in their homes and move closer to the border with turkey. just sort of this has become a disaster city more than 90 percent of this population had to flee to camps further north those who don't have cars or money had to stay here god help us. and to the assault on it live province and northern hammer will depend on turkey and russia they have in the past mediated a cease fire and for now they are bargaining on the ground through their local allies and the fate of the rebel controlled problems along turkey's borders is unlikely to be the only issue on the table for their table. and in northeastern syria turkey is pushing for a so-called safe zone and is threatening a military offensive if it doesn't happen soon thank you it was to keep the kurdish y.p. g. forces it considers terrorists away from its borders that wants the u.s. to come on board which backs the kurdish armed group the issue will be top of the agenda at a meeting with the u.s. special envoy for syria james jeffrey who's an anchor from istanbul his cynical

superrich with more. a proposal for a safe zone by turkey is not the 1st some turkey 1st raised its concern its will for a safe zone in northern syria back in 2013 it has repeated this idea since late 2018 and early $2900.00 turkish an american sides have come together to discuss the details of that according to the turkish will 32 kilometers from its southern border to inside syria there should be a safe zone that is cleared from any fighter groups like the white p.g. eisel or any other organizations target has a concern here turkey believes that the white p.g. and the p y d is the syria branch of the outbuild kurdistan workers' party that is recognized as a terrorist organization by turkey e.u. countries and the us however the us rhetorical in syria is based on that a y p g of

the kurdish fighter a group by p.g. it is the boots on the ground of the american army because they are fighting they have been fighting against iceland turkey totally rejects the idea and cooking doesn't want in any independent kurdish ated entity in northern syria and that's why turkey also say's if if a safe zone is not established it will have to come back to monitor oppression in the eastern side of the if you freight his river in order to stop this possibility but what we have learned from turkish foreign ministry during his live interview of today that the u.s. has come with a different plan for the eastern side of the euphrates river and we will learn more in a couple of hours after both the turkish and american delegations meet. still ahead here on al-jazeera not backing down protesters in puerto rico for the biggest rally ever seen in the u.s. territory. problems trying to get tricky waters in the largest city in southern iraq.

hello there 5 breaking weather conditions across eastern sections of china but the rain still very much in evidence these the the my you buy you from these palm rays that we talk about and in fact as we go through the next couple of days becoming more extensive out towards the southwest and eventually pushing towards that south coast as well hong kong and on about day $32.00 degrees and it should be mostly dry you can see what i mean there by wednesday really a blanket of rain across the entire region and we'll see a high of 36 up in shanghai and again that will likely come with some rain for you and then we had across towards india plenty of rain in the forecast here it has been a dry couple of weeks of most part in southern sections that has changed in the last couple of days that are warnings in place in the india met department because these rains will be heavy they will undoubtedly lead to some localized flooding and you

can see also on cheese of that raise back in the forecast across into nepal bangladesh and the northeast areas we have seen flooding in recent days so there will likely be more flooding again in these areas and in fact by wednesday these rains will be extending into central areas so not poor you will see some rain 33 degrees of course this rain is very heavy at times particularly later in the day and i will see that writing set in right way towards the west by a hot day new delhi at 36. to al-jazeera. problems besides the instability is. corruption we listen since i hadn't been so who are pushing the united states and president trump into conflict we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter on al-jazeera. i already felt liberated as

a journalist was. going to the truth as i would that's what this job. of the back you're watching al-jazeera arms the whole run the reminder of our top stories head to iraq to chose become the 1st sitting kenyan minister to be arrested for corruption the finance minister denies any wrongdoing of a scandal involving the construction of dams also britain's prime minister treason mayer's held an emergency meeting on iran's seizure of a u.k. flight oil tanker the u.k. is reportedly considering a range of options including limited sanctions as part of its response to ron maintains this action was legal and the vessel broke maritime rules also dozens of

civilians have been killed or wounded in syrian government asked writes little of province several people are still believed to be trapped under the rubble after a busy market came under attack. hong kong is the to carry law most strongly condemned violence following a mass rally against a government at least 40 people were injured when a mob assaulted anti-government protesters with one in critical condition so a clock. was when watches facemasks suspected mob gang members moved in on protesters returning from sunday's pro-democracy. willing still roads battens they attacked mischa's the young long train station in the new territories. as well as assaulting students journalists and a politician some tried to escape by boarding a train they were pursued and beaten again and what appeared to be targeted

