and yahoo is ready demonstrators are rallying outside the prime minister's morning . i want to change now across western parts of here belong not long gone but gone is that heat that we've had across the northwest in kona through the british isles into the low countries germany france to get through the next couple days requires a chinese 25 celsius the top temperature in london a good 5 to 15 degrees down on the race in valleys and 28 in paris and just for the way further to go on through the next couple days here's the foundry breakdown big fundraiser still in place on friday through that basis out of england the cross east anglian to the southeast western parts of france to pushing all the way down into the alpine regions and some pretty wet weather too just around the baltic

states easing over towards that western side of russia dry here as we go through saturday well quite a dry over towards the west of us 23 celsius in london 21 in paris so something like 2122 degrees dropping temperatures on recent days wet weather across a good part of france actually though the parts despite also seeing some disturbed weather some really live shot of the showers there just along the riviera on the other side of the mediterranean where lossy fine and dry lots of heat in place temperatures getting up into the mid to high twenty's for many touching 36 and kyra .

welcome back a quick reminder the top stories here on al-jazeera sanctions on north korea to be having a devastating effect with the economy declining for the 2nd year running south korea's central bank estimates the north's g.d.p. fell by 4 point one percent and 2018 the worst drop since 1997. does not disclose any figures on its economy. the u.n. says as many as $150.00 refugees and migrants may have drowned off the coast of

libya around $301.00 board 2 boats and that the town of homs east of the capital tripoli. and the head of tennessee is parliament ahmed and been sworn in as interim president following the death of 92 year old ben. and assumed would leave the country until presidential elections are held on september 15th. just turn to our top story on north korea's economy its g.d.p. is estimated to have fallen by 4 point one percent last year benjamin silberstein is that is a north korean economy what she joins us via skype from seoul benjamin north korea's economy is decline now for the 2nd year running i mean clearly international sanctions are taking that toll how bad of the numbers do you think. i think they're quite bad which really isn't surprising given that north korea is essentially not able to export any of its main export commodities such as coal and minerals and products and other things so it's not not surprising i mean we're not talking about any devastating numbers such as in the 1990 s.

but still it is looking quite grand and as you say trade figures and exports of plans drastically so how does this actually play out on the economy and what sort of impact does it have on ordinary people in north korea. i mean i would say that it's the worst for a certain specific sectors such as you know mining workers who essentially don't have. have any work to do certain mines have been there's been reports that certain mice that mindset and shut down and the like and in general i mean these kinds of figures do reflect a significant economic depression of sorts we're not talking about any widespread starvation or the like as of yet but it's very clear that normal regular people are feeling an impact as well in terms of the sanctions benjamin international sanctions of failed to stop mills korea's nuclear program so is there a sense that pyongyang will continue its sanctions busting activities in order to pressure on the economy do you think oh absolutely the thing is these activities

are quite expensive and we have to keep in mind that all the smuggling of oil and even of coal and other things that they have to export clandestinely this cost a lot of money for north korea they have to pay a lot more for whatever oil and fuel we're able to buy and they get paid less for whatever cold and other much aerial they're able to export so it's definitely taking a toll even though there is a lot of so-called sanctions busting activity. and despite the worsening economic situation north korea still refuses to accept food aid from the south preferring instead to politicize its displeasure with seoul and u.s. military drills. yeah that's right and this is from the day that north korea and the world food program had asked for it so it is in a way quite surprising but at the same time the political measure the regime deems is more important right now than then to get this rice to it to its intended recipients we have to leave it there benjamin silverstein thank you very much indeed for talking to al-jazeera thank you now have been protests by israelis

against the demolition of palestinian homes and waddell homeless and occupied east jerusalem israeli activists have been rallying in solidarity with palestinians their prime minister benjamin netanyahu is home to some reports. the demolition of the high rises and what it follows on monday there has been an international phone donation of the houses in the buildings being torn down countries like the united arab emirates saudi arabia but also the united kingdom germany spain have all said that this was something that should not have happened but these protesters tonight i've been in the center of jerusalem were just a couple of blocks away from the prime minister's house i mean these protesters are jewish israelis and palestinians need to leave here together we are the people of this land both of us and we need to fight for equality for justice full sayville and national rights for both people that's the only way that people can live

