a national dialogue to one in which the other side arabia is much securing yemenis and the like so this is big p.r. battle and this is why i think the who these are focusing on this particular angle sami were already saying retaliatory attacks by the saudis on he positions what kind of retaliation do you think we could see inside saudi arabia should we be expecting a crackdown especially on the shia population in the eastern province i think what's interesting is they're actually room is coming about that it was the us who informed the saudis that there was an attack taking place in the oil facilities and that iran is responsible for it implying that the saudis themselves are not quite sure what exactly happened they don't know where the drones came from they don't know who's involved in it they don't know what's going on moreover the saudis will be very disappointed this is probably the 2nd or 3rd time that the u.s. patriot missiles have failed to defend vital key oil facilities so mohammed said man has a has an issue with regards to this as to how to deal with it he will look 1st and foremost to the u.s. what would you do about it you promise to protect my oil facilities and you're

failing to do so and the u.s. has a vested interest in providing binsted men with that security because this put it bluntly if you have got in turkey who is now buying as 400 from the russians and now the world to see that your picture missiles are failing that would encourage other countries to go more towards the russians so i think rather than cracking down binsted men will probably sit back in his chair and think ok my oil facilities were attacked but the americans know that they're partly to blame don't tell you has given me assurances trump has give me assurances let them deal with it and at least the more that they're involved the more that i can guarantee that they will at least do something against iran which is now surrounding me north on their arche border east why they mainland so. and i have seen in egypt who is not standing with me on any of these issues whatsoever despite investing billions in him indeed it's tensions in the region and relationships will be watching very closely thank you sami handy in london there for us from the international interest. while u.s.

president donald trump has acknowledged the death of former al qaeda leader osama bin laden's son hands are for the 1st time he was reportedly killed in a counterterrorism operation on the afghan pakistan border hamza bin laden was a prominent al qaeda figure who had reportedly been groomed by his father osama to lead to the group afghan security forces have broken up what they say was an eyeful fellow in kabul responsible for a series of suicide bombings including last month's wedding attack 3 men have been arrested but there are concerns that other groups may be waiting to be activated tony back to reports from the afghan capital. these 3 men are what afghan security forces say were part of an eyesore terrorist cell that's been busted in kabul it's claimed they are responsible for $29.00 dead the attacks in the capital there have been recruiting from very from the educated society the. young educated

youth and they've been very savvy with technology and even though ability to to to clown and launch attacks a valid a lot of innocent blood on there and so there was a huge huge bust the hunt for eisel or die as it's called locally is not easy for the security forces the group has become more sophisticated and difficult to track down it is a relative newcomer to the afghan conflict but is making its presence felt with a string of attacks and suicide bombings. this is one of their biggest a few weeks ago the target was a shia wedding reception in kabul more than 60 people were killed and 180 injured the largely home base group is relatively small in number but it is developing and expanding into more areas. people who are fighting in the name of the they're all old hard core taliban who support it are trying taliban and they are supported from some elements from outside but the afghan army believes that as i saw fighters are

driven out of syria some are making their way to remote areas of afghanistan but also that i saw ranks will swell with disaffected taliban fighters that oppose a peace deal. the cornerstone for the us of any peace agreement is that the taliban agrees to prevent any group from using afghanistan as a base to launch attacks on the us in the west the taliban nor matter how the guarantee they can not fire it on their own with support of the government support of the army and support of the international community but that's probably a long way in the future it's the attacks in afghanistan now that frighten people abdul latif knows the pain eisel can inflict his youngest son abdul jamil was a musician who was killed in a car will wedding hall bombing. them they are against humanity they're not muslims and nothing about our religion allows you to go and blow someone up this was not

