been nominated to be the e.u. top diplomat he would succeed federica more greeny and i.m.f. chief christine lagarde has been put forward as president of the european central bank taking over from mario draghi they now need to be endorsed by the european parliament now the barber has more from brussels after days of wrangling it's a close ally of german chancellor angela merkel who's got the nod for what many see as the most important to you joe. germany's defense minister and a self-proclaimed federalist is the leader's nomination for the post of european commission president even if germany up staying on the commission president. their government coalition personality chancellor merkel supported the whole book which 1st and foremost we have chosen to women and to men for their for. a perfect gender. i am really happy about it after

all europe as a woman child michelle the belgian prime minister is nominated to be the next head of the european council with spain's foreign minister josep barrel as the e.u.'s foreign policy chief while the international monetary fund boss christine lagarde is nominated to head the european central bank you know had 6 in the tide of course we all had to give a bit we all had to move but once again the european council has approved the fact that it's capable of doing so and given the disparate conceptions in europe and amongst the various party groups and families and the various prime ministers i believe it to be an athlete. the dutch labor leader from stimulants had been seen as the front runner for a commission president as the talks started on sunday but there was a big push back from countries including poland hungary the czech republic and slovakia the so-called visit for the hungary in some polls have been strongly criticised by symonds over their record on the rule of law throughout these

negotiations donald toast the president of the european council has been wary of putting things to a vote prefer him to reach consensus however slowly the process is highlighted not just national divisions but the struggle for influence between europe's political families the top appointments are meant to take into account the results of the recent european elections the group that did best the center right the p.p.p. insisted one of its candidates should head the commission but the lead candidate of the greens has denounced the package as a backdoor deal and old europe at its worst is not a certainty that the parliament will approve the names. i'm going to merkel says the e.u. could explore new rules to avoid repeating the squabbles we've just seen for example direct elections and trans national lists whatever happens the calls for greater transparency a likely to get louder nadine barber al-jazeera brussels. the un has condemned the deaths of hundreds of syrian civilians living in areas controlled by rebels the syrian government and its russian allies have been bombing

areas in the provinces of illiberal hama for more than 2 months activists say around 2 children are being killed every day so holders' be more developments from neighboring lebanon. constant fear is etched in the faces of these children a fighter jet is close by. a 1000 and a half or so so. so far so good so often and don't be afraid their grandmother tells them. this is what life is like in northwest syria of. power. i try not to get scared so that the assad regime doesn't achieve its objective i won't let them win we have been living under bombardment for 9 years but the children can't help it they get scared but i try to do is comfort them help them forget what is happening outside i try to make them laugh and give them emotional support. the family lives in moderate of normal the town in southern

italy has been repeatedly targeted and the russian backed syrian government offensive in recent weeks. she is worried about the safety of her grandchildren but a life of displacement is not an option and one parliament rather we have taken a decision not to leave god willing we won't we did it once and life in exile is difficult we want to live in dignity in our own homes. but it's not safe monotone no man was home to more than 100000 syrians some displaced from other parts of syria neighborhoods have been flattened hospitals hit ambulances targeted and the united nations says more than 100 children have been killed while at home at school or playing in the streets. and the air strikes follow us wherever we go no matter where we go they hit everywhere. i get scared when i hear a plane i can hear it passing by so i immediately hide.

that is what family does when a plane is spotted. they receive early warnings over walkie talkies. and they wait. but. they survived at least until the next attack. like. the. jennifer their beirut. a man wanted by police is blown himself up in the tunisian capital the man detonated explosives after he was confronted by a group of officers no one else was injured or killed it's the 3rd suicide bomb attack in tunis the past week. the united nations special investigator examining the murder of journalist john marshall jane once world powers to reconsider holding

the next g 20 in saudi arabia agnes kalamata mounts her findings last month telling al-jazeera she wants the u.n. to investigate further she was unable to determine who authorized the killing but did find credible evidence pointing to crown prince 100 been some months involvement. now realize that next year as the g 20 will be taking place in saudi arabia a political accountability for mr cash only will mean that it doesn't happen. elsewhere or something is being done to ensure that the police to call it as system in the us and in other countries does not become complicit of that international crime and of the narrative that saudi arabia is trying to sell fairly effectively in some quarters police in tel aviv fired tear gas against protesters calling for justice over the death of an israeli theo paean teenager.

