the sense of anger is still there but also the sense of the spirit of resistance to this controversial bill so where does the her think oh now. there is a kind of a hiatus here there is you've seen massive demonstrations massive turnout of 2000000 people the government says yes they will do things differently they will listen they have suspended the bill but there is a sense of frustration that you do you sense that from a minority of people who want to take more direct action the kind of action we saw last week with the storming of the parliament that has to be stressed that's only a minority of people but you do feel their frustration that all of these massive protests just don't seem to to work to make. the hong kong government and by association the government in beijing sit up and listen so that there is a sense of see the anger and also anger against the police when we've seen fairly

fairly polite relations between hong kong people that may line visitors there's been an awful lot of anger and abuse directed at the police and quite a few verbal altercation is going back and forth it has to be said that on this day given the numbers here the police have showed restraint stay out state in the background and the police will be hoping that the thousands of people who are still here around the male main railway terminus will gradually as the evening proceeds and we are still having these rain showers that we have at this time of year gradually those crowds will dissipate herself and prime the latest on rob thank you . still ahead on al-jazeera a great spot and our 1st general elections since the end of the financial bailouts . and putting refugee lives before the rules and other boat defies the italian government.

follow on places say because some quality weather now coming in across japan whether making its way out into the open waters this seasonal rain will continue to push as well little further east was over the next few days never really too far away waving north and south little area of low pressure just to the east of japan this is the maya by front across the plum rains which will continue to affect the region but not too bad for monday a little more cloud just coming back into tokyo 25 celsius further west we're getting up to around 3031 across the korean peninsula maybe a touch with the for beijing we go on into choose day perhaps some showers just pushing up into q.c. the southern half of japan 24 celsius at that stage there you can follow that weather system right down into eastern parts of china big line of clout there china fund the heads stretching from shanghai right down towards that south western

corner of china some violent storms on this system actually and we will see further flooding rains as we go on through the next couple of days really big hail hail larger than eggs coming down here big enough to cause some damage as well as one might expect flooding will continue across the region over the next couple of days south. gruber goes in 1999 a boeing 767 took off for you to cry room to. the point. where we don't get everything no one survived the journey 20 years on out 0 world revisits the case of the fatal egypt air crash flights 990 what really happened on al-jazeera.

watching al-jazeera let's recap the top stories right now iran will increase in reaching its uranium levels in the next few hours breaching the limits set under the 2015 nuclear deal tehran and given the e.u. until sunday to save the agreement it plans to scale down commitments every 60 days but says it is still open to talks or testers out returned to the streets of hong kong in their fight to have a controversial extradition bill scrapped tens of thousands are marching towards the new train station which links the territory to the chinese mainland. qatar says in 2 days of talks between politicians from afghanistan and taliban representatives the talks are separate from the negotiations also in doha has been the taliban and

u.s. special envoy says substantial progress is being made. voting is under way in greece's general election the 1st since the end of enter national financial bailouts and the severe austerity which came with them opinion polls are predicting defeat for left lane prime minister alexis tsipras he called the early election after his series of party stinging loss in the european parliament elections in may the conservative new democracy party is expected to win. the latest from athens. new democracy appears confident that the opinion polls that have been published in the last week are a prediction that they will win outright in sunday's election and gain power as a single party not through a coalition with others and that will allow them and give give them the freedom to implement a very reform is program that involves tax cuts social security contribution cuts a reform is program that involves streamlining the state the bureaucracy that has

done so much to hold up. ship and business in greece and that this will help deliver a 4 percent growth rate that will then create jobs in the real economy what new democracy is banking on is that people are fed up of not only the recession of the 8 years from 2010 to 2017 but also the low growth rates that have followed and the fact that the jobs that are being created are low quality low paying jobs often part time and often seasonal they want to add value to the economy and build up the numbers of g.d.p. that greece had before the crisis of about 240000000000 euros a year at the moment the greek economy is 185000000000 euros that means a lot of people have left and a lot of people are out of work and the population is in decline you democracy says it's going to reverse that vicious cycle and turn it into a virtuous cycle dozens of migrants rescued off the coast of libya had disembarked in italy despite an italian government ban on rescue vessels docking there the alex

