a u.s. soldier pain has moved from washington d.c. . it's a somber day in the united states the 18th anniversary of the september 11th attacks and the president did what presidents do on this day as he gave a speech this time at the pentagon memorial and he talked about the war in afghanistan now in the past the president has raised it seemed to raise the possibility that he could use nuclear weapons to end the conflict saying that he could end the war in just days but he didn't want to kill 10000000 people he didn't specifically say that would be with a nuclear weapon but it doesn't seem possible that it could happen any other way and again at the pentagon memorial he talked about the peace talks breaking down with the taliban and what's next we had peace talks scheduled a few days ago i called them off when i learned that they had killed a great american soldier from puerto rico and 11 other innocent people they thought they would use this attack to show strength but actually what they showed is

unrelenting we. the last 4 days we have hit our enemy harder than they have ever been hit before and that will continue now it's not at all clear that the pentagon and the military is really stepped up the fight with the taliban they haven't provided any statistics that anything is in fact changed in afghanistan and the president is in a predicament because he promised his base that he would end the war in afghanistan if he wants to actually increase the fight change the momentum he's going to have to send more troops in afghanistan and that's something he doesn't want to do so the president saying that if the tax had been stepped up not at all clear that they have been and not at all clear what comes next also to come on the news hour including students but no schools almost half a 1000000 children are struggling for an education in the kenya faster i would have a list will be here with details about big upset to the possible welcome. china

sold for. about 180 nigerians have just arrived in lagos for south africa after a series of attacks on foreigners there last week they're among the 640 people being repatriated over 2 days at least 12 people were killed and more than a 1000 shops vandalized in attacks on falling down businesses and potoroo and john has been with the military courts. this isn't a flight that many had planned on taking these nigerian nationals are returning to their home country but they say it's not by choice more than 300 people have taken up the offer of a free flight to repack treat them from south africa after a new wave of violence against foreigners but just over half boarded the flight others had expired passports all the wrong documents and had to stay shops owned by foreign nationals have been looted and burned to the ground pasta to go football

has lived in south africa for close to 2 decades he says his sending his wife and 3 children back to lagos moratorium on my family served in south africa here now is what it is there are problems you know recently it's all terrible sacar raised my from a little bit in south africa for now i don't think there will be coming back about 640 people are expected to be repacked created this is the 3rd time in recent years there's been significant on wrist between locals and foreigners adding to tensions between the nigerian and south african governments but now the flights are an opportunity for people seeking safety but many who stating are uncertain about their future more than 700 people from other countries like malawi as a bob way have sought to receive huge at community centers many say they don't.

feel safe living here anymore many of the people here fled their homes in local communities with little more than a few bags. one of them is mozambique an oscar said to there who is registering to get a temporary travel document to return home he's lived in south africa for 30 years but he lost everything in the riots bring us off when we had. been were not what made news on these that i saw how the people taking them like talks and some of the people who were taking us where people have known us for a long time and that's what has me the most the hundreds leaving maybe a small portion of the millions of foreigners living in south africa but there are fears the violence will have a great impact on south africa's relationship with other african nations for me to malaya al-jazeera johannesburg south africa a common interest has more now from lagos airport. coming out of the aircraft right behind me is the 1st set of nigerians more than $180.00 of them stepping foot on

nigerian soil for the 1st time since this in a 4 week attacked in south africa we were told that more than $340.00 were supposed to come on the 1st flight of only $188.00 able to make it because of some protocols and here ocracy is like documentation and all that eventually they arrived home and they were received by nigerian officials now there is a lot of anger from some of these nigerians coming from south africa right here with me is jude and today one of the returning from south africa talked to us about your feelings. you know i'm trying to get myself together i'm so how do you know i'm fighting the tears that is wailing in my eyes because what i have seen in south africa was a horrible what did they do to you know they did not do anything to me that is the reason i'm alive today because i was scared because not many people where we are fortunate as i am. you know we were living.