thousands of demonstrators blocks roads and burned tires in cities across israel tuesday says it was triggered by the death of 18 year old solomon teka who was shot dead by an off duty policeman last week 3rd smith has more from tel aviv. the intense grief and anger of solomon tickers family and his death has been reflected in some of the biggest nationwide protest in israel in recent years. the 18 year old was shot dead in the northern city of haifa by an off duty police officer who says he tried to break up brawling nudes but they turned against him other witnesses say the police officer started the confrontation there are almost 150000 jews of ethiopian descent in israel. 2 and the times they've complained of racial discrimination. i have lots of friends who the police have hit and targeted batasan us yesterday it was him tomorrow it could be me and the day

after it could be my brother or friend why do they do this because there braces i have small kids this is a nuff it's not nice i'm always worried about my son until i see him with my own eyes when he comes home and we also humans. were thousands of protesters brought traffic to a standstill in a dozen israeli towns and cities from early evening rush hour until late into the night a police spokesman said they needed to carry out a thorough and comprehensive evaluation of the circumstances of the shooting the police officer who shot solomon attacker is under house arrest is actually now at a secret location for his own protection police turn west occasions department has looked into the deaths of 10 israeli citizens who were shot by the police over the last 5 years and no police officer has ever faced charges in connection with any of those killings birthright al-jazeera television and i talian calder's lifted the

house arrest order on the german captain oversee watch rescue ship. was detained on saturday after docking on the island of lampedusa and hitting a police boat dozens of rescued migrants were on board at the time sea watch says it skipper acted within international law. at least 21 people have been killed and dozens wounded during monsoon rains in western india flash flooding is caused chaos in the financial capital well you know hala before. it's the heaviest rainfall people in mumbai have seen in a single day in more than a decade. more than 350 millimeters of rain fell in just over 24 hours in the city of 20000000 people cars were submerged and main roads flooded at the city's airport there was major disruption with a plane skidding from the runway and 100 flights affected. with millions prevented

from getting to work and school officials declared a public holiday and there is no train and they are not making any announcements either there is water logged everywhere the stream is here in the next block but they're not allowing that to leave either. the heavy downpour forced water levels to rise. commuting is a big problem how does a man go to work or reach home they have to get down and sometimes waist deep water on waterlogged roads to get from one place to another. in the western part of mumbai a wall collapsed on homes in the shanty town workers scramble to rescue survivors several people were killed and dozens injured in the search with 3 methods victim locating cameras dog searches and physical searches we've handed over all the bodies that we found and all the searches we're not getting any more information or extra signals so we'll ask the local authorities to conclude the rescue operation the indian navy has been called in to provide relief to other areas affected by the

heavy downpour. india has its monsoon season every year but this storm has already brought the 2nd highest rainfall in 44 years and with 3 more days of heavy rain expected people in mumbai are being told it's better to stay at home for healing mohammed al jazeera. the discovery of a large coal reserve in southern pakistan is changing the way families have lived for generations women in poor rural communities mostly worked in the home or in the fields but now a new coal plant in a car is offering these women an opportunity to earn their own money. explains. until last year with says she did not even know how to ride a bike now she's among a dozen women who drive 60 ton trucks in pakistan's largest open pit coal mine. i was afraid when i saw the truck at 1st but now i am not it's a source of livelihood for

a family she still begins her day by heading to the well because there's no running water in her village traditional what's called have been there homes for centuries extended families live in clusters of the structures. along the streets road lot has increased she says her new job has given her confidence and a lot more money finally. bring water from the wells wash clothes cook food for the family look after the children as well. 80 percent of pakistan's poor live in rural areas people here in the southwestern region of the parker face poverty illiteracy and a lack of basic services. many of the district's one and a half 1000000 people struggle to find jobs the recent call extraction project has created opportunities for many locals here most of the women are from conservative hindu families they get married young look after their children tend to the field in cattle so becoming a truck driver is not just

a job they see it as empowerment but just changing the way their society has functioned for generations. those traditions in both hindu and muslim communities mean male guardians decide if women can work you know. it's the tradition of thought that we don't allow our females to go out for work except to bring water and to work in the fields sometimes they do embroidery at home but i told my daughters to drive we're all very much proud of. many husbands had to be invited to see the work environment before they allowed their wives to become drivers the trainers believe these types of jobs will help future generations as well problems i will tell you where he has gone up by the women of many problems with this training we want to create awareness on how to look after themselves and their children and how to interact with the people around them the women of the park or have thrived despite the hardships they face 73 percent turned up to both last year even the 1st hindu woman to contest elections on

