which polls show that many voters in fact a majority of democrats and some republican support for the update thanks very much can be held at bay in manchester new hampshire. on to other news now an iranian supertanker could set sail at any time after gibraltar supreme court ruled that no longer has to be detained the grace one was seized off the british territory last month its crew suspect suspected of breaking e.u. sanctions by taking oil to syria and iran has denied those allegations calling the detention an act of piracy and to simmons has. the grace warner and co of gibraltar its panamanian registration changed yet the iranian flag still not in place it's thursday the start of the 43rd and final day of his detention but a major legal twist on shore in the gibraltar supreme court had a judge seeming somewhat baffled and the crew on board wondering if they'd ever get away the attorney general's legal team had a plan to release the supertanker but only hours before that was supposed to happen

the u.s. department of justice asked for the detention to be extended it instead. the case was adjourned for 5 hours a lawyer for 3 of the crew including the captain couldn't see any reason for the detention to continue we've taken advice from 2 q. sees in london specialists on sanctions and a criminal specialist for what we could tell them their advice was that was no breach of sanction. as confusion spread from the courtroom grace was reminded on cut just as she has been since july the 4th 28 crewmembers on board 4 of them the captain and 3 offices were released on bail that passports were handed back ahead of the u.s. approach to the calls. made to the court was in session again this time the judge threw out the approach from the u.s. department of justice and granted the attorney general's request for grace one to

leave gibraltar's waters the government's chief minister says iran had given a cost on guarantee the grace one would not deliver its 2100000 barrels of like crude oil to syria he hails the actions of gibraltar as a triumph maybe one of the missing sessile sanctions busts in history not just in the context of the serious sanctions set by the european union because we've deprive the assad regime of $140000000.00 at today's value of crude oil and what would you say if all of that oil did end up in syria after all well there's a commitment in writing to say that it won't and it won't look good on these i'm a republic of iran that said something in writing and then does the opposite. and so what iran had described as piracy and gibraltar along with the u.k. calls a major breach of e.u. sanctions on syria appears to be ending now as grace one prepares to leave gibraltar is waters or eyes are on the u.s.

now to see what if anything can do to stop this iranian voyage hundreds simmons' al-jazeera gibraltar. those are the us a bag we'll have reaction from tyrone shortly rights activist in jordan explains how the news has been received in washington the trumpet ministration has alleged for more than a year now that iran is not acting in good faith that it is not a good member of the international community that it is intent upon spreading what the trumpet ministration calls its malign influence around the world primarily because of its efforts to develop a nuclear weapons program but also because of its past interference in other countries internal affairs whether it's in lebanon whether it's in yemen whether it's in gaza the u.s. is very disturbed by what it considers iran's behavior certainly in the case of the grace one the u.s.

in this matter apparently was very concerned as were members of the e.u. that iran was trying to break the oil embargo imposed by the e.u. on syria because of that country's behavior in its own civil war however we don't yet have a copy of the application whether it was a verbal or written from the u.s. to the court in her and so all of this can just basically be seen as not surprising but absent confirmation from the u.s. government we now have to question whether this was in fact a legitimate request coming from the justice department. well the foreign minister zarif has been remember the united states sanctions imposed sanctions against him just over a week ago and you've also read said having failed to accomplish its objectives through economic terrorism including depriving cancer patients of medicine the us attempted to abuse the legal system to steal our property on the high seas he went

on to say the piracy attempt is indicative of the trumpet demonstrations contempt of the law now also the iranian ambassador to the united kingdom has been talking and what he said was that iran had over the last 40 days had a series of dialogues political legal and technical level with the british to resolve this so yes they are pleased but this still sticking to their guns saying that this seizure of grace one was illegal so they are pleased and expressions since that last minute u.s. intervention to try and seize that vessel iran will see that as a victory for them and a defeat for the united states also this goes some way in easing some of the tensions between iran and the united kingdom it does leave the issue of the british flagged vessel that's been held by iran but this is a way for both countries to save face because because the united kingdom will say iran went through the legal process is in gibraltar and i suspect the issue of the

pair will be brought in front of the iranian judiciary here so that iranian authorities can say that their legal processes have been fulfilled and we could very well see that british flagged vessel released in the coming days or a week or so all eyes are now on the port city of bun the road where that british flagged vessel is being held. well plenty more ahead here on the al-jazeera news hour including just a handful of the hundreds of refugees and migrants stranded at sea well out on to dry land plus. i'm wayne hay in shanghai where we'll tell you about the latest in the chinese government war on pollution also equal play equal pay the u.s. women's football team say they've had enough of wage discrimination but have a story in sport. to sudan where its main opposition alliance has nominated. to be the interim prime

