converts like abdullah tuckey are pioneering the way. smack in the middle of tokyo's infamous red light district in kabuki cho is a little apartment that has been converted into a communal prayer room 36 year old abdullah talking leads the prayers here. when he was younger he was into body piercing but now he finds a new way to express himself. or she. didn't know all the. only should she have and. i get me say in the corn field. as he goes lentil it isn't she loves her son. in. the half dollar of the house i shall be in the battle at least initially at least until the people. in recent decades the japanese have been exposed to other religions both orthodox and orthodox that differ from shinto. is still considered relatively unfamiliar. but in recent years young japanese men like. talking have been drawn to words that . works in a gadget shop in central tokyo his introduction to islam came unexpectedly. on the brink you'll see a little more but it's on all congo almost all my days and it wasn't. good june then good. because you know that

the solar window is one of many pagan to take knowledge is from couse to the king abdullah university of science and technology it was founded by a former saudi king as a private university independent from the ministry of education the campus has its own rules and women aren't required to wear the abaya it's perhaps a taste of what some young saudis would like to see for the future of their country . the solar power research center has adapted its architecture to the extremely hot climate there is shaded skylights and a pedestrian area to provide natural ventilation and cooling the design since the message that the future is about to change. thank you professor in mcculloch is the center's director. he worked at the renowned imperial college london until 2014 a few of his students joined him when he moved here the couse team says the facilities here a unique part of the university is largely financed by a foundation which gives the researchers more financial security. and freedom for female researches women are welcomed as colleagues here. in the street like fashion. i left chemistry

for to hide but han will head the sovereign counselor for the 1st 21 months the new prime minister abdullah says he's ready to tackle the economy. the u.n. has warned that 20 to life saving aid programs in yemen will be forced to shut in 2 months unless the world does more to help in february countries pledged more than $2000000000.00 but less than half of that was actually received. brazil's president says this missing criticism of his environmental policies after being blamed for a record number of wildfires in the amazon rain forest this year about 75000 have been detected so far but to your both scenarios says n.g.o.s are to blame. afghanistan is heading to the polls to elect a new president thanks month 16 candidates are vying for the job including the current leader. but there are concerns that violence made to rail the votes charlotte ballasts reports from kabul. president void by his status as the front runner just a month from afghanistan's presidential elections this campaign really is targeting the private sector. not. our here is play their role in the battleground but the 500 f

with the with the 4th brigade of the fighters of the prez the prez the president abdullah gul months all had the this has resulted in the separatists to take over the 4th brigade along with the presidential palace in harmonics and also. important military camps like camp they have already taken. portland government institutions this is an indication that the separatists barked by the united. heading away to fulfill their long years dream of taking over the. current. kind of interim capital of the internationally recognized government this is another fairly for the saudi led qualification in yemen they have already failed to take over the capital sanaa and to reinstate to the form of the president abdullah mansour hadley meanwhile gammons who thier rabble say they've launched another 2 drone attacks on an airport in southern saudi arabia a spokesman for the group says the strikes hit a fueling station at the port and targeted a more string tower disrupting flights it's the latest in a series of drone attacks by the who things in recent days a fuel tanker has exploded in tanzania killi

to officially announced our forces of freedom and change alliances prime ministerial candidate dr abdullah look he will have to consult with the year 50 to choose his cabinet. william lawrence is a professor of political science at george washington university's elliott school of international affairs he says a dollar one dollar is the right person for the job. he's got a impeccable international credit. he's well connected at the african union at the at the world bank and i.m.f. and at the un and so to get sudan back integrated into the international financial institutions in you know international economy he is good he also has revolutionary democratic credentials he was forced out of the ministry of finance in 1981 bashir came to power he famously turned down an offer to be minister of finance in 2017 and is appreciated by the pro-democracy activists so it seems that he has a lot of pieces of the puzzle that will come together you know with the right skills at the right time and economically one of the big problems for him will be the level of corruption in the country and the way in wh