a non minority seat came from this region. social workers see economic opportunities help women like this in many ways including the chance to earn an independent livelihood. down to 0 there parker said in pakistan. let's take you through some of the headlines here now at least 40 people have been killed and dozens injured in an air strike on a migrant camp in libya's capital the un recognized government has blamed the strike on forces loyal to warlords. russia's defense ministry says 14 sailors have died in a fire on a navy submarine russia says it was a deep sea research vessel based out of several more scritch was doing a survey of the sea floor near the arctic russia's president summoned the defense minister for a briefing on the fire and expressed his condolences to relatives and sailors. with

a company. it was a highly professional crew according to your preliminary reports 7 out of the 14 did had a rank of captain and 2 were heroes of russia it's a huge loss for the fleet and for the whole army i offer my sincere condolences to the families of the victims the u.s. navy seal has been acquitted of committing war crimes in iraq special operations chief edward gallagher has been accused of fatally stabbing an eyesore prisoner in 2017 a military jury in california heard he had hosed for a photograph with the body heavy rain this prompted an evacuation order for more than 700000 people in cargo shimano japan's southern island of crete you should people have been ordered to seek shelter as emergency centers with warnings of flooding and landslides probe aging politicians in hong kong say could cost around $1300000.00 to repair the legislature building which was ransacked by protesters

police have declared it a crime scene as the cleanup continues a special task force has been set up to look into mass protests most of which were peaceful they were triggered by a controversial bill which would allow extradition to mainland china mexico's busy foreign ministry says the number of migrants apprehended at the u.s. border has gone down by 30 percent it's cited the u.s. customs and border protection agency garcia shows a decrease between the months of may and june u.s. border agents detained $100000.00 migrants last month. those i headlines the news continues off the inside story. of malaysia plans to abolish the death penalty dividing. with more than $1200.00 prisoners on death row one on one. on al-jazeera. the hunt for whales japan has resumed

commercial whaling in its waters despite global outbreak but is the practice commercially sustainable and force of the cultural roots of boiling in japan and is culture a justification this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm peter dalby whales were hunted to the brink of extinction until 1986 when a group of countries agreed to temporarily stop whaling for profits which turned into a semi international ban however conservationists are now worried the species might be facing a similar threat many countries continue to hunt whales for what they say are scientific purposes and japan which is one of the leading commercial whaling countries is now resumed that practice in its waters it says whaling is part of its

culture and can be done in a sustainable way but as mariana honda explains japanese pilots and tastes of moved on. for more than 30 years the international whaling commission has been locked in a fight its job is to protect whales pushed close to extinction it 3 countries norway iceland and japan have pursued the right to hunt them late last year japan argued there was scientific proof some species had recovered enough to allow sustainable hunting and it pushed again for the $9906.00 ban on commercial whaling to be lifted when the whaling commission rejected japan's proposal japan with the true japan says it will only hunt in its territorial waters not the open seas of the antarctica north pacific where it has until now been hunting for scientific research and it's not clear whether they'll even be a market in japan for the whale meat the ships bring to shore consumption in japan

has plummeted from around $200000.00 tonnes each year in the sixty's to just $5000.00 tonnes each year over the last 5 that could be due to the changing tastes of a new generation but changing attitudes to hunting whales a likely affected tune and things that the international whaling commission won't be different japan's departure has arguably lift it weakened but after more than 3 decades fight of the commercial whaling it's now free to concentrate on what it was originally formed to do commercial whaling is now back on the list of threats to the world's whales but there too is a climate crisis that's already adversely impacting the oceans and marine life within them a looming threat that could well eclipse them all. ok let's get going let's bring in the panel joining us today from southampton in the

u.k. ken collins senior research fellow in ocean and earth sciences at the faculty of environmental and life sciences at the university of southampton in tokyo michel. when presidents of japan sing at sioux newsagency and in bristol also in the u.k. mark simmons senior marine experts at the humane society international welcome to you will michael penn in tokyo 1st time in 31 years more than 3 decades what's the point well the point basically is to keep a political constituency happy. there are some small towns along the coast in japan where the economy is this largely based on whaling and these small towns have political. politicians who represent them and they are influential politicians so it's more a batter of the fact that there's a lot on one side of the issue in japan but not really on the other and the pro

whaling side politically is stronger can call ins is it enough to say it's cultural well potentially yes but i question that there is the demand no one thing that avoids much attention as a fact there are a 2nd shooter poll culling all smaller citations which are outside such as dolphins poll percentage which are outside of any international treaties monk simmons in bristol does this give the government a longer term exit strategy because they can get away from the situation of subsidising what is you know when it comes to profit and loss what is a very expensive industry to maintain. this is a very strange situation that we're now in we've had decades of argument with japan about its scientific whaling and now it's turned from that to this overt form of commercial whaling and it's stepped outside of the i.w.c.

