what we want to know is how the things that people do revisit places even when they're no not. really investing that's a problem as a journalist. iraq's newly appointed prime minister pledges his support for protest as they are skeptical about his willingness to meet that demands. hello i'm maryam namazie and london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up on the program at an emergency summit in egypt the arab league rejects the u.s. president's proposed plan for the middle east china's fight against the coronavirus the government of beal's to the e.u. for help as medical supplies run low. and mystery surrounding the death of the

prominent mexican activist who dedicated his life to the protection of monarch butterflies. we begin this hour in iraq president barham saleh has named former communication minister mohammad allow as iraq's prime minister designate but his appointment hasn't been welcomed in iraq squares where demonstrators have camped out for 4 months demanding sweeping political reforms he must now form a new government which he will lead until early elections are held in the country simona fulton reports to us now from the capital baghdad. on the streets response to iraq's prime minister designate came fast and it was loud and clear was mohammed the law is rejected protesters in baghdad to hear square chanted on saturday night after 2 months of political deadlock president barham

saleh chose mohamed allow it to replace other love the mahdi who resigned 2 months ago amid widespread anti-government protests days prior to allow his appointment we spoke to protesters into harriet who saw him as another incarnation of a political system that has failed them a good model for sure he's rejected any person who has a relation with the parties from close so far is reject from all the people in general because for 16 years we haven't seen anything from them just destruction. indeed alawi is part and parcel of iraq's post 2003 political establishment a cousin of former vice president and prime minister ayad alawi he served as a member of parliament and communication minister but resigned in 2012 after he accused the government of sectarianism upon his appointment allow addressed iraqis in a late night speech pledging to address their demands. i want to point towards the

necessity for the peaceful protests to continue that support reforms until they achieve their legitimate demands on the government start stage genuine reforms. just like his predecessor allow a promise to create jobs and fight corruption and he vowed to bring those responsible for the deaths of over $600.00 protesters to account. i confirm that we're going to investigate some bring those responsible for the violence against peaceful demonstrators to a town which. the prime minister designate has 30 days to form a cabinet which must be approved by a parliament that has been deeply divided over how to handle the latest crisis some factions have rejected allow his appointment but influential shiite cleric mokhtar aside or throw his weight behind him. i don't think he has support from all the political blocs but there are important political forces and i expect that the surge wrists movement will stand with him and if that's the case the other

political blocs will do the sign it for 4 months protesters have asked for a complete overhaul of the political system and then in the pendent head of state who isn't beholden to any domestic or foreign powers allow is appointments doesn't fulfill either of these demands but it could and the months of deadlock and pave the way for early elections and gradual reform some want to hold in al-jazeera but that. our other top story today the arab league has rejected u.s. president donald trump's plan for the middle east at an emergency meeting in cairo the palestinian president mahmoud abbas spoke out attacking the proposal saying that his people would never accept it especially trump suggestion that the capital of a future palestinian state should lie in the village of i would be nice instead of east jerusalem and the abraham reports. that. palestinians were banking on the support of the arab league state and they got it from the most interesting the ministerial council confirms the palestinian government's rejection to the

so-called deal of the century in its current form the council stressed that the acceptance of such a deal would mean waiving the historical rights of the palestinian people because it's considerably less than the legitimate ambitions of the palestinian people and president mahmoud abbas detailed at length the reasons why the u.s. mideast plan should be rejected saying it adopts the israeli position in full leaving little or no room for any negotiations u.s. president donald trump has given the palestinians 4 years to engage with the plan but the best said israel will use that time to push ahead with policies which are contrary to international law and further sort of defy the occupation we're going to. approach the moment they said jerusalem is and next to israel i knew i have to say it loud and clear we will never accept that under any circumstances i will never sell jerusalem the arab league has presented the arab peace initiative from 2002 as

a solution for the palestinian israeli conflict. it calls for the end of the israeli occupation before arab and islamic states normalize relations with israel. and the influence of the regional conflict led some states to go along with the u.s. administration from iran pushed them closer to the main enemy who accuse israel reflected negatively on the obscene of the official level the palestinian leadership hopes that diplomatic pressure could help keep israeli plans in check but i think it is we spoke to here today say that they've been hearing similar statements from different organizations productive and their lives under occupation have only been getting worse there are no good now and said if the arabs are with us the u.s. and israel won't do this to us. are not waiting for the arabs they already sold us thought if we are split amongst ourselves what are we expecting from the palestinian officials say the arab league's position helps them rally support

