presided over a parade of tanks and jets surrounded by those in the military still loyal to him to not be assertive nobody should ever be mistaken the empires of the world should know venezuela is and will irrevocably remain independent and sovereign now and always but should know this and those who don't should be aware the un report despite being described as one sided and biased may have struck a chord with some venezuelan officials since 22 prisoners were released on friday among them a judge and a journalist human rights groups say there are over 700 political prisoners in venezuela whose rights have been violated over and over again and we've documented that abuses by innocent and security forces are systematic and are part of a systematic pattern of abuse this report does not clearly state so and what is necessary is to determine clearly that government's responsibility for the

humanitarian crisis this is not the consequence of an actor disaster and the government has to be held accountable for venezuelans are struggling with a crisis that has forced the millions to leave the country u.s. sanctions have added more pain leaving many of those who have stayed to believe that only a change at the very top will help them improve their lives oh. now the weather is next to algerians are back on the streets demanding the removal of the political establishment and a transition to full democracy and america's coldest state struggles to cope with a heatwave and wildfire that's. cool.

hello again across united states it is going to be quite wet across the eastern seaboard over the next few days and the showers are going to be accompanied by temperatures into the thirty's as well heavy showers have been a big problem here across the central plains as well so here's your forecast on saturday even into the canadian maritimes parts of quebec will be seeing some rain as well there for auto up it's going to be 30 degrees heavy rain is going to be a big problem anywhere from boston new york washington and that also means on saturday we could be seeing some airport delays across much of the area down towards miami the rain continues for you with a tempter there of about $31.00 degrees but as we go towards sunday there is some improving conditions up here towards the northeast the rain though continues across much of the southeast so for alina and hartsfield airport continue to see those expected delays there as we go into sunday evening well cross much of the caribbean not too bad across much of the region we are seeing some rain showers here across much of the bahamas but over the next few days watch what happens as we go towards sunday into the yucatan heavy rain here for cozumel as well as into king koon where

the temperature of 31 degrees and also speaking of temperatures as has been quite cool across much of southern brazil as well as into argentina temperatures into the teens so for rio de janeiro 19 degrees their innocence in at 13. malaysia plans to abolish the death penalty dividing. with more than $1200.00 prisoners who want to run it. on al-jazeera. 0.

out of. her mind of the news this hour the u.n. security council has called on libya's warring sides to commit to a cease fire it's also condemned as strikes that hit a migrant detention center near tripoli on tuesday at least 60 people were killed. according gibraltar has extended the detention of an a rainy and oil tanker by 14 days british forces seized the ship on thursday they suspected was taking well to syria in breach of e.u. sanctions iran says the seizure is illegal and opposition leaders and through donna holding public meetings to explain why they signed a power sharing deal with the military on thursday they agreed to rotate leadership between the military and civilians until elections can be had. while in algeria

thousands have returned to the streets on the anniversary of independence from french rule they called for freedom and democracy and they want those they call the ruling elite to give up power and be reports. a day of mixed emotions. celebrating independence from france and $962.00 also demanding the complete overhaul of the establishment its room ever since my dad go. on algeria's independence to help with the colonialists of the power. or on the special occasion we ask for full freedom. many algerian say they feel betrayed by their political elite and have lost trust in the government they will say doubt the interim president is the right person to run the country at this critical time . on thursday abdelkader been called the national dialogue about arranging

a presidential election but didn't set a date for when that might be on the streets the discontent continues and you knew she was going there you know i think it you ready. i did you come out to dubai and jillions of origins most of the u.s. . are we doing to sacrifice their time in force for the future of their country the same protesters who forced out president abdelaziz bouteflika in april. as a member of the same elite accused of corruption vote rigging and for governance the problem is that there is a procedure laid down in the constitution the election should have been held yesterday but they weren't because of the new suitable candidates and that means that the army guaranteeing the constitution and the protest is standard daggers drawn. the. 57 years after independence many algerian

say they're still fighting for freedom they want to clean sweep of the political establishment and a national unity government to lead the transition to democracy victoria gating be al-jazeera alternate is president has called presidential and legislative elections for later this year but he guided said say stein's the decrees as he made his 1st public appearance since being discharged from hospital that ben concerns that the 92 year old leader won't be well enough to authorize elections on time. and thousands of protesters in malawi have marched for a 2nd day to express their anger over the reelection of president peter michel rekha opposition leaders say the results of the votes in may was regs and they're demanding election organizers be sucks for me to miller has the story i assume and successive day of protests in the capital along with this week demanding the resignation of president picked a military demonstrators say the result of his reelection in may was rigged with