the hon the sworn in as head of the sovereign council for the 1st 21 months the new prime minister abdullah says he's ready to work on the economy. brazil's right-wing president has dismissed criticism of his environmental policies are not a is being widely blamed for a record number of wildfires in the amazon rain forest this year around 75000 have been detected this year alone gabriel. fires engulfing large swaths of the amazon rain forest. the smoke is traveling far and wide it darkened the skies over sao paulo which is more than 2000 kilometers south of the burn area the scope of the fires is massive these satellite images from nasa show how the smoke has covered most of the northern half of brazil which is larger than the whole of europe. the amazon produces 20 percent of the world's oxygen and is home to more than 3000000 species of plants and animals fires in the amazon are a natural occurrence often started by lightning strikes but that doesn't explain the sudden increase in fires this year which environmentalist say has been exacerbated by cattle ranchers and sorie farmers clearing

up the father albert han will head the songkran council for the 1st 24 months new prime minister abdullah doc says he's ready to work on the economy. the u.n. has wanted $22.00 lifesaving aid programs again and will be forced to shutter 2 months unless the world does more to help. in february countries pledged more than $2000000000.00 but less than half of that was actually missing and the u.s. president has defended new forms which allow the indefinite detention of migrant children along with their parents the policy overturns an existing legal voiding that passed children from being held in custody for more than 20 days. brazil's president is dismissing criticism of his environmental record after being blamed for a wreck or number of wildfires in the amazon rain forest of this year nearly $73000.00 were detected between january an organist but job also now is suggesting n.g.o.s are to blame. that i was all the time under the impression that it could have been. asked for money what was their intention to bring about problems for brazil nearly marion is the coordinator for forests and bio

think abdullah shrieky was born here just like his brothers and cousins now they're turning the homes of their ancestors into guest houses for tourists. the. other guy out of the office and my grandfather used to live in this room and this is going off you know. obviously we prefer to varnish the wood with all of oil because it's a natural oil. well it preserves the beauty of the door and protects it and. for families used to live around their grandfather's room just a few years ago life happened outside the rooms which is for sleeping and cooking on the open fire. a road now leads to the other side of the valley and the villages have moved into modern houses. i didn't get into life in the new village is much more convenient than in the old and hey nation right next to the road. so with a car everything you need is nearby. we have electricity and t.v. which is nice of course. that's the gist of the interview so it was. i don't have also thought i had to tickle we've created something really special here with this simple set up our guest house is different from other hotels tourists ca

both sides makes up the body that will lead sudan's 3 year transitional period a prime minister abdullah ham dog who was named by the f.f.c. was also sworn in hours later with a light vision with the right policies we will be able to address this economic crisis we will have a plan that will address the media challenges swore to cover the program addressing the felt need by the people issues of inflation the availability of commodities we fuel medicine and all that even if everyone is happy and satisfied but if anything happens and if we do not see anything new from the revolution being achieved we will surely hold another revolution and topple the council same as it did with omar al bashir oh no we're going to you know all the members of the sovereign council or except the bios the formation of the sovereign council comes after a power sharing agreement was signed between the coalition and the military on saturday after months of protests it had been a point of contention between the 2 sides with disagreements over its role and who will have a bigger say now the council will be led by t

bringing important goods to the sanctions stricken country ship owner and trader abdullah suffer already has just arrived from dubai with a consignment of refrigerators. it's becoming increasingly hard for him to trade with other countries. or used to wait for one or 2 hours for permission to dock in dubai now i can wait one to 2 weeks at sea wondering if they let me you know not because of the u.s. sanctions i've got chinese traders you know insist on cash payment from iranians like myself we can't make bank transfers because of the sanctions. every day life is becoming really difficult in iran foreign products. even medical technology and pharmaceuticals which bombs targeted by the sanctions. the world's population is growing in case you haven't heard in fact by 2052 thirds of the world's population is expected to live in urban areas with food shortages possibility could urban farming be the answer. tending to your crops with the statue of liberty looming in the distance this is the setting of new york's largest urban farm the idea behind the project is to deliver vegetables directly f

bringing important goods to the sanctions stricken country shipowner and trader abdullah suffer already has just.

