for decades baghdad has meant violence. and the last place most people would want to call home especially the jews. but it wasn't always soon. not diamond not. that i don't think i'm a lucky god. i think. i first came across the jews of baghdad when i was asked to catalogue an archive. it belonged to the family of david dunn goal. when david's father was born there were one hundred forty thousand jews in baghdad . and they made up nearly half the city. few people in baghdad now remember them. through their houses and old synagogues are everywhere. edwin has arrived in baghdad looking for his roots. i feel. i haven't finished with this place. unfinished business or. i don't even know the dangers around that because when i tell people. on the road are you kidding are you crazy. phew. i feel i see if i'm a jew living in baghdad for an hour. edwin was just being flowery. iraqi jews are the ones unsung. the ones who were captured and taken slaves. the ones who sat by the waters of babylon there we sat down and wept when we remem

for decades baghdad has meant violence. and the last place most people would want to call home especially the jews. but it wasn't always so moved. not diamond got no further than i think i am a lucky god i got the sun and the molding emblem on that night. i first came across the jews of baghdad when i was asked to catalog an archive. it belonged to the family of david dunn goal. when david's father was born there were one hundred forty thousand jews in baghdad . they made up nearly half the city. few people in baghdad now remember them. through their houses and old synagogues are everywhere. edwin has arrived in baghdad looking for his roots. i feel. i haven't finished with this place. i always any toes reach. with unfinished business or. i don't even know the dangers lying around that because when i tell people of been here and i've been there and they said my god on the road are you kidding are you crazy. few. just being flowery. when we remember. they stayed and wrote the great book of jews. they were the muslims in soci

in terms of politics in baghdad, i think the kurdish leadership is waiting to go back to baghdad and try to unite because there are a lot of issues at home. with the elections being scheduled for end of september. so while participation in baghdad requires level of unity going with one voice, having elections at home requires naturally competition and rivalry. that is one area where the kurdish orientation is very clear, we are going back to baghdad. when it comes to the question of security i think it's the more crucial area where cooperation is necessary. it has become clear that isis as an insurgency is trying to capitalize the grievances of the population especially in territories. we talked about lack of electricity and services, they went and basically bombed electricity towers. just to stoke greater disenfranchisement and anger at the government. the other thing they do is try to political diffusion, they try to attack the headquarters where the ballots are being stored. they tried to put a hole in the process and delegitimize a questionable election. they try to stoke arab ku

we would have put pressure on baghdad to do it. but you're opening store front offices in baghdad. you have a houthi office next to the hotel, the main hotel in baghdad, the presidential one, and then you have another one. that group is there. and you can't have that level of store front terrorist organizations. i mean, again, maybe not designated yet but in the process of being designated or at least being argued to be designated. that out in the open. and that's what we have now with hezbollah. you have that, and again, like you said earlier, soleimani can walk the streets of baghdad and not even worry. >> but i think the administration should also encourage involvement of countries in iraq, particularly in iraq's reconstruction. >> repeat that? of what? >> encourage regional countries to become more involved in iraq. bolster the relations there and also particularly in the economy, because the more diversified iraq's economy is, and its trade and commercial ties with other countries, the less dependent it will be approximaon iran. because right now the trump administration wants

government the baghdad army when the peshmerga the kurdish full seasons were forced to withdraw from kirkuk last year so i think we've got to be honest here this is an election in iraq there are going to be accusations allegations made about electoral violations and fooled but as i say a very high official in the p u k the leader of the p u k list cobar talabani saying that it was too early to come out with such a such a big statement slamming these elections and not recognizing the results so where does all this leave. the need to form a working government in baghdad and particularly since the president of iraq has to be an iraqi kurd. but again that issue also highlights the divisions here between the two main parties the p p u k k d p that position the president has to be occupied by a kurd now traditionally it has been occupied by a taken by a leader of the p u k this after this election the k d p now have put forward their own candidate that schools the number of politicians and leaders in baghdad big concerns there sliming that. they want one candidate to be put forward by the

