now battle iran is threatening to boost to rein him in richmond to the u.s. impose further sanctions to strangle its oil dependence economy america's special envoy on iran brian hooks says washington is on track to deny iran the $50000000000.00 in oil revenue has moved into iran. we heard there from of course the deputy foreign minister of iran mr abbas in vienna ahead of a meeting expected later today when he'll sit down with a joint commission of the remaining signatories to the joint comprehensive plan of action his words there leave little doubt as to the message that iran will be giving to the remaining signatories to this 2015 nuclear deal it's all about the economy as far as iran is concerned that's the problem this year the unilateral pullout from the by the united states the reimposition of what they call direct kone and sanctions akin to economic warfare iran will be pushing this message now what remains to be seen the real big elephant in the room the question that everyone is waiting to have answered is what will europe russia and china be able

to say to iran that might convince it to stop its rolling back of cooperation its reduction of cooperation in terms of its commitments to the nuclear deal in may president hassan rouhani of iran said that since other countries that signed the nuclear deal are either unwilling or unable to maintain their commitments to the deal iran can't be the only one expected to maintain the integrity of the way and as such a run will be reducing some of those commitments now european leaders in a few in the last few days have reportedly said that they will inject some cash into a banking bypass system known as instax essentially designed as a kind of or oil for goods program that would allow iran to continue to trade with europe but the fact is it hasn't proven itself to be successful enough in the question is if it will have any sort of scale to be able to make up for all of the problems that iran is faced economically from u.s. sanctions now before the united states reimposed oil sanctions iran was selling

2800000 barrels of oil a day or oil is its primary source of revenue and if iran feels that what the europeans are offering what allies like russia and china will be able to do if it's enough. to help to turn the tide of the economic devastation caused by american sanctions that could be the source of some sort of forward progress but the fact is so far iran has said that it is the only person it is the only actor in this deal that is maintaining its commitments to the nuclear deal and it will no longer do so alone the rights groups are urging the west to take control of syria's reconstruction warning that present president bashar assad's government could misuse money meant to help rebuild the country assad's all but one the 8 year war his forces in a leading unoffensive in the last rebel held province of its lip human rights watch says assad's government has wrecked the aid system to undermine human rights by benefiting government loyalists and punishing those perceived as opponents its

report warns foreign governments and charity groups to have more control over the work and budgets so ok ali in syria is a researcher at human rights watch she says organizations must work together to make sure financial aid gets to those who need it most. what the report essentially has found is that the syrian government has actually implemented a series of policies and legal frameworks that we had seen coming since 2011 essentially to co-opt the aid that's being that's being fed into government to help syria but now as the syrian government is retaking territory all these policies have sort of gained in importance and the restrictions that they're applying on humanitarians would be then importance so that what human rights watch are saying essentially with this are poor it is that this is the time now to take a stance before it's too late the syrian government has essentially adopted what you would call a divide and conquer approach against humanitarians where it negotiates with each

with each one of them unilaterally and sets up the system so that it can win at the cost of the rights of the population what human rights watch is calling for with this report is the creation of a unified front of donors and organizations and investors where they take a collective approach to the bargaining the report does not see stop funding aid or reconstruction efforts in syria we have 13000000 people in need in syria who need the money what we're saying is that donors and organizations can really do much better i to making sure that these investments reach the people. and for interested donors or stakeholders who do want to provide this kind of money it's on them as well to raise these issues with the organizations and with the syrian government and be honest about the challenges that are being faced with in this humanitarian response well still ahead here on al jazeera anger in iraq as hundreds marched on the bahraini embassy over the u.s. sponsored conference on the middle east plus.