together if we keep this occupation most people from both sides will die while people will go to dowry going to jail will last and this all centers on israeli military ruling that was made about 80 years ago which said that buildings that were close to the separation wall that runs through jerusalem had to be knocked down because they were guarded as a security risk but the palestinian authority administers the area awadi. for eyes those buildings to be constructed but an israeli court said no that was wrong and the buildings had to come down now the palestinians are protesting because they are concerned that this is going to set a precedent that will allow the israeli authorities to almost arbitrarily knock down buildings that either side of the separation friends and that view was also held by these israeli protesters tonight. the palestinians traditional heritage day has been celebrated with a mobster the city of ramallah and the occupied west bank those taking part water

additional dresses and song folk songs as a way to muchnick culture but also as a form of protest need to bring him. here's the thing is came here today to say that the out of proud of the national costume and all of that had to do and bite you that like this they maintain that had occurred. among what they say is the media to see that. traditionally it's palestinian city has its own costs for both men and women why not many palestinians wear the costume want to databases to me as a person to be in weddings and special look a. lot of money brought from a sleep this is the original posting in question that ogram parents will no one can steal or change and it represents how identity and history started with. the military in. a way we usually went over to the policy address here is that the make up of us media. and that's how we are subverting the word we wave

where we just says and where they're just going to bed i interceded say that they don't think this annual event that's what they call it israel yes i'm listening to the palestinian identity and the political. u.s. senate says of back legislation that would block some mom sales to saudi arabia the foreign relations committee voted 13 to 9 with 3 republicans joining democrats and backing the measure many voiced concern the weapons could be used in the ongoing war in yemen the legislation which is expected to be opposed by president trump and also impose sanctions on the saudi royal family. has more now from washington. there's a split in the senate foreign relations committee between those who say look we've tried to pass legislation to sanction saudi arabia it doesn't work trump will just veto it that's just passed something perhaps vaguely symbolic to show congress is involved in the process and those who say no if congress is going to be involved it should show congress' displeasure with the war in yemen the college in yemen and

the murder of jamal khashoggi that 2nd group won out in committee in the senate foreign relations committee on thursday however the chair of the committee who advocates a softly softly approach made it clear he had no intention of then pushing this bill for a full vote in the senate it still may get to the senate floor but if the chair has anything to do with it it probably weren't there are still other other initiatives underway there to try and sanction to sanction the saudis including perhaps attaching amendments to the defense spending bill that's coming up which will have to it which will make trump choose between funding his military and and sanctioning saudi arabia is going to veto the defense bill if it has sanctions on saudi arabia connected to it that's what they're going to try and do we'll see how that goes but this is actually becoming bigger and saudi arabia now and its relation with the u.s. this is about how angry some republicans are getting now in the senate and how they feel that the white house is undermining congressional authority on foreign policy

if they get more angry than those more trance but they will be robust action against saudi arabia algeria as interim leader abdul qadeer ben sala has set up a 6 member panel to oversee a national dialogue it's aimed at organizing the country's presidential election the move follows months of demonstrations led to president of the disease but to feed his resignation and in his 20 year rule protesters say they want to complete political overhaul of the ruling elite held to account for corruption. pro-democracy activists have protested inside hong kong international airport directing their campaign at visitors to the former british colony that's now true by china it's the latest protest sparked by plans for a controversial extradition law which have been shelled for now activists one hong kong as governor to scrap the plans entirely and implement fresh democratic reforms the city has seen some of the largest demonstration seen anywhere in modern times the police clashing with demonstrators. but it's a way says flights to egypt will now resume the airline counseled all flights to

cairo on saturday citing security concerns the german airline and followed be a bit resume flights on tuesday egypt's vital tourism sector was already under pressure after a series of attacks on visitors more than $200.00 passengers were killed in the bombing of a russian airliner 4 years ago it's been 5 years since i still was defeated in the kurdish region of northern iraq there has been stable since then but it struggled economically following the formation of a new government this year and the people hoping that starting to change from a bill is not going to. when we 1st met the hussein is my old family last year they were worrying about how they would pay their bills each month after their salaries were slashed the hard work for the government and bacall teaches the government owes them even more money $15000.00 in unpaid wages but at least now they're getting paid their full salary. salary still feeling secure

we're getting our full cellar is now but we can't be sure that will be the case next month there are 1400000 people working for the government and public sector in the semi-autonomous region of northern iraq they watch their paychecks shrink or disappear beginning in 2014 that's when the war with ice will began the price of oil plummeted and the federal government in baghdad cut budget payments to the kurdistan regional government austerity measures were implemented and workers paid the price with reduced salary. the dispute has been resolved the new prime minister who came to power this year says the estimated $10000000000.00 that's owed to public sector employees will be paid although he's not given a timeframe the government says unemployment has dropped from 14 percent in 2016 to

