we meet with global newsmakers and talk about the stories that matter now does iraq . have a back. u.s. president donald trump thanks iran for sand against the oceans after the 2 countries exchange prisoners and what's being called a humanitarian gesture. in jordan this is out as iraq live from doha also coming up several saudi nationals in the u.s. are detained over the deadly shooting at a naval base. an escalation of violence in iraq since thousands on the streets to protest what they call the slaughter in baghdad.

keeping the beat a live were in burundi where one community is determined not to lose its culture and he's using music to do that. yes president donald trump has thanked iran for very fair negotiations that led to a prisoner swap between both countries terrine release the chinese american issue a wang who face spying charges after being detained in iran in 2016 in exchange the u.s. release to rein in scientist massud solomonic who flew back to iran with the foreign minister zarif saw the man he was arrested at chicago airport last year for violating u.s. sanctions on iran in yet a really stupid if you want to do it because. the americans are so inferior and small minded that when they were taking me to the jail they told the other might he's a terrorist that came to bomb america and we've captured him so that the other.

prisoners would not go near me after a while i was told by others if you do not look like a terrorist what are they saying i said i had no idea what they were saying is so in fear that when i told my captors that we have dying patients in iran that are waiting for my work to save them they responded and on what is the problem. in tehran he says the prisoner swap has been months in the making. farm into divides reeve has been talking about a possible swap for a while back in september he said that he had offered exchange of prisoners but it had to be for an iranian he said that as foreign minister he couldn't just go to the courts here in iran and ask for the release of sure where want. to be for an iranian at that iranian was the stem cell research a promise themselves to research on the how much so the money that he was detained last year in october at a u.s. airport and accused of violating u.s. sanctions and seeking to transfer a growth hormone to iran without a license now she will want he's a student american citizen and he was detained back in 2016 accused of espionage

found guilty in 2017 and sentenced to 10 years here in iran now princeton university where she where one is a research and his wife and the u.s. government maintains that it was here for research purposes here to study the qatar dynasty. and u.s. president donald trump says the exchange could be a sign of future cooperation it's we're very happy to have our hostages back the old british. university community is very thrilled. there was a war on one heart because. we are very actually i think it was a great thing and i think with great joy that we can do something it might have been a break there is what could be done but we have our hearts back we're going to get it back taken during the obama break we got him back during the drug trade the west very happy. stalled talks between north korea and the united states show no sign of

easing with pyongyang saying denuclearization is off the table north korea's ambassador to the u.n. says washington's efforts for ongoing dialogue was solely for its own domestic agenda the comments come after 6 european countries condemning pyongyang last week for its 13 missile launches since may talks on denuclearization have been largely deadlocked since a summit between donald trump and kim jong un failed last february. the u.s. defense secretary says he can't label the deadly shooting on a u.s. naval base as terrorism on friday saudi national mohammed saeed ronni shot dead 3 of his fellow students at least 8 others were injured before he was killed by sheriff's investigators are now questioning 10 saudi nationals in connection with the shooting of course we extend our condolences to all the families affected by it and touched by it and our military community down there but no i i can't say it's terrorism at this time i think we need to let the investigators the f.b.i.

do its work and tell us get us the facts and we'll move out from there. u.s. president donald trump says saudi leaders have assured him they're conducting their own investigation i spoke with the king of saudi arabia. they are devastated the arabia we're finding out what their way whether it's one person or a number before. the king will be involved in taking care of family loved one feels very strongly very very devastated by what happened what. mike hanna is in washington with more of the political reaction very early days in the investigation being carried out all headed by the f.b.i. both in the u.s. and also f.b.i. agents sent to riyadh to cooperate with saudi intelligence authorities there but certainly the latest news that at least 10 saudi nationals have been detained on the base indication of the possibility of a wider conspiracy and not just the act of an individual in equally that individual

the gunman who carried out the attack his reports about a twitter feed that he had indicated an alert allegiance to an alliance with asama bin laden as well as intense criticism of u.s. policy in the middle east in particular relating to jerusalem another indication of some kind of outside involvement was an associated press report that one of the saudi nationals detained on the naval base filmed the entire attack while it was taking place inside a classroom complex on the base but still as we heard from the secretary of defense investigators nowhere near any firm conclusion they will continue to do their work in establishing what the real motive was behind this attack. now there's been an escalation of violence in the past 24 hours in iraq on saturday an armed drone targeted the home of the prominent shia cleric in the jeff he wasn't home at the time a spokesman has warned that such an attack could lead to

