well and among the dead are people from kenya and tanzania the u.s. britain and canada are welcome what has more from nairobi in neighboring kenya. officials who survived the attack say it began with a suicide bomber in a car there was a bomb in the vehicle and the vehicle was rammed into the hotel causing a large explosion gunmen then followed on foot attacking the premises and a gun battle ensued between them and the security forces who were posted at the hotel the gun battle went on for hours but eventually those security forces were able to take the situation on the control this kind of violence is common in some parts of somalia but in recent years it's been rare in the town of kiss my what is widely believed to be connected to an upcoming election which is meant to take place there in august the time of the attack there was a political gathering going on inside the hotel elders plan representatives and legislators were meeting in preparation for that election and the armed group al shabaab of taking responsibility for the attack what's not clear is if it was an

attempt to disrupt the electoral process generally or specific candidates or politicians were being targeted. more soldiers are being sent to help police fight brazing crime in one of south africa's top tourist destinations cape town has the country's highest murder rates troops will reinforce the city's struggling police force for 3 months and poor neighborhoods identified as crime hotspots farmers are miller has the latest from cape town. it may be a small group of people who are demonstrating their anger and really level of crime and violence in this community but i think i have a strong message to her to say no to drugs and knows to gangs they're straight out they hold these type of marchers almost every weekend hoping it will raise awareness around the level of violence more than 2000 people have been killed in the western cape province is the beginning of the year and almost half of those

murders have taken place and it's just like. we haven't seen is a reality for many people and many of those victims have told them how the government has decided to move the florey army to 10 areas across the state flats say. they realize the high levels of crime is a tradition has reached crisis point 3 police are not able to do their jobs they're now looking to the army to create an environment where they can tackle the problem of gang violence but you can see many children to go to school it's a little. different this become plentiful stock market was it might be a house. i was previously very strange theory one of them in just minutes of the clearance will be strong on the street razan latest incident of gang violence

took place 3 nights ago 2 men were shot one of was killed and this is what these people on. marching against they want an end to the violence they want a community they are safe where their children are safe and where the government takes their concerns seriously. police figure a show the city has south africa's highest murder rates almost 1500 people have been killed in cape town and that's province western cape in just the past 6 months turf wars between rival gangs are being blamed for a fuelling the bloodshed western cape provincial leader albert frett says it's become so bad that people are effectively living in war zones earlier my colleagues hell raman spoke to albert frets and he asked him if deploying the military means the government has failed to keep the promises made after apartheid. government resources policing unfortunately in this specific programs is a really really was lacking and so we had

a shortage of words of this is going to have about 1500 policemen and sure. we also think that what we need the army to go and do is just to assist with those resource problem you know human decency and to stabilize the situation so that the police can also go into the d.b. gunships and billy to go and break the wrist and to do probably a mistake so that they because the guys in good stead will because really. you know a lot of society we are a constitutional democracy and we can go and do the earliest. act bill do you think that that's the only dream when we think of south africa we do we do but we don't we have heard of violence in johannesburg not just in case in cape town for example so what is the solution what's the end solution because at the end of the day as an elected government as

a government minister you have to take responsibility for the whole of south africa whether your in power in a particular area or not and that's what south africa's expect. that's that's a good a good word i think it was the review we're going to get the list in good right now doesn't have to go we believe and that leads us to what the approach will be a look at this summit in discussing the fact that every government the book that it really took over from social development economic development to agriculture to of education to all of a local government in the way we do about a little resigned all i'll departments will will do good not going to work together well we were going to we will be you do goes you just described as i did where we have to because in this group we will go in we will assist all of those who will really come out in 0000 says it is to give young people the ability

plenty more ahead on the al-jazeera news hour including u.s. politicians take action to stop arms sales to saudi arabia and stop the killing in yemen. has a bottle of leaders has the us is reaching out to them even as it imposes sanctions on hezbollah politicians and history beckons can england win the cricket world cup in front of their home fans at lord's later has the details and sport. turkey has taken delivery of a 2nd shipment of a missile defense system from russia more components of the s 400 system are expected over the next few days in defiance of a warning from the united states turkish pilots are no longer being trained to fly the f. 35 war plane and the pentagon's warned deliveries of america's most sophisticated stealth fighter will be canceled said of course world who has the latest from