9 percent so far this year there's more confidence about people like businessmen come out. he develops residential and commercial buildings he says when i saw began terrorizing the region he was forced to put 20 percent of his construction projects on hold. on them and i lost between $14.00 and $16000000.00 now i have a belief with the stability of the situation in the kurdish region the wheels of the economy will be back on track will earn money again and business will be fine with the freedom to think beyond meeting their minimum expenses because all is focusing on the family's future. and. we have plans in our heads the 1st one is to visit the doctor so we can pay for fertility treatments to have a 2nd child if we keep getting our salaries as we are now will be able to fulfil our dreams for their 4 and a half year old daughter to knock the hope of having

a sibling to play with can't come quickly enough natasha going to name. a gang of a man in sa paolo brazil has stolen $40000000.00 worth of gold and other precious metals from an airport called 0 terminal authorities say the 8 suspects were dressed as brazilian federal police and forced airport workers to fill a truck to were taken hostage the gold was destined for 0 a new york. now heat wave ascent temperatures soaring across europe breaking records from france to the netherlands and germany a nuclear reactor that was shut down after the water got too hot heat waves are becoming increasingly common and some say are an impact of climate change i mean bob reports from london. enjoying the heat in paris the water fountains by the eiffel tower are a popular place for those trying to stay cool. as a red alert was issued for northern france in the capital reached an all time

national record of $41.00 celsius well french media reports suggest 5 deaths might to be linked to the current heat wave. on wednesday belgium germany and the netherlands all recorded their highest ever temperatures and they did it again on thursday topping 40 degrees celsius. while some in the belgian capital brussels are making the most of it it's led to a so-called code red being issued for the 1st time we are observing the weather since 1933 so nearly 200 years we never experienced this kind of temperatures over in britain as temperatures soared activists in london staged a small protest outside bass building housing media outlets demanding they concentrate less on images of fun in the sun and more in explaining the extreme weather. we can talk about a short stay on record with headlines like what scorcher without looking into why is it the highest and what does that mean for she manatee what's that mean in the

next 102030 years. there will to eat for food for particularly for people in developing countries who this is affecting right now but al-jazeera had no difficulty finding people who are concerned about what's driving the increasingly common heat waves people start realizing that things are changing and quite quickly in climate and so yes it is the moment to just to change something. before it's too late this is something that makes our planet less. comfortable to live on so we have to think about how to stop it so that also our children can still survive on this planet most people here in britain welcome a bit of sunshine but when the humidity and on a day like this the priority for lots of people is actually staying in the shade more broadly more and more starting to draw the line between europe 6 streams summers and the climate crisis the u.k.

government's advisory committee on climate change has warned the country is not prepared for the extremes that global warming is expected to bring here the current heat which prompted health warnings and brought trains to a standstill in some parts. and in southern europe this was greece on wednesday a series of wildfires are a reminder of conditions that many are calling the new normal. of all those conditions how their upsides they bring their own dangers the dean barber al-jazeera london. right time for a quick check of the top stories here on al-jazeera sanctions on north korea appear to be having a devastating effect with the economy declining for the 2nd year running south korea's central bank estimates the north g.d.p. fell by 4 point one percent in 2018 the worst drop since 1907 international trade fell nearly 50 percent young young does not disclose figures on its economy south korea central bank has been publishing estimates since 1901 what mcbride is in

seoul for the contraction in the economy does match exactly when these much tougher sanctions came into play as you mentioned just over 4 percent of the contraction in the economy in 2018 the year before 3 and a half percent and that you compare that with 2016 when in fact the economy of north korea was going along at a fair old clip it actually increased in size by nearly 4 percent which for that year was actually better than the performance of south korea's economy the u.n. says as many as $150.00 refugees migrants may have drowned off the coast of libya around $300.00 people were on board 2 boats that left the town of homs east of the capital tripoli the un's demanding immediate action after the worst mediterranean tragedy so far this year a landslide in morocco's atlas mountains as killed at least 24 people a van was buried following heavy rains in a remote area south of matter cash rescue teams are searching for survivors

government investigation is also under way ahead of tennessee as parliament mohammad in a syria has been sworn in as interim president after the death of 92 year old beige subsea he'll leave the country until elections on september 15th. u.s. senators that backed legislation that would block some on sales to saudi arabia the foreign relations committee voted 13 to 9 with 3 republicans joining democrats in supporting the measure when he voiced concern that weapons could be used in the ongoing war in yemen pro-democracy activists efforts tested inside hong kong's international airport directing their campaign of visitors to the former british colony now ruled by china as the latest protest of the plans for a controversial extradition law which activists want scrapped and tommy demonstrations of all the more than a 1000000 people have taken place in recent weeks well those are the headlines for these continues here on al-jazeera of the inside story stage of that so much of life and. thank.

