al-jazeera. hello again the top stories this hour on al-jazeera iraq's parliament is in emergency session to work out how to contain protests in the city of basra a week of violent demonstrations a seen several major buildings in the city torched among them iran's consulate. there's been an increase in the number of air strikes in the syrian province of the turkish president says he may intervene if the syrian government backed by russia and iran carries out an all out offensive on the rebels last stronghold of the death penalty has been confirmed against seventy five people for their part in protests against the twenty thirteen military coup in egypt many of them were involved in the city at rubber square in cairo which ended in the massacre of hundreds of people among the defendants is the foremost in brotherhood spiritual leader mohammed badie a the received a life sentence. that attempts to end the war in yemen has come to an end even before it began the official government delegation is leaving the swiss city of geneva after waiting two days for the hooty rebel representatives to join them f

have used this word of a potential bloodbath stephanie deca in antakya there still ahead on al jazeera iraq's prime minister arrives in basra after days of protests against the government. hello again well this hour we are going to start just out here towards the eastern part of the mediterranean notices clouds pushing up across parts of turkey we are seeing some showers affect your own career as well as the northern section of the country but done along the eastern parts of the mediterranean really not looking too bad beirut seeing a partly cloudy day ten twenty nine degrees there jerusalem at about twenty eight and as we go towards wednesday well things. get a little bit warmer with temperatures in beirut seeing thirty two degrees and speaking of those warmer temperatures quite city forty eight is your high here on wednesday and we are seeing some dry conditions winds are coming out of the north northwest so as long as they are there it is dry but it's still very very warm make their way across much of the middle east we are lucky here in the gulf doha at thirty eight degrees very humid her

political avenues behind the scenes to prevent a full on military escalation stephanie decker al-jazeera. iraq's parliament has held an emergency session to work out how to contain protests in the city of basra a government imposed curfew is now in place and security forces are on the streets following a week of violence people are angry at the government for failing to provide work and basic services more than a dozen major buildings have been attacked. consulate which was set on fire on friday night earlier airport was targeted by rocket fire at least twelve people have died. monday well iraq's prime minister hi there are lawmakers to help prevent on the confrontations we should draw a distinction between the political factors on the other issues namely security and services unfortunately events have developed rapidly since the parliament's first session of monday last as a result of the escalating political wrangling which if turned into armed confrontations will be gravely dangerous we are keen on steering away from plunging into such danger now the situation in basra is owner control iraq's

stage hopes of a deal could unravel the road to break city's anything but booth the park or al-jazeera. iraq says it's regrets the u.s. decision to its close its consulates in the iraqi city of basra secretary of state mike pompei o is blaming the iranian backed fighters for recent attacks on the consulate which is inside the city's airport compound he says he'll hold iran directly responsible for any harm for americans all its diplomatic facilities as seen weeks of violent protests by iraqis protesting a lack of jobs and government services. senegal's government is considering legalizing witchcraft as a traditional medicine politicians say the move will ease the burden on already overcrowded hospitals but doctors say the move is irresponsible and dangerous nicholas heart is in that car with the latest on our series looking at witchcraft practices around the world. enters a syrian and like cast his first patient. from this first hand shake the witchcraft tells him he can sense there's a bad spirit stuck inside his head they don't know. there is not surprised he suffers from earaches and has

twelve years people in mogadishu still face the new daily threats of attacks people morgan al-jazeera. iraq'srime minister hyderabadi has been to basra in the south of the country in a bid to quell weeks of deadly protests of left at least twenty seven people dead the latest wave of demonstrations began after thirty thousand people went to hospital because they drank polluted water residents have complained of water and electricity shortages as well as widespread corruption problem office and has more from the iraqi capital baghdad. there's speculation here in iraq that this visit by prime minister hi that i love body to basra probably won't achieve very much he's likely to be meeting tribal leaders amongst others in order to try to get a sense of what's been going on but one set of tribal leaders has already said that they're not prepared to meet with him that's not really a surprise because those that he will be meeting are the ones he's most likely to have established links with already those who are refusing to meet him probably have allegiances which lie elsewhere in the parliament the p

