but in the attack. iran's revolutionary guard say they've seized an iraq oil tanker that was smuggling fuel in the gulf they say the vessel was intercepted near iran's far sea island carrying 700000 liters of fuel all its 7 crew members have been detained but iraq has denied on in the vessel this would be the 3rd seizure by iran in less than a month in the gulf which is also has more from. the revolutionary guards media relations department have released a statement saying that they have seized a vessel that they've accused of trying to smuggle 700000 liters of fuel this seizure apparently took place near the island of farsi island which is in between iran and saudi arabia and it parenting happened on wednesday the revolutionary guards said that they seized this vessel and the 7 crew members on board and this vessel is currently now at the port city of shared the 7 people they have been

arrested in iran and their national police have not been revealed yet this is another example of how the revolutionary guard have exerted their power and strength and willingness to carry out the security and safety of the waterways around iran this is the 3rd vessel that they have seized in the past month earlier on sunday the government spokesperson ali robbie spoke about the latest sanctions on the mohammad javad zarif that have been imposed by the u.s. government and the invitation that was extended to the foreign minister while he was visiting new york at the united nations earlier this month let's hear what he had to say. the u.s. action on foreign minister zarif is against all diplomatic procedures and is an unprecedented event in the history of diplomacy that one government keep claiming to be ready for negotiations and then to put sanctions on a foreign minister of that country well isn't that ridiculous he was invited by a senator to have a meeting at the white house then they imposed sanctions on him foreign minister

zarif is responsible for foreign policy and the diplomatic path should pass through him. the feeling here is that the sanctions that have been imposed on the foreign minister are another example of how the united states doesn't really understand the power structure in iran the excuse that was given for the sanction was that the foreign minister is not a person they want to negotiate with and they were looking for someone higher up now the officials here have said that if they think the u.s. government is going to negotiate with anybody else other than the foreign minister who is tasked with hold the negotiations with western powers they're very much mistaken the position here is that the foreign minister is not going to hold any kind of talks with u.s. officials until the united states lifts its sanctions on iran which they've imposed since they withdrew from the nuclear deal last year the ukrainians say that the u.s. government has waged economic terrorism on iran and until they seize this behavior

it will be no discussions how between the 2 countries the most thoughtful course chesham is a lecturer at the university of applied sciences and pedal and he says that iranians and foreigners have have been smuggling oil for decades. as a matter of fact the n.l. ever since oil was found in discovered in iran. the governments before and after the revolution they have been subsidizing fuel prices heavily because the people believe that they have the largest or 2nd largest oil reserves in the war so they shouldn't be paying much for fuel so iranians are not paying even 110th that's 10 percent of real prices and the persian gulf or in any other open market for each leader a fuel that is encouraged in all smuggling and it has made it a very lucrative illegal business activity and there been

thousands of iranian and foreigners who have been smuggling huge cargoes in order to make a fortune and after decades of fighting by the law enforcement police coast guard and others they call the i.r.g.c. navy for help in especially considering that he which car goes like 1000000 liters or dis one that they just seized today this 700000 to be their cargo that was being smuggled out of iran and seized in the iranian water near the far sea island in the persian gulf it was heading south work toward some arab states on the southern rooms of the persian gulf we are not sure exactly if it was headed to the scent or to some business activity illegal business people somewhere else now the un's food and can say has reached a deal with what the fighting has to restart aid delivery to parts of yemen the equipment follows a partial suspension of aid which began after claims that her things have diverted

food away from thousands and made the whole things denied the accusations saying the food sent to them by the world food program has expired. now indian administered kashmir is now at an indefinite security lockdown amid reports that new delhi is trying to tighten its on the disputed territory thousands of troops have been deployed in recent weeks citing security concerns prominent local politicians have been detained and public rallies banned priyanka gupta reports. parts of kashmir under lockdown thousands of indian troops monitored checkpoints neighborhoods and squares and more soldiers are arriving schools and colleges are shot overnight internet is blocked polluted sions are appealing for calm. well. i appeal to the people of the state to move. but they should maintain peace