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

out of this election between the k t p and the p u k in order for them to put more pressure on the baghdad government as baghdad struggles itself obviously to bring together some sort of coalition federal government in the capital thanks charles. brazil's far right presidential candidates been released from hospital in salt paulo three weeks after being stabbed at a political rally sharples on auto flew back home to reserves in dinero on a commercial flight it was both cheered and cheered by fellow passengers on while he was tipped to win next month's election thousands of people have been protesting across brazil against him luck in america editor of the c n human has more. out of brazil's largest city and what you see here just a week before brazilians go to the polls is an anti and lecturing campaign it's against him and that these people believe would turn the clock back to the dark ages if he were elected. in every major city and town in brazil and even abroad opponents of ultra conservatives. are taking to the streets . campaign symbol is hash tag not him and this is why it was that

met we were in baghdad, we with iraqi judges. we talked and confronted them isis recruit camps throughout the north. where you are guilty by association if your cousin join isis or if you came from a certain village where there was many people that joined isis of sunniblic images men being dragged throughout the city. this is a real phenomenon. >> in baghdad? >> no. this is in the north. talking with iraqi judge s in baghdad. absolutely. protestse july and the we've seen youth being hit on attacks by the militias. i agree with them in that the definitely not because i think it happens to be more intrashiite now. they happen to control more power right now. you have the sunnies who have after they have been confronted, there was a problem in the community. now isis. a lot of them have been dis placed. so you have the -- the sunnies -- they are not together. they are not able to join any of the coalitions. they don't have a united front. even halbuci was able to be of parliament, but he made very public he received support from the

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

to shining real stretchy west from baghdad. snaking through the desert for fifty seven kilometers by the other end is the city of accessible once again to rail travelers air assets illusion of em's flu just today is not like flu in the past the railroad is a sign of life getting back to normal after getting rid of ice. these wheel tracks were closed when i saw fighters swept through the west of iraq in two thousand and fourteen. when iraqi railways reopens the baghdad the for lucia line we didn't think of the economic benefit this is a message of peace to the people of illusion after the dark days when eisel used to rule those parts. after the defeat of isobel have been roads that have been open between baghdad but the path of the security checks on that journey can take anything up to several hours but this train doesn't stop for checkpoints. the journey between baghdad and fallujah takes just fifty five minutes by railway and the high cost of fuel means traveling by road is more expensive. basic train tickets for a one way jo

it's been fifteen years since the us invasion of iraq and what they have to show for it is of baghdad looking every day more towards iran. just a year ago it didn't look like washington was losing ground in iraq at all taking credit for helping to defeat i saw having the country's prime minister as a close friend and i just. lost. control. we have just absolutely decimated isis just absolutely obliterated isis in iraq looks like a victory for the red white and blue. but times are changing iraq is struggling to form a government and so far they've agreed on sunni lawmaker mohamad i'll hold to see for parliament speaker the main thing you need to know about him is that his support comes from a pro iranian bloc the man in charge even fought for iran in its war against iraq it's probably easy to find out where his loyalties reside. but what about washington's yes man of body surely hill seek a second term and continue business as usual right wrong he's already declared he won't touch a second term with a ten foot pole i do not want to second term i don't cling to his second term. peaceful

i remember when i was in baghdad in may 2003. i started hearing people from blue -- from falluja saying we're going to do something about the presence of the u.s. but by 2006, it had changed. it makes you look at the 2022, that is when the u.s. can play a role in, first of all, keeping an eye on the country, and then engaging the iraqi people. engaging the same people can also harm the image of the u.s. >> i would like to take back one of my statements. you are right. this year youth and basra would have every right to slam the u.s. consulate as well because they continue to see the u.s. prop of these religious parties that have not served them well. it is a u.s. position that the status quo stays intact. and so i would not be surprised. i was talking specifically about the mortar attack on the consulate, which is attributed to ah.>> it goes to the backslide that you talked about. it is not only ices, but other sources of activities that when you look at it from my spiritual perspective, it is concerning who is carrying out those

hand and they also realize that however baghdad however we baghdad can be it strong enough for the k r g and of course the iraqi government to the central government also realizes that the not in a position to subject. the not able to rule the chaos alternately these two sides these two governments the federal and the the original government have to work together right now would basically seeing the future how that working together is going to look like thank you very much indeed for your analysis. much more to come on the program including as brazil tries to tackle a deep recession and we meet the poor brazilians befitting the brunt of a cotton social programs. that meet some of south africa's long marginalized rasta ferentz who are welcoming the government's decision to legalize cannabis. and jane will have all the sport including a furious final at tennis is chengdu open that's coming up. hello again welcome back to your national weather forecasts we're here across europe watching that same system we've been watching here across the mediterranean now in the aegean sea bring some v