a civil war. at 3 40 am a drone was carrying a bomb which fell near the home of the staff of the other side it is an unfortunate and unacceptable incident that groups that want to incite conflict but are brothers of the southern movement are dealing with the situation with lots of wisdom as they initiated the call for calm and meanwhile in the capital baghdad gunfire was heard for a 2nd day sending people running for cover followed a deadly night of violence on friday also in baghdad in which at least $23.00 anti-government protesters were killed by unidentified gunman it's among the deadliest days since protests began in october of a jobs and calls for an end to corruption in total more than $430.00 people have died so far well the simona fulton is following developments in baghdad she says the government's response to the violence has been slow. well the ministry of interior has said it has begun an investigation into last night's attack attacks

but as of now it's still uncertain who is responsible president barham salih issued a statement just a few hours ago blaming the attack on criminal gangs and outlaws so it's still unclear at this point who exactly is responsible the protesters themselves have blamed militia as well as parties for this attack but this is something that hasn't been confirmed at the moment the parliament has also called for an extraordinary session tomorrow morning several military commanders to try to better understand this situation but for now the slow response of the government has been very slow and has raised concerns among protesters that as this violence really risks escalating even more the government should take a much stronger stand and push for a fast investigation to really bring those responsible to account. and legal advisor to the national council for iraqi opposition he says the protesters demands

are becoming more credible every day. their demands are being what crystallized as time went by i think the call for the uk routing of the entire political system that was founded post 2003 invasion of iraq is now for the people falling on the ears of people who are understanding and appreciating and sometimes accepting what these protesters are saying. we are talking about an entire political system that is corrupt and that is backed by our political factions most of those on political actions were accused by the protest this yesterday of carrying out the attacks on them so the question is being asked how could i how can a corrupt system how can a corrupt system corrupt elements. correctly reform itself that is where the difficulty lies and that's where that's where the grievances that's where the grievances are how and hence i think the media man's the entire political system is

up and completely replaced under under the supervision of an internationally i need your national body preferably in the united nations it is actually a very credible demand. time for a short break out is when we come back. dancing to the beat of their own dramas lebanese women demand new rights and political turmoil. and a new united nations report has dire warnings about our oceans more on that. hello there it is a fairly calm and quiet picture across much of central and eastern areas of china you can see here on the satellite the cloud lifting and how much is not too bad some good sunshine around 20 celsius in hong kong on sunday and not as cold as up

into shanghai. 12 degrees also you know to say we have got some keera conditions across much of taiwan and a downed tide cycles in 2 more northern sections of the philippines one of the washout developing on monday to more central areas of the philippines but again to the north it is mostly clear and dry 20 celsius in hong kong $21.00 across in taipei that we had down to the south that we have got much more here in the way of rain some pretty strong storms have been breaking out last year as across these western areas borneo in particular but also across into some outre wanted to show sunday likely across the malaysian peninsula and we have been seeing those showers further to the south into much of java similar picture on monday can see where the have you rains will be says certainly monday for the work week kuala lumpur and singapore expect to see rain showers and of course the usual thunderstorms we've also got a fairly quiet picture across much over india of how that recent flooding down across the south across the into tom and i do and showers continue here and maybe

inch an eye on monday. good weather sponsored by catherine. friendly al jazeera in london broke us into special guests in conversation who would have still been in the rich country we used hunger as a weapon i'm from uninterrupted it's much more difficult to be a left wing bent to be right wing when people think they are really rotten meat really really have to be subversive if you don't have a level of anger about. studio b. and script on al-jazeera.