many dock in iran bringing important goods to the sanctions stricken country ship owner and trader abdullah stuff has just arrived here from dubai with a consignment of refrigerators. it's becoming increasingly hard for him to trade with other countries. or used to wait for one or 2 hours for permission to dock in dubai now i can wait one to 2 weeks out at sea wondering if they let me in or not because of the u.s. sanctions i've got chinese traders you know insist on cash payment from iranians like myself we can't make bank transfers because of the sanctions. every day life is becoming really difficult in iran foreign products are now scarce even medical technology and pharmaceuticals which plants targeted by the sanctions i'm jealous of ari knows how bad it is and what he needs. after almost passive girl really like to do business with traders from further afield than dubai and china would also be great to buy goods directly from europe but for that bank transfers would have to be reinstated. when visas should be given more freely to business people. is it ok to sack that. but he says more

new prime minister and he's about to achieve peace and rebuild to the country's battered economy abdullah doc is a respected former official of the united nations economic commission for africa but he will have his work cut out for him 30 years of autocracy corruption and the impact of international sanctions on the former government of brought the sudanese economy to its knees. fellow abrasions through the night at green square in khartoum the sudanese people pushed a dictator out and then protested against a military led government now they finally have civilian rule. we will have a plan that will address the media challenges so war to cover the program addressing the felt need by the people issues of inflation. availability of commodities we fuel medicine and all that the revolution was sparked by rising living costs inflation is about 40 percent. we're optimistic about the new prime minister because he has an economics background we're optimistic that this man can get sudan out of its economic crisis . a fresh start for sudan a new prospects for its people hoping for an economic upswi

thanks for being with us what so as you understand it will be the role of the new prime minister abdullah doc what do you make of his appointments i think it's a very impressive appointment. dr ham doc is an extremely accomplished economist he has a very clean political record he's been out of the country for the last 30 years but very active in the the real life economic problems of the african continent of the african development bank and the u.n. economic commission for africa he's also stayed in contact with sudanese political actors across the political spectrum including quite importantly the the armed groups that are fighting in darfur and south kordofan who are have some disquiet about the composition of the sovereign council but he faces enormous challenges there's rampant inflation there's enormous sudan is and economic sanctions especially from the united states and getting these problems sorted out in short order which is the aspirations of ordinary people is going to be a very very formidable challenge and how do you see the power be divided up we would you heard one of our e

very very slowly and carefully under the late king abdullah but it has considerably accelerated and the man and his son these are social reforms they change the status of women they allow for more entertainment etc etc they do not mean political reforms that should really be differentiated there's also economic reform going on so there are reforms on a number of levels but not on all levels about the saudis themselves are they reacting to this i haven't been able to have a broad view there certainly many very positive very happy comments on this there are also some critical remarks which i have seen which comment that those who originally asked for the reforms are actually either still in jail or under try and they're going to trial and there are also those who remind us that female rights are not everything in the kingdom that there are also people without nationality that there are all sorts of other also social issues which need to be dealt with certainly in the work forward. of the center for modern oriental studies in berlin and very much. in russia moscow's prosecutor has a warnin

al-sharif: abdullah, my first son. abdullah is -- right now, he is 11 and my second boy, he will turn three next month. lamb: why did you pick australia? al-sharif: long story short, my husband is working there now, but he didn't want to go back to brazil because it is violent and he wanted to go to a country where he can have a better life for our kids, for daniel. lamb: you tell us in your book a lot about your divorce. al-sharif: yes, okay. lamb: why? al-sharif: not a lot -- did i talk a lot in the book about the divorce? lamb: enough. al-sharif: i just talk about it because it was so difficult for a woman to get divorced because she is not supposed to. i didn't get support from the family. they were against it. although i explained it, it is an abusive relationship and the saudi courts is not a friendly place to women, really, it's frowned at from the society, from the court, from the legal system for a woman to get divorce. it's really difficult. but for me, when i got divorced, it was kind of liberating when i le