assaults at least 40 were injured some taken to hospital but the city's chief executive and police commissioner condemned the violence and we absolutely do not condone that sort of violent acts and i let me made this clear again violence is not a solution to any problem or violence will only breed more violence the pro-democracy politicians say the mobo is part of an organized crime group known as child hide they say to sell campaigners against the extradition bill the politicians also accuse the police of cooperating with the attack it's a slow response to cries for help and you could tell how they were if not to colluding almost cold operating with edge other how do you explain the dozens of people were injured some very seriously and got the taken to hospital and the

police didn't manage to arrest one person as a terrorist attack on the people of hong kong and they want to silence the people of hong kong and create a right white tara and that's why people are wearing. white white tara i said again white terror probe aging legislators are being accused of supporting the attacks when long in a video shared online legislator jenius home seen giving members of the gang the thumbs up and shaking their hands after the assaults he since defended his actions and denies backing the mob shaking hand to my voters a sugar had to everyone whom i know or how much i don't know is my daily routine so shooting him is not representing that i endorse what they are going to do i don't know those words weren't enough to convince his critics who trashed his office on monday. during sunday's protests tear gas and rubber bullets were used on demonstrators during the march on sunday night national emblem of child it was the

faced and protests is attacked china's liaison office home to the chinese government in hong kong china's leaders in beijing have warned any insults to the chinese nation won't be tolerated these protests were initially focusing on the proposed extradition law to send fugitives in hong kong for trial in mainland china but it's now a broader campaign with what critics argue is china's tightening grip on this former british territory and is no end in sight to these demonstrations with another rally planned this weekend sarah clarke al-jazeera hong kong. the faster the puerto ricans are gathered for what's expected to be the biggest protest in u.s. territories recent history calling for governor ricardo reseller's resignation salo has refused to step down but says he'll lot seek reelection next year he's being accused of racism homophobia and corruption cable is under the protest in some form

. this is now the 10th day of protests here in san juan puerto rico everyone with the same message calling for the governor ricardo rossi or to step down and step down immediately. united says it hopes for tens of thousands and that's exactly what we're seeing here like huge cross-section of puerto rican society here this is the biggest protest that we've seen in the past week or so since this texting scandal broke a scandal where the governor of messages from the governor leaked messages where he was insulting the puerto rican people what the governor did on sunday night was put out this facebook message saying that he would not run for reelection in november of next year but he said he would not step down he was hoping that that would call him the protest down a little bit and satisfy so many people it clearly has not as we're seeing from

this turnout here huge amount of people out on the streets now the big question is what will be the response from the governor after this protest is over right now everyone is saying they are not satisfied with the governor simply not running for election they say they want him to step down and step down today. the health minister all of the democratic republic of congo has resigned he says it's in protest against the president taking control of the response to outbreak only a longer says it creates a power china will follow it it will hinder efforts to manage the disease which is the 2nd deadliest in history last week the world health organization declared the situation a public health emergency of international concern more than 600 people have died from a bonus and sort of merged in eastern d.l.c. in august. pakistan's prime minister is in washington to meet donald trump for the 1st time as leader imran khan seeking approval improved partly relations after the

u.s. president cut off military aid troops accused boston of not doing enough to confront the taliban and other groups like hannah as more. this is a crucible in which the relationship was forged pakistan a vital ally in the u.s. campaign against the soviet invaders in afghanistan a partner in the war that eventually led to the collapse of the soviet union. decades later though a defining moment president barack obama ordered a special forces operation in which bin laden was killed an action that took place without the knowledge of the pakistan government so help me god but in the eyes of obama's successor donald trump it was another example of pakistan's inability or reluctance to crack down on terror groups in 2018 in his 1st tweet of the new year the president went after islamabad the united states is brutally given pakistan more than $33000000000.00 in aid over the last 15 years they have given us nothing

but lies and deceit. into them for the same year another attack we no longer pay pakistan the billions because they would take our money and do nothing for us president trump tweeted but large and being a prime example afghanistan being another. trumps combination provoked pakistan's newly elected prime minister imran khan to respond with similar venom in a series of tweets he said his country had lost $75000.00 people and more than $123000000000.00 fighting what he called the u.s. war on terror can mr trump name another ally that gave such sacrifices he asked him and seeking to reduce its involvement in afghanistan the u.s. had no option but to once again seek pakistan's assistance last year pakistani diplomats agreed to set up direct talks between the taliban and the u.s. a move gratefully acknowledged by one of president trump's most valuable foreign policy advisers and i'm going to urge him to meet with the prime minister as soon