welcome back a quick amount of our top stories al-jazeera the u.s. and iran have swapped prisoners in a rare side of cooperation tehran released chinese american she wear one who was arrested in 2016 on spying charges in exchange the u.s. released the iranian scientist my son in law. and u.s. sector of defense says he can't rule 5 his attack on a naval base as terrorism investigators are now questioning 10 saudi nationals after a gunman shot dead 3 people. has been a dramatic escalation of violence in iraq over the last 24 hours on saturday a drone attack targeted iraq a ship erik's home in the city of not just in baghdad more gunfire after a fight in knots violence that left at least 23 people dead. fighters loyal to libya's u.n. recognize governments say they're shot down a fighter jet belonging to the warlord ali for huffed all the incident reportedly happened in the south of tripoli near the western coastal city of ours that we are

forces have been fighting to take the capital from the internet. recognized government of national accord but i'm the one who has a latest from tripoli. brigadier general ham but ignore the spokes men of the army led by the u n a government of national accord said that their forces managed to shut down a pro have to fighter jet. in southern tripoli but apparently their jet was captured actually the fighter of the pilot was captured by rebels from the city of zawiya apparently the fighter jet was hit by pro-government fighters in southern tripoli namely around. a military camp in southern tripoli but it just landed in their neighboring get western coastal city of zawiya and activists from the city of

a zawiyah have been posting get pictures of what they call the wreckage of the fighter jets and also of the pilot's home they say a libyan pilot loyal to the world lord plea for have to do with the name of. muhammad we know that this is not the 1st time fighter jets being shot down by pro-government forces but we also know that fighter jets wars have been very crucial in this battle for the capital tripoli and the government forces are accusing have those fighter jets of targeting residential areas several times since the beginning of the fighting back in april. gambians president has value to punish people traffickers just days out the dozens of gambians die than a shipwreck off mauritanians coast they were trying to reach spain's canary islands at least 83 people survived. an increasing number of migrants have been spotted along the so-called western route to europe this year on friday mauritania's coast

guard intercepted another boat carrying migrants headed to spain where foreign media had been denied access to the migrants who survived wednesday's ship break mama deval is in the wanted to on mauritania's coast and says there's been a lot of speculation as to why that's the case and mauritania authorities have in the past been very cooperative with the media they even invited the international media and the local media to see how they treated the migrants oversaw the n.g.o.s the u.n. agencies of every interest in showing that they are dealing in a very good way with his migrants they that situation now the new situation the obscurantism and the lack of access for the media has given rise to some speculations about why this time around this iteration has been blocked from the eyes of the international public speculation is talked about but that perhaps the facilities were not up to standards when those people suddenly. showed up on the

shore but also the authorities here and the ngos are saying that does not the case are the speculations you know also given rise to because these are the people who died were buried very quickly with coordination between the 3 countries mauritania senegal and the gambia they were buried outside the city often in a matter of they are let even less than that. so not clear why this time around they are being secretive about it. well nurul murat is from the international organization for migration she says incidents like the one on wednesday can be avoided. this route is quite well monitored at least in front of america in your thanks to the excellent cooperation between the moderate in authorities and the spanish ones. obviously there are various various factors that could decrease those tragedies one big area of work should be the increasing of the

legal pathways to allow people to migrate regularly and legal any and in a safe way that would reduce of course in a significant ways those barriers joining us that people turn to try wanting to possibly leave poverty or inequalities or marginalization. funerals have been held for a group of protesters who rallied against the president of guinea despite the killings opposition leaders say demonstrations against president alpha condé will continue as other young reports was that the coffins of 8 men are carried along the streets of guinea's capital opposition leaders say they were killed by security forces for speaking out against president alpha condé and his government 3 of them were shot dead during funerals for fellow protesters the youngest was 15 years old some easy put on the net we are here to bury our children they are killing them even when we are out within our rights to protest they come out and kill us we are

tired of this government. 6 the killings reflect the power struggle between guinea security forces and anti-government protesters tens of thousands have taken to the streets in the past 2 months. led by the national front for the defense of the constitution they are against president konitz plan to change the constitution which would allow him to seek a 3rd term next year the 81 year old has been in power for 9 years so some said they went toe to oppose a change to the constitution they're opposed to a 3rd term for president condit but they were shot while protesting government leaders say the people should have the option of voting to extend qantas presidency several opposition leaders have been jailed for organizing protests but despite the killings demonstrations have continued so there is a shortage the decision is going to be things need to change they need to change

