has more from the french capital. hundreds of asylum seekers occupied the ponzi on central paris just after lunch time a local time here in paris is an historic building in the heart of the french capital that is where famous french women and men are they are he gets a simple over the french republican that symbolism has not been lost on those who have chosen this venue for their protests now the asylum seekers are saying that many of them have been here for years they have the right to ask for asylum they have papers showing that the french state approves that the sign of request but what they are saying is that they haven't had those papers changed into the sort of papers and permits to those around them to work legally in this country therefore many of them are working illegally many of them do not have access to housing and they're saying that's simply unfair and what they are demanding is to see the prime minister it was felipe they want to have the legal right to stay in front they say it is a right that was a promised to them but some of them have been here for

a decade without the white papers. freedom is to have our papers to work we are here for violent trouble we here for our right to live working illegally to slavery . so why did it work so that shameful to see this in france the country of human rights to be scandalous that's why we're demanding papers for everyone 2018 the french government passed a new immigration law perfect president came out on marcos said it was all about cracking down on illegal immigration but concluding the situation for people applying for asylum but those here disagree. whether is next but still ahead on al jazeera and the threat to china's ears quest we'll have the details in a few minutes. and south africa's government deploys soldiers to combat gang violence in cape town but is the military the solution to an economic problem.

hello there we should be in for a fairly quiet couple of days across sections of the middle east you will they see that cloud across the north it is the way he is way steadily from west to towards the east pushing tools accounts b. and c. and it's not just cow there is some rain in there too but it's not particularly heavy although it is fairly widespread as you can see to the south a very hot 42 in baghdad 33 across in karate and it is a bit of a cloudy day on saturday cool central eastern areas of turkey although the rain is certainly paul st pretty quickly and it should be a better day on sunday to one or 2 showers lingering as we head towards the caspian sea not about day sunday in beirut with a high of 29 so feeling better than you've seen of late to the south so much is here no such high as they could be for this time of year we've got $42.00 in doha $32.00 across in abu dhabi and pretty nice and will scott with a high of 33 but will cloud around on sunday into those coastal areas and haul once

again at the time or just nudging up to $44.00 degrees celsius so in africa some pretty calm conditions here for the last couple of days in the weekend promises to bring pretty much the same the challenges discussions coastal areas so you could almost have but a cab with those sunny skies 23 and that on saturday was the average for this time of year and then johannesburg senator mitchell both days with a high of 80. he lived in brazil's largest for. one day the police. like thousands of others he disappeared. witness follows a family's epic struggle for justice which became a national cause and sent shock waves through the upper echelons of the political establishment in the shadow of the hill on al-jazeera.

hello again i'm. a reminder about top stories this hour the u.s. house has voted to prohibit the sale of some munitions to saudi arabia and the united arab emirates for one year these weapons are the ones being used in the war in yemen the bill still has to pass the senate and be signed off by president trump . police in gibraltar have released all 4 crewmembers of an iranian oil tanker seized last week the ship was detained by british forces on suspicion of taking oil to syria and breach of e.u. sanctions before were released on bail without charge. and turkey has received its

1st shipments of the russian s. 400 missile defense system the controversial deal has angered to the united states with washington threatening to impose retaliatory sanctions. well u.s. president donald trump has lost another member of his cabinet with the resignation of labor secretary alex acosta he's faced fierce criticism over a secret plea deal that he negotiated a decade ago with financier jeffrey epstein who was convicted on prostitution charges then and is now accused of sexually abusing under-age girls patti culhane reports from washington d.c. . and i want to thank our god he was a great great secretary and with that another cabinet secretary announces his resignation secretary of labor alexander acosta has been facing intense criticism for giving a very lenient deal to an accused child sex offender jeffrey epstein in 2008 when

it cost was a u.s. attorney both he and the president tried to downplay the case cabinet. are temporarily right. it would be selfish for me to stay in this day and when you're talking about a case that walters or rather than about making it on to me right now made a deal the big blow out there with a book years later than not happy with it go up to figure all of that out of the bag he did a fantastic secretary of labor a cost is just the latest to go this president has had more turnover than any other president in modern history looking at his original cabinet he's replaced the secretaries of defense health and human services homeland security interior the attorney general at the justice department the secretary of state the veterans affairs the environmental protection agency the u.s. ambassador to the united nations and now the labor secretary most left due to scandal some facing allegations of corruption but political analyst bill schneider