as practical i think they will hit it off similar personalities in recent days pakistan authorities have finally arrested one of the us his most wanted men of his saeed was accused of masterminding the 2008 terrorist attacks in mumbai since then living openly in pakistan despite a u.s. bunty on his head theorist intended to set a cordial term for the contra meeting and it was warmly welcomed by the president imran khan's meeting with the president does not come without political risk his party has the narrowest of majorities in pakistan's parliament and does not control the senate a resumption of u.s. assistance would help shore up his government but to come away empty handed would have the opposite effect mike hanna al-jazeera washington. the firefighters in portugal of almost all of the wildfires under control than

a 1000 have been battling the last remaining blaze that. about 200 kilometers north of lisbon it's about 90 percent under control but 2 other fires were put out on sunday police are investigating what caused the fires with one man arrested on suspicion of arson 31 people have been injured. now the largest city in southern iraq is rich in oil but government leaders and dancer are accused of being poor in providing clean drinking water 120000 citizens needed hospital treatment in the past year after drinking water polluted with sewage and toxic waste many fear repeat less the problems fixed as a summer binge of its reports. to fish are just about breathing but it looks like they'll be taking their last gasp soon shimming next to a treatment plant one of many providing water from salty tributaries and canals to the more than 4000000 people of butter. the aging network is unable to cope with rising demand. the quantity as well as quality of the water is

a major concern. was among $120000.00 iraqis who needed hospital treatment after drinking polluted water last year his family struggles to afford the $15.00 needed every day dubai clean water from privately owned tanker companies. i have recently developed a skin disease from filthy water in our taps and it took me 6 months to get treated a majority of the affected our women and children this water of water costs about $0.50 not everyone can afford bottles like this one what many people are able to afford is water from taps like these which come directly from the river and its tributaries and it is this polluted water which has been the cause of sending more than 120000 people to hospital in a city which is home to more than 4 and a half 1000000 people. since last year's outbreak of disease the problems have been identified but solutions require serious efforts and funds a supply of clean water is among the many basic services lacking in this oil rich

city. the real cause of water pollution come from the main water sources high level of and bacterial contamination to the corrosion of water pipelines and there are infrastructure issues contributing to busters water problems. human rights watch says untreated sewage as well as industrial and agricultural waste is pumped into waterways the fear is that this situation is only going to get worse because authorities haven't done what they need to in order to protect the people of basra and ensure that there is adequate water quality and quantity iraq's health minister says the government understands the severity and urgency of the crisis. we have a comprehensive review of the environment. and the relation to the drinking water. for the 1st time and over the last 5 to 6 months we are producing regular bulletin on the. of water it will take more than monitoring to solve the

crises in addition to government mismanagement and neglect climate change and dams in neighboring turkey and iran are also taking a toll on water resources and there's a constant fear that another outbreak of disease might happen at any time. buster. top news stories kenya's finance minister has become the 1st government leader ever to be arrested for corruption and financial misconduct in the awarding of contracts the 2 hydroelectric dam projects they were budgeted to cost taxpayers around half a $1000000000.00 but $150000000.00 more was allegedly already in the telling company involved in the scandal. britain's prime minister tree's mayors held an emergency meeting on iran's seizure of a u.k. flagged oil tanker the u.k.

is reportedly considering a range of options including limited sanctions as part of its response there are maintains its action was legal and the vessel broke maritime rules. it is interesting that when a british ship commits an offense and iran confronts the ship for the security of the region some countries announce their request to release the tanker well we ask entrees 1st ask the u.k. to release the iranian tanker british tanker contrary to maritime regulations 1st turned off its transponder instead of moving to the entrance of the strait of hormuz and it did not pay attention to different warning us. fighters in somalia who are claiming responsibility for a bomb blast which killed at least 17 people 28 others were injured in the international airport in the capital mogadishu a suspected car bomb blasts and gunfire was there a security checkpoint. more than 50 people were killed in syrian government as transcendental a province the past 24 hours several people are still believed to be trapped under

the rubble after a busy market came under attack. hong kong's leader carrie lamb is condemning violence following a mass rally against her government police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse crowds outside the office of china's representatives to the city. later the night dozens of masked men attacked people returning home from the rally opposition politicians blame the attack on suspected gang members and say they'll investigate. palestinians are being made homeless because israeli forces are demolishing their homes despite condemnation from france and warnings from the un and the e.u. residents of why the homeless lost their 7 year legal battle to overturn a military eviction order when israel's high court dismissed their case and you can follow that story everything that we're covering on our website at al-jazeera dot com it's updated through the day the al-jazeera news hour is up next in half an

