this is bbc world news — the headlines. pakistan's interior minister, ahsan iqbal, has been shot in a suspected assassination attempt. the gunman fired at mr iqbal as he left a rally in punjab province. he was hit in the right shoulder, and is being treated in hospital 1a people have been killed in afghanistan, in an explosion at at a mosque in the province of khost, which was also being used as a voter registration centre. the blast is reported to have happened as people gathered for afternoon prayers. britain's ambassador to the us, sir kim darroch, says diplomatic efforts are underway to reassure president trump about the international nuclear deal with iran. mr trump has been scathingly critical and has threatened to abandon it. donald trump's new lawyer, rudy giuliani, has insisted to give evidence to the russia inquiry. at ten o'clock we'll have a full round—up of the day's news.

before that it is time for a world and iraq's war on the drug crystal meth. —— her world. a hunt is under way. basra police, on the back of a tipoff, think they've found their target. a suspect they believe has been dealing in the highly addictive and illegal drug, crystal meth.

kidnapping, extortion, organised crime are already part of daily life here in basra, iraq's second city. now there's a new threat, crystal meth. i've been invited tojoin the police frontline. this is the elite force that goes out every night on raids to try and crack down on organised crime in this city.

they think the suspect is inside. major mithak is leading the raid. with him, officers from the counter—narcotics unit and swat team. injust two years, police have made more

than 4,000 drug—related arrests. at police headquarters, they're keen to show off the results of their efforts. today, hundreds of suspects are being paraded in front of the cameras. the police want to show the local media, and i suppose the community, the arrests they've made and the progress they're making to crackdown on crime basra. general abdul karim is leading that effort. a war veteran, he recently returned to basra from the fight against isis in the north of iraq. 0k, we're going to go and meet some people who've been arrested. wow, 0k.

when did you arrest these guys? where were these guys arrested? police say consumption of meth has been doubling year—on—year. so you found all these weapons? that's crystal meth. how many grams? 0ne. ig. so why has crystal meth taken hold in this city? weak border security has meant drugs have flooded into the country, and economic collapse, with youth unemployment at almost

50%, means there's a ready for the drug. after years of war, occupation and insurgency, the locals here had hoped their city would become the next dubai. but there are no skyscrapers here, just high unemployment, crime and corruption. at basra general hospital, psychiatrist doctor al sabbagh has been seeing more patients come forward with meth addiction. what is the scale of the problem? in 2015, the iraqi government,

together with the us department of health, ran a study looking at addiction in basra. there were once high hopes for iraq's second city. oil production in basra province generates 95% of the country's oil wealth. but most residents don't see any of that.

this is jumhuriyah, one of the poorest most densely populated parts of town. most of the young people here haven't finished school, they're out of work. jumhuriyah is notorious for gangs and drug dealing. shallal rady, who's 21, has never worked. so do you feel safe here? what about drug users? hello, how are you?

nice to see you. i went to see shallal‘s family. salaam—alaikum... they're struggling to get by without electricity or any clean water. his father has serious health issues. what do you think about iraq now in comparison to what it was like when saddam was in power? the swat team are on the move again. this city is awash with weapons left over from the war and the fight against isis. the team are looking

for their second target. young men of the house are hauled out of their rooms. but the man they are after is missing. what has happened? it is hard to ignore basra's

crippled infrastructure. it's in these impoverished districts where crystal meth addiction flourishes. many addicts and dealers end up here at the prison. this man is the deputy governor. what are the issues you face here? prison authorities have had

to expand detention centres to cope with the numbers of attics and dealers. —— addicts. major, this is one of the rooms? how many people in this room? and this is a combination of drug dealers and drug users? yeah. you just keep them all here together in one room? yeah. i am taken deep into the prison to see what the conditions are like for those who have been convicted. quite overwhelming.