of the two main parties in this region for that failed referendum which they were punished for by baghdad and indeed by neighbors like turkey iran wasn't even indorsed by the americans then of course it was a few weeks later when we saw the forced withdrawal of kurdish forces from the all rich region of kirkuk that they had controlled since two thousand and fourteen when the iraqi army flayed isis now katy perry blamed the p u k the other main a policy for the withdrawal of those forces and sort as being a major affront to sort of k d p patients in keeping control of that city so it's fair to say that certainly could have politics has been severely sort of weakened all the main political parties have been weakened as a result of those two main events specifically most especially the u.k. we are expecting having spoken to experts people telling us here that they say that splits in the p u k could well be capitalized on by smaller parties in this vote. but everybody here is saying that is vital that we get some sort of unity here in the selection of to these divisions between the two main p

to reopen the airport that's coming up also train links between baghdad and restart after. tiger woods makes his ryder cup return but it's. the latest from golf's biggest team tournament. first though some democrats have walked out of the u.s. senate judiciary committee's final debate over brett kavanaugh his confirmation to the supreme court going on right now that committee has been reviewing thursday's testimony from kavanagh and one of the women who accused him of sexual misconduct democrats requested that mark judge the second man that christie. was involved along with kavanagh to be subpoenaed some of them walked out once it was voted down the republicans hold a narrow eleven to ten majority in the committee jordan has more from washington. usually when a senate committee considers a nomination for a cabinet post or in this case for a judicial post the discussions usually focus on the candidates qualifications on his or her legal thinking as well as on other factors that might make that person a good candidate for the nomination in this case however a brett kavanaugh

they blamed the p u k as being complicit with the baghdad government the baghdad army when the peshmerga the kurdish full seasons were forced to withdraw from kirkuk last year. well let's take a closer look at this point of entry lection iran three point one million people were eligible to vote with more than seven hundred candidates competing for one hundred eleven seats that includes five seats allocated for turkmen five for christians and one for armenians but the election is seen as a test of kurdish unity and public trust in the main parties or film on this let's speak to a fine body he's a former iraqi ambassador to the u.n. and he's currently director of the center for the study of the middle east at indiana university joins us via skype from bloomington indiana good to have you on al jazeera again thank you for being with us so how significant is this vote one year after the kurdish region tried to on success we separate from iraq war can iraqi kurds hope to achieve. well i think that the very fact that the kurdistan region is holding up parliamentary elections is a good thing th

rival's p u k have shared power for three decades the final result may have an impact in baghdad where a kurd has to be chosen as president under a power sharing deal now trains stop travelling between the cities of baghdad when i saw overran much of western iraq in twenty fourteen a year ago the government declared the group defeated and as the link between two cities reopens locals are recognizing the benefits and reports. to shining real stretchy west from baghdad snaking through the desert for fifty seven kilometers by the other end is the city of accessible once again to rail travelers. flew just today is not like flew in the past the railroad is a sign of life getting back to normal after getting rid of. these wheel tracks were closed when i saw fighters swept through the west of iraq in two thousand and fourteen. when iraqi railways reopens the bag that the fallujah line we didn't think of the economic benefit this is a message of peace to the people of fallujah after the dark days when i used to rule those parts. after the defeat of i have been roads that have been open between

but this reopened track is a milestone for iraq's railways rob matheson al-jazeera baghdad. well in the u.s. members off the senate committee are to vote any minute now on whether to allow donald trump supreme court nominee to proceeds with his confirmation earlier we saw some democrats walk out during the final debate over brett kavanaugh his confirmation on thursday you may recall that he and one of the women who accuses him of sexual misconduct testified before the committee so any moment now we do expect the members to be voting on whether to allow him to proceed with his confirmation let's cross over to rosen jordan she's joining us from washington d.c. so as we wait for that vote to take place rosalind tell us which senators we should be watching out for who would potentially have the swing votes. well there had been a lot of thought that perhaps jeff flake who is a senator from arizona who is stepping down at the end of this year. possibly decided not to endorse brett kavanaugh nomination so that the full senate can consider it well he did announce this morning to a c

politicians in baghdad saying that that is not a good idea when it highlights. these widening seemingly these widening divisions between the k.t. pay and the p u k and it also highlights just how important a selection is here these column entry elections in terms of you know the future of political stability not only of iraq but of course the want to reach and. charles thank you charles traffic in be it. now in brazil the outgoing president michelle tanner had promised to lift latin america's largest economy from a deep recession although unemployment rates a fall in the cuts in social programs have affected poor brazilians mariana sanchez reports from the state of go yes in central brazil. they're back in business but barely one of the largest construction steel providers in the city of gori anya is beginning to supply the national market again just over a year ago. he had to file for bankruptcy most g.m. bankruptcy was the only option to survive it was really sad i thought to feed it we have managed to recover part of our loss but we still have to work hard to