decide to extend its life but that will depend not on the scientists but some politicians morgan al-jazeera iraq's parliament has elected a speaker paving the way for a government to be formed follows months of uncertainty about the country's political direction after disputed elections in may mohamed boosie is backed by the pro iranian father bloc led by former prime minister nouri al maliki his election indicates the group is likely to have enough votes to form a governing coalition problematic joins me live from baghdad so what does this say about the future for high that our body and who gets to be the next prime minister . sami a colleague of mine was just telling me a couple of days ago that when it comes to iraqi politics particularly always expect the unexpected so it's very difficult to try to give you any sort of definitive picture of what the parliament is going to be like when all the jobs of failed in the process is completed by probably the end of this week let me just give you a brief to answer your question breakdown of what the current situation is in the parliament there is that

twelve years people in mogadishu still face the new daily threats of attacks people morgan al-jazeera. to iraq now where all groups in basra have vowed to track down protesters who set fire to their offices over the past week meanwhile prime minister either in a body has visited the city where people say corruption and neglect or ruining their lives rob matheson has more from the capital baghdad. under pressure to resign the prime minister hide the body or arrives in the southern iraqi city of basra where protesters say his government is to blame for much of the corruption and neglect which have destroyed their water and power supplies and left thousands without jobs. what happened in a bathrobe was one hundred percent true to a political conflict unfortunately some political blocs have military wings and some of them wanted to burn down power throw off but thankfully there was stopped by the cooperation of the peaceful civilians yet they're going to get a body is facing calls for him to step down over the crisis in basra the iraqi government is deadlocked disputes over the result of an electi

political avenues behind the scenes to prevent a full on military escalation stephanie decker al-jazeera. iraq's parliament has held an emergency session to try to contain protests in the city of basra a government imposed curfew is now in place and security forces are on the streets following a week of violent protests people are angry at the government for failing to provide work and basic services or than a dozen major buildings have been attacked including the iranian consulate which was set on fire on friday night earlier airport was targeted by rocket fire at least twelve people have died in the inspirations since monday. human rights groups have condemned the egypt sentencing of hundreds of people charged over a two thousand and thirteen pro muslim brotherhood sit in in cairo a total of seven hundred thirty nine defendants were charged in the mass trial the court confirmed the death sentences on seventy five people while forty five more were given life terms in prison a robust square protests lasted six weeks and ended with the killing of around nine hundred protesters by security forces

oversaw the island's refugee prison but as prime minister he's doing a revisit andrew thomas al-jazeera sydney. iraq's interim prime minister has called for an investigation into violence that killed six protests is in the southern city of daraa at least sixty eight people were also injured after fighting broke out when security forces moved in to contain the demonstrations demonstrations over poor state services and corruption have spread across races in the south in recent weeks a curfew that had been in place has now been lifted. they've been chaotic scenes in washington at a confirmation hearing for president trump's nominee for supreme court judge democrats accuse republicans of withholding documents about brett kavanaugh past and dozens of protests as have been arrested present job reports from capitol hill . from the moment cavanaugh sat down for his confirmation hearing to become a u.s. supreme court justice outburst after outburst at least thirty people were arrested on tuesday for disorderly conduct then it was the democratic senators turn to disrupt the hearing. is the key. we have been den

al-jazeera. al-jazeera where every new. iran summons iraq's ambassador after its consulates is torched a protest in the southern iraqi city of basra. the welcome my name's peter w. watching al-jazeera live from our headquarters here in doha also coming up turkey wants it will not watch from the sidelines if an offensive against syria's last major rebel held area leads to civilian deaths. a third caught in aid in as many weeks the trumpet ministration pulls twenty five million dollars meant for specialist medical care for palestinians plus. i'm joined now in.

al-jazeera. oh. oh. precious continue in iraq the city of basra over a corruption and unemployment with the iranian consulate storm. i'm richelle carey this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. i. i am strike. in syria against a looming military action by the assad government. you'd need to vote because our democracy depends on a former president enters the political fray and where intervention obama gives a scathing view of current u.s. politics. the release of new movies online raises hackles among traditionalists at the venice film festival. iran has reportedly close to us border crossing with the rock after protesters set fire to the iranian consulate in the southern iraqi city of basra the demonstrators are angry at an iranian influence in the region as well as unemployment for services and government corruption and may work as more. it has been a day of tension culminating in the face the iranian consulate on paula after being stormed by a group of protesters they tried to set it alight the day before but were pushed back this time though it was left burning. demonstrators venting their anger a

