ignace government has accused forces loyal to the warlord honey for have to out of kidnapping a female politician and injuring her husband. sam said what disappeared from her house in the eastern city of benghazi on wednesday she's an m.p. in the alternative parliament which is set up into a book which is backed by half that is currently trying to take over the capital tripoli in the west of us again what has been critical of his military operations. still to come in this half hour why health workers in the democratic republic of congo say the declaration of the bill is an international emergency well help them fight the virus and we made a refugee from ivory coast and turned his experience to a place. hello

winter carries on in australia with the wettest windiest coldest weather here in the southeast corner including tasmania and then it heads off towards new zealand so the forecast for friday is a mere 14 degrees in what should be at least sunny weather in melbourne it's not much different now adelaide threw out a cd out towards sydney we approached a 20 mark believe members for not doing much better than that hobart scott the windy around the cloudy a weather you'll notice and impervious to picture becomes increasingly cloudy with what i hope is welcome rain for western australia during the early as a saturday and during the day itself the breeze cool things down in perth after was the rains most either over the walls or not over the land which is not a particularly useful picture asked for new zealand well you've got mountains in the way no rain just disappears over the top it stops and it falls and it goes in so quite heavily i think on friday the picture is almost obscuring both the north and south island but the rain disappears further east leaving oakland at least in

probably brighter weather come saturday but the rain is still there further south from a different direction and rain becomes increasingly the story once again for a good part of southern japan and south korea with a tropical cyclone on its way. a group with a body for the right to enter a new temple this long been the exclusive domain of men one i want to investigate the battle to overcome centuries of screaming in india on al-jazeera every weekly news cycle brings a series of breaking stories join the listening post as we turn the cameras on the media and focus on how they was caught on the stories that matter the most on al-jazeera.

welcome back here's a reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump has announced an american warship has the straw on a rainy and drove in the strait of hormuz but iran's foreign minister has denied any knowledge of the incident this says it rainy and state t.v. said the revolutionary guards had seized the foreign tanker in the strait of hormuz is which they've accused of trying to smuggle oil and the day after donald trump supporters echoed his own words chanting sent her back about a democratic congresswoman born in somalia are warnings the president's actions are endangering others. turkey's military has carried out air strikes on the p.k. k.

camp where the suspect in a shooting attack that killed turkey's deputy consul general is reported to have gone the 27 year old turkish man identified as muslim bag was captured on c.c.t.v. at the restaurant in at be and where the shooting took place it's allegedly opened fire at the restaurant where turkish diplomats were dining before fleeing in a car driven by an accomplice at least one of the person was killed in the attack the gunman is still at large name reports now from that of the. witnesses describe a prepared team who walked confidently into this restaurant to assassinate a turkish diplomat or smile and co saw it was sitting inside with his bodyguard. witnesses say then 2 men pulled up to the valet in this upscale neighborhood they told the attendant they would be only a minute they walked inside and one man with a gun in each hand began shooting costs up to iraqi kurdish customers were shot and

killed as they tried to hide witnesses say the diplomats bodyguard took cover and shot back one of the attackers was hit in the leg leaving a trail of blood as they escaped there haven't been any arrests or any claim of responsibility however there has been a denial of involvement hours after the shootings a spokesman with the military wing of the p.k. k. or kurdistan workers party said the group was not responsible physician immediately fell on the p k k a kurdish armed group deemed a terrorist organization by turkey and the united states. turkey has been carrying out counterterrorism operations against the group in northern iraq but political analyst rob one by deni says it's too simplistic to blame the p.k. k. in a complicated region involving various groups with competing agendas or not god to

have a minimal amount there is a huge number of people interested in sabotaging the relationship between turkey and a kurdistan regional government on both sides the turks on cuts i believe this operation is to benefit these people for and create problems for the k r g the substantial economic ties with turkey was his body was flown back to turkey and funeral was held for him in ancora on thursday he leaves behind 2 children and at the moment many questions regarding who killed him and why natasha going to name his era erbil. health workers in the democratic republic of congo have told al jazeera at the world health organizations that collaboration of ebola as an international emergency will help them get the resources needed to fight the disease more than 1600 people have so far died of the disease including 2 who recently crossed into

neighboring uganda catherine sort of reports from nairobi. where there's a pensive mood in a market southwest in uganda a congolese fishmonger who visited the market to buy fish for trade died of a bolo and she turned home she came by road on a motorcycle was a regular here interacted with many people health workers looking for several high risk contacts some of whom are say to have gone into hiding. who knew the woman does not believe she died of it it's a believe many people also share complicating government efforts to deal with it. she was pregnant and she had a miscarriage everyone knows that people who touched her have not died why are you saying she had women bleed when they have a miscarriage that's what we know. this is one of the busiest streets routes between uganda. but the border is porous and many people use informal crossings to