and happy since it is very necessary we should not take any step that will disturb the region. by sunday india put 3 prominent kashmiri politicise under house arrest 2 of them former chief ministers it's also banned public rallies this former leader says he doesn't know what's in store the uncertainty prevailed for much of the week students from across the country in kashmir were packed into trains to respond pilgrims were ordered to leave the indian government says their intelligence reports about possible attacks on the annual a monopoly game age but some think they could be something larger in the works i think they want to integrate in a similar question we are fully into india because kashmir has had a special status or an autonomous we really need a long time under the indian constitution under the new newly reinvigorated leadership of prime minister narendra modi after the elections they're looking at

you know taking preemptive measures to sideline the separatists and the secessionists and to use security as well as other developmental means to train you know integrate kashmir better but something that's unacceptable for many here for an. article $35.00 in article $370.00 is our basic constitutional right we have made an agreement with india the basis of these articles and now they are trying to derail only vocals articles this is an injustice to us. are not going to tolerate we should just. bushmeat us one of the most militarized regions in the wilds claimed by both india and pakistan over the past few days tensions are high between the 2 nuclear powered neighbors as he treated accusations of attacks on each other islamabad is accusing india of using banned plastic bombs new delhi says pakistan is standing fight is to stage attacks across the border the valley is on the edge

fear and panic over how little is known about what's to come priyanka gupta is here now pakistan's prime minister has warned that tensions with india other made could escalate into a regional crisis come on high the has this update from islamabad the pakistani prime minister. a committee of the cabinet by all the chief. said that the united nations security council should ignore the very theory. that are developing in the region blamed india for sending. troops into it means that it. may go for another on the other hand. you. which are banned under the geneva convention on war and the international community. of the theory

or. the prime minister at that time for now and the us president should mediate but india had said all along that it. let's get more on this we're joined now by christopher sneddon he's director of strategic and international relations at asia corning for consultancy it was specializes and dhea and the south asia and he's joining us live from the torah and a strain of mr stead in very good to have you with us on al-jazeera what do you think is happening here what is the indian government doing with the troop buildup putting prominent politicians on the house arrest shutting down public gatherings schools it citing security concerns of a valid will if they're doing something but like the big love kashmir were very much in the dark and as your previous correspondents have said it's not exactly

clear there's a number of things going on if they will this is india's national independence day celebrations as the who reads that you mentioned where there's a lot of that we're going to have a place up in the mountains particularly in there talking about trying to kate in the state that's a route that is going to be a lot of immediately regions jim smith ali in the dark there's also this issue about the 2 aspects of the constitution and that's the other issue is that they're talking about changing the constituencies to give the people in general more hour a lot of fluidity and it sounds. and how does fluidity add uncertainty as well as a troop buildup and all the conditions bode for a territory that has such high tensions and potential for conflict. well it will make the people in general in the dark very happy because they don't like to be dominated by the people in the kashmir valley who control the parliament and who been the major force ready for a long period of time in terms of that particular state but on the other hand it's

going to really upset the people in the kashmir valley who already are under enormous stress because of the safety in the insurgency that's been going on since 9099 and because of the presence of large numbers of indian military and paramilitary and that's going to cause problems and anx particularly for them and do you think that the people in the cash made valley right to be concerned that the indian government is trying to change the space of the state special status of the constitution the valley's muslim majority would have a saying a b.j. painted ahead trace and the government was planning to form exclusive when the settlements in the region will move the people in india many people in india particularly those who support the government believe the government now has a mandate to do that out of the last election when i met shon our prime minister said we are going to change that constitution status the people in the kashmir valley that almost all of them now muslims there are some sikhs there and

a few even those who are there i believe that when kashmir is ceded to india that it would have this special status and that to weaken or even abrogate that status will cause them massive appraisals and make them question whether they should still be. that's right because if those who support the b.j. pay think that it has a mandate to carry out these changes when the mandate was given by the people of india many meat is especially those in the valley don't even say themselves as posh of india. well that's the great dilemma there's 2 identities here there's the indian identity that new delhi wants to impose on the whole nation and then there's the kashmiri idea and in the kashmiri idea into the is that we are kashmiris 1st muslims 2nd and maybe indians 3rd and those 2 acquire asians don't go terribly well together india wants everybody to be indians kashmiris will say well we've we want

