inordinately long time and soaked the ground there's nowhere else for the water to go no the government of the bahamas says that aid is in place they're ready to move but clearly all operations all reconstruction work has had to stop for the next 24 hours until they can assess the situation but for the next few hours all eyes on that storm and the path it will take and everyone is hoping that all move away from the islands they're really having too much to be here in the last 2 weeks so head on al jazeera we take a closer look at what's behind the new soybean meal deal between argentina and china as a sign of a new school year poses special challenges for children in war torn yemen.

hello there mostly fine conditions across much of the middle east we might just see one or 2 pushing into the southeast of pakistan but mostly drawing karate and then across into tacky this is where we can see the rain showers this is true sunday will work in the way through central and northeastern areas and then by monday they're still around but working there for the eastward so it should feel pretty nice and monday 23 degrees celsius and last day in beirut with a high of 29 and still holds in baghdad but no assholes over 42 celsius now heading south across the reagan put into the shawl wind has been pretty brisk lately for you nice in the morning hours 37 in doha on sunday but also cloud spilling into oman as you can see and it tends to stay in the forecast as we head on into monday so muscat you could see a quite a cloudy hazy day this should be some sunshine and it will be dry with a high that of 31 degrees celsius going up to 38 in doha then heading south into southern africa this is where we'll see the next front is sliding by the coast of the south africa into cape town it could bring one the 2 shows temperatures

a nazi bad a fairly mild slightly for this time of year and what we have in places john is big so 24 inch oberg on sunday 18 in capetown considered sort of conditions on monday.

a recap of our top stories on al-jazeera this hour saudi arabia is shutting down about half of its oil output after drone attacks on 2 major aramco facilities that's according to the wall street journal yemen's who feel rebels have claimed responsibility for the attacks zimbabwe's founding father robert mugabe has been honored at a state and morial service all the stadium was mostly empty regional leaders hailed the former president as a great icon of african liberation and fights have broken out between pro beijing and anti-government protesters at hong kong shopping center police detained several people after breaking out the 2 sides. that west african leaders are holding an emergency summit on terrorism in booking a fossil the region is experiencing

a shop rise in course border attacks from groups affiliated with al qaida and i saw the leaders are focusing on how to better share intelligence and increase funding to combat the attacks catherine so we has more from the summit in walker to. the heads of state from this a hail are arriving whether dougal there is a security crisis in the region following an inside didn't see by groups allied to al qaeda in the islamic state of iraq in the live band fighters have carried out a series of attacks in book enough fossil mauritania mali chide and. they skin sign that this problem could spread beyond this hell and to other coastal countries there's no one to q 4 we have said that did needs to be a link between development and security if we developed effective. there will be security and if we provide good security we can develop those areas this summit has been organized by west africa's regional bloc and has brought together presidents

from the so help countries called ju 5 mandated to fight terrorism and illegal migration a crossbow does representatives from other west african countries affected by extremist groups like the boko haram are also here book enough fossil has seen increased attacks in recent years until a few years ago when book enough bottles former president plays come power it was removed from power in a right the country was largely safe but in 2016 on the street in the capital where the bugle a man stormed into that hotel and 2 restaurants more than 20 people were killed that mourn human with a reminder of what happened here. the attacks have spread to the east and north of the country about 500 people have been killed and nearly 300000 displaced like but who's hosted by well wishes in a town about

a 100 kilometers away from where the leaders are meeting she fled from her home father north 2 months ago. no it wasn't they came to our village and began shooting everywhere we fled with our children we walked for over 50 kilometers we came here with nothing. the leaders in were good to say the only way to help millions of people like bill maher and her children is by working together implementing what will be decided at the summit will be the hardest part we've been here in book enough for about 2 weeks and spent a considerable amount of time in the north one of the regions that have been badly affected by this security problem where troops have been deployed to deal with this armed groups and we've been speaking to many people who tell us that a military intervention on its own is not a viable solution there also needs to be a development agenda these are areas that have been marginalized very extremely