in a state of being afraid because the people we're searching for an especially nigerians they were looking for you understand why do you think they chose not you to talk it's not going to show because they. only nigerians it's all and like africans they say they're nigerians they come they there are doctors in our country they're stealing our jobs their studio. their watch as they do businesses where they can do no no no you back in nigeria are you planning to go back to south africa never i when never stop my mind filling in some south africans saw you again because of what i have saying you've been there for how long i am for like 7 years also i have never seen such a no no that's jude and tony you want to when i didn't return these we understand that the nigerian president is troubling to south africa suspected to travel to south africa in october that's next month when we will meet with these how the

president said remark or so and one of the things they're going to discuss is the continuing violence on africans especially nigerians and what the south africans over can government needs to do to tackle but apart from that they are expected also to discuss trade and business there is a volume of trade worth about $60000000000.00 between the 2 countries right now the process of bringing nigerian song from south africa has started this is the 1st flight and more are coming in the coming days the body of zimbabwe's found the robert mugabe has arrived back in the country he died in a singapore hospital last week aged 957 events of unplanned in the coming days but there's disagreement over where he would be buried reports from iraq. it was an emotional time for the moment the plane touched down at harare international airport reality sank in zimbabwe's for many to robert smith who ruled the country for 37 years is gone the man who replaced him off to

a coup in 2017 so to speak with a great leader i want to. during our own liberation struggle. in amcon of part african his young man. that a king had to the governorship in the manner that led ass to this day. live to us. is. one of africa's last struggle man died last week at a hospital it's singapore he will be given a state funeral on thursday and right around the lions made up of virus name in the capital in the place as you significance is him about he was sworn in as prime minister in 1980 when white's minority role was in it. but the governments of

fishel program may change there are reports of a dispute between some family members and the state of a where mugabe will be buried on sunday ever since usable gabby's dick was announced people in israel villagers had been gathering to mourn and celebrate his life some say they want to be buried here where he was born grew up a kid at school and called home. remembers mcgovern as a young man cheering the 1960 s. he thinks about father should be laid to rest at the here is a cemetery in the capital where some forts in the water in the white minority rule are. a big loss. cray. cray. leader mugabe left behind a ruined economy massive unemployment and a toxic political environment but politicians seem to agree on one thing giving him a respectful sendoff infer that it is in line with the values of. buried here and

if i think. that you don't celebrate it when you are a morning it is just an african it is also not in line with. it's about whether zimbabweans loved or despised mcgarvey many say they just want the burial over quickly and without incident so the politicians can focus on pressing matters to just tory inflation rising food prices and unemployment how to meet us al jazeera. violence and the left almost half a 1000000. without a formal education more than a 1000 schools have been closed in the past 3 years with armed groups accused of attacking villages and threatening teachers and students. but you know. this 13 year old girl is safe now in cairo town with more than 100 kilometers from her village farther north it was attacked a few months ago by an identified armed man who'd he done her identity for her safety she says she still finds it had to forget those moments when they came

shooting and killed her father over regular where everyone was fleeing and they were chasing others to the holes where they killed some people even tried to climb trees but they killed them. all these children have fled from their homes after attacks on villages they find solace through dance play and just talking to each other at this center that is being run by the un child agency. most of the children have written this torres some lost their relatives and friends we have different games for them sometimes we organize a session where the speak out i think that's when the healing starts. nearly half a 1000000 children in book enough are out of school this is a big problem in a country where only about 60 percent of students complete primary school like in many conflicts and most of those who are fleeing are women and children the

displaced children are now being placed in government schools in areas where they fled to or therapeutic centers where they can play and get counseling but this facility is a feel crowded and far parts. of some of the displaced people have taken refuge in classrooms but when children resume classes in october they'll have to leave you know all about a 1000 schools have been closed because of the security situation this teacher at a primary school for her. ses they just stop coming to class. as when you go to school and there are no students you have all left your so have to leave they are not students because the parents of told them not to come is a lot of fear in the village use for now the government and aid workers just wants to make sure the children have the basics a safe place to leave food and a school to carry on with their education. but they also know the longer the crisis

persists the harder it will be for the children to receive a proper education catherine. the united nations secretary general has joined the international condemnation of a pledge by israel's prime minister to an expanse of the occupied west bank town of the tatars says it would be a serious breach of international law and would devastate chances for a peaceful negotiation the arab league call the move an act of aggression it says top leader of the foundations of peace in the region jordan's foreign minister called the plan a serious escalation he's warning it could push the whole region towards violence and his iranian counterpart divides we've described the move as a cynical attempt to win reelection. him has more now from the jordan valley. we're standing in brasil always a village in the jordan valley this israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says he wants to annex this area he doesn't want to annex that area over there jericho