you and the differences. and the similarities of. al-jazeera. a power sharing deal is agreed to in sudan but there's talk of another coup attempt that is apparently been foiled but senior military officers have been arrested with the deal yet to be emperor minute what does this all mean and can turmoil be contained this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm richelle carey for months people protested in sudan calling for civilian rule several people were killed hundreds injured once

again people are out on the streets but this time the sudanese professional association has mobilized its supporters to show that they are committed to a new start all this after ethiopia and the african union work to bring them all to the negotiating table stands opposition coalition has met to resolve differences over the formation of a transitional government with the ruling military council and then what they're calling a political deal but the military says it boiled a coup attempt on wednesday and the military chief of staff was among high ranking officials who were detained for good thoughts on that from our guests in a moment 1st this report from people morgan and the ethiopian capital addis ababa. there is also of more than 3 weeks of talks among sudan's opposition leaders bearing fruit after numerous meetings between the groups of the coalition known as the forces for freedom and change and the civilian components of the coalition the 2 sides reached a deal that was all out war korea whatever you know we are

a coalition a united coalition but we also think that sudan's revolutionary front groups coalition has to be part of this transitional government so we will have more talks a representation at all levels will ensure that peace is achieved and can guarantee a stable transitional period the 2 sides also agreed to form a hierarchy to the opposition coalition something it had lacked since it was established in january it ends tension between the coalition leaders especially after members signed an initial power sharing agreement with sudan's military council in her last week that was done without the content of the armed groups some of them have been fighting the government for over 18 years and want some level of representation in a transitional government and the most of this is that we have agreed to speed up the formation of a civilian transitional government and the 1st step is ensuring pace these talks reached a comprehensive peace agreement with groups we haven't yet decided who will hold positions in a transitional government. the deal paves the way for the opposition to resume

talks and sign a final agreement with the military the genter is currently ruling sudan after ousting the country's longtime ruler on what it was here in a military coup in april following months of anti-government protests that i think you can see on wednesday the military council to a coup attempt was made to try to overthrow it the mechanically no question on top of all fears that the military forces were able to uncover the details of the plan and the participants led by general hotshoe ahmed the military joint chief of staff and a number of military officers and senior members of the national intelligence and security service this is in addition to leaders from the islamic movement and the national congress party that have been taken into custody. but. as the opposition comes out seemingly united from the talks and i disappear people in sudan continue to wait for not only a final deal between the coalition and the military but for the demands 1st a 1000000000 rule and accountability to be met this if they want all signs of

elements of the former government gone to believe that the revolution they started is victorious people morgan are just 00. 0 over to the panel and carteaux sama here and mubarak spokeswoman for the sudanese professional association and his son meant to both founder and president of the sudan policy form and yasser arman a sudanese opposition member joining us from addis ababa the sky welcome to all of you yes i want to start with you what is it that you know about this political deal as it's being called that's been reached with the opposition coalition what do you know about this well. the leadership of the freedom unchanged coalition that is a collision. the. great contribution the only solutions we're hearing that is. formulated our position

you negotiation position and we had want to include. issues or these and transform asian and to bring democratization and competence of business if it meant that hunts in hands and also to discuss issues of restructuring the sudanese state an issue is of equal. citizenship and those are various issues for a new social political cultural dispenses and when you talk about equal citizenship telt talk more about that what do you mean. well i mean that does you know sudan is a country that is a dangerous country and this deficit this is deference does not beautiful meit's so out the used to the view of dissidents since independence of sudan and that one of

the source is what the instep believe of the wars that. has been going on in sudan says 1956 and so we need to use the supervision as a mechanism. to solve gotten issues and problems that has festered on and one of them it was citizenship that's so that before the independent of south sudan in one system more than 570 different nationalities the right ones in more than 160 languages this has not been to my eyes and done his bottle of the mine valley civilization which is black civilization which has been going on for more than 7000 years while laid when you and i spoken about this this whole sudan situation for the past few weeks and you would actually mention to me before that a key to anything being successful there would be dealing with all of the different

