between the 2 sides have been ironed out and that there is a few points remaining before a final deal is reached the vote in ireland. we have agreed on the mechanisms of forming the cell phone to council the powers given to the council conditions of slate and its members in addition to the reasons leading to the loss of membership we've also agreed on forming a government the government powers on the reasons leading to the loss of the ministerial post we've also agreed on the parliament and its powers. but protesters are saying that any deal that is reached between this was sites has to be preceded by justice and accountability they're saying that so many lives have been lost since the world has began in december and that if the transitional government is funk without any just it's a little bit then they will continue with their protests and they will continue with their revolution. i we've got plenty more ahead on this news hour fears of a bowler in the democratic republic of congo force a neighboring country to take drastic steps. facebook takes action against a campaign linked to saudi arabia's government. and later in sport australia put on

a fight back on day one of the 1st ashes test against england contests coming up later in the program. all that to come but 1st syrian state media says a conditional cease fire has been reached in the last rebel held province of idlib but there's been no response yet from the opposition at least 2 children were killed in fighting in it live on thursday this video is believed to show syrian and russian forces bombing villages in nearby hama more than 400 civilians have been killed in increased violence in northwest syria since late april hundreds of thousands of fled their homes. and the united nations will investigate attacks on un supported facilities in northwest syria secretary general antonio good television ounce the inquiry after 2 thirds of the security council petitioned for

it mike hanna has more from the un. the focus of the inquiry will be the attacks on 14 un supported buildings in the it live breach in a number of them hospitals the secretary general was careful to establish his legal right to call for the investigation well aware that it would be questioned by a few security council members russia was quick to condemn the s. g.'s decision but was saying that it was a mistake. and regrets that there was a pressure on secretary-general from from the parts of the countries that really don't want to bring peace to syria there is a lot of fake news about this a lot of fake situations like the recent ones so without very much that this is for the sake of investigation this is for the sake of blaming syria and russia of the things that we do not do live fully respect the rights of the russian federation to these agree with me as i also respect the position of 10 other members of the

security council that the opposite opinion and i believe that these inquiries can produce an important result and they can get into that every single be done to make sure that these board of inquiry acts with full objectivity not to prove anything but to simply say what the troops he's done earlier this week the un a cheap mark raised the possibility that information provided by the un was being misused by some parties the un director of human rights watch has now addressed that directly in a written statement to lose charbonneau says and i quote the inquiry should determine whether russia and syria have used coordinates provided by the un to target hospitals he continues to be effective the investigators should attribute

responsibility for any war crimes and make their report public and the push for transparency is another point of controversy in the already tense debate about this inquiry mike hanna al-jazeera united nations and we were talks aimed at ending the syrian war are taking place in kazakstan andrew simmons is following developments in north tom. this is where the main session of talking is taking place on friday in the 13th session of the start of talks sponsored by iran russia and turkey but could this round table start the final chapter of a war that's cost so many lives. looming over all of this is the bombing and killing of civilians in libya province by russia and the syrian regime forces and now the development of the u.n. secretary general announcing a board of inquiry into a number of attacks the syrian opposition even before that development was saying

that it would make no concessions until there was a full ceasefire ahead of these talks starting there had been a token gesture in northern aleppo province an exchange of 15 regime prisoners and 15 opposition prisoners but as far as goodwill goes there is little in the way of optimism in the syrian opposition camp. on thursday there was a range of bilateral meetings the head of the iranian delegation told al-jazeera after a meeting with the russian delegation that he was optimistic of a good outcome over a political settlement is seen is set for some sort of settlement with observers from the neighboring countries of iraq and lebanon on here for the 1st time and jordan is also here but is there any traction for

a political settlement which will see a constitutional committee formed much as work has been done on this but with it there is a problem as far as a civilians are concerned who have suffered so much in this conflict the saying while there's talk there's hope rings a very very dull tone in their ears and it's hardly surprising. the president has struck a peace deal with the leader of a rebel movement and years of hostility phillipe. agreement with. leads the opposition party its armed wing is disbanding as part of the deal reports . mozambicans have waited more than 40 years for this moment since the country gained independence in 1975 the government has for most of the really group turned political posse known as. a peace accord

