every day is really no way that they took you to go with that for. all has the governments are not the drug strategy lead to unnecessary suffering. frontline mexico the fight against 19 on al jazeera. a powerful lineup of west african leaders arrives in mali to try to end weeks of violent protests against an unpopular president. i'm not matheson and this is all to 0 live from doha also coming up the afghan ministry of defense says charges of members of the taliban and not civilians in an airstrike that killed at least 45 people. one of the last cases against

a nazi war criminal a 93 year old is sentenced in germany for his part in killing thousands of people. and on a mission to mars china sends its 1st unmanned spacecraft to explore the red planet . 5 west african heads of state are meeting in mali to try to resolve its deepening political crisis 6 weeks of mass protests have demanded the resignation of president. at least 14 people have been killed in recent days the m 5 movement of all position activists leads the protests accusing president kaisa of corruption mishandling the economy and failing to improve security they rejected a unity government proposal on the regional organization ecowas. instability in

mali has helped to rebel groups linked to al qaida and iso gain strength using mali as a launching pad for attacks in neighboring nations nicholas hike has been following the story from dakar senegal and he's joining us from there live nic was this delegation why are there so many senior figures making it up. well you know this is so far the mediation efforts have failed i mean all the concessions or the propositions made by the echo are such as naming a new constitutional judges to revise them to review the election results of the parliamentary elections well that's just not good enough for the opposition and the protest movement who want to simply see president. leave office now he's been awfully quiet since the beginning of this crisis last time he spoke or made an address to the nation president was on the 11th of july and he described the situation as

a post electoral crisis pointing the finger that this could be resolved through reviewing what happened during the parliamentary elections where $31.00 seats were awarded to the ruling party the opposition is contesting that but and so the heads of states that we're seeing here i mean quite senior heads of state were having in the nigerian president bush hari president of ivory coast ouattara the president of the share and senegal all coming at once in bamako to both speak with katie but most importantly to speak with the protest movement and the difficulty in trying to finding a middle ground is because this protest movement the m 5 movement is made up of various various people they have members of the opposition members of former members of the present. government you have religious leaders you have trade unionists are trying to get them all on the same table and 2

to a talking point is that main challenge for this delegation given the level of unrest that we've seen in mali what are the possible outcomes both for mali but also for the region as well. well you know the reason why we're seeing such a high level. delegation coming to bamako is that stability in mali is key for the security of these countries that we've mentioned ivory coast has already been at the has received a tax from armed groups that come from mali knees error number of armed groups have been seen from mali coming into the territorial borders of need to launch attacks against their government there's also this feeling that the protest movement this this is this movement in this lack of trust in the. the governments in about michael well there's

a fear that this protest movement could spread to other capitals to be joe for instance where there will be another presidential election happening later on this year so that's what you've seen such a high level delegation coming to to bamako also remember that we have $4000.00 french troops we have $14000.00 u.n. troops the most costly u.n. operation in its history a $1000000000.00 a year and yet despite all of this we've seen the absence of state in the north and in the center of the country where we've seen a stepping up of attacks by groups affiliated to al qaeda like. the mean and islam and state in the greater sahara and so that is why for regional actors it is important to see stability in mali there's a real fear that this could spread beyond its borders rob we're going to we're going to be coming back to you as that meeting progresses but for now and nicolas talking to us from dhaka thank you very much indeed. well afghanistan's ministry of

defense has confirmed its carried out an airstrike that killed at least 45 people they say they were targeting members of the taliban in the western province of pot and that civilians weren't in the area but a district governor says at least 8 civilians and among the dead victoria photon is a professor of peace studies at the american university of afghanistan and she says the attack will impact future peace talks the trust that has been a between the different parties to the camp broke and there has been no we ducked in violence in the past few weeks quite the contrary and so after this s dreich which was supposedly talk of taliban prisoners who had been released by the government obviously after the strike this is when you thought that that meets the potential relationship that could have been established between the afghan government and the taliban so it is not looking good for the future of the n.e.p. stops enough times that france is threatening to impose sanctions on nations