parts. of the coalition all the different all of the different ethnicities are you encouraged that it seems they have come to some sort of agreement. thank you for having me i i think. that there is there is hope if there is i mean in the past. previous 3 games have tried to super imposed peace settlements and the more those governments tried to super impose those peace settlements. the more they failed to be the premier. of the embodiment of the of the unity of the people and the custodian of their hopes so now i know them know that people are realizing that they need to. address the structural issues the structure of roots of the problem i think we come

close the closer than ever to reaching for. a final peace settlement however the way i look at it the peace process itself is poorly designed the process is poorly designed in the sense that it seeps out perspectives that are. sympathetic to the board to the antenna displaced community to the moderate you know lies to the poor the women in general and secondly i think. it clearly strains a bit was in is that it limits that is to say it limits the debate between north and elites and rebel leaders who are i mean one of the groups are trying i mean to do to maintain this type the school and that that won't be helpful at all so i lay so i think does that mean so are you saying that these are what you see as still weaknesses and the coalition coming to some sort of agreement these are

deficiencies you still say. the coalition are you talking about the forces of freedom and i'm talking about a document on the opposite i'm talking about the opposition saying the various opposition groups and the rebel groups saying that they've come to a political deal today so now they can get back to the table with the transitional council that's what i'm talking about i'm saying do you are you encouraged by that particular development or do you still see weaknesses and that particular coalition no i think we have we i mean we have to help. the forces of freedom and change because i mean that body despite of all the agreements that we might have what was it it's it has presented a unique opportunity for the sudanese people. to form a coalition one that is civic and political 5 however those those

yankee elites i mean some of them want to titian's but others like experience we need to support them we need to give them to provide them with advice and they shouldn't pick a sport all right they shouldn't think that they are free of blame they made mistakes they ought to recognize those mistakes and try to learn from their mistakes but for us to do we can do them i think by weakening them we are weakening our own selves and we are given antidemocratic forces a chance to move to make a move forward some hair on this political deal how sound is it to you how necessary is it for this to work to even get back to the negotiating table for anything to work. well it's very important that all the parties and all the components of the forces of freedom and change and the

components that have not signed on the freedom and change narration are on the same hate because at this stage it's a stage of moving forward and the initial this agreement in particular is very important because we're talking about the 6 months of peace after which we are 7 going to start that reconstruction and rebuilding process and for us. to speak of rebel groups and arms rebels these rebels went out to face the previous reaching it's this previous regime for us to face it right now we need to lay down arms and we need to think of the results of this revolution to start a democratic process that will be that will represent all components of the different components and all resolutions and conflicts to be set in place and to be addressed that it's a good course while it's so this news announcement that there was an attempted coup

and there were arrests made including the head of the joint chiefs of staff what do you make of that. it's mean if you look at the transitional military council the way it has been. going in this situation it has been dragging its feet now we have to realize is there and listen until it makes again when and serious. due to make it to making a transition to democracy they will. be dire consequences so are i think from the very beginning it was very obvious that the neighbors or sudan mainly. if you. turn and they are clean in having is still able to done but they are all opinion having. strong sudan because a strong sudan is going to raise the issues of in a given sources and competition migration and refugees and some territorial

disputes but they definitely want. stable sudan because they realize that any stable sudan we raise issues of does national terrorism threats and ties national crime it's going to raise issues of. i think profiteering and human trafficking but but in order to handle those issues they need. they should have looked at a very serious document because the document that was signed was not a serious document in the sense that it did not and that is the structural rules of the problem it did not think of. the the causes of that has led to the spread of gender based violence multi

dimensional. poverty and i think. ethnic conflicts and civil wars so clearly there are still quite a quite a few issues that have to be dealt with but i'm intrigued by what you said about a stable sudan as opposed to a strong sudan some here do you what role do you think the international community has has played in this say they've been part of the problem or part of the solution . well i believe that after the massacre the african union and the mediation have played an important role in bringing the. forces of freedom and change and the military council back to the table again. with the lack of trust that has formed between the 2 components of whether it's the f.f.c. or the t.m.c. and the fact that this massacre has been a turning point in the revolution. was made it very difficult for us to be

rebuilt so i believe the mediation made by the and the international community as a whole represented by the african union was important. despite the fact that. condition of. of the link with the investigation of the massacre being an important part of the deal and apart from that it still has a very important role to play apart from just mediating the talks has an important role to play in the ensuring. that they oversee that this deal comes through and that the components. that the concessions that are made are concessions for the sake of the people of the people of sudan represented by the f.f.c. rather than making concessions for the military council over the f.f.c.

