this communities left in shock at this rapid and brutal tragedy malcolm webb al-jazeera nairobi kenya so i have for you on this news hour from london demonstrators in hong kong continue their summer of protest as hundreds occupy the territories airports kashmiris fear escalating violence in india and pakistan struggle for control over that disputed region and then in sport news of a record breaking defeat for the new zealand all blacks. jeffrey epstein has been found dead in his new york prison cell he was being held awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges officials say his death was an apparent suicide yet b.-i is investigating. the latest now from washington. jeffrey epstein faced a maximum of 45 years in prison for the trafficking of girls as young as 14 to his

homes for sex he pleaded not guilty after being denied bail last month the 66 year old had been found unconscious in a cell with marks on his neck and reportedly placed on suicide watch however there are conflicting reports as to whether he was on suicide watch when he was found hanged in his new york jail cell early saturday morning epstein worked in finance reportedly managing other people's food chains he presented himself as a billionaire and he lived an extravagant lifestyle but the source and extent of his own money is obscure his social circle was extensive and influential documents show former president bill clinton britain's prince andrew and donald trump were all acquaintances and before he became president trump told epstein a quote terrific guy he likes beautiful women as much as i do trump said that added quote many of them are on the youngest side however since epstein's arrest the president has distanced himself i was not a fan of jeffrey yet and you watch people yesterday saying that i threw him out of a club i do want anything to do with it now is many many years ago it shows you one

thing that ad think that you have along with allegations that he supplied young girls to his circle of influential men all denied by the man in question just on friday thousands of documents were unsealed from a legal case against one of his associates that alleged a young girl was forced to have sex with quote many powerful men including numerous problems american politicians business executives foreign presidents and a well known prime minister and other world leaders and quite epstein was 1st indicted in 2007 on similar charges that could potentially have led to him spending life in prison if he served only 13 months in a private wing of a county jail in florida following a plea agreement under the terms of that deal investigations into his activities were ended and the extent of his crimes and who else was involved concealed the federal prosecutor who negotiated that deal with alexander acosta who subsequently became don't translate. the secretary he resigned following renewed scrutiny of the plea deal it would be selfish for me to stay in this day and then you talking about

a case that alters old rather than about basing it on me right now even after epstein is released as a registered sex offender he mixed in elite circles but in july federal prosecutors ordered his a rest again his house was searched troves of evidence seized it's expected that civil proceedings will continue against epstein's state and perhaps the truth of who epstein was will be settled. of the day as hofmeister is a professor of law at university of dayton school of law joins us now from cincinnati thank you for taking the time to speak to us on the news hour can i start by getting your reaction to the death of geoffrey epstein and your thoughts on how he was able to commit suicide whilst in custody. you know i was really surprised when i heard the news because it because he had a past experience and was attempted suicide and again where he was located he was

in federal custody yet probably in the top situation that we have elicited so the district of new york so i don't know why he wasn't on suicide watch because he had passed an episode and generally speaking a prisoner like that scene would be a segregated from the main population and he should not have been allowed to do you have the tools to take his own life generally speaking when you're on suicide watch they put you in sort of like a eyeglass sort of bar. going to get always see you and they do 24 hour monitory so it's really almost an impossible sort of speed to change your life so it's i really wonder why he was taken off suicide watch and why he was given the tools to take us all like that then really does come a surprise this much that it was a tuesday at all like the major problem so yeah they obviously this has raised questions which many people not least the families of the victims will want to see

on said do you have confidence that there will be a clear and transparent inquiry into the circumstances of his suicide oh yeah i have thought about it in the end the federal bureau of investigation there is not a thorough organization and i'm sure they will they will leave no stone unturned in this investigation to see what actually happened and i also think that see with this debt it sort of is the criminal case but i also believe that we further investigation and those who helped with this misconduct well tell us more about that where does the investigation go from here all the as you say the defendant is dead so that ends the criminal case but a way. whether that what is the civil case go from here. well i think you'll see of further investigation on the criminal side because if you read the report i don't think someone like jeffrey accepted could have done this type of misconduct on his own but i think anybody in the betty i don't think there will be investigators you can charge those people under civil side i think the victims are going to get more