istanbul. the delivery of this $400.00 russian missile defense system still continues and it is expected to be complete by the end of summer according to turkish officials the missile defense systems will be a parade by october following the 1st batch of the turkish an american defense minister had that ministers had a 30 minutes of call to the turkish side it reiterated that turkey is committed to its nato membership and its nato allies and the position of the russian defense system was another choice but in the society for turkey also. the turkish opposition supported the acquisition of this russian defense system saying that if the turkish military says it is a necessity then they will not be opposing this it took is the 1st nato country it's a by the russian air defense systems and it is the only one for for now and this is

the debate that's why the u.s. congress still threatens that turkey should be sanctioned but according to turkey based on the meetings that of presidents add on and present donald trump back in last month and during the g 20 summit turkey believes that it has promised not to impose sanctions but of course time will show whether trump will be able to persuade his congress in order to stop these sanctions the u.s. house of representatives has voted for 12 months for use on weapons sales to saudi arabia and the united arab emirates but the amendment aimed at stopping the killing in yemen still needs the approval of both the senate and president donald trump gabriel the zonda reports from washington. in an effort to send a message and stop the killing in yemen the u.s. house of representatives voted friday to prohibit the sale of air to ground munitions to saudi arabia and united arab emirates for one year they have been used

in the war in yemen. the amendment to a u.s. defense authorization bill was sponsored by congressman tom aoun now ski and passed $236.00 to $182.00 mostly along party lines but 5 republicans also voted in favor of it breaking party ranks all it will do is stop something that is categorically harmful to our national interests the provision of off fence of weapons that enable saudi arabia to keep defying our advice by bombing yemen and prolonging the war there more than 200000 yemenis have been killed or died of starvation in the saudi and u.a.e. led war now in its 4th year the united nations estimates more than 22000000 people or 3 quarters of the population need humanitarian aid and protection before being elected to congress last year now and housekeeper was an undersecretary of state

for democracy and human rights and on the house floor he said saudi arabia indiscriminately wages the war in yemen under both the obama and trumpet ministrations we have given the saudis specific lists of targets not to strike we have told them do not hit this specific hospital or this port facility or that bridge and then repeatedly they have gone ahead and hit the precise coordinates on our no strike lists and then we just keep on selling them the bombs what does that say to the people of yemen what does it say to the leadership of saudi arabia as part of the same defense authorization bill the house also voted to require president donald trump to get congressional permission before he launches any attack on iran the senate rejected a similar measure last month. the 251 to 170 vote was unusually bipartisan with 27 republicans joining all but

a handful of democrats in support on both of the amendments iran and the saudi u.a.e. arms sales negotiations now are between the senate and house on which of those amendments might make it into the compromise final defense bill gabriels on doe al-jazeera washington the head of hezbollah says the trumpet ministration is seeking channels of communication despite imposing new sanctions on the group the us the 2nd it's a terrorist organization for the 1st time the us has added hezbollah m.p.'s in lebanon to its sanctions list then i heard the reports from beirut. they conveyed a message of business as usual but 2 of hezbollah m.p.'s are now on a u.s. sanctions list including the head of the bloc in parliament mohamed rod the u.s. has long considered hezbollah a terrorist organization not differentiating between its military and political wings but it's the 1st time its elected politicians have been targeted this way

misdeed will what's new about sanctions as adding elected representatives of the wise there's nothing new such tactics one side line is because we are a big force the latest move is seen as part of the trumpet ministrations maximum pressure campaign on iran and its allies across the region while in beirut in march u.s. secretary of state mike pompei ago told lebanese officials to stand up to the group but has below and its allies control parliament and government making it hard to target it without targeting the country sanctioning someone who's an elected parliament area and head of the parliamentary bloc for the next 24 years is not simple and this means that the us government has no problem and also legally it has the right to sanction action the parliament or any government abuse government institution this has to be a clear message that the lebanese have to fall in line and to be part of the international community or actually face sanctions themselves. the u.s. state department did say the lebanese government needs to sever its dealings with

