on the right 315 the nose to the last 2700 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 bricks and unopposed is now closed it's 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 its distaste for no deal and the e.u. repeatedly refusing to reopen the existing deal the prospect remains of no breaks 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. now defeat inflicted this a blow to the sitting government more a preemptive strike aimed at the next one journal al-jazeera london still ahead on the bulletin families fear they'll be left homeless as israel prepares to demolish buildings in the occupied west bank class.

music with a message of refugee centers has story at the prestigious french avignon festival. hello maybe and surprisingly the height of some produces some high temperatures sometimes big thunderstorms and that has to rely on a bit of moisture and we only got that in pakistan on the front edge of the monsoon so for the rest is just high temperatures and tear on typifies the height which they can get because that's more or less record levels it's don't the case elsewhere baghdad is nowhere near its record of $43.00 nor is kuwait city but the sun blazes are low ground particularly the dead sea we saw temp is breaking more records now on wednesday 49.9 that we swept away from the breeze now going back in across the mediterranean so that's you know westerly breeze never quite as hot but

there's been quite a strong wind the shamar blowing from the same place so bringing some heat down towards bahrain qatar and the u.a.e. now you notice the high temperature in there has only 40 isone 40 only 38 come saturday the breeze is lightning is could be more moisture that tends to produce lower temperatures but more and present conditions rather better for many is what's happening down in some 27 degrees because of the how the south westerly wind overcast and drizzly the whole area turns a beautiful shade of green. algae close to god just to be calm. these 2 rely on their expertise with snakes. like now for their traditional music and down

to adapt and survive a modern and. rather stand down series on how to. good to have you with us on these are our top stories u.s. president on trial as an american warship has shot down an iranian drawn over the strait of hormuz called a defensive action but iran's foreign minister says he isn't aware of any. one of 4 u.s. congresswoman at the center of a racism roundball than donald trump has hit back saying she won't be intimidated

by the president. comments come a day after trump supporters charge of send her back during a campaign rally british politicians have back to move to stop the next prime minister from suspending parliament to force through a no deal breaks it the vote adds a new hurdle. to take over as leader next week. the united nations has called out saudi arabia at the united arab emirates for failing to all of their aid pledges to yemen both countries promised to give $750000000.00 off humanitarian assistance at a u.n. fundraiser in february but the u.n. a chief says only a fraction of the money has been handed over in the past 6 months saudi arabia has given just over 12020000000 while the u.a.e. paid nearly 200000000. well earlier u.n. special envoy for yemen martin griffin said it had been significant progress towards peace but he warned all warring factions that conflict could escalate

further the war in yemen is now that's 50 you're referring to a crucial moment for the destiny of this war. we need to think now together of the realities and opportunities which define chances of making a move of peace the redeployment of some coalition forces in parts of yemen our senior coalition officials have themselves confirmed this act is intended to place peace 1st at the center of their of efforts to restore peace and stability in yemen and this is a reminder of the view already expressed that peace will come on the back of the promises made in stock are now becoming promises kept in yemen. about $200.00 south african soldiers have been deployed to patrol the streets of

capetown they're expected to be there for 3 months to tackle rise in 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 had accused the police of incompetence say they're hopeful that the troops will make a difference. nigeria's navy has joined the search for 10 say it is abduction by pirates the turkish crewmembers were taken on saturday and haven't been heard from since their ship was taken to port i'm gonna. with interest says the only journalist who's gained access to the vessel. so when the pirates boarded the ship they came to the bridge which is the most important part of the ship and when they came here they were violent they fired shots look at the radar screen here that was shocked at to disable the ship so a few more areas that were attacked by the pirates shot and shots fired there when they were such as fired that the engine. has been does able and it cannot move

farther they brought out the crew and made their way all walked away with at least 10 of them 2 days later the gandhian navy was there to bring them to safety here with me is commander. ready commando operations of solving this thing about command no talk to us about the rescue operation how you brought this ship to port it took i would be a master of this ship all in a good tent with to live in the engineers the intention was to get this it would issue so that nobody can move it should but luckily for them the medic gun and the and our ship escorted them all deal with it not come to put it here right over here what is left of members of crew of this ship they told us. if you. don't come into here we are the ship.

