from donald trump in which he said that israel would show great weakness if it decided to allow them in and he said that they hate israel and all jewish people so it does seem to be in a lot of the criticism of this decision is along the lines that it does seem to be catering to the domestic political agenda of donald trump in targeting these congresswomen it does also potentially accord with benjamin netanyahu own electioneering ahead of the september elections here it plays to his right wing voter base but there is criticism coming from israeli voices as well on the basis that it could affect the long term bipartisan nature of the relationship between the united states and israel prison to from the veteran p.l.o. figure out on our show it who is behind part of the planning of this visit saying that it was an outrageous act of hostility against the american people and their representatives saying it is or was trying to obscure its human rights record live now still had been in washington d.c. until what has been the reaction across the u.s.

to this decision by israel. there's been pretty widespread condemnation across the political spectrum here in the u.s. and that's because this is such an extraordinary action in which you've got an american politician enlisting allies in asking them to bar american representatives from entering their countries of course you've got condemnation by democrats in congress the congressional black caucus called it short sided nancy pelosi the democratic speaker of the u.s. house of representatives called it a sign of weakness and beneath the dignity of the state of israel but republicans have been critical as well a republican marco rubio a congress senator rather from florida said that this plays right into the hands of the anti israeli boycott movement he sponsored. boycott bill in congress he says it's a mistake being blocked is what they really hope for all along to bolster their attacks and even

a pro israel lobbying organization the american israeli political action committee also condemned the banning of these 2 members of congress from entering israel saying we disagree with rep's omar and 2 leaves support for the anti israel and anti peace b.d.s. movement we also believe every member of congress should be able to visit and experience our democratic ally israel 1st hand and of course omar one of those 2 female members of congress who have been banned from entering israel says that it trumps muslim ban is what israel is implementing this time against 2 duly elected members of congress so the condemnation here in the united states is widespread for this unprecedented action so i mean what's the long term implications what's the likely fall out from this. well nobody really knows and that's because nothing like this has ever happened before this is extraordinary president trump is not bound by

conventional politics but there's a long tradition in u.s. politics the american politicians don't enlist allies in other countries to settle domestic political disputes but donald trump has shown here that he really is not bound by conventional politics at all he seems very much concerned with the 2020 alexion but this does create a situation in which in the future it is unclear that u.s. members of congress are going to be able to go to other countries without it becoming a domestic political issue so what exactly is going to happen here we don't know hopefully they will resolve this in a way that satisfactory to all parties but that's not going to happen anytime soon john in washington thank you. 2 people have died after knife attack all police that's a lot so mosque in occupied east jerusalem police were deployed to the area after the attack by 2 young palestinians both suspects were shot and killed by police it comes off that dozens of protesters were injured at the al aqsa mosque compound by as were the police this week. and so has all the news our prime minister says

6 european countries will take in my current stranded at sea despite its interior minister trying to block the boat from talking. demonstrations as well as celebrations on south korea's independence day as tensions continue with japan. and the bad boy of tennis is fined for his latest out. we'll have the details in sport. several people have been killed in an exchange of fire across the line of control between indian and pakistani security forces says 3 of its soldiers died alongside 5 indian soldiers india to nice that any of its soldiers were killed. there is a solid binge of aid has more now from this offer abbas in pakistan administered kashmir. pakistan's military has confirmed that 3 of its soldiers died in what it

calls unprovoked shelling from the indian side on the line of control the dividing line which separates pakistan and india pakistan and india have been ratcheting up tensions in the war of words since there are more these government decided to revoke the special status of the region of kashmir military saying that not just a soldiers but civilians have also been caught up in the crossfire a number of them have been killed houses have been damaged as well as vehicles and this is happening as pakistan's prime minister visited by the sun administered kashmir just 24 hours ago saying that pakistan has intelligence that india is planning something he did not elaborate what it was but he referred to what happened in february where there was an attack an indian side and india blamed that on pakistan this is happening obviously the backdrop of india's independence day on the 15th of august pakistanis are marking it as