al-jazeera. it is good to have you with us hello adrian fenty good here in doha with the news hour from al-jazeera our top stories this hour iraq's parliament has begun at emergency session to work out how to contain protests in the city of bastrop a week of violent demonstrations seen several major buildings in the city torched among them iran's consulate. has been increased the number of s. trikes of the syrian province of italy. this president says he may intervene if the syrian government backed by russia and iran carries out an all out offensive on italy province the rebels last stronghold in syria and the death penalty has been confirmed against seventy five people for their part in protest against the twenty thirteen military coup in egypt many of them were involved in the city in a rubber square in cairo which ended in the massacre of hundreds of people among the defendants is the former muslim brotherhood spiritual leader mohamed badie who received a life sentence. opposition movement in sri lanka is using the country's economic issues as a political weapon against the governing party the government is struggling to deal

security and gender equality and the right direction comes one shovel at a time shell of dallas al-jazeera kubel. iraq's prime minister has been to the southern city of following weeks of deadly protests the latest wave of demonstrations began after thirty thousand people were hospitalized because they drank polluted water residents have complained of water and electricity shortages and widespread corruption among officials matheson has more from the iraqi capital baghdad. there's speculation here in iraq that this visit by prime minister hi that i love body to basra probably won't achieve very much he's likely to be meeting tribal leaders amongst others in order to try to get a sense of what's been going on but one set of tribal leaders has already said that they're not prepared to meet with them that's not really a surprise because those that he will be meeting are the ones he's most likely to have established links with already those who are refusing to meet him probably have a legion series which lie elsewhere in the parliament the people of basra of course have been calling for months for somebody

children and hold to account those responsible for using food as a weapon victoria gave him be al jazeera. now to iraq where the prime minister body has visited the southern city of bastrop amid ongoing unrest over poor public services and soaring unemployment at least fifteen people have been killed in protests in the past week alone rob matheson has more from baghdad. under pressure to resign the prime minister hide the body or arrives in the southern iraqi city of basra where protesters say his government is to blame for much of the corruption and neglect which have destroyed their water and power supplies and left thousands without jobs. what happened in a bathrobe was one hundred percent true to a political conflict unfortunately some political blocs have military wings and some of them wanted to burn down both are off but thankfully there was stopped by the cooperation of the peaceful civilians yet they're going to get a body is facing calls for him to step down over the crisis in basra the iraqi government is deadlocked disputes over the result of an election in may have left politicians wrangl

al-jazeera. al-jazeera. where every. again you're watching i just you know reminder of our top stories this hour. iraq's prime minister has ordered an investigation into why security forces didn't do more to protect buildings in the southern city of basra protesters stormed and set fire to the iranian consulate and other government buildings. turkey's president and the united nations are warning of a bloodbath if syrian and russian forces push ahead with an offensive to retake the last rebel held province the leaders of turkey iran and russia have been talking about how to prevent a humanitarian crisis enabling. us is cutting more aid for palestinians the latest cut his cancer treatments and other critical care of jerusalem hospitals last week the us government ended funding for a un relief agency that helps around five million palestinian refugees. a former u.s. president barack obama has criticized his successor donald trump and the republican party in a rare political speech obama urged people to vote in november as midterm congressional elections which could have a major impact on the trump presiden

in degree but they will in the unite this country for all right when we come back on al-jazeera a deadlock in iraq's parliament is finally broken but starmer still fear for the future of us. i'm lawrence lead in berlin where ten years after the financial crash the german economy continues to go from strength to strength but what cost to other european countries. from the waves of the sounds. to the contours of the east. have toughened man could now gathering strength once again as it pushes out since to the south china sea as you can see the huge swathe of cloud coming back in the eye of the storm there that still clearly defined it will run very close to hong kong it'll be somewhere to the west of hong kong when it does make landfall but the out so bad certainly bring some really heavy rain across that southeastern corner of china and gradually pushing across much of southern china as we go through monday and on into tuesday eventually punching its way through into vietnam showers continue behind for a good part of the philippines for the here and now those showers well i tried all the way across t