i believe that that is a very important point to bear in mind by the international units and the international community and the african union in its mediation of course and we've come a long way but there is still a long way to come apart from just sitting for talks and signing the deal it's important to oversee this process to oversee that this entire transitional period and this the in actually does come through and of course when i say international community that actually i can grouping a lot of countries together that may not necessarily all have the same interests when it comes to what happens in sudan there are competing interests from from various countries or how difficult does that make it for sudan to get on stable footing and move forward when there are so many people that are dipping their hands on what's going on and everyone doesn't necessarily want the same thing well it is a complex. region. or use on the vigil for.

it is multi-dimensional. issues that need to be resolved and it is. indeed a city generally internationally that big need to. do so. interests into or out of many and there is a need to of inclusive process that would include the mother jealous areas of sudan that we include women use and these issues are complex it is not black and white answer for us out but the political process should be inclusive it is. it is among. their future it is necessary to get you know learn the lesson and help but not on the expense of sudan it is a sudanese people to decide their future and what they want we need as if no civilian

government but it. would set in men and inclusive process that was dick does. from war to peace from. from from from the old system into a new system while a what has to happen now now that the the opposition coalition seems to have worked things out among themselves it is time to get to this next step of figuring out this this transitional council who's going to do what what is the key to getting past the roadblocks for that part of this agreement. i think operationally speaking i mean i listen to your 2. respectable guest and i think there are some issues that are very important but now operationally speaking. what the country cannot stay for more than 6 months without a prime minister and the forces of freedom and king ought to have but

a very transparent process through which they can choose a prime minister i mean. it's a process this whole issue of a democratic transition is a process it's definitely not done even sudan has been i mean the last 6040 years it has been die out of by politically an ideology clearly oriented process we need to look more into a policy oriented than for this to her hasn't happened so far i think what could make the breakthrough is the coin is of prime min. because that would give that would provide some sort of leadership it would provide hope for the people it's not going to be a panacea for all but we cannot stop the whole process until all issues

are resolved knowing believe that those issues are very complicated and they have been bid for almost i mean more than 7 decades in order to do going to strike there is this this thing that you need their prime minister to know. the situation ok why let me bring up some of the oldest images to dispel what some here i'm curious to see you nodding i'm curious if you agree with that the what latest saying that that the installation of a prime minister or or some type of leader is key to moving forward do you agree with that. well i believe that a very important point that he mentioned is that we need to move forward. the country has been at a standstill for the past 7 months. but the fact that the country is at a standstill for the past 7 months not just because of what happened in the last month the most important fact that if there is evidence of the people of sudan and

the fact that people want change and they're not willing to go back to life as normal and less this revolution is is sad i scrounged with a civilian government. yes here i'm going to bring you back into this is a something i'm someone here mentioned earlier that it's obviously important and that is that you know what more than 100 people have been killed during this protest how important is accountability for that in moving forward well it is very important of course again to go to the. east and does remain because it is and anybody should look at is not the magic of solutions hearing that is about what we have agreed to design we have agreed to except id resist but they're going to believe these key because sudan has used in beauty and many. that cannot be punished for and that included many

governments for decades to practice in syria and therefore what happened in these 3 existing and. the glow i said the years it should be accounted for it is but the bill is to build a new society and to move forward and to have a new student and to have a new sudan. kind of. only do cities. while later go or go ahead america. yeah i interject a thought here and i think i do i agree with my colleagues here but i'm just saying that this whole issue of i mean democratic transition that require some sort of leadership it god will be a condemning exercise or some sort of a political exercise behind closed doors we definitely need

a governance system a system by which we can govern the relationship between the legislative branch and the executive branch that hasn't been agreed upon yes we do need to agree upon a government system more importantly we need to again you need the process by which we kind of reach for a consensus about the names and the individuals that will be no may need it for the legislative branch the prime ministerial office and the softening council itself so flawed it has been done in a very clandestine manner i mean we hear rumors of both names more important than names i think you find the process by which a body will be chosen that is that it presented the of of the sudanese people and is effective the next step would be the whole issue of accountability and then alternation in governance is i mean 88 equipments of governance is alternation in

governance transparency and accountability ok the process so far hasn't been transparent we don't know how the f. if c. is going to choose. we don't know what the opposition proposes yes we're going to have to we know that they are but your final point is a good point that there has to be you're saying there has to be transparency for this to have a chance to succeed we will call on all of you again for this discussion we appreciate it very much thank you to some a hair barak while a medieval and yes there are. and thank you for watching as well you can see the program again any time if you visit our website al-jazeera dot com for further discussion on our facebook page facebook dot com for its last a.j. inside story you can also join the conversation on twitter our handle is at a.j. inside story for me i shall carry the entire team i can now.