a black the across the country there have been protests inside pakistan and outside of pakistan as well where pakistani leaders have gone to high commissions and embassies of india one of one such large protest happened in london where the advisor to the prime minister also went the reason was that he told media that he wants to highlight the human rights violations that are being committed on the indian side of the border because it has been 12 days that india has not lifted its blockade on the kashmiri people pakistan insisting that 12000000 kashmiris are being held hostage by indian forces where they're not allowing any movement any congregation or basic telephone and internet services and i'm child for us this update from new delhi. the indian government is not here to fishing you responded to the news of ceasefire violations however one indian news agency has courted an unnamed indian official and said that a cease fire violation occurred on my limited the ceasefire across the line of

control in. the agency as the official has told the agency that 3 sources were killed as the indian army retaliated but denied the killing of 5 indian soldiers if 5 indian soldiers have been killed there are some states the indian officials would have to respond and this could possibly be an escalation to what we are witnessing in the region right now and that is tensions between india and pakistan to quite high level countries have been high alert since the indian government decided to abrogate section $370.00 which is a special status that the state of jammu and kashmir had and gave it a certain autonomy well india's prime minister has used his country's independence day celebrations to argue that the revoking of kashmir's autonomy will benefit everyone including kashmir it's indian administered kashmir has now been under strict security lockdown a total communications blackout for nearly 2 weeks 1st tamil has more from new

delhi in front of the historic red for india's prime minister made his annual independence day speech the 1st since his landslide reelection win and since his government revoked autonomy for indian administered kashmir something he says was long. in the past 70 years these arrangements have given strength to separatism birth to terrorism. and in a way is work to give strength to the foundation of corruption and discrimination i can say proudly that every indian can say one nation one constitution. on the streets of the capital new delhi people celebrated the 72nd anniversary of independence from british colonial rule. they also were jubilant about changes which mere. is the meaning of.

property then. it's. a very good decision kushner people will see this message and feel to have independence it's into been does years ago. but people in the kashmir valley say they have nothing to celebrate the mood in srinagar the largest city in india in mr kashmir is somber as restrictions remain in force by security personnel and phone lines and the internet are blocked in india. it's india's independence day but it's our black day because we've been occupied for 70 years under india for the past 11 days we've been shot. living under the shadow of guns how do the north in independence day they only know that if they get out they will be shot at this constitution this policy analyst says although integrating kashmir into india has been the goal the previous governments the method being used now has destroyed

kashmiri space in india's government. because himself said at the same independence day you just. don't push movies with words and not with guns same. location. that is. a legal challenge being heard by india's supreme court could hinder the government's plans as with challenges from abroad. china is back in progress on the request of the un security council to discuss the situation in question here but prime minister narendra modi basking in the adulation of most indians government leaders may soon have to take their justifications to the international stage. al-jazeera new delhi. singh is a specialist in south asian politics and a professor of sikh punjab studies at so i say university of london and he joins us live from leicester via skype thank you for being with us on the program how well

do you think the random o.t. had been planning to a vote question is special status and why did he do it at this point in time. well i mean there's some speculation that it's been in the offing for a while certainly before the results of the current election were busy announced. regardless of the election results it's been a. an agenda a program of the b j p and the hindu right for some time why now well the reason for why now is that some are domestic and some are external there's been some speculation in the indian press. imran khan's visit to washington and the president trumps offer to mediate between india and pakistan over kashmir prompted a prime minister modi to take this action but more critical observers in india. seem to say that it was the disarray among the opposition and the fact that the b j

p has been able to secure a majority in the upper house to push through one of its critical money festo commitments imus's national says this complete clampdown on civil liberties in kind of question is only going to increase tensions are going to alienate people it's going to increase the risk of further human rights violations how much of the world actually believes what amnesty says about that the best of the tensions in kashmir is all going to increase and we're going to have huge problems when the pakistani prime minister had alluded to it the other day saying this is going to cause huge problems not just in kashmir but across the region. well in the past amnesty international and human rights watch have produced very critical reports of the situation in kashmir in the ninety's and the 2 thousands which were listened to by the fora. in internationally and taken up

well to what extent the same response will be. forthcoming in the future remains to be seen because india seems to have prepared at least in some parts the international ground very well busy for the actions that is taken there was an exchange of fire across the line of control and say not unusual of course but how do you think things might escalate from here i think that that is a very ominous sign if we have much more of a exchange of fire which you know we must not forget that a proxy war is being 14 kashmir one way or another by the 2 states and it could easily in the current situation escalate to a slightly higher level situation is very tense. it's equally on the parkas danis side the rhetoric and the fear and given the context of the lockdown it could