hour with handsome seeker but next his talk to al-jazeera to stay with us. on counting the cost of the trillion dollar lunar bounty 50 years up to man 1st stepped on the moon we find out why there's a scramble to return and the number of people going hungry has risen for the 3rd year running we find out what's gone wrong counting the cost and i just you. see. trump is racist and past racist in chief just some of what's been trending on social media platforms off to the u.s. president told some women in congress to go back to the quote totally broken and crime infested places from which they came it wasn't long before a backlash began americans from all walks of life from politicians to raising their voices against donald trump streets calling them racist and xenophobic and how

normal the 1st muslim woman to be elected to the u.s. congress said as a member of congress the only country we swear an oath to is the united states she's been at the receiving end of several of trump's attacks in the past before these latest treats us representative and talked to all those iraq. congresswoman thank you very much for talking to our thank you so much for let's not by talking about today's politics in the united states you've got a president who is arguably the most divisive president you've had in a very long time to say the least that the region has given way discourse which is often filled with. hate speech against minorities and societies most vulnerable but at the same time you've got a congress which is probably the most diverse that you've also had in a very long time how's that happened. polarization in this

country really has existed for a long time and what we're seeing right now is an earthing of the kind of cancerous that could really present. but. the positive things that every time when there is a challenge there is an opportunity so because we have the most to face if president we're living in. historically traumatizing time at least in my generation in this country so many people are rising up to not only resist the detrimental policies that are coming from this administration but also insist on having the america we all know we deserve so that's why you're seeing the rise of so many people who have always sat on the margins of society say this is our time to seek our seat at the table we have to make sure that we're

representing all of our voices but i mean a lot of people would say that those examples of hope let's say your positivity in the face of the truth. the more. they don't necessarily represent a strong enough trend that would give hope what do you say to them. all i think it's the contrary i mean we've seen what hope and change can produce with obama and we're seeing what hope and change can produce with like he said the most diverse congress. there has been a really great opportunity for people to mass mobilize this particular year in my district we increased 40 turnout by 100000 and we did that because people were extremely eager to get involved and make sure that their voice was at the table i'm going to come back to obama on the idea and concept of hope

but let me just stay with trump here for a 2nd because he's also been accused of collusion with foreign governments right during his campaign and then obstructing justice in the investigation through the collusion do you think that he should be impeached i always said it wasn't the question of whether he should be impeached it's when. and we are seeing now so many people are coming to that conclusion this president said he didn't see any problem in having 4 and hostile government intervene in our elections he didn't understand how that could be a problem i mean to be fair he said he didn't see anything wrong with a foreign government giving evidence or against one of the candidates rights that in itself is proposed magic we do not accept information that is

going to change the terms actually of our elections from hostile governments we've made that very clear he knows that even center graham lindsey graham said you know this is a mistake. and this is not in line with law and we want to make sure that. that this country that is a country of law remains that way are you worried though that if there was a case of impeachment and it was successful there would be a huge backlash because trump has often position to myself as the representative of the voice of middle america of working class white working class americans that he claims have been marginalized for so long now if you was impeached he would most certainly try and build that as an attack on democracy and an attempt by the liberal elites as you often refers to them to silence white working class americans

and in the climate you have in the u.s. where very easily people can pick up weapons and maybe take action in their own hands are you not fearful that attempt at some peach months could create a massive violent backlash absolutely not i mean when we think back to the impeachment of nixon. over 60 percent of americans did not believe in starting impeachment proceedings. right now it's less than 60 percent by the time within i think 10 months of those proceedings the number of americans didn't think we should have started was at. yes one example centers on a president who would tell his supporters to attack journalists he wasn't somebody who would write a law that kind of hatred amongst people when it comes to the issues of protecting

our nation we can't have it be a political thing i think there are people who are making political considerations but this is a matter of protecting our constitution we took an oath and we have to uphold that oath and we can't allow law and lawlessness to rule this nation critics of your party say that the reason why the democrats want to impeach trump is because they can't beat him at the polls you still don't have a cure candidate for the 2020 presidential election is the only one in the democratic party that you feel represents your views there are many what we are interested in and excited about is the progressive movement that says we don't leave anyone behind. and there are so many amazing candidates that are running on the democratic candidate that are right now getting him in the polls i mean you