all my friends are sad and so when the pirates boarded the ship they actually threatened to burn down the whole ship if the crew members don't come out. as valid as you to begin demolishing $100.00 palestinian husbands near the separation barrier after a 7 year battle an israeli courts that's here the case has set a legal precedent that will lead to further demolitions and the occupied west bank but it smith reports. there are practical calculations to make when the law decides to demolish someone's home how much explosive where to put it these israeli soldiers are doing the math and there are human calculations for the family they are where will they go and how will they find the money for a new home at the end there may be all we do is think about our home we wake up thinking about it i don't sleep because i'm thinking about it we're going to become

homeless i really can't describe how that feels it's very difficult for us to live israel is enforcing for the 1st time an 8 year old military order that says nothing can be built here within 250 meters of the separation barrier that's why it's miles house the pink one has got to be demolished but the one behind it which is just as close to the fence it was built before the law was enforced and so apparently it can't be considered a security risk that israel demolishes palestinian homes isn't unusual palestinian researches say $538.00 of what israel calls unauthorized structures were knocked down last year. but a legal precedent is being set in wadi al hamas it's the 1st time demolition orders have been issued for 16 properties built to with permits from the palestinian authority on land under its sole administration. and in a place where israeli control over palestinians is absolute even this tent put up

to welcome visiting diplomats to be taken down on police orders they said it had no permit so the diplomats were ushered into a garage to listen to the fears of the people who live here it's a legal precedent so this is a limiter commander of the west bank decided to carry out the similar. demolitions i mean where in the west bank the president is there it's. family will stay here until the soldiers knock commodore because they have nowhere else to go this one about i'm thinking about that day about what will happen i'm concerned all the time the palestinian authority says the demolitions are in breach of international resolutions destroying the prospect for an independent state of palestine bernard smith al-jazeera in the occupied west bank. at least 4 people have been killed and 16 engine in an explosion outside kabul university and of capital a blast occurred as students waited near the campus k.

to take an exam police say they defused a 2nd bomb found nearby there's been no claim of responsibility so far. now one of the world's most popular apps could be investigated by u.s. authorities because of security concerns senate minority leader chuck schumer says the russian and face that could misuse personal data of millions of people is off the f.b.i. to investigate face app allows users to change the age and gender of images that face that c.e.o. says the russian government has no access to use the data fears of cyber espionage have increased in the u.s. since the 2016 presidential election now dave sounds very as a professor of security management of the university of dayton and he says people are wired about sharing information on face that should also consider what they're sharing with companies like google and facebook. if you take a look at your phone and you take a look at the app permissions you'll find that

a variety of apps ask for certain permissions on your phone and when you take a look at the app before you download it you might want to actually just take a quick glance and say now does this application need this does this application need this i'm using a mapping application for example the map needs to know where i am it's going to tell me where to go but you want to scan to be careful about the sorts of permissions you're allowing on your wraps i don't know the company i'm not going to try to engage in theories about whether or not somebody is working hand in hand with the russian government that's just not my thing but i just think people. are worried about face up i would dare say google facebook and a few others probably have very similar types of. information on their various user bases to indonesia now where there's a warning of an increase volcanic activity around mount merapi the country's most

at active volcano thousands of people have been put on high alert just someone's louis report some residents are refusing to relocate. imposing and unpredictable mt merapi is one of indonesia's most dangerous volcanoes its last major eruption in 2010 killed 275 people and destroyed farms and buildings. yet some villages moved back within months ignoring the government's call to relocate. instead they worked on strengthening what's known as a network a community run warning system. they collected money to buy a monitoring device. this equipment. is becoming active very transmitters in the mountain that activity. makes

a steady sound if it's active it beeps then we were in people using walkie talkies so they don't panic. there's also a radio service on. the last updates everyone on the volcanoes status symbol this lookout point is part of the warning system there are several of these in each village built using community funds from these vantage points villages take turns to monitor mount merapi for activity volcanoes are not the only natural disasters that threaten indonesia earthquakes and tsunamis are also common but less predictable. we can never be 100 percent prepared what we can do is make today better than yesterday and tomorrow better than today. disaster officials have long given up trying to persuade villages like superman. to relocate

sam i. mean that we are made up the people moving us is like moving the mountain what we need to do is learn to read the signs will always be there when the volcano erupts we will leave but only for a while we met up he calls us back we will return to take care of. the best thing they can do in the meantime he says is to be prepared florence li al-jazeera mount merapi indonesia. a refugee who fled violence in his native ivory coast as performing at one of the world's largest drama festivals he shared the story of his dramatic journey at france's avignon theater festival and was there. a haunting song of survival. cannot say uses music to tell the story of a young refugee called jack who and his terrifying journey from ivory coast to