for all youth and all the innocent people who have been killed one caught imagine what it feels like. the government is promising to investigate the killings but the opposition says that's not enough the protests they say will continue katia locus of the young al-jazeera. police in india used water cannon on protesters demanding justice for woman who died after being set on the fire by the man accused of raping . a number of protests across india police say the 23 year old was on her way to a court hearing in her rape case when she was attacked she suffered a heart attack while being treated for burns meanwhile india's top human rights commission has launched an investigation into the police shooting of rape murder suspects in tel i'm gonna police say they shot the 4 men early on friday when they tried to escape during a reenactment of the crime scene they were accused of gang raping a 27 year old woman and killing her debts were met with celebrations. in new delhi

was some of the reaction from the shooting. the debate has now moved from not just getting swift justice but just getting it anyhow so what happened after they heard about killing we've seen immense support for the policeman who killed these who are accused however the policeman said they did it in self-defense but even the week the family of the week tim who died a late last night they say that they either want the queues to be hung osho dead and that's that's that's what has many activists here wanted because once the police start killing accuse then where does that really stop especially if there is such a public sanction to it we showed some of the visuals of the flash mob that took place in delhi today that is essentially the india chapter of the protest that has been happening across the world it started in chile and girls here in india did in india but essentially what they were singing was that patriarchy judges us of being

born the government judges us the police judges us what we were and where we are so there are protests happening in india and several cities there is anger but what do the people of this country want that's now a big question do they just want justice or do they just want it done any how. to lebanon as a woman of march to protest against sexual harassment women off fighting to change a system they say has been unjust for them. to report in the capital beirut the wider government movement has given them a new platform. they are speaking out in solidarity with those who recently gathered the courage to do so a flash mob was organized by lebanese women to support others who have been sexually abused harassed dozens have broken their silence in the past few weeks since the start of the so-called october revolution in a society where the victim and not the rapist is condemned this is a challenge to the norms this revolution has given so many many many women in the

minority. the women speak up including ourselves about something that's been happening to us that the government is not taking into consideration even believe an anti-establishment movement against the ruling elite has given these women a new platform like other lebanese they are calling for an end to corruption unemployment better living conditions and an overhaul of the political system there are so many discriminatory laws against women and i'm going to just state the main source of the problem it's the fact that we have no civil courts for personal status so basically there are really just courts that's run our and fairs lebanon is home to many religious sects whose leaders preside over personal domestic issues such as marriage and divorce women have. been vocal role in the protest movement against their leaders they have taken part in protests

a blocked roads led reconciliation initiatives by crossing frontlines in order to preserve national unity for many of them this is their chance to bring down the sectarian political system that human rights groups say make them victims. activists say one in every 4 lebanese women have been assaulted yet there are no laws that criminalize sexual abuse and harassment women also have little protection for violent partners custody of children more often than not is granted to fathers and the list goes on bringing about change won't be easy the greatest things are cheap small steps. so i will i would always encourage to just take up because all we need is patience if we want to peaceful protest if you want to peaceful revolution we're going to have to give it its time women who have been challenging the system for years are no longer alone in calling for a secular state the uprising may have divided society but these women believe there is already new beginning for their beirut. thousands of probation

protesters have rallied in hong kong on saturday they want an investigation into recent local elections which saw pro-democracy parties win them outright majority protests in the territory began in june over an extradition bill which called for sending criminal suspects to mainland china. the proposal was later scrapped. now scientists are calling it the ultimate wake up call to humanity they're warning that climate change is causing fording levels of oxygen in the world's oceans which will affect hundreds of millions of people well oceans cover 70 percent of the earth's surface and are central to all life climate change and nutrient pollution other major drivers of ocean oxygen loss oxygen depleted zones on the seabed are being caused by rising sea temperatures caused by carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions and scientists say the loss of oxygen is increasingly threatening marine species such as sharks tuna and marlin but mina says from the

international union for conservation of nature she says the changes of forced many species to migrate. what we're seeing what we've seen is actually a decline in 2 percent of the global oxygen level they have been reduced by 2 percent and it doesn't sound like a lot but just these 2 small changes will have enormous implications but within that is actually a lot of regional differences so we can take an example south southeast coast of the fornia into deeper waters we've seen a decline in 30 percent oxygen level in the last 25 years so how does this all effects you know life in the ocean and ultimately us and because we're dependent on it for the regulatory system so the orcs generation will have an impact on biodiversity on by a mess of commercially important species and vulnerable species or rare species but also habitats so those oxygen rich and which are favorable conditions those to some