and that's put it in a position where detractors can turn around and say that you're a you're a pirate whaling nation so this is a very awkward situation and it creates sort of poor relations or it exacerbates poor ready lation zx between japan and other nations and raises issues of course about animal conservation and welfare ken let's talk about that idea of signs what is the scientific benefit to whaling if there is any benefit at all i don't see any one of our problems with a marine environment today is that we have lost a lot we are losing hand over fist our large predators so i'm not talking just about wild sharks large large fish such as the big karina and removing any big predators from an ecosystem is is disastrous and so i mean in africa we could rake remove elephants and lions and that has

a knock on system for the health of the whole eco system and i think if her same is true of the oceans there is a role for large the large predators wait in the system and we do not need to why oh mate. and japan certainly doesn't and i doubt if this resumption of commercial whaling will increase consumption in japan anyway mark in bristol coming back to you on that point of scientific research what is the research that can only be carried out on a dead whale as opposed to the research that could be carried out on a living whale. well we've now moved beyond a point peter where japan is actually arguing in favor of its research whaling so this is in effect forgive the pun a dead issue but what they did argue was that there are things that they can only do with dead whales like examine the stomach contents and there are growth rings within a black sea earplug which would help to determine their age so they made arguments

that they needed to have that kind of information for some reason or other but many of us regard the last almost sort of 30 years of research whaling as simply a cover for commercial whaling and now what's happening is that they are going over the earthly commercial whaling so the science arguments of course if you kill animals you can measure things so you can get papers and you can publish things and i'm sure ken would it would agree with that but on that issue of the big predators that he touched on in the 20th century millions of whales were moved by industrial whaling and what is most worrying about japan's move in in many ways in in an international sense is if they go ahead and do this with other countries follow and where we then move back towards some unregulated model strum of whaling michael put that in historical context for us because mark is touching on a generally historically accepted fact in the after world war 2 there was a need to have lots of high protein food because people were starving and japan had

been at the sharp end of that particular conflict. sure i mean there it historically speaking whaling did have both the cultural and economic impact on the development of a lot of maritime societies i do think that as your other guests have been saying i don't think this really much disagreement among any of us that that in fact you know today essentially it's not it's not something that's of vital and from an economic point of view it's clearly in japan and i think probably in the last remaining way whaling countries a dying industry but far nationalistic and political reasons it carries on in japan for at least a while longer but it's probably on its last legs even here but staying with that idea of that was then this is now for a 2nd michael the reality is according to the latest figures that i've been able to

find from the japanese fisheries agency that your average person in japan consumes 40 grams of whale meat per year i mean you know as a as an exercise in profits and loss this is this is a loss leading industry. yes and that's one of the interesting points about this japan is moving back into commercial whaling at a time in which you know me commercial means profit it means business but it's a very bad business to move into because the japanese people are not eating a lot of whale meat anymore and it's the extent that they are it's often driven by politics in the local regions not nessus not by the dietary habits of most japanese now there are some bars where whale meat still might be served to some customers but it's not it's not something that you know you find in every store around japan or is eaten by every every person you can call ins in southampton this particular

parts of the fishing industry globally in the last 12 months has lost $15000000.00 that's how much it's gone into the red if you will it in its who ailing bank account on top of that the government of tokyo subsidizes it my point is this is that a any other part of the fishing industry any place in the world that is either losing money at that rate or is subsidized at the same time by the relevant government well like i mean i'd like to just bring out. the icelandic experience because iceland is a small. whiling nation and. actually driven by the curiosity of tourists so half the while scorching iceland is actually eaten by tourists so eating. 2 or struck here yes what this while meat tastes like heaven and there is the deep non down. not free assessment