there is no point in denying that by anybody whether it's in baghdad or here. the shia think that isis is reenergized. the progress that you have which had clear it was cleared that the building was holding, but the building itself is not taking place. at the end of the day, the governance is not being affected, and as a result if you're looking at the most recent information it only took three years for isis to reestablish itself. three years of bad governments will lead to bad -- will lead to isis again. i have no question in my mind. time,s a good period of the prime09, when minister and vice president made counterproductive decisions and -- with isis. we want to make sure we avoid that and not rush. that is one thing that we do not want, clearly some may disagree -- disagree, but the majority want a sustained u.s. presence. and we were honest with ourselves, as analysts and analysts in the government and decision-makers in the u.s. i think we would save a lot of trouble. i remember when i was working at another place, your member mike reading a report sayin

to shining real stretchy west from baghdad. sneaking through the desert for fifty seven kilometers i think other end is the city of fallujah accessible once again to real travelers. pfluger of today is not mike falutin in the past the railroad is a sign of life getting back to normal after getting rid of. these wheel tracks were closed when i saw photos swept through the west of iraq in two thousand and fourteen. when iraqi railways reopens the bag.

they blamed the p u k as being complicit with the baghdad government the baghdad army when the peshmerga the kurdish forces were forced to withdraw from kirkuk last year let's take a closer look at this parliamentary election more than three million people were eligible to vote in the kurdish region with more than seven hundred candidates competing for one hundred and eleven seats and this includes five seats allocated for turkmen five for christians and one for armenians but the election is being seen as a test to kurdish unity and public trust in the main parties. yet events aide is a kurdish affairs analyst and a research at the middle east research institute he joins us via skype now from arlington virginia thanks very much for being with us so let me ask you first of all what exactly is going on here with the with the p u k because we seem to be getting conflicting views when we understand a senior member is saying that they're not going to recognize the results. others giving a different story what's going on there and why would they not recognize the results . this is really not c

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

train links between baghdad and starts after four years. on andrew thomas in assam states india across rural parts of this country many people still believe in witchcraft now a new laws being passed to stop the murders and suicides but all too often the accusations. how they were having had some pretty big downpours in the last day or so they're still well scattered largely i think over sumatra and northern borneo is where the satellite would suggest heavy showers have been put in there in the forecast as well so if you're in sumatra possibly kuala lumpur or maybe coaching the chances are you'll be wet but if you're further south and again jakarta stands out most of java and bali it's still warm and largely dr that is even true in the philippines not in the show a lot of clout still humid but not particularly wet at the moment to the south still active weather in australia the temp has been going up and down they're about to go down in sydney this frontal system is edging in and as it does so of course it shifts the wind direction so we're

so marlise on both sides of the river tigris north of baghdad it marks the site of a powerful islamic capital the ruled over the i pass it empire which stretched from tunis here to central asia for a century it's estimated eighty percent of it still lies undiscovered but the spiral marriott has gone through dark times even the nearby park that was built not long ago is also neglected the authorities should be investing in such a historical landmark so that archaeological tourism can florida in summer a city. iraq's in the process of rebuilding its present day cities after decades of violence but for a country which is said to have a wealth of archaeological treasures the people of somalia say that iraq should be protecting its history to matheson al-jazeera baghdad. hello again the headlines on al-jazeera president donald trump's doubting the woman who's accusing his choice a supreme court judge of sexual assault and asking why she didn't go to the f.b.i. thirty six years ago brett kavanaugh denies groping christine blazin ford when they were high school students both their families s

voters' minds here as i say because the k r g the kurdish region on the rocks was punished by the baghdad government economically for pushing forward with that referendum and yet official statistics are saying that around ninety percent of households in this region i mean to survive on under one thousand dollars a day that been big reductions also in civil servants salaries of course the baghdad government in march last year reduced the allocation of the federal budget for this region going to be interesting to see how the smaller political parties here in the k r g potentially capitalize on a lot of disillusionment with the two main parties the k d p and the p u k. so the arabia's crown prince mohammed bin solomon is expected to arrive in kuwait shortly he'll meet with the kuwaiti in me a. moment the two leaders are expected to discuss the ongoing gulf crisis period has played a mediation role since saudi arabia the u.a.e. bahrain and egypt imposed a blockade on cata in twenty seventeen accusing it of supporting terrorism denies those accusations. after five days waiting at sea fifty eig