look at bernie sanders senator warren and even some of the other ones there is a great opportunity for us to speak directly to the american people to talk to them about what it means for us to have economic justice what it means for us to have the kind of prosperity that is supposed to be guaranteed so you're wrong in this country saunders a more i don't understand i haven't decided. who to support publicly yet because i think it is too early there are great opportunities for people to hear from all of the candidates without leaders getting involved in choosing sides so you talk about this progressive movement that's being born out of the. at a party together with congresswoman ritchie that leap was a palestinian american you have xandra cortez the youngest in congress i believe

you were seen as that new generation right. but in reality you're just an exception to the rule i mean you don't really have the support of the old guard of the democratic party in fact when you were under attack by many in the right wing media you had the more senior figures in the democratic party like nancy pelosi not come out and defend you in fact you know some would say pursue was perceived as maybe pushing you into a corner i mean so support i think is measured by the people who do the elected to represent them in congress and so i represent a district that is 70 percent white. i won my general election by 80 percent there are a lot of. people who are not just moderates are also progressives who are not just young or diverse that believe in the vision that i believe in and those are the people that we want to have

a conversation with and talk to them about the kind of direction we want to lead this country what's a bigger struggle for you the struggle against trump and the right wing or the struggle against the political establishment that maybe also isn't willing to accept for this progressive politics. i mean i think the bigger struggle that we have is the gay and people who don't want change and so that would be the status quo or anyone who has benefited from the kind of political structure that existed that is pinned against one another that is allowed for few to benefit on the backs of many is really who we are struggling against when we are talking about lifting all people it doesn't matter whether you are black or white whether you're an immigrant or not. a majority of us are struggling to pay our student

debt majority of us are struggling to have proper housing majority of us are struggling to have proper education majority of us are one step away from filing bankruptcy if we were stricken with an illness and so that. to me is the majority of americans in the majority of americans want people who will put them in the center of our politics and not put the few and the greedy in the center of our politics. so just one last question on this point the right wing's attacked you almost constantly since you've come into office and some commentators have said it's because your body everything the hate i mean your black visibly muslim woman do you think that's true that's the reason behind them and also on you surprise now going back to your point about the hope that obama brought him don't you feel a bit disappointed that the man who built that idea and concept of hope and based

it on the fact that he was challenging a lot of the inherent underlying racism that exists in the political establishment that he hasn't come up to support a more focused on the massive support. that i have on a grassroots level the amount of people that see my story as an inspiration. the kind of rallies that happen in my home state when people like pence or trump. set food on on the soils of minnesota that's the people that i care about those are the opinions that matter to me and those are the people who i fight for you nancy. but i mean that you that i think and i love russian is problematic because you know if it's as if you're talking to a child and you say oh no no you don't worry about the support that you have from your parents or you worry that you're not getting support from your teacher where

you put plays well over and i for mission is what matters to you and i don't really necessarily care about leaders with titles that might support me what i care about is the people that i fight for and do i have their support one of the things that you were attacked for war were comments you made or part of the comments that were made about 911 can you clearly state your what your views are about the 911 attacks so horrific attacks there's no question about that that's not a debatable thing. innocent americans lost their lives that day we all. mourn their deaths i mean it was one of the most devastating days of american life of my life of my family's of the families that lost. their or their family members and so that's not debatable and i think it's quite disgusting that people even question that and want to debate that i think what is

important is the larger point that i was speaking to which is about making sure that blame isn't placed on the whole faith that we as muslims are not collectively blamed for the actions of terrorists i do not blame every single white person when we have. a white man who massacres. children at a school or in you know moviegoers in a movie theater and i think this really horrendous marriage if that says that as a muslim i'm supposed to explain apologize. for the actions of. someone who is also terrorizing me is absurd ok let's move through more international issues you're on the congress's

foreign affairs committee. there's a revolution taking place and so damn right now people have been massacred by the military drones are there the reports. soldiers of militia loyal to the military to have raped women before killing them why has the us been so silent about saddam. i wouldn't say that we have been silence and talked about it in committee we. so often there is not paying attention to. the kind of condemnations that are happening i think there are 2 things we all understand that there is an atrocity happening in that but comparative i need something to put into context here this is a militia that are massacring people the danger with militia when they were committing crimes in darfur you had the u.s. calling for sanctions you had much much more visible anger and condemnation and

