eaten by semites that's why the roof caved in some 90 percent of public schools in the country are facing a similar infrastructure crisis. last april the hunter and government announced plans for funding cuts to public schools and hospitals. since then educators and medical professionals have been organizing nationwide demonstrations and the unrest has been growing the the 100 president has called for peace but is also deployed military police which are now present at all major

public demonstrations protests like these are taking place almost every day across much of honduras where we are right now in some by the assume the protesters are burning tires to block access to motor vehicles from most of these protests never made great peaceful there have been crashes and there have been made to appear reports and instances of authorities there is a excessive force against peaceful demonstrators. many in the medical community say hundreds has public health sector like public education is on the brink of collapse set up in there. with only 5 percent of the national budget goes toward public how the rest is most corruption this is the crisis in the country. no money for medicine or medical supplies no money to hire staff. if. we visited a public hospital in the city outside the emergency room we met 71 year old jose santos who was referred here for prostate surgery but says he was turned away by

doctors. they told me there aren't enough beds they even said if i was dying they couldn't operate on me because there's no more hospital beds once the sun set the scene appeared even more dire visitors were left sleeping outside on the floor some next to bags of medical waste. we're told there simply aren't enough resources to treat everyone even the patients here say if public services don't improve the unrest in the country will only worsen. some fear that of. their arms they'll run and these are our top news stories there's been 2 suicide bombings in the capital killing a police officer and injuring several other people the 1st bus talk to a police vehicle close to the french embassy the 2nd bomb targeted the police headquarters u.s. president touched down in a soccer japan for a 2 day g.

20 summit where there's likely to be some tense discussions on trade is already embroiled in a tit for tat terror argument with china as he left washington he said it was ripe for even more white house correspondent kelly how it is that. the officially donald trump is here to promote his. economic growth according to the white house for all jobs. this president generating before he touches down. there he has concerns with some of that. meeting with the latest indian prime minister in bali criticizing the very high tells us good lashing out at chinese leaders and european leaders alike. they will speak plenty of talk about the escalating tensions between the u.s. and iran the french president manuel microland says he's not to break the 2050 nuclear agreement and will speak to president trump at the g.

20 a ways to avoid military confrontation in the gulf. if european police have arrested at least 39 members of the empire a political party after a failed rebellion in the northern provinces last week and dozens of people were killed in the attack and the fighting that followed rival forces in libya are disputing the reported capture of a city used as a staging post by the warlord khalifa haftar in his campaign to seize tripoli forces allied to the un recognized government so big captured galleon around 80 kilometers south of the capital but have to fight to say they remain in control and security has been stepped up in indonesia's capital and of a ruling on the disputed presidential election results former general began to call on the court to overturn the april election results scientific systematic fraud and abuse of power official results declared incumbent djoko were due to the winner and of course you can follow those stories on our website to tell does have

a dot com is updated through the day more news in half an hour with liz purana but next it's inside story to stay with us. the opportunity of the century that's what white house adviser jared says is being presented to palestinians as a conference in bahrain but neither the israelis know the palestinians are there so what's the point and does money trump politics this is inside story.

hello and welcome to the program i'm wrong on washington's plan to end decades of conflict between the israelis and the palestinians has been dubbed the deal of the century although most of the details all still under wraps present don't trump is pushing prosperity as the 1st step towards peace his son in law and senior white house advisor jarred unveiled the economic part of the proposal that's a 2 day conference in bahrain on tuesday no one's wealthy gulf arab nations and business leaders to invest $50000000000.00 in the palestinian territory jordan egypt and lebanon the aim is to build projects and create jobs the political part of the plan is expected to be revealed after these radio actions in september my direct message to the palestinian people is that despite what those who have let you down in the past tell you president trump and america have not given up on you

this workshop is for you. the vision we developed and released if executed correctly will lead to a better future for the palestinian people a future of dignity prosperity and opportunity no israeli official has been invited to the conference and palestinians a boycotting event they say they won't talk business without a political solution will bring in our guests in a moment but 1st rob matheson reports from gaza where people have been protesting against the u.s. plan. when just a question or made his opening remarks at the start of the bartering conference in the state he said the political issues involved in the conflict between the israelis and the palestinians would be discussed at the right time well as far as these protesters in gaza concerned this is the right time there's no question that gaza needs investment there are 2000000 people here and 52 percent of them are unemployed the united nations says it's helping to provide food aid to 1000000

people and the infrastructure is in bad need of rebuilding. but the people in gaza also say that the economic element of the u.s. plan is an attempt to distract them from their political demands they want a right to return to the land that they say is theirs they want a lifting controls on restrictions that have been imposed mainly by israelis on trade and movement and in a right. the israeli say that those restrictions are necessary to stop weapons coming into gaza which could be used against israelis but the gazans say those restrictions also prevent gaza's economy from expanding these people today say that it is vitally important that there is a political solution 1st before anyone starts talking about the money. i. let's bring in our panel joining us from washington d.c. james norton republican strategist and former senior staff in the george w.