france but the play is not fiction it's based on cannot taste life. the country wasn't safe there was war so young jack 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 side 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. i cannot say 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 and embark on dangerous journeys for reasons that are unexpected. a young man's strained relationship with his father and dreams of a more exciting life drive him to leave the kenya fast so for europe joe thank you for you but for too 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. home many walls we want to build migration will continue it's one of the big stories of. the performances and have in your on the subject of refugees are all different but

there's a common purpose to tell stories of individuals and the force of human resilience in the face of unimaginable adversity natasha butler al jazeera france. again i mean this is the problem in doha with the headlines on al-jazeera the u.s. president says an american warship has shot down an iranian drone over the strait of hormuz donald trump called it a defensive action because the drone was threatening a u.s. vessel yvonne's other countries to condemn terror on and work with the u.s. to protect their own ships but iran's foreign minister says he isn't aware of any missing drone. the issue of the drone is still under investigation based on the latest information i received from tehran we have so far absolutely no information about losing a drone. at least 4 people have been killed and 16 enjoyed in the explosion outside

kabul university and of ghana stands capital the blast occurred as students waited near the campus to take an exam police say they defused a 2nd bomb found nearby one of 4 u.s. congresswoman at the center of a racism round donald trump has hit back saying she won't be intimidated by the president. comments come a day after crowds chanted send her back during a trump campaign rally the president is now trying to distance himself from supporters british politicians have backed a move to stop the next prime minister from suspending parliament to form through an article brags that the vote adds a new hurdle for boss johnson who is tipped to take over as leader next week and the us. and has called out saudi arabia and the u.a.e. for failing to all of their aid pledges to yemen both countries promised to give $750000000.00 but the u.n. aid chief says only a small amount has been handed over well those are the headlines on al-jazeera the

cure revisited is coming up next. it's 50 years since the world watched as u.s. astronauts lost on a mission many to pursue. whatever then marveled as they made those 1st uncertain steps. are. joining us as we look at the ingenuity and those who made the journey of apollo 11. 50 years on and al-jazeera new special.

for some trick of nature these stem cells and white swan are on. which this whole procedure is a bad joke like a bank but it's more sophisticated isn't in the reality is that by importing american michael phelps relationship. it just might at that worldwide 350000000 people are affected by genetic disorders closed by faulty d.n.a. these genetic defects can lead to a variety of conditions like cystic fibrosis which leads to conic and also cite a long sections and at the moment the system secure i'm dr elizabeth healy in the u.k.

to see how groundbreaking developments in gene therapy could one day transform the lives of people living with genetic disorders. l.l.s. but not mary bond on air is 16 years old and was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis at the age of one. mary kay tell me from your perspective what is your day like living with cystic fibrosis. aaron when i asked so i guess i ought to take mine of your eyes in this office. and then you're sitting in my inbox tears. and i asked you i know now you guys are failing. and they're nasty my physio and. i do spiral a.j. and i'm going to go out and join me in that helping me. and often ask to do a nothing up the lies out. there are still more process. and then

yeah that only tastes oh so you have oh no so learning and then our night. when mary was 1st diagnosed doctors thought she would only live until the age before. my decision i was dazed and not ready until marriage or. unknown house 10 i thought i'd like them on occasion done of ok. there's never a day goes by either and talk to everybody forget the whole thing and i don't so i know this always there. married to use me to the children that have cystic fibrosis no mark on this of wise if i'm me one of them they want to possibly john wants me or i want to particular going to em. so now it's a question isolating condition to near yet there's always enough so i now was never so you're haitian now right. so i only used to send your

letters to h.r. . because they couldn't me face to face on the fly now it's not at the moment mary is not really understanding everything about c.f. she she does now know that it is life show me that she doesn't know that it cannot be kids. but things could be about to change scientists have proven for the 1st time ever that an experimental technique called gene therapy can improve the health of those with cystic fibrosis i've come into central london to meet the doctors and the clinicians involved in the gene therapy trial into cystic fibrosis . l a j western thank you like adding that there are. distinct fibrosis is as you know a genetically inherited disease parents who pass those copies on to their child and they have cystic fibrosis during the 1st year of life most babies will experience