action being taken by the u.s. however now you have those same militia under the military junta cracking down on pro-democracy protesters but maybe because the drug is now allied with us as our allies in the region and the program to suppress calls for democracy or maybe because the u.s. isn't interested or maybe because these are protesters that we don't necessarily know as americans what they stand for they're definitely years a much more muted response to what is taking place and so before you cut me off what i was getting to was that. our response has not been what has been muted is the reporting on our response. you know chairmen angle on foreign affairs myself and others on the foreign affairs committee even the. ambassador. to africa has spoken about

this this horrendous. silencing of democratic movements. and the atrocities that are being committed. but i think you make a point to whose pain is more. felt and whose pain is more. deserving of an outcry and i think the blame really isn't about on it's unnecessarily on us as members of congress and as leaders but i think of the blame is also placed on. on the media outlets that we feel. to have an outreach 24 hour reporting on atrocities that happen in muslim countries in muslim

soil when the atrocities being committed by an ally so let me ask you this. venezuela and you've spoken about venezuela. u.s. has imposed sanctions on and has called for emergency u.n. security council discussions on it in fact was president mike pence addressed one of them even though that there it's very clear that there is both support and opposition to the government there. yet with the. quoting to most international observers and human rights organizations a vast majority of people are actually opposed to the military. it's not as clear cut or it's a lot more clear cut rather than israel lost when you look at these 2 examples where you have a very clear concerted political program to isolate a government that still enjoys some support within its people on the one hand and was elected through what many would consider to be free and fair elections in venezuela and on the other hand you have a military terms of wasn't elected has committed massacres you have

a much softer response explain that for us so now i think i understand your question more clearly i mean when we're thinking about the way that this administration is handling our foreign policy that i think is where you notice these extreme hypocrisy is that that have existed and made of existed but now are very clear that they're not gray anymore it's very black and white and so in the case of you could see that black and white between our reaction in sudan and then our reaction to venezuela. the interesting piece i think here is the regional actors within within this conflict in sudan i mean we have saudi arabia in the m.r.i. it's who have had

a long history at least 24 year history. of shutting down democratic movements in the region who have had a hand in the oppression of people who seek. to have liberation and self reliance and self determination their interest really is what we seem to advance when it comes to that region and i talked about how can we make a decision to sell. happens to saudi arabia knowing that they have been part of causing one of the most atrocious humanitarian crises in yemen when we know that they have a hand in. in what's happening right now in sudan what's happening in

libya and i mean the list can go on and on and on and continue to say that they are an ally when we. know that there is more that needs to be done to make sure that we tell them as always that we want them to carry out an interest that represents our values why do you think that arms are still being sold to saudi arabia in the united arab emirates why is it that despite congress even trying to maybe limit some of those arms deals you've had the president circumvents congress and what should be done to put an end to that because a lot of people. congresswoman have been talking about russian condition with the trumpet ministration foreign intervention from other powers like russia but the influence of the united arab emirates and saudi arabia on the political. start of serum the united states today has a largely gone even though maybe a bit reported in the media but has gone on checked by by lawmakers are allied with

saudi arabia and. i believe that. it is one of the most absurd. ships that doesn't fit with any of our values and you know when we think about what is in the interest of our national security it is. in trusting them to help us with that so having. trusting a thief to watch over your shop. we know that they can't be trusted in that process and so this is this profiteering process and and the kind of interest that we haven't even talked about between the trumpet ministration and and. the m.r.i. it's really is one that we are hopeful will get to the bottom of it we are

on the in the process of investigating really how. this particular our light ship in this relationship. is is not in the best interest of the united states and the american people how do we bring that to light so that the american people are aware of. the kind of really corruption that might be involved in it and how do we. make sure that our weapons are not getting in the hands of people who are going to use them to commit more us wassa these examples. of. weapons that are. offensive and not just for use of defense which the state department. you know is saying that the have been interested in

helping saudi arabia defend not only their interests but the interests of americans but we're selling them fence of weapons these are weapons that have been used to attack schools they've been weapons have been used to attack hospitals yet many of those bridges sanctions should be imposed on them oh certainly. we you know should. have an arms embargo and be able to sell weapons to countries that are committing human rights atrocities and i want to end with a personal question if you don't mind you your journey started off as a refugee and adopt a lawmaker in the world's most powerful country tell us a bit about maybe this you could behind it was this always your passion was this