involved in the conflict in libya president obama all macro says it's time for a cease fire and a political solution to the conflict this fall as egypt's parliament approving troop deployment outside the country on monday president of the photo sisi threatening military action against took a shot back forces who supports the un recognized government atocha bottle is live for us in paris what else has president mccomb been saying. well president is meeting with the president of cypress at the elise a and he made a few statements before the 2 leaders went in for their talks are president michel 1st of all said that he believed that the european union should do more to stop what he called provocations in the eastern mediterranean that what i was talking about is the fact that he continues to drill for oil and gas off the coast of

cyprus the republic of cyprus is part of the e.u. the breakaway north is pro turkey now the e.u. considers this continue drilling by ankara as legal there are already sanctions on and from the e.u. france in the past few weeks is actually called for more sanctions on turkey because of this continuing dispute and things really escalated then on wednesday when turkish military naval ships is caught in a submarine that they're using for as part of this gas exploration through the eastern mediterranean something that macro has said is a violation of maritime law. this is quite an interesting situation isn't because of nothing else that up to this point france has been somewhat kori in terms of placing itself in the conflict in libya and yet these are much stronger words that are coming up from the president. yes person micro

also spoke about libya before going into these talks with the president of cyprus he said that he believed that there should be sanctions or those who are violating the u.n. arms embargo to libya and that war of words between france and turkey on libya is really escalated over the last few weeks the tensions between the 2 countries have been quite high over the past year but in in june of france accused a turkish warship of harassing a french ship that was part of a nato operation in forcing this arms embargo on libya now france said that turkey was should apologize to france and pulled its vessel out of this a naval operation in protest but france and turkey both accuse each other of being a destabilizing force in libya president macro again just

a few weeks after that incident with those ships in the mediterranean said that turkey had a criminal responsibility in libya turkey then said that france must apologize this war of words has continued with france asking the european union to do more to come down hard if you like on turkey that's not a show about a lot for us in paris natasha thank you very much indeed china says it's considering ways to stop the recognition of british national overseas passports held by many people in hong kong it's in response to the u.k.'s decision to open a special pathway to citizenship for $3000000.00 hong kong residents starting in january the british government and china are accusing each other of breaching the commitments they made during negotiations that resulted in the return of hong kong to chinese rule in 1997 well let's cross over to work on where katrina you is live for us what is beijing be saying about this issue of the british national overseas passport holders. well rob they're

furious about this move now this this move by the u.k. essentially provides a migration pop awake the holders of this british national overseas possible even home call but china says what it may do in response to that is make it so that people who hold the spotlight in hong kong will not be able to use it as a valid travel document leading to say that they might not even be able to leave home calls with it now beijing says that this is because this move is in violation of international relations principles and international law but also in violation of an animal you between china and the u.k. let's hear more of what's along with being china's foreign ministry spokesperson had to say about this early on thursday. you use the phone to move there given the british side broke its commitment 1st the chinese side will consider stopping recognition of being no passports as valid travel documents and we will reserve the right to take for their actions. he went on to

say that the u.k. should stop meddling in china's internal affairs and simply accept that hong kong is a part of china now this is not the only way that beijing seems to be kicking back at the u.k. we know that chinese state t.v. that is c.c.t.v. i had originally had the. english premier. league football games on it but we do know that there was a match between liverpool f.c. and chelsea f.c. that was supposed to air on c.c.t.v. on wednesday which was cancelled last minute and we know there were further matches scheduled the business weekend that have also been townsell now c.c.t.v. hasn't given any reason for this but we are and we understand or were saying that this is in response to a move by the u.k. to ban chinese telecoms company quali from the u.k. 5 g. network so it's a quite a symbolic move from china it effectively blocks the english premiership league from a massive football. here in china that is growing this big market and president xi

jinping has poured millions into expanding the sport here in china and it's not the 1st time that sport really has gotten mixed up into china's geopolitics last year the n.b.a. that is america's national basketball association had all of them matches all of bag games similarly banned from chinese state t.v. following a tweet by the general manager of houston rockets. when he tweeted in support of pro-democracy protesters by his katrina that's katrina you live for us in the world . still ahead on al-jazeera more risk of abuse during the current virus pandemic indonesia's politicians are accused of failing to protect society's most vulnerable people.