especially as the israeli prime minister promised to push for an extension as early as next week i do believe that the rejection of this plan must must be come from the community because it is illegal it's undermines the international law not only undermines the rights of the palestinian people the palestinian leadership is also looking for the backing of the african summit the organization of islamic cooperation and the united nations security council officials here say it's not the u.s. plan itself they fear it's how israel can use it. the occupied west bank well under the plan one area inside israel would be part of a possible territory swap if all the parties agree june has one hour from a peer inside the so-called triangle. this is one of 10 palestinian towns in this part of israel referred to as the triangle communities the members of these communities they are palestinian israelis that means they are palestinians with

israeli citizenship and one of the reasons they're out on the streets demonstrating today is to show their opposition to u.s. president donald trump's plan for peace in which to traipse the possibility of going forward that perhaps real the agreement of all the parties that the boundaries and the bridge of israel might be redrawn such that the triangle communities would essentially be part of a future state of palestine everybody we spoke with here today is very much opposed to that happening in the clueless sense that we're against the whole deal and we believe the support for the upcoming election when you look at this deal with the wider view you see it's meant to completely kill the palestinian cause that gave the our message to tromp and all the failing leaders no one is going to move even a centimeter not of the leader of our land will be taken we are steadfast here and staying here. oh well you should if we accept the deal of the century we will lose

the resistance that we've lived through since we were young we were raised to know that this land is ours but what's interesting is that this idea had actually been floated before many years ago far right is this enough not to go lieberman but actually proposed this as well it was rejected then and it is being rejected now the. governments are continuing to repatriate as citizens from china in response to the coronavirus russia is the latest nation to confirm its putting out its citizens with the military sending planes to china on monday and tuesday a german air force plane is also arrived in frankfurt carrying 102 germans and 26 other nationals evacuated from the city of han the center of the outbreak and then 300 taliban with the shias are also back. the government that charted a flight from 108 of the passengers were taken ill on board and as the number of cases in china continues to rise the prime minister has spoken to the european

union asking if they can help with the shortage of drugs while in haiti has the latest now from hong kong. china's war against corona virus is being waged around the country as it spreads to every province and territory so far the virus is winning with the number of infections and deaths growing by the day on the front line in who province where the outbreak is thought to have started the challenges made greater by a shortage of medical supplies i must live. with the full support from the party central committee the state council and all the chinese people the shortage of medical devices ease to some degree protective suits and glasses and 95 masks are still in tight balance you have to be scheduled daily there's not enough medical personnel either which the government is trying to address by sending thousands of extra doctors and nurses both civilian and military to a much of the provinces shut down as authorities try to contain the spread of the virus but supermarkets remain open and the government says it's trying to maintain

a steady supply of food at regular prices. so that we can ensure sufficient supply for daily necessities such as vegetables lamb beef pork and eggs in supermarkets as foreign nationals are evacuated from the provincial capital china's government has started bringing stranded nationals home from overseas the 1st charter flight arrived in hand from thailand amid reports of who bay residents being prevented from boarding commercial flights back to china in hong kong medical workers are threatening to strike next week unless the government does more to restrict the flow of travelers from the mainland while some border crossings have closed flights from chinese cities are still operating the latest official statistics show that on one day last week almost 10000 mainland chinese residents flew into hong kong it's that traffic that many people here want stopped the government says existing

measures to control the outbreak are working and stopping the flow of people goods isn't the answer but critics say unless hong kong follows. the lead of some other governments and closes its border with the mainland completely this city could be about to see a big increase in fictions wayne hay al jazeera hong kong. and hong kong hospital workers will go on strike on monday demanding all cross border travel from china is halted at a special meeting on $3000.00 members the hospital workers union voted in favor of the industrial action which will last for 5 days the spread of the corona virus from china has added to the tension in hong kong which was already high after months of protests there against chinese influence well now we go to syria as strikes and fighting in the northwestern part of the country has displaced hundreds of thousands of people many are scaping towards the turkish border as hospitals and 11 aleppo come under attack after nearly 10 years of war government forces and back in control of large parts of the country marked here in red opposition fighters are