there was also a cuts in the federal budget in baghdad money allocated to the kurdish region here in march cut from seventeen to thirty percent some of the civil servants salaries have dropped in recent is up to seventy five percent so we are in a drastic situation here economically speaking to the voters there are three things that they really want they want an improved economy they want they job's they want security off the whole to see having suffered such tension such a such figuring the battle against eisel that we saw all the endl late last year but they also want good relationships a good relation with baghdad with the federal government and as we know that federal government in baghdad is still struggling to form itself off to those disputed elections in may charles thanks very much. dubai international airport says it's operating as normal after reports that yemen's who see fighters have launched a drone attack on the facility the claim was made by hoofy iran a set of t.v. just last month officials denied reports by hoofing media that the group are targeted to buy a port wit

they were two really major highways shut down by protesters, one leading north to the capital, baghdadand the other leading to the east, to a border crossing with iran at the same time, a demonstration near a major oilfield at the city, as you mentioned. and all across basra city itself, a heavy security presence. 0n itself, a heavy security presence. on friday demonstrators gathered there and tried to storm government buildings in the centre of the city,

matheson who is in baghdad what's happened in this emergency session of parliament. he was saying the curfew is now in place has been in place for about an hour now. but the iraqi parliament is still struggling to find some sort of solution to the violence that has gripped the city over the last week it has been very much a session of parliament that is typical of the kind of parliament that the country has at the moment this is predominantly based on accusations and blame being passed and for a backwards and forwards in criticism but no actual tangible solutions to what could be done for the people of basra who of course let's not forget are facing as well as the things that you mentioned just before we talked the fact that the water supply is riddled with sold and has in fact poisoned seventeen thousand people last year. the supply keeps cutting out and in a country where midday temperatures can reach about fifty degrees celsius you're talking about no air conditioning for homes hospitals businesses and and so on and of course as you mentioned before that the long

some are lies on both sides of the river tigris north of baghdad it marks the site of a powerful islamic capital the ruled over the power which stretched from tunis here to central asia for a century it's estimated eighty percent of it still lies undiscovered but the spiral minaret has gone through dark times even the nearby park that was built not long ago is also neglected the authorities should be investing in such a historical landmark so that archaeological tourism that can florida in summer a city. iraq's in the process of rebuilding its present day cities after decades of violence but for a country which is said to have a wealth of archaeological treasures the people of somalia say that iraq should be protecting its history too rob matheson al jazeera baghdad. time for sports news is far peter thank you so much tiger woods is in the share of the lead at the halfway point in the season ending tour championship woods is tied with world number one justin rose a win for rose in atlanta would also guarantee him the fed ex cup title which comes with a ten million dollars bonus attached

sunny skies for most people we did have some clouds passing through tehran as well as pass through baghdad as well most of the activity will be up here towards the caspian now we don't expect back who to see much in terms of rain but you may see a passing shower too over the next two days as we go towards the beginning of the week see the clouds right there out towards the eastern part of the sea for becker twenty seven degrees tehran you may see some rain on monday with the temperature a few about thirty one here cross the gulf not looking too bad in the high thirty's for most locations around the gulf for doha thirty nine abu dhabi thirty nine riyadh is going to be sunny at forty two and the clouds are now pushing out to sea here across most of the coast of amman we're going to see muscat at thirty two as well and then salon twenty nine really staying about that as we go through the beginning of the week and then as you make your way down here towards parts of africa we did see a lot of active weather especially across parts of durban and johannesburg of the last couple days with this st

but chanting iran out and bouncer is free parliament in baghdad is called an emergency meeting on saturday to discuss four days of anti-government anger and the killing of at least eleven protesters iraqis in the oil rich south side tired of government corruption as well as the lack of jobs water and electricity matheson has that story. political parties out remains free they chant and they cry we will never be humiliated the targets of their anger our politicians who they say atoned their backs on basra. the protesters say neglect and government corruption is causing rising unemployment in this oil rich region and crumbling basra is infrastructure yes yes why i'm living comfortably at parliament and inside the green saying well we're out here dying of hunger and thirst why are young people and graduates squatting in the market selling onions all the government jobs and restricted to the parties. this is their destination the shell of the provincial government offices torched on thursday one of several public buildings to be set alight since the protests began. some iraqis have been killed