how there's an active circulation in the yellow sea here it is developing right across the korean peninsula a significant rain now it will take all of friday to wander through and then cross into q sure maybe the far west of honshu but his legacy is in east the wind was more shallow isn't it so souls go a couple of days to come but that's where elective t. is now although this is part of the system which is given the flooding to the yangtze and places to the north it's quiet for a little bit friday maybe saturday also next pulse develops in sichuan this then rides through honshu making that said he went to accuse looking quite dry so he agrees that humid degrees and still it rains in song 28. and the monsoon rain of india by vision pakistan is you know very active this year particularly in the northeast over the next day or so i think southern bangladesh is particularly prone

to this wet weather and it's true for this northeastern part of india as well otherwise the shows are pretty well scattered heading back towards maharashtra they should try to show themselves again that's why as they way you might expect them to be some sort of i think still develop thunderstorms in parts of amman and solace sitting under the hobby. up above the hustle and bustle of cuba's capital there is a secret world. community of colorful characters who have made the rooftops their homes. from their unique perspective they reflect on the country's history and how it has shaped their lives and hopes for the future. have vanished from on high with us on just.

we want to go to 0 mind of our top stories this hour 5 west african leaders of reviving in mali's capital to try to resolve the country's deepening political crisis seen protests for 6 weeks with tens of thousands of people demanding president evil him steps down. afghanistan's ministry of defense has confirmed it's carried out an airstrike that killed at least $45.00 people a district governor says at least 8 civilians are among the dead but the government says civilians weren't in the area. france is threatening to impose sanctions on nations involved in the conflict in libya president emanuel says it's time for

a cease fire and a political solution to the conflict. tension once again in cities of the united states in portland oregon security forces have launched tear gas and protesters have let fires on the streets they're angry because federal officers have been sent to control demonstrations which means going on for 56 nights but president donald trump has promised to deploy more officers this time to the cities of chicago and albuquerque he says is to control rising crime others say it's an election stunt my kind of reports. the concern about federal involvement was spotted by scenes like this from portland oregon up to weeks of anti racism protests federal troops in unmarked uniforms moved in confronting demonstrators and detaining them in unmarked vehicles much to the end of the state's governor this is a democracy not a dictatorship. we cannot have secret police abducting people

into and putting them in unmarked vehicles. i cannot believe i have to say that the president of the united states now the president has announced his intention of sending federal offices to several other cities today i'm announcing a surge of federal law enforcement in 2 american communities plagued by violent crime will work every single day to restore public safety protect our nation's children and bring violent perpetrators to justice for months president trump has regularly tweeted law and order in capitals and this decision is regarded by many as a campaign ploy in an election year the mayors of several major cities have sent this letter to the attorney general blasting the proposed deployment the letter reads in part these are tactics we expect from authoritarian regimes not our

democracy that has been an especially violent summer atlanta has seen a 300 percent spike in shooting victims compared to the same week in july last year in new york city over the past week shooting victims are up more than 200 percent. mounting frustration during this pandemic and widespread anger at police has led to what many view as a perfect storm of increased violence that federal involvement could intensify rather than fickle mike hanna al-jazeera washington or philadelphia's top prosecutors warn that federal agents will face criminal charges if they unlawfully assault or arrest anyone in the city if they choose to follow the law then we'll all get along famously and if they choose not to follow the law then they will discover that there are laws in the county of pennsylvania that can be used to prosecute. it is certainly my hope that their behavior will be entirely legal but

based on what i saw in portland it is my opinion that some of that behavior looks like criminal conduct the us house of representatives has approved a bill aimed at reversing donald trump's controversial order which bans entry to immigrants from mostly muslim majority countries france initial ban targeted iran libya somalia syria and yemen critics say it amounts to unlawful religious discrimination in the no ban act would limit the president's ability to block immigration based on religion however the act is unlikely to ever be put into effect because the republican controlled senate is likely to vote against it. a former nazi concentration camp guard has been convicted of being an accessory to the murder of more than $5000.00 people during world war 2 the trial against 93 year old the brutal day will be one of the last against nazi war criminals then again has the latest from berlin. the offenses that this individual has been found