minister the nomination is the 1st step towards the creation of a transitional government after long time president omar bashir was overthrown in a military coup in april they have been months of protests and political turmoil as negotiations between the military joined and the opposition alliance dragged on. the modest mian we want to officially announced our forces of freedom and change alliances prime minister real candidate dr abdullah look he will have to consult with the 50 to truth as cabinet william lawrence is a professor of political science at george washington university's elliott school of international affairs joins me now from burlington vermont good to have you with us on the program is abdullah hamdan the right man i'm doc pardon me the right man for the job. i think so he's got impeccable international credit entrails he says he's well connected at the african union at

the at the world bank and i.m.f. and that the u.n. and so to get sudan back integrated into the international financial institutions in you know international economy he is good he also has the revolutionary democratic credentials he was forced out of the ministry of finance in 1909 when bashir came to power he famously turned down an offer to be minister of finance in 2017 and is appreciated by the pro-democracy activists so it seems that he has a lot of pieces of the puzzle that will come together you know in the right skills at the right time and indeed part of those skills as you mentioned will be that fine balancing act of trying to placate the needs of both sides one wants more transparency the other ones are trying to cling on to power. absolutely and economically one of the big problems for him will be the level of corruption in the country and the way in which the economy is built around the

former cronies of the former president and all of that still in place in addition the traditional military council set things up in a way that it seems there's a certain degree of immunity going forward at least for those who participated in the t.m.c. and her name to those ministries in position to position of power so even though we are supposed to have investigations going forward it's unclear how much power the prime minister will have in order to reign in the you know the excesses of the former regime indeed what do you think he has to consider when appointing a cabinet because that too will be fraught with difficulty. i think unfortunately in these transitional situations. ability or meritocracy isn't really the per the premier consideration it's mostly about representative 80 they're going to want to have different reasons of sudan

represented different ethnic groups rural and urban split those who represent different institutions in sudan and have credit credibility that way and this will definitely be the major consideration because right now don't forget we're not going to have elections for 3 and a half years and none of this is really a democratic process it grows out of a protest movement and so you're going to have to sort of have a superficial real representative easy in the naming to make sure that everyone feels their equities are somewhat represented in the new government william lawrence as always good to have your insight into what is a very complicated situation made very easy for our international viewers thanks very much. well police in zimbabwe a planned protest on friday against rising prices and poverty levels will turn violent the main opposition party says it's had enough of the government's economic failures leaders of the ruling party are asking for more time to fix the problems or would toss the house more from the capital harare. the 3rd rising fuel prices

within 2 weeks is making it even more difficult for many zimbabweans to survive soaring inflation higher food prices and rising unemployment is making things even worse which is why the opposition movement for democratic change is planning to protest on friday in the capital harare. if only to be aware of. that enough is enough we cannot hold you before hand with no matter that we cannot fulfill even for the ideal we're doing here. we cannot continue we need only a few of you now at least mentioning you not for here we're not talking about. the protest organizers say the demonstration will be peaceful but the police are expecting violence a year ago soldiers shot and killed protesters disputed election results. were killed in january for demonstrating against rising fuel prices government cause of

all progressive zimbabweans to desist from being used by negative forces to disturb their own country is this will only prolong the head cheese which government is tirelessly wicking to. all sustainable. civil society organizations say they are concerned about increasing human rights abuses before friday's protest we note with regret that 6 people so far abducted by suspected state agents in the evening of 13 and 14 august 2019 and they've been severely tortured and left for dead one of the victims at their home full course to get paid poured on his board during the torture the men accuse the victims of being involved in organizing the august 16th demonstrations officials in the rulings on the p.f. deny the allegations opposition parties blame president amos managua and the zanu

p.f. government for what they say is the worst economic crisis in a decade president emerson and douglas is fixing the economy will take time and that means the need to be patient but that's something many have little of these days opposition leaders say friday's protest with the 1st of many they are planning more demonstrations in several cities and towns across the country next week the success of those planned protest would largely depend on what happens on friday in the capital. al-jazeera. well still to come on the news are russian policy holders heroes after birds forced them to make an emergency landing. turner says fine for his latest outburst and here we have a story. i

know this in clear skies across central and eastern sections of china but no also along the south coast you can see some found here the last few as so going dong still some showers in your 4 calls thunderstorms as well you can see hong kong is likely to be a wet couple of days but not only that we've got more rain across into much of taiwan it is a steadily improving picture into the northern philippines there manila it should be a dry day few there on saturday but as i say no letup in those rains across into hong kong further to the south you have some cloud again to the northern sections of borneo in the last few hours and again we could just see one or 2 showers and thunderstorms last week dry there was much of an uneasy but maybe across the malaysian peninsula and northern sections of sumatra some rain certainly by south it tends to push back up towards the north so $32.00 in singapore with those scattered thunderstorms and rain again across much of india but this time it is going to be further to the north and the west roger stone northern that is where