a military police this was just a betting party breaking up this group has been a big success for the security forces but there has been some concern and surprise that it took so long to catch them and there are worries that there may be further isolate cells waiting to be activated it is clear that when afghanistan eventually a cheese piece i saw will still be a big problem that will be difficult to solve tony berty al jazeera kabul. we have plenty more ahead for you on this news hour including plug in power frankfurt's merger so goes green with high end electric cars. set to hold its 2nd democratic presidential election since the 2011 arab spring and in sport in english champions manchester city are put in their place by unfancied opponents piece it will be hit with that story. now tropical storm has moved away from the bahamas but heavy rainfall is hindering

rescue efforts in parts of the islands devastated by a hurricane 2 weeks ago alan fischer reports from the capital in the south. the the everyday things that will rebuild ordinary lives ripped apart their t. shirts and shorts and dresses and politics all busy gathered by the people in ny so for those who lost everything in the hurricane literally we've got thousands of people to come in from the island with nothing but the clothes on their backs i'm not even with shoes and so they lost everything and so this set up is just to be there to help people regain some kind of dignity and you know when the humanity and just the good feeling about themselves and to be independent again. it started as a call to a few people went vital and suddenly it became a major operation the next step is distribution was no organization no grouping it was just a message sent out and the people responded well locals are playing their part the

international community is doing what it can it's assessing the damage caused and. can even begin to repair rebuild and recall behind this door is where the huge international operation is being coordinated there are so many agencies so much what going on they don't want to let the cameras in this is by far and away the biggest disaster ever to hit the bahamas the rebuilding will take months it will take years and the cost will be millions it will be billions we're trying to get information from areas that have compromised communication systems so we're really working with a coalition of partners to be able to collect that data and analyze that so that decision makers feel confident in their next steps as they plan towards mid-term and long term recovering. the displaced hundreds will start to collect in nations on monday taking what they need giving them something that says things are going to

get better giving them hope alan fischer al-jazeera the bahamas. now the $82.00 migrants rescued by the charity ship the ocean viking 6 days ago have now begun disembarking the vessel at the italian port of tampa the decision to allow them ashore was a reversal of the close ports policy implemented by the previous coalition government spearheaded by the former interior minister. the new government took office on tuesday and promised a new approach to migrant reception prime minister just have a contest said on thursday that several in u. countries that agreed to take in the rescued like grants paul brennan reports. the news brought tangible relief to ocean viking after nearly a week in limbo. he was. here i.

was. it sparked a spontaneous celebration among the rescued migrants in what we are very happy about the news it is amazing we are going to arrive in a place where people understand and listen to us very happy to learn that we have to some backing and. italy's new prime minister decepticon tech has been in power just a week and conti center left coalition government supports a more humane approach than the hardline closed ports policy of the previous interior minister matteo salvini but ministers insist that does not mean it's only now has an open door policy. i believe there's a big misunderstanding about the safe port given to ocean viking it was assigned to ports simply because the e.u. stuck to our request to take the majority of the microbes it must be clear that already is to ensure that those who arrive in italy or redistributed to other

european countries. that hasn't stopped salvini from criticizing. redistributions in europe are just words. because i am still waiting for the other european countries to take a few 1000 of those they have already promised to take so this is a surrender obviously one of qantas promises to europe was that it would return to being a refugee camp. back on board the migrants are already planning where they might be sent germany has promised to take 25 percent of any refugees rescued in the mediterranean but the rest of the distribution is less clear and subject will certainly come up when e.u. interior ministers meet in malta on september the 23rd. al-jazeera. now there's been another defection from u.k. prime minister barak johnson's ruling conservative party former education minister sam gamer has crossed to join the pro and europe liberal democrat party he's now

the 6th conservative to defect so far this year his departure further weakens johnson's minority government russia over the next 10 days hundreds of thousands of people will be heading to the frankfurt moshe's show in germany this year's theme like most auto shows this these days is electric vehicles but it's not the only green technology on show dominic kane reports from frankfurt. this is the automotive revolution a major manufacturers want the world to see a vista of vehicles with the the low or no emissions for some frank thought means a chance to make a knowledge to nostalgia emphasizing how persistent an iconic design can be but above all this year's event is about the mobility electric vehicles the b.m.w. that means putting customer choice at the heart of its green plans in urban areas a battery powered electric vehicle might be the solution and we have great