confined to the north western province of endless with forces backed by turkey and surrounding areas are the latest russian backed syrian government advance some turkish observation posts are now surrounded techie establish those in 2017 as part of a deescalation agreement and as the fighting continues as not enough food medicines or tents for people priyanka gupta reports on the diet conditions people face as the fighting rages on. it's difficult to imagine what they might be left to salvage from this destroyed neighborhood in west map of homes and a hospital shattered by bombs dropped by what were believed to be russian warplanes in the town of poor. russian defense ministry usually denies it's involved it's the new frontline close to syrian opposition fighters the main supply lines in the bring it live province. their government forces are advancing fast capturing

towns and villages and the 2nd largest city of martin amman the violence has once again driven families out of their homes into syria's harsh winter. i have nothing with me we fled with just the clothes we were wearing because of the heavy bombing escape the airstrikes the airstrikes were so intense that we could only take the clothes we had on our backs for people like mohammad concrete blocks like these an adlib city is home for now the cold flows offering little comfort for the children the situation here is catastrophic because we can't find a place to live in we are here for families in this place where there are no windows or doors you don't even have water more than 3000000 people live in it live half of them i'm totally displaced businesses are suffering people say they simply cannot cope. the trade is badly hit in the city the displaced people don't have

money to buy anything they can barely find a place to live what we need are places for these people apartments or houses without windows and doors are hosting 4 or 5 families now can you imagine 30 people living in one room we can't even find tents for the displaced at least 11 hospitals and health centers came under attack from government forces backed by russian air power in italy blasts month the surgeon numbers of those displaced has stretched the health workers to their limits the most important. unity challenge for us they make us sick that against our best it is our and our because so we. as you know american medical society or we document it 82 at the act against the health care services starting last april. the president bashar al assad. the short term goal is to secure a serious made highway that runs from north to south of the country the larger plan

is to capture the entire province of the lost me just on the edge of the rebels. but the people of the moot the means one of defiance. it out as their ally from london more still ahead firefighters held back australia is raging flames but another day of scorching temperatures brings a new threat and then the fight for the opportunity to take on donald trump starts on monday the iowa caucuses could be the end of some big tent party names. hello again it's good to be back well we have been talking about the bushfire risk has been elevated across parts of southeastern australia that is because of very hot air across much of the region and the windy conditions we do have

a frontal boundary that's pushing through some of that is going to be bringing those winds as well you can see the front pushing through melbourne right here as we go towards sunday now with that we are going to be seeing some lightning that could cause a problem with the bushfires but we are going to be seeing some rain as well temperatures will be dropping as this front pushes through and notice here in melbourne we're going to start to see the day here on sunday at about $24.00 degrees as we go towards monday though a big change dropping all the way down towards 18 now that front will be pushing across the tasman sea and ahead of it it is going to get quite hot here across parts of new zealand here in christ church it is going to be very hot here on sunday 35 degrees the normal high for this time of year is about $21.00 now the temperatures will be coming down but still as we go into the beginning of next week it is still going to be well above average across much of the area here across china it is going to be the rain over the next few days that is going to be developing here across much of southern china as well as into northern vietnam they will begin the heavier as we go towards monday as well down towards hong kong we do

expect to see the rain increasing as we go towards monday night a temper of $21.00. an award winning investigation i mean a worker's room right behind it has ring factory when we operate for less and we buy for less we can pass those savings muldaur customers into the supply chains that produce cheap moving. with little regard for workers' lives the remains of the fire are still everywhere rewind made in bangladesh on al-jazeera. to move.

up and back a look at the headlines now iraq's president has appointed the former communications minister mohamad allawi prime minister country has seen months of mass protests of a corruption unemployment and a lack of basic services. the arab league has rejected u.s. president all trump's plan for the middle east at an emergency meeting in cairo to discuss the proposal palestinian president mahmoud abbas attacked the plan saying that his people would never accept it. and then a german air force plane is arrived in frankfurt from mohan as governments continue to repatriate their citizens from china in response to the coronavirus 312 bangladeshis have also been taken home while russia prepares to pull out its citizens. or china already struggling with the corona virus has now killed thousands of chickens because a bird flu outbreak was reported on a farm in the city of shah young in hunan province 4 and

a half hours and birds on the farm died the government has called the 17800 chickens the h 5 n one strain of bird flu can be transmitted to humans but it is very rare. well here person woke up on saturday no longer a part of the european union although months of work does still lie ahead u.k. faces intense negotiations to determine its future relationship with the bloc this includes trade security and resource agreements which are yet to be secured day to day life abortions will remain much the same until these agreements made with freedom to trade and travel in here but one of the biggest challenges for the e.u. and the u.k. is going to be northern ireland and while it remains a part of the u.k. customs territory it also follows the rules and many many businesses rely on cross border trade with island which remains in the e.u. don't know how that's going to work in the future or britain explains. port of belfast accounts for 64 percent of northern ireland's freights traffic half