they blamed the p u k as being complicit with the baghdad government the baghdad army when the peshmerga the kurdish forces were forced to withdraw from kirkuk last year a more than two hundred forty thousand people have been ordered to leave their homes in western japan as a powerful typhoon bears down the storm has already injured dozens of people and brought heavy rain to parts of the south forecasters of one typhoon trannie will bring record breaking wins with possible landslides and floods but i didn't need reports from tokyo. tram is expected to transit over tokyo and a great mix of fall into the area throughout the night authorities have been warning people to stay indoors shops and businesses have closed earlier than usual and also the radio system has shut down since eight pm local time now authorities have warned that in some area they could be rainfall that have been been seen in about fifty years people have taken that advice serious the. streets here would be bustling at this time well most of the people and the business is all around i doubt people are bracing themselves fo

over but the appointment of a house speaker is a step towards a solution rob matheson al jazeera baghdad the two sons of former egyptian president hosni mubarak have been detained on corruption charges. have been out on bail for the last three years but are now back in prison they're accused of embezzling more than one hundred million dollars from stock market manipulation and the sale of a bank greece's largest refugee camp is facing closure the end of the month public health officials described conditions on lesbos as unsafe and of set a deadline to clean it up john psaropoulos met some of those living. this is a bus room in morea camp there's a laboratory for every seventy two people and the water doesn't always run the streets between the tents and housing units smell of fetid waste water this iranian woman shares a tent with an afghan family and gives the children lessons in farsi since there is no education for some three thousand children in the camp the government provides one doctor for moreas nine thousand residents but doctors without borders have set up a surgery outside the

is a whole nother story so when you got officials to come out of baghdad to get in the totally wrong country. is that or is that a problem basically not too clear on what is actually happening in the country itself. unfortunately not only is that a problem what's the bigger problem is that this is not uncommon this has happened before people have mistaken. you know unfortunately there has been an approach in the middle east and speaking of baghdad in iraq where there was a lack of understanding of the actual situation happening on the ground there is there is a very large amount of arrogance. and irresponsibility that many players have and i think that kind of statement really exemplifies the situation it's it's unfortunately the situations that remind us that it's people on the ground that are the ones that are really being affected by the negligence of many people that have no idea. or any kind of bearing of the consequences of their decisions on other people so it's disheartening to see that. and unfortunately it hasn't i mean it has happened before and it's just not something tha

failed referendum last year that they were very much of the region was very much punished for by baghdad and then of course it was a couple of weeks later that we saw the forced withdrawal of kurdish forces from the oil rich area around kirkuk an area which the kurds had held since two thousand and fourteen that when the iraqi military fled that i saw the fence if now the k d p one of the two dominant policies blamed the p u k for being complicit in the withdrawal and we've subsequently seen a split in the p u k it's also been weakened by the fact that its leaders long term leader a former president of iraq jalal talabani died last year as well but the fact remains to be seen as to what kind of impact the smaller parties can make when we've seen this widening division between the two main players we are expecting some of the smaller party certainly of celebrity which is a p u k stronghold to make inroads but most analysts say that they don't expect any major changes to the. just go indeed one man said to me look at the english and their love football he said if you supported chelsea or a

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 of securities and exchange commission says he committed securities fraud when he tweeted about plans to take the company private last month it is the first fall case involving the use of social media by the c.e.o. of a public company that castro has more from washington. the regulators now suing the federal security and exchange commission says this all started with a tweet in early august musk tweeted to his twenty two million followers that he was considering taking tesla private at a price per share of four hundred twenty dollars federal regulators say there was never a real basis for musk to make that happen and in fact the way he came up with the four hundred twenty dollars valuation hording to the lawsuit is strange itself it alleges that musk made a general estimate and then round of that number up to four hundred twenty because of the numbers signific

now trains stop traveling between baghdad and. much of western iraq and two thousand and fourteen a year ago the government declared the group defeated between the two cities reopens locals are recognizing the benefits and reports. to shining rails stretchy west from baghdad snaking through the desert for fifty seven kilometers by the other end is the city of fallujah accessible once again to rail travelers. flew just today is not like flew in the past the railroad is a sign of life getting back to normal after getting rid of. these wheel tracks were closed when i saw fighters swept through the west of iraq in two thousand and fourteen. when iraqi railways reopens the bag that the for lucia line we didn't think of the economic benefit this is a message of peace to the people of illusion after the dark days when eisel used to rule those parts. after the defeat of isobel have been roads that have been