victims are going to come forward and supersede the state in order to receive some type of compensation for the harm it. and how those claims likely to progress in light of epstein's death might it make it more straightforward or does that present significant obstacles well it would have been easier if for example if you was convicted of these charges it makes it a little easier rethinking that civil cypresses different standards of proof so when you have a criminal conviction out of you had one down in florida only not agreement it's another comic a big hit and makes a leisurely going to civil court to try to prove your are your point now does not necessarily going to stop folks and i would think maybe even more folks may come out of the woodwork and brew claims but it is a little easier if they would have had was going to look at dish or that as hoffmeister professor at laura at the university of dayton school of law thank you

for sharing your thoughts on the story appreciate it. swat team 5 take as a protest as early as today prompting demonstrators to flee after they started a fire outside a police station but has also stated a demonstration at the city's airport to greet arriving terrorists weeks of protests have plunged hong kong into its biggest political crisis for decades one out for more right. permission for this protest had been refused 7 but with thousands of demonstrators arriving in the town of typo's near the border with mainland china there was no way they were going to be stopped. it's part of the strategy to gain more support for the campaign against the government's now dead extradition back protest as a rang green but the bill has not been formally withdrawn they say china is trying to gradually erode hong kong speak to us learn

a number of stores in the town had closed fearing the same kind of violence that has mobs the ends of otherwise peaceful protests but some stayed open to offer free drinks and snacks to the protesters one of the few shops that supports the whole camp and it was this scene we ok and you're not afraid of that other party trying to crack and as the march ended several 1000 protesters advanced on the town's police station where they came out against a cordon of police thousands of protesters have made it this far and built this barricade the police line is just another 100 meters further on and there was a standoff everybody was expecting that there would be some sort of clash but then word went out amongst the protesters that they were pulling back and just as soon as they arrived here they have now fallen away. it's all part of this movement's hit and run tactics designed to have the biggest impact across hong kong. splitting

up into smaller groups some protesters went to shopping districts others blocked roads and intersections like this one in shot in another town that has seen violence with police. protestors hastily assembled barricades to block the traffic before police arrived to drive them off. i think the protest discounts to cause disruption elsewhere as this weekend of civil disobedience trying to. rob a bride al-jazeera. another story we're following closely and in our minister kashmir has been placed back on trace 24 hour security lockdown after protests earlier on friday tensions have been high since new delhi were vote minister kashmir's autonomy earlier this week people living in the area finding themselves now course in the crossfire as violence escalates along the line of control between

indian and pakistan at minister of kashmir reports. a serene and picturesque landscape just a few kilometers from the line of control between india and pakistan administered kashmir but for those living here. of their reality it's very different. home of the sock was hit in the back by a stray bullet 2 months ago it's a risk base by many people here who are caught in the crossfire between indian and pakistani forces but they say they can't leave. we would we go bullets hit here all the time when the situation gets even a little bad bullets start flying but there's no option to leave my elderly parents are here our positions whatever we have is here will live or die here. down the road there are more signs of conflict 2 years ago this village was evacuated for months after it was hit by shells but people have returned and built reinforced

concrete bunkers going to metres or more underground in case the firing escalates again and this time they say they will leave but you've got to. we'll move the elders and the children from here but we'll stay we have the bunkers we caught leave our lands and animals because we're dependent on them but many here are forced to choose between life and lie. the hood this village is only about 3 kilometers from the line of control separating indian and pakistani administered kashmir despite the recent tensions most people here are deciding to stay if cross border firing intensifies but others who left before are scared to risk coming back . about a dozen kilometers from the border this school has been home to some villages for more than 2 years after facing gunfire they're not afraid of a little rain but they are scared of going back to their homes i am going to go.

there was so much shooting our homes were destroyed all around here but there's no water no russians or firewood my kids travel far from school life is hard. distant gunfire breaks the serenity locals know the danger of living here but many say trying to decide whether to leave or stay is like choosing between a rock and a hard place as jimmy el al jazeera indeed administered kashmir. government has formally ended trade with off to downgrading diplomatic relations people living in the disputed region of kashmir say they are afraid of escalating tension. access to villages which divide the area. reports from the line of control in pakistan at minutes of kashmir. these explosions are what can we use fear the most. disastrous safety been mortars and artillery shells hit the area. both sides exchanged fire regularly across the line of control that divides india and pakistan . these images were filmed on the pakistani side just days before india revoked