get from one country to the other but what if someone comes to the market how are we supposed to be took not everyone uses from across. the world health organization has now declared outbreak an international public health emergency he says based on the high risk of the disease spreading across the region the fact that it's still flaring a year after it started and the incredibly volatile security situation health workers are working under health workers we've talked to say the declaration could not have come sooner they want more logistical help and money they're also dealing with local communities that don't trust them and in areas. where militias have been attacking them as well as a bullet treatment centers up to 10 health workers have been killed since the outbreak began a year ago the security. people. but i think the force.

for this. for now the focus is to make sure that it does not spread in goma a strategic city after preacher who tested positive of the disease died and to regional countries or other parts of congo catherine saw. nairobi. around $200.00 south african soldiers have started patrolling the streets of cape town to help curb gang violence the move is expected to last 3 months and it's aimed at tackling rising crime in the city's poorest neighborhoods more than 2000 people have been murdered in the western cape province in the past 6 months residents who accuse the police of incompetence say they're hopeful that the troops will make it the friends i am really saying that they are yet the army are ya and i want to thank the government for my good good decision we really need them because

i need a challenge in people's dying evening day on our streets and arson attack at an animation studio in japan has killed at least $33.00 people a man is said to have shouted die as he poured petrol around the 3 story building in kyoto it's the country's worst mass murder in almost 2 decades. has more. am the fire broke out thursday morning in this popular animation production studio in kyoto am fire and smoke in golf the 3 story building as rescue teams searched for survivors in moscow and there were some women inside the building firefighters had to break windows to pull them out. many were unable to escape with the rising death toll japan fears of this could become one of the deadliest fires in his recent history dozens were injured others were missing to cut it when the fire

broke out about 70 people were inside the building so we checked the whereabouts of these people using their mobile phone contacts we also checked the number of the people who made it outside safely. what's left of the building is also a crime scene and the man in this video is a suspect he's accused of entering the studio employing a liquid onto the floor and igniting it while shouting die he was arrested and taken to the hospital. he seemed to be in pain era tasted and suffering he was also angry and seemed resentful prime minister she's all oveh has called the fire to a polling for words he offered condolences to the victims and their families as the country tries to make sense of what's happened. katia low possibly gone al-jazeera . officials in the philippines have been accused of manipulating official figures on the number of people killed in the government's war on drugs police say that

just over 5 and a half 1000 people have died in the crackdown as of june 30th 30th of this year but the latest count is much lower than previous figures published by the government and both figures are significantly below that this toll given by human rights organizations they say within 27000 people have been killed since president of eagle to ted to launch the campaign in 2016. u.s. senate minority leader chuck schumer has called on the f.b.i. to investigate one of the most popular applications in the world faces up he's concerned the face editing photo op poses a national security and privacy priscus for millions of americans because the company is based in russia the democratic national committee has also warned the party's 2020 presidential candidates not to use the app. british m.p.'s have backed the bid to stop a new prime minister suspending parliament to force through a new deal breaks it is another obstacle for the man tipped to take over as prime

minister next week is far stronger than as vowed to leave the european union by the end of october deal or no deal jonah hill has. the eyes to the right 315 the nose to the left 274. a crucial victory over the government m.p.'s opposed to a no deal breaks it and by a handsome margin with 17 conservative party rebels and a number of senior ministers abstaining so the our eyes have it the option of prorogue or suspending parliament to force through breaks it unopposed is now pleasures to be something prime minister in waiting boris johnson had refused to rule out he's almost certain to take over as britain's prime minister next week whoever becomes prime minister next week is going to have an almost non-existent working majority we also don't know how long the agreement they got with the d.p.

is necessarily going to hold up so whoever it is boris johnson or jeremy hunt is going to really have their work cut out particularly if they want to push through. it which you know it's worth reminding ourselves has been voted against on several occasions by parliament already with parliament demonstrating again it's distaste for no deal and the e.u. repeatedly refusing to reopen the existing deal the prospect remains of no bricks at all to be clear parliament here has not prevented and no deal breaks it that many experts say could be economically disastrous for the united kingdom that would require an act of parliament but m.p.'s opposed to no deal have bought themselves time in the hope of being able to take more decisive action in the autumn. defeat inflicted less a blow to the sitting government more a preemptive strike aimed at the next one jonah hill al-jazeera london and in another blow for the favorite to be britain's next leader the e.u.

