the united states recently confirmed that israel was also carrying out air strikes inside iraq targeting iran's missile supply route there but the more widespread and more admitted israel's actions become the more risk that its adversaries feel compelled to retaliate risking in turn a broader escalation that's in line israel's prime minister fighting an election and once again promoting his ability to keep israelis safe has long tried not to cross this week he told most or all of by name to calm down i think they said now absolutely does not want. military confrontation i think the call to calm down was you know reflected that on the other hand i think the feeling and it's beyond that and you know i think the feeling in israel is that you cannot have iran which is declare it really interested in the demise of israel to deepen its military capabilities just across israel's northern border for now on that border the wait continues for hezbollah to make its next move harry force it out west jerusalem the

u.s. has set up a space commands to address what it believes are threats to its infrastructure that president donald trump has described space as the next war fighting domain are serious john hendren reports from washington or. it might be one small step for president trump but creating the u.s. space command marks a giant leap for the pentagon the dangers to our country constantly evolve and so must we now if those who wish to harm the united states to seek to challenge us in the ultimate high ground of space. it's going to be a whole different ball game the u.s. on thursday joined russia china and france in the race for a military expansion into space it's an epic goal is stablish ing 11th u.s. combat command one that comes with its own flag and a 5th branch of the u.s. military joining the army navy air force and marines trump and visions

a new space force though that would require an act of congress space scum will ensure that america's dominance in space is never questioned and never threatened for the president who likes things big the allure might be in the sheer in bishan of the project what could be bigger or more forward looking than space bringing to life the stuff of science fiction and decades of pop culture. final from. it is perhaps the boldest aspiration by a u.s. president since j.f.k.'s moon shot we choose to go to the mall and just again and do the other thing not because they are easy but because they are critics have called the president's plans the space fars but many analysts say the new command isn't just ambitious protecting u.s. interests in space they say is necessary chinese could disrupt our g.p.s. system that we rely on space for now because even aside from no it's our problems

it would cause problems in all of our lives and in our economy. the space command also gives trump the chance to one up some billionaire rivals for the public spotlight as the u.s. has cut nasa as a budget for civilian space exploration jeff bezos richard branson and a lawn musk all have launched private ventures into the solar system john hendren al-jazeera washington. another u.s. city is an aging people to stop using east cigarettes so they ping products off the 16 people were admitted to hospital with severe lung disease milwaukee's health department says the pair of the patients have chemical pneumonitis lungs became inflamed after breathing in innocence they'd been fainting in the weeks and months before falling ill will key is among 10 u.s. counties and cities reporting health issues. a native american tribe in the u.s. state of new jersey has filed a federal lawsuit against its neighbors the rum opponent up a nation accuses

a homeowner's association of violating its rights to gather and pray on its own land to serious kristen salumi reports now from in new jersey. we've been using for thousands of years those holding this native american ceremony believe a puff of tobacco smoke will cleanse guests taking part in the local mountains take their name from the rampolla a nation but this field barely an hour's drive from manhattan is all that's been left to them for them this land is sacred what about this land i mean how important is that it's very important it's the last drop away and we have that we can openly and freely do ceremony. despite having a permit to use the land for religious and cultural purposes the tribe started receiving finds in tickets in 2016 i was surprised at the level of the animosity and the desire to remove us because if you look at the houses around here i mean

there's nothing for them to fear we were asking them to move from day one it was a desire on their part to basically get rid of the tribe is officially recognized by the state of new jersey and its ties to the land which now sits in the midst of this private gated community go back generations the very name of the township comes from the line op a word for meeting place never the. unless their neighbors continued to complain about the gatherings and the fines began to add up after a few years totaling more than $4000000.00 the neighborhood association in the town neither of whom would speak to al jazeera sued the tribe but then a turning point for their legal team the u.s. justice department came to their defense and when you have the department of justice coming in and saying well what we see appears to be happening here is

a violation of the right to religious freedom that's something a federal court judge is going to take very seriously. in a settlement the township agreed to drop all fines and allow the ceremonies to continue while the neighborhood associations lawsuit was thrown out of court now the tribe is suing the neighbors for violating its right to gather and pray hopeful for birth moral i don't know if it's called the dog. or respond. right up until this moment but for now it seems the tribes prayers have been answered christensen al-jazeera. has. for. just a few moments. i