solutions there with our b.m.w. i 3 with our many electric and next year also with our b.m.w. i 3. what's noticeable is hybrid cars are less prominent this year compared to previous ones hidden behind all electric offerings like the new porsche tai-chi and while a 6 figure sports car like this is clearly not designed for the mass market some analysts say the dominance of fossil fueled cars will soon be over 3 already see that are on a small scale with high growth rates but i think from 2025 to 2030 the basic sales of electric vehicles will climb very rapidly also in absolute numbers not just in relative terms. the importance of the auto industry to germany is clear when motor exports are threatened so too is the country's economic growth and although as a whole germany is not technically in recession right now this is the one sector

where alarm bells are ringing which explains why the country's political leaders feel the need to drop in. the automobile industry today the automobile industry is a very important part of our country's economic success and it's above all an industry which supplies jobs and that for security for hundreds of thousands of people. for some people the electric. evolution is just a spot. this is the technology of the future the hydrogen fuel in motor vehicles that everyone can drive. and yet for now the power of the petrol or diesel engine is still apparent search is here with the new landrieu the defender whose only green variant a plug in hybrid will be available from next year generally though this year's event seems more about showing it's the electric car which is charging ahead dominic came out of the front but motor show. police in france have fired tear

gas during a standoff with hundreds of protesters in the city of norms the latest round of anti government demonstrations a revival of the yellow vest campaign began over fuel tax increases late last year president emanuel has tried to satisfy their demands but he is facing renewed anger as a pension reforms that led to a transport strike in paris on friday and fights are broken out in hong kong as political rivals traded blows in a shopping mall videos posted online showed groups of men many waving chinese flags attacking people they thought were pro-democracy protesters hong kong has been gripped by weeks of sometimes violent demonstrations against beijing's influence in the territory how correspondent a malevolent oaken was an anti-government rally in central hong kong. the political turmoil here in hong kong is well into its 3rd month now and despite growing police

crackdown and violence in the streets there seems to be no signs of protesters are growing slow down here i don't heading for a place right at the center of hong kong is this strict secondary students who are now protesting they came here with their friends while others who were accompanied by their parents some of them as young as 7 years old they tell us why they're here why they're protesting even if they're not even legally allowed to vote i would say dead as a secondary suit is can also. call and. maybe you did not add those to fight against the police directly but they can do something and exactly should prove to us that young people can do something to that society just. a possible phone call and i'm calling calling them. so i saying i have to say was i want. the full

withdrawal of the divisive extradition bill was announced by carrie lamb's administration last week a huge concession out of beijing but observers say this may have been given a little too late but protesters are not budging they say there are 4 other demands and they are refusing to give in so for now these will remain from bill years seem . well still ahead on al-jazeera what the resignation of the u.s. middle east envoy could mean for trump's not chance the ties to the deal of the century. he was a visionary leader. another. african leaders held robert mugabe as a hero but most of the seats at his memorial service on.

and of course the life of former south african rugby star chester williams is celebrated in cape town. we got some pleasant solve some weather across a good part of north america bits and pieces a cloud over towards the eastern seaboard eastern parts of canada as well but the hate still there a lot of dry weather temperatures typically getting up around the mid twenty's high twenty's maybe even the low thirty's for some you can see there is some wet weather just lurking around the middle and takes that is pushing up towards the genius heading up to with maryland as well little bit of wet weather to just around the other made west further west is generally try but we have got some very heavy rain coming in across the pacific northwest through b.c. that western parts of canada seeing some very heavy rain well we do also drawn

towards this very wet weather that says tropical storm which is making its way very close to that eastern side of the u.s. pulling away from the bahamas by this stage elsewhere it does state dry it does stay warm 32 celsius in d.c. 27 in new york dry and warm to across a good part of the caribbean before the north you can see the location of a tropical storm just pulling away from that northwestern corner of the bahamas causing further problems here mostly quickly in place aside from monday it does turn somewhat dry and bright but we have got showers for the lesser antilles.

