well the 3 people in power investigates the plight of real britons african troops. the forgotten heroes of empire. the most vile horrible statements about our country the u.s. president renews his attack on 4 congress women saying he's not racist and they should love america. until this is live from london but also report on donald trump's claims that the u.s. is making progress with iran also coming out. that. may or. may kick me off the floor a mother's outrage at the decision that charges would be pressed against the police

officer involved in the chokehold death of her son gus. i feel so honored and i'm overwhelmed by german defense minister also a former lion is chosen as the new european commission president. and south africa's former president jacob zuma says he received death threats hours after giving evidence at a public inquiry into corruption. below the u.s. president says he doesn't have a racist bone in his body as he comes under increasing fire for his twitter attacks on 4 democratic congresswoman in the treats donald trump said the women all u.s. citizens 3 of them born in america should go back to where they came from a cabinet meeting a short time ago again criticize the women have accused him of saying division.

they should love our country they shouldn't hate our country you look at what they've said i think i have clips right here the most vile horrible statements about our country about israel about others. it's up to them to do what they want they can leave they can stay but they should love our country and they should work for the good of our country as equal haney's following the story for us in washington d.c. patty the president continues to feel the debate on this issue. he does he obviously sees this as a winning issue for him as he heads into reelection in 2020 just to give you a little bit of background here these 4 congresswoman went down to the border were one of them who described the camps there as concentration camps and they came out and they told of horrible conditions that were facing all of these migrants that are being held on the southern border the president then decided that he needed to attack them and he did so and as you mentioned saying they should go back to their country so what he's doing now is he's equating criticism of himself and his

policies with hatred of america again trying to stoke his base the president has made it clear that he sees this as the way he's going to get a 2nd term political analysts point out that that is different could be a difficult strategy for him because he is overwhelmingly powerful popular with self identified republicans but they make up a minority in this country smaller than the group they call themselves democrats usually about 26 to 28 percent so the president is counting on this encouraging his base but at the same time when he has these sorts of attacks it really does fire up the democratic base which mostly also contains people of color and women tend to be flocking more to the democratic party in light of the trump presidency as well so the president doubling down on his strategy even though it's been controversial one key difference here is usually when the president makes controversial remarks the media the mainstream media here in america doesn't directly call it racist that's changed with this tweet the vast majority of american media are basically saying

all day long this is racism this is racist so we're going to wait and see if that plays out a little bit differently than with the public and indeed on not to be a difficult issue for republicans in terms of how it does play with voters. it really has been interesting some republicans have said are not on twitter i haven't seen it they haven't really been able to hide a lot of times when these controversies happened their break their back in their home districts they're harder to track down. now you what you see on capitol hill reporters following them from room to room basically demanding they go on record so we've seen just over a dozen republicans come out and criticize the president's comments but the leadership is sticking with him they're saying this is a both sides issue or that he's really talking about their policy one republican congressman said he was telling them to go back to their home districts not their their home countries so they're really sort of bending themselves in all sorts of directions to try to not be seen as endorsing the president and not be seen as

criticizing him it's going to be interesting to see in just a matter of hours the house is going to have a resolution of disapproval basically saying and they write in there that these are racist comments the president is urging republicans not to side with the democrats but this is a vote that's going to be on record a vote they're going to have to defend in 2020. thank you very much. a new york police officer will not be facing federal charges for the death of eric garner in 2014 the case that triggered the black lives matter movement in the united states officer down you know. in a chokehold an attempt to arrest him leading to his death that's despite going to repeated deep pleading that he couldn't breathe the 44 year old was stopped on the street for allegedly sending loose cigarettes the u.s. justice department made a decision not to charge the officers involved eric got his mother says she's been let down. we had to go we had to fight this is not easy fight but we kept

pushing. it make no mistake about it we're going to still push. you could push back but we're pushing forward because this is not the. mission to make the right decision. that officer if it's a plant the mayor and all the officers who would think. that they need to be off the course the streets of new york city is not safe walking around christian salumi has more from new york well this is a big disappointment for the family there is no doubt but the department of justice disputed what has become a common cry of the people calling for panta laos dismissal and calling for him to be charged that he used an illegal chokehold so while it's been described as an illegal chokehold the u.s. attorney who gave the press conference announcing the decision richard donovan said