poor areas that have been marginalized the neglect of by governments for so long so a lot of people feel disenfranchised and they feel 1st frustrated and this becomes very easy for armed groups to target particularly young people recruit them into their ranks and also gain the support of the local communities so people have been talking to say that these people who are affected really need to be empowered if this battle is to be warned. as china's trade war with the u.s. drags on beijing is building on another alliance with argentina the south american nation has signed a deal to export millions of tons of soybean meal which will give its economy a much needed boost but argentina now faces the challenge of meeting the needs of both superpowers every poor someone is. the deal has been years in the making but the trade dispute between china and the united states has created a fresh urgency for both superpowers to look for new partners. argentina is the

world's biggest producer of soybean meal with about 43 percent of the market much of it will now be used to feed china's estimated $400000000.00 pigs i'm going to use this of this country about the signing of this protocol establishes a solid legal basis so the convergence of these 2 huge markets. and delight from argentina the deal a boost to an economy in recession so it will get us will retorted go forward this is an historic achievement we have worked hard for us for over 20 years we have wanted to open up this market and we know it will be highly valued by the argentine for sectors or gentility exports soybeans and also china and its agricultural sector is pushing for more you know that. argentina has to try to sell products of higher value that's the challenge that argentina has in relation to china to try to improve and deepen the sale of these products which it is doing. china to meet its

food and energy needs has invested heavily in latin america's infrastructure roads railways and ports the key is to have something the both china and the united states want that they used to get from one another but no longer do because of their trade disputes but then don't risk offending either superpower politically because things change and nobody wants to put future trade deals in jeopardy. however there are still administrative hurdles to overcome and some caution over getting too excited. argentina is an important food producer but it doesn't have stock doesn't have investments because as everyone knows the economic situation here is delicate and to try to expand export capacity at the moment is impossible there's no credit and we can expand export capacity then there's the united states to worry about argentina recently resolved of 10 year trade dispute with the u.s.

over meat exports it's a major trading partner with substantial political influence in what it sees as its backyard but the department i thought i saw the u.s. state department has made various moves trying on countries in latin america to be aware of increasing its trade with china. but he also warns the current trade dispute is merely a skirmish in a much bigger war to come over technology and intellectual property rights rather satisfaction here over the deal just done there's still uncertainty over the next moves to come from beijing and washington. schreiber al-jazeera one of cyrus c sang is director of the china institute at the university of london school of oriental and african studies he says china's new trade deal with argentina is a sign of the chains willingness to look beyond the u.s. i think what we are seeing is a slowly why during and evening. equaling is not

restrict what would the walls and u.s. and china going to subways right away that cannot happen because all the government . intends interlinks between the 2 economies they are drifting apart not only international technology in wider economy and indeed in the generally relationship. in the short to medium term other countries can benefit from it because china will be very keen to replace technologies that they can no longer import from the united states will example but also to very long term i think we are going to see everybody losing old you know at the complete globalization has been good for everybody and the coupling may not be reducing globalization but it is a major setback to globalization police in barack wires searching for more human

remains on the property of the late dictator alfredo sauce now west and bones were discovered last week squatters found the remains of 3 people buried beneath a bathroom police are investigating whether they belong to some of the estimated 400 people who were killed or disappeared and a source known as regime it will between 19541989 south america's longest 6 tator ship crews in indonesia still trying to control wildfires that are sending a haze of smoke across the region farmers are accused of setting the fires to clear land the haze is spread to neighboring singapore with the city's ad quality deteriorating to unhealthy levels for the 1st time in years as cause a regional dispute between in an asia and its neighbors malaysia and singapore. tunisians head to the polls on sunday for the 2nd democratic presidential election since the 2011 arab spring $26.00 candidates are in the running including prime minister yousaf shah head and media mogul might be

a car away who's leading opinion polls despite being in prison is awaiting a verdict in his trial for tax fraud and money laundering and was only every few bailed stephanie decker reports from tunis. for 20 years feisal has been sitting in this exact same spot in tunis is ancient medina creating souvenirs engraved with tunisia's past but the future is far harder to hammer out. a deal with been going downhill since 2011 and everything politicians are arguing and we pay the price what used to cost $1.00 do you know is now to no more used to cost team day now now it's 30 we asked him if you'll vote in sunday's election. maybe. you go to many times before he tells us and that's been more than enough for him he doesn't trust the politicians. 36 year old abdul harder feels the same disappointment he will go to the polling booth on sunday but in protest. i will