a rico narrowly beat his rival lazarus shapiro denies fruit to clara is leader of the opposition malawi congress party he joined malawi's former president solace to lima of the united transformational event in a protest march on thursday they want the result an old and the election rerun was a protest as looted and vandalise shops earlier this week the opposition's blame supporters of the governing democratic progressive party for attacking their protesters and damaging property in blantyre police fired tear gas at opposition protesters who threw stones and trying to storm the governing party headquarters. government buildings was said to light him sousa district weeks of anti-government protests have targeted the electoral commission demonstrators want its offices sacked straightening what they're calling a sham election it's there is

a little bad for mcmahon every malawian who wants to see justice roll in this country in the offices in the streets in the corridors of power i join the same allowing. i'm one of them i mean i government spokesman agreed to speak to al-jazeera but later pulled off the interview saying it hadn't been authorized by president which arika local media is quoted with erica as describing the protests as illegal and he's urging opposition. praties to accept the election result the law is constitutional court is due to rule whether the result stands or not by the end of the month until then demonstrators say their grievances can't be swept away and they'll continue to voice their anger for al-jazeera now the american academy of pediatrics has really strong by migrant children depicting their time in u.s.

custody they were separated from their parents while trying to cross mexico's border with the united states doctors say the drawings show clear evidence of trauma the trumpet ministration introduced the contentious separation policy last year it's since been scrapped that many families are yet to be reunited. now the u.s. state of alaska is known for its pristine forests and wildlife but now a record breaking heat wave is causing several massive wildfires dense smoke is covering large parts of the state and people in some communities have been moved to safety while others are being warned to prepare for the worst and gallacher reports from sterling. on the can i pin incident the swan lake fire has been raging for a month officials say in recent years these kinds of fires have become more frequent and persistent but alaska is also in the midst of an unprecedented heat wave that shows no signs of abating local firefighters and emergency staff are being reinforced by so-called hot shot crews from across the u.s.

conditions are monitored by the hour in order to tackle what is now a massive blaze this is a case of prioritizing where people and infrastructure is basically exactly also what's good for the environment and what's safe for firefighters that's always going to be our number one priority. on the ground staff are stretched thin and have been on the front lines of this blaze for weeks videos posted by crews fighting to control these wildfires showed just how difficult and dangerous the work is we came across the book valley firefighters a crew made up of native alaskans from remote communities who are vital and highly trained part of this operation we're all here as one. we're all here to do our job to help help alaska and. help save people's homes there was a fire in 2015 in the lotto and there was a lot of firefighters there to save our community and when i get back we're just

meters away from the main road into sterling but just look at this scene here behind me some of these areas over here are too dangerous for firefighters to go on foot so i look up to the scooping up the water to try and tackle the flames in this one like virus so far consumed almost 350 square kilometers and it's one of more than 80 fires across the state hotspots of flaring up there all the time and experts say these fires may not be extinguished until the seasons change and that could be weeks away. equality across the southern part of alaska is now a big concern. with plumes of smoke covering the mountains close to the state's largest city anchorage. forecasters say alaska's heat wave a factor in making the fires worse may continue for weeks for the foreseeable future that is going to hold in place that week window that we work out in time for events like this that i'm capable of forecasting for it looks like it's going to hold for now so yeah pretty hot hot and dry to be continued for sure the role of

climate change plays is something at the back of many people's minds here we call it just say alaska summers appear to be getting longer and hotter if that trend continues shared resources could be stretched to breaking point and gallacher al-jazeera stilling alaska brazil's justice minister is under pressure to resign over allegations that he interfered in anti corruption cases while he was a judge and influential conservative magazine is the latest to question said jim morris impartiality he's accused of directing prosecutions against left wing politicians including the case against jailed former president hear that a silva last month president john abell sonora gave laura his full backing. now donald trump has addressed what many are describing as the glaring historical era in his u.s. independence day speech while reciting highlights from america's war victories the president seemed to suggest that george washington's forces seized airports during

the country's revolution in the late 18th century that's more than a 100 he is before a pay a plane fast successfully took flight. in june of 1775 because of too little congress created a unified army out of the revolutionary forces encamped around boston and new york and name after the great george washington commander in chief of the continental army suffered a bitter winter of valley forge found glory across the waters of the delaware and seized victory from cornwallis of yorktown our army made in the year it rare and the ramparts it took over the airport to do everything you know how to do when asked about it on friday president trump blames the weather for playing havoc with technology. i stood in the rain the teleprompter went out so i.