that there was insufficient evidence to prove that in fact that was the case he described the maneuver that was used by pencil layo as starting as a proper maneuver and said the bar was simply too high for for prosecutors to reach and pressing charges after an exhaustive investigation of course that death was caught on videotape in the words the last words of eric garner i can't breathe became a symbol of a movement the black lives matter movement garners mother gwen carr says that her family feels let down by the decision. european parliament has confirmed the nomination of also love for the lion as president of the european commission a german defense minister will replace later this year becoming the 1st woman to

hold the post turner has more from the european parliament in strasburg. just that daily approval from the european parliament tory to vote for the long term becomes the 1st woman to hold the e.u.'s top job as commission president she will set the policy agenda for the next 5 years i feel so all notes and i'm overwhelmed and i thing you for the trust you placed in me you have the trust you placed in me is confidence you placed in your office your confidence in the united and a strong europe from east to west from south to north. as a german a woman and a close ally of anglo merkel on the line will be seen as an extension of the chancellor's dominant role in european politics she owes her career to merkel and like merkel she's a political conservative and a passionate supporter of european integration. but big spending

promises designed to sway down to any peace are a departure and may prove hard to fulfill we must take bold steps to get mrs ford a lion is indebted for their support to opposing quarters from the socialists to the nationalists which means someone will have to be disappointed supporters in the heavyweight center right european people's party bloc to which belongs brush those concerns aside she managed to get the support of $27.00 out of $28.00 heads of government in the european union so western europeans eastern europeans were supporting her representatives from a different political families and what she also managed to do is together with voters to bring france and germany closer back together the french german cooperation is not everything in the good opinion that sure but without a close friend german cooperation things really don't move forward in the european union among the promises. has made is reform of the very electoral process that had

failed to produce a democratically elected candidate with her name emerging instead from behind closed doors as the preferred pick of e.u. heads of government and state it's not only far right populists talking about a democratic deficit in the e.u. anymore many other m.e. peas are saying it as well. and try as she might to be the consensus candidate for all her promise of a green climate deal for europe wasn't enough to sway the greens what is this dream for europe can you explain that to me i can't. i can't either i mean again a slogan it's not a program what is it how much in which direction. but they'll be an abiding sense of relief an autumn of crises beckons a trade war with trump and britain sliding towards a no deal breaks it at least europe now knows who's in charge.

strasberg victory for more than $300.00 employees voted against her is that unusual . it's not what she would have hoped for a majority of just 9 votes that's an extremely slim majority $383.00 voted for her it's nowhere near the $400.00 plus figure it was thought she would require to have a sort of strong mandate for the progressive policies she hopes to push through in context 5 years ago. of authority $422.00 a majority of just under 50 and at that time 5 years ago that was considered a narrow majority so it could prove difficult. difficult. to enact the sort of policy swatches made these sweeping pledges and promises to try and woo support from the social democrats and the liberals big spending higher

taxes on money at multinationals big promises on climate change very thin on detail some of these may not go down well with her own conservative colleagues in the european people's party her own bloc wider than that she's got support in pockets all the way from the socialists to the nationalists the ruling party in hungary the ruling party in poland that could complicate her other key pledge no compromise on the rule of law in building a europe she says based on european values drawing a line under and against those who would seek to divide and undermine from within so i think the line is in for a pretty steep learning curve as she gets to grips with this job in the weeks to come certainly and while her leadership be very different from yonkers. if over the past 5 years there's been talk comments about a european union stagnant policy in need of democratic change with

a commission president in the. pockets of the european council heads of government and state will those sorts of comments are likely to be directed over the coming 5 years as well as we said. the lines name was plucked out by a sort of select group of the e.u. council of leaders over the democratic process of the parliamentary election she will have to work very hard to distance herself from that view she has this very slim majority which gives a very little wiggle room in the parliament i asked a senior member of the p.p. what he thought he said. big problem he said both are convinced europeans both are convincing europeans but they differ very much in style and gone now are the days of the bombastic belligerent say what you feel approach of. a mother of 7 a medical doctor is likely to approach matters with a slightly gentler touch. thank you very much indeed. the british pound