the hezbollah politicians it's sanctioned along with one of the group security officials. his job is to coordinate with lebanon security agencies the government cannot do much because i got to the house we saw it was hezbollah which is. a major part of the government but this would put him in contradiction with the whole work . order here to. to be to to comply with. and this is impossible to do it has become difficult to disassociate lebanon from hezbollah have. and its allies denounced the sanctions they say the members of parliament were elected in free and fair elections but the trumpet ministration says hezbollah has been using its political power to advance iran's agenda and using state institutions to support its financial and security interests the u.s. expects action to be taken against the most powerful player in lebanese politics

but opponents of iran's domination are weak raising fears that the next round of sanctions could target the lebanese state itself senator beirut soaring inflation in zimbabwe means many struggle to make ends meet shortages of food fuel and medicine add to their problems government leaders are hoping a 2nd pay rise in 3 months will head off threaten mass protests by public sector workers which also has more from the capital harare. it's the. strictest. charles bondevik and his wife both take home $280.00 zimbabwean dollars a month after deductions that's roughly 30 u.s. dollars each combining both they salaries they agree to spend no more than $40.00 on groceries but when they get to the till they realize they've gone over budget things are just too expensive to make things worse some products they really need aren't available because of shortages and i think that takes.

just. to. take. the government is offering civil servants including teaches a cushioning allowance on top of a monthly salaries by that's only an extra $10.00. but. i'm dreaming all i care. if. the. response is. you're door source. when zimbabwe gained independence from britain nearly 4 decades ago it had a strong currency but rising inflation over the years gradually eroded salaries of civil servants these notes were years from 1918 up until 2003 after land reform economy collapsed inflation was one of the highest in the world

that's when the government introduced these they were called the barricades the highest note was $100.00 people would have to carry a bag of cast just to buy a loaf of bread the money was worth less. then 10 years ago there's a dollar was abandoned as an official currency in favor of foreign money cash shortages continued in 2016 introduced to try to long side foreign currencies but things kept getting worse last month the governed by the temporary dollar known as . the only legal tender. after shopping charles and when they joined the queue for fuel another scarce commodity and for some after finding fuel there is no guarantee they will be power when they get home because of daily and frustration electricity cuts for struggling civil servants and millions of others this is now an everyday reality in zimbabwe. al-jazeera. still heard on the al-jazeera news hour

one of the latest on heavy monsoon rains causing havoc in nepal. and things couldn't be closer between lemur sadie's drivers or trevor stone peter has reaction from qualifying. even in iraq now of course it is hotter this time just throughout this part of the world apart from turkey the caucasus for quite a. clouds and showers and temperatures drop but i've overlaid the high temperatures not surprising you wouldn't think of 1st glance but look at terra at 41 degrees guess what the averages this time he is 3335 and the record is about 41 so tauren is approaching record valleys over the next couple of days because that heat extends a long way north as you can see and unsurprisingly further west but this is more

usual the coast is clear or cooler beirut at 29 degrees or on shore breeze is probably very pleasant and baghdad's 42 is by no means hot we've seen 50 recently just to the south and in the western side of iran but those temps are a little bit down maybe because the heat transfer to try and knock the record up in tehran the hot breeze is blowing out of the iraqi plane down the gulf and so effective in bahrain qatar is a little bit dusty but is maybe just breezy but more humidity in the air but it's still $44.00 degrees max temp time and it's much the same further west in mecca and medina whereas the coast of a mom is now expecting clouds and of course a breeze. you know straley a battle rages over the country's bomb animal with activists inviting fox stealing

livestock and intimidating vomits 1018 off because these have gone too far on al-jazeera. al-jazeera where ever you are. in the year 127118 a gunman italian agent set out on an extraordinary journey of untravelled the furthest reaches of the muslim marco polo as world view is radically altered beijing the city established by cooper the cause is still today china's strong economy now and china is again a superpower we reflect on how the relationship between east and west has changed. marco polo on al-jazeera.