partial autonomy in the part of me to do overseas civilians and both sides have suffered when tension increases between the 2 militaries one child was killed and others were injured in needham valley in the latest shelling from the indian side. pakistani soldiers to cluster munitions are used and hundreds of unexploded bombs are scattered over an area approximately 10 kilometers wide. but many homes were hit with traffic from artillery rounds. of was a year or 2 particular care it we didn't see anything we just heard the sound of our house was filled with smoke my grandmother called for a vehicle and then they took us to hospital the pakistani military did not allow us to film in the open because it says there is danger from posts like this one on the indian side behind me is a district of the shore of the proximity between pakistani and indian administered kashmir and how people are caught up in the violence in another village near to

korti crossing there is an uneasy. being close to the front line people here are under an ever present threat. they are trying to teach their children to forget the fear from the last time they were hit by mortar shells and. here we live in danger our children are always scared we don't have the shells to hide in the night we can't sleep every time there are shelling our children's education is affected because they can't get to school for weeks along the lines of like this one have begun to appear villagers here have been telling us that they have built these on this is in case shells begin to drop from the indian side for they want indian forces to stop targeting civilians and remind the pakistani government to live up to its promises to provide better security in the. because they're terribly wrong. they can begin shelling at any time as they have done before all these bunkers were built with our own money and the government gave us nothing despite promises for

compensation and funds to build shelters the disputed kashmir region is one of the world's most dangerous flashpoints between nuclear armed rivals the ridge on the right is in india and the one on the left is in pakistan it's on to around 2000000 people and multiple un resolutions already exist on the issue but the latest crisis has again highlighted 72 years of failure in finding a solution for kashmiris. down to 0 at the line of control pakistan administered kashmir. most allowed on the program $2000000.00 muslims gather present mount hour where the prophet is said to have given his final son and. the taxi business in tunisia is a phosphate plant destroys in a way since one designated a unesco world heritage site. for stuff i saw before much from manchester they begin the defense of their premier league title.

head though they were still stuck in this very unsettled weather pattern across much of europe and some pretty strong thunderstorms. as well still a lot of them across a lot of the als but also we've seen some very strong thunderstorms that have spawned tornadoes in both the netherlands in amsterdam and also across into luxembourg and luxembourg 14 people injured and over 150 buildings were actually damaged now things are calming down as we go through sunday but we have still got some rain in the forecast and we could still see. the out certainly through a sunday and you can see this a band of rain here just really sifting through much of france from the north to the south so very unsettled i got in paris 22 degrees same in london and what we have got further to the north is a very intense ever low pressure and some pretty strong winds are coming off so not only will be cloudy with rain but some strong gusty winds in the forecast as well meanwhile eastern europe again very unsettled at this crowd in this rain working

its way through much of scandinavia and still very much in the forecast on monday the system across the u.k. that's heading across to the navia and that's the cloud of the rain showers and again a line of rain shower. in poland right the way down the to the northern line of the alps me one and all that africa it is fine and dry a warm day sunday in tunisia 36 and we should see about the same on monday. all dizzy wright explores prominent figures of the 20th century and how why the recent influence the course of history beginning with the giants of the struggle for civil rights the mouth of nonviolent resistance they've lost over a variable of press. and continue to make roles to be different that's what i mean by that about malcolm x. and martin luther king face to face. in

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a saudi coalition fighting in yemen has called an immediate cease fire in the city of age and that will come into effect in about 30 minutes from now it has threatened to use military force against anyone that violates it and it follows the takeover of all government military camps in the port city by separatists who are backed by the united arab emirates at least 70 people have been killed and dozens injured after a fuel tanker exploded in tanzania just northwest of the capital to dima people were trying to recover fuel from the vehicle which had overturned when the blast took place and the f.b.i. is opening an investigation into the death of u.s. finance it jeffrey epstein he was found dead in the new york jail cell where he was being held on sex trafficking charges. now libyan war says his forces will observe the ceasefire during the 4 day holiday starting on saturday the internationally recognized government in tripoli had already accepted a u.n. request for a truce for the festive period after us forces launched an offensive to take the