i mean, i've been to many prisons in many parts of the world but to see these people just crammed into here, they take shifts sleeping so one person will sleep and one person will stay up all night and then they swap. it is incredible. i mean, the conditions are really bad. do they go out at all? what kind of drugs did you have? crystal. how did you start using crystal meth? what about your family?

what were they seeing? your wife didn't know? ali hammoud has already served ten months of a five—year sentence for dealing.

how did you become a dealer? and did your family know you were dealing? he sobs. the drugs trade has been driven partly by the security vacuum left when forces were sent to fight isis in the north of the country. general abdul karim wants to show me the smuggling route. general, where are we going?

but with so much security here, general, how were they able to get across the border? the porous border here between iraq and iran means the southern province has become a prime smuggling route. back injumhouria, i've come to the shisha bar to catch up with 21—year—old shallal, who i met earlier. i am meeting up with his friends who are all angry with the government in baghdad.

what about drug abuse? that is a big problem here in basra as well. it is 3:00 in the morning, and the swat team are honing in on theirfinal target in jumhouria. meth addiction is fuelling crime in the city. and it is young men mostly who are the perpetrators. 15 years after the fall of saddam hussein, iraq is in a fragile and perilous state. with all the attention on the fight

against isis in the north, basra and the predominantly shia south feels forgotten. and it is the young who are paying the price. another iraqi generation at risk of being lost. hello. we will do the next few days

in some detail. we will try and identify some of the trends that will affect the british isles. what has affected many of us bus far, dry, fine and sunny conditions. 0n bank holiday monday we are looking back to 1999 for the last time we saw 23.6 celsius. that is the current record. this monday will be closer to 27 celsius. so, a new record is almost certain. the heat is coming from the new continent. round about this area of high pressure. flooding the heat across the channel to most parts of the british isles. the exception, the

east coast exposed to a breeze. and this little finger of low cloud and fog which has been there for a couple of days. many inland areas at least in the mid—20s. still cloud and some rain in northern and western pa rt of and some rain in northern and western part of the british isles. that quits the scene only to make more room for another set of fronts on tuesday. it will be a mild start to the day on tuesday. that little weather front there doesn't look very much but it is the first signs of somewhat cooler conditions trying to get in to the western side of the british isles. tuesday is a cooler, damperaffair british isles. tuesday is a cooler, damper affair with the front close by. heavy rain across the high ground in western scotland and if you become involved. —— into the cumbrian fells. that is when you get the last of the holiday heat. that

front is only the context of not having much rain as it gets to the east. as it makes progress the atla ntic east. as it makes progress the atlantic it introduces the atlantic influence. rather than anything from the continent, which is what we enjoyed over the weekend. there goes that weather front. then there is a lull. another set of front plattner —— fronts on wednesday likely to spread wind, cloud and rain across scotland, northern ireland and western england, mobs of wales too. it is still dry but it is not 26, 27. was closer to 19 or 20. not cold. the low pressure is the dominant feature away towards the north—west of the british isles on thursday. we get rid of weather fronts. that leaves us on thursday for the northern parts of the british isles with a mixture of sunny spells and showers. further south, a lot of dry weather.

temperatures not bad for the time of the year. nowhere near what we have seenin the year. nowhere near what we have seen in the past couple of days. that is rather short lived, the dry speu that is rather short lived, the dry speuin that is rather short lived, the dry spell in the south, because as we get towards the weekend, we have an area of low pressure throwing weather fronts across us. that wouldn't be the dominant feature in the first part of the weekend. don't forget the high pressure behind. the weekend starts cool and unsettled. 0ther windy. has that strips away towards the mediterranean and high pressure built in, it becomes more settled, things beginning to improve. this holiday weekend, dry, warm and sunny for many. enjoy. tonight at ten, there are fresh divisions for the conservatives, as one minister insists a new "customs partnership" with the eu, hasn't been ruled out. a new "customs partnership" leading brexiteers dismiss the proposal, saying it effectively keeps britain, in the european union. the government insists any agreement must allow deals with other countries, and avoid a hard border with ireland.

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