adult because he says he wants to complete and carry out his plan without annex think any single palestinian but there are palestinians here bedouin communities we've spoken to some of them and they believe that what netanyahu is saying is part of his elections campaign. every time they have is really elections they do it at the expense of the palestinian people and you know says i want to annex a jordan valley so israelis will vote for him not more. how many terms will be. have been displaced several times already. forced to go the jordan valley makes up one 3rd of the occupied west bank it's already under israeli military occupation and palestinians see it as an integral part of their future palestinian state now this is under threat this is why many palestinian officials have been voicing concerns against netanyahu remark they are saying that netanyahu has this regarding international law only for him to win more votes they're calling it an act of

ethnic cleansing stealing palestinian land and killing any opportunity for a 2 state solution. bahrain has been accused of subjecting female political prisoners to shocking treatment to extract confessions illegal arrest and sham trials was revealed in a joint report by us human rights activists says women have been subjected to sexual and psychological torture the report also shows an increase in the political targeting of female activists and human rights defenders says 2017. time for a short break here not just iraq when we come back a scientific breakthrough and it's me that some say could bring the northern alliance lineup back from the brink of extinction. sport find out who's paid the price for england's ashes failure against australia more of that success.

hello again it's good to have you back well here across in 8 states temperatures are on the rise particular down here across much of the southern portion of united states over the next few days we're talking about a lot of air coming in off the gulf that means a lot of humidity as well being very uncomfortable anywhere from dallas over here towards atlanta take a look at these temperatures $35.00 for dallas over here towards atlanta at $36.00 even washington d.c. well above average for this time of year we do expect to see rain in your forecast at $33.00 but severe weather is going to be the big problem cross much of the central plains and also the northern plains and that is going to continue as we go towards friday as well anywhere along the frontal boundary it is going to be a problem down towards miami it is going to be rain with a temperature of 30 now across the bahamas we did see a break early in the week in terms of rain we did leave that break but now the rain is back across parts of nasa as well as freeport that is going to continue here on thursday and maybe on friday a little bit of a break for you there but down here towards the south across much of central

america it is going to be quite ready for panama city we do expect to see 30 degrees as your forecast high and then very quickly across parts of argentina it is going to be a nice day few temperatures rising to about 18 plenty of sun in the forecast on the other side of the front though rio de janeiro is going to be a sunny day for you a plenty of sun at 33 and sense in at 20 degrees for you. and new political sitcom after 27 years of dictatorship this problem that we have. can we overcome acute challenges here looks at the new democracy in ethiopia is fast changing political landscape through the stories of for diversity of europeans to do this is my studio where i shoot the sitcom. my ethiopia on al-jazeera. and yes i want to finally we're going ask about that but that's the ball's about us well it's

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rising prices and public unrest. about 190 nigerians arrived in lagos from south africa after a series of attacks on foreigners there last week they're among the 640 people being repatriated at least 12 people have been killed in attacks on foreign businesses and the tourist and johannesburg. and iranian leaders of welcome u.s. president donald trump decision to sign national security adviser john bolton iran's president hassan rouhani says the u.s. should use the opportunity to push war mongers aside. when it's bringing william lawrence is a professor at the george washington university elliott school of international affairs joins us live in washington d.c. iranian leaders have welcomed donald trump's decision to sack john bolton what do you make of the iranian response and does tehran now think the chance of war is very much diminished. i think. that's the case i

think bolton was the member of the national security council and trump's advisors who most wanted confrontation with iran i think trump text tends to talk you know in the words of fire and fury whereas bolton would actually like to take actions that embody fire and fury and i think the iranians believe there may be an opportunity right now but i think that they'll be deceived. for several reasons including that pompei 0 is just as much of an iran hawk as bolton was and even if they managed to get for example a side meeting at the u.n. in new york the chance that they will actually yield sanctions relief for iran which is what they're looking for is very very slim and william the sacking of john bolton isn't the same as a change in u.s. foreign policy though so i mean trump on the his administration is still going to keep up the sanctions and the economic pressure on iran yes there will be no changes and don't forget pompei it was the one that articulated the 12 points

