the alleged mastermind of the 911 attacks offers to cooperate in a lawsuit against saudi arabia if the u.s. drops seeking the death penalty against her. cell robin you're watching al-jazeera life more headquarters here in coming up in the next 30 minutes at least 57 inmates are killed in a prison riot between rival gangs in northern brazil. also more protests in sudan after security forces opened fire was

a demonstration in north coast of and killing 5 people. commuter calles protesters block hong kong's train services part of an anti government campaign. welcome to the program the alleged mastermind of the september the 11th attacks in the u.s. says he may be willing to help the victims in the lawsuit against saudi arabia in return khalid sheikh mohammad wants the government not to seek the death penalty against him particle he reports. the survivors and victims of the september 11th attacks believe saudi arabia was behind it and they are suing to prove it now they might get help from an unlikely source suspected mastermind khalid shaikh muhammad in the lawsuit lawyers asked to speak to muhammad and he made a surprising response seeming to offer to cooperate against saudi with a condition remove the possibility of a death sentence writing in the absence of

a potential death sentence much broader cooperation would be possible the president who often sides with saudi could face pressure this time to make the deal it could virtually bankrupt saudi arabia all their assets in the united states and elsewhere could be. seen so the incentive for mr trump as opposed to others to wave in is not very great but still it may be in the year 2020 that the united states population in general is not going to be sympathetic to mr trump running in seeking their vote if it looks like he's taking the side of saudi arabia over the victims of $911.00 and on the senate floor monday saudi arabia a source of extremism and bloodshed in the world a clear indication that the country's relationship with the united states is strained senator citing the killing of journalist jamal khashoggi as one reason the war in yemen another. by now we are well acquainted with what has been at best the

incompetent and at worst criminal actions of saudi arabia's air strikes in yemen all evidence suggests that the saudis have been tension only targeted hospitals bridges power stations apartment buildings weddings schools and yes even a school bus filled with children his plea to senators override a presidential veto and stop an $8000000000.00 arms deal with saudi it failed to get the votes needed the bill on reconsideration fails to pass over the veto of the president of united states but the pressure on saudi continues in the u.s. house of representatives a committee has released a report on ties between the trump administration and saudi in the united arab emirates the investigation focuses on attempts by saudi to obtain nuclear technology according to congressional investigators the relationship was so close that when candidate trump was scheduled to give a major energy speech his close friend tom barrack circulated the draft among em

iranian saudi officials and then passed suggestions back to mr brock who conveyed them to trump campaign chairman paul man of fort the house says it will continue to investigate the relationship and the senate says it will continue to try and block the arms sales meaning regardless of what the president wants saudi arabia will likely stay in the u.s. headlines for the forseeable future political gain al-jazeera washington at least $57.00 inmates have been killed in a prison riot in brazil 16 of the prisoners were beheaded during the violence that lasted for 5 hours the other suffocated to death after the cells was set on fire rival gangs attacked each other in a prison in the southwest region of power 2 of the staff were held hostage. prison riots like these and often called ministries of i reports of what is always a neighboring argentina. another brutal riot in brazil this time in the city of

media in the northern state of a parody at 7 o'clock in the morning this monday a group of gang members tried to take over another side of a prison there and that's what started this fighting apparently they set up several roadblocks of fires in order to prevent or 3 days from reaching the area that's where the major fighting took place and that's where at least 52 people were killed 16 of them were beheaded and the others died because of thoughtful cation it's not clear yet what started the fighting most of these are saying that it's fighting between them for control of drugs around that area but it's not clear yet and there is an investigation ongoing the minister of justice in brazil said your model called for an urgent meeting he also isolated the gang members and increased security in that area this whole incident lasted for about 5 hours but this type of prison riots are very common in northeastern brazil mostly because it has one of

the 3rd of the world's 3rd largest prison population one of the highest homicide rates in the world the situation in the prisons with overcrowding violence and inhumane condition is what makes the situation even worse and that's why in a way what gang members use brutal ways in order to send messages to those from rival organizations most of the government have taken immediate action in order to solve the situation increased security intelligence among other things but they do not solve the real problems within the prisons which is mostly overcrowding and also shortages of staff among other things. brazil has the world's 3rd largest prison population of violence is violence in jails has been a security challenge for president. 56 prisoners were killed in clashes broke out across 4 different girls a zone of stage. 10 inmates times from gang related violence last year and a prison in the country's northeast on the sarasate what happened 2 years ago when