species will shrink these are shrinking these habitats but also we are altering the energy and biochemical cycles within the ocean and that means these systems which are absolutely crucial to sustain these fisheries that's bringing the new term which waters up into the surface areas so we are seeing that species are migrating because of this. and you can see more stories like this one on al-jazeera as environment program planet s.o.s. on sunday at 1130 g.m.t. that's just a few minutes from the. floor drums of burundi have been considered sacred on the symbol of unity since ancient times well now young children are being taught the ritual dance to keep their heritage alive catherine sawyer has a story from the shore for. these us some of the best dramas the leaving home to the famous for oil drums and

a culture of drumming that dates back centuries the ritual of the royal drums is now in the u.s. called harry's teach laced. leads drama he tells us this compound in the heart or entering a significant wound is ancient king came here seeking refuge when belgian colonizers wanted to kill him at the time of the 19th century he later surrendered but the drumming he loved stayed on to mark the bravery of those who helped him. when people heard he was here they brought him a gift of. he slaughtered them for a feast and used to make 2 roll drums which exist to date in this century. this is a special hardware the most important drums are kept including this still we are told there are about 100 years or conserving the culture is important to everyone here.

every time the drums beat shara the whole neighborhood comes out this surgery is one of the country's main tourist attractions and a source of livelihood for most people here. says she once had to learn the tradition women are not allowed to be dramas. every thursday after school my son comes here to learn from the older drama teaching the young generation will keep the culture alive. so twice every week young boys come here for training sessions lining there are. affecting their moves. i started drumming when i was very little my father and grandfather were drummers i'm hoping one day i'll be able to be 3rd trumps in other countries. royal drumming is now only allowed in official functions the government says this is to avoid commercializing the culture the showstoppers in functions like this

presidential events are often the children through these future dramas catherine said. al-jazeera. britain's anthony joshua's once again boxing heavyweight champion of the world he beat mexican american and year is june in saudi arabia the 1st ever world heavyweight title fight in the middle east when the full 12 rounds in the end joshua won it by unanimous decision in doing so he bends to shock defeat to rue is in june. time for a quick check of the headlines here on al-jazeera the u.s. and iran us what prisoners in a rare sign of cooperation tehran released chinese americans she were watching was arrested in 2016 on spying charges in exchange the u.s. released iranian scientist musson son a money he flew back home to iran the country's foreign minister u.s.

president donald trump says exchange could be a sign of future cooperation we're very happy to have our hostages back the old british. university community is very thrilled. there was a water on one hot water and we are. actually i think it was a great thing and i think with great joy that we can do something it might have been a the breakers there is there what could be done but we have our heart back we're going to get it back it would take in during the obama break that we got him back during the drug trade the well very happy. the u.s. defense secretary says he can't label a deadly shooting on a u.s. naval base as terrorism on friday saudi national mohammed saeed. shot dead 3 of his fellow students at least 8 others were injured before he was killed by the police investigators are questioning 10 saudi nationals. there's been a dramatic escalation of violence in iraq over the last 24 hours on saturday

a drone attack targeted in iraq to share clerics home in baghdad more gunfire has been her after friday night's violence that left at least 23 people dead. fighters loyal to libya's u.n. recognized government say they shot down a fighter jet belonging to me for have to all the incident reportedly happened in the south of tripoli near the western coastal city of zawiyah. gambia as president is vowing to punish people traffickers just days after dozens of gun bans died in a shipwreck off mauritania's coast. they were trying to reach spain's canary islands at least 83 people survived and liberals. well those were the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera off the planet as a way station. i'm

a club with crucial u.n. climate talks underway in madrid this is planet as us from kenya where climate change is being keenly felt by population is facing extreme weather and where the river systems are threatened by flooding and drought. as our planet warms and waterways it contaminated once mighty rivers have been reduced to thin stretches of water lakes are shrinking here in kenya will learn how local communities are taking the fight to save them our river basin into their own hands.