guess the teleprompter went out it kept going on and then as the years it just went out what the book so i could have said and actually right in the middle of that one out. that's not a good feeling when you're standing in front of millions and millions of people on television. greek prime minister alexis to process told supporters a last minute upset is still possible as polls predict he'll lose elections on sunday he and his left wing syriza party have led the country through 4 grueling is largely defined by a slow recovery from economic hardship tippers called the early polls after being transferred and may's european parliament elections plus reports on suppress his main rival. comes from one of greece's 3 big political dynasties but give yeah cause me to thank yous is an outsider to the conservative new democracy party his election to its leadership by the party base in 2016 was unexpected and many in the party disagree with his promises to streamline state

bureaucracy and partially privatizing social security health and education but these promises helped me to thank yous when a 10 point lead over the governing left wing syriza in the european parliament elections 6 weeks ago. i have kept my promise to reach an honest deal that will bring growth. i travelled every corner of the country twice listening to everyone farmers students the unemployed but i also heard that a new day dawned on our country the question is whether me to take these can tighten the nuts and bolts of an economy that still uncompetitive over the last decade it shrank by a quarter and is forecast to grow by just 2 percent a year which the thank you is promising to double that growth rate that's good news for this car repair shop owner who says he lost 40 percent of his business during the recession he was as. i've heard the leaders need to chrissie says he's going to

bring in new investments but also help existing businesses by lowering corporate tax sales tax and social security contributions but these measures have to be permanent. thank you so is promising to lower the business tax and social security contributions by quarter that would drastically lower the cost of doing business in greece but to deliver he has to persuade creditors to decrease the amount of tax revenue greece spends repaying them each year if mr thank yous in his 1st months proves that he is. doing better than expected in terms of the reforms that he's managing to attract investment and so on then i think there will be flexibility to reduce the target i think if that reduction does not happen. it's hard to see how he can. do all these tax cuts you'd have ocracy bears much of

the responsibility for bankrupting greece over borrowing when there was a cheap supply of money when financial markets collapsed in 2008 it was the great tax. promises to be met taxes. living with. alternately to have matured that rates realistically for those serious increased social spending greeks seem to have tired of charity. want to prosperity jobs are open al-jazeera. well you can find much more on our website including more details of that power sharing deal in sudan at al jazeera dot com. and these are the headlines the un security council has called on libya's warring sides to commit to a cease fire it's also condemned strikes that has

a migrant detention center near tripoli on tuesday at least 60 people were killed. of course and gibraltar has extended the detention of an iranian oil tanker by 14 days british forces seized of the ship on thursday they suspect was taking whale to syria in breach of e.u. sanctions iran says the seizure is illegal officials in general are examining the cargo and questioning the crew and brennan has moved from london. being interviewed as witnesses not as potential suspects by a contingent of around 50 roiled you've brought of police who are on board that oil tanker conducting those interviews and the investigation of the police are undertaking is to try to establish exactly what the cargo is where it came from where it was going to what the exact destination was they were looking at the ship's logs and various other documents on board and speaking to the crew as well for that information opposition leaders in sudan are holding a series of public meetings to explain why they signed

a power sharing deal with the military janitor they've agreed to rotate leadership between the military and civilians until elections can be held and venezuela's divisions have been on show during their independence day celebrations the 2 men locked in a power struggle opposition leader and president nicolas maduro held rival rallies denouncing each other. and thousands of algerians have marked their independence day by returning to the streets calling for freedom and democracy it was the 20th consecutive friday they've rallied to demand a purge of the ruling elite the u.s. state of alaska is experiencing a record breaking heat wave causing several massive wildfires the flames have scorched more than 27000 hectares hundreds of firefighters are working to put out the blazes. greece's prime minister alexis to press has told supporters he could still win sunday's election just by trailing in the polls to the conservative opposition his left wing so as

a party has led the country through years of austerity well those are the headlines next up it's one i one east stay with us. on counting the cost $3.00 decades after the collapse of the soviet union russia is engaging with africa to raise its political clout and we look at the economics behind thirty's decision to buy the s $400.00 an f. $35.00 stealth bomber counting the cost on a just here. in malaysia's jails more than 1200 prisoners are on death row. let me go back look if. i went through all the. book with the government reconsidering the death penalty many hope could be saved. some of us believe that the killings are all. there you cannot allow to sponsor. another killing. now a bit of

a backlash could see those hopes dashed of militia and protected only a small segment of people and that the criminals. one on one east meets the people on either side of this is the most know life and death debate. worryin yan immolations northern state of quetta. it feels like a steep e. town with a laid back vibe. but it's an unspeakable crime happened here just months ago. the victims were 4 year old nurul honeymoon and her brother one year old mohammad hafiz. they were killed in their beds allegedly by a neighbor armed with

a large knife. 6 months on that parents are still in shock. interests the fisherman was out at sea when the man rampage through his house he still doesn't know why. that's in lamppost one way and they're. off and i thought i was a level. 7 year old mohammad hakim survived because he was sleeping in another room. his mother sheila is lucky to be alive. i might get to my i don't know i asked him what do you know that would be bad but i think they will believe that if they're not at the will because i know. that they felt that when they didn't see the phone call and. said to me.