important are the top general abdel fatah where han and the pro-democracy movements prime minister abdullah. civilians and the military agreed to share power after months of negotiations and bloodshed which followed the ousting of president omar al bashir. micro plastics and water probably do not pose a danger to our health that's according to a new report from the world health organization study finds that people are not absorbing most micro plastics when they drink water but it does caution that more research is needed. now a new push to repatriate will injure refugees from bangladesh to me and maher has apparently ended in failure after no one turned up to board the waiting buses for them when martin gave the go ahead for more than $3000.00 refugees to be returned to the country and issued them with documentation to do so but no refugees have yet accepted reportedly fearing what might happen to them on their return now this is bangladesh's 2nd repatriation attempt after a previous push that was back in november also failed nearly 750000 members of the muslim minority fled a military offe

we've seen this before in kashmir you know brought india politicians like mehbooba mufti like omar abdullah. who vote brought into government who formed government but they never really represented the will of the kashmiri people and now those politicians are siding with those who are are deeply upset with india are anti india now and to me that's the whole issue the whole toxic issue of demographics are i saw a quote from one elderly kashmiri woman the other day she said it's clear that mr modi wants kashmir but not kashmiri people is that faithless or is that those that read that is the saddest part about kashmir that neither pakistan or india have really cared about the kashmiri people for the 2 governments it's a territory that they have been fighting over i am i have reported from the kashmiri line of control from the pakistani side i have seen and i've met families who live in perpetual terror in perpetual fear of crossfire and in so many lives have been lost so many lives shattered divided. and what baffles me. if the world doesn't care i mean you know vs sitting in berlin we're disc

we bring 10,000. >> king abdullah. >> 50,000 students a year are coming to u.s. universities. they're getting exposed to american style education. i mean, they go back home. that's a way of encouraging change. so it doesn't have to be articulating a specific program for reform and saying, this is what you should do. but my point also when i mentioned that soap opera that was shown in saudi arabia during ramadan, there's change already underway, right? and we need to -- it's not necessarily making the headlines, and that's okay. and secondly, if there are firm views about specific things taking place that are ant thet cal to our interests or destabilizing, we should raise it. a good example is the detained civil rights activists. we should raise it and be very direct, we think these people should be immediately let out of prison. the relationship. how important is it for what we want to accomplish? for example, the global coalition to defeat isis. we created the architecture and militaries like the saudis plugged into it. then we can say we have a reasonable coalition who's uni

the father albert han will head the sovereign council for the 1st of 21 months new prime minister abdullah doc says he's ready to tackle the economy. the u.n. has warned that 20 to life saving aid programs in yemen will be forced to shut down in 2 months unless the world does more to help fund them in february countries pledged more than 2000000000 dollars but less than half of that was actually received. the u.s. president has defended new rules which allow the indefinite detention of migrant children along with their parents a policy overturns a legal warning which bars children from being held in custody for more than 20 days very much. bob very great. are about. one thing that will happen when they realize the border. we're building numbers. right now. they all got together like the. one thing that's happening but they can't get a day when they if they do get it. they will be brought back. if they get with doing that they won't. say. brazil's president is dismissing criticism of his environmental policy is often being blamed for a record number of wildfires in the amazon rain forest ne

abdullah and another candidates include a former fugitive as well as someone who fought against thisirst 17 years of the post 2001 , and one who joined the peace process is running as a presidential candidate which is quite incredible and chem on straits -- demonstrates how far afghanistan has conand a former natitional intelligent chief, a former spy master, spy chief is also running. so it's very crowded. it's a very interesting scene. but one should not forget that the talks -- amy: almost as crowded as the democratic presidential candidate race here in the united states for president. we're going to have to leave it there, lotfullah najafizada. i want to thank you for being

with the with the 4th brigade of the fighters of the pres the pres the president abdullah gul months all had the this has resulted on the the separatists to take over the 4th brigade along with the presidential palace inharmonic certain also. important military camps like camp we have already taken all important government institutions this is owned occasioned the separatists barked by the united. heading away to fulfill their long years dream of taking over the. current in government to kind of interim capital of the internationally recognized government this is another fairly for the saudi lit qualification in yemen they have already failed or to take over the capital sanaa and to reinstate to the former the president abdullah mansour hadley. naso abi is a journalist and filmmaker joins us by skype from sana 1st of all from what you're hearing what is the situation now in aden have government forces been completely pushed out of the city. thank you very much in fact the now situation in aden is. sort of game changing and the balance is almost. down there separators the now. declare