guilty of occurred in 1944 when he was a 17 year old who was part of an s. s. unit in short of a concentration camp which then was in nazi germany now is in modern day poland the court that tried this individual was a youth court because the the age of the defendant when he committed the offenses was such that he couldn't be prosecuted in an adult court that's why the sentence passed on him is a suspended sentence a 2 year suspended sentence one of the interesting aspects of this case is as has been said that this is perhaps if not the last one of the very last opportunities that modern germany will have to prosecute those who it believes were guilty of crimes against humanity of war crimes during the nazi german era but it also is an opportunity to reflect upon the fact that many tens of thousands of people who had

a much more intimate connection with the machinery of mass murder during that time were never prosecuted this specific individual was interviewed by west german police extensively at the beginning of the 19 eighties and so the or florida keys were fully aware of what he had done and what he had not done during his time at that camp and they did not prosecute him then it was only in the course of the last 4 or 5 years in the decision was taken to proceed against this individual. united nations is warning that the arab world faces deep and long lasting economic consequences as a result of the covert and. 18 pandemic the region's economy is expected to contract by more than 5 and a half percent and the economies of some countries might shrink by double that the un is warning the number of people living in poverty will rise by more than 14000000 possibly sparking more political instability the region is blessed

with tremendous diversity and potential yet all arab countries with oil reach middle income or least developed face difficulties in responding the global pandemic is exposed in the any challenges the regional economy has suffered multiple shocks from the vinyls as well as the sharp drop in oil prices remittances and tourism and economic forecasts then that 50 alone in a region already rife with tensions in inequalities these will have profound consequences on political and social stability. doctors in lebanon are warning the health care system there is on the brink of collapse it's buckling under the strain of a crippling economic crisis and the pandemic the government's contain the outbreak so far but there are fears a rapid rise in infections could overwhelm hospitals that have been reports of shortages of vital medical supplies and regular power cuts at hospitals brazil has reported a record daily increase in corona virus cases of nearly 68000 it's the world's 2nd

worst affected country after the us with more than 2000000 infections the pandemic has spread from big cities to remote rural areas there's a danger of also natural has tested positive for the virus for a 3rd time. australia has reported its highest daily number of corona virus deaths in 3 months 5 people died from the onus on thursday of all the state of victoria recorded 403 new infections in the city of melbourne the rise in cases has led to an order for people to wear masks at all times outside the home. politicians in indonesia are failing to protect victims of sexual abuse according to children's rights activists a proposed law to tackle sexual violence has been shelved as the government deals with a coronavirus pandemic experts say that puts homeless children in even more danger as you know washington reports from jakarta. in the city of deployed.

this is where children can come together to play thing and to be saying it's a place for children who would otherwise spend all day on the street. is a volunteer at the shelter she spent her youth on the street and she knows firsthand how perpetrators of sexual abuse target these children. living on the streets or sleeping in front of shops is a nice but if someone suddenly offered you access to an apartment facilities who would refuse there's no concept of social distancing here but these children food and a safe place to rest are more pressing concerns and covert 19 the volunteers who run the show to say sexual predators use accommodation and food to target children. and my street children are very much at risk of sexual violence that's why we have to be patient embrace them and protect them but in many parts of the country children have been left to fend for themselves this is just one of many shelters

across indonesia which has closed its doors because of covered 19 precautions alone on the streets and with nowhere to go child rights activists say children are now at even greater risk of becoming victims of abuse. this month a number of child abuse cases have sparked calls for change including the case of a 65 year old french national who was arrested late last month accused of abusing more than $300.00 children in jakarta the accused committed suicide in his jail cell most of his victims were children on the street he lured them to hotels by pretending to be a photographer. before the corona virus outbreak the number of cases of abuse of children was already high the situation's only got worse now because there are more opportunities for the abuse to happen. despite this legislators have dropped a sexual violence eradication bill from their agenda and that it's not that we don't think the bill is important it's just a technical consideration we're finishing