cast a blank vote so no one else can use it many of us are not satisfied the presidential elections were brought forward by 2 months after the death of the late president 92 year old. it's the 2nd major elections to be held here 8 years after mass protests forced the ouster of strongman saying that aberdeen ben ali there are $26.00 candidates among the prime minister and defense minister a former president a couple of lawyers and even a media tycoon who is currently in prison they represent a cross-section of political social and religious ideals illusions have a lot of toys and that's a real difference from before the protests broke out here in 2011 which is decades of single party rule tunisia is often cited as the. only success story of the uprisings which swept across north africa in the middle east 2011 but it's not that simple 1st of all i mean having. the democratization process succeeding and this is

happening because in the middle of the middle east and north africa this is this is an exception we cannot deny that of the same time what can democracy provide terms of economic demands that's the major challenge so it's a mixed story we meet a group of ladies in the medina they too aren't happy with what's been achieved in the last 8 years economy security corruption the main issues everyone highlights after the revolution everything had to change but nothing has changed everything is actually worse infrastructure for instance we just had terrible floods here the economy before everything was covered up but after the revolution it's now out there to see tunisians go to the polls on sunday if no candidate gets over 50 percent of the vote there will be a runoff in november many will tell you that is an almost certain scenario parliamentary elections will take place in october the next 2 months could reshape the entire political landscape and determine what tunisia will look like moving

forward stephanie decker al-jazeera tunis the new school year has started in yemen behind schedule because of the obvious difficulties getting kids to class in a war zone millions of children have been deaf in education in more than $300.00 schools damaged or destroyed since the war began in schools in healthy controlled areas the rebels are accused of making children as young as 6 a pledges of allegiance. has more from santa. students of the capital sanaa started there is called here of 20192020 spider of the war. that their country is going through. that softens they keep telling us to not go there airstrikes and aggression especially in areas near the school but our family and school teachers keep encouraging us to come. back an explosion happened in an area very close to the school we were asked

by teachers to go to the basement the teachers kept searching inside the building for other school mates not fearing for their lives i mean. we are now starting a 4th school year since the beginning of the saudi aggression on our country most of the educational infrastructure has been destroyed they have been many direct attacks on schools teachers and students and who could forget the merciless attack on the school bus of duck young. in more than one occasion students and schools have been attacked but these students are determined to continue their education. after the relocation all the central bank of yemen too many teachers being deprived from their monthly salary. even though we haven't received our salaries for months and we face difficult circumstances we feel obliged to fulfil our duties as teachers we are also forced to work in more than one place aside from

public schools now students have been ruled now in siberia classrooms hooping for better future as will see further fruitful school year. or so on are. as always much more news on our web site at al-jazeera dot com the very latest on all of our top stories including yemen's who feel rebels attacking 2 oil facilities in saudi arabia more on that in just a few minutes. i. know again i'm fully back to go with the headlines on al-jazeera saudi arabia is shutting down about half of its oil output after drone attacks on 2 major aramco facilities that's according to the wall street journal yemen's who the rebels have claimed responsibility for the attacks and in what looks like retaliation the saudi

led coalition has carried out at least 6 air strikes targeting who theme military positions north of the rebel stronghold sada al jazeera is correspondent osama bin javid has more on saudi arabia's ironical significance. this is a company which runs a country a country which is pivotal to what happens in the middle east it is one of the most important partners for various forces but the muslim world. is at the heart of not just politics but economy and life in saudi arabia as well it is one of the largest employers that saudi arabia has and it is also the crown jewel of the transformation program that saudi arabia's new crown prince wants to embark upon in order to change the country's trajectory from an oil dependent economy to a diverse economy zimbabwe's founding father robert mugabe has been honored at his statement morial service so the stadium was mostly empty regional leaders hailed the former president as a great icon of african liberation gabaa 77 year old was also lost by repression