sterling has plunged to a 27 month low against the dollar and hit a 6 month low against the euro but markets are pricing a sharply higher risk of britain leaving the european union. first without any transition trading deals are concerned by rhetoric from the 2 candidates vying to win support from conservative party members to be the next prime minister a favorite boris johnson and his rival. both hardening their stances on negotiations with brussels that's despite the e.u. saying the withdrawal agreement has been finalized and will not be reopened. still to come on al-jazeera no end in sight as huge areas are south asia battered by monsoon rains and flooding. and after years of work restoring fish stocks indonesian fishermen facing a new threat to their catches. hello

there some very unsettled weather call some severe not too bad across the central areas the last few hours meanwhile it's across the south where we're focusing because we have again got the potential of some strong thunderstorms some damaging winds some damaging hail particularly across portions of southern italy and across into western greece you can see that storm system continue to work its way eastwards became quite nicely in the wake of that so finally some good conditions across the central med 31 in a few on wednesday quite a blanket of pushing in from the old west some rain pushing in all that on and of course discussion and and eventually that system will work its way across into more western areas also we could see some strong thunderstorms into madrid on wednesday but again not clear as on thursday but quite a blanket of tragical so much of western aid in central areas of europe 22 in london but 25 in berlin some nice sunshine for you as well with that very pleasant temperature and

a much better day in athens and generally across much of greece with a high there of 30 degrees celsius wednesday across northern africa areas dry we have got a little bit of travel on some coastal areas not feeling too hot in tunis at 32 a lot better than it has been and as he had off into thursday a little bit warmer 34 more in the way of cloud but dry with sunshine in tripoli and a high there of 28. i've been looking at your instagram account and reading. this is a dialogue when donald trump announce his candidacy for president after that everyone has a voice the best chance for democrats to beat donald trump is to nominate an exciting inspirational callus mother nominee to join the conversation in your thoughts get twitter and. on down to 0.

in one of the top stories here on jazeera u.s. president donald trump says he doesn't have a racist bone in his body as he comes under increasing fire his twitter attacks on 4 democratic congresswoman. and york police officer will not be facing federal charges for the chokehold death of eric garner in 2014 the case that triggered the black lives matter movement in the united states. and the european parliament is back german defense minister also left underlying to head the european commission. when he steps down in october. his president donald trump says

a lot of progress has been made with iran at his weekly cabinet meeting at the white house trump said he is not pushing for regime change in tehran but didn't get details of any progress made secretary of state added that iran said it was prepared to negotiate on its missile program runs says its missiles and normally go with anyone or any country. you know when iran's supreme leader has spoken for the 1st time about britain's seizure of an iranian tank 12 days ago the grace one was detained by the u.k. as it tried to enter the mediterranean a move which only further inflame tensions between iran and western powers. the vicious british government committed piracy and a top down ship they commit crimes and legalize it they're trying to legitimize this maritime robbery because lawmaker public will not leave such a vicious without a response. following the reaction in the iranian capital tehran this

supreme leader also went on to comment about the current status of the 2015 nuclear agreement he said that according to our foreign ministry the europeans have 11 commitments to fulfill under this deal and they have yet to fulfill one now when we decide to scale back our commitment they voiced their concern he said this is an act of insolence that they will not tolerate it the said he also said that iran will continue to scale back its commitments under this agreement and advance its nuclear program and that is something the country is the side of to do because the europeans have not upheld their end of the deal the supreme leader or the highest authority in the islamic republic has made the position of this country very very clear when it comes to these 2 very important issues the tanker the seizure of the grace one oil tanker will not to go on respond that the iranians will respond to this and the nuclear agreement is something the iranians will now for the foreseeable future slowly gradually cup back their commitments to because they feel