capital tripoli in april unders of people have been killed in the fighting. well the u.n. secretary general and the terrorist has condemned a car bomb attack that killed 3 u.n. employees shortly before have to as an announcement of a cease fire the explosion in the eastern city of benghazi occurred just moments before u.n. convoy passed through the area the u.n. security council is meeting to discuss the convoy attack and the widest situation in libya. i join others in condemning in the strongest terms today's attack on the u.n. convoy in benghazi we send our deepest sympathy to the families of the victims the un exists to help and protect people and attack against its representatives is an attack on the international community at large and we salute the work the un's moon is doing in libya at the same time as the assistant secretary general said schools of libyans have also been injured safely the libyan representative coming convey my

country's condolences and sympathies to his country and to his people for palestinians have been killed by the israeli military and of the gaza israel boundary this video appears to show flares being fired into the air in the southern area east of there israeli soldiers shoot at the young men the israeli military allege that the men were armed and attempted to breach the fence and israel has kept the enclave under a blockade for a decade citing security reasons. over 50000 people took to the streets of moscow in the largest opposition rally the city has seen for years more than 200 people have been detained protesters are demanding their immediate release along with demonstrators detained at 3 previous rounds they were demonstrating against the exclusion of some opposition candidates from next month's local elections that wason reports now from the russian capital. this huge turnout

shows that the government's crackdown is not working despite massive arrests in the past weeks more people have gathered to demand an end to police violence and asked those detained to be released what started as a local election protest has turned now into a broader movement i'm here to show you the term kurd or for the 1st season or for moscow government against its own people alexander salafi of is the only opposition candidate to try to run in the moscow election news not in detention at least not at the moment before the rally we could only meet him at a public square because he's avoiding arrest by not going home he had been detained for 8 days after the previous protest or the authoritarian regimes so hours just because of their actions like this because they do everything vice versa they suppress speech crackdown and the try to stop the spread of information the stuff that they try to sub something inevitable something that you cannot stop

a big victory to stop time to trade so progress did attention of opposition leaders like ilyushin and alexina file me had not deter people from taking to the streets at the authorised rally protestors were urged to take part in a not or an authorized rally that's when police started to detain people and again part of the center of moscow is under lockdown people are being detained for briefly marching here through the city center it wasn't an authorized protest people are being. brought in one by one dragged over the floor sometimes with quite a lot of force screaming. while vladimir putin is celebrating his 20 years in power analysts say more russian when their point is to be heard. the citizens are demonstrating something brand new and you where interactive during the protests and importantly their persistency it's not valued enough but for

a political process like this it's the key factor so far the authorities have not backed down people were detained. but with tens of thousands on the streets and more protests expected pressure will grow. al-jazeera. will stay in russia there are fears of radiation poisoning in the north west of the country after at least 5 people were killed in a series of explosions at 2 military installations a state company says members of its staff were killed when a rocket engine exploded during a test on a sea platform radiation levels temporarily rose in nearby towns. and investigation tain meets near a military facility in russia's far north says they're investigating the explosion of a rocket engine at. the site is used for testing missiles for the russian navy russia's state nuclear company sued staff members died in the blast.

cruise missile president putin said russia was producing in march last year the united states withdrew from the. intermediate range nuclear forces treaty with russia last friday russia's defense ministry said no dangerous substances were released in the explosion although local authorities closed waters north of the site to shipping for a month greenpeace cited government data showing a radiation spike 20 times above normal in a city 30 kilometers from the. some of. the biggest threat is the release of radioactive substances on the inhabitants of a settlement located next to that military base never the less for the inhabitants of said road to being a city they could also be a danger depending on what kind of substances were released and whether they reached the town. residents took no chances they bought medical i had known to

block the absorption of radiation national. events have shaken up the whole town people started to panic within a matter of an hour although i had been and i had been continually drugs were sold out yes. 4000 kilometers away in eastern siberia another explosion at a military ammunition dump site the government blamed it on lightning. there was a big explosion i saw a colored mushroom cloud it was very bright i was slammed by a door that sent me flying. a fire triggered powerful explosions at the facility on monday it was home to more than $40000.00 tillery shells thousands of residents were evacuated. russians in both regions are now demanding transparency from authorities and the potential risks posed by the blasts shallop bellus al-jazeera a woman has been found dead at