the scene of a deadly bridge collapse in italy it's demolished those stories after the break. hello again it's good to have you back well here across parts of japan we are watching the rain start to subside here as we go toward saturday heavy rain came out of the system right here so one day of a break of rain before some more rain very heavy rain could be a big problem there the heavy rain is coming out of eastern china right now going to be a big problem for shanghai as well as we go from saturday and into sunday notice that heavy rain make its way towards a socket as well as tokyo sendai could be seeing heavy rain as well the ground is already saturated localized flooding could be a big problem there for north korea the rain is in your forecast as well pyongyang

a temperature of 27 degrees well here across much of china often rain showers are going to be the big problem now we did talk about shanghai down here towards the southeast and the south a little bit of a break here on saturday heavy rain towards the north we will hon see attempt to there of about 30 degrees then those showers start to make their way down here towards the south the humanity in hong kong though is going to be quite high the relative heat index is going to feel more like $36.00 to $37.00 degrees there but the average temperature is going to be about $34.00 and then very quickly over here towards the philippines the rain is going to be a big problem but you have here towards luzon manila is expected to cease about 29 degrees but rain will be quite heavy over the next couple of days. i think ask. at breathtaking tropical paradise. where its former protect. its interests.

we follow through just as they put their lives on the mind to. get on medicare. on al-jazeera. welcome back you're watching al-jazeera with the whole robin a reminder of our top stories russian leader vladimir putin and u.s. president donald trump have sat down for talks for more than an hour at the g. 20 summit in the soccer the white house they discussed arms control iran syria

venezuela and ukraine but there was no mention of election interference. former u.s. secretary of state but still listen has described being kept in the dark about foreign policy during testimony before a committee in washington last month to listen accuse white house adviser operating independently of the state department. and iran has warned that a meeting underway in vienna with the remaining signatories to the 2050 nuclear deal will be the last chance to save the pact but america's special envoy on iran brian hooks us to iraq has rejected diplomacy too many times. recalled its ambassador to iraq after demonstrations broke into a demonstrator should i say broke into its embassy in baghdad 100 stormed into the diplomatic compound in protest at hosting the u.s. sponsored conference on the israeli palestinian conflict police use live rounds to break up the hour long standoff though no one was injured a $50000000000.00. until it plans to palestinians was unveiled by the white house

it was a joke in bahrain this week. hundreds of angry demonstrators were outside the bahamian embassy in baghdad they were there to protest the u.s. sponsored manami conference in bahrain it was reported also that demonstrators breached the embassy compound that they were able to get up on the roof to take down the beheading the flag and also it was reported that they burned israeli flags and u.s. flags while they were holding that demonstration and it was reported as well that the security guards on the scene guarding the embassy retreated when they saw that wall of angry protesters appear this is all happening at a time when many at the party's political parties and politicians have been highly critical of that mama conference when many politicians here have said that this conference is something that is gone beyond saying that it's not going to help the

palestinians these are off the politicians who said this is actually going to be a hindrance to palestinians being able to establish a palestinian state going forward so not really a surprise that this would happen at a time of such heated rhetoric the big question now will there be more protests in the days to come. a city in libya is back on to the control of the un recognized government after being used as a base to launch attacks on the capital tripoli soldiers should go together wednesday after weeks of fighting with force allied to the ward cleaver hafter they abandoned military equipment as they retreated to nearby towns where the city's fall is being seen as a setback for have turned his 3 month campaign to seize tripoli what more do what has more who got him. this is the central command of forces loyal to the world lord . have that in the city of that again as the city of the u.n. has completely fall into the hand is of the forces do is to do you any recognizable

government of national accord it's a measure that set back to the forces loyal to the world a lot of help that just because it was the fittest city to be taken control of by have to the forces in the west of libya when helped launch his military campaign to take control of the capital tripoli in march now from this central command military sources here say that have generals. run the battle for tripoli from hit from this central command from here they were running their battles in southern tripoli they were sending troops and also weapons and ammunition to their forces on the southern outskirts of the libyan capital military forces where the government here say that heavy fighting took place around this has caught a. lot of. good partners from all were some cities took part in the battle for.