that the other signatories since united states withdrew from this agreement last year have not upheld their end of the deal. other news from iran the arrest of a french iranian research or has been confirmed very but a car was detained on monday shortly after reports of the detention surfaced the french president demanded an explanation from tehran the reasons for the arrests are not clear every monsoon rains a spreading death and destruction across large parts of south asia causing flash flooding and landslides and washing away buildings will 130 people have been killed it paul india pakistan bangladesh have all been hit in myanmar more than 21000 people have been forced to flee their homes rising rivers and lightning strikes have killed more than a dozen people in bangladesh some were bringing the refugees in overcrowded camps and buildings have collapsed in northern parts of india killing at least 14 people

but the worst affected is nepal at least 78 people have been killed and more than 165000 displaced by the widespread flooding so being a shuster has more from now to hat district in nepal. their fields are runed many houses flattened this is the village of bottom in the district in the southern plains of nepal it's been 3 days since the monsoon rain started and the waters have just started receding here not one house has been spared even. when the water started rising i carried this child and started running away this is a 30 year davey's house the floors covered in mud then tired village more than $400.00 people and their cattle have taken refuge on an embankment here most of the stocks of food they managed to salvage has been drying out there's a banquet runs along the back when the river now on friday there was so much water

that all you could see was just rooftops and people here are saying that this has proven to be a lifeline for them the bag with the river remains in flood further downstream local people are helping security forces fix embankments local representatives are struggling to provide assistance with roads closed food supplies are running low villagers say they have got very little to eat. we need a long term solution to these floods one of the main reasons our villages gets flooded is bad design of the new roads that are being built our villages are in a low land surrounded by 3 big rivers who can't resettle but we need the government to help alleviate the settlement of people here say they are tired of the recurring floods and broken promises by national leaders they say they don't need sympathy but want help in building stronger houses that don't get washed away. others the

district. at least 10 people have been killed after a 4 storey residential building collapsed in the indian city of mumbai more than 20 additional people are feared to be trapped under the rubble the building which was nearly 100 years old was in a congested residential area difficult for rescuers to reach it's the 2nd collapse in mumbai in less than 10 days with older buildings particularly vulnerable to the current monsoon rains. turkey is sending a force ship to the eastern mediterranean to explore for oil and gas in defiance of the european union it comes a day after the e.u. impose sanctions on turkey for drilling off the coast of cyprus they suspended talks over an actual support agreement and called for the european investment bank to review turkish lending turkey controls the northern part of cyprus but that's not recognized by any other country greece controls the south of the island as as

and when are you up there in the mix for many years we told if the greek cypriot side the e.u. or the un do not recognize the rights of the turkish cypriot side as a guarantor state and we shall protect it and we started drilling what comes next as we told the e.u. if they take measures like these ones we will increase our drilling activities we currently have 3 ships in the area and we shall deploy the 4th vessel to the area. south africa's former president jacob zuma says he received death threats hours after giving evidence at a public inquiry into corruption on monday. so you made the allegations on the 2nd day of the hearing in johannesburg inquiry is looking into accusations that he oversaw the mass looting of state funds while in office do you know who served 9 years as president denies the allegations and says he was the target of a conspiracy. has more from johannesburg. jacob zuma says his personal

assistant received a phone call on monday night from a man she does not know this happened a few hours after he testified at the corruption inquiry and this person said to must tell you. that we are going to kill him will also tell his children. as well as some people around him. so she informed me this morning and the. call that takes a lot about how my life has been attempted but also my sin our consul. i feel kids car come. this follows threats that make 2 serious ones worth. zuma says he's a victim of a conspiracy to bring him down and he's afraid for his life the commission then turn their attention to the doctors the wealthy indian family zuma was asked if he

allowed the govt is to influence government policy or appoint government ministers he was also asked whether the govt is use his name to win lucrative government contracts zuma denied any wrongdoing denied breaking the law so that we're going to blame zuma for corruption that happened when he was president say the law should take its course and they want him held accountable for his suspected role in government corruption scandals but those who support him say all this is just a political witch hunt. you know nations says the global fight against aids is stalling due to a lack of money the number of hiv related deaths overall has fallen by about a 3rd since 2010 but the death toll in eastern europe and central asia rose by 5 percent over that time and 9 percent in the middle east and north africa the u.n. says various governments have cut actor nations leading to a drop in funding last year a 1000000000000000 dollars. indonesian government has an ambitious plan to cut