the warnings are in place as we go through friday and still those rains very much in evidence along the western ghats as well pushing down still into carol a bit of a break those you can see on saturday of course anyway nice coming down in such a way to ground in such a very wet day saturday in new delhi the high that 32 celsius. whether sponsored by cattle or. rewind returns with a new scenery. and plain updates on the vast amount dizziness documentaries one body language. rewind continues with holy land grab by with a compelling onion you haven't done in the sweetest part of the heart. of the city we are holding on by our fingernails to the 2 state solution today it is still barely possible on al-jazeera well if we cannot have palestinian my government was suddenly not allowed britain to control french palestine would be an outrage but

then we need to find another solution before we come to blows over a century ago britain and france made the secret deal the change the shape of the middle east and so. now we can draw a much. sikes pekoe lines in the sand on all just. both like to the arabs their needs are means the whole robin remind of our top news stories israel has been too prominent in us democratic congresswoman for entering the country because of what it describes that boycott activities against israel

a lot of them on the sheet of the labor plan to visit israel and the occupied palestinian territories this weekend. present donald trump as blame mental illness for gun violence in the us as he addressed a rally in the state of new hampshire recent much shootings in the cities of el paso and dayton killed more than 30 people. and the raid in the oil tanker seems off the coast of to brought up by british marines has been cleared to sail again it was captured last month and to being accused of violating e.u. sanctions by shipping oil to syria let's carry on with the subject trita parsi is the executive vice president of the quincy institute joins me now via skype from reston in virginia good to have you with assert on the program i mean the rule of law as far as gibraltar has apply and they see no reason why the grace one can't leave a victory perhaps for iran but what does this say about the last ditch attempt by the u.s. to hang on to the ship well i mean the whole thing this entire episode as well as

the reaction by the iranians by taking the british ship would not happen and of if the law was the guiding principle here because the british seizure of the iranian tack was an extremely shaky legal ground in the iranian response and equally on shaky ground now what do you think it does show is that the united states and the interim administration in particular with mr bolton is constantly looking for ways to escalate tensions with iran and the real question is why did the brits go along with there's no one very well that this would lead to a very very negative scenario including for the indeed i mean how does this affect now the u.s. u.k. relationship because it was on u.s. intelligence that the ship was impounded by the british. it's probably not going to be particularly helpful but i think also that brits realize that after they have done this and then the iranians respond by taking a british ship the united states was not particularly supported we're backing the u.k. and that's not yourself it doesn't seem like they're really as much of

a benefit for the brits or any other country to go along with the request from the walton administration because once it gets into a realist collation the united states doesn't seem to be quite ready for a confrontation with iran at least the president himself does not seem to be inclined to go along with that he just seems to think that there's pressure will cause the iranians to capitulate and everything that we've seen so far is pointing to the contrary. john bolton i mean i wonder how much of a policy failure this is if we can just say policy failure that the u.s. can't get its way when it comes to trying to isolate iran in different ways it wins in some areas and it loses in others you know it is a positive and i think ultimately the entire approach of maximum pressure is bound to fail because of the practical in our past experience sure that when the west actually has managed to get the iranians to give in or give a concession has actually won the west has offered

a concession rather than thinking that the iranians are simply going to back down because our their amount of pressure this approach is far more likely to lead to a military confrontation an accidental one perhaps then to any running capital h. what do you make now of the situation because obviously the grace what has been released one assumes that eases tensions between the u.k. and iran are we looking at a potential release now of the stern imperial and everyone states face. i suspect that that will happen in may not happen immediately but i suspect that that will happen but i think it's important to recognize that at the end of the day even though obviously this is a positive development in terms of the escalating the situation this is just an end of one episode the broader situation has not changed as long as a trumpet mr asian is continuing to pursue this maximum pressure strategy the region will continue to be on the verge of a military confrontation for the moment we will leave it there trita parsi thanks