with the with the 4th brigade of the fighters of the prez the prez the president abdullah gul months old. this has resulted in the separatists to take over the 4th brigade along with the presidential palace in home and also. important military camps like camp we have already taken. portland government institutions this is an indication that the separatists barque to by the united. heading away to fulfill their long years dream of taking over the. current. kind of interim capital of the internationally recognized government this is another fairly for the saudi led qualification in yemen they have already failed to take over the capital sanaa and to reinstate to the form of the president abdullah mansour hadley meanwhile yemen's who the rebels say they've launched another 2 drone attacks on an airport in southern saudi arabia a spokesman for the group says the strikes hit a fueling station at airports and targeted a monitoring tower disrupting flights it's the latest in a series of drone attacks by the who these in recent days the u.s. justice department has confirmed that billionaire

with the with the 4th brigade of the fighters of the president abdullah gul months all have the this has resulted on the the circuit is to take over the 4th brigade along with the presidential palace in hallmarks of an also. important military like camp we have already taken over port and government institutions this is owned occasioned the separatists barked by the united. heading away to fulfill their long years dream of taking over the. current government to kind of the interim capital of the internationally recognized government this is another fairly for the saudi lid quality in india man they have already failed to take over the capital sanaa and to reinstate to the form of the president once or how the 70 people have been killed and dozens injured after a fuel tank exploded in tanzania just northwest of the capital today much if we're trying to take fuel from the vehicle which david turned when the blast happened the f.b.i. is opening an investigation into the death of us the nancy jeffrey epstein was found dead in the new york jail cell where he was being held on sex traffick

minister has appealed for international support as the country begins its next step towards democracy abdullah is calling for sanctions to be lifted. for several years we were isolated. we're treated as a place that. we want to tell the world. we're moving away from sanctions. issues or for punishment and all that to a sudan that is coming back to the form of normal missions contributing to peace security you know to you know number one and for that abroad. we wanted to be seen as to conclude that the paulding human rights good governance peace security is susie self and peace and its neighbors the u.n. says the worsening humanitarian crisis in it live in syria is having dire consequences for at least 3000000 people russian backed forces have been shelling and launching air strikes against targets there since early may. the u.s. state of oklahoma is suing pharmaceutical company johnson and johnson over its role in the opioids crisis the state is seeking more than $17000000000.00 those are your headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after face to face i'll see you from 3 g. tomorrow by

both sides makes up the body that will lead sudan's 3 year transitional period a prime minister abdullah one dog who was named by the f.f.c. was also sworn in hours later with a light vision. with the right policies we will be able to address this economic crisis we will have a plan that will address the media challenges swore to cover the program addressing the felt need by the people issues of inflation. availability of commodities we fuel medicine and all that even if everyone is happy and satisfied but if anything happens and if we do not see anything new from the revolution being achieved will surely hold another revolution and topple the council same as it did with omar al bashir oh no one believes you know all the members of the sovereign council or except the bios the formation of the sovereign council comes after power sharing agreement was signed between the coalition and the military on saturday after months of protests it had been a point of contention between the 2 sides with disagreements over its role and who will have a bigger say now the council will be led by the milita

it started very, very slowly and careful under the late king abdullah but has considerably accelerated under king and his son. these a are social reforms. they change the social status of women and allow for entertainment, but they are not political reforms. there are also economic reforms going on. there are reforms on a number of levels, but not all levels. anchor: how about saudis snems how are they reacting? >> i haven't had a broad view. there are certainly many very positive, very happy comments on this. there are also some critical remarks which i've seen which comment that those who originally asked for the reforms are actually either still in jail or undergoing trial. there are also those who remind us that female rights are not everything in the kingdom, that there are also people without nationality, there are all sorts of social issues to be dealt with but it's -- anchor: but a step forward? >> definitely, yes. anchor: thank you very much. now let's take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world. german customs officials have seized a billion euro's w