plastic waste by 70 percent over the next 6 years indonesia is the world's 2nd biggest plastic pollution after china much of that waste ends up in rivers seas and lakes and as far as the reports from semarang it's undoing years of hard work history fish stocks. after half a day out at sea it's time to sort the whole small boats such as these in tomorrow in the city's central java contribution 70 percent of the nation's catch a few years ago these waters were in danger of being overfished foreign vessels illegally worked off the indonesian coast stocks only recovered after the government started thinking unlicensed boats significant improvement bear with other countries in the war one of the main reason because of the ferry that we called up in the recent assaults and the impact infected. on not only.

fishermen indonesia but also to other industrial like board but now the industry faces a new threat indonesia's fisheries exports may have improved but this country is also the world's 2nd largest plastic waste contributor some of that waste inevitably ends up in its waters and makes its way into the food chain as plastic degrades it breaks into small chunks some of which get eaten by fish and other marine life pieces smaller than 5 millimeters are called micro plastics food technologists in a kahan total is starting micro plastics in seafood in indonesia and its effects on humans so far really fallen from about almost $100.00 samples we we've done with the digestion and microscopic observation we found that almost. all samples contain particles that we suspect that this micro plastics are

not far from the laboratory our fish farms movie has been working in the aquaculture industry for 15 years. more and more of his work involves clearing rubbish. but. plastic pollution is a big problem every year the trash accumulates in the river making it more and more shallow it's really bad for the fish farms to fish caught in plastic waste can suffocate poor water quality also affects their growth the government wants to cut plastic debris by 70 percent by 2025 but until that happens plastic will continue to be on the menu for fish and us florence leigh al-jazeera. indonesia it's exactly 50 years since the start of the apollo 11 mission that flew man to the moon for the 1st time astronaut michael collins returned to the exact spot where he was northward into space with neil armstrong and buzz aldrin on july 16th 969. stronger took the 1st small step on the moon died in

2012 spacesuit he was back on public display after restoration and was unveiled by u.s. vice president light pence it kicks off a week of celebrations of apollo 1108 stable which. might in our top stories on our u.s. president donald trump says he doesn't have a racist bone in his body as he comes under increasing fire for his twitter attacks on 4 democratic congress women at a cabinet meeting again criticized the women who became used him so in division they should love our country they shouldn't hate. you look at what they've said right i have clips right here the most vile horrible statements about our country about israel about others. it's up to them to do what they want they

can believe they can stay but they should love our country and they should work for the good of our country. a new york police officer will not be facing federal charges for the death of eric garner in 2014 the case that triggered the black lives matter movement in the united states officer daniel powter laird held ghana in a choke hold in their attempts to arrest him leading to his death the u.s. justice department made the decision not to charge the officers involved. european parliament has narrowly backed also. to help the european commission that a german defense minister will now replace. when he steps down in october. be the 1st woman to hold a post. donald trump says a lot of progress has been made with iran at his weekly cabinet meeting at the white house the us president said he's not pushing for regime change in tehran and

didn't give any details of any progress made. a palestinian man has died while detained in an israeli jail according to a palestinian rights group the 31 year old man was being held in solitary confinement after being arrested in a raid a month ago it's claimed the man was being interrogated at the time of his death at least 10 people have been killed after a 4 story residential building collapse in the indian city of mumbai more than 20 additional people afraid to be trapped under the rubble the building was nearly 100 years old monsoon rains are believed to be responsible. for the stream is up next looking at the human impact of the brutal crackdown on drugs in the philippines to stay with us on our 0 for that news in a bit. ok

and i'm really you're in the stream today in the philippines what's the human cost of president would go to tell drug war. of human rights abuses and what's being done about them are you personally impacted by the philippine war on drugs we want to hear what you have to say on this issue let us know via twitter or in our live you tube chat. and you are.