don't get time to sport his job adrian thanking watson losing in the 1st round of the us open for the past 2 years simona halep pool run in the tournament has continued that wimbledon champion was not sas in the 2nd round on thursday by american qualified taking the towns and reports. flushing meadows his life simona halep frustrated and racing is thursday was no different. despite winning the 1st 6 in just half an hour the 4th seed then had no answer for american qualifier tyler townsend. have. the world number 116 going to the net over 100 times in the 2 hour manch. i was

able to save 2 match points but it was 3rd time lucky for the 23 year old townsend the 3 say when the biggest of her korea i mean i think when i played there before i was just trying to make balls i think i played. not to lose and today i just played to win and i said f. it. you know sometimes happens and i'm just to look forward. i'm in champion so i will not remain. 2 time wimbledon champion patrik event of was another of the woman's big names to crash out the 6th seed beat and then straight sit 6464 by germany's andrea pick a bit. things were much smoother for world number one and defending u.s. open champion naomi osaka she needed just over an hour to be to polish opponents

and straight say. that one sets up a 3rd round match against american teen sensation corey goff she prevailed in a back and forth 3 sitting counter with hungry is to me a bob will be the 15 year old is the youngest player to advance to the 3rd round in new york in over 20 years. was said so i think we're both just testing each other and maybe if i didn't win that last point maybe she wouldn't want them in the main strawn kerio says used to getting in trouble for being haas under the collar but this time it was for the words for us an underachiever he refused to play when the empire told him to put his colon down until he was shown the role when play did begin the australian led his bracket do the talking hitting $24.00 ice is almost way to a straight says went over frenchman and $11.00 no such drama for rafael nidal a threat of the 3rd round without having

a ball after his opponent withdrew with injury before the match and with al-jazeera . this year's world athletics championships in doha are shaping up to be a thriller the 1st diamond league final in zurich on thursday provided a taste of what's to come next month norway's cost more home run the 2nd fastest 400 meter hurdles of all time while champion beat the competition in a time of 46.92 which was also a new european record. american sprinter no alliances targeting the same votes 200 meter record in cancer he was just as impressive in the 100 meter final on thursday beating world champion justin gatlin who came 4th. in the bowler james anderson has been ruled out of the rest of the ashes series against australia because of a cough injury the 37 year old only bowled 4 overs in the 1st test before he was taken off it's a blow to england with the series level $11.00 with too much to play as he is their

top test wicket taker. former spain and barcelona manager louis and ricky has paid tribute to his 9 year old daughter who has died of bone cancer and rico left his job with spain's national team in june because of his daughter's illness teams managers and players have all been sending their condolences always you try to find a reason way to the existence of the reason why these going to see this happen is no dogman for 9 years old lovely daughter. who lost his life so will hopefully he can feel as if he can confirm from mentor said to most of his patients here and my family myself that we are hearing hopefully soon they can see human telling how i lost him. much souness's have been handed a tough travel schedule in the draw for the 2nd to europa league they were drawn in group alan face the prospect of a $12000.00 come to round trip to kazakstan to play a style or last year's beaten finalist arsenal have been drawn alongside

semifinalist on truck front foot in group f. while scottish side rangers obviously have the hardest draw against porto fine old and young boys. with europe's football leagues assembled in monaco for the draw as they've also been giving away a few prizes among them one for eric cantona who received the president's award but is acceptance speech had everyone baffled. as flies. to wanton boys. we are for the gods. they kill us for the sport. only accidents crimes walls words to you killers. but unfortunately crimes and was. we knew to blight. a lot. thank you very.

trying to figure out what he was trying to say adrian is perhaps as well perhaps but if that's it from the news more news here on our syria in just a few moments. explores prominent figures of the 20th century and how liable reigns influenced the course of history was the cuban revolution communist away feudal castro was a feudal eastern not a communist the castro into his country che wanted international revolution there came a point when the relationship came to an end the icons of revolution who changed the course of latin american politics. and fidel castro face to face on al-jazeera . in an ordinary week doctor even atar at the heart a sad that the only functioning hospital in town in north eastern south sudan and