all the world to the army led by u.n. recognized province to 5 years else or i we will not allow have to as forces here again and now as the government forces are in full control of the city some of have the forces retreated. to the nearby town of others to the city of the horn at the city of the owner which is controlled by and i have to this forces we understand that in march we have to the forces fittest entered the city of that area and some of the fighters from the city allied with the have those forces locals here are worried that have those were planes could target the government forces locations in and around this area. they have a position leader says the country is facing its biggest crisis since the coup that deposed him 10 years ago this week military police opened fire on students

demanding the government step down but the president 100 as is refusing to go on will republic. on june 28th 2009 the military coup d'etat on tour is sent shock waves across latin america. in the early morning 100 soldiers stormed the presidential palace and they were and captured president moments. he was put on an airplane and sent to neighboring effectively relieving him of his command as head of state. was there when saliva supporters took to the streets to denounce the coup and security forces were deployed to shut down nationwide protests that lasted for weeks. 10 years later we returned to the hunter in capital if you take out that what you were sent a taxi driver 20 years says the lives of many hundreds are marked by the time before and after the coup that will go. before it

a coup will live better you will see as many protests. over the last decade economic conditions in hunter s. have declined sharply the ruling political party under the leadership of president one orlando at 9 days has lost the confidence of the majority of the people. for starters the government lacks legitimacy on the other hand the country is going through a serious economic crisis and maybe if the economy weren't in crisis people would accept the government but these 2 factors together make for an explosive combination. thousands more have fled the country in migrant caravans bound for the united states. the current government however blames the country's troubles on bickering between political parties. has been a hateful focus toward the president. calling him a dictator or a bad president without taking into account the advances he's made. in recent weeks anti-government demonstrations have intensified and authorities have grown more

repressive against the protesters here in the 100 capital and in much of the country ongoing protests have led to a heavy military presence on city streets for many the unrest happening now is only a continuation of a political crisis that began 10 years ago. there was. forecasters are warning that the show is on track to become the hottest ever new enemy challenges say if it continues it means the world would have seen the warmest 5 year period on record and it says heatwaves are expected to become more intense and much longer. the state's weather service in france has issued its 1st ever heat wave red alert with temperatures soaring to 45 degrees celsius peoples in 4 french 4000 french schools are getting a day off and in northeastern spain firefighters fear the blistering heat will make their job of putting wildfires even harder. these are already among the

worst fires in spain's catalonia region for 20 years and the heat wave has only just begun firefighters are warning the burning area could get 5 times as big and doing what they can to douse the flames. but for these animals it was too late they died trapped inside their bar and it's clearly upsetting for the farmer. distance provide safety but it's an anxious wait to find out of houses have gone up in flames. in the afternoon when we came back we saw black smoke here and when we wanted to go back home the road was cut off so we couldn't our ranch is right there and there was a lot of smoke so we came here next to fish castle to see where the fire was going and if our ranch was going to burn. away from the flames the heat is more nuisance than danger in madrid

a little cooler 39 celsius people try to stay hydrated stay protected or just took it easy for some tourists for more northerly climbs that's what they came for sticky. cream drink lots of water it's perfect it's very harsh it's very hard for enjoying it and trying to get some time. for vulnerable people the heat can still be dangerous in france the health ministry has issued a heat wave plan for elderly care homes they don't want a repeat of 2003 as hot weather when 15000 mostly old people died. i put a small wet cloth around my neck and there isn't much more i can do i don't mean around but it's our way we don't move too much we just have to wait for it to be over there is no other solution. but forecasters suggest it won't get cooler till early next week. or jazeera.

a road bridge has blown up in the italian city of genoa homo's to a year after it partially collapsed killing 43 people. a ton of explosives brought down the 2 remaining towers of the moor and the bridge more than 3000 people were moved from nearby buildings to safety a new bridge is due to open next april. you're watching all just their homes the whole room and these are all top news stories russian leader vladimir putin and u.s. president donald trump have sat down for talks for more than an hour at the g. 20 the white house says the discussed arms control iran syria venezuela and ukraine but there was no mention of election interference putin has also met the outgoing

u.k. prime minister trees in may it's their 1st formal meeting since the poisoning of a former russian spies they're going to triple in salzburg which led to mass expulsions of russian diplomats may top in the use of a nerve agent was unacceptable and the u.k. has irrefutable evidence that russia was behind the attack putin says both sides should put the incident behind them. former u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson has described being kept in the dark about foreign policy during testimony before a committee in washington last month to listen the accused white house adviser jared cushion of operating independently of the state department iran is warning that a meeting underway in vienna will be the last chance to save the 2050 nuclear deal diplomats from the 5 remaining signatories are meeting iranian counterparts in austria's capital iran is threatening to boost uranium enrichment after the u.s. imposed further sanctions to strangle its oil dependent economy american special envoy on iran brian hooks says washington's on track to deny tehran $50000000000.00