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iraq. al-jazeera. where ever you are. you're watching out of syria time to recap our top stories now early official results show maldives opposition leader brought him home and saw that has won the country's presidential election he's won by a sixteen percent margin over current president i mean it was widely expected to win a second woman has come forward with allegations of sexual misconduct against u.s. supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh she's spoken to the new yorker magazine about an incident during his time and yale university cavanagh denies both allegations beijing appointed hong kong government has banned the pro independence political party and says the party is a threat to national security the ban comes under a colonial era law or originally used to prohibit organized crime groups. u.s. tariffs on two hundred billion dollars worth of chinese imports of come into effect china says it will immediately retaliate a trade war shows no signs of a truce this find fears it could hurt both countries' economies from

al-jazeera. watching al-jazeera let's recap the top stories for you. iraq has reportedly close to its border crossing with the rock after protesters stormed and set fire to the iranian consulates in the southern iraqi city of basra one protester died on friday taking the death toll since monday to twelve. turkey's president and the united nations are warning of a bloodbath that syrian russian forces push ahead with an offensive to retake the last rebel help province the leaders of turkey iran and russia have been discussing how to prevent a humanitarian crisis and had lived. former campaign adviser george papadopoulos has been sentenced to two weeks in jail for lying to federal agents he pleaded guilty to lying to special counsel robert muller's investigators about his contacts with russians during the two thousand and sixteen presidential campaign. front runner and brazil's presidential election is unlikely to return to campaigning until after next round next month's rather first round vote because of severe stab wounds doctors say hairball sanaa rose lost

twenty years fifty years or longer to take you with castro in cuba still to come on al-jazeera the search for iraq's missing men and boys feared her being abducted by pro-government forces and the trade war deepens why china is appealing over president runs head to the farmers of iowa. hello there been some significant thunderstorms just recently not far away from sydney they're off shore now but we saw hail from service active weather around and the given the size of the constant these little things he could be just as active in south australia however forecast wise we're now looking at a rather warm day in sydney in the sunshine this is come friday but notice any fourteen in melbourne is cooler will try and push eastward what it succeed yes eighteen degrees as a frontal system this it'll take a few showers or you can generate a thunderstorm or so in new south wales leaving the sunshine behind it all trails back towards purse circulation offshore here and it looks like could be a wet day for you come saturday now some of that rain is heading down towards south florida not in the immediate future it

iraq's parliament is expected to hold an emergency session to discuss the crisis on saturday and he would al-jazeera. becka again is a professor at george washington university whose research interests include iraq and iran he says it's unlikely iran will interfere in these protests. well then go right now is directed and every direction again the old. iran normally is the one that gets to be close that's when you talk about. a lot of yelling in influence among the. groups whether they are in the local politics on and or and the local social leadership including the fighting groups. so it's just one of the old girl suspects including the student in the eyes of the targets of the i'm bored right now and as we know you're going in and so on iraq is undeniable so i don't believe they are going to interfere in any way by the use of force or any other means it is up to the iraqi government and that's why the iraqi government sends up forces on force and portman. will be probably taken that also is the prerogative of the social leadership and the un but for a tribal leader. group leaders are really just.

so no matter where you call home al-jazeera will bring in the news and current of friends that matter to you. al-jazeera. on counting the cost why iraq is failing the power off its electricity grid calls for consumers to wake up to what goes into making coffee plus as google phones twenty one search engine it's the same for its. counting the cost on al-jazeera. one suffer because wealthiest country held together with an iron grip libya is now torn up top everybody wants to have his share of authority and the money they cannot be ruled centrally just from one city like to put in the big picture that dissects the roots of the conflict and asks is to blame in the last for libya the only job a portrait of the used to be called mission number. coming soon on al-jazeera. israeli troops killed six palestinians including two children during protests along the gaza israel border. hello i'm maryam namazie the says al jazeera life from london also coming up the u.s. senate panel votes said vanstone will chime supremes despite calls for an f.b.i. investigation into sexual assault claims against him. gulf countries unite for the first time since

what the coming week might indeed bring peter rob many thanks still to come here on al-jazeera a deadlock is broken in iraq and the parliament there finally elects a new speaker plus. the six million people in south sudan are desperate for food we'll tell you why. hello again we do want to update you on what is happening here across southern parts of china with our tropical cyclone man cood as you can see right here it is making its way just south of hong kong and really down here across the northern part of the south china sea look at the cloud extension all the way from the north and the south so the philippines still being affected by the backside of the storm heavy rain shows up here to the north in hong kong you are looking at really power outages transportation has been shut down across the city and we are going to be seeing a lot of flash flooding and localized flooding across much of that area let's put this into motion i want to show you what we can expect to see as we go through the next couple of days because the system is going to be making landfall probably equivalent to a category one hurrica