so much for your time but fighting has broken out across the line of control that divides the disputed region of kashmir with pakistani and indian forces exchanging gunfire pakistan says 3 of its soldiers and 5 indian troops were killed but india denies any fatalities amongst its forces as of a binge of it has been following that story from was a in pakistan of minutes of 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 approximately 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 pakistan 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 are not allowing any movement any congregation or basic telephone and internet services well let's get the view from new delhi now with. the indian government is not here to fishing responded to the news of cease fire violations however one indian news agency has quoted an unnamed indian official and said that a cease fire violation occurred boxes. in my limited the ceasefire across the line of control in the sector in general in ministered. the agency adds that the official has stalled the agency that 3 pakistani soldiers 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. for the shooting happened as india marks its independence prime minister narendra modi uses celebrations to argue that the repercussion of autonomy will benefit everyone has more from new delhi. in front of the historic red fort 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 needed. in the past 70 years these arrangements have given strength to separatism birth to terrorism nepotism and then away his work to give strength to the foundation of corruption and discrimination i can say it proudly that every indian can say one nation one constitution and. 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 to smear. is the meaning of. and. then. it was a very good decision kashmir people will see this message and feel to have independence india got 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 shut. how might it be

a good living under the shadow of guns how do they know ward independence day they only know that if they get out they'll be short out because constitutionally this policy analyst says although integrating kashmir into india has been the goal the previous government the method being used now has destroyed kashmiri speak in india's government. because he said and the same independence just 2 years ago that he will dock with words and not with guns same. location. there 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 pakistan's request for the un security council to discuss the situation increased near 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. the italian prime minister has accused his far right interior minister of being obsessed with blocking refugees and migrants. a time. has intensified the open water in the city's ruling coalition meanwhile has stunned other e.u. countries for offering to take in some of the people stranded on a rescue ship you're going to get reports. for the last 2 weeks more than 140 migrants have been aboard the proactive open arms looking for a place to dock safely they were rescued by the spanish n.g.o.s all off the libyan coast. it 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. a lot of people were

seasick already on suffering. and their friends in both and also on one of. the problems they've heard coming from where they face arbitrary detention they face which are rape and murder is a common thing. 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 the league

at last 5 star template its criticism towards the league's policies but that has changed and it is open warfare between the 2 parties that was always an uncomfortable pairing of a many issues including immigration not that it matters in public decide who doubled down on his decision to issue the decree. $60000000.00 italians pay me a salary for this obsession not to be a tender soul but to protect our borders. for security to 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 of the 1st 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 the russians are describing it as a miracle a passenger plane with more than 200 people on board was forced to make an emergency

landing in a cornfield near the capital after striking a flock of birds vasant as the story from. flight 6178 had just taken off from airport in moscow when the emergency happened the overall airline's early morning flight from moscow to sim 4 ball in crimea hit a flock of seagulls birds were sucked into both engines this able in them as the pilots of the airbus a 321 lost power and height they had no choice but to glide the words a crash landing. the airliner came down in a cornfield a kilometer from the runway the pilot gave instructions to passengers how to evacuate. the $233.00 passengers and crew on board a ski shaken but all alive. we're lucky that we landed in the field god forbid we had landed somewhere else the flight attendants immediately opened to militancy

exits and inflated their locations light and everyone started helping each other many were running away barefoot but everyone is alive. tens of passengers needed hospital treatment some are badly bruised 121 year old suffered a head injury although its fuel tanks were full there was no fire during the landing and the pilots didn't deploy the landing gear to ensure a softer landing to minimize the impact. of nation experts say the crash has similarities with the so-called miracle on the hudson in new york 10 years ago we will have another event like this one and i hope it's as harmless as this one was ok the airplane go very badly bent but nobody got hurt and i hope future events will be like that yes it's just a matter of chance there are lots of birds in the sky if a big or big birds it's both engines then you are committed to

a forced landing thursday to crash in russia follows another one in may when 41 people died in an unborn fire at an out of moscow airport in june 2 people died when an airline a burst into flames when it overshot a runway in siberia. another crash is raise a concerns about the safety record of russian airlines but these pilots and crew are being hailed as heroes for saving the lives of everybody on board a criminal investigation now is to provide answers to what exactly has happened and if a dumb side that the tracks covered in birds near this new airport has something to do with it step 5 some else's era moscow. nasa scientists and engineers are flying over greenland tracking melting ice it's been accelerating during the past decade and the summer has seen 2 of the biggest melts scientists say warmer and water or eating away at greenland causing it to lose billions of tons of ice daily in the

summer. compulsory rubbish cycling program has started in one of the largest cities in the world shanghai and china is finding people and businesses if they don't follow strict rules on saving what they used to throw away when he reports throwing household waste away in shanghai is a lot more complicated than it used to be rubbish has to be sorted into several categories including wet and dry it's not optional it's an order from the government and it seems to have caught on quickly. here that this garbage recycle rule is great for both citizens and the country where used to it as not trouble for us at all it's like when i'm cooking i automatic.