and lung problems and those relate to the buildup of sticky mucus within the airways and that sticky mucus attracts bacterial infections and the bacteria infections become chronic and they eventually cause quite significant lung scarring in the u.k. there are around 10000 people with cystic fibrosis at the moment on our registry about one in 22 of us is a carrier of the mutated gene most of us won't realise and about one in 2000 babies are born with cystic fibrosis the genetic nature of this and other conditions mean that treatment has focused on managing the symptoms as best as possible but a new and experimental technique called gene therapy replace the faulty gene with a functioning one this is the largest and the longest duration gene therapy trial using a liquid formulation for cystic fibrosis that has ever happened in. $216.00 patients completed the protocol and took at least 9 over the course of the year and it was in that group which was defined as being the group we were going to look at that we

saw a significant impact on lung function at the end of the year we can thank the patients and their families in earth because without patients like mary and her mother we just couldn't have completed this trial so we're really grateful. these results would not have been possible without the perseverance of scientists who spent years developing genes and. we started this program and it started would be very easy for patients to just hand the gene research and if it gets to the right area into the right cells in that lung it turned out that was much more difficult so how are you getting these healthy muji into the areas and to do the job of the song teaching. for the try that is just finished but actually using a very simple minded cure it's a fat lip but we did this we used to cheat and we mixed it with this. this form small complex complex system in it into the lungs of cystic fibrosis patients

the dose of gene therapy that the trial participants received does not determine the correct the faulty cystic fibrosis d.n.a. but scientists are working on finding a longer lasting solution clinical trial results have been very encouraging but they're not quite good enough to turn them into treatment yet so we have plans for and as a trial where we give more to some gene complexes and more frequently basically in addition to that we have to developed by wrist said this is very very efficient in getting genes into the lungs do you think you see the fires might be more efficient than using the static possibly using them and we certainly think so based on our. the evidence we have the virus is at least $105.00 more effective fighting very frightening. these success stories

represent a huge step forward for people might match did you notice any changes cheering the course of the treatments i thought i had no more injury i didn't eat well though cherry more ok. we're creating tray shingles beso my frayed still going up let's get a little more lot done. and how does that make you feel when you suddenly cheating are so mean about a mission where you get to know i could die i die i could do that and die now i can down the hope is that one day gene therapy will be approved for use and widely available to those with cystic fibrosis holders people that are studying and working to get this drug to work even better than it did let's just hope and pray they can get it done and they can get the funding and if it doesn't come soon enough mary she's helped other faithful if it's not. the next generation of

children born with cystic fibrosis in a city some are. going to begin to say. south korea how corning it speaks for seniors. is that really nice. i can. think is can stay here. by the age of 85 nearly half of us will suffer from oxygen damage to the name which can lead to chronic pain and disability or perhaps because cartilage unlike other tissues doesn't have its own blood supply. so heals very slowly. when i'm in hiroshima japan to meet the surgeon pioneering new techniques in regenerating on the he's. professor mitchell or she is one of the world's

leading nice surgeons and a revered figure in the world of we generated medicine. how do you do it. the professor chimpy hughes. wait ok thank you. jay tech is an enterprise focusing on tissue engineering and has spent over 10 years commercializing professor archies research. results in. a lot that's nice to see how you very welcome things are paramount. in 1900 for my dad stone was published by swedish group the

swedish team had developed a way of regenerating cottage in a lab and then re injecting it in liquid form directly into the knee. there was a weak point all with that need. in order to solve this problem started to use there is saved. yes you can imagine that. the the foot would be here coming up yes exactly. meniscus has no blood supply dissolve if injury is the. song we are the lighter resect so what you can do with this regenerative medicine is to take the patient's own carthon sheets from the same joint yes all the change of confidence is essential company i see you create it does she engineer the cuts

or not and that's why we're here yeah just half a gram of healthy cartilage is harvested it is then broken down with enzymes and implanted on a college in scaffold designed by professor ought to after just 4 weeks the cells will have multiplied to form a 4 square send to me to disk. the surgeon then makes a template of the lesion and uses that to harvest some perry all still tissue from the shin bone. this will be the cover used to hold the new cartridge in place so this is a model of someone's attention he regenerated cottage but the beauty of it being the patient's own cells here is that it's not rejected you know any medicine from the viewpoint i mean you know roger reaction oh told in a state issue is a topic. today this method has an almost 90 percent success rate and is considered a leading treatment fanie cartilage d. fax.