who have miscarriages are often accused of murder sudan's main opposition alliance has nominated abdullah to be the interim prime minister he's an economist who's worked with the african development bank and the united nations a nomination is the 1st step towards the creation of a transitional government after long time president palmer bashir was overthrown in a military coup in april there have been months of protests and political turmoil as negotiations between the military jointer and the opposition alliance dragged on . a man has been charged with terror fences after a car crash in sweden northwest the man who was not identified was arrested in the us and 475 kilometers from stockholm he was initially suspected of planning a murder but is now suspected of conspiracy to commit terrorism after item in his car reportedly made police suspicious will soon face a pretrial custody hearing in northern miramar at least 15 people have been killed in attacks on government targets a collection of armed groups called the northern alliance has claimed responsibility for the violence gunmen target

two former chief ministers of indian—administered kashmir, omar abdullah and mehbooba mufti, have reportedlys after the authorities warned of a terror threat there and imposed severe restrictions on the movement of people in the state. tens of thousands of additional troops have been moved into the kashmir valley. police say a six—year—old boy is in a critical condition after being thrown from a tenth floor balcony at the tate modern art gallery in london. he landed on a fifth floor roof and was flown to hospital. a 17—year—old boy has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. iran says it has captured an oil tanker and seven sailors it accused of smuggling fuel through the persian gulf to arab states, the third such incident in recent months. iranian state television reported that the country's revolutionary guards detained the tanker, its crew and 700,000 litres of fuel on wednesday. ramzan karmali has the details. iran has claimed that this is the latest tanker to be seized by the country's revolutionary guard. on board, seven sailors from different nationalities. all have been deta

will have the sovereign council for the 1st 21 months and the new prime minister abdullah says he is ready to tackle the economy. the u.n. has warned that 20 to life saving aid programs in yemen will be forced to shut in 2 months unless the world does more to help. in fact 3 countries pledged more than $2000000000.00 but less than half of that was actually received. brazil's president says this missing criticism of his environmental policies after being blamed for a record number of wildfires in the amazon rain forest about 75000 have been detected so far but you're both so narrow says n.g.o.s are to blame. afghanistan is heading to the polls to elect a new president next month 16 candidates are vying for the job including the current leader. but there are concerns that violence the vote charlie palace reports from kabul. president boyd by his status the front runner just a month from afghanistan's presidential elections this campaign really is targeting the private sector. not just. our here is played a role in the battleground but the 500 financial freedom and independence through

them back together and they finally signed a power sharing agreements on saturday with economist abdullah him the prime minister of the government he has pledged to solve the country's economic crisis as it was have a morgan reports from the capital khartoum. well. with those words today and military junta came to an end and a transitional suffering council took its place the council has 5 members from the coalition known as the forces of freedom and change and 5 from the military an 11th member agreed upon by both sides makes up the body that will lead sudan's 3 year transitional period a prime minister of the lamb dog who was named by the f.f.c. was also sworn in hours later i think with the right vision. with the right policies we will be able to address this economic crisis we will have a plan that will address the immediate challenges so what we cover the program addressing the felt need by the people issues of inflation. availability of commodities we fuel medicine and all that either and everyone is happy and satisfied but if anything happens and if we do not see anything new from

and the pro-democracy movements prime minister abdullah. civilians and the military agreed to share power after months of negotiations and bloodshed which fall the ousting of sudan's president omar al bashir. spanish police have arrested a man suspects suspected of making hundreds of videos up to scores of women on madrid's metro system police say he used a mobile phone in his backpack to secretly film victims police found the recordings in the man's home many had also been posted online. to nasa astronauts have completed the installation of a new parking spot on the international space station mckagan andrew morgan spent 6 hours installing a new docking port for the station it will allow companies like boeing and space x. to send astronauts to the i o. sas on private lawsuits. every year and this is from berlin still to come on the show a new dispute about immigrants on the southern border of the u.s. democrats are calling a new proposal by the trumpet ministration child abuse. but 1st brazil's right wing president higher balls an r o says