and economic collapse fights have broken out between probe aging and anti-government protesters at a hong kong shopping center police detained several people after breaking out the 2 sides it's a new government has allowed a charity ship to dock at the island of lampedusa the ocean viking had been drifting in the mediterranean for 2 weeks italy previously close its forced humanitarian rescue ships but this boat was allowed to dock after european nations agreed to take in those on board police in front of fired tear gas during a tense standoff with hundreds of demonstrators in the western city of non the anti-government protests are a revival of the yellow vest campaign that began last year and rescue efforts in the bahamas have been temporarily suspended as tropical storm beto threatens areas already devastated by hurricane dorian at least 50 people are confirmed dead and more than a 1000 still missing those are the headlines on al-jazeera the news continues

after inside story. 2 weeks of protests in algeria show no sign of banding back government is refusing calls to before and you election and i think break the stalemate and is that boom for compromise this is inside story. welcome to the program. it's been more than 5 months since mass protests forced

algeria's long serving president. to step down since then members of his former government have been resisting calls to wet as well. demonstrators have how 30 weeks of they want to flee across former minister ahmed to give power to civilians and to release detained opposition leader of the powerful military chief is standing among the guy who has people to support plans for a presidential election as soon as possible of the protesters want him and the ruling elite to go before and if. they have to ferry all those detained salah and his government prime minister nuri day in bed away everyone has to quit. if you want the protest movement to stop there's only one way and that is to yield to the algerian people this will be peaceful until the end

it is the future of our children who will remain peaceful and. these politicians should be brought to justice and we should witness this the people will not stop until their demands are met has the elections it's up to the people to decide they want voice and they'll be no elections. and here's how the events unfolded in algeria tens of thousands of people took to the streets in february to deny there are plans to seek a 5th presidential term. weeks of mass demonstrations eventually forced him to resign in april and he was replaced by interim president. but protesters say the real power lies with the army chief. the protesters then pressure the government to cancel presidential elections in july but the government of the military have been reluctant to offer further concessions general guy saleh is

pushing for an early vote and once the interim president december date. let's bring in our guest here in the surgery. and professor of political science and international relations of the thai university in algiers on skype a column hey of journalists of the middle east i also in algiers on the phone a research fellow at the school for advanced studies in the social sciences welcome to your use of why do protesters reject. push for elections to be held by the end of this year simply because the demands of the plotters have not been met yet obviously since the 22nd of february when the demonstrations started didn't want to clear the demands some of them have been for instance because of the kind of. left who was duly the president of the constitutional council but did most of

us will still asking for it but we and his government are to go up till now but we are still the prime minister and. he will as to the full time be over to see the elections of julian's i've been quoted in. full but we will go he was. minister of interior he managed to get 6 almost 6000000 signatures for the bid for the cause. 50. people say they don't basically trust him they don't trust him because therefore he has to go there for years to go the also for an independent commission to supervise the elections for the time being the locals told us a few days ago that but with days in office number and the 2nd the 2nd thing is

that the minister of justice the missiles are multi. promised algerians the commission with independent commission to the idea of elections will be established shortly and it will be completely independent so to me this is a move at least to appease the demonstration telling them that where the if they win elections take place it will be clean honest and transparent. the politics is. about compromise the amici if i'm a guy saddam was hoping to see lashes take place in july processa said no and i think the army caved in to those demands but now they are insisting that needs to be a constituent a way out of the crisis algeria the people saying at the same time no though to think of his something that could lead to deep political crisis in algeria. yes and you are pointing something very important which is the stubbornness not to start

today we have a chief of staff who is the totally absurd of this idea are for going to. election no matter how it will be done and at the other side we have anger growing every friday because every day that passes the mistakes and things people are arrested and new laws new people are appointed that are upsetting the. people on the streets yes. there's a need for compromise but today we don't see anywhere from the chief of staff from the region to any condition front and they could have been. successful to make people go back to their homes by releasing political prisoners out of freedom of expression prison prisoners so anyone can call ready