in south korea around 2000000 dogs are eaten every year but now animal rights groups want the engine tradition taken off the menu when no one east investigates korean guards friends or food or knowledge as iraq. has it was there when i was doing things but it's also good to see what happens next iteration i'm sure on the wired by the barrier where model barricaded the 7th street that leads to here in the middle east now is all about change people have got to hear the area the mission of the national army is to search the entire complex and i'll just do a story is about telling it from the people's perspective what they think is happening in their culture. every reclaim news cycle brings a series of breaking stories is maximum jail term has jumped from 5 years to 175 years during the listening post as we turn the cameras on the media donald

trump shouldn't be the one deciding who is a journalist and who isn't to focus on how they were caught on the stories that matter the most they moved closer and closer to a tire shut down both international and domestic news coverage on al-jazeera. al-jazeera. where ever you. culture a dance thrives here every day generations of tibetans continue to brace and maintain their cultural heritage it's a reminder of who they are or whether. this is a suburb of the india capital new delhi tibet so be refugees here since 964 buttons here have been defined as migrants are not refugees because india hasn't signed up to the 1951 un convention on refugees so tibetans here have been able to access the

indian welfare system so they become self-sufficient setting up over a businesses and looking for work independently but for some it's not enough. sanctions are heading north korea hard according to a report from the south that says the economy i shrunk the most in over 20 years. alone down in jordan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up the united nations says as many as 150 migrants and refugees may have drowned off the coast of libya. a break that reality check for the new british prime minister the e.u.

says it won't really go shape there was drawn agreement. on palestinians mark but they have culture with displays of pride but also protest at what they say is israel's repression of their heritage. sanctions on north korea here to be having a devastating effect with the economy declining for the 2nd year running south korea's central bank estimates the north g.d.p. fell by 4 point one percent in 2018 the worst drop since 1907 young young does not disclose any figures on its economy well the numbers paint a diet picture of the impact of sanctions on north korea south korea's trade agency estimates of pyongyang's exports plunged 86 percent in 2018 from $1800000000.00 to just $143000000.00 imports also declined by 31 percent to $2600000000.00 and north korea's international trade hogged compared to 2017 falling 49 percent to

$2800000000.00 but it's not just the sanctions hurting the economy a severe drought such a big impact on parts of the country crippling some of north korea's industries were robert reich joins us live now from the south korean capital rob so what do these numbers tell us about the wider strategy of the north korean administration. that's right daryn this figures really do prove that kim jong un stated intention of having a marked change in direction of improving the economy really are being thwarted you'll recall of course that kim jong un's father had a military 1st strategy for decades north korea concentrated on developing its military of having this developing this nuclear arsenal which was it's a safeguard in a hostile world as it saw it when kim jong un took over the reins of power he adopted this jewel strategy yes to have the military development but let's not

forget about the economy he accepted in a number of speeches that the people of north korea have suffered on this arduous march that they should have this economic development to improve their livelihoods in 2018 he then adopted a far more open strategy of trying to really develop the tourism sector the consumer sector really try to have a dramatic transformation of the economy encouraged by north korea's allies and adversaries alike everybody seems to want to see north korea follower of the strategy taken by china of having a kind of state controlled capitalism with very much the party still in control but allowing far more transformation development of the economy so that people's livelihoods improve on the place becomes more stable bell this is shown that obviously for the last couple of years he hasn't been able to achieve that and in fact we are like any solve it era system a socialist system we have a 5 year plan in north korea the current 5 year plan started in 2016 which was one

year when they did have some growth but then it's going to run out in 2020 and we've had 2 years of contracting economic activity we could end up with the embarrassment of kim jong un trying to be the person who changes the whole economy presenting the results of his 5 year plan in 2020 showing that possibly his the economy under him has contracted by maybe 50 by 10 to 15 percent down. more as this recent missile test revealed about the advances in the north's missile technology. that's right north korean state media has been releasing photographs of the launch conjunction attended this launch they talked about the new technology that it was a guidance system that is being used for the 1st time and the lists here and also in japan working with close collaboration with american allies have been analyzing

all of the data from these launches and there is some concern about the technology being used a south korean ministry of defense official here has confirmed that it seems to be similar to the skandha missile of the russians this is another short range guided missile and the concern here is that the there are anti missile systems under development already in existence here in south korea but it makes this the guidance system of this new missile makes it very difficult to detect and even harder to intercept so there is concern about that it also i think raises concerns just about the strategy of giving north korea time to develop these weapons and donald trump the u.s. president says he's in no rush to do a deal time is on their side these sanctions as we've seen from the figures are working but let's not forget that all of the time that that north korea does not have in place a concrete agreement on dismantling its nuclear arsenal and so on it is allowed to