a simply. out of curiosity and. they and he wiling a lot be in iceland say meet. great mate 8 me to visiting tourists on why oh so we're here to mount more in as. night night to tourism people people absolutely fascinated by why i wish. to actually see them several they were shocked pay for fascinated by the big shots killing them is a ridiculous weist of a natural resource michael penning so here is that a valid argument in your opinion and does that argument get any traction any place in japan i mean the industry the eco tourism industry that can collins is talking about globally is worth $77000000000.00 every 12 months so if it goes from being

food tourism you know rather than eat something that tastes like very greasy chicken when it's cooked properly go and see the whales in their natural habitat and they can then swim off and do what whales do right well fortunately that kind of eco tourism whale eating link has never really developed in the case of japan to the extent that foreigners are involved in the whaling issue in japan at all it's as activists against whaling and in fact you know the towns where they where the whalers are to some extent you know bar anybody have very strong security services looking for foreigners who are who are there to as they would see caught say cause trouble about the whaling or fishing industries so the people who are eating whale meat in japan generally speaking are all japanese at i have heard for example that you know the politicians have wanted the school children also to have in this part

of their you know lunches and things like this in order to keep the next generation that continues to eat whale meat so but this is all basically. based on a political lobby not on a tourism industry that feeds on whale meat mark in brazil when you talk to people who are involved in this industry all that they're involved in the the and quailing low b. if you will you get the sense that they might say will actually the whaling countries that they're kind of undermining their own image on the global stage yet. no absolutely i mean it's quite interesting that. that the whale watching industry in iceland is is now very big and very successful and that the people of iceland i think of started to change their positioning that there is not going to be any whaling this summer this this whaling season in iceland which is actually quite big news that just came in a couple of days ago and was kind of sort of pushed out of the media because of the big news coming in from japan which of course is moving in entirely opposite

direction there is a small amount of whale watching activity in japan and there is a i think growing interest in the japanese people but as michael has said very clearly what's happening is that this is about the government of japan and what the prime minister and his key advisers and supporters want to do and they are essentially moving to a new strategic position with whaling which is coming out of the international whaling commission which is the internationally recognized body for the management of whaling in the conservation of whales and in doing that they are just setting this very very bad example for the rest of the world because of course it's a time we talk about fisheries resources or we can talk about any other living and natural resources it's a time when we need countries to be cooperating and working with each other and say what japan is doing is just rushing off in absolutely the wrong direction michael paine in tokyo trying unpack something for us michael it seems to me here that what we're talking about is this mix of national politics and national pride and it

would be a very tough lower house next and local politics as well right so it would be a very tough prime minister who took on the whaling low b. because of that kind of iconic place that they represent within japan or maybe i've got that completely wrong. well i think you see it in politics in almost every country where you have a lobby even a relatively small one on one side of an issue but you don't have a very well organized lobby on the other side of the issue which means that that group even if they're not terribly big or well financed can run the national policy because they're not meeting organized resistance and i think that's pretty much the way that the whaling set up is here you have these local governments and local politicians some of them a very key and the ruling party and they're pushing for their local industries to continue their whaling and on the other side comparative to international opinion

the anti whaling movement in japan it's very small it's a handful of people essentially when there are protests a so and that's certainly not politically. mobilized so from that point of view it's simply that if you're doing politics you're a politician on one side you can gain some supporters and on the other side you're not going to lose any because there isn't much force there can is this in one sense good news for the whales in as much as we seem to be talking about a fading slash and dying industry that politicians at the highest level don't really want to get involved with bucks because the industry is expensive and requires little big government subsidies sooner or later sooner rather than later the industry will cease to exist anyway. one hopes. one other factor to put in your question how incredibly cruel and painful and slow death is for the wilds

because you're sort of fairly random a shooting a grenade enter into the back of a while an exploding and then eventually it dies and there is no quick humane way of killing a while or so on animal cruelty. basis you know even if you really tonight while mate there is no humane why of slaughtering my own mark in bristol is there another dynamic here that maybe spells the end of the industry around the world and including in that assessment norway and iceland too i guess in japan you've got an aging population a falling birth rate you've got a younger generation who want to try other stuff and as we said in our introduction their tastes their palates of moved on. you know i think the i think the younger generation in japan are much more like the younger people in the western world they want the same kind of things are interested in the same kind of things but i think this is very much in the hands of the leaders within japan those people as michael

said who is supported by there but into core constituents is where this is an important political issue for them but i don't think there's any way that they are preparing for the industry to die in the industry has been subsidized in various ways linked to the the so-called research whaling for decades and i'm quite sure that the prime minister and his friends his allies are gay.