them. if you want. he could have also 6 been very successful by. suggesting the removal of the prime minister appointing some non partisan. ministers or prime ministers and so on so there was no confusion made to buy that car. since 6 months now how and this is making. more and more angry but it also. shows their. progress without leadership works because without this leadership the regime and the government alter the chief of staff cannot apply any pressure on people cannot buy. does iraq resilience shown in the movie a man if the army chief insists on taking the path of

elections by december and the opposition or the praja moccasin movement is saying no we're not going to go that way what are the options left for algeria. well there are actually several options but i think we should not think of the army are the people has to one type of have enough negotiate to get over they have been fit program you have sheaves and for the best and they have been the kind of time of negotiation that has been going on between the handle the generals and the people of the doctrines from the shot these past 6 months has led to a situation that algae that has never experienced before and which is the refusal of the people to play by the regions lose and that will be crucial to understand what kind of way out we can come to their homes they have refused to move to simply withdrew from the show forward for life you know that before anjan was saying well

we know that's not going to have shame elections we know that bullshit probably related to begin again and that's not the whole business we'll just with that now to say no we want accountability that's one of the cold demands we want both teams that are able to make days elections from parents and i come to the land that's not something that going to drop they also say before the wedding they be satisfied with the there is a traditional bill or grant scramble now to say no we want the property possible to become and that's also something very important thing they are also quite indifferent algerian before as a victory 22 times a 2nd which was repression of the watching it's not a conflict between us and between the army and the conflict between the human and do a position factors and now you know we are all confident about our kids with all the original immigrants how to guides about she's going to war not because you can from a corporate occasion she said it's about the young on the point and from what they

have and watched that and that is. the rebirth of a nation that is going on the only a matter of have elections all notes and the most to course about shamus i believe that will have a major. pact. that . we want to. make. use of because it is the most organized area the army found itself other very heart of this whole political debate now in algeria could it be that they are concerned that any way that is not within the constitution could drive as area to worse a an unchartered political territory and this is why they are rejecting the notion of a radical change without going to elections 1st of all obviously like you said the

. the military is the most organized institution in the country it has always been the real power the whole deal in algeria and let's not forget that the underling militarily of the algerian army was born before the before achieved its independence so and the military institution sees itself as the custodian of the nation i mean every single president of italy has been drawn from the middle east or had the military support. the gates and has always insisted that the solution should be we do in the constitution and we should not be seen to get out of the constitution but obviously the situation we're in at the moment is not necessarily constitutional gates wants something actions before the end of the deal this will obviously depend on luck and luck is refusing it for the last 13. weeks also i think the heloc has grown stronger they know it's

a very very important. ok jand that it should not be very important opportunity that you'd not be missed if they missed it they will be they will go back to how they used to live from the looks to t. and so it's very very. potent for the whole lot to make sure. that the new system is established we talk about moving to a new republic or a 2nd republic whatever you want to call it but they know that if they miss this opportunity it will be a basic did they would hope is lost i think but gates is making some compromise with the talk about gates and not as a person but as the institution it appears and so his he is making some compromises even though the compromise is not obvious i believe that calling for the creation of the establishment of the independent commission to supervise the elections and

in particular somebody who has been fighting corruption over the last few weeks he put some very very important part of issues in the good for the cause leisure in jail he called he called on the jury in parliament to lift immunity on some other names so probably they will join. in the next 2 weeks or so so this is this is some somebody that the algerian trusts very much and he promised that he would fight corruption and he also promised that the new established commission to supervise elections will ensure that elections will be fair and transparent and it will be independent and all the nice world that algerian wants to is so i see this. as a compromise from the institutions as a way it's like an order of blanche to the protesters but the protesters to my mind have the upper hand at the moment because they can disrupt everything at the end of

the day they will not because every body who. who wants to become president needs 60000 signatures from different. maybe the protesters would not give. his problem for nobody will be to the constitutional requirements to be the one for elections the 2nd thing how the hell can the country to help and he or she run her presidential. campaign even if discreet is not up to it so i think that the street has the upper hand of the stage. for a little concessions let's not forget that this. commission of dialogue headed by. former president of the algerian parliament despite what been the problems of the something something good came out of it because he said that the president is not necessarily against the idea of but we know when writers told