in oil revenue. bahrain's recalled its ambassador to iraq after demonstrators broke into its embassy in baghdad hundreds of iraqis stormed into the diplomatic compound over the u.s. sponsored manama conference on the israeli palestinian conflict they removed the flag replacing it with one of their own please use live rounds to break up the hour long standoff so no one was injured a $50000000000.00 economic plan for palestinians was unveiled by white house adviser jared cohen in bahrain earlier in the week. and forecasters are warning that this year is on track to be the hottest ever un meteorologists say if it continues it means the world would have seen the warmest 5 year period on record and it says heatwaves are expected to become more intense a much longer but if europe is in the grip of a heat wave with temperatures above 40 degrees those weather headlines more news in

half an hour here on their course so we continue our coverage of the g. 20 conference in osaka next it's inside story stay with us. why are eritreans in exile being silenced activists and critics who escape their oppression at home find they're not safe abroad either who is threatening them for speaking out this is inside story.

hello and welcome to the program. that eritrea is often described as one of the most repressive countries and africa people's rights are severely restricted and opponents of the president say as if where key are locked up in jail even eritreans in exile are apparently not safe amnesty international is accusing the government of harassing and threatening activists living in europe and elsewhere in africa eritrea is a member of the un's human rights council which is meeting in geneva this week one eritrean in exile in kenya described her experience to al-jazeera a small car where. we used to are together the people of all the high minot says she's never enjoyed the freedom she fought for she was 17 when she joined eritrea's rebellion and fought for independence from ethiopia she seen here in one of the rebels' mountain hideout in the 1980 s. independence came in 1901 who she says freedom did not if they want to kill you

they can kill you automatically. she owned a factory but she didn't join the governing party or contribute to its funding she says she's been harassed ever since including here in kenya's capital nairobi where she lives in exile she says eritrea is ambassador to kenya of terrorism and had her arrested by local police is. business like he took he saw was like 56 they. had caught the same answers things he tried to deport us. rights activists say that the kind of harassment that a bieber says she's experienced here in nairobi is just the tip of the iceberg and that eritrean critics of eritrea's government we were living in exile all around the world routinely harassed intimidated and even beaten by government supporters so the reporters who rights group amnesty international says it's documented cases

of harassment and intimidation eritrean human rights activists over the last 8 years has published a report and its research is say those in kenya the u.k. sweden and some other european countries a most risk yet their government he gained of exporting their repression from from its territory to another country and it doesn't look good. on your moderate record and it doesn't look good to see any kind of countries where repression is happening the report document seemingly coordinated threatening tweets from staff at eritrea's embassies its ambassador in kenya didn't agree to give us an interview. abebe says the harassment has made her more critical most of her activist colleagues here in nairobi were too scared to speak to us. she's campaigned for 4

of her friends from her days as a rebel who were students 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. all the situation in eritrea is old sue bleak rights groups say the one party state doesn't tolerate dissent researchers believe there are more than 360 prisons in the country compulsory national service in the military is indefinite and activists say conscripts are being used as forced labor there is no private media and only 2 percent of the 5000000 population can access the internet reporters without borders says press freedom in eritrea is only slightly better than north korea and with an estimated $4000.00 people leaving the country every month eritrea is one of the largest sources of african refugees in europe thank you we can now bring

in our guests and in london we have salaam kids on that she's the director of release eritrea that's a human rights organization and adds up of on skype our africa analyst and senior lecturer at kiel university and also in london martin plaut klout a senior research fellow at the university of london and he's also the author of understanding eritrea inside africa most repressive state welcome to all of you thank you very much for being here on the program. the one thing that many people know about harry tre is that very little is known about that country and what goes on inside that country so that's something i do want to explore as this program unfolds but before that i'd like to talk about this whole idea of dissenters not only in the eritrea but also of those outside the country coming under the reach of the regime which is very alarming and so i'm don i want to start with you and you've worked closely with refugees many of them who who've left the country and