nearly 150 prisoners were killed in 2 weeks of violence between rival gangs well jeffrey lesser is the try to of the class somehow institutes for global recession to every investor he says the harsh conditions in prisons often little room for the inmates rehabilitation these riots are just were leading to what's going on in the prison whether there are. tensions between criminal organizations outside of the prison which then get resolved busy if you will inside the prison. there's very very little busy. if you services for rehabilitation the prisons themselves or the offices. they are taking all busy the. young people and making the little hall more hardened criminals and it is in part because brazil has. in some ways an extremely weak state and because the state is weak

the busy criminal gangs expand so what you have in these cases are for example a lack of guards stars who are poorly a lack of police a lack of services in the prisons themselves and so not surprisingly the prison just because a kind of a closed order with my action to order issues that are going on in brazilian society which itself has a very very high on the psyche it's it's an extremely violent country. inter in terms of in terms of policy. at least 18 people have been killed outright a small military plane crashed in pakistan another plane went down in a residential area near the city of rawalpindi all 5 on board were killed 13 civilians on the ground. have been more protests across it all after the killing of

activists in north korea on state doctors say these 5 people were killed by security forces where they can file a demonstration they are protesting against the findings of an investigation into last month's crackdown by the military john to have a morgan has more from neighboring ethiopia. was they came out of the classrooms in north kordofan state to complain about bread shortages and the rising cost of fuel and transport was. that minutes after the student protests started in the city of a mobile security forces opened fire. my brother died as a martyr and i would not cry over him because god willing he's in heaven for blood we want to accept anything else. the funeral have been held for some of the several people killed some reportedly by sniper shots to the head the central committee for sudan's doctors which is allied to the opposition says

doesn't sustained critical injuries. following months of political turmoil one protest parted on saturday protesters infuriated by the announcement from the committee investigating the pro-democracy sit in killings on 230 in hard to the committee announced that the ruling military junta wasn't to blame and that $87.00 protesters died activists see the truth total is more than $100.00. hours after monday's killings in protesters in other cities came out to condemn the renewed violence many demanding that the opposition coalition known as the forces of freedom and change halt negotiations with the ruling military to form a transitional government both sides signed an initial power sharing agreement earlier this month but are yet to agree on a final deal and form a government some activists are concerned that the talks and deals seem to be

centered only in the capital is this something that only happens outside areas that are not part of the center is it like people in the center can come out of there ok but people in that if we can't so we need to know the answers to these questions. talks between the opposition coalition and the military gen to continue the demand 1st of all in government as well as calls for justice and accountability not just for the lives lost in fulfilling june but for the sudanese killed in protests in many other states nationwide since there was people morgan al jazeera i just if you. in hong kong the morning rush hour descended into chaos after protesters blocked access to subway trains demonstrators prevented the trains from leaving key stations by stopping carriage doors closing terminals swelled to capacity as the protests to stay put buses were brought in by authorities to allow commuters to get to work sarah clarke was up those protests and sent this report.

it's peak hour here in hong kong where one of the busiest china lines without a district that feeds the street is often here into calhoun and hong kong island as you can see china behind me it's not really it's rather. it's it's committee miles these protesters are blocking the doors and trying to stop these trains from leaving but at this stage something leaders are now getting angry so you can go i support the protesters but i don't agree with all of those ways they choose to protest. or they do not represent us it's not going to help if they keep protesting like this this protest here was emptied out which is the railway station of the well what you see here it's a lot of i want a movement of protests that will continue throughout the week and that includes another rally on friday another one as well as sunday so as you can see despite calls from the government and from china to china pull back by just moments and

stop these rallies. well still ahead here on al-jazeera russian opposition leader alexina valley is said back to prison from hospital after claims that he was poisoned. and the oil spill is threatening livelihoods in indonesia and could take months to get under control. fairly quiet peytral so much of the middle east although the monsoon rains that bring something further to the west of the last few days in fact pakistan has picked up some shots and honest homes and you can see it is trout indicating again where we can see some rain that started the case on trees day crotch it will be a wet day possibly a wet couple of days ahead 31 degrees is the high temperature it's also trying to

cobble 37 degrees celsius and a warm day tuesday and with a high of 33 and staying similarly warm on wednesday no real change there but we have got a change in karachi will dry up on wednesday maybe just some maybe just a stray shower but the rains not that extensive certainly by the middle of the week but those rains really are extending across the south the west so much so you can see here right the way across the indian ocean but this blanket of cloud across southern portions of the arabian peninsula so a very cloudy couple of days ahead certainly into oman 33 celsius in will scott we could see want to 2 showers as well and it doesn't really break as we head into wednesday to the north of there it is wholesome and dry the sun is 43 degrees celsius in doha but we have seen again an increase in humidity so not feeling particularly will in that 43 feeling better into southern africa not a bad day on cheese day 15 celsius in cape town. whether sponsored by cattle. i have been looking at your instagram account and reading.