almost none of which are rank could meet what iran would like to do is swap nuclear concessions for sanctions relief and if there's a very easy deal to be made here but i don't think either side knows how to go about getting that deal and as we saw in libya reid's france and other efforts of back channel communications they're just going nowhere and trump has said he's open to talking with the iranians with no preconditions the iranians though have said publicly they won't be negotiating but now that bolton is gone does this increase the possibility of talks. absolutely and like i said the chance that they'll be back channel discussions in new york are rather high the problem really in that score is is president trump because he's shown a willingness to do some a tree as he did with north korea on 3 occasions and the attempt at a similar talk similar talks with the taliban very recently but this this sort of

diplomacy by some a tree without results is likely to frustrate the iranians and the rands are looking for a deal to be made you know in conjunction with the talks and i don't think the u.s. is ready to make a deal yet or right so where does this leave the hawks in the trumpet ministration i mean as you say a secular state pump a 0 is that he does what trump tells him to do and we're also hearing that trump still consult as old national security adviser. how iran now be viewing the u.s. administration going forward well like everybody like senior french officials recently said really nobody matters in u.s. foreign policy right now very much except trump himself and so the negotiations have to be directly with trump and everyone's trying to get to trump to sort of be the last one in his ear to see if they can move him in the right direction so a lot of the focus will be around new york and whether something could be accomplished directly with with trump in new york but again i don't think trump

really knows what he wants other than a deal but i don't think he knows what the elements of the deal would be and i don't think anyone including pompei including mcmaster including the think tanks that push on iran policy really have anything to offer other than some version of the j c p o way which is a nonstarter for the republican party so again the parameters of the deal are very clear nuclear concessions for sanctions relief but i don't think either side really knows how how to go about getting that result women aren't going to get your thoughts thank you very much for talking to us. u.s. president donald trump has had a win in the courts the supreme court has granted a request by his administration to fully enforce a new rule cracking down on asylum applications by immigrants at the us mexico border roslyn jordan joins us live now from washington d.c. russell what more can you tell us about this supreme court ruling and what does it mean. well there are this is not the final word on the

trumpet ministrations efforts to prevent migrants from coming to the united states across its southern border with mexico this is basically the u.s. supreme court saying that there is a hold on efforts to try to delay the u.s. is plan to deny migrants the right to ask for asylum once they reach u.s. territory until the legal challenges have been worked out so in essence what this means daryn is that people who are coming to the us mexico border cannot apply for asylum in the united states unless they 1st applied for asylum in a in another country not their home country and were turned down otherwise they will have to basically wait their turn and the u.s. will not let them come in the government made this appeal to the nation's highest

court because it said for a couple of reasons one they didn't want people making what they say is a very dangerous journey trying to reach the united states from central america to they also said by making it so that these people have to stay in mexico or in honduras or in guatemala that this in essence gives the united states loveridge as it tries to negotiate with these countries some sort of a solution to what the u.s. is calling a crisis of immigration something which immigrant rights groups here in the u.s. have contested they have been trying to us sue to prevent this new change in asylum policy from taking effect on the grounds that he didn't follow the proper legal processes that there's been no public input that it's up bending nearly 40 years of u.s. policy on asylum seekers now. sickly this is now just going to have to work its way

through the federal court system it's very likely that it's going to come back before the u.s. supreme court but in essence as of right now the u.s. is now allowed to turn people away at the border not allow them to apply for asylum while these legal challenges to this policy continue right to rosen jordan in washington d.c. russ thank you. at least 2000 people have been reported missing after hurrican dorrian struck the bahamas the bahamian government says the official death toll will be dramatically higher than the 50 already reported as our correspondent reports. emergency services in the bahamas continue to sift through the debris left in the wake of hurricane dorian. search and rescue crews have arrived from the u.s. and canada to locate the thousands who are listed as missing we recognize the extent of the devastation we're not going to speculate on what the number of final numbers will be we understand people are concerned i'm so out but that is the count