means mozambique commute. times are. we are here in gaza to tell the world that we've just given another step showing that the march towards effective peace is really reversible that the a certain team this peace they hope and the future of mozambique is promising it says the mozambicans which is to parry once and for all armed confrontation the deal that will see thousands of anomalies members disarm was signed and gone gosa national park that's been the group's remote military base for more than 40 years ago was is very symbolic is a city. everything started and everything should stop that this is symbolic for every muslim because. this is not the 1st time mozambican leaders have come together for namo was formed after the country gained independence from portugal in 1985 for the government in a civil war that killed an estimated 1000000 people talks initially in 1902 ended

the war does it begin speak fission. peace. therefore we speak to this meeting will lead us to the weak peace. that peace deal redefined as a political kashi thousands returned to mozambique but the group always kept an armed wing fighting has flared in recent is something the group has now promised to end. the 1st of august 29th is marked in our history as an unforgettable date the day of the reunification of the. this is a historic date because after my mil years of conflict v. as brothers are committed to make peace for the greater good of. their commitment will be tested an upcoming national elections which will see the peacemakers and political rivals pitted against one another at the polls shallop bellus al jazeera

. is editor of the mozambique news and analysis website zits a minute he joins us via skype now from chip in him in the united kingdom thanks very much for being with us so what do you make of this peace deal then is it is it an agreement that can work and that can last in your view. just. because we're going to remember on the camera during. the summer it's not really similar experience in terms of. the secret leader you know it's. not. particularly but if you restrict. it to. all of the opposition.

supporters who are sitting. in turn from. what i'm going to remember. yeah i want to ask you about that what do you what do you think that. that aspect of it is is rooted in because there are small groups of fighters who are not signed on to this and they they say it doesn't it doesn't really work for them just talk to us about their their grievances. you know i mean you can look at it as you age if you'd look at it it could be more spiritual in terms of what. we're going to point to the artist you know begging him not personally for themselves and their families because that's a bit out of the fish there where that one with the risk jumps and. administration and police and talk that the matter is getting worse that he's

certainly not a different sort of certain types of arms 4 years later and we've been. through this experience with until this content of political settlement. these elections. are going to. the right to run experimental government expects me to wear normal be able to judge if you look at a ship. i took up and i was going to animist you had it in your secretaries of state which still nominated by the president will keep a lot of the powers that be but we'll get one of these to have an experience but it's not really getting out of. that it's sort of appears to be on the senate which i think a lot of people are you know 1. $130.00 happening a pretty normal britisher encounter enemy or. so do you see these internal divisions within a nominal as a as a potential obstacle to to

a last thing piece particularly as well with elections coming up later in the year and in october. you know it's i mean time of turnout that. we saw in the 1st 2 attacks the ringleader. in the last 24 elements we've seen in certain. truths a sudden interest experienced running triggers. in the immediate term it's bringing let us know when we will be able to work with. these paramilitaries and know how can be you are able to use the state in a campaign of violence or whatever this will to not leave. this piece it will be what it can be. good to get your perspective on that on this set tom both of thanks very much for being with us. the mayor of somalia's capital

mogadishu has died in hospital 8 days after he was seriously wounded in a suicide bomb attack of that a man almost mom was being treated in a hospital in qatar's capital doha way he was a lift and after the bombing 6 more people were killed in the attack by the end. but it missed its primary target the united nations official james swan. rwanda has reopened its western a border with the democratic republic of congo after briefly closing it in order to prevent the latest ebola outbreak from spreading into its territory 2 more cases have been reported in the border city of goma they are the one year old daughter and the wife of the man who died of ebola on wednesday catherine soy has more from the kenyan capital nairobi. on a normal morning this main border crossing between the democratic republic of congo and rwanda is busy with people going back and forth 15000 people use this crossing