has the one advice johnson's complaints about the blocks red tape. yeah during a speech on wednesday johnson blamed the european union for food regulations which are in fact british he held up a smoked kipper saying the producers are furious the e.u. rules forced them to use so-called ice pillows to keep the fish cool and that's despite the e.u. not setting any rules for smelled products the european food commissioner has accused johnson of spreading news. one of the world's oldest and largest theater festivals is shining a spotlight on the plight of refugees the exit mission brings to life the long and desperate journeys that thousands of asylum seekers face every year one man who fled violence in ivory coast and made his way to france is performing a play about his experience with asher butler has more from the avignon theater

festival. a haunting song of survival. cannot say uses music to tell the story of a young refugee called yaku and his terrifying journey from ivory coast to france but the play is not fiction it's based on cannot is life. the country wasn't safe there was war so young yack you had to flee to save himself. cannot he was a student when violence forced him to flee his town he went north crossed borders and spent time in a refugee camp in tunisia before being sold into slavery in libya and imprisoned underground is on his own time in the bowels of libya music kept me alive i saw my fellow prisoners sinking depressed and all i thought about was singing so i sang in the cells music allowed me to stay alive. cannot he says the plays helped him

come to terms with his past and he hopes it will help people understand refugees. exile is one of the main themes of this year's avignon theater festival the southern french city is hosting nearly 2000 defense this exhibition shows the work of rescue ships in the mediterranean sea several performances at the festival focus on how conflict violence and poverty forced people to leave their homes for one play calls a different light on refugees by showing how some people risk their lives embark on dangerous journeys for reasons that are unexpected. with a gibralter a young man's strained relationship with his father and dreams of a more exciting life drive him to leave booking a fast so for europe they get crappy free performance of part 2 sometimes we don't know the full story of why people leave it's not always because of war but their

desire to discover other things can lead them into terrible situations we have to understand that. no matter how many walls we want to build migration will continue it's one of the big stories for page. there the performances in avignon on the subject of refugees are all different but there's a common purpose to tell stories of individuals and the force if human resilience in the face of unimaginable adversity natasha al-jazeera i've seen your fronts. and now a reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera president donald trump has said that a u.s. warship has the story of an iranian drone in the strait of hormuz president trump said the aircraft threaten the ship by flying to close the box or took defensive action against an iranian drone which had closed into

a very very near distance approximately $1000.00 yards ignoring multiple calls to stand down and was threatening the safety of the ship and the ship's crew the drone was immediately destroyed. iran's foreign minister has denied any knowledge of a drone being shelled down as your rival for a meeting at the u.n. . you know it's very. close to the road. well earlier iran's revolutionary guards seize the foreign tanker which they've accused of trying to smuggle oil the announcement was made on thursday only rain in state t.v. but the tanker was reportedly seized on sunday again in the strait of hormuz all 12 crew members were detained the ship is based in the united arab emirates but the country denies ownership of the vessel. meanwhile president trump is trying to

distance himself from his supporters after they chanted is only words about a u.s. congresswoman who was born in somalia. president now says he feels a little bit badly about the targeting of iran omar at wednesday's campaign rally the u.s. house homeland security chairman has called for an emergency meeting to address what he calls heightened threats against members of congress because of trump's actions. libya's u.n. recognized government has accused forces loyal to the warlord holy for half tide of kidnapping a female politician and injuring her husband see him said what this appear from a house in the eastern city of benghazi on wednesday she's an m.p. in the alternative parliament set of thing to book which is backed by have titles currently trying to take over the capital tripoli in the west those are the top stories coming up next why no one east india's women warriors and my colleagues and

the how we'll have more news in half an hour. after 25 years of the for. china cycling industry into chaos. the growing pressure for greener skies eves resulting in change we bring you the stories that are shaping the economic world we live in. counting the cost on al-jazeera. every year tens of millions of pilgrims come to pray at one of india's most sacred into shrines. that temple almost half the world's population is not 12 come. to the. women aged between 10 and 50 are considered impure by the hardline hindu men who come here to worship. or not attended a part of the order was. that some female to go to these have had enough

one to one east meets the brave women challenging tradition in the name of equality some in. her time during her remember. they married again. oh yeah i. know you're on your go over here was saying here. these men are on a pilgrimage to worship the hindu god lord. every year in kerala south india around $20000000.00 disciples visit the day 80 out of one of india's holiest sites the hilltop shrine. you know was no no. no no. no

no no these pilgrims also have another mission to protect the celibate go. from what they call the temptation all women really saw something she didn't want to talk with. audio enjoyed coming out. thank god but you know her father could. get them. all the gold to get the one thing all over again that it was. women of menstruating age have for decades been forbidden from entering the shrine. i fall right in the middle of this age group and i'm not welcome. that's because many hindus believe menstruation makes women impure. plus a bit of it tonight i'm heading to the temple to find out why this has become such

a volatile issue. some of them some of them know. some of them only a bit of measuring on them that security is tight we must pass through several checkpoints almost 600 police officers are stationed here one of their main jobs is to make sure women don't enter the shrine. this police officer is stopping a woman to ensure she doesn't try. to cut. the woman's husband stops us from filming. the temple entrance i meet us we need a one of lord most odan to follow was. going to ask. what is the police checking all about because of you.