on us as we get the official count we will convey it to the public. the islands of the abaco and grand bahama were the worst hit the devastation here is widespread based off of our sample i would say yes. you know we've we've probably had at most 110th of this area and and we so far we have got a call here from 5 human remains. so based off our sample size we're going to see more. in the community of marsh harbor entire neighborhoods were wiped off the map and the debris scattered by durians destructive winds and storm surge have left behind a challenging environment for search and recovery workers. many are relying on assistance from search dogs to help locate bodies hidden beneath the mountains of rubble the challenges for this operation have been manse we have not seen anything

like a debris field like this. there. are areas that are impossible there are multiple hazards here like nails corrugated steel gloss you know things like. the bahamian government says about 5000 people have been evacuated from the worst affected areas most have been sent to shelters in the capital city of now song. what we're seeing is a lot of families that are wondering where their loved ones are and it's going to take time for the authorities to to identify. the best saying it and learn more about. what may end up being a really tragic death toll. the world health organization says an estimated 70000 people have been left without shelter making hurricane durian the worst natural disaster in the nation's history. and it up a little. the next u.s. ambassador to the united nations kelly craft officially takes up her post this week

sharon just before world leaders gather for the general assembly later this month the big question is how she will fill the shoes of the previous as that nikki haley was highly regarded by her fellow diplomats out as it was james baines has more. sworn in by president trump kelly craft is is 2nd to the u.n. she replaces nikki haley who stepped down 9 months ago crafters a controversial choice she had been serving as the u.s. ambassador to canada a job she got off to her and her husband joe craft a coal magnate gave large contributions to the trump campaign nikki haley was not a professional diplomat but she had extensive political experience as a former governor of south carolina. comes to the job with no experience as a politician and limited diplomatic credentials this is the you know big leagues of diplomacy in order to negotiate with these ambassadors these are these folks are

the best of the best they are sent there by their countries because they are well versed in how to negotiate in these corridors of power that's where the real decisions happen that's where influence is exerted and often it is personality based a small country can have an outsized role by having a really effective ambassador to the u.n. but converse lee you can see a powerful country like the united states have its power diminish by sending someone like him bassett or craft ambassador nikki haley the last permanent occupant of this chair was seen as tough some would say formidable and busted a croft is likely to have a lower key presence but insiders say the u.n. should actually be worried about that. that's because the u.n. . secretary general antonio good terrorists worked hard to establish

a cordyline working relationship with ambassador haley because she was a cabinet member it's felt she sometimes advocated for the u.n. in washington but craft won't sit in the cabinet the u.s. is not paid many of its u.n. bills including its share of the peacekeeping budget and there are now fears some in washington will want further cuts in u.n. spending there's been a real sense ever since he left that the u.s. is ignoring and downgrading the u.n. in foreign policy terms and i fear that kraft is a relatively low key ambassador may exacerbate that problem and turn your tires needs a strong us ambassador to work when he got that with hailing but he may not have that with craft as well as her links to cole craft was criticized when she served in canada for her long absences from the post she's now about to start one of the toughest roles in diplomacy one that for others has become a 7 day

a week job james bays al-jazeera at the united nations a court in the hague has acquitted a dutch doctor of all charges after she euthanized a patient will dementia a 74 year old woman died 3 years ago we had to administer the fatal dose of drugs the doctor said she was following the patients will and had consulted other doctors and the woman's family but she was accused of setting to verify consent euthanasia is legal under dutch law if the patient is suffering immensely and wishes for doubt . prominent hong kong protest has avoided a prison sentence for his role in a demonstration 3 years ago ivan lamb the chairman of the activist group demo system pleaded guilty to inciting illegal assemblies of a clashes outside the china liaison office in 2016 and was given a 2 week suspended sentence lam had previously served 13 months in prison for storming the legislative council and 2014. for the crackdown on protesters in

hong kong has been condemned internationally the german chancellor angela merkel has told china that upholding human rights is essential one of the leading pro-democracy activists joshua wang is in germany but merkel declined to meet him long says the hong kong protests are not likely to stop anytime soon political censorship and we structure our freedom of speech just heard and hire young generation interested it if we stop protesting no one will be able to hold president xi carolan and the government responsible for their wrongdoing human rights violation police brutality scientists in italy have succeeded in creating 2 .