a home and norway in connection with an earlier shooting at a mosque at least one person was injured in the incident or islamic center in oslo a suspected gunman is in custody has been described by police as a young white man illegibly and at the center wearing body armor the attack happened on saturday the day before the start of the holiday. multis government says the migrant rescue organization open arms has turned down its offer to take in 39 people who were rescued from the sea by the ngos ship on saturday well to said it would take in the 39 migrants rescued from the mediterranean but refused entry to 121 of those aboard the same vessel open arms said the decision it caused a serious security problem and high levels of anxiety on board the ship italian government warned it will not take in the latest migrants as the e.u. appeals from member states to work out a solution. more than 2000000 muslims climbed the sacred hill of mount arafat's in saudi arabia on the 2nd day of the hutch they prayed and recites of the

koran before performing the stoning of the devil ritual programs later sacrificed animals to mark the beginning of the eagle at the holiday across from george mason university says the pilgrimage is taking place at a troubling time for many muslims. make no mistake a large swath of the global muslim community is deeply deeply troubled with the role that saudi arabia is playing in yemen and in some parts of the region and is just and most muslims are deeply dismayed with with what's happening in places like kashmir and with the syrian refugee crisis and a lot of people do blame sorry saudi arabia for its role in causing these problems however there is a wrong tradition within muslim community globally to bracket political issues when it comes to the performance of the hodge one has to remember today's day the sacred day of your meal out of that is the day in which muslims return to their original

and final state in this world and in the hereafter you know seeking for forgiveness from god speaking directly to god from the mountain signals a kind of a recollection of adam's pristine moment and and a kind of practice for the day of resurrection so yes people are not heeding a boycott but make no mistake that the that there is a sort of displeasure and a somber mood around this around this pilgrimage because of what's happening in parts of the world. environmental groups have noted that pollution from chemical plants in tunisia is causing devastating damage to the land and sea the warning comes as the country plans to increase its exports of phosphates by 50 percent chemical is mainly used in fertilizes they've achieved reports now from the coastal city of gabby's which has seen some of the west of the pollution. this away says was once considered as a world heritage site by the united nations it borders

a bay that was a rich spawning ground the arena life in the mediterranean but ammonia now hangs in the air above the palm trees as this chemical complex vents the toxic gases produced by using soft fury acid to process phosphates. nasy her head see association formed to defend the u.s. says he describes what's happening here as an act of industrial terrorism from up by over we're getting diseases of all kinds like lung cancer cancer of the nose and sort briskets are we being people every day because of these diseases. 13000 tons of chemicals and waste our channelled into the bay to this drain every day it's making a desert out of the sea floor the residents here say before the chemical plants began operating the sea was so close the fish used to jump into the fields and

their children used to swim amongst its problems i've been standing by this river of toxic sludge for just over half an hour now already my eyes are stinging in my throat feels wrong or it's been flowing into the sea behind me for more than 40 years it's killing everything it touches the locals have a name for it it's called the fatal shore you don't see any crabs here nor any bird life above its hauntingly empty only occasional pool with an algal bloom a line of black slime shows the high water mark the tunisian chemical group which runs the complex claim they are taking measures to tackle the pollution abdel heloc has seen his living as a fisherman destroyed by the chemicals washing into the bay and his own health ruined by their city gas plumes he's now suffering from cancer of the colon is boats is rotting in the harbor which is becoming

a graveyard for the trawlers any hope of the future has gone. the neighboring port transporting phosphate to the world though has never been busier. the sport has ruined everything it's polluted the ear and the agriculture and is lead to a deserted vacation of the marine life in one of the main parks in the city of god as graffiti warns of dangers of pollution the device which actually monitors the gases has been broken for years now. it's hanging in a road called environment of a new hard way down it a large rubbish dump an old rusting cars. many here say the whole city seems to have lost hope david chase al-jazeera gulbis. at least 18 people have been killed by a landslide after super typhoon lekima hit china's east coast over a 1000000 people have been forced from their homes after it made landfall in the

province of early on saturday have been widespread power outages flights along with ferry and rail services have been cancelled aquino has been downgraded from a super typhoon to a typhoon as it moves north towards shanghai or heavy rain was forecast with warnings of more possible flash floods and mudslides and landslides. south korea has opened the last of 3 hiking trails along the demilitarized zone on its side of the border the government hopes enosh have will promote cooperation with north korea catching up as her diane has more money for. the 3rd and last hiking trail along the demilitarized zone that separates north and south korea is now open to the public. once more my phone says in landmines along this highly militarize the border public access was restricted for decades until now it's assumed that the old rule a site that has been forbidden to the public is now open for the 1st time.