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hello again i'm. reminded of our top stories this hour u.s. secretary of state's mike pompei o has accused iran of direct involvement in saturday's drone strikes on some of saudi arabia's most vital oil facilities is it use to run a fake diplomacy and of launching an unprecedented attack on the global energy supply but yemen's treat the rebels have claimed responsibility for those attacks on the kingdom's oil facilities saudi arabia has been forced to slash its oil production by 5 point $7000000.00 barrels per day around hof of its usual output. a poor into the bahamas as the country is still assessing the full extent of the damage left by hurricane dorian tropical storm has moved away from the islands but heavy rainfall is hindering rescue efforts. well let's return now to our top story the drone attacks on saudi arabia's oil facilities yemen's who the rebels have been

using drones in combat this small cheap to produce and capable of evading radar systems the greek ease of use drones to disable saudi arabia's. missile defense systems allowing the rebels to fire ballistic missiles into the kingdom unchallenged saudi arabia's vast oil fields and pipeline network have been a prime target saturday's strike on the cake facility is the biggest and most daring to date and the rebels technology is becoming more sophisticated with their drones now able to reach targets in most of saudi arabia and the u.a.e. well earlier we spoke to brett the lekovic who is a military drone expert and a former member of the u.s. special u.s. army special operations he says saudi arabia isn't prepared to deal with such attacks. drone strikes in this case hit deeper into saudi territory than previous strikes and that takes incredible sophistication it's very interesting that you

know this attack happened with that level of sophistication we haven't seen before what we don't know the exact type of drone in the attack we can look at previous who's the strikes to point to drones of iranian origin and specifically a drone known as the cost of $1.00 the cost of $1.00 was created by the iranians and provided to do these back in 2015 but what is interesting about it is publicly the range of that drone is only known to be up to 150 kilometers we're talking about a location that was over 500 kilometers which means that they're getting additional help in some way from the iranians to be able to push the range of this particular drone that is basically used meant to be a suicide attack type of drone the problem is that they assumed that they were vulnerable i mean that's they're looking at intelligence indicating that potentially the drones can't reach that location they're there they're not implementing what is known as counter drone technology which is technology that's

available today to be able to detect and identify even automatically destroy these drones before they're able to hit these pieces of critical infrastructures more of these critical facilities like this one need to start implementing an attack especially if we're talking about a situation now where half of the saudi's oil production is being stopped because of it i mean that is has wide ranging economic consequences that farce of past just the physical damage. west african ages have pledged a $1000000000.00 to fight in the region and imagine to some that was how that became a fast to discuss growing threats from grapes linked to al-qaeda and i sell our correspondent catherine so i has the latest who i could take. after hours of deliberations the heads of state who were here and dosed what they called a priority action plan 420202024 there were 8 keep pointing commuting they say crown terrorism coordination of counterterrorism activities they also say

they're going to increase joint patrols especially along the borders that they consider vulnerable they said that they are the united nations security council to give the u.n. peacekeeping mission in the region a bigger mandate to deal with counter terrorist activities and they asked defense ministers to come up with a tangible proposal on how the. regional bloc standby force can be deployed to help deal with this security situation they said that they're going to mobilize within the next 5 years 1000000000 dollars to be able to help in finding that has been a critical problem funding all these activities they're talking about it's going to be interesting to see how the implementation is going to happen we've been talking to security analysts who say that the problem has always been that they so many

conflicting interests and. competition by this countries for visibility and funding as well so it's going to be interesting how all this plays out going forward but many people saying that without a collaborative without commitment without the countries collaborating walking together then the crisis in the sahara is not going to go away. zimbabwe's founder robert mugabe has been honored by african leaders as a revolutionary icon and an intellectual giant but many zimbabweans stayed away from the ceremony to remember their former president and they recall the darker side of mccartney's role and blamed him for their battered economy. reports. it was a chance to remember robert mugabe and say goodbye to zimbabwe's 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 added at the ceremony as