us last week that but with days in office are numbered so let's wait for the see what happens next a week or so i can i mean we do understand why she needs to be seen as standing firm on the case of but when you say in a speech to the people of either with me or betraying algeria isn't there some kind of message that would further untag own eyes hundreds or thousands of algeria so i would see the army for what inning them in a way or another to follow its guidance yes. i think. for its behavior or political in the standing from. here is applying too much pressure on too many people and it is getting more and more. about. and also about the reaction of people who have seen changing narratives

in one or 2 in one on or 2 speeches so. we. don't really issue is that today. we have a misunderstanding from this side of the army that the. people in the street they don't want to negotiate with the army and they don't want even to negotiate something. with the army apart from a regime change and also more political openness and more political freedom and the . amount they arrest of karim tabel one of the key figures in the problem across the movement how is it seen in algeria is it an indication that the army perhaps is not willing to accept this because the last statement he made or interview was

a staunch was was lashing out basically at the time a guy thought well it's much much much more of chad has a way to fight in the doing of the protesters as before i mean getting something is not the 1st to have been i respect that it's own again it's not about when you talk to people in all the countries in the you know that it is not jr who are protecting as i said it's not about religion it's not about individuals it's about how which roads will lead to the negotiations and they may be. out of 3 ways to do so now you well 1st business as usual news of the people out of which i can even accept that addiction to be held in the center to cancel their maybe it's now you the center of the street and that's something that's algerian has given some protests with the from the very beginning which means that they need organize their own traditions own local councils to discuss the possibility of having the national constitution

personally elected outside of any kind of this framework but it's too difficult because they don't have the. they don't have the money to the so the i mean it could be complicated if i think they are not. and i don't think it will be that and i know we democracy when the people that you could belittle sheeple are back to the remains of the that we've had now. and of back effect this notion we do not have nucky pictured as had been told to have the army exported quite a country so everything is done to make the feel like it and moved and for that to negotiate with anyone but the army 1st civil and it needs to have the army to regulate that to be negotiated we. reached between the army eric and the boat and into oblivion are all about genuine free and that's what will

include a kind of give and take kind of. a miscue around them so this is the only way to get as many does not mean control and ok but people should be if you really think that this is we're talking about those future scenarios. that the problem us movement has the upper hand however that it has been saying that basically this is a movement that is leaderless in a way or another isn't this have on its. own because how can you negotiate with people who don't seem to have a sense of clarity the chain of command about how to move forward what kind of transition would like to have for the future what kind of candidates we have to put into place for the presidential election who should be the member of the national unity government they are talking the talk but they don't seem to be willing to walk the walk. obviously they don't have obvious leaders simply because they said from the beginning that if we do of illegal doesn't disperse and could be bought could be taught and could be what developed so they don't want to to have

a proper leadership set the organization people are talking to each other will get themselves official movements and so on and so forth but the most important thing is that the demands on. they have a clear idea of what they want and they are so many collected collecting sticks they just don't want anybody for them with a flick of the exclusions of the get rid of and his government so many. clean who have not been associated with corruption and really like. for instance was mentioned as a potential person to the head of state a dimension that would be told for instance and the few names in the so it does not take a genius to figure out what those the models want obviously what i say they have the upper hand in terms of they can do stop getting the gov

the numbers they would not go and give their signatures to potential candidates they would know they have leverage you know the decision but the army again is the most important institution and it needs to make. the tell it is not a circulated move they want to make some sort of concessions to be seen that they go in with the likes of the establishment of a proper democracy do you have a sentiment that the project ocracy movement is losing the battle because we've seen that over the last few months particularly before the summer building momentum does that that does not seem to be the case anymore they are no longer hasnt in most of the cities across the country and they are very much confined now in basically one or 2 streets in the capital is years it is. a degree is. now during. during ramadan.