hello again the top stories on the al-jazeera news hour. hong kong. visitors crossing the border from china. driving up prices by bulk buying tax free products to take home and sell. to help facilitate the release of the iranian oil tanker that was seized off gibraltar last week if they can guarantee it will go to syria british foreign secretary made the offer to iran's foreign minister zarif who said he's not looking to escalate the situation. that killed more than 100 people political transition agreement between. the

pro-democracy expected to be signed. on sunday. monsoon rains and appall have caused flooding and landslides killing at least 43 people many more are missing. the reports from katmandu more devastation is expected. cars and motorbikes been read in mud off the rivers quickly rose above the danger levels and burst the banks streets have been flooded the water flowing into homes since thursday it's been raining steadily across nepal triggering flash floods and landslides hundreds of people have been evacuated from their homes and rescuers have been searching for those reported missing imagines the services have also recovered some bodies in most. of the gap. until katmandu the heavy rains brought one wall crashing down crushing a section of the heart. of

a real deal while the wall suddenly crumble we thought it was an earthquake by the time we came out the house was broken 20 members of one family were asleep at the time 3 of them died 2 women one of them pregnant and a child were sleeping in this little cottage over here when this wall came crumbling down crushing the entire. most of the people over who have been living here are construction workers and the structures that they're living in it's very unsafe every monsoon season and floods and landslides but in the cities people have been allowed to build houses and businesses to close to the rivers and the water then has nowhere else to go major highways have been blocked by landslides and the security forces have been called in to help in the rescue operations now but. 80 to 90 percent of all of our units have been deployed for rescue operation but disaster response is not only about human

resources we need resources like a quick means and transportation as well meteorologists say more rain is expected through to sunday scientists have been warning that because of climate change monsoon patterns are also changing and the region needs to prepare for more extreme weather severe droughts as well as more intense periods of rain it's been a fresh to us as they are but i do hurricane barry has been downgraded to a tropical storm but it's still gaining strength as it bears down on the u.s. state of louisiana president donald trump has declared an emergency people have been ordered to evacuate outlying coastal areas tens of thousands have been left without power and b c news correspondent wendy woolfolk has more from new orleans. the winds are picking up here along the mississippi river and we have felt rain bands from barry all morning long at this point at least 60000 customers are

without power along the gulf coast right now there is a shelter in place order in the city of new orleans coastal those low lying areas are already taking on water with as much as $25.00 inches of rain expected in some areas historic flooding is possible this is the 1st time they've closed every floodgates surrounding the city because the mississippi was already so high before very formed the deadly storm surge that comes with these types of storms will put the levees that protect the city to the test right now officials are confident those fortified levees that are taller now and those improved pumping stations will keep the water back only though time will tell officials though say no matter how very comes ashore whether it is a strong tropical storm or a weak hurricane thousands of people in the state of louisiana as well as into mississippi and alabama are in the path of what could be disastrous flooding well

president trump says read the porting undocumented immigrants will begin in 10 cities this weekend he's coming under renewed attack over his immigration policies with some democrats accusing him of cruelty because of conditions in detention centers on the border mike hanna reports from washington d.c. . the trumpet ministration is trying to change the narrative of 2 weeks of negative attention vice president mike pence toured a migrant detention facility along the us mexico border different from what we hear from many of the critics. i couldn't be more impressed with the compassionate work that our cause and the border protection of doing here at this facility on capitol hill the house oversight committee heard a different version of conditions inside the centers and what was worst about this mr chairman was the fact that there were american flags hanging all over these

facilities that children being separated from their parents in front of an american flag that women were being called these names under an american flag we cannot allow for this as we have seen this current strategy unfold intentional in cruelly created by the trump administration dead set on sending a hate filled message that those seeking refuge are not welcome in america and or america president trump has dismissed the claims of mistreatment for their phony sources that even afterwards they write whatever they want but the scrimmage he made clear it considered the details of maltreatment fully substantiated the report considered by the committee was based on data provided by president trump's own administration officials under subpoena among the facts that they confirmed is the fact that as many as 18 children under the age of 2 infants and toddlers