the stories be don't often hear told by the people who live them in the news well this is iraq on al-jazeera but the headlines on. the leaders of north and south korea are promising a nuclear free korean. kim jong un also says he plans to visit seoul probably before the end of the here and made the remarks on the second day of their three day summit and pyongyang. we have adopted a military agreement to terminate the historic tragic confrontations and hostility that have lasted over the past decades we agreed to make our activity to make the korean peninsula the land of peace free of nuclear weapons and threats relieve. the north agreed to permanently close its engine test site and launch pad in china ri with the experts and relevant countries in attendance in addition it's also agreed to take further action such as giving up its nuclear facility in young beyond depending on corresponding measures to be taken by the us it is a matter that the entire korean nation would be happy and appreciate their complete denuclearization of the korean peninsula is not far away or the bride has more from s

al jazeera. how and has. the top stories on. iraq's prime minister has ordered an investigation into why security forces didn't do more to protect buildings in the southern city of basra during protests. demonstrators stormed and set fire to the iranian consulate there angry at iranian influence in the region one protester died on friday taking the death toll since monday to twelve. best team is a professor at george washington university whose research interests include iraq and iran he says it's unlikely iran will interfere in these protests well then go right.

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iraq. this is al jazeera. hello i'm daryn jordan this is the al-jazeera news hour live from coming up in the next sixty minutes. of people his focus and it has spoken decisively for change a major election upset in the multi-verse opposition candidate abraham sali claims victory in a closely for presidential vote. iran's elite army unit val's revenge as president has done rouhani blames the u.s. for saturday's attack on a military parade. for another referendum days after british prime minister to resign may spreads a plan was junks by the e.u. leadership. and it's a marvelous comeback tiger woods wins his first tour championship in half a decade. a moment of happiness hope and a history those are the words of mold deaves opposition leader abraham sully as he declared victory in the country's presidential election the opposition says it was the fifty eight percent of the vote compared to forty two percent for the incumbent president abdoulaye yeah i mean who had been widely expected to win with almost half of

that are under clarke and one of the top stories here on al-jazeera iran has reportedly closed its border crossing with iraq after protests to storm the iranian consulate in the southern iraqi city of basra said he had a light demonstrators angry at what they see is iranian influence in the region it is the latest escalation following weeks of deadly protests triggered by a lack of basic services and deep dissatisfaction with the government on friday one more protested died taking the death toll since monday to twelve and the hayward has more. to being a day of tension comin a sing and dance the iranian consulate. after being stormed by.

al-jazeera how u.s. sanctions of reduce the number of very rainy visiting iraq on one of the holiest days fishing muslims. and exclusive al-jazeera investigation on veils how animals are paying the ultimate price in a booming multi-billion dollar industry. hello there across parts of china there's a lot of wet weather at the moment if we look at the satellite picture we can see the cloud here making its way across chengdu and then across from ching into who bay and where and that's really the region we're going to see more wet weather as we head through the next couple of days as well to the south of that it's not going to stay completely dry we will see some showers here it's gradually pushing a little bit further towards the west as we head into saturday the coast though should be largely fine and dry say for hong kong will get to around thirty two degrees and this should be lots of sunshine here towards the west and more in the way of cloud here within this huge volume of cloud we do have a storm developing it's developing pretty quickly as well marching its way towards the west by the time we get to

even worse not knowing if they were alive or dead rob matheson al-jazeera back to let's now speak to his family in beirut she is a senior iraq researcher at human rights watch itself thanks for speaking to us on al-jazeera can you first talk us through the process in which you conducted this research. i've been documenting cases of enforced disappearance across iraq for really the last two years and you can't help but come across these families the moment you enter a camp for displaced people those displaced by the fighting or even walking through a neighborhood neighborhood in a town and on bar or in into a like like the city of mosul there are hundreds of families looking for answers now in the report we've launched today these are seventy eight specific cases where we had witnesses usually family members who saw their relatives get detained were able to identify the forces all government forces that did the detaining and after that point whatever the families tried to do to get information about their loved ones failed these as a result have become in force disappearances so what are for or know being made to find those w