says it won't impact the president support his base even if he doesn't deliver what he promises to his base they see him as fighting for them and getting rid of people that are in his way and they think that's probably a smart way to govern and now familiar pattern those close to the president face scandal stepped down and are replaced and the president continues on knowing so far no amount of controversy has hurt him with his core supporters political him al-jazeera washington staying in washington and testimony from u.s. special counsel robert muller has been delayed by a week published a report on russian meddling in the 2016 u.s. presidential campaign he's been due to speak to 2 separate house committees on wednesday but the public testimony has been pushed back to july 24th at his request . now the edges of tropical storm barry are lashing the u.s. state of louisiana as it tracks closer to land states of emergency have been

declared with dangerous storm surges heavy rain and high winds predicted but there has been some good news for costas now expects the mississippi river to crest up to 2 meters below the levees protecting the city of new orleans. well phil called back as a research scientist in the department of atmospheric science at colorado state university and he says the greatest concern with tropical side trying barry is the possible rainfall already seen plenty of rain using the cedar dams even yesterday before we actually. for other systems and so we don't you know bury maybe man fall probably in the wee hours of them already and they're forecasting could potentially 10 to this much as 20 inches of rain and there's only so if you know the secret was already a fire station this is a lengthy exacerbate some of the fighting that they've already out because they're going to use a very slow moving storm so the plane caused the biggest concern however obviously

is the forecast does it there are 5 it does lend to her again right we see going to see some very severe there's just some significant really taxes well maybe guys as high as 80 miles an hour and also you are going to see some storm surge so basically. from water to getting 3 to 6 feet high storm surge warnings posted for central asia museum as well the rest of the city now south african soldiers will be deployed in cape town to help police fight a sudden gang related violence and murder as the defense ministry says they'll be there for at least 3 months but some locals say the military conflicts the economic reasons behind the rest for me to miller has more from cape town. we're in the precinct of the manenberg police station police have told us that it would be better for us to full within the police station rather than out in the street because it's not safe it's been 24 hours since the minister of police announced that the national defense force would be deployed to areas of the cape flats the

army is going to target at least 10 areas here that are infested by gangs where there's a high crime rates especially murders and this is what's led to this decision by government the minister of police says things are out of hand and this deployment is expected to stabilize the situation years so that police can do their jobs people here say that they live in fear and even as that announcement came from the minister of police this evening we've continued to hear gunshots people here telling us that it's likely gang violence and perhaps a lot of that coming ahead of this army deployment people here are scared they say that they have difficulty sending their children to school people often keep indoors because the streets are unsafe we have seen homes that are riddled by bullets people here say that this deployment by the army is a long time coming out of a normal day would be

a day with these noble islands that would be normal though everybody is trying to figure out why you said quiet what is happening next i'm going to. put people have become desensitized to these a lot of and within the community there's a lot of trauma also within the community because of the history of violence in in the the decision by the government to deploy the army to the streets of the cape flats has both its supporters and critics many are worried that policing in this area will be militarized they're also concerned that soldiers don't have the training to deal with survey. millions but many here are also supports of they say there's no other way to deal with the levels of gang violence they also accuse the police of being corrupt and one other concern is that police are under resourced just to give you an idea in affluent suburbs in cape town there are about 155

people to every one police officer here on the cape flats there's about one police officer to about 721 citizens police simply can't keep up and the government is hoping that this deployment of the army will stabilize the situation and that people here won't live in fear a man has tried to set himself on fire during the 21st successive weekend of pro-democracy protests in algeria it happened as tens of thousands of people rallied in algiers demanding rapid reforms they want to lecture the civilian their government and to what they call the ruling elite the demonstrations began in february and led to the resignation of longtime president bush a figure 2 months later. aid agencies are warning that thousands of rangar refugees in bangladesh are at risk after heavy rain swept through their makeshift homes hundreds of thousands fled to me and ma fled. to neighboring bangladesh after

a military crackdown in 2017 reports. as if life were difficult enough for refugees in bangladesh the monsoon season has brought with even greater hardship. flooding and landslides guarantee that the situation for an already vulnerable population becomes even more precarious everything days of heavy rains in reading or refugee camps here in cox's kasam and the situation is serious thousands of people have been displaced and thousands more have been sentenced to their homes. while rohingya refugees work to secure their overcrowded camps hillsides from erosion aid agencies like the world food programme are doing what they can to distribute emergency supplies last year heavy monsoon rains in southeastern bangladesh led to the deaths of 5 children and many fear the conditions could be even worse this year and worry the down poor may not let up