this is a dialogue when announce his candidacy for president after that everyone has a boyce the best chance the democrats have to beat donald trump is to nominate an exciting inspirational charismatic nominee joining the global conversation on your part to get to where am. i now does iraq. welcome back you're watching al-jazeera needs a whole robin a reminder of our top stories the man accused of masterminding the september the 11th attacks in the united states says he may be willing to help the victims in

their lawsuit against saudi arabia in return khalid sheikh mohammad wants the u.s. government not to seek the death penalty against him. at least 57 inmates have died in a prison riot in brazil's power state 16 of them were beheaded in the violence between rival gangs that lasted for 5 hours to staff members were taken hostage. and sudan's opposition has called for more protests over the killing of students and activists in north kordofan state doctors say at least 5 people including 4 schoolchildren were shot dead by security forces. syrian government strikes have killed at least 14 civilians in hama and provinces activists say the government's weeklong aerial attacks have been the bloodiest in 3 months hospitals have been targeted and there were few able to treat the injured zehava reports of went to. here in turkey near the syrian border. the intensive care unit is full of the war

wounded the 3 month old russian backed syrian government offensive in northwest syria has left at least 2000 men women and children with injuries many of them severe and there aren't many hospitals still operating in the rebel held province of idlib that's because health facilities have been destroyed in airstrikes that international aid agencies say seem to be targeted attacks in breach of international humanitarian law. they leave thank you think of the number of this is really an injury is coming to us and we cannot cool wizzy this number of basins because this number is there being pleasing and the kinds of injuries is different. and some like one year old but there we are now maimed for life civilians medical workers and health centers have all been targeted in the offensive the strategy appears to put pressure on the opposition support base in an

attempt to force the rebels to surrender. after almost 8 weeks of military operations the syrian regime has been able to retrieve parts are huge chunks of the demilitarized zone and if not they have proven to be quite inefficient and holding ground so after 8 weeks they've been only able to get around 1.5 percent of the demon try still on the other hand opposition's been able to get 30 square kilometer of areas that were under regime control. it's not clear if the hind the scenes negotiations between the backers of the warring sides russia and turkey are responsible for the changes on the ground but for the 1st time in weeks syrian government troops advanced into rebel held territory in northern hama they reversed the opposition's gains and this time without facing much resistance. his military support to the rebels is believed to be. high in the repeated failures by the pro-democracy alliance to take ground this gave turkish officials leverage over

russia which recently used its own card by intensifying bombardment of civilian areas the question is whether a compromise has now been reached ahead of a new round of syria peace talks between russia turkey and iran later this week in the qatar capital nor silt on the opposition says the ceasefire needs to be revived in it before there can be any progress on the political front that troops can't come soon enough for the syrians in the rebel held province who have already lost so much senator there was a 0 on talking to russian opposition leader alexina valmy has been sent back to prison after being rushed to hospital on sunday or thought he say he had an allergic reaction while in a moscow detention center where he's serving a 30 day sentence for organizing unauthorized protests develop he says he may have been poisoned well these doctor has taken samples of his hair and clothing for

chemical testing there have been concerns about the volleys health report from moscow. after a strong indications that nivelle me would be moved from hospital to back to the jail to serve the remainder of his sentence that's actually now happened and that's caused real concern from his medical team his doctor has been tweeting saying that she was were very concerned because. he hadn't been given the right test a figure out what was actually wrong with him when he was in the hospital and they're very concerned that if he goes back to the joe that he will simply become ill again because they don't know what caused it in the 1st place now the doctor the medical team are all insisting that the valley actually stay in hospital intel has been given the play and he's been given all the tests that you need to try and figure out what was wrong with him now they say that he's broken out in hives that's unusual for him say his medical team they say he hasn't ever had an allergic reaction before and that means that they're very worried that there may well have