daily as families visit relatives and traders stake their goods to the market millions of dollars a maid in buda trade every year but for a few hours on thursday the barriers were closed the rundown government saying it wanted to evaluate a boiler situation in the congolese city of goma. the decision taken by a wonder to close the border it's not a good decision but people. haven't checked it that you're on the border. that. we crossed over yesterday and we didn't have any problems you put a large quantity of corn but this morning we came back to get our goods and they forbade us from crossing into rwanda because the customs office was not working quiet about it and he said it's because of the polar. health workers in goma say they're well prepared and are continuing to trace people who could have made contact with a ball of victims when the world health organization declared

a bola in the d.r. c. a public health emergency of international concern of the souls want countries against closing borders saying people may start using informal crossings where there are no proper medical check points and this could just make things west we're talking hundreds of process if not more. so this kind of is counterproductive because it interferes with that in a separately find another way or more remote here is where if you can go across the knee border you can find a different way. a vaccination campaign is under way and other regions in the eastern d r c but a controversial proposal by the world health organization to deploy a new 2nd vaccine for clinical trials is raising concern this new maxine that's being discussed is one that requires 2 doses about 56 days apart so there's

a lot of discussion about if we know we have an effective vaccine that's being used and has taken so long to get acceptance by the population if there's enough of that vaccine and we know it's effective why introduce another vaccine into into this outbreak for now at the border travelers are relieved that operations are back to not only but many people in this city of around 2000000 are afraid that the disease that has arrived on the doorstep may spread catherine sorry al-jazeera nairobi kenya all right still ahead on al-jazeera the 1st african slaves stepped on american soil 400 years ago a campaign is underway in ghana to bring their descendants back. another day another murder scene how fear of crime is creating ghost towns in mexico. an arsenal pull off the english premier league's most expensive signing this pre-season more details in sport.

hello standard summer weather at the moment in the u.s. and in canada which means it gets hot and you get some big thunderstorms they have been gathering down the east coast in the last couple of days with a bit of flooding in new york and they're gathering again in the plain states so here's the picture for friday the place to watch might well be down in atlanta or florida this here is quite a mess to even it might even develop into a tropical depression and some so whether it does or not it will increase the amount of rainfall we have discusses 6 potentially flash flood territory and that's running out for the carolinas as well you've also got this dark green here over texas potential for big thunderstorms there and surprisingly it still it is dry to the west the very woman san francisco's no heat warnings out anymore for the central valley. so again what is it about florida the place to watch the next 24

hours is going to be for the bahamas in cuba for big rain showers but i think following on behind you might get the same again in haiti dominican republic for the recrown beyond all the smaller hours in the caribbean also in quite an active trade wouldn't bring frequent shows that might must develop into something more maybe the heaviest the rain there is reserved for the ground between east and west so panama northwards. 80 percent of the visually impaired could be cured without access to treatment. and where there was a will there is a way. strongly to the all tossed battle. over $77.00 countries. how many of these patients these scenes today every little pakistan. provides free treatment for over $1000000.00 patients

a year to cuba revisited which is iraq. in the discussions. cape town has struggled to. buy in examining the headlines now under president putin russia is making a push to engage explore an abundance of world class programming designed to inform motivate and inspire me but feeling better about whole it's almost 2nd nature and i also know what that they see the world from a different perspective on al-jazeera. hello

again you're watching al-jazeera minder while top stories this hour south korea's military says the north has launched an unidentified short range projectile in the country's east coast if confirmed it will be the 3rd launch in just over a week. nearly 50 people have died in 2 attacks in yemen a military base and a police station were targeted rebels have claimed responsibility for one of the attacks the rebels also say they fired a missile at a military facility. in the saudi city of demand. mozambique's president has signed a peace deal with the leader of former guerilla group who now heads a political party the ramana group was formed after independence in 1975 and 4 to civil war with the government until 992 its armed wing as clashed with the military in recent years. by u.s. president donald trump has announced more tariffs on goods from china in a bid to raise the pressure on them to reach a deal he says he's not happy with the progress of trade talks and wants

