an open fire kurdish intelligence sources believe multiple attackers were involved but only one carried out the killings the turkish deputy consul general was shot at point blank range and died instantly so far no one has claimed responsibility iraq's foreign ministry has condemned the incident and kurdish authorities have launched an investigation the turkish president tweeted after the killing i condemn the heinous attack against our consular staff and their deal i wish god's mercy for our personnel who were martyred we are continuing our initiatives with the local and iraqi authorities to find the perpetrators as soon as possible the turkish foreign minister says turkey is ready to assist. according to information we gathered a turkish diplomat stationed in our consulate was attacked by 3 people while she was eating lunch in a restaurant a colleague passed away make god have mercy on his soul. with borders extending to syria turkey and iran northern iraq has remained a complicated international battleground in the eastern part iranian forces have

been targeting and iran kurdish fighters while turkey has also been targeting kurdish separatists in northern iraq the kurdistan workers party or p.k. has denied responsibility after speculation in turkish media since isis defeated security has been relaxed in iraq's kurdish region many aid organizations run their operations from a real because the northern city is viewed as relatively secure but this attack on the turkish diplomatic team go through the fragility of security in iraq. baghdad. still to come on al-jazeera after weeks of political standoff in sudan a glimmer of hope for the country. and the judge decides the fate of one of the world's most dangerous criminals mexican drug kingpin el chapo.

hello there some scouts of pop up showers and thunderstorms generally off the main house across much united states and also you can see those areas of cloud more cloud up towards the northern plains states but it really is the heat that is going to be the main focus here across the next couple of days are actually heat warnings in a place for excessive heat or the way from texas right there were into the northern plains particular across the midwest you can see 34 degrees in chicago on thursday there due to washington caring skies there on thursday out towards the west feeling pretty nice in san francisco 80 so once a bit cool but i've got 23 degrees celsius in los angeles on friday but again that rain continued to care away from the middle antic so a very warm day in washington and again we've got another warm 35 in chicago but the heat as i say is something to be really aware of over the next couple of days now from there we had downed tools that have been we've got some showers pushing into the leeward islands for the next couple of days you can see that rain becoming

a lot more widespread not bad across cuba 32 and a half and we've got more showers across central portions of america and mexico city and mexico. in quite a few shots the next couple days 23 degrees there on friday and then also a bad day in santa domingo at 32 and 31 celsius in kingston. after more than a decade of civil war life remains a challenge in sierra leone. we follow the citizens of this war torn nation as they push their limits. for survival. risking years of sierra leone.

this is al jazeera a reminder of the top stories this hour the u.s. house of representatives has voted to block some sales of ons to saudi arabia politicians voiced concern over human rights abuses in the saudi led war against yemen president donald trump says he will veto the resolution it's. the president to step up his attacks on 4 democratic congresswoman of color bob address and supporters are surrounding in north carolina the crowd chanted sends her back restaurant launched into a tirade against one of the women. and the world health organization has declared the apollo i break in the eastern democratic republic of congo and international

health emergency this follows the emergence of cases in densely populated areas. turkey has called the u.s. decision to suspend it from the f. $35.00 fighter jet program as unfair and said it would harm relations between the 2 the us said it made the move after turkey began except in delivery of russia's s 400 air defense system last week for months washington tried to convince on kurds a polites of that deal the u.s. is concerned that if turkey acquires both systems moscow would have access to secret military information well richard writes is a security analyst with wiki strands he says the u.s. is worried about russia getting access to crucial information on the f. 35. there are some specific concerns related to that technology. course these are classified systems we don't know the full technical

details but it stands to reason that if the f. 35 is flying around and nasa 400 very close proximity for months on end then the s $400.00 whose code is provided by and presumably accessible to russia will be able to understand how the plane flies maneuvers and so on and if the u.s. and nato countries have put an enormous amount of funding into the f. $35.00 it's basically the corps is going to be seen as the core fighter core aircraft of the of the no alliance for decades to come and therefore you know if it is one of the main attributes of the 5th generation plane is that it is very hard to track on radar but that basically could give away in a really important and vital component of the system if the f. 14 was able to identify how it could fly even if it's through its you know through

constant monitoring more generally there's a concern that if turkey purchases the system then other countries as well as well and there are india is right on the edge now considering the us and there are many there are several others along the line including qatar in between the 2 there's just a lot of concern about what way turkey has been wandering it closer or a way of least from western values from western ties. puerto rico governor ricardo reseller says he's staying in office despite days of protests calling for his resignation well we're bringing you live pictures now from san juan williams process are continuing this hour demonstrations response leaks online chats between the governor and his closest allies the conversations included missile just sick and homophobic comments cable elizondo has more from the capital some one. thousands of people here in downtown san juan puerto rico in the old city in front