been some sort of poisoning involved now other people who have been in that jail have come out and spoke and they say the conditions in the jail are very dire and people do get ill there also there's been real concerns that he has been able to meet with his legal team properly he wasn't allowed to have a private conversation with his lawyer his lawyer says that was only after a number of arguments with the hospital and with the authorities that was able to have a very brief meeting with his client so he's now back in jail so there's real concern from his medical team that whatever made him in the 1st place as an been diagnosed properly and he could well just become ill again well the british pound has fall against the dollar to its lowest since 2017 it's off to the prime minister boris johnson's hard line rhetoric analysts say the pound could fall further as fears grow over the likelihood of a new deal with the european union prime minister wants to negotiate

a new brics deal with the e.u. leaders and is refusing to meet them to open the existing agreement. well he's facing ha position from scotland's leader nicholas sturgeon she's accusing him of pushing britain towards a no deal break set and his new team barbara reports in edinburgh there are warnings that the politics in westminster could threaten the unity of the whole country. is in a smattering of applause for the u.k. prime minister as he arrived for talk to scotland's 1st minister yes they shook hands but they were never going to see eye to eye even before he arrived nicola sturgeon warned boris johnson he could be the last prime minister of the united kingdom if he delivered no deal breaks it it's fair to say these 2 politicians have a very different vision of the future. after their meeting at her official residence she repeated her warning behind all the bluff and bluster this government and the path that it is pursuing i think is dangerous it became clear to me that

this government the new prime minister has set the uki on an almost inevitable path to a new deal breaks at the position that it has taken that makes it very difficult to see how any deal can be stuck with the e.u. and i think that would be catastrophic for scotland and indeed for the whole of the u.k. . at a naval base near glasgow johnson outlined plans for new investment in parts of scotland wales and northern ireland worth almost $400000000.00 but his government's also spending more than $100000000.00 on an advertising campaign informing the public about a no deal breaks it and he says he will meet e.u. leaders if they don't agree to revisit the withdrawal agreement and scrap the so-called backstop designed to prevent a hard border in northern ireland what we want to do is to make it absolutely clear that the backstop is no good it did it's got to get there with broad agreement is dead it's got to go but there is scope to do a new deal before meeting the 1st minister boris johnson headed to the scottish parliament for another tense meeting with the leader of the scottish branch of the

conservative party ruth davidson she says she supports the prime minister but has firmly rejected the idea of a no deal breaker arguing nobody advocated it in the 2060 referendum campaign her allies are warning the johnson government's approach could boost support for independence which is already on the rise as a port for independence and gotten as almost 50 percent if not a majority but as a serious conflict between the 2 governments then that could provoke another independence referendum maybe not immediately but after the next got official actions the scottish government a far from the only people warning johnson he's in danger in the union where they try to hold another independence vote in the near future could depend on whether politicians in westminster are able to stop him the dean barber al jazeera edinburgh. president jimmy morality is facing a backlash about an immigration deal he signed with washington they greenman to force the central american migrants to claim asylum instead of the u.s.

hundreds protested against the deal over the weekend as human rights prosecutor is asking the country's constitution all court to nullify the deal david storey. one never imagined he'd be forced to flee his home country. after political protests swept through nicaragua last year one started receiving threats because of his work at a local university fearing for his family's safety one took his wife and young son and headed north even now he's afraid to reveal his identity. at 1st we thought about the united states but we started to think about guatemala el salvador and mexico you don't hear anything good about these countries but in the end we opted for guatemala as we heard it was better than mexico as mexico and the united states crackdown on undocumented migrants more central americans like one are filing for asylum in guatemala what a mall has never been a country where foreigners have asked for protection in fact over the past couple

of decades only around 20 people per year have been granted asylum but now that starting to change and in this area alone since the start of the year 35 people have requested asylum and it's a trend that experts say is sure to continue on friday what amala signed an agreement with the united states to become a safe 3rd country a place where migrants on route to the u.s. would have to stop and apply for asylum donald trump forced the deal through by threatening to tax remittances and impose tariffs on portable and goods watermelon civil society groups have already filed legal motions to have the agreement blocked . people who work with refugees in guatemala say the country is ill prepared to deal with an influx of asylum seekers. people seeking refuge in what they have a really tough time they have trouble finding work housing schooling for their children and access to health care to see 2 asian here for what they precarious for