carry on these developments and to develop some very sophisticated systems all right to rob rob thank you. well the u.n. says at least $150.00 refugees and migrants are feared to have drowned off the coast of libya around $301.00 board 2 boats that left the town of homs east of the capital tripoli under subpoena reports. of put her children on a wooden boat she was trying to make it to europe by any means possible instead the journey became the worst tragedy this year in the mediterranean sea nearly 150 passengers were rescued by local fishermen her son wasn't one of them she's blaming international organizations for a lack of support among the invisible i lost my 7 year old child i don't want anything now except to go back to my country sudan to die their. survivors were returned to libya a primary departure point for people fleeing poverty and war in africa and the

middle east one person drowns in the mediterranean for every 6 that successfully reach europe's shores we've now had more than 700 deaths on the mediterranean this year if current trends for this year continue but will see us past more than 1000 deaths on the mediterranean for the 6th year in a row it's a really bleak milestone really bad is thinking about it comes just weeks after more than 50 people lost their lives in a detention center following an asse strike into giora and really once again stresses the edge and see if it was needed of a need for a shift in approach to the situation in libya in the mediterranean. libya's coast guard continues to take migrants to 2 jura the detention center holding mostly african migrants that was bombed 3 weeks ago by air forces believed to be loyal to the warlord khalifa haftar it's near the front line of fighting as have to are tries to take the capital the u.n.

says the current model which is backed by the e.u. must change one where libya's coast guard intercepts and forcibly returns people caught trying to cross the sea. there's a conflict going on and in my recently come on in this game there used to make money for people who have to pay their passage quite often by being indentured servitude in effect another foot in the house these is not a happy situation the europeans turning away from it or banning boats from rescuing people are certainly not the way to go the u.n. refugee agency estimates that 6000 other refugees and migrants are being held in libyan detention centers even though they haven't committed a crime yet they remain highly at risk of getting caught in the conflict or dying at sea and are schapelle al-jazeera. they've been protests by israelis against the demolition of palestinian homes and homeless in occupied east jerusalem israeli activists have been rallying in solidarity with palestinians now prime minister benjamin netanyahu is home and reports since the demolition of the houses in what

before the song monday there has been an international * film the nation of the houses and the buildings being born done countries like the united arab emirates saudi arabia but also the united kingdom germany spain have all said that this was something that should not have happened but these protesters tonight i've been in the center of jerusalem were just a couple of blocks away from the prime minister's house i mean these protesters are jewish the israelis and palestinians need to leave here together and we are the people of this land both of us and we need to fight for equality for justice full see bill and national rights for both people that's the only way that people can live together if we keep this occupation most people from both sides will die well people will go to dowry we're going to jail will last and this all centers on israeli military really that was made about 80 years ago which said that buildings

that were close to the separation wall that runs through jerusalem had to be knocked down because they were guarded as a security risk but the palestinian authority administers the area awadi it also arise those buildings to be constructed but an israeli court said no that was wrong and the buildings had to come down now that the palestinians are protesting because they are concerned that this is going to set a precedent that will allow the israeli authorities to almost arbitrarily knock down buildings that either side of the separation friends and that view is also hold by these israeli protesters tonight on palestinians traditional heritage day has been celebrated with a mosque in the city of ramallah in the occupied west bank those taking part water national dress and song folk songs a way to mock that culture but also as a form of protest even abraham. here's the thing is came here today to say that the out of proud of the national costume and all of that had to invite you that like

this they maintain that had occurred. among what they say is really a town that. traditionally each palestinian city has its own costume for both men and women why not many palestinians wear the costume want to databases to move person to be in wedding and special occasion. one of us fell asleep this is the original posting in question that ogram parents will no one can steal which it represents how identity and history started with. the military in. way we usually went over to the policy here is that the make up of us. and that's how we are subverting the order where our dresses and where there are. no organizers here say that they've gone to this annual event that's what they call israel yes i'm listening to the palestinian identity and the palestinians. are time

for a short break here not just iraq when we come back to mizzi i guess a new interim leader for the death of the country's 1st democratically elected president. in. europe boils in a record setting heat waves why scientists warn this could become the new norm or in that state of this. intense heat wave across western parts of europe has now come to an end at least it was a short while but boy was it hot we've seen record breaking temperatures.