provided in terms of economic demands that's the major challenge so it's a mixed story if 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 political landscape and determine what tunisia will look like moving forward stephanie decker al-jazeera tunis. we've got lots more to come here at out and pleading behavior ends mountain massive relief that it never can patch kids

left telling this after the worst hurricane me i have ever seen. plus plug in power frank says major show gets green with high end electric. car we got some pleasant solve some weather across a good part of north america big some places a cloud over towards the eastern seaboard eastern parts of canada as well but the heat 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 antics that is pushing up towards the genius heading up to maryland as well little bit of wet weather to just around the other made west further west as generate tribe we have got some fairy 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 mostly quit places say from monday it does turn somewhat drier and brighter but we have got showers for the lesser antilles. counting the cost of technocrats and the defacto leader has been ousted well his

replacement a saudi arabia's energy minister fate any better than struggle to get more for its oil costs the cost of adapting to a warming planet counting the cops on the edges you know. i know. and i do. some of it i like. to take a look at the top stories here at al-jazeera the u.s. actually has saved my compos accuse iran of direct involvement in saturday's drone strikes and some of saudi arabia's most vital oil facilities he's accused terror on

of fake diplomacy and of launching an unprecedented attack on the global energy supply the germans who rebels have claimed responsibility for the attacks on the oil facilities saudi arabia has been forced to cut production by around harf of its usual output. the polls open in a little under 4 hours from now in tunis is 2nd presidential election since the arab spring despite the success of the 20 leavened uprising many voters as a disenchanted they're concerned about the economy security and corruption. 5 defense witnesses have testified in the trial of former sudanese president omar al bashir including the director of the former president's office had him has sent back it said he received $25000000.00 from the saudi crown prince mohammed bin solomon through an envoy millions of dollars in foreign answered anees currency were recovered from bashir is residence after he was arrested in april and she is

trial on corruption and money laundering charges will resume next week that the us president donald trump has acknowledged the death of a former al qaeda leader as some of bin ladin some the harms are for the 1st time he was reportedly killed last month in a counterterrorism operation on the afghan pakistan border how bin laden was a prominent al qaeda figure who had apparently been groomed by his father to lead the group. now there's relief in the bahamas with the news that tropical storm umberto has moved away from the island international aid is pouring in but it's a grassroots assistance campaign that is providing support to those who've been left with nothing on official reports from the capital. there the everyday things that we rebuild ordinary lives ripped apart their t. shirts and shorts and dresses and toiletries all gathered by the people in ny so

for those who lost everything in the hurricane literally we've had thousands of people to come in from the island with nothing but the clothes on their back some not even with shoes and so they lost everything and so this set up is just to be there to help people ready regain some type of dignity and you know when the humanity and just 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. it can even begin to repair rebuild and recall behind this door is with a 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 nasser the bahamas at least 6 people have died in flooding in spain an estimated 3 and a half 1000 people have been evacuated after days of heavy rain submerged roads and

houses a 1000 military personnel have been deployed in the regions of murphy here and valencia to help rescue people being cut off by the rising waters. indonesia's government is valid to hit businesses with criminal charges if they've been involved in lighting the fires that have created a growing haze in the region plantation companies are accused of lighting the fires to clear the land the smokers fret a neighboring singapore with the air quality has deteriorated to unhealthy levels for the 1st time in years the haze as calls to regional dispute between india needs here and its neighbors malaysia and singapore. and indonesia is struggling to deal with a growing number of refugees who've escaped conflict and poverty in africa the middle east as well as elsewhere in asia they're seeking asylum in the west but many say they've been stuck in limbo in indonesia for years waiting for their

paperwork to be sorted out so they can be resettled. reports now from the indonesian capital jakarta. they came to indonesia and hoped they could start a new life in australia new zealand or canada but many say they're now stranded. with fled the war in afghanistan and 2015 he and his family live in this makeshift shelter without electricity a basic sanitation and little food. if i had money will don't have come here my wife has been sick 3 times it goes to god fever i was in hospital for 5 days she leaves but. i have no money to buy but their food. mohamed is one of 400 refugees sharing the small space in ca to do this in west jakarta up to 26 men live in this room using cardboard boxes and plastic sheets to make the floor more comfortable to sleep on unable to work or study they sit and wait for transit papers or permanent