always your how did you reach to where you are who has influenced you most in the strong women my journey is. one that really has been about just fighting to see a brighter day and i don't think i really had a destination i was always very present in the journey at a very beautiful childhood in somalia up to the age of 8 lived through the horrors of of life in a refugee camp. when through the disaster is transition of not just teenage hood but learning a language in a new country. and found i think. a space where i could thrive as someone who. really really believed that you have a role in what used to more looks like and so my work in trying to make

sure that i wasn't just guaranteeing a better tomorrow for myself but for my neighbors for my children for everyone around me has let me on on a path of political organizing and activism that got me elected into the state house the feeding of 44 year incumbent and now has given me the opportunity and the privilege of serving my state and my country in the united states of congress congresswoman thank you very much for talking to others your. the 1st 6. games. to. play. our war on terror begins with the outcome but it does not in there no terrorist

state poses a greater or more immediate threat than the regime of saddam hussein this summer seen that have something to hide they had prepared a significant propaganda for and guess what not one w m d shite was found in iraq since 1991 iraq a deadly deception on al-jazeera. this is al jazeera. hello i'm has i'm sick of this is the news hour live from dakar coming up in the next 60 minutes unprecedented in kenyan politics the finance minister is arrested for alleged corruption over

a huge dam project. deciding britain's next move over iran seizure of an oil tanker after an emergency meeting in london the foreign secretary will address parliament. philippines protests thousands take part in and charité demonstrations before the president's annual state of the nation address. and disturb it with all your support we're a doping protest has been held at the swimming world championships as a competitor refuses to share the podium with these rival. kenya's finance minister has been arrested for alleged corruption in an unprecedented development in kenya kenyan politics henry is the 1st serving government minister ever to be arrested for fraud he's likely to face charges over the awarding of contracts for 2 hydroelectric dam projects he denies the fraud

catherine soy is live for us in some blue county in northern kenya so catherine significant arrests this what exactly is he being charged with. well we don't have the charge. but then we expect it's broadly going to be a konami crimes perhaps corruption mismanagement of public fans procurement irregularities as well but as you mentioned this is a hugely significant development this is a very high profile minister as you mentioned again he's very close to both the president and the deputy president and he did surrender himself to the police today alongside his deputy and other officials of a company that was supposed apart there was supposed to oversee this project the director of public prosecutions i was also ordered the arrest of employees of this italian company that was to do this construction and this very statement

by the d.c.i. really saying that this construction of this dam has not even began 4 years after it was commissioned it talks about costings is that there was an inflated cost of a $170000000.00 and about a quarter of money of the total cost has already been paid out. of the land where the dams are supposed to be and you know the statement by the investigation office is saying that they have it has they have evidence that this land was not even purchased in the 1st place so this is not a new story in kenya this scandal has been talked about for months we've seen the minister himself being summoned by the criminal investigation department to answer questions and over those months he has maintained that he is innocent of everything that was done all the payments that were made were above and within the low and

corruption itself has been a major issue in kenya for years it's something it's it's been part of the fabric of daily life what is i mean how bad is it getting there. well it is a corruption is quite trumpeting kenya your right and it's entrenched in the society from a police man asking for bribes when someone doesn't have an idea or a driving license or just an ordinary kenyan who feels it easier to pay a bribe to get faster and more efficient public services but over the years we've seen these huge corrupt scandals in government involving millions of dollars of taxpayers' money we've seen arrests being made senior government officials have been have been arrested some of them still in court we've seen some cabinet ministers being forced to step aside as well but many kenyans are saying this is not enough because nothing much comes out of this arrest so the cases drug on and

on some of them are dropped it seems some of these public offices who are found to are found to have problems when it comes to corruption coming back through the back door to the public service so many kenyans saying that more needs to be done the president a working out by himself has come out over the years saying that i have to deal with this this is my legacy i want to leave this country corrupt free but people saying that those are just words we want to see more we want to see more convictions we want to see those found culpable having see the accounts flows and we want money that has been stolen from the public coffers returned. for the moment catherine sawyer live for us in northern kenya a political activist this mass market forces kenyans should wait to see if the ministers arrest will result in a prosecution for celebrating. the people who perpetrate corruption in kenya most

don't become harry it's people with their very seat of the political capital or world or people who are highly connected with that and we've been getting caught up to him to get some of the best legal advice that money can buy because you know did drugs go on for months or years or maybe because i'm you know every day he's compromised a bit of the day you can with people to give them a convicted that's the 1st level then the 2nd level did they sit down and come up with a make clean bill when the feeling from the taxpayer on with people to get their fingerprints anywhere on the way to go to court but you 2 of them and i've treated for lack of they've had them but they're quick to look because they did not feel but he that he said because of lack of evidence and that's the biggest selling job in kenya for the. u.k. foreign minister jeremy hunt is due to address parliament over iran's seizure of the british flag vessel stan ampera that's after a high level emergency meeting held by prime minister theresa may the u.k. is looking at several options including limited sanctions against iran the ship