a 1000000 trucks a year pass through here fetching and carrying products between the u.k. mainland and the island of ireland but with ireland in the e.u. and the u.k. now out new checks extra paperwork and added costs are inevitable we have $3.00 of concerns we've grif concerns about our business models with grave concerns about choice of also grave concerns about affordability for northern ireland parts sold quite simply their calm before cost rises from fraction and what this plan has at the moment is lots of friction the amount and intrusiveness of the new customs declarations will form part of the transition negotiations we want to see want but there are a medication for us because to come across the irish sea the volume of trade on not would be to be a hugely time consuming and expensive formality for drivers and businesses proper completely we hope will be this common sense from both sides were we levy at the need for the. o'neals is a multimillion dollar sport to

a company with factories in the north and the south and a manufacturing process built on frictionless movement between them. from the royal yard to the finished product here these shirts are nails go through a complex series of stages about 8 of them in all cutting printing embroidery sewing and coloring and crossing from the factory here mr brown down to assist the factory in dublin and then back again through the process now a hard border and no deal brecht's it will be a nightmare for this company but the m.d.c. here is reasonably optimistic i do think there's a good opportunity knowing here for the economy in northern ireland because then the day you'll find out investors will up in northern ireland a country that has i suppose of what both compounds. with you know the 27 member states of the european union and also the access to the u.k. as well not everyone agrees on the irish side of the border up in county donagh all the bulk fertilizers animal feeds and equipment at this farmer's co-operative mainly come from ports in northern ireland and the frictionless way the farmers

currently send livestock and produce to markets looks set to end some of the arguments that have been made is that it would be like a digital type order you cross it seamless you hardly know you cross put all of that adds a lot of cost i was long enough doing haulage to know what it was like to have to do customs papers to get through from here to dublin we had to we had 4 border crossings to do. and it was delays and paperwork and we don't want to go back to that but it was a nightmare in the next 11 months of trade negotiations a specialized committee to represent northern islands specific interests but the challenge is complex and time is short paul brennan al-jazeera belfast. well supporters of scottish independence a rallied in edinburgh to demand a new referendum scotland voted 62 percent to remain in the european union in the

2016 brecht's a referendum since then calls for independence have grown but british prime minister barak's johnson rejected demands saying the 2014th scottish independence referendum was a once in a generation vote. now to australia strong gusts of wind and soaring temperatures a field bush fires near the capital firefighters have been able to hold the blazes back from reaching the outskirts of camera but uncontrolled fires in the territory of reached at least 350 square kilometers in size on friday the australian capital territory declared a state of emergency in preparation for fires stoking conditions throughout the weekend. age there's no homes lost but we've still got a long road ahead of us and you know. it's in the story is a serious issue unfortunately we've seen the many times during the season we can't be complacent when you have this much far activity. the commonwealth has accepted the return of the multi 3 years of the indian ocean i didn't quit

a criticism of its human rights record maldives pulled out of the commonwealth after the group of former u.k. colonies criticised president abdoulaye a means human rights record and crackdowns on dissent but since his election defeat in 2018 the new prime minister abraham hamad soli has moved to end the international isolation on out to political developments in the u.s. the race for the white house gets officially underway on monday in the u.s. state of iowa it's still a wide field of democratic candidates vying to take on president donald trump in november including billionaires mike bloomberg and tom steyer alan fischer reports to us now from iowa. there have been rallies and debates. there have been t.v. ads and lots of them and there has been the traditional shaking of hands and kissing of babies but no the politicians are almost done the people will soon have their see the 1st presidential contests of 2020 the caucuses in iowa donald trump

all win on the republican side that's a certainty the big story will be the democrats there have been 28 democratic presidential candidates there are 11 still left in the race many of them would have thought they'd spend the summer campaigning across the country instead their campaigns will end here in the snows of america's midwest the conversations largely been dominated by discussions of. senator bernie sanders senator warren and mayor people who did it and i think those are the 4 candidates that everyone is going to be watching but this state is known for producing surprises famously a little known senator called barack obama won in 2008 and went on to the white house other long shorts of talk at the polls people who won the nomination have finished 2nd or 3rd you don't have to win year to be a winner the performance of who finishes 2nd in who finishes 3rd and 4th that can have an effect on the campaign as well moving forward you know certainly whoever comes out of iowa in 1st place if there really is