his team operate on around 60 patients the united nations refugee agency nominated him for the prestigious nansen award which you won in recognition of his work and the incredibly difficult to constance's. south sudan has been in conflict since 2013 the war has divided the country along ethnic lines 200000 people most of them refugees from sudan's blue nile state even this remote town and looked it up and hospital for all their medical needs they would has destroyed almost the infrastructures which are especially in the upper layer almost all the way including my beatles obstruct. the process of who you know visions of the mother to walk into the city that they're supposed to. it was a big problem because it was different people admired in the center of night life in beirut and even their. miss universe he was

a buoyant character on the other ruthless operative fighting for the palestinian cause some israeli intelligence sources claim that planned operation in 4 years the israeli try to find him and kill him al jazeera world examines the life of. the hunt for the red prince. russia announces a cease fire in syria's last rebel held province a civilians trying to push through a border crossing into turkey. again i'm adrian finighan this is our 0 life and also coming up we will continue our fight no matter how the process was released on bail after his arrest hong kong

activist joshua long found to continue fighting for democracy. millions rally for kashmir across pakistan as prime minister imran khan vasta fight for the liberation of the disputed territory. and not urgent enough a course in scotland delays a legal challenge against boris johnson's decision to suspend the british parliament. russia has announced a unilateral ceasefire in syria's province beginning on saturday morning government forces backed by russian air power has been waging an offensive on the last rebel held territory for weeks now civilians wanting to stop the fighting have been demonstrating in the northwestern countryside the border posts into turkey some of them have been trying to push through a border crossing to enter the country they've been calling on russia and turkey to end the violence. it's killed more than 550 civilians since april and other 400000

people have been displaced let's go live now to local mayors which is on the turkey syria border how does your opponents myth is that what's been happening where you are. aging wall behind me is a turkish observation post a turkish you might be able to make out in the distance and on the other side that settlement is up from a refugee camp in syria it's home to about 600000 people here and at other points along the turkey syria border there seems have been a concerted effort by some internally displaced syrians to rush the border and head just on the other side of the hill they managed to get through one of the border gates it's an indication really of the desperation many syrian internally displaced people feel as though russian backed syrian forces pound. on the small towns and villages near it as they try and retake this last part of rebel

held territory the u.n. estimates now perhaps as many as a 1000000 internally displaced syrians a heading north to escape the fighting there living paying rent to shelter on the trees there living in the open they have no food no water no access to sanitation extremely desperate circumstances and the desperation manifested itself among some of them in an attempt to rush the border just the sort of thing the turkish president reggie type burdwan had been afraid of and have been warning the russians about how dangerous is this cease fire announced by russia anything to do with these protests. it's very hard to tell because the announcement of the cease fire came very quickly have i after the protests started i'm not sure how long they've been thinking about it but it's something certainly that the turkish president might have been he said to be pushing the russians to

sort of rein in what the syrian forces a doing he went to moscow to meet lalime putin on choose day he's spoken to him on the phone since those meetings and those phone conversations have been about what turkey considers a national security threat that is all of those syrian internally displaced people coming to the border amongst them very hardened fighters how old and out in the last outpost of that last rebel controlled areas and turkey's fear that they're going to end up on the border and turkey is going to have to deal with them somehow so because of the severity of the attacking by the syrian regime forces on adlib but it's pushed people north and has told the russians that this is causing him a problem and that seems to be connected a train of zeros pointed smith reporting live there from the turkey syria border bernard many thanks. several of hong kong's most prominent pro-democracy activists have been arrested 2 of them. have since been released on bail the wave of arrests

comes after a mass rally planned for saturday was burned. clock reports from. joshua one and agnes child left police headquarters on their way to cause the founders of the pro-democracy party. have been charged with inciting and taking part in an unlawful protest outside police headquarters in june the court appearance was brief both were released on bail. not surrender and i urge the international community is send a clear message to a president sending troops or using emergency order is not the way out we will continue our fight opposition politician. member of the hong kong legislative council was also detained and on thursday the leader of the banned independence group and a chair and was arrested before boarding a flight to japan he's been accused of rioting and assaulting