assistance but as conflicts in africa and the middle east continue frustration levels are rising the refugees having demonstrates a new front of the un refugee agency for the past several weeks many of them have come from afghanistan pakistan to don eritrea somalia and iraq. 0 7. yes many blame the authorities for not doing enough. but if you're not protecting us then what are you doing here you are supposed to protect all the refugees treating them equally. indonesia is home to $14000.00 refugees and asylum seekers but is not a signatory to the un refugee convention which means it only acts as a transit country but the australian government has tightened its borders to refugees from indonesia and cut its international funding to migrants the un refugee agency says charter school resettlement unlimited. direct assistance isn't

going to be the answer because everyone needs to be able to have the tools to take care of themselves and this is why we're working with the government the government of indonesia here to try to find ways under the indonesian laws for refugees to have the ability to take care of themselves so they don't always have to depend on handouts rights groups saying no single group is responsible for the backlog what i think is very important in order to sort of situation is to really bring of the parties together civil society business sectors and also governments agencies as well as the refugees but it is about the refugees want their voices heard having come this far they say it's their only hope for healing mohammed al jazeera jakarta . of the $82.00 migrants rescued rescued by the charity ship the ocean viking 6 days ago have now begun to set foot on dry land on the tally and island of lampedusa the decision to allow them ashore was

a reversal of the close ports policy implemented by the previous coalition government that you may remember was spearheaded by the former interior minister. this the new government took office on tuesday and promised a new approach to migrant reception prime minister tzipi conte said on thursday that several e.u. countries had agreed to take in the rescued migrants who brennan reports. the news brought tangible relief to ocean viking after nearly a week in limbo just heard. placed say. he was. here. was. it sparked a spontaneous celebration among the rescued migrants in flooded we're very happy

about the news it is amazing to rival a place where people understand and listen to us if they're happy to lend that we have to some backing and. it's a nice new prime minister. has been in power just a week and 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 is 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's all rame is to ensure that those who arrive in italy or redistributed to other european countries. that hasn't stopped salvini from criticizing the apple report the 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 really 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 the subject will certainly come up when e.u. interior ministers meet in malta on september the 23rd. al-jazeera their fights broke out in hong kong on saturday as political rivals traded blows in a shopping mall video posted online showed groups of men many of them waving chinese flags attacking people that they thought were pro-democracy protesters hong kong has been gripped by weeks of sometimes violent demonstrations against beijing's influence. there's been another defection from the british prime

minister boris johnson's ruling conservative party sam jima has joined the prove europe liberal democratic party he is the 6th conservative to defect so far his departure further weakens johnson's minority governments police in france have fired tear gas during a standoff with hundreds of protesters in the western city of normed the latest round of anti-government demonstrations are a revival of the yellow vests campaign that began over fuel tax increases late last year president mackerel has tried to satisfy their demands but he's facing renewed anger over pension reforms that led to a transport strike in paris on friday. now the sounds of the frankfurt major show has been disrupted by environmental protest despite this year's event showcasing electric powered vehicles climate protests as

a still demanding changes in transportation habits the leader of the german green party has criticized electric cars the not being powered sustainable power source well in spite of those protests hundreds of thousands of people still expected to visit the show dominic kane reports from fact frank that. this is the automotive revolution a major manufacturers want the world to see a vista of vehicles with the the low or no emission for some frank thought means a chance to make a notch 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. 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 type car 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 so you already see that are on a small scale have a high growth rate 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 revolution is just a stopgap this is the technology of the future they say hydrogen fuel in motor vehicles that everyone can drive. and yet for now the power of the petrol or diesel engine is still apparent such as here with the new land rover 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 al-jazeera at the frankfurt motor show.

time for a 2nd look at the top stories here about his era the u.s. secretary of state's mike pompei o has accused iran of direct involvement in saturday's drone attacks on some of saudi arabia's most vital oil facilities he accused terror on a fake diplomacy and of launching an unprecedented attack on the global energy supply despite compares comments yemen's hitty rebels have claimed responsibility for the attacks which are full saudi arabia to slashes oil production by about half its usual output. as attacks are our right and we warned the saudis. 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 the polls open in a little under 4 hours from now in tunis is 2nd presidential election since the