a principled leader a liberator and an intellectual giant who championed pan african is a sudden the continent has a see much of recently. was booed by some zimbabweans angry at how african foreign nationals are treated in south africa. different. for what the. other african leaders spoke fondly. africa's to own their own resources including land without interference from western nations the honor of this goal and. a call on the leaders are the people of. to be united. and to guard

against negative interests and when the. mayor. has given a 21 gun salute the highest of the military help keep him in power for 37 years but they also removed him in a coup in 27000 people who. the memorial service said was a fitting sendoff for a man who'd been put nearly 2 decades. later it's the thousands of damien the begins to be an example but it's not even half full many people did not come to the oriel or are carrying on with their lives trying to make ends meet in a struggling economy. was controversial in life and indeed there was even a dispute between the government and the family over where mugabe should be buried now it's been decided his final resting place at the national here is

a to symmetry in the capital but only after a most of the spatial grade has it that will take about 30 days with us and al jazeera. now corden sudan says the trial of former president omar al bashir will resume next week the announcement came after saturday's hearing 5 witnesses and treating the director of the shares office had time has come back it said he received $25000000.00 from saudi crown prince mohammed bin southland through an envoy millions of dollars in foreign and sudanese currency recovered from the shias residence after he was arrested in april the accusations against bashir include corruption and money laundering. head to the polls on sunday for their 2nd democratic presidential election since the 2011 arab spring $26.00 candidates are in the running including prime minister use of shy head and a media mogul in the bill curry who is leading opinion polls despite being in

prison stephanie decker spoke to voters in the capital 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 an idea with been going downhill since 2011 and everything politicians are arguing and we pay the price what used to cost $1.00 dinar is now 10 or more mate used to cost team day now now it's $30.00 we ask him if he will vote in sunday's election. may know. he voted 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 of commercial police just 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 and asians have a lot of toys and that's a real difference and before the protests broke out here in 2011 which is in 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 for 2011 but it's not that simple for 1st of all i mean having. democratization process succeeding and this is happening because in the middle of the middle east and north africa this is unique this is an exception we cannot deny that at the same time what can

democracy provide in 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 for you 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 fleet calander scape and determine what tunisia will look like moving forward stephanie decker al-jazeera tunis. and israelis are also heading to the

polls but on tuesday for the 2nd time in less than 6 months that's after prime minister benjamin netanyahu failed to form a ruling coalition now so far the campaign has focused on security health care and netanyahu as potential indictments for corruption are a force that reports. reporter titian who sews himself as israel's mr security they were reminded of its frequent absence in and around gaza a week before polling day sirens gave notice of a new round of rockets forcing benjamin netanyahu from the stage at a campaign rally in the southern city of ashdod. his main electoral opponent former army chief benny gantz garza is netanyahu is a weak point on security policy the deterrence has been utterly eroded it's time to act it's time to put an end to this it's time to change the leadership challenge netanyahu to come to the southern town of steroids and look into the eyes of its frightened residents but stare out has long been

a stronghold of netanyahu likud party and in april's elections 2 thirds of its voters chose netanyahu or his right wing allies over gun says centrist bloc. we hope it will be fine i don't have the tools that netanyahu has i hope what should be done is done. netanyahu doesn't bring a security on the days rockets and that doesn't mean that i stop believing in him on one level netanyahu is approach is hardline israeli snipers have killed more than $300.00 unarmed protesters over 18 months of border demonstrations rockets out of gaza. with punitive airstrikes gantz calls for a broader military campaign but its precise outline and prospects of success seem as hazy as the gaza skyline from steroids for all the netanyahu is opponents criticize his gaza policy they have yet to come up with an alternative that is fully believed and supported by the residents of this area.