bush administration in london who was the palestinian ambassador to the u.k. and in west jerusalem mitchell brock former advisor to president shimon peres and prime minister ariel sharon a welcome to you all and let's begin in washington d.c. with james norton james this peace plan has been almost universally criticized by people within foreign policy circles in fact one palestinian diplomats likened it to a divorce settlement where neither the lawyers turned up to the meeting and neither did the people getting divorced what is the strategy here. you know i think it's important to note that the trump white house has really operated as almost an isolationist white house really going back to world war 2 almost pre president roosevelt there really has been a policy of disengagement for the most part outside of a few a few efforts here or there and i'd say this is one of the key efforts obviously for the trump white house to president trump to put jerry questionnaire in charge

of a middle east peace plan or planning process and so i think you know if you look at there from their perspective and i think jericho talked on this network yesterday about economics and investment and that's that's kind of who they are and that's where they come from in terms of their backgrounds they're not your traditional politicians and so i think that's where they see it and i think they're trying to say hey there could be a future but the future has to come with a strong economy and strong economic and i think that's that's where they're coming from and that's why they're starting to have these conversations because i have a national economy without a state a nation so why do it this way around you know i again i think that this white house thinks a little bit differently i think we've had plenty of white houses that have tried it the other way in terms of trying to establish the state 1st i think that that's not exactly off the table but i think they're also trying to say you know we need to make these considerations and i think it's also their way of bringing other people other countries and other investments to the table as well and so you don't have just the united states you've got you know the everybody in the region around

this idea and this planning process i think that's why they're out there today trying to bring as many people as they can the other to have these conversations you know i think you have to look at it too it's been you know this is the 3rd year of the trump ministration and you know this is kind of where we are at this point in terms of what their thought process is and what they think they need to get done and so. this is their effort what is the palestinian position here just explain to us why you're not at the conference. we're not because we're not interested to take part in such a charade it's a charade it's simply a game that we have seen a movie that we have watched many years actually let me correct you have guessed from the us that they have been trying to focus on the state for the last one to 6 years actually it's the opposite for the last one to 6 years the only idea that was tested and tried was economic fees all slow the process was about focusing on the economic caught before the political horse to

a dismal failure for all of us and we felt bad for the captive audience almost of course not just on the behind and who all know including the world bank the i.m.f. mr tony blair himself who have tried yes the 1st job for mr blair after actually after leaving they you know a number 10 downing street was to head the quartet and he has tied the heart of this concept of economic cart before the economic course everybody knows that the major obstacle for unleashing the palestinian economy is actually. the issue of destructions the israeli occupation our inability to use our resources our inability to conduct trade the lack of control and the moment we gain our economic sovereignty and political rights well campbell as a nation to bend a 5 in prosperous economy and we have all it takes to do so. the issue here is that mr kushner has and his plan has neither a an economic cost more

a political horse the political horse was was shot in the head when the president declared divorce a limb the united capital of israel and move the embassy and all that followed after that with regards to the refugees with their guns for the settlements and then being illegal with regards to all the moves all the way to only 3 days ago and his national security adviser in the day and they show them valley promising that the u.s. will endure. control of the jordan valley and that extension which is by the way the strategic reserve out of palestine and now he talks about it an economic cost that doesn't exist it's really an exaggerated numbers nobody knows where this coming money come from what it's going to go and you know mr question of himself has been really sad this over the last few months and years cutting the entire u.s. aid from the order to the palestinian people including to hospitals and schools

education to all the what the u.n. agency that caters for the palestinian refugees and by the way that would have cost . pastoral feet in palestine because more than half a 1000000 palestinian children are educated by on the one thanks to the world by the way for forging the bell and and compensating that and sustaining on there what to do it's absolutely crucial. and by the way today that is the more important what schaub conference in new york for mobilizing assistant therefore even his economic plans are not convincing them not real and the only question for us is what is the intention behind all this and we believe the show is only about one last request by netanyahu and the election season which is the israeli normalization of relationship and absence of a political solution very strong words there from the ambassador in london let me bring you in mitchell barak in west your recent this is almost

a gift isn't it to the netanyahu government if and thus there's a lot is right it's an election gift it's giving netanyahu a way of saying well here's another deal that the palestinians have rejected we're trying our hardest. no because nobody planned this election so you know this is been going on since the last election for over a year and you know i'd like to ask the ambassador what what's the risk if you just try it why don't you try and just say yes and say let's take the $50000000000.00 let's try and rehabilitate gaza and the west bank and let's try and create an economy for ourselves and get some outside investment they brought some really really serious people out to behind. a lot of very very serious american business people a lot of people that are ready to invest i think 1st of all the most significant thing that's being missed by everyone is something that sure own prime minister sharon did. which had not been done in by israel and it's certainly not be been

done by the by the united states yet and is very respected and should be respected by both the palestinians and the arab world and that is sending his own family to try and solve these problems to negotiate on diplomatic missions many arielle sharon sent his son only to meet with arafat in those days to meet with the palestinians and they very much respected the fact that he wasn't sending an envoy just some you know foreign ministry bureaucrat and i think the same can be said for president trump and for jared cushion or you can criticize jared kushner's plan you can say he doesn't have diplomatic experience but the fact of the matter is he is basically flesh and blood of president trump he is family and one family comes in they go shades on behalf of the president the united states in the arab world you should take that very seriously and they've come up with some in the lid and you know it let's be honest i would be on these anomaly negotiate saying no a substitute for the real for the right people the most knowledgeable people the

best people for the job to negotiate shoulder you know saying that well we've listened to you we've listed all that we've listed no no it's a start it's a start and that's how and and and james may or may tell you that's how you get things done in the white house you want to get something done in the white house. find a way to jarett cushion or ok he's really running the show there so here you have someone who has direct access to the president both during business hours and after business hours and he's taking this is to spearhead it why don't you take advantage of that why don't you take advantage of the fact that instead of looking at a negative the president trump declared jerusalem as the capital recognize israeli sovereignty over the golan heights say well he's already given them that now what is what are the israelis have to give up for that or what are we getting for that as the palestinian bust is that they want you to believe israelis have to give up for the surely the simple answer is a palestinian nation state right surely. thank you and on another you know i was the one bus will go to washington and i.