this is iraq on al-jazeera. made. welcome back a quick look at the top stories this hour at least one hundred twenty six people are confirmed dead in tanzania after a ferry overloaded with past just capsized in late victoria just meters from the shore hopes are fading for finding survivors. the u.k. prime minister treason may has demanded new brakes at proposals and respect from the e.u. leaders after they rejected outbreaks of plan on thursday. and us president donald trump has cast doubt on allegations that his supreme court nominee calvin are sexually assaulted fellow pupil christine blasi forward in one thousand nine hundred eighty two. now protesters have been marching in syria's rebel held province calling on the international community to stop president as out from cementing his grip on power demanding he be removed from office before and you constitution is drafted and harder reports from beirut. they chant against bashar assad the syrian president to a survived an eighty year rebellion against his rule the op

al-jazeera how u.s. sanctions have reduced the number of iranians visiting iraq on one of the holiest days for. these seals with nowhere to swim an al jazeera exclusive investigation unveils the head inside of animal parks in china. hello there recently we've been seeing some showers over the northern parts of turkey but there's a sinking southwards now and you can see quite a few of them over the northern parts of iran instead i think they could be a couple more here as we head through the day on friday but the rest of that cloud has largely broken up as we head through the day marty's top temperature will be around twenty degrees of course in tehran will be in the high twenty but the south it should be still a very hot one force in baghdad at forty three for q eight city will be getting nine hundred forty five here in doha still hot and very few made in that humidity is making sure the temperatures don't look too high on that the moment is so i thirty eight degrees will be our maximum but it will still feel very very hot and very very sticky they could be a little bit of cloud just flirting wi

al-jazeera. a consulate set ablaze protests on the streets iraq's parliament holds an emergency session struggles to contain anger in. i get i'm a very unforgiving this is out. zerah live from doha also coming up a death sentence confirmed for seventy five people a leading preacher among them over a twenty thirteen city in the egyptian capital. no talks on ending the yemen more the government delegation leaves geneva after a two day waits the who didn't make it. i think it's important to learn but. also will have to be disappointed not to be here but it's important to break that point very clear. i'm joined now in sweden a country anticipating its most important election in years a battle over values and identity with the rise of the far right. iraq's parliament is holding an emergency session to work out how to contain protests in the city of bastrop within the past another curfew has been imposed that began at four pm local time weeks of protests of a failing government services unemployment and corruption have spiraled into a violent few days several major buildings and such a place on friday

al-jazeera betcha. well some of the most significant archaeological discoveries in iraq have been made and. you know asco says the city should be protected as a world heritage sites but iraq is living there say some landmarks are being left to crumble rob matheson reports from baghdad. for twelve centuries the spiral minaret of the great mosque has survived storms and wars but perhaps its greatest danger is from neglect and. this is the first time we've seen the spiral minaret since two thousand and three i'm shocked there's been no attempt to restore there are no rubbish baskets no proper benches for visitors if this landmark was in any other country it would be a piece of art. in two thousand and seven they already badly damaged city of samarra was protected as a world heritage site by the us. it was hoped that it would encourage more visitors and business but more than a decade later little has been done and it. certainly different permits and any other place in the middle east. history and archaeology but it doesn't get a proper attention. so marlise on both sides of the river tigris no

time for a short break here and al-jazeera when we come back a deadlock in iraq's parliament is finally broken but some still fear for the future of the country plus trying to keep a centuries old language alive for the next generation in malaysia more on that status. through tranquil arabian can you. see and it's going to live. how the weather is set fire across a good parts of the middle east we've got the showers still lingering around the black sea around the caspian sea just hugging the caucuses will see some wet weather there. southern parts of russia just around armenia georgia maybe into by john over the next couple of days but elsewhere it is fine and dry twenty nine celsius in beirut some a value for jerusalem hot sunshine into baghdad and also into work you a city warm sunshine warm enough for any of it was at least impossible reach for couple and into karate woman off to a cross financial little bit of cloud just down towards us a lot of but pretty much everywhere it is going to be wall to wall sunshine temperatures around thirty or forty degrees thirty nine forty degrees as