of the capitol building and they're all calling for the same thing that governor ricardo brilliance ought to resign after more than 900 pages of text messages came out of the governor making mocking his political opponents in text messages retaliating against journalists and messages from the governor of sexist and homophobic remarks even illegal activities alleged by his political opponents this is the biggest political crisis ever to hit puerto rico and already 2 of the governor's top deputies have been arrested for alleged corruption by the f.b.i. and to others have stepped down since these text messages have been leaked publicly these people here on the streets of puerto rico say now they are fed up and business a governor that must step down so far has refused to do so he admitted wrongdoing he admitted that his messages were not appropriate but says he plans to stay in

office the protesters here say that's simply not acceptable. a political deal has been signed between sudan's military jones and protest leaders after months over the vision and on rights they've agreed to form a power sharing boldly that many hope will eventually leads to civilian rule him a morgan reports from neighboring ethiopia. it's taken many long days of negotiations to reach this moment more than 3 months after ousting armadale bashir sudan's president of nearly 30 years the ruling military council and the opposition coalition sign a deal that's supposed to begin sudan's transition to democracy that. the transitional military council has reach an agreement with the freedom and change forces you have witnessed the signing of the document it is a huge achievement representing a step towards an all inclusive agreement among all the forces in sudan in

a new era and paves the way for the upcoming steps of the console addition and celebration and reinstatement of the constitutional document for the transitional period it's a glorious moment. big reman stipulates that each side will have 5 representatives in the sovereign council with an 11th member to be agreed on by both sides yet they believe. it is with pleasure on this morning to bring the good news to the sudanese people that we have signed the political document between the transitional military council and the freedom and change alliance it is historic moment in the history of the sudanese people and their journey of struggle it's a new era of partnership between the brave armed forces and their partners in the freedom and change alliance and the sudanese people in this document is the fruit of the efforts of the people and us is will we honor the fallen masses the bereaved mothers and the youth the fuel of this revolution the revolution started in december with anti-government protests and turned into pro-democracy to 10 at the

army headquarters in april that came to an end when the military raided it in early june killing at least 100 protesters the greenman signed on wednesday still lacks many details which the 2 sides are continuing to discuss over the past few days process and how to have continued demanding accountability for the killings of protesters to be part of any final agreement that something the forces for freedom and change had said it was. while the military council and the forces for freedom and change coalition gathered in khartoum expressed optimism in the deal that has been signed not all members of the coalition are on board with the progress that has been made several armed groups have been meeting here in ethiopia say that the deal bypasses them and needs to be revised. the armed groups known as sudan's revolutionary front say they want the issues of ongoing conflict in darfur blue nile and nuba mountains and how to resolve them stated clearly in any agreement for a transitional period otherwise the deal would not represent the whole country are

going to have the new year this would dance revolution out of fry his reservations on what has been agreed upon in the way the negotiations have been going on the f. f. c. focused on power sharing in the negotiations we are not part of what has been signed . and they're not the only side not happy with the agreement signed just minutes after the signing people were out on the streets again but this was not a celebration this day the revolution will not be complete until the villain government is in charge here morgan or do their own ideas about what. a u.s. court has sentenced mexican drug lord joaquin el chapo guzman to life in prison plus 30 years he was convicted in february of murder conspiracy and drug trafficking prosecutors say he sold more than $12000000000.00 worth of illegal drugs or the history over scaping prisons it's likely goodman will now be sent to america's most high security facility kristen salumi reports from new york.

where to jail the world's biggest drug trafficker who already escaped from high security prisons not once but twice in his native mexico the answer is a prison simply known as 80 x. the most secure and secretive detention center in america this is where joaquin el chapo guzman will spend the rest of his life and this is as close as outsiders can get to 80 x. located in a rural part of colorado at the base of the rocky mountains built in 1904 the prison can hold up to 500 inmates guzman will have no interaction with other detainees everyone here is kept in individual cells for 23 hours a day not much else is known about 80 acts because only a few visitors are ever allowed inside journalists don't get in guzman will probably never get out no one's ever xscape from that facility. it's pretty much underground it's been described to some people scribe as

a black hole but there is a very i mean almost 99.999 chance he'll skate from a facility like that gerard bryant criminal justice expert says while all inmates at 80 acts are kept in solitary confinement it's particularly important for guzman someone like al chappell high profile. you know there may be some other inmate who might you know think he can make a name for himself by doing some arm to him 80 x. houses the most infamous convicted criminals and terrorists in america like ted kaczynski known as the unabomber zacharias moussaoui a $911.00 conspirator and ramzi yousef the mastermind of the $993.00 world trade center bombing during his sentencing guzman complained about being confined by himself for 24 hours a day calling it psychological torture. but his complaints did not move the judge