a police officer in july police have now confirmed 7 a wrists over the past 2 days critics call it a case of white terror by police intimidation and an attempt to silence protests the demonstrations began more than 3 months ago prompted by a controversial extradition bill but they quickly morphed into a wider discontent what is seen as china's growing influence in hong kong all these iconic leaders arrests together could send out some chilling effect around the hong kong to scare people from taking to the street to morrow we arrest a person as soon as we have to get a sufficient pathogens to prove his fans the allegation that. arrest is totally false a mass produce. because the rally planned for saturday has been cancelled after organizers filed to get the go ahead in the hong kong court of appeal

a wednesday night chinese military were filmed driving through hong kong what was described as a routine rotation of soldiers from the mainland on friday a state owned media warned if the situation in hong kong worsens chinese soldiers would have quote no reason to sit on their hands and it says the people's liberation army garrison in hong kong was not merely a symbol of chinese sovereignty over the city despite the arrests and the cancellation of saturday's rally some pro-democracy groups are urging protesters to go ahead and demonstrate over the weekend they described the police action as white terror and want residents to my time pressure on the government to dump this bill the government has suspended the proposed extradition order but critics want to officially tran out more than 900 people have been arrested since the protests began in june and these latest arrests are likely to discourage people from continuing to express their anger at the hong kong government sarah clarke

al-jazeera hong kong. huge crowds in pakistan to back the prime minister's call for a nationwide show of solidarity for people in indian administered kashmir cities across the country have observed quotes imran khan called kashmir. the prime minister as the pakistan will stand with kashmiris in testing times india de mint administered kashmir has been in lockdown since 2 delhi revoked its special autonomous status more than 3 weeks ago and a serious kemal haida reports from islam about. guns prime minister imran khan and take entire nation to come out and show their solidarity with the people of india and administered carsley i do exactly 12 o'clock in the afternoon all the signals turned red and focused on all the traffic to our stand only the emergency lanes were left open for ambulance and other emergency crews to be

a very good function normally. private. banks educational institutions and people from all walks of life i had to make a strong broad day about the plight of the media rather than. who they are on the verge of a grave humanitarian crisis a myopic ish media south holiday we are here to show solidarity with kashmir there's been a curfew there for the last 4 weeks people have no food or even transport whatever india's going to do with kashmiris we are against it and we want to tell are kashmir brothers that we are with them. going to the grace of gaunt we are standing with our kashmiri brothers it's not been $26.00 days since the caffeine started they can't even pay for prayers every pakistani is with them and will be with them by our last breath the most important message that pakistan wants to send to the outside world and that day much. of a huge humanitarian crisis unfolding in. i indian admin it did go to mid.

east timor as marking 20 years since it voted to become an independent nation thousands gathered for celebrations in the capital dili to commemorate the referendum that saw the country emerge from indonesian rule the former portuguese colony was invaded by a disease here in 1975 during the festivities australia's prime minister scott morrison signed up to a maritime boundary treaty and investments in oil and gas a judge in scotland says that a legal challenge against the suspension of britain's parliament by prime minister boris johnson will take place next week opponents of the prime minister argue that there's not enough time to debate briggs's raising the likelihood of the u.k. leaving the european union at the end of october without a deal across party group of m.p.'s says the johnson's decision to suspend parliament for 5 weeks is a constitutional outrage a full hearing will begin at scotland's highest court next week but johnson is

warning m.p.'s that they're going down the wrong route as long as they think in the e.u. that polman might try to block brits or might even succeed in blocking breaks it the less likely they are to give us the deal we want so the weird thing is the weird thing is the weird thing is that the moral of the parliamentarians try to block the new deal break the likelihood is that we'll end up in that situation so the best thing now is for us to get on and make our points to our european friends with clarity and with vigor and that's what we're doing more now from a serious need back in westminster. there are several challenges that have be mounted legally against boris johnson and his government's decision to suspend or paroch parliament those legal challenges come from scotland england and northern

ireland in scotland to the court of session scotland's highest court $74.00 m.p.'s and cross party appeal is a loss for an immediate suspension of the probation a suspension of the suspension law daugherty the presiding judge has rejected that call but has said that there will be a full session next week to look into this much closer a senior lawyer representing the prosecution has said that what they want to see is a sworn statement from boris johnson explaining exactly his reasoning his decision to provoke parliament explaining that in detail if he fails to do that he could be asked to come in person to give evidence in the scottish courts next week what's being argued here isn't the power that the government has on the convention to be able to suspend parliament paroch parliament what's being challenged is the.