people from other countries is much more difficult armando fled his native el salvador after being shot 3 times by a teenager demanding $10000.00 in extortion payments for years he supported his special needs daughter by working odd jobs before meeting deborah and starting the asylum process. the application process is really slow it's really tiring i know people who have been waiting for more than 15 months to get a definitive answer that's more than a year without access to employment or anything we're going through a crisis carving out a better life in guatemala won't be easy but a growing number of refugees say they're left with little choice david mercer al-jazeera and western guatemala. protesters are out on the streets in puerto rico as the leadership crisis continues secretary of state. to take over interim government of the 2nd ricardo reseller resigned on thursday but she now says she

doesn't want the job. indonesia's state's energy firm says it will take about 2 months to shut down a well that's spewing oil into the java sea and investigations into what caused the spill brought us the story. these beaches are the backyards of villages along this stretch of northern java and they're covered with a black player of oil that's choking sea life and the livelihoods of local fishermen some have joined the cleanup mission a backbreaking process that's expected to take several weeks. i'm cleaning up the soil looks like crude oil i get paid to do this $7.00 a day. the oil is coming from a well here that platform leaking into the ocean for almost 3 weeks the state energy company put in maine a says it's intensified efforts to slow this spill

installing high speed water skimmers to suck up fuel from the surface and a static boom to contain it sprayed i know we care about the safety of people especially the fisherman we have coordinated with the military and police and we have patrol boats working 24 hours a day to isolate the location of the oil spill. the company's declared an emergency and brought in the experts that handled a similar spill in the gulf of mexico but they haven't to fight the currents and the wind with the oil sheen spreading more than 80 kilometers. to the above the knee because of the spill is still under investigation so we ask people not to worry because we have the best people handling the problem we have hired specialists who often deal with this problem even on a bigger scale. it's the 2nd potential environmental catastrophe for the company in just over a year and underwater pipeline burst off borneo last march spilling $40000.00

barrels of crude oil it sparked a fire killing 5 fisherman the government ordered. may need to pay compensation for the pollution caused and improve safety procedures. it's too early to say how much oil spilled here in java or count the environmental cost but people here want the leak plugged and quickly alexie o'brien al-jazeera. what you want is there with me so rob a reminder of our top stories the alleged mastermind of the september the 11th attacks in the u.s. says he may be willing to help the victims in their lawsuit against saudi arabia in return khalid sheikh mohammad wants the government not to seek the death penalty against him particle hayne is following the case from washington d.c. this offer of assistance 1st comes in this court filing it's all part of the lawsuit from the survivors and victims of 911 against the government of saudi

arabia so as part of this process the lawyer said that they needed to speak with the people who are in custody accused of being a being behind or committing the 911 attacks one of those is collegiate muhammad so in this file in the lawyers say they reached out to his representatives and he's choosing not to cooperate in this deposition at this time and they say the main reason is because fear of the death penalty in the go on to say that he would be much more willing to cooperate if the death penalty was no longer a concern the u.s. senate is a firm to stop the sale of a $1000000000.00 worth of weapons to saudi arabia they couldn't reach the 2 thirds majority needed to override doubletons vetoes a previous law was passed by congress politicians opposed to the sales fear the weapons could be used against civilians in the war in yemen at least 57 inmates have died in a prison riot in brazil's parra state 16 of them were beheaded in the violence between rival gangs that lasted for several hours. at least 18 people have been

killed after a small pakistani military plane crashed into a residential area near rubble bindy in the north of the country 13 civilians are amongst the dead 5 others are crew members in hong kong the morning rush hour descended details after government protesters blocked access to subway trains demonstrators prevented the trains from leaving key stations by stopping courage doors from closing and the british pound has fallen against the dollar to its lowest since 2017 its after prime minister boris johnson's hard line breaks at record rhetoric analysts say the pound could fall further as fears grow over the likelihood of a new deal drugs that those were the headlines about with more news here in half an hour a lot of their stream is next. day songs continue. as the last 20 democratic presidential candidates take to the stage for the 2nd us democratic

debate. join us for coverage from detroit on july 30th and. on al-jazeera. hi i'm femi oke a enjoying the strain and i'm really going today a mental health crisis in syria a group of mental health advocates discuss the unconventional approaches helping to tackle the problem and we want to hear your thoughts a tweet us at aging stream or leave a comment and i live chat and you could be in the street. 3 in 10 nigeria and suffer from mental health issues according to the country's ministry of health and resources to help those in need to ask so many mental health advocates of take an unconventional approaches to tackling the crisis.