who sentenced him to life behind bars plus 30 years and ordered him to forfeit $12600000000.00 in assets as one prosecutor said after guzman's trial ended the world's most notorious drug kingpin now faces the rest of his life behind bars no chance of escape and no return krysten salumi al-jazeera new york prosecutors have dropped the case accusing actor kevin spacey of groping a young man to massachusetts bar in 2016 spaces accuser refused to testify about text messages the defense claims were deleted spacey has denied the allegations once he faces other accusations including claims equines on top of 14 year old dancer anthony rough and bad when he was 26. and denise is says it's sending back more than $200.00 tons of rubbish to a stray or the shipment was only meant to contain paper as it was found to be

contaminated with other forms of waste as far as the reports from is java its highlights and problems with the global recycling system. this used to be mostly paddy fields but rubbish which has been dumped here for almost 40 years dominates the landscape villagers here don't mind in fact they welcome it. this used to be a poor area i couldn't even afford to go to school but with this trash i could put my try to children through school my oldest is getting a ph d. . like many others makes a living from sorting through the waste this is rubbish that's already been sorted most of it comes from a paper recycling factory in the village and what's dumped here is mostly scraps and you find broken bits of plastic bags of food wrappers sometimes even clothes. villages also by waste from paper recycling factories in the area. there's

relatively valuable stuff to be salvaged such as plastic bottles and drinks cans. even plastic bags have resale value and they're burned by some factories which make tofu head as a cheap alternative to firewood to environmentalists these are worrying developments . our investigation conducted since 27th and shows that contamination from plastic and household waste in white paper imports when 35 to 40 percent vet shouldn't be allowed the industry standard is between 2 to 5 percent. he says imports of waste paper increased by 35 percent last year which is when china stopped importing plastic waste for waste paper we didn't conduct checks on waste paper imports in the past because they were considered low risk but we inspected several containers recently from australia after we got

a tip off. customs inspectors found a plastic packaging batteries even used baby nappies stuffed between palls of waste paper and they want to check nearly 60 of the containers from the u.s. and germany containers which have already been found contaminated have been sent back to where they came from. for the villages of balun collecting what others throw away has become a way of life until they find alternative jobs they came to keep their way of making money florence al-jazeera village east java indonesia. this is al jazeera and these are the headlines in the u.s. house of representatives. arms sales to the arabia politicians voiced concern over

human rights abuses in the saudi led war against yemen president donald trump says he will veto the resolutions the president's has stepped up his attacks on 4 democrat. that congresswoman of color while addressing supporters in north carolina 800. of the crowd chants and send her back as donald trump launched into a tirade against one of the women omar wright she took representative are blaming the night. for the jersey jackson our country saying that terrorism is a reaction to our involvement in other people's affairs. she says being. u.s. service members involved in black hawk down in other words she slandered the brave americans who were drawing to keep peace in somalia.

own one minimize the ship temper 11th attacks on our homeland saying some people did something and. the world health organization has declared the ball i'd break in the eastern democratic republic of congo an ensign national health emergency there's concern the virus could spread quickly after cases surface in densely populated areas bordering rwanda and uganda turkey has called the u.s. decisions he suspended from the f. 35 fighter jet program as unfair and says it will harm bilateral ties the u.s. made the move fast to turkey accepts a delivery over russia's s. 400 air defense system. a u.s. court has sentenced mexican drug lords joaquin el chapo guzman to life in prison plus 30 years he was convicted in february of murder conspiracy and drug trafficking prosecutors say he sold more than $12000000000.00 worth of illegal

drugs but she updates the u.s. continues here and all does era after risking it all stay with us. after 25 years of importing the world's waste china through the global recycling industry into chaos. the growing pressure of agreement skies eaves resulting in change we bring you the stories that are shaping the economic world we live in. counting the cost on al-jazeera. i. i.

i. i. i. i. a country ravaged by years of civil war sierra leone is now on the road to recovery . but the ruinous effects of the conflict continue to be felt. 50 percent of the population is in it trips. drinking water is scarce and it kristie practically nonexistent. while they have been improvements on the country's

infrastructure daily life for most is still a struggle. for. love changed. ok. randy runs a transport business after one of his drivers had an accident he takes to the road he has to deliver a spare part. while the stricken truck has been badly damaged vandy has been assured it is still running. only this is the state of the vehicle. that. i was very nice and safe but not for her so. i do.

not play. well. for us. so i don't think i sound ok. so let us out please. spare delivered but the return journey promises to be even tougher ahead lies 150 kilometer of mostly unpaved roads that have been further devastated by torrential rain while the small beat up truck may not be a pretty sight it's impressively study. unlike the truck santa has to drive the. anyone who has available we do right now are single seas are rough. but a lot of the bridges. we thought it would. mean

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