even there were it decreases during that period because there were weather conditions were very very hard the critical mass that meant something politically was always achieved by we always have tens of thousands of people in the street at least in 234 picks it is across the country and also the slogans and the chants who are still very strong and very meaningful what we see now since this back to school since the beginning of september is a huge revive her out of the not going to use that they were a great thing. hundreds of thousands of people in the streets and for acting more than 45 cities in the country so which is pretty much signify see

a point. do you do you feel like the army has managed to alt smot the protesters and that ultimately it could be what the army decides full the future of undo it. i think that any kind of decision they will make will have to begin to act on what kind of rigidly people want to get. a clear on their history question that the army or innovation that you're going to get in front from the long now do you have to move and what the main demand is and wonderful much smarter than just having the reaction to them in front of the crowds you could provide them with a little sense of alarm a little bit and so i think that will be a major move that will surely be on live in the shape of not the. bully. but hoping to have to go quick to lose.

the hole they have shown before the bus for 4 months that they want to grow as i played by rebellion turn on the voters there have been all. kind of. there have been pranks from the police for the whole. family living in the middle of this with folks basically don't ornament importance on the island. and this was a compromise. they own. from the bank you thank you thank you i'm not will be interesting to see what i will take algeria of all the key players to come to a compromise and break the political deadlock i might go back up a complaint use a bond that i really appreciate your contribution to the program today and thank you too for watching you can see the program again at a time by business and our web site al jazeera dot com for further discussion go to our facebook page that's facebook dot com focus last a.j.

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thank you very much for joining us is shutting down half of its oil output after 2 drawn attacks by yemen's healthy rebels that's according to the wall street journal one hit the abqaiq oil processing facility northeast of riyadh the videos posted online showed a massive fire at the facility. see with flames shooting high into the air other videos full set from the facility included the sound of apparent gunfire in the background smoke could be seen rising over the skyline from some distance away the fires according to saudi state media have now been contained the un's yemen envoy says extremely concerned by the jones strife society led coalition is vowing to confront what it calls terrorists arrests it's already launch air strikes north of the whole the stronghold inside osama bin javid has more on the world's largest oil processing facility went up in flames after a drone attack amateur videos captured the fire and smoke at saudi aramco is uptake

unit it was targeted by drones belonging to yemen's rebels with the capacity to process nearly 7000000 barrels a day of big plays a pivotal role in iran because operations and the oil fields in her race which produces a 1000000 barrels a day also came under attack. aramco has not made clear the extent of the damage and its impact on saudi oil production but state media carried a statement from the interior ministry and said the fires were brought under control saudi arabia has been leading a coalition against the who is in the war in yemen since 2015. the rebels say they want the world to see that they have a list of targets which they can hit in the kingdom of god some. attacks are our right and we warn the saudis that our targets will keep expanding we have the right to strike back in retaliation to the air strikes and the targeting of our civilians for the last 5 years saudi arabia accuses iran of backing the who these are charged

tonight by the rebels some believe the saudi response to the drone attacks is going to be more of what's been happening during the war in yemen this would probably help them project their what were they been doing in yemen as something legitimate especially given the international report about the violations and about the at last it is committed in yemen i think the saudis would continue to think that they've been doing over the last 4 years of this bomb bomb bomb would he find his tactics have evolved in the last few years and their drone attacks have become more frequent accurate and long range as conventional air defenses struggle against multiple small drones some see aerial attacks on oil facilities as a possible game changer in the conflict a drone like this can be assembled from $10.00 to $15000.00 or explosives this provides a unique opportunity to target the military and in this case it's also more concerning because you want to target facilities that. besides the physical damage the hoodies

also seem to have time the attacks just a saudi aramco announced it is moving forward to sending a part of the state oil company the stock listing has been on again off again but attacks like these will not help investor confidence to bring in billions of dollars to diversify in the south the economy the primary mistake is that it's not really like your home. home. video from one is. enough. to saudi aramco is no ordinary company it's the engine of saudi arabia's economy and a source of power for its rulers it's also the crown jewel of the saudi crown prince's and vicious plan to diversify the economy but with seemingly expanding strike capabilities from the war in yemen this would give investors a moment to pause. some of it. is there. and osama bin javid has also examined the strategic importance of aramco and the politics of saudi oil in a documentary for al-jazeera here's an excerpt. it seemed like