a bill about handling covert 19 we don't have time to finish the other bills activists say combating sexual abuse should be a priority and laws need to be strengthened rather if they refuse to discuss the bill it means they fail to understand the need for protection for women and children against sexual violence. life has always been dangerous for children on the streets but the pandemic has highlighted just how vulnerable they are just in washington al-jazeera jakarta china's 1st independent mission to mars is on its way if all goes well and next year a rover vehicle will touch time to begin searching for water that's the planet's ever to become an alternative home. reports. which translates to questions to heaven hopes to find some answers. where the red planet can sustain human life. on the island of hainan in southern china

the long march fly broke it carrying the team on one craft to earth's 2nd largest planet. it's the optimum north wind the 2 planets are at their closest for 26 months essentially shortening the journey from 9 to 7 months. and it's a busy time for travelling to mars the united arab emirates 1st mars launch by a middle east country quote a mile or hope close it off from japan on monday and now say aims to launch its most sophisticated mars rover ever next week the u.s. has had 8 successful missions to mars so far 6 on the spacecraft are exploring mars from orbit 3 american 2 european and one from india considered the nature of space exploration in the fifty's and sixty's all of this is that with a sense of national pride or countries such as china looking to conceive of

another way in which you can demonstrate the world is technological sophistication and growing sense of it being a 1st world power china's 1st manned mission includes all of the equipment needed to survey the red planet 1st an orbiter would be released into the atmosphere then detach a landing probe it's to take 7 minutes to touchdown in an area called utopia planet that's where the u.s. fighting to craft landed in 1976 once on the surface a run pull slide open releasing china's rover vehicle the overtake carrying 7 instruments to survey the planet's geology as well as searching for underground ice determining a water source that could sustain life the future colonies of people from the u.s. so far the only country to have a rover long term on the planet almost half of all other missions have failed

china's leader has more space ambitions changing paying hopes to send a manned mission to the moon in the next. 10 years the muslim anyone did that with the u.s. in 1972 china is also aiming to build a space station in earth orbit by 2022 if the mission is if it sent china could count to its rival the u.s. in future space mission lured out in money and. this is all just these are the top stories 5 west african leaders are arriving in mali's capital to try to resolve the country's deepening political crisis not seen protests for 6 weeks with tens of thousands of people demanding president evil him before hater steps down there has more from dakar in senegal the difficulty in

trying to finding a middle ground is because this protest movement the m 5 movement is made up of various various people they have members of the opposition members of former members of the present. government you have religious leaders you have trade unionists are trying to get them all on the same table and 2 to a talking point is the main challenge for this delegation afghanistan's ministry of defense has confirmed it's carried out an air attack attack that killed at least $45.00 people the district governor says at least 8 civilians are among the dead but the government says civilians weren't in the area china says it's considering ways to stop the reconciliation of british national overseas passports were held by many people in hong kong it's in response to the u.k.'s decision to open a special pathway to citizenship for 3000000 hong kong residents starting in january. security forces have launched tear gas at protesters in the u.s.

city of portland after they let fires in the streets the demonstrators are angry because federal officers were sent in to control rallies which have been going on for 56 nights a president donald trump has promised to deploy more officers this time to the cities of chicago and albuquerque. the u.s. house of representatives has approved a bill aimed at reversing donald trump's controversial order which bans entry to immigrants from mostly muslim majority countries the no ban act would limit the president's ability to block immigration based on religion a former nazi concentration camp guard has been convicted of being in excess of 8 to the murder of more than 5000 people during world war 293 year old bruno day was given a 2 year suspended sentence and what will be one of the last trials against a nazi war criminal. those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera in about half an hour after inside story.

under the long shadow of russia britain's government is accused of ignoring moscow's attempts to undermine its security and democracy so how should the u.k. respond to these threats this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program on iran come on the u.k. is considering tighter security laws after an intelligence report on russian.