were separated from their parents for periods ranging from 20 days to 6 months. the house efforts to investigate claims of abuse do not end here the judiciary committee this week approved a number of other subpoenas to be served on those dealing with migrants the intention to establish whether the implementation of the administration's 0 tolerance policy contravened federal law. al-jazeera washington where you saw the vice president visiting one detention center in that report while he also tool toured another facility crammed with almost 400 men in a sweltering heat some said they'd been there about 40 days and complained of being hungry police said it was quote tough stuff penned said excuse me it was quote tough stuff and that he expected it to be overcrowded but he also said the facilities are something all americans can be proud of

a quarter in ecuador has upheld a ruling preventing the government from selling land in the amazon rain forest to all companies the ruling was celebrated by the indigenous people who argued they weren't properly consulted on the sale of their ancestral land ecuador's indigenous communities have been taking action against oil companies since the 1960 it was once one of the world's largest lakes but in just 40 years the erroll sea dried up and fishing ports and is about to start and suddenly found themselves in the middle of a desert now there is a new effort underway to revive it to get more from felicity barner european broadcast center thanks to read yes the disappearance of the hour we'll say has been called one of the world's largest manmade environmental disasters is the left a desert with poisonous salt storms and an extreme climate is better signs governments and the united nations are hoping to bring life back to the area but no say in the form of water

a steadfast and reports. it was once a rich fishing ground for the soviet union now it's a salty desert the disappearance of the air will see has affected the lives of millions of people it's poisonous dust storms from the remains of pesticides reach far beyond central asia rusty ships on the former sea bed have become monuments of environmental destruction. everything was linked to the sea the sea was not just meeting its biggest but most everywhere. you've probably seen what sort of tin fisheries reduced this was a rich region of the until we came paul step by step. process and choice to work family left from the fishing industry until water disappeared in the 1980 s. water supply to our all sea was cut off because 2 rivers were diverted to increase

soviet cotton and wheat production after traveling for more than 150 kilometers from its original position we have now reached the hour will see it's less than 110th of its original size and it has such a high salt concentration that it's impossible for fish to survive and a previous attempt by the government revived the i will see have now been abandoned poor water management and the lack of regional cooperation are seen as the main obstacles. state that you mentioned that is a bring back all that amount of water yours there 55 years ago in the aral sea you'll need and the average river size of overall goods are constantly low for about 7 years which is. the stance of government now hopes that by improving facilities and reviving the economy people will return to the areas that nations has launched a multi donor trust fund to improve living conditions near the former sea this is not. a catastrophe that is over you've seen. that ok the

i.o.c. has gone but the climate impact continues to unfold scientists you soon come out love has fought all his life to bring back to see he's as losing this battle should send a warning to the rest of the world it's really important for anybody on the planet we're going to be a part of our global environment and. we cannot say just small bore you all the water then how we will save the planet while you soup still dreams of return of the sea like it was when he was still young the sight of gas installations all across the former sea that indicate those times might be gone for good step fasten al-jazeera at the hour will see. selfie lovers continue to flock to a toxic waste dump in siberia for some social media magic despite warnings to stay away the lake in the aussie burst has been starved dubbed the siberia mole deaves

after the turquoise waters in the indian ocean but it got its brilliant blue color from a chemical reaction between toxic waste elements the siberian generating company says it's sent guards to stop trespassers after thousands enter the water to take pictures of themselves and post them on its to ground the company company insists the lake presents no danger but environmentalist say it could harm anyone who swims in it. the. water gets to be with you or someone. may have in the allergic reaction. its water is saturated with what we meant to see a lot of harm. from the periodic table in the lake a grenade launcher has been fired as ukrainian television station building in kiev the channel had planned to air a controversial documentary featuring the russian president vladimir putin but has since canceled the broadcast ukrainian officials have branded the early morning

attack an act of terrorism no one was injured but part of the building was damaged . yes protests as have been back out so in paris. they gathered outside the guardian or one of the city's busiest train stations for their 35th weekend of antigovernment protests a number of demonstrators has gradually phoolan since november after president emmanuel marcal took measures to calm public anger over fuel tax rises. and a historic restaurant badly damaged during those protests is reopening in central paris if you case brasserie on the shelves elisei will open to customers on sunday which is dusty all day it was ransacked by rioters 4 months ago along with several other shops along the famous avenue. here's a question how many hours of sleep do you guess each nice if you're not sure how much you need then.