to be indians but that's down the least for a week kashmiris. we still great tensions and we have this here following that attack. in february in which dozens of indian song which is what caleb what do you think it will take to deescalate the situation now and to avoid going back to where we were a few months ago. well from the kashmiri point of view if i in my article 37370 which gives them special status essentially autonomy now that's been severely got you to defy if they don't sit well with that and they say you can have this special status that will appeal to the people in the kashmir valley but it won't appeal to people in india nor sello people in general in kashmir from the general in the darfur region that more than kashmir to be a fully integrated part of india it's a real conundrum there are 2 different sides and there's not a whole commonality between the 2 positions. but the challenge for india is if

they're in the superior position why have the wherewithal economically and militarily in our military to impose their will and there's a lot of popularity with sighing to the kashmiris you've got it totally in the in line not popular with the kashmiris ourselves but all the other. and just last thing this to say then you know this is one of the longest running conflicts in the world recently we had promised to iran khan saying that he's open to someone like donald trump mediating what did you make of that. well mr joy shanker the foreign minister for india said twice in parliament that mr modi had not said to mr trump that he wanted somebody to maybe i mean your position has long been strongly brain since 972 that all issues between india and pakistan while actual not whole but because there is a case going to the you not in the international court of justice

a man we were india has taken pakistan so they would quite happy on some occasions to have a 3rd party but on the kashmir dispute continually india has said it's a bilateral issue so it doesn't matter what pakistan or the united states i.e. in years position ease it's a while actually shoe and night and pakistan and the on the 2 parties there is a 3rd party and they're sidelined as well which is the people of german kashmir that as far as new delhi say that it's an issue between india and pakistan mr sneddon it is great to get your expertise on this we really appreciate your time and that is christopher sneddon niven toyah australia thank you. still ahead all the bulletin as a bonus spreads to a border city in the democratic republic of congo put it how other countries are preparing to fight the disease. to travel to a rare natural wonder and mexico with thousands of tourists are breathing new life into a struggling community and steve smith tells a story or 2

a strong possession of the ashes against england peter will have that story and scored. some more some of the most across much of the southeast of the united states also a band of cloud with rain gradually pulling away from the east coast skies into new york and d.c. in the last few hours we could just see is that a thunderstorm in washington d.c. on monday we will see sunny is an increase in the rain working its way across the great lakes on the upper midwest and in fact by cheese day becoming much more widespread the rain stretching all the way from missouri right there across into ohio and actually down as far as tennessee we could have some strong thunderstorms in the mix here as well feeding a bit fresher in the wake of this rain certainly on trees into chicago high that of

28 degrees celsius and still very warm in los angeles 30 degrees and 18 celsius in san francisco then we had a down into the caribbean some very heavy rain for the next couple days pushing across into the windward bridgetown will certainly see the rain and those thunderstorms but it has been a caring picture will continue to be fairly clear across much of hispaniola and on towards cuba we will they see an increase in the rains are pushing further to the west all the way across into nicaragua some rain showers into southern mexico 22 the high the on choose day and possibly a wet day and have on it with a high of 31. the palestine national locust was 1st founded in the 1930 s. but has had to be revived in 2010 all was very important for me to sing in palestine no musicians from all over the world come together to perform in the

occupied territories so you could philistine it's like never promised me a living in the us felt it was the 1st time they performed using their identity al-jazeera world hears music as a force for unity the diaspora orchestra. al-jazeera . where ever you are.

it's good to have you with us on the al-jazeera new sound these are our top story because u.s. president donald trump has responded to 2 mass shootings saying that hate has no place in america 29 people were killed in the attacks and ohio and texas the shooting in el paso on the mexican border is being investigated as a possible hate crime. turkish president says he's sending troops into an area controlled by kurdish y p g fighters in northern serbia the y.p. jamie has been an important to u.s. ally in the battle against i so turkey sees it as a terrorist group. and an indefinite security lockdown has been imposed in indian administered kashmir and amid reports that new delhi is trying to tighten its grip on the disputed territory thousands of troops have been deployed in recent weeks citing security concerns. now hong kong's government is warning that illegal

protests a pushing the territory to what is calling an extremely dangerous edge more than 20 people were arrested on sunday as protest as blocked major roads and police fired tear gas and a mass truck is planned on monday andrew thomas reports. sunday night in one of the most upscale districts of one of the most sophisticated cities on earth. but in hong kong this is becoming the norm. for the protestors tactics that have changed. rather than targets one building and wait for the police to clear them. a little their aim is maximum disruption across the city be like water they tell each other flow everywhere. on sunday they marched 1st to china's liaison office in hong kong on route some hid

behind umbrella's as they used spanish to break apart fences gathering the metal for the barricades. but finding pleece protecting their 1st targets they moved swiftly on. taking metro trains to the shopping district of causeway say. there they built barricades used pliers to cut the wires of traffic lights and stopped traffic people over there disabling traffic lights that taking apart barriers this. particular. compiler you do the rules actually we try. means and a bad person and he responds and so we try to introduce all that may be to increase the pressure by dropping the rolls and so the more people interrupt.