has been impounded on the mediterranean island of lampedusa and a german vessel with 65 rescue migrants aboard a setting to malta ahead of italy instead of italy partner dan lee has more. thirsty and exhausted but say they survived the dangerous journey across the mediterranean from north africa after the italian charity mediterranea rescued them from the trying did. but arriving on the island of lampedusa they were surrounded by police and ordered not to disembark the charity says they're lucky to be alive i think when madam to miss one of those new ones in that seat they die such a small dinghy does not even gets parted by the red they were lucky they were able to one of us shortly before we had met in the water and the rest of the ship wreck . the italian flag rescue boat the alex had run out of drinking water and was

carrying 3 times as many people as it should when the boat's crew would denied permission to dock by the italian government malta offered to take the vessel but the crew declared a state of emergency government so you can thank you but mean we are in emergency conditions that force is to go to the nearest port we finished our food and water supplies we are overcrowded with several cases of physical pain coast principally by hot weather this boat is not suited to remain for 45 hours in these conditions therefore we ask you to risk or to report. the island of lampedusa is closer to north africa than italy but migrants welcome. last month italy's interior minister and deputy prime minister met there said vinie issued to korean posing heavy fines a migrant boats which trespass into italian waters. and you know yeah i am not reopening italian ports especially if you ask me to but as

a german ship and then you take care of it or we put them all on a bus in front of the german embassy that's an awful and this applies to the french the dutch and to anyone who thinks anything can be done in italy. but just over a week ago after rescuing dozens of migrants the captain of a german rescue ship was arrested when she defied italian orders and docked in lampedusa an italian judge's since ordered corona rocketed to be freed from house arrest saying she'd been acting to save. the human rights group says 681 people have died while attempting to cross the mediterranean just this here but many continue to attempt the dangerous the crossing in search of a better life. and rescue crews say they'll continue to put the lives of refugees before rules about a manly al-jazeera by gerry and ben and are the latest nations to ratify

a landmark african free trade deal eritrea remains the only member not to sign up to the deal which could create a single market overall over a 1000000000 people being finalized at a summit of african union leaders in the share your supports and the capital niamey . stepped up security in the heart of the capital underlining the growing concerns not only here in the sahara region of africa but in many other parts of the continent. from north to south east to west and in the hurt of africa 2 governments are struggling to contain communal clashes and violent extremism. african leaders hope the new free trade deal is the answer to help reduce the poverty that helps fuel the fighting experts say an african common market will come with additional risks that as national organized crime criminals take advantage of this free movement you know to flow from one country to another and that is can just is or to perpetrate their nefarious activities so definitely there will be

looking for the for the chink in the are you looking for the weak link in the countries do not have you know security architecture that at some countries risk safe heaven you know or terrorist or criminal organized criminals the government say they're working to stop that from happening. we have decided to escalate our security approach in dealing with these attacks and violence so that's africa union will come in and take charge. this way the cell region will be safer and all the flashpoints can be contained in the solved by africans themselves on the african continent and free trade agreement is expected to create the world's largest single market the continent is home to one and a quarter 1000000000 africans leaders hope that the free trade agreement will help create jobs and sprite intimate growth but it's not clear whether investors will be internal strife in many african countries and bring in the much needed capital to

boost production of goods and services. african entrepreneurs say the agreement could be the answer to the continent's many problems but the truth is we do have change. educate the kind of returns when you 1st get in so you are confident the investors will come and come to visit all we need to do. to develop policies create jobs i live in poverty there are also fears that corruption and we can forcibly some countries could model success of what's being billed as a historic free trade agreement. you're supporting there thousands of buddhist monks are gathering in the sri lankan city of candidates here present a set of proposals for the presidential election in december was called by the head of the buddhist nationalist group or dubai less than a some muslims are closing their shops after recent tension following the easter