easily spiraled out of control couple saying appreciate your expertise and analysis up. and pure. migrants and refugees from ethiopia are being exploited and tortured by a network of trafficking groups in yemen as they try to cross into saudi arabia that's according to human rights watch it says many also encounter abusive prison conventions once they arrive in saudi arabia before being forcibly deported back to ethiopia the right script accuses officials in ethiopia yemen and saudi arabia of doing little to protect my quince from the traffic has and security forces felix full name as an ethiopian eritrea or such as human rights watch and he joins us on skype from us where in canada felix why do so many ethiopians actually want to go to saudi arabia given how dangerous it is actually just to make the journey yeah i mean it's a variety of reasons for many it's just you know the economic opportunities for

sorts of jobs in saudi arabia at least as the perception for others is fleeing repression creasing that we hear about you increase drought conditions decreased productivity of land so it varies quite a lot the reasons and the fact that there's a war in yemen that there's lots of conflict really doesn't deter migrants you know the numbers have been pretty consistent over time one of the stories that people have been telling you about what happens when they 1st will try to get there and also when they're deported. yeah i mean just a litany of horrors you know crossing from djibouti or from from the sauce so to yemen and you know is very dangerous lots of people describe overcrowded boats people being pushed into the water once they get to yemen you know there's this many cases of people being detained in these sort of torture camps being tortured on their relatives being required to pay money in order to get them released their relatives back to the o.p.'s and then once they're released from that then they have to get across the border in saudi where they described saudi border guards

shooting at them you know many described that border area as basically a graveyard rotting decomposing bodies everywhere and then once they get to saudi and some find work some don't but many have described being detained horrible detention conditions and in saudi overcrowding lack of food beatings from prison guards before being deported back to ethiopia often with no belongings sometimes with no shoes no services available back in adice to help them reintegrate into their home communities it's a real tragic case and many of them of course are children as well which you know the people that are the least capable of managing the situation from what i've seen in the reports i think you expect see 12 ethiopians themselves who being deported i don't think huge number how difficult is it to get an accurate picture of what is going on. i mean not that is not a difficult you know there are a variety of humanitarian actors that even if they're not providing services in ethiopia or the area where what is happening there's a lot of eternal documents floating around was published lots on this you know over

many years we've been following the saudi migrations the patterns are the same you know that the tension in yemen the torture camps the the extortion we hear from many family members of the migrants back in ethiopia about the pressure they're being put under to pay so though the number of interviews we did is small there's no shortage of information out there on this and it's not difficult to get further information these migrants are being returned to the cargo area at the airport and at this and the domestic terminal anyone who's flying domestic flight needs the opiah will see these migrants so it's quite visible but there's very little that's being done about it or i could speak to fix home joining us there from his watch watch humans right watch and also thank you it was welcome and this man will still come on this news including no foreign country should interfere in hong kong's internal affairs china's ambassador to the u.k. she's a warning of the hong kong processes video emerges of chinese security forces place

to the border. u.s. president on trump heads back on the campaign trial of the life of new hampshire i suppose it's a gathering. i will hear from the super bowl champions on how they're adjusting ahead of the new and it helps ease. so a very unsettled weather pattern across much of central and northern europe can see in the satellite also yet again these areas of chad just streaming in from the north and the west box walls that is happening across much of the south we have of course got these dry and hot conditions but also some windy conditions on the and these fronts now this is on the sides he'd never like to say this is the island just not far away really from athens on the 2nd largest island in greece hundreds

of villages of had to be evacuated because of those fires hundreds of firefighters are also fighting there was of course it is a say because these hot and dry conditions on the winds have been pretty strong too so staying pretty much thought that through friday meanwhile across more central and northern areas there's another system heading in from the northwest some very strong winds again pushing through much of the u.k. just about missing from certainly on friday 900 cells is the best in london rain though is on its way across into northern france but in south at a time which is pretty much on the average for this time of year but it's very cool across into areas of ukraine and also into russia 16 there in moscow $900.00 cells isn't cave in both cases those temperatures are about 7 degrees below the average still it is hot and dry across much of the sile so that is where you find the best the sunshine. billions of work is a big inside lived in the british you india why when east explores how satellite

technology is now helping to set the brain on al-jazeera. this was al-jazeera where every you. see right explores prominent figures of the 20th century and why bill reese influence the course of history the salt that he did not get enough credit for it in the book you want to be the biggest articles ago but he was mandela the biggest god called in the world the prisoner and the president who came together to end up apartheid in south africa nelson mandela and f.w. de klerk face to face on all just the.