have been able to tell you about what's happening in there but i'd also like to know what you're hearing about their experiences when they speak out against the government and how they're affected by it. oh yeah actually it's only people that have left the country that are actually able to speak about what's been happening to them so it's not surprising that the regime is actually trying to come down on their own people who have already left and are trying to to speak about the realities of what they have left and what the kinds of things that people tell are really extreme religious persecution where people are actually banned from praying together if they're not members of government sanctioned churches people who are incarcerated for not returning to their national service posts even for a couple of days. people who are accused of thinking about leaving the

country people who are accused of sympathizing with the opposition forces outside the country so people are being attacked for all sorts of things was there in the country outside the country when they come up people are threatened by actions being to you know don't you fear for your family back home is a calm and a common thread another one is that you know the hunt of their volition which is hundreds the government is alone going it will catch up with you anywhere you are so the entire eritrean s'pore a cunt be kind at times be grouped by by fear of what the government might be able to do martens law does not just eritreans abroad who are facing harassment from the hands of the government salaamed put it you 2 have come under attack for you for speaking out can you tell us about your experience. well it's happened a couple of times i mean when we've had arranged talks in london they have been

attempts to break up the talks at universities some of the times physical mostly just yelling and shouting and trying to make it impossible to talk but a more serious one happened late last year where somebody tried to suggest to me that they should would like to meet me in the you know i'm a journalist and author so i'm always keen to meet people and they asked me can i go and meet somewhere and so i said yes we'll meet at a public space at the british library in fact and when i got there they then said well look would you mind coming outside the exam with somebody he's frightened of being on camera and this kind of thing with there might be cameras in the british library so i said sure and i met him in a little open space a cafe are just outside. and got me a coffee i set down and then he went behind a low bush picks up a box full of liquid i didn't know what it was throws it over me while he's

filming me at the same time on his camera and the 2 other eritreans doing exactly the same and yells at me that i'm a traitor to the government that i'm a functionary of the cia that i'm abusing his country and that i'm all this that i deserve to be dispatched in appropriate manner all this kind of thing anyway i just backed away and left it and the man was arrested and finally prosecuted and went we went to court and he was found guilty and fined for what he had done now of course i was really worried about what had been thrown at me because of course it came a few months after the attack in salzburg in britain where people were liquid was put on people and they were they died as a result that was a russian operation but this one was done by eritreans air tran sympathetic to the regime and so it was a worrying event but i mean of course it's not. thing compared to the repression that is faced by people inside eritrea which is much much much more severe how well

martin platt continued is continuing to speak out about what's happening in eritrea but what has this kind of intimidation done or what kind of an impact has it had on others activists eritrean activists are just general people who managed to leave eritrea from speaking out to the government has it had an impact on them i think it is important to kind of put this into into context because eritrea is an authoritarian states the government there clearly rejects the idea of democracy as a defining form of governing population and most thought or italian government tried on silencing voices that are opposed to them and indeed one of the most defining feature of rhetoric and system is basically harassing intimidating and bullying all opposition forces particularly human rights defenders so several countries in

africa. libya sudan egypt ethiopia in the past to use this system and in fact some of them went as far as using highly sophisticated technologies produced by european companies by israeli companies to conduct source get the surveillance against frontline but i defend this so this is a general pattern across africa i'm sure several other altos and governments use it but there is there has there is particular kind of problem in terms of cyber bullying and people who express their views being attacked by activists. so that's something i want to talk about is the international community based the u.n. human rights council has enlisted eritrea as a member of its council what is the justification for this and how does that make you feel salaam cabana once you hear the stories from the refugees you've been

dealing with. it's actually quite disparaging it shouldn't be surprising but it is it shouldn't be surprising. given the to the other countries on that list of members as well but as an eritrean and knowing intimately what goes on in eritrea it's it is indeed it's very shocking it's saddening it also is makes a mockery of the system that is meant to monitor human rights respect for human rights at the highest level globally to be you know for one of the member states or we're looking this work to be one of the the the most objects violators so it's surprising it's shocking and it's sad. i want to bring it down to the basics here very few people know exactly what is going on inside eritrea and if you could sum up for us what what is happening in eritrea what is happening to the.