sunday bombings farming in the shadow of the world's highest mountains has never been easy and climate change is making it even more difficult a spin to stress the reports from nepal villagers are having to come up with innovative ways to grow their crops because of a lack of water. there is a drought here and garbage district but culture basically doesn't seem to be suffering this canopy of green has been made possible because people here have changed the way they've harmed. the village tap runs only for a few hours a day coming at the mills and i says the farmers don't waste any water every drop is trained into this pool for their crops. as the temperatures have risen so to have the number of pests i mean have any. earlier we want over there and we would literally spray the village with chemicals these are much better. she is referring to the eco friendly compas she uses now gone are the chemicals that once

made her body ache and gave her headaches i wanted a few years ago these streams were a constant source of water now it's just a trickle the springs that feed into these streams have all but dried up people here say the monsoon rain patterns have changed the rain still come but they're now followed by long periods of drought at the international center for integrative medicine development easy mode climate change scientists on both the shasta says people across the region should prepare for disasters caused by a changing climate this includes prolonged period of drought intercepted by floods from intense monsoons for others it could bring floods from the accident rated ice smells of the himalayan glaciers listen this is also to go through this the picture . league in 2016 nearly 200 nations signed the paris

accord that seeks to limit any average global temperature rise to one and a half degrees celsius. but even if that goal is met scientists predict that by the year 2100 at least one 3rd of the glaciers in the region will have melted managing those extremes so that's going to be the most important factor. in the future the decision if i know the farmers of this village are coping but they don't know for how long swedish russia topic district and. increased enforcement along the mexican border is expected to deter people from entering america with authorities anticipating a 25 percent drop in arrests. reports the more desperate are still willing to risk their lives and freedom as they attempt to cross the potentially deadly. on the banks of the mexican 1st responders are searching for a missing person it's a joint operation between mexican authorities and u.s.

customs and border patrol they're looking for a little girl about 3 years old the daughter of haitian migrants who cross the river into the united states a few nights ago and. this one i mean in this case unfortunately we are looking for a girl between 2 and 3 years old it's best that we search downstream because she's the baby she could have been swept away easier than an adult we've also had cases where bodies are stuck deep in the water or in the surrounding brush. at a nearby camp for migrants we met 2 brothers from cuba they've been here for almost a month while they are asylum cases are processed in the u.s. they tell us it's quite common for migrants to get impatient and take to the river or not. there was one night we're 80 people crossed others across the river 20 or 30 at a time including children sometimes younger than 2 years old. the camp has become a temporary home to more than 300 asylum seekers most of them are from west africa haiti and cuba. but not of those from angola he's been at the camp for more than

a month he plays music most days to pass the time. i'm. we're expecting to wait here 23 or 4 months because there are many people ahead of us on the asylum list. many of the people we spoke to at the camp like bit of not to see the plan to wait as long as it takes to cross into the u.s. legally. but illegal crossings at the rio grande day have increased in recent months and so have drownings we're at a municipal cemetery n.p.r.'s neda us mexico where the bodies of migrants who died trying to cross into the united states are often brought and have these wooden crosses placed over their graves and this one here simply reads male identified pulled out of the rio approximately 300 meters from the black bridge in the neighborhood. there are several other graves of unknown migrants near pine the groundskeeper told us he buried 8 drowning victims just last week. back at the

river looking just across the water into u.s. soil authorities say they will continue the search operation for one week as per protocol we've been told however that at this stage now several days since a child went missing the odds of finding her alive are very good but it up a little. bit us neda's mexico. when you get a moment visit our web site al-jazeera com we have all the day's news for you there including the latest what's happening with iraq iran of the nuclear deal keep it here. look at the headlines right now on al-jazeera iran will begin enriching uranium to higher levels in the next few hours and past limits set under the 2015 nuclear deal the new increased level still falls short of the amount needed to create nuclear weapons iran says there will be a further scaling down of commitments to deal every 60 days but it's still open to

talks with european countries to try to save the deal on me you tell us what we are going to announce that we are not committed to the level of the embrace chairman's . letter was sent to. me in which we have. mentioned to cause deadlines of the deal that you're not going to be committed to any longer and again we are going to give them up to 60 days time and i would like to also explain that the approaches for decreasing the commitment of iran is actually in order to protection the nuclear. advertisement in the straits of hong kong in their fight to have a controversial extradition deal scrapped and this time around is being held in cologne or tens of thousands are marching towards the new train station that train station links the territory to the chinese mainland organizers say that's