a true victor is going to have wind at their back it's going to help them in new hampshire in nevada it might help them in south carolina but ultimately this is a long primary season last minute campaigning has been difficult for the 4 senators in the democratic race they've been tied to washington for the impeachment trial another missing big name billionaire michael bloomberg he was too late into the race to register to run here he's pouring money into his campaign hoping to know what success is later in the process from a group of 28 the field will be much tighter in just a few days iowa doesn't pick the president but it will eliminate several possibilities alan fischer al jazeera the more in iowa. there's suspicion over the death of a prominent mexican environmental activist america as his body was found in a pond 2 weeks after he was last seen alive because of his death is still being investigated by an iraqi reports now from mexico city.

one of mexico's most iconic species the monarch butterfly has just lost perhaps its greatest advocate. they're not going to. known as mexico's monarch butterfly defender was found dead in a pond in the state of the chalk on. his mysterious disappearance 2 weeks before his body was found has raised concerns among many in mexico who say violence against environmental activists has become commonplace is on the fence and i mean he was a defender of the environment in a region with many conflicts me joe khan is a perfect example of where natural resources are under a lot of pressure especially when it comes to 4 is being cleared for avocado plantations. the iconic monarch butterfly is known for its annual migration to the forests of central mexico where millions spend the winter is.

days before his disappearance olmedo gomez posted this video on social media surrounded by thousands of flapping wings gomez invited tourists to visit his butterfly sanctuary a federal investigation is determining how gomez died but one thing is certain the death of the monarch butterfly defender has dealt a significant blow to environmental conservation efforts in central mexico nationwide mexico continues to shatter records for violent homicides especially in states like me to account for many of the deaths of conservation workers highlights the government's inability to curb violence. and that's not only does this threaten the butterflies but the risk exists for those who defend against illegal logging the threat is also against indigenous people who defend their culture and the history. a funeral for. those was held in the village of admiral saadi. the country's president called his death painful and has vowed to fight the

criminal gangs suspected of being behind his death madrid up in mexico city. there's more in everything right here don't forget you can watch us on life streaming as well going to bring you a bit more detail on that iraq story in a couple of seconds. so some political developments in iraq tonight the president has a point in 100 alawi as the new prime minister allawi is a former communications minister and if his appointment is approved by the parliament he will govern until early elections are held its 1st task will be forming a new cabinet this comes as iraq has faced months of mass process over corruption unemployment and a lack of basic services alawi as valid to punish those who killed the protesters in a message posted to twitter allow we also promised that there would be change the.

continued demonstrating and protesting and shouting your slogans this is your country and these are your rights our job is to meet your demands we have to protect you and not oppress you the country's weapons should be directed towards those who carry weapons and who should stay in the streets so we managed to hold the killers accountable to compensate families of the martyrs who treat all the wounded to set time for elections restoring the pride and prestige of the security forces to reform the economy to fight the corruption and to form my government if the political powers try to impose certain names on me i will tell you directly i will leave the same way you left your colleagues for the sake of your country and i will join the masses that finally i want to tell you that you went out to the streets to get back your nation if i don't meet your demand i don't deserve to be a prime minister of the arab league has rejected us president donald trump's plan for the middle east at an emergency meeting in cairo to discuss the proposal palestinian president mahmoud abbas attacked the plan and said his people would never accept it trumps plan was negotiated with israel without input from the

palestinians. a german air force planes arrived in frankfurt from mohan this government's continued to repatriate their citizens from china in response to the coronavirus 300 bangladeshis have also been taken while russia is preparing to pull out its citizens on monday and tuesday and britain woke up on saturday no longer a part of the e.u. but months of work still lies ahead the u.k. now faces intense negotiations to determine its future relationship with the block all this includes trade security resource agreements which are yet to be reached. rewind is the program coming up next made in bangladesh focusing on with an award winning investigation in fact into working conditions in the country's clothing industry that story coming up now on al-jazeera. culture because she put off i suggest how the drug industry is changing wolf. is a power grab for life we look at the russian president's economic record over his

last 2 decades and she's biggest test controlling the spread of the coronavirus counting the cost on al-jazeera. hello i'm adrian for the good in this episode we're revisiting bangladesh where a few years ago a garment factory collapsed and killed over 1000 people working inside the magnitude of the accident laid bare the lack of safety standards for the country's garment workers at the apparent indifference of the multinational corporations that profited from them.