a great idea the world's largest oil producing company pumping millions of barrels a day to become the world's largest ever traded stock. that does not have to have a c. it had 4 yeah we're not a little soft wall. and over in bush's prince eager to make his mark as a reformer wanted to partially trade saudi aramco for a fellow you ation of 2 trillion dollars look the venture failed to get off the ground and the prince's vision 2030 now seems blurry. saudi aramco is almost like the basis of politics in saudi arabia they're always intrinsically tied everybody in saudi arabia in one way or another is a beneficiary saudi aramco. arabia it needs a strong rand paul and vice versa as well the history of saudi aramco is the history of saudi arabia transforming itself from an isolated tribal society into

a global press. the kingdom of holds about 16 percent of the world's oil reserves it's the largest exporter of petroleum among opec countries and that means its economy relies heavily on oil 90 percent of exports 87 percent of budget revenues and nearly half of g.d.p. all comes from oil. towering over these numbers is the company which gets out refined and exports that oil it pumps one out of every 8 barrels of oil in the world and it's the only company which can produce a barrel of oil for less than $10.00. a ram co says it employs 65000 people but creates direct and indirect. full hundreds of thousands in the kingdom so if it's doing so we'll. let it go. and you can see osama's complete film saudi aramco a story of oil wealth and power on our website at al-jazeera dot com in

other world news african leaders have gathered in harare to honor the lace in bob when president robert mugabe but many local stayed away remembering a doc aside of mugabe's rule and blaming him for the struggling economy has more from harare. it was a chance to remember robert mugabe and sake of founding father who ended a white minority rule in the country but there were no big crowds many say he was responsible for ruining the economy he was however honored at the ceremony as a principled leader a liberator and an intellectual giant who championed pan african isn't something the continent has to see much of recently. to the africa's leaders. angry at how african foreign nationals are treated in south africa. before.

other african leaders spoke funny. africans to own their own resources including land without interference from western nations and the honor of this goal and so offered. a call on the leaders are the people of africa. to be united. and to guard against negative influences and when the. mayor. was given a 21 gun salute the highest of the military helped keep him in power for 37 years but they also removed him in a coup in 27000 people who attended the memorial service said was

a fitting sendoff for a man who ruled. for decades this is 830000 stadium the beginning to be an example. awful many people did not come to the memorial but are carrying on with their lives trying to make ends meet in a struggle. was controversial in life and there was even a dispute between the government and the family. should be buried now it's been decided his final resting place will be at the national heroes a to symmetry in the capital but only after all spatial greatness that will take about 30 days how demitasse al-jazeera. fights have broken out in hong kong as arrivals traded blows in a shopping mall video posted online showed groups of men many waving chinese flags attacking people perceived to be pro-democracy protests on calm has been gripped by

weeks of huge sometimes violent demonstrations against beijing's into wain's in the territory sarah clarke has been with anti-government protesters in hong kong's un long district. there's been a tense standoff the last few hours in the area where we are which is in you know long it's on the border of mainland china and hong kong around a 1000 protesters marched to this particular like haitian where they tried to access a park the place blockaded the straits and deny them access now other quest for the permission was denied for this particular assembly to go ahead therefore the police deemed this particular protest today on saturday here in hong kong illegal but this didn't stop the protesters now at the moment the protesters have retreated but tomorrow on sunday we do expect another mass rally to go ahead this one it's organized by the civil human rights front this is the organization that's led the mass rallies the ones that are attracted a 12000000 people in the streets of hong kong of the last 15 or so weeks now they requested permission the police again they deny that permission so therefore again once again on sunday that particular simply if it does go ahead will be danger

legal but at the moment the protesters have said they will not back down into their 5 demands are met and so crucial to those demands a number one unit will suffer universal suffrage to be met they want this particular protest not to be referred to as a rush and they also want an independent inquiry into the police actions against the protesters in his. plenty more ahead on this news hour including stuck at the border why some say the application process for asylum seekers trying to get into the u.s. is doomed from the stocks plus what the resignation of the u.s. middle east envoy could mean for trump's much advertised deal of the century and the talent champions have their coach back on the sidelines but peter will tell you why it wasn't a happy return for sorry that's coming up in sports. it's in these new gun.