a 10 percent tariff on the remaining $300000000000.00 worth of chinese imports trump's back on the campaign trail for his 2020 reelection bid attending a rally in cincinnati ohio alongside president mike pence heidi castro is in cincinnati for a saudi 1st war what do we know about these new terrors. this is these shares were announced via twitter by trump prior to departing washington and coming here to ohio for this reelection rally and what he said was that this would be a 10 percent tariff on refunds or a $1000000000.00 additional chinese imports to the u.s. he said that the reason it was because china has not fulfilled its promise is to buy more american agricultural products now this effectively puts an end to shoot those the trade truce that we start to take effect that in june when both sides

agreed to avoid further asked deletion while trying while talks were on go away and it's a bit surprising there's just a few days ago when the true u.s. trade representative right back in the states after having spoken with their chinese counterparts from had publicly said that he thought that they were instructive and that he was looking forward to more positive dialogue but today with this announcement of again 10 percent terrorism additional. $300000000000.00 worth of goods appears to be a change of heart and of we're seeing the of the president on his way to the podium now about to speak at this rally what can we expect to hear from him given that this is a day off to the democratic. debates and trump known for going off script quite a quite a bit blood need to have something to say about that. that's right and we know that trump wants to take back the have a line that jennifer gratz were on stage debating last night and the night before

were headlining u s news coverage of the 2 previous days and now this is trump's chance to refocus attention he already started trying to do that this morning on twitter attacking those 20 democratic hopefuls saying that if any of them were to win the white house that foreign adversaries of the u.s. but then in his words have an easier chance of taking advantage of the united states and he contrast to those candidates saying that none would be able to sustain the economic growth that the u.s. has experienced while trump has occupied the white house that is a message that has been popular among his base as well as the general american electorate who are concerned ultimately about their financial not only their pocketbook and that's why trump's advisers have always caution him to stick to that talking point however as you pointed out and as we all know trump does go off script

a frequently during these types of rallies and in the last rally he had 2 weeks ago we heard him as hacking representative johann omar the somalian born congresswoman who represents soda in the crowd there responding with chants of send her back now that was much criticized afterwards as being playing to a racist trope trump later disavowed those comments that he was seen at that rally have. i think really just reveling in its and loudly in the crowd to continue that chant he said earlier today he would prefer that the crowd here or not take up that topic again but that still remains to be seen exactly what will happen as all right for the moment castro live for us in cincinnati thanks very much. it is 400 years since the 1st slaves from africa landed in america the anniversary's been commemorated on both sides of the atlantic a delegation from the u.s.

congress has been in ghana where a campaign is underway to encourage the descendants of slaves to visit katia lopez hall i am reports a visit to mark 400 years since the start of the transatlantic slave trade ghana's parliament welcome the speaker of the u.s. house of representatives to west africa from where millions of africans were sold into a life of slavery in the americas nancy pelosi described it as a grave evil which modern day united states is reckoning with. of the. first person she said. also in the delegation to the capitol are 12 members of the black caucus democratic congressman elijah cummings and congresswoman you'll hand all more will targeted recently by donald trump. the congressional delegation visited dungeons were slaves

were abused in cape coast castle where many of them pass through the so-called door of no return it's here where millions of slaves caught their last glimpse of africa before being shipped across the atlantic in chains countless didn't make it when their ship sank. in the age of digital marketing ghana is promoting the anniversary with a campaign called the year of return encouraging people of african descent particularly in the u.s. to visit and even settle in ghana the never again will we allow a handful of people disappear or technology to walk into africa sees a peoples and sell them into slavery questions in the u.s. candidates are competing to become the democratic front runner in next year's presidential election disagreements over whether compensation should be paid to the descendants of slaves continue to divide the party pelosi said the congressional visit was about recognizing the evil of the past while also looking forward to the

future. al-jazeera. of facebook says it has shot down a propaganda campaign link to saudi arabia's government 350 accounts have been banned from the social media platform for boosting state propaganda and attacking the kingdom's rivals it is the latest wave of takedowns which is also targeted russia iran and hate groups andy carvin is a senior fellow at the atlantic council's digital forensic research lab he says the saudi government isn't alone when it comes to this kind of practice. this isn't a unique situation many governments on their own are creating these coordinated and authentic networks online in order to spread their messages and and attack their rivals or in some cases as we're seeing here with the u.a.e. pages that came down to a p.r. company was paid to post messages in. support of the. policies and