anytime soon more than 730000 mainly muslim or he fled from me and more to neighboring bangladesh after a military crackdown in 2017 un investigators have said attacks on me and mars western record state included mass killings and gang rapes and that they were executed with genocidal intent in june the international criminal court moved closer to opening a full investigation as prosecutor fact toobin sudha announced she will request the court to look into crimes relating to 2 waves of violence in iraq and state the request 6 authorization from the courts to open an investigation into alleged crimes within the jurisdiction of the court in which at least one element occurred on the territory of bangladesh is there. and within the context of. the violence in iraq on the terrorism. as well as any other crimes

without sufficiently to these events if granted the i.c.c. would become the 1st international court to prosecute any crime committed against me and mars rover minority mama june. indian or thirties have transported more than 2 and a half 1000000 liters of water to challenge the city is struggling with months long shortages there are people living on the outskirts of the city of. holding up tanker lorries fears that reservoirs are being prioritise for businesses and luxury hotels. this is beaches are disappearing fast because of rising sea levels and erosion the country's economy relies heavily on the coastline and our sorrow supports a number of you know a world heritage sites are also being threatened by climate change. yes seen bran has been fishing for 40 years or longer to new zealand crystal town of harbor in many and while the traditional method of catching fish hasn't changed

for generations the climate has you seen so the effects of global warming are evident in these waters. there's no 80 percent less fish than before we now live day to day we catch a pitiful one to 2 kilos of fish then head home with nothing else to do we have no other source of income. 2 thirds of to newsies population lives along its coast but climate change is threatening their habitats and livelihoods plastic waste water pollution and illegal urban expansion are worsening the problem farmers in the hard men say their crops are blooming too early pests are appearing and their bees are suffering too. yes ian says the government hasn't responded to their plea for help but they say they're trying to tackle the problem and raise awareness. of their food service and workshops locally and will report back to the government

with a budget needed to tackle these issues so if you use coast is also home to ancient ruins a study last year found rising sea levels in coastal erosion are threatening around 90 percent of its you know sco world heritage sites on low lying coastal areas along the mediterranean. we've been traveling from the north of the country and we're heading down the crazy decided to stop here and take a look at these phoenician bathrooms now more than 2000 years old they're also one of 3 unesco world heritage sites in tunisia that in years to come will be flooded by the sea as you can see it's very close to the ruins. of this beach at the popular tourist town of how met is expected to disappear and restaurant owners in the area are concerned they could lose their businesses in a matter of years 10 years ago. by blows it was. 4050 meters of the

sea. it's only going to move is. not going to have a breach engine is 80 percent of timmy's years economy relies on almost 2000 kilometers of coastline and with climate change taking its toll people here say it needs urgent protection before it's too late. al-jazeera along to new jersey is coastline. as is al jazeera and these are the headlines the us house of representatives has voted to prohibit the sale of some munitions to saudi arabia and the united arab emirates for one year these weapons are the ones being used in the war in yemen the bill still has to pass the senate and to be signed off by president trump the amendment was put forth by house democrat tom malinowski. this war has caused the

world's worst humanitarian crisis more than 200000 civilians have been killed or died of starvation while the who these are to blame for much of this saudi and u.a.e. airstrikes are responsible for 2 thirds of yemeni civilian casualties there was a strike on a funeral more than $150.00 civilians killed a strike on a school bus that killed 40 kids on a save the children hospital on a wedding these were not mistakes these were deliberate and precise attacks and everybody in yemen knows that the bombs causing this suffering are made in the united states police in gibraltar have released all 4 crew members of an iranian oil tanker that was seized last week the ship was detained by british forces on suspicion of taking oil to syria in breach of e.u. sanctions all 4 were released on bail without charge and turkey has received its 1st shipment of the russian s. 400 missile defense system the controversial deal has angered the united states

with washington threatening to impose retaliatory sanctions and u.s. president donald trump says mass immigrant deportations will begin in 10 u.s. cities this weekend coming under a new tack over his immigration policies and the u.s. labor secretary is stepping down over his role in striking a plea deal with convicted sex offender jeffrey epstein alex acosta had faced fierce criticism over the 2008 deal with some saying the punishment was too lenient and then the edges of tropical storm barry are lashing the u.s. state of louisiana as it tracks closer to land states of emergency have been declared with dangerous storm surges heavy rain and high winds predicted and there has been some good news forecast as now i expect the mississippi river will crest up to 2 meters below the levees protecting the city of new orleans well those are the headlines the news continues here after risking it all. on counting the

costs $3.00 decades off the collapse of the soviet union russia is engaging with africa to raise its political clout and we look at the economics behind said his decision to buy the f. $400.00 an f. $35.00 stealth bomber counting the cost and i just did a. little . thank you thank you thank you. thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you

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