welcome back out of her mind to the top stories sought out as they are on iranian oil seized off the coast of japan also 6 weeks ago has been given the all clear to set sail despite the u.s. state department all scheme for its detention to be extended israel has banned u.s. congresswoman ileana omar and rashida today from entering the country and we called . on several people have been killed in an exchange of fire across the line of control between indian and pakistani security forces august and says 3 of its soldiers died alongside 5 indian soldiers india's nice that any of its soldiers were killed. now u.s. president all trump is hosting his 9th make america great again campaign rally this

year this time it's in manchester new hampshire a white house correspondent joins us live for can begin to talk about the. campaign in a moment but in the past few minutes donald trump's been talking about the issue of gun control what's keeping sighing. yes and it's notable that the president is headed here for his rally it's the 1st rally since those horrific shootings that took place in the united states not just in el paso texas but also in dayton ohio those mass shootings occurring on the very same weekend so this is the 1st time the president be holding a rally since that event and so reporters have been asking the president as he departed the white house to head here to new hampshire about some of his views with regard to gun control given the fact that there have been discussions at the white house in recent days the president continuing to make the point in his words that the gun doesn't pull the trigger they pull the trigger they being mentally ill

people this is something that the president has been pointing to repeatedly trying to point out that it is often a disturbed person he believes that is the reason for these mass shootings going on to say that the united states house to stop building more institutions. that would essentially help those who are mentally ill these are going to be controversial comments because misha lee when the president spoke after those mass shootings he suggested intimated he was willing to try and bring about a push for legislation on capitol hill that would allow potentially for some sort of red flag law that would take guns out of the hands of a person who is mentally ill and also suggesting perhaps there was even room for something like universal background checks but it appears from these statements from the president just the last few moments that he may be backtracking on that position. because see the crowds gathering where you are right now what is the significance soul of new hampshire in the presidential campaign.

yet the new hampshire's always been significant in u.s. politics because it is a particular way comes to. democratic presidential hopefuls in their nominating contest this will be the 2nd state to hold and nominating contest as we get closer to finding out who the democratic presidential nominee will be right after the iowa caucuses that really get the most spotlight attention so the media will be descending on the state a lot in the coming year as we move closer to the u.s. election the reason donald trump is here is because he narrowly lost the state to hillary clinton back in 2016 when i say narrowly we're talking less than 3000 votes so part of his reelection strategy according to his campaign is to invest in states like these believing that his record on the economy the creation of 20000 jobs in the states a lowest economic or rather unemployment rate it's had in some very long time just 2.5 percent is something that will help him win the state over but it's going to be

a challenge not just because there are a looming fears of a recession but also the state's been hit hard by opiate addictions overdose deaths and president trump when he campaigned here in 2016 promised to help change that but so far there's been only a modest reversal in the number of deaths that have occurred in the state so deeply divided fears of a looming recession the president has us challenges he'll be here a lot in the coming year or it's coming out in new hampshire back to you in the coming hours no doubt when president arrives thank you. a small number of migrants have been allowed to disembark on the italian island of lampedusa it was a court ruling which said emergency support must be provided to migrants aboard a spanish rescue vessel which has been stranded in the mediterranean but itself has been barred from docking in lampedusa but several people were brought to shore by the italian coast called sagna reports. for the last 2 weeks more than 140 migrants have been aboard the proactiv are open arms looking for

a place to dock safely they were rescued by the spanish n.g.o.s vessel off the libyan coast. was as weather conditions worsen that sea full on board including 2 infants were allowed off the vessel taken by the italian coast guard for medical attention. to conditions for example. lot of people were already on suffering. and their friends the boat and also on. the problem they heard coming from where they faced arbitrary detention they face which are rape and murder of a common friend in the middle of this a political storm swirling around the interior minister. a leader of the far right league party and one of its least 2 deputy prime ministers he is also the face of