arab spring despite the success of the 2011 uprising many voters a disenchanted they're concerned about the economy security and corruption a grassroots assistance program is sweeping the bahamas with locals helping those who had everything destroyed by hurricane dorian tropical storm umberto which had been threatening the islands is now moving away the 82 migrants rescued by the charity ship the ocean viking 6 days ago have started to disembark the vessel at the italian port of lampedusa their decision to allow them ashore was a reversal of the closed ports policy implemented by the previous coalition government spearheaded by the former interior minister. into these is government has vowed to hit businesses with criminal charges if they've been involved in lighting the fires that have created a growing haze in the region plantation companies are accused of starting the fires

in order to clear land right up to date those are the latest headlines from us here at al-jazeera i'll be back in about half an hour after counting the costs. world leaders from un member states a pairing to take their seats for this year's general assembly president rouhani and president trump will attend. growing tensions between the u.s. and iran be used will multilateral efforts provide solutions to a global refugee crisis escalates in wars and climate change before it's too late join us for extensive coverage of the u.n. general assembly on al-jazeera. hello i'm hasn't seek and this is counting the cost on energy here your weekly look

at the world of business and economics this week a technocrat and the defacto leader of opec has been ousted but will his replacement or saudi arabia's energy minister fare any better as the kingdom struggles to get more for its oil the cost of adapting to climate change if you think businesses haven't already failed because our planet is heating up think again. and trump's never ending trade war with china has opened up opportunities for some time businesses among the chaos. he was the defacto leader of opec and the most respected oil man in saudi arabia and on the world stage so well respected that when crown prince mohammed bin men needed to salvage his credibility after the killing of journalists. it was energy minister in fully who returned to what in a surprise move he was ousted and replaced by muhammad's half brother prince

abdullah bin said a man it is the 1st time a member of the ruling sold family has been appointed to the post technocrats like funny have always been the nation's choice to run the oil ministry. he was also relieved from his role as chairman of the oil giant around co saudi arabia has a 13 percent share of the world's petroleum market during fairly his 10 year he struggle to raise the price of oil to $80.00 a barrel that price would give mohammed bin man the financial firepower to transform the economy moving it away from its oil addiction it will so enable it to balance its budget and not exhaust foreign reserves on imports but this is how crucial oil is to saudi arabia oil accounts for 40 percent of its economy 70 percent of government revenue and nearly 80 percent of export earnings according to reuters saudi export earnings from oil fell for more than $800000000.00

a day in april 2014 to less than $300000000.00 a day in february 26th that was due to the shale oil boom in the united states and as of june this year it was earning $400000000.00 a day a saudi arabia has used everything in its policy toolbox to raise prices fully elicited the help of russia and other non opec nations to cut production saudi arabia cut its own production to its lowest level in 5 years to no avail it also needs high oil prices to meet the ambitious 2 trillion dollars valuation for saudi aramco stock market listing early next year at the moment analysts believe the world's most profitable company is worth between one trillion to $1.00 trillion dollars but mohamed bin some man wants a higher valuation and on that count fully have also failed to deliver. well let's

find out what's behind the decision and can the new man do any better able to help us answer those questions i'm joined by richard malice and a co-founder of energy aspects a senior energy analyst there thanks very much for being with us so what's behind this move then to get rid of in fairly well i think it's hard to see it as anything other than a loss of confidence in his ability to handle some of his portfolio and i think that's probably primarily about crown prince mohammed bin someone who's very central obviously to all decision making in the kingdom losing that personal confidence that he's the right man for the job and was it also about the failure to deliver high oil prices because saudi arabia needs needs needs to be at a certain price to deliver its budget i think it's a bit simplistic to just say that saudi arabia needs a particular budget clearly it's run a deficit budget for a number of years it can do that but the there are downsides and saudi arabia has

ambitious investment plans vision 2030 and other areas and so i think certainly the slow progress is probably the saudis would see it towards achieving a more balanced market and the part the price increases they'd expect to come with that is going to be a big part of what's driven this change does this is what changed the relationship with opec plus in particular with with with russia it was it was for the contaminated dorrell ship to europe russia would that not be in compliance with its commitment to cut production. it's a good question clearly her father was very active and involved in the engagement with russia and the other opec plus members but i think that sound the russian cooperation goes to a much higher political level so we saw a lot of links between the crown prince and president putin on the russian side and i think that engagement is going to outlast the better part of all i think really what we're looking at is an alignment of interests for saudi arabia and russia