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this is iraq and al jazeera. and i'm down jordan doha with a quick reminder of the top stories here on al-jazeera frantic rescue efforts are now underway in the northern philippines where more than fifty people have been killed by typhoon mankad thirty four of them have died in two landslides triggered by heavy rains in the area if you go on dozens are still missing villages and search teams they're looking for survivors many families took refuge in a chapel which collapsed during a landslide the typhoon weakened after a made landfall on news an island on saturday to madeline job and has more. more than two days after the typhoon struck basically the extent of the damage and damage just slowly being revealed that is because so many of these areas were cut off and also because of the extensive and then the enormity of the impact of this by going across northern luzon resident that there be is in the region he was also told just last night what happened in that area what you're seeing now and even information comin

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but this reopen track is a milestone for iraq's railways rob matheson al jazeera baghdad. the united states stock market regulator wants to bar tesla c.e.o. elon musk from serving as the head of the electric car maker securities and exchange commission says he committed securities fraud when he tweeted about plans to take the company private last month our town with prehistoric fossils should be able to capitalize on the world's fascination with dinosaurs and gong in china the world's capital of dinosaur replicas has been doing that for years but now a very modern trade war has some manufacturers worried as scott had reports i as you approach this is gone on the main highway it's just one problem it's pretty evident what this area is know. it's home to one of the largest dinosaur fossil discoveries in the world the dust formation fascination for dinosaurs put the city on the map drawing in millions of visitors each year but it's ancient history was also the spark for a home grown industry about eighty percent of the world's large dinosaur replicas are made in just gone amo

attack but the identity of the assailants has not been confirmed yet and with al-jazeera still ahead on the program iraq's prime minister arrives in bags right to try and calm weeks of deadly protests over poor public services and unsafe drinking water and several people are reported dead and many more injured in the latest attack in the somali capital market issue. a larger that's could have you back where we are but watching what is happening here across taiwan very carefully we do have a tropical. system a tropical wave that is potentially going to be turning into a tropical storm very soon now that system is going to be bringing very heavy rain to taiwan as well as northern philippines and slowly making its way into the south china sea and with that winds are going to be affecting southeastern parts of china still affecting taiwan still affecting the philippines but we don't expect the storm to really get any more intense than a tropical storm but we do expect it to make its way towards the west and potentially make its way towards vietnam well as we go over here towards india much better conditions a

al-jazeera. hello again friends are harder when i'm come all santamaria and this is the news hour from al-jazeera. was the wrong clothes as a border crossing with iraq after its consulate is set on fire in the southern iraqi city of basra also millions in peril the u.n. bones of the biggest humanitarian tragedy as an offensive in syria's rebel stronghold looms in the warnings on syria have even been voiced in teheran where the presidents of turkey iran and russia sat together in search of solutions and a brazilian far right.

al-jazeera. a political deadlock in iraq's parliament is broken but some still fear for the future plus. i'm lawrence lee in ten years on to the financial crash the german economy continues to go from strength to strength but what costs to other european countries and in sport defending champions france have only on six davis cup holes here but that's. how i once again will tropical storm florence continues to stagger along the coastal fringes of the east side of the united states into the carolinas starting to push in labutta still going at war came price i'm afraid so there we go that sunday's pitcher still plenty of heavy rain right across the capital starting to push up across that he says out of kentucky and tennessee just having a little further north was just not just some wet weather to into texas that said we want to keep an army could see some flooding here north of the border some pretty heavy rains the central and western parts of canada cold enough as the snow over the rockies six celsius the top temperature in calgary on sunday off a warm up here as we go on into monday but

al-jazeera westminster still ahead on al-jazeera we need some of nigeria's so called money wives a young girl sold into slavery to repay their parents' debts. treasure in iraq. being treated more like a rubbish dump. by the skyline of asian harbor or off the coast of the italian riviera. hello again we're here across parts of china we had a couple days of nicer weather but unfortunately the rain is back in some locations we're not talking about heavy rain but it is going to be widely scattered across most of the areas so down here along the coast for hong kong cloudy becoming rainy as we go towards the end of the weekend term just about thirty two degrees where the rain a little bit heavier there up to the north we are seeing a line of showers all the way across from shanghai all the way to do that is a stationary front really not going to change too much over the next few days so it is going to continue to rain in one location there well up towards the philippines we are looking at a little bit better conditions of particular over towards luzon where we do expect it to stay partly cloudy for the next day or so the heavy rain central parts of the philippine