the 2 children are buried near their home. the family visit regularly. it's a nightmare no parent should have to suffer. beatrice and sheila say they were relieved when the alleged murderer was arrested. but they are now alarmed by news. that malaysia meit's a polish the death penalty. although i say. i mean i mean my team can't beat a little mining machine on anyone so when my team and i knew it. well you have to remember them with either i mean when you mean battling evenly and. almost to the home on the. malaysia is a secular country but islam practiced by the majority of the population is

protected under the constitution. capital punishment is allowed under islamic courts sharia law. beatrice's call for the government to retain the death penalty is supported by many from within his faith. nor hakimi hates the kid operands of muslim rights and geo. lengthiest gawd i'm going to. go for my life yeah yeah like that right yes i think. think i'd. own my own opinion but i thought i knew. and don't want to but i might still. be but that nagging. not all muslim organizations agree though. in the capital kuala lumpur we meet dr

but. founder of the islamic front. so if these people dead because difficult i.c.'s you can kill the people who made it and the people who did it was to see that no we can keep slaves because did. not play his liberty islam should be combated will be detention facility and it should be compatible with human rights as. a model not of a right on. the need not. in the eastern town of cebu. and her husband tends to their clothing store every night. in the mornings they're busy selling yams. the couple barely allow themselves time to rest they say it's the only way they can

stop thinking about their son. or think that i now had it was kind of funny and not think of what she. could learn quite yet and so. that's what i thought until. she made him mad pamela thought. stephen a wall was a promising young bank manager whose mudda shook the city. at 1st stevens wife told the family he was killed during an attempted robbery. but his sister says they soon realised something wasn't right he saw. stephen who was stabbed to death in his bedroom in this house by an assailant good entered through an unlocked door. quite chatty. and it did long. let's hear the most some of the meal. the

only witnesses was stephen's wife ling hung and the young son. police would eventually charge with it betting his murder she was sentenced to death by hanging and is now appealing the verdict. her alleged coconspirator and boyfriend andrew chung is currently on the run the 2 had apparently paid a 3rd person to kill stephen that hired hand is now serving a 16 year sentence clear day i'm that hour they both fell out saying they had. booked a well you credible do look at. the longs have since 4th a contentious battle for custody of steven's only child. they've even prepared a room for him. but

a court awarded custody of the boy to his mother's family. see what you notice i home. from santa and see young. it's a tragedy if you can fully comprehend the family is adamant there's only one thing that can bring them justice. not up anything about women or men this i mean. it can what i think you know say me mayor talk. malaysia currently has the death penalty for $33.00 crimes and for 11 of those including murder and terrorism judges have no option but to impose it. on. fire in 2018 the new government swept to power. it promised to give judge's discretion in all cases where the death penalty is on the

table. but last october no minister you weak young 20 even further. dividend of 0 and 10 or over to abolish the gap on the things from all the often says some of us believe that killing is wrong once you believe in then you cannot allow the state to sponsor another killing. societal what he believes the government is making a mistake really for having. her mother was a silhouette. founder of a malaysian cosmetics empire and the victim of a horrific murder. sister disappeared along with 3 associates in 2010 they'd gone to a farm to discuss a business deal with a lawyer but never returned. police believe they were killed and their bodies

burnt to conceal the crime. the lawyer and 2 farmhands have since been sentenced to death for the murders. is there any humanity wendy do that to my mom kill by my mother. when we kill is she thinking about this lady have 6 kids in the home that waiting for her. somewhere in my shoe they're also asking i thought when i. returned still lives in the same house she shared with her mother. the watch these things have been left untouched. i can feel that the memory is still there and i go feel that. she is still here we are in this.

it's hard to find closure and rita says the government's plans for abolition have been deeply distressing. government announce it i feel like so frustrate so mad about it and then i so much of. you should you should know what i feel what the family feels. what happened to us how we grieve. some victims' families have been speaking up there any other questions lawyer christina tang says a coalition was formed to give them and other retentionists a voice. from groups that are very concerned mainly victim's family. be different and she always got together and say we support need to support each other and. let our voice be heard so that the government would do the right thing.

opposition politicians are also weighing in on the issue. we cast young is a member of parliament and a former minister s.c. explanation for the people of from the government of the d. to come visit me why do you need to abolish depakote that we all know tepid out the isn't the truth we don't that it is our crime rate is going down. most malaysians seem to agree. in a poll conducted last year by 3 major publications an 82 percent of $22000.00 respondents opposed the government's proposal. it is a very contentious issue saw for.