so it's certainly not new but it's becoming much more prevalent and like you said it's not just facebook we recently observed similar patterns happening on twitter with around 100 twitter accounts working in coordinated fashion to support the u.s. interests in the region i wouldn't say what's going on right now is unprecedented in fact if anything it's happening more often in recent months we've seen facebook take down pages that have been associated with supporting interests in russia pages that were coming out of thailand out of 100 or us there was also a recent large number of pages in fact that were connected to a political campaign company in israel called archimedes group in which they were posting information in support of different politicians and different causes all over the world but they were all in each case they were all pretending to be someone they actually warned and so whether it's a. a government actor that's organizing these inauthentic you know authentic

campaigns or in some cases their commercial interest being paid by someone else to do it it feels like it's becoming a weekly occurrence and that's because it pretty much says at this point. now the israeli army has killed the palestinian men it says crossed the garden fence and opened fire 3 soldiers were injured in the attack the army says the man was a member of the military wing of hamas and israeli tank targeted a hamas military post in khan yunis in gaza in retaliation. a new video has circulated by china's army appears to be a warning to protesters in hong kong beijing has been relatively quiet about the unrest in the semi autonomous region and thomas has more on this from hong kong. this video has been released by the hong kong garrison of china's people's liberation army and given the timing in the context it's clearly a of those thinking of taking part in further protests it starts with

a zoom in from space directly down on to hong kong. and then it plays out like an action film full of pumping music quick cut edits and dramatic shots of soldiers training explosions guns but a big section in the middle of this 3 minute video focuses in on how the army would deal with protests and riots. a soldier shouts out all consequences are at your own risk and then you see soldiers with riot shields marching down the street clearing a protest involved tanks or a water cannons used as well so far china's army the military has not gotten involved in any of the protests but clearly they're showing that they are prepared to and at an event to mark the anniversary of the army the head of the hong kong garrison chang dao shun he said that the protests of the damage they've done to the

prosperity of hong kong should not be tolerated taken all together this is a clear message from beijing via their garrison here that if they need to they could send in the military to deal with future protests. the u.s. secretary of state has critic. china for what he cold it's coercive behavior in the south china sea my pump am made the comments off the meeting china's foreign minister in thailand he was tending a summit of southeast asian nations in bangkok it is the 1st stop in a weeklong trip that includes australia and micronesia scott hardly has more from bangkok. in bangkok many different types of meetings taking place throughout the day foreign ministers of those 10 aussie on member nations meeting with a 3rd country foreign minister we had bilateral meetings like between the united states and china but at the end of the day there really was no movement on any of the big issues being faced here in east asia and southeast asia what were discussed

though were the big east south china sea territorial disputes the tension on the korean peninsula the trade war between the united states and china but none of those issues were really moved forward they were just brought up a lot of pleasantries people saying they want to continue working together but no real concrete action but interestingly later in the day u.s. secretary of state mike pump aoe held a press conference and in that press conference a lot of these pleasantries but also some very strong words to china and its relationship with cambodia i want also to address something that came up in the u.s. ministerial meeting cambodia refuted reports that is allowing the chinese military installation to be built on its territory the united states welcomes cambodia's strong defense of its national sovereignty and we encourage other nations in the region to follow cambone easily and protecting it and the meetings will continue here on friday again a lot of bilateral meetings trilateral meetings but one meeting that is quite interesting it's actually a forum it's a regional forum so all of these hundreds of diplomats who have gathered here in

bangkok will meet under one roof. the u.s. envoys afghanistan has met pakistan's prime minister and other senior officials in islamabad a spear for a crucial round of talks between the u.s. and the taliban in doha cammarata has more from islamabad it has taken almost a year of intense diplomatic efforts as a u.s. special envoy has been shuttling between beijing islamabad new delhi and kabul also important are norgaard for the 1st time there was room for optimism body of one taliban and the united states upbeat about the prospects of reaching a final status in maine to end an 18 year old war and of understand recently the pakistani prime minister who was invited to washington by the u.s. president was story by the united states that the united states would be appreciative of august arms role in trying to come to some sort of an agreement by fertility dating.