al-jazeera. still has her on al-jazeera a coalition comes together in iraq as paloma it sets for the first time since its controversial elections. and a state of emergency has declared and maybe after days of fierce battles in vital. i'll have the rain is just about stopped falling in china now as you can see from the satellite picture it hasn't stopped in vietnam that white top has given about one hundred dog millimeters in northern vietnam but for china there is flooding on the grounds that shouldn't be much more chopped up now shower too is possible through. particularly i think on wednesday hong kong mark just be out of it i was to say much of this most this part of china for it to be dry more showers or more rains come back to sichuan that's been dry for a month or so and of course the monsoon rains are still going fairly strong but rather how passively in india maharashtra's come out of the west is place but jharkhand fairly obviously are not true to pradesh is the area where the cloud is and in the fall cos it's the area where the rain is likely to be continuing and there's been flooding once

iraq. al jazeera. you have for your. getting to the heart of the matter the three big challenges facing human crime in the twenty first century they are nuclear war climate change and technological disruption facing realities whatever is there to fear is not in me it is in the people of uganda hear their story on talk to al-jazeera al-jazeera this is the opportunity to understand in a very different way where there. is and we don't leave. and they know it's a big fat con. donald trump the grizzly defends his supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh as one of his alleged victims prepares to testify against him. and welcome to al-jazeera live from our headquarters in doha with me elizabeth problem also ahead of chairing a u.n. security council meeting trump accuses china of meddling in the upcoming midterm elections in the u.s. . a nation mourns vietnam says goodbye to its president who died suddenly last week and mexico's president elect to investigate the case of the forty three missing students on the fourth anniversary of

iraq. this is al-jazeera. hello from doha everyone i'm kemal santamaria and this is the news hour from al-jazeera twenty nine people dead in a gun attack in southern iran in the tripper right to iran is pointing the finger at the u.s. and its allies in the region including israel also a survivors found in an airlock compartment in a ferry which sunken tanzania the death toll still rising at least two hundred and nine now and will bring kavanagh's accuser from top to a washington hearing decision time looms for the woman who says the supreme court pick attacked. and i'm far as molly here with all the day's sporting clearing alex ferguson returns to old trafford for the first time since having brain surgery only to see his former side how to a drop by well. so at least twenty nine people have died in a gun attack in iran on a commemoration to remember the iran iraq war an iranian military spokesman says the attackers were trained by two gulf arab states didn't name them and said they were connected to the u.s. a

but this reopen track is a milestone for iraq's railways rob matheson al jazeera baghdad. a top people have been charged with negligent homicide of a portugal's worst ever wildfires they took place in the central region in june twenty six seventeen and killed sixty four people among those charged are local councillors commanders of the civil protection agency and executives of a company responsible for road maintenance. or the government of assam in north eastern india has passed a law making it a crime to accuse someone of being a witch murders of so-called which is our problem across parts of the country andrew thomas has been to done more to meet the woman who's led the campaign for change today she runs a shop but ten years ago and jolly has young's husband supported as a young mother and her child but when he got cancer and died and she rebuffed those who wanted to take his place she was accused of being a cannibalistic which a group of people beat her she nearly died one of those that the men shouted she's been eating humans hold her down beat out for the beat to be

but this reopen track is a milestone for iraq's railways rob matheson al jazeera baghdad. with prehistoric fossil should be able to capitalize on the wilds fascination with dinosaurs and the gong and china the capital of dinosaur but because for many it's got hundreds of reports. as you approach is gone on the main highway it's just one problem it's pretty evident what this area is know. it's home to one of the largest dinosaur fossil discoveries in the world the formation fascination for dinosaurs put the city on the map drawing in millions of visitors each year but it's ancient history was also the spark for a home grown industry about eighty percent of the world's large dinosaur replicas are made in just gone among the first of twenty five companies to start making replicas of some of the earth's first inhabitants was founded by gucci home he was born and raised here. to kong is a dinosaur tom i've been very interested in dinosaurs since i was a kid and i majored in you like trolling engineering so i wanted more people know more about through our replica that's why i st