i got to go and. no there's no and what would you do if i decided to come with you . and with that don't give the devil. you but what prevents me from going. to the gathering we beat them big to be dangerous maybe. i'm not allowed to go any further. busy inspired by lord. when he has chosen to live a life of celibacy. steered us army your god you know little. to wear down 3 about it but i'm not a witch and go to go but in the uk there are a lot of 4 in bronze armor push and lip of the butt of your my petition asked the

end of the wording yeah. because. those who defy this tradition incur the wrath of the faithful and even the highest court in india cannot shake their beliefs after years of legal battles in september 2018 the supreme court lifted the ban on women entering the temple finding it a discriminatory practice. in the months that followed around 15 women try to exercise their new found rights but still they were stopped from entering the shrine prompting millions of defiant women to take to the streets forming a human chain in the name of gender equality. in the wake of the acts of women from across the aisle gathering to form a 620 kilometer state sponsored women's one. but the doors of the shrine remained

closed to women. undeterred law professor been do a meanie and her friend. set out to try one small. and the art of the week and late night to live i'm going to assume black and. yellow to me to carry them in the boy able to live on a false trip in america members. get a bit of it done a little bit in the book. under the rug in the mud out of the ladies that is the body up of unfortunates out of body and to upload it unload a car little below the level of the on the to a but then the chance that the loaded nobody got the motherly. a male friend filmed the 2 women entering the shop temple. i look out at the mind

of our history on allusion are not unlimited in the canonical albert albert our of those are we do are they on the most of the political agenda which is a little. more about the better well it is either learn about the minimum cover get on the want to go on with. the police try to get them to leave the shrine after just a few minutes. even though what the women were doing was perfectly legal the police were aware of the danger. the. little boy. was a hero to your book the rule of thumb. because. a few seconds was all it took for bindu i'm coming to make history becoming the 1st women to enter the forbidden temple since the supreme court decision.

and legal and i'm wrong i never was a comedian. all of them met before a month and gender of justice stabbed machine that ended the walk a little wider than me and it kind of got the level of like you know when you go out every one of. but bindu is proud moment in bridge hindu hardliners violence build onto the streets leading to thousands of arrests and the death of a protester. and for bindu it's come at great personal cost mounting death threats forcing her to leave her family and go into hiding. what is the. only victim living land that going to give a whole new love never got in the end i. was raised a lot of the good that we've got to give nonetheless and i know you know my dinner

when you are at it would imagine. any candidate they know who are liberal laws that we give our library let alone. the even to carry things always though they were in the law even the littlest one of them to know my mother thought it kind of. goes really actually that was that way every morning when he begins his day with the same ritual with prayers to lord. for years in a way where you can only hear. the you know me or my. god . from this very sad.

nationally this is a vocal opponent of women like. that but. she might not. be. a lot of them 3 year my brother in the world has to go to somebody. in the body of men who are the norm of it but i'm nobody in article i'm. part of them i. go i meant stripping women into that impure 3 or so they are on the bar that the middle of the. curtain on our covent garden mart there was some. there was a column. while others who knew the model. good

and they were on hilton as some. as some of the never really denoted garlock monumental scarlet others are going to. talk about women being powerful and people praying to them as goddesses yet you don't allow them into your temple. that it would have one of them one of them. would you know whatever to get more than a good number and there are. some one in the love of them stream. you pour it. in on the brown are. you that i'm that i'm very loose in a moment. so what about. whatever it is a lot of us i wonder when we're going to let that down to us when he is not alone in his fight to keep women out of the temple as a senior member of india's ruling party the b j p he has strong political backing.

today he's helping a b j p candidate for the parliamentary elections record a speech about. christian faces charges of rioting and unlawful assembly for his role in the violent protests following the supreme court decision . i was aged 90 with. any given day they were and when i was a she quorum somebody's mother. and i we should take you in the. digital. media. and the callers of the the dollar dollar dollar they are not of the only. kind of you know these hindu nationalists.