and we try to do it just grab all of it was just spread a message do you feel full up to where they say in this room is that china might send in its army actually i'm not afraid and we believe that's not going to happen the protesters have support even among those disrupted but in the end destruction here near the entrance to a cross hall the tunnel didn't last long had he stayed one step ahead of the police will not this letter is coming to a head gets a good take us on the streets of hong kong there's a general strike planned for hong kong on monday and promises the protests that day will be the most widespread yet. hong kong. now saddam's military gender and the opposition coalition have signed a constitutional declaration paving the way for a transition to civilian vol the african union's on war to saddam says the document outlining the division of power until elections can be held in 3 years the home of

the reports. after months of violence and protracted negotiations the people of sudan finally hubbard wrote to a peaceful future. at a ceremony in the tomb general mohammad home done the deputy head of the military genter and be a protest leader signed the declaration. dear honorable citizens today we turned a page a very difficult page in our country's history that was full of conflict and fighting we agreed to move forward to build a new state in the transitional phase there greenman provides for a joint civilian military council to oversee the formation of a transitional cabinet and parliament to govern for a period of a little more than 3 years until elections can be held a formal signing in front of foreign dignitaries is to take place on august 17th in ca to the following day the generals on protest leaders are expected to announce the members of the new ruling sovereign council opposition leaders are promising to

investigate past injustices and crimes committed against civilians in sudan and. the priority during the transitional phase will be transparency and investigation for all the crimes for the sake of justice in order to put on trial the perpetrators who killed our muscles we have to have pace because without pace we can't have democracy based on today's declaration the transitional government will be committed to finding justice for all it's a sentiment echoed by the ethiopian mediator. this will be highlighted in sudan's history as a disturbances of civilian democratic rule that aims to build a state of law and equality and a state that doesn't its citizens. agreement is also a huge boost to the african union mission under the montreal african solutions to african problems. reactions to sign it will swift. to

present both sides shock and trigger celebrations on the streets of the. it's a real. civilian military come together to form a joint transitional authority it's likely to face some difficulties with the recent months. some say it's. done. now the funeral. on. has taken place in the somali capital of. government officials killed tag on the government headquarters last month he was transferred to a hospital in died after several days of treatment. now doctors without borders says the. democratic republic of congo has killed nearly 2 thirds of people infected one in 3 patients under the age of 18 now other countries are trying to

stop the disease from reaching their borders stephanie decker has more from the rwandan capital kigali. they've tightened the health checks at the border which means making everyone wash their hands screaming for an elevated temperature because that is one of the 1st symptoms of the virus is a high fever but of course it's a challenge of me having said that there's never been a case of ebola in rwanda but they've also been training their medical profession professionals they vaccinated them and they're holding drills in hospitals throughout you know not just the border areas but also here in the capital the challenge with containing the virus is exactly the fact that you have to trace back who ever the patient has come into contact with and these part of the d r c is remote it's an area that's been neglected for years by its own government it's an area that is been through it with fighting between militias it is very very difficult to do that so this is why you have aid agencies and government officials

in the d r c being very frank saying that this is a massive challenge that they're only really identifying 50 percent of potential patients and that this could last for 2 to 3 years. now emergency crews are fighting a large wildfires in portugal the blaze started on saturday near the town of the model forecast as a warning high temperatures. last month the wildfire left more than 40 people injured and many homeless. now french and venter has crossed the english channel on a jet powered how the board brennan has his story. emerging from the early morning mist flanked by helicopters frank use of proctor and his jet. reached over just after 7 30 am local time. it was an extraordinary sight and a remarkable achievement. the french inventor reach speeds of 160 kilometers an hour flying just meters above the waves. 110 years after louis blair is famous