certainly as far as the cooperation agreement it's not a perfectly easy partnership there will be strains down the line and it may not last forever but i think for now at least both countries are looking at having similar interests and seeing the benefits of working together and that will remain the case and we mentioned as well the break with precedent in making this appointment why why is the house of south seemingly keen on controlling the energy ministry because that's something they voted in the past well i think it's possible to read too much into the fact that the new or the new minister is a member of the house the royal family because when you look at his background he spent several decades as a deputy and other oil minister in a very very deeply involved in this industry he's very experienced i think he's perceived both within the kingdom and they will hope by the oil markets as

a safe pair of hands on experience on the person when it comes to oil markets so i think the fact that he's a cramp sorry a prince and the fact that he's a half brother of the crown prince isn't the relevant factor here it's much more that he is knowledgeable about the portfolio and he's seen as someone who won't rock the boat when it comes to policy but he's a sarah he's inheriting the same low oil prices so what can he possibly do that hasn't been done before. i mean that's absolutely true and that's why i don't think we're going to see a dramatically different policy i mean we may see a different style of communication perhaps maybe a move back towards an approach that we saw in the past from saudi arabia where there was less talk there was less comment to the press there was a narrower focus on a message that the kingdom wants to communicate or markets and i mean what we've seen particular in recent months is

a more proactive style that hasn't really had the desired results are really trying to talk prices up at times and we just haven't seen prices react in the way the probably was intended in riyadh so i think a move back to a quieter form of communication but not a shift in the underlying oil policy so will this help the crown prince's move to to float around co that well i think the change of oil minister not that won't be very significant but actually one of the changes that occurred just before hand the change of chairmanship of around coke does signal and we need effort to push forward with the i.p.o. and i think the other thing that we're seeing is reports of the i.p.o. will probably begin with a domestic listing which will be easier to achieve fewer barriers fewer regulator requirements so it seems very clear that the push to make the i.p.o. happen and happen sooner rather than later is ongoing the real question for the crown prince of course is at what price will that listing happen and that is very

tied up with the oil price and because i don't think this new energy minister can deliver a miraculously higher oil prices anytime soon we may still not see the i.p.o. happening at the levels that the crown prince would ideally want richard mallets and thanks for being with us my pleasure. earlier this year the california based utility pacific gas and electric filed for bankruptcy protection as costs related to wildfires ballooned it was probably one of the clearest cases of how climate change wiped out a company that hadn't done enough to prepare for a warming planet p.g. and e. faced approximately $30000000000.00 in liabilities as a result of its role in the 20172018 fires state investigators linked $100.00 deaths to the fires the federal judge william also blamed the cause of some of the fires on the utilities negligence judge also said the utility paid $4500000000.00

to shareholders in dividends over the past 5 years while failing to take adequate safety precautions germany's car industry is facing up to the threat of losing its crown as the leading center for production a series of missteps from diesel cheating scandals to the lack of preparedness for the end of the combustion engine has left the road open to tesla and chinese electric brands an industry that employs more than 800000 people is facing a make or break moment. a both cases raise many questions are businesses doing enough to prepare for climate change or do executives have their heads in the sand according to the global commission on adaptation businesses need to plan more for a warming planet companies that do not adapt may not survive it claims investing $1.00 trillion dollars to climate proof businesses and the broader economy by 2030

could generate $7.00 trillion in net benefits half the world's biggest companies believe climate adaptation could result in $236000000000.00 in increased revenue economists have long argued that putting a price on greenhouse emissions is the fos this way for business to make changes in the 4000 firms with revenue of about 7 trillion dollars already participate in some form of carbon pricing i want to the authors of that report is fakey say best my chief executive of dutch life sciences company royal d.s.m. i cannot mix editor abbott alley caught up with him and began by asking what signal was being sent to businesses with a lack of political will from the likes of president trump who withdrew from the paris climate change accord. well not everybody as i sat is making the right step up himself climate mitigation and we should because we have agreed to on the

nations in pairs in 2015 but i think. the way you step up on climate mitigation or not need to protect your own people your own base is the most vulnerable in the world so every nation every company in the world need to step up on climate adaptation in your own interests and i think we need to do forcing such pressure to 1st of all create more transparency on how climate risks are influencing you as a country and every country is exposed for you as a basis in terms of fuel supply chain in terms of your locations or whatever it turns pregnancy and also reinvest us that is very important secondly you need to protect your own operations taking care of your own supply chain if you talk about food and agricultural products or flooding sites or drought state your workers cannot come to your sites certainly you need to focus on innovation trying to do

new products new solutions and as a company you can make money and as a society you are served by those innovations we for example make the oceans more resilient.