with $23.00 crew members on board was seized at the strait of hormuz and is now docked at an iranian port of dosage a body is live in the iranian capital for us but 1st let's speak to lawrence lee in london so long as we are expecting to hear from jeremy hunter at any moment now but with the with the kind of state of flux of the british government. this week it's it's an open question as to whatever is decided is how long term that's going to be . well yes that that's absolutely right and jeremy hunt could he not be foreign secretary by thursday because he's going to be a new government under president in the boris johnson on wednesday until pearlie have a new set of ministers shortly after the might be in an entirely new strategy towards iran by the end of the week and so in that sense what gets announced a little later this afternoon is at best temporary but apart from that it

all demonstrates the complete lack of options the u.k. seems to have at the moment as its disposal clearly it can do nothing because it regards what iran did as a provocation and it wants to be seen to be a bigger more muscular country than iran and doesn't want to be pushed around in this way but at the same time it doesn't want to go down the routes that the americans were in which is to agree to a much wider sanctions because the u.k. still believes in in principle at least to the nuclear deal and if it agrees to much greater sanctions then that's another nail in the coffin of that deal so doesn't want to do that what i think it would quite like to do would be to have more military firepower of its own in the gulf in order to protect and shepherd some of these tankers from being taken but it can't do that because it doesn't have enough and does have enough ships and so it all ends up making the u.k. really look quite weak in the context of the fact that it looks quite weak anyway because between governments and obviously has lost its way over over breakfast at

the same time and so it's not really a great situation i think the best they can do is to try to say these are things we're doing is a limited sanctions or something like that while the wording of deescalation naturally if they gave iran back its tank which is stand still impounded of gibraltar then that would be the end of the crisis but the americans wouldn't like that at all and that's obviously another source of pressure for the u.k. so difficult options all round really. lawrence thank you let's turn now to a dosage of barley in tehran forced the doors that we heard anything new from the iranian government to over what they plan to do here. the iranian government spokesperson i made up for you has been speaking to reporters where he talked about how this situation is really not the same as what the british navy carried out in the strait of gibraltar on july 4th by seizing the

grace one super sized tanker that was carrying $2000000.00 barrels of iranian crude oil now that act was carried out by the british government because they said the ship was heading to syria which is under sanctions in the way news have denied that that was indeed the destination now the seizure of the sena a pair o. on friday by the revolutionary guard forces in the strait of hormuz is a different story for the iranians the government spokesperson said that this act was carried out because it was violating maritime rule and he stressed that this was not a reciprocal act let's hear what else he had to say. it is interesting that when a british ship commits an offense and iran confronts this ship for the security of the region some countries announce their request to release the tonka well we also countries 1st also the u.k. to release the radio talk show it's british tanker contrary to maritime regulations 1st turned off its transponder instead of moving to the entrance of the strait of hormuz and it did not pay attention to different warnings.

this incident just highlights how strained the relations are and how critical the situation is in the strait of hormuz the tensions continue to escalate between iran and the british government and we've seen in the past few weeks that they have continued to escalate also between the iranians and the u.s. government for now the iranians are saying that they are not really breaking any laws they carried out what they believed to be due diligence by forcing maritime law and regulations in the strait of hormuz and in an attempt to id escalate the tensions we've heard that the omani foreign minister will be traveling to attack iran on saturday and he will attempt to try and calm the situation further but for now the iranians are adamant that they have actually done absolutely nothing wrong and that the double standard that's being carried out by the world powers is something that they will not stand for but door so thank you dosage of body

lifeless in tehran. the head of the united nations nuclear watchdog has died 72 year old yukiya amano started his 3rd 4 year term as chief of the international atomic energy agency in 2017 he was due to announce that he would step down early because of illness is reponse responsibilities at the i.a.e.a. included policing the restrictions on iran's nuclear program and we've got plenty more ahead on this news hour 4050 people killed following airstrikes the last 24 hours serious if you go. on course to win ukraine's election commission says the president's party is well ahead in the parliament vote. and a football manager suffers a heart attack on the sidelines be to tell you more in sport.