italy's anti immigration policies but as well as supporters for his anti my current stance. he also has his detractors. salvini had issued a decree keeping the vessel out of italian waters but was overruled by an italian judge as well as the country's defense minister who is a member of the populist 5 star movement for the coalition partners with a league that fast 5 star tempered its criticism towards the league's policies but that has changed and it is. open warfare between the 2 parties there was always an uncomfortable pairing of the many issues including immigration not that it matters in public to solve the need to double down on his decision to issue the decree. 60000000 italians pay me a salary for this obsession not to be a tender soul but to protect our borders for security the dignity and for the honor of my country if i am being

a good minister of the interior then so be it if i am not good and some are prefers to go back to the past by choosing someone from the democratic party just say it. and caught up in the middle those still aboard the rescue vessel at sea waiting to head to a new life in europe sunny al-jazeera in maine marley's 15 people have been killed in an attack on only an elite military college and other government targets in the country's north a collection of armed groups called the northern alliance has claimed responsibility for the violence in western shan states gunman targeted an academy where army engineers are trained and for other locations these hacks mark a major escalation in a decades old we conflicts over ethnic violence. u.s. president told trump is urging china's president xi jinping to meet protesters in hong kong to diffuse the crisis that he video shows chinese security forces

assembling near the border with hong kong aging insists that there from routine exercises. i am concerned i would want to see a violent crackdown i put a little bit of a memo out last night the sick man i like a lot i get along with him very well president xi and i said that i would be willing to bet that if he sat down with the protesters a group of representative protestors up but it worked out in 15 minutes i bet it worked out very quickly i know it's not the kind of thing it does but i think it wouldn't be a bad idea i really believe if he set down they have a certain little leadership pool if he sat down with that leadership pull out that it works up to god very quickly well meanwhile china's ambassador to the u.k. is accused foreign forces of being behind the process in the semi autonomous region no foreign country should interfere in hong kong's internal affairs with urge those foreign forces to respect china's sovereignty and security immediately stop

interfering in hong kong's affairs stop interfering in china's internal affairs so conniving in violent offenses this should not misjudge the situation on goal down the wrong path otherwise they will lift the storm only to drop it on their own feet. and has more now from hong kong. people in hong kong are aware of the troop movements across the border ancients but you don't get an impression that anyone is in a state of panic is a certain a general sense of anxiety because of a certainty facing this place but that said china is sending out of message that message being we are here and we're actually very close add those pictures to the words of the chinese ambassador in the u.k.

he said that this was the grievous crisis facing hong kong since the british handover in 1907 he also said that he won't china won't allow protesters to bring home going down into the abacus and he also said that china is monitoring moves among certain protesters that he equated to terrorism. thousands of south koreans have held an anti japan rally in the capital seoul it took place on the 74th anniversary of the end of japanese colonial rule japan process of included renewed calls for an apology and compensation for sex workers during the 2nd world war relations between seoul and tokyo are at their lowest in decades of the 2 lumps in a bitter trade route south korean president lee jane has called on japan to end the dispute through dialogue and cooperation and a sort of hierarchy reports the feud has as much to do with trade as it does with

the past. their songs about the brutality inflicted on what they called conflict women. see watches on as she listens to her own story and that's of the 10s of thousands of women forced to work in japanese military brothels during the 2nd world war this latest bronze statue has arrived from the u.s. and iraq presents comfort women from korea china and the philippines the circle here is completed when the gap is filled despite the artistic displays the comfort women say they have yet to receive closure to their ordeal still waiting for an official apology from japan's prime minister. comfort women is a creation of the japanese they claim to want on their own voluntarily to make money servicing the japanese soldiers what an incredible life i'm $92.00 it's a perfect age to fight or receive an apology from the prime minister. a sentiment felt by 88 year old kim jong un 13 years of age she was forced into labor by the

japanese. krugel question my new look at the fact they give us half a piece of bread to eat we were so hungry we ate all the grass and not all metry we lost our head we slept with our shoes on for fear of error rates above our heads we were slaves denies it i'm furious are they must give us the truth and the parade. japan says it settled the dispute under a 1965 treaty by offering south korea $500000000.00 but south korea just banned it the fun last year saying it was floored. by. decades of distrust between the neighbors has spilled on to the streets these protesters want japan to apologize to comfort women they're also demanding japan lifts its restrictions on exports of high tech materials vital for the south korean industry japan site security

concerns south koreans think it's retaliation for the wartime labor dispute but it's another it's not japan good against but the government hasn't apologized to the forced.