crossing of being the channel a new name has now been added to the record books. before my my family my friends and my gym is just. an amazing moment in my life you know it's just. now i can take some rest. there was a palpable tension as a part of took off from song in a county in france a previous attempt last month that ended with him falling into the sea this time though the mid-channel refueling stop went smoothly and apart or swept in past the famous white cliffs of dover. having waved him off from song it's a pastor's wife had waited nervously for news when the phone call from dover came the relief on the joy overwhelming. nazar as it was devoid out he didn't go for it school he made it so it's over we did it and i'm happy because it's a lot of work. it was hard but i'm happy for him because it's been really

hard lately and now we're going on holiday i'm happy so thank you i think if you could. lose a little. self-conscious haba borders powered by 5 jet turbines and fueled by kerosene which he carries in a backpack it is a complex craft and difficult to control but the inventor has been awarded a $1000000.00 development ground from the french army and there is now international interest in exploring why the uses for the technology paul brennan al-jazeera. still ahead on the news hour the cyclist has been to make it back to the tour de france offer hollow crash piece that will be here with more. vigor and potentially more dangerous that's the best way to describe what's

happening with the smoking alternative known as vapor i enjoyed the taste of an arc of the harmful effects of what smoking does between 2013 in 2014 alone we start tripling in use among us high school students and head to head comparison easter eggs versus conventional cigarette which one do you think has helped my opinion i think they're both dangerous take note on al-jazeera. following 2 fatal crashes in the past year bowen decided to brown the brand new 7 from 7 bags but this wasn't the 1st time the grounded. new croft back in 2013 the 77 dreamliner ran into trouble when a battery caught fire but is out of the us investigative unit discovered there was more to the problem than just smoking batteries. rewind a broken dream the ball in 787 on al-jazeera.

now a new form of eco tourism is helping rejuvenate one of mexico's poorest regions over just 3 months every year tens of thousands of tourists travel to see a magical spectacle lot of iraq but i reports. at a campsite in central mexico dozens of tourists are starting to gather just before dusk they're here to witness a rare natural wonder that takes place every summer in a forest just outside the town of nona. it starts with a minuscule flash of light then another and then another before long the forest begins to burst with light as thousands of fireflies take flight. there is

a great biodiversity of flora and fauna here among them species that are made of such as far. as we are very look at account of this unique microclimate that is home to such an important species as this dance of aerial bioluminescence last for about one hour every night between the months of june and august as male fireflies desperately compete for the attention of a mate for visitors hoping to be completely surrounded by fireflies the really only 2 rules is quite as possible and turn off all the lights seeing that pulsing swarm of neon dots in the forest really is an experience like no other and mexico is one of only a handful of countries where you can see that spectacle for yourself. is visiting from a neighboring state he and his friends have set up camp for the night they're among an estimated $50000.00 tourists who visit the 80 square kilometer firefly sanctuary every year and what i mean they were i came here thinking i would see

a few fireflies 20 or 30 at a time maybe i didn't imagine i would see so many and i'm very impressed. that. it's hard to imagine this unique in pristine habitat was once threatened by excessive logging. while lumber is still big business in this community residents here have discovered they can generate more revenue from a single season of firefly tourism than an entire year of cutting down trees and that's good news for mexico's most in chanted forest monitor up a little. mexico it is time for sports now has peta. thank you very much lewis hamilton has extended his lead in the formula one world championship with a victory in the hungary and grand prix he started food with the red bulls max for stepping on pole for the 1st time in his career hamilton immediately moved up to 2nd making contact with his teammates all terry process on lap one stop and live for most of the race but his tires degraded too much and as much as he tried to

hold them off hamilton eventually passed him to take the lead with 3 laps remaining . across the line to win his 8th grand prix of the season extending his championship lead to $62.00 points it's the 7th time hamilton has won in hungary and we know also moves to within 10 of michael schumacher all time career record of 91 race wins. very grateful for the day in. and and really for the team for continuing to believe in me and continue to push and to be out there there were race to be had to push like that and turning in the rain all the way yeah we were just not fast but. yeah i tried everything i could on that hard try to just stay alive but a fortune was just not enough they were great scenes in the preceding formula to race make sure america son of the 7 time f one champion michael clinched his maiden victory on the f. 2 circuits the 20 year old had started from pole position at the hung goring make

one the formula 3 championship last year and is a ferrari academy driver and with mo performances like this it might not be too long before we see him following his father's footsteps to compete at the highest level. and world champ.