intentional that they want to educate visitors from china about their struggle. taliban fighters in afghanistan say they killed at least 8 security personnel in a car bomb explosion close to $200.00 injuries a reporter in the central province of ghazi the taliban say they were targeting an intelligence gathering base and kottaras hosting 2 days of talks between politicians from afghanistan and taliban representatives those are separate from the negotiations also window hop between the taliban and the u.s. america's peace envoy says substantial progress is being made to end the afghan war voting is underway in greece's general election and the 1st since the end it international financial bailouts and the severe austerity that came with them prime minister alexis tsipras called the early election after his party's lost in the european parliament elections in may the conservative new democracy party they are expected to make significant gains we will keep you posted there those are the

headlines keep it here on al-jazeera more news to come inside story as that next. it's probably the biggest case of modern slavery in europe again in britain preyed on hundreds of honorable people and they put them to work they took their money and they kept them and rats infested houses why is slavery still happening and how could it be stopped this isn't a story. hello

welcome to the program iran call and they were told they'd get jobs they'd get money and they would enjoy a new lifestyle but hundreds of desperate people from poland became victims of a huge slavery operation and they were forced to live in horrific conditions 8 members of a crime gang have now been jailed for a total of more than 55 years in the u.k. but it's just one example of a growing international problem as a marriage how drink now reports it's been described as the most extensive prolific modern day slavery network ever exposed in the u.k. a human trafficking gang tricked hundreds of fundable people from poland with the promise of work and a better life in britain but they exploited them and made millions of dollars for themselves initially everything seemed to carry but later on they started treating me like a thief following me controlling me every step you can leave the house because you

were being followed. the gang 5 men and 3 women made their victims live in squalid cramped rat infested conditions many were homeless ex prisoners or alcoholics who were forced to work for next to nothing we've dismantled. an organized crime group which had exploited to our knowledge to over 90 victims and probably over $200.00 victims in total because victims would come forward we put the main offenders from that group in custody for a long time with no electricity or hot water victims washed in canals and were forced to go to see kitchens to get a meal investigators believe it is the largest criminal prosecution of its type in europe but modern slavery isn't just a european problem latest figures from the international labor organization reveal an estimated $40000000.00 people worldwide are living in slavery more than $24000000.00 are trapped in forced labor and

a quarter of the total 10000000 are children. according to the rights group book foundation britain is home to at least 136000 more than slaves as one of her last acts as prime minister to resign may is promising to bring it to an end no leader worthy of the name could look the other way while men women and children are held against their will forced to work for a pittance or no pay at all routinely beaten raped and tortured. those of us who can speak out who have a platform from which to be heard have a juicy a moral duty to raise our voices on their behalf. it took british police and the crown prosecution service nearly 4 years to bring this case to trial and although often modern slavery investigations are under way activists say the focus needs to be more on protecting victims and their

a cherry for inside story. let's bring in our guests who are all joining us from london detective superintendent phil bryant is the head of the modern slavery and kidnap unit at the metropolitan police joining us james is the executive director of the advocacy group freedom united and toby cadman is an international human rights lawyer welcome to you all i'd like to begin with detective superintendent phil brewer quite rightly west midlands police force a very proud of this operation it's certainly a very significant operation just give us an idea of what type of scale of problem modern day slavery actually is it's something that's much bigger than we perhaps realized before. i think i understand. depending on the context that you put it in and you know we talk about more slavery if you

expand exploitation whether that's from a report as this case highlights or one of the ever one of the many outbursts or facets of slavery it's a significant issue and there are a lot of people do exports is making significant money out of her crate was misery i mean some of the reporting that i've read on this case was extraordinary these guys the people responsible were driving around in bentleys they had access to bank accounts and there's a lot of money involved what sort of numbers are we talking. well maybe. the. moments like seconds of drugs for a criminal so you can and you can see why you know one of the unique faxes of. your commodity for human beings are you so. you can use a really different and i could continue to make significant amounts of cash let's

bring in john a james here. when we say modern slavery what do we actually mean by that when it's not whips and chains and people being shipped off in boats anymore is it oh absolutely and i think that's part of the problem but it's a very is an umbrella term and encompasses in lots of different forms of extreme exploitation such as we saw in this case and the use of chains and rape is something that we often see in pitches when one of the safest described and illustrated that is actually far from the truth and i think that's a real failure of the anti slavery movement which is why the problem really thrives today because if we don't recognize and understand what it is that we're dating with cases of force labor of debt bondage you know and then other forms such as domestic servant cheat and sexual exploitation then it's not a surprise but it's often overlooked and it takes

a lot of work and effort to bring these cases to court so just to help us understand what modern day slavery might entail so we're talking exploitation people in this particular case the west midlands police broke open bank accounts been taken over by the exploiters that they were given very little money they were kept in rats infested houses. but that's just one part of it is that there's there's there's a lot more than that. you know those things are really indicators and they should be these are the kind of fines that make you want to look further and find out if it doesn't she meet the definition of forced labor for example which is one of the . common forms of modern slavery and then we'd be looking for the fact that this work is given without being voluntarily voluntarily offered so they and

through coercion with some sort of threat or punishment and this case is incredibly clear that all those aspects of forced labor were present clearly. and threatened through various means and the payment of the financial aspect is how they the slave holders how they actually benefited from that control and effective ownership of those people with a clear the trade is clearly global let me bring in toby cadman the head so if you're an international human rights lawyer what is the international position here is there enough corporation going on between interpol the u.s. and the you all the members states to be able to tackle this or is everybody just simply discovering this now and not entirely sure what to do about it. well i think that there are law enforcement agencies that are probably further along in dealing

with this problem than other countries i think that the u.k. is is very much advanced in the way that it is dealing with it but in terms of the list station to be used and in terms of the investigative powers that are used. other countries it's also going to highlight it's just so who last week that there are very serious problems in spain with the with the fruit picking industry for example it doesn't sound like the traditional route for full slavery but it has been highlighted the moroccan women have been have been used in very much the same way as what we're seeing in the case i'm talking about terry so i think there are countries that are rather ahead in terms of cross border co-operation observed cross the function's affectively you mention the u.n.

but it's important to note that the u.n. doesn't have any criminal investigative capacity that's that's not the role of the united nations it obviously highlights it as a human rights issue but it doesn't necessarily vote where it. actually best occasions not falls on national parties to do i think with many cases of this this kind where you talk across border crimes that it is quite often the cooperation that breaks our between between different states regrettably that we see that are in many different also past crimes. and because you know one of the i would say that because areas are one of the biggest problems with cases this current is is actually getting forward and is very vulnerable people are used on communities very difficult to to penetrate some of those communities and it is set up in such a way that makes it very very difficult mortal's them to crop invest. headsets

a superintendent phil railway your thoughts a lot it's very difficult investigate these cases. no i do agree with pretty much everything he had said nothing as kate points and i mean the collaboration sickly across europe is really good and just to give you an example where they might say we have an embedded remind you know. and that has. run a number of joint investigation with the reminder and the great thing about that type of work means we're not just the rich the end result see the year. we actually have the opportunity to dismantle how criminal networks prevent the victims from filling the void when we when we manage to find victims and rescue them from that scenario but it scale of this is they are already difficult you know for example some of the communities have faery that we trust. they set up in

a while she exploits is an exploit seed all from the same community and so you know to speak out against your community is a fix it be worse than actually trying so improve the situation that you find yourself in let me bring in joining us james. just talk us through the difficulties faced when you are when you have found these kinds of cases when you're trying to help these people not from a legal point of you know from a police point of view but from a from a perspective of can you help these people if they don't want to be helped if they don't want to be found. i think really one of the big areas helping people such as they is in this case and you can say and i think sample they organization that. we can call that the scale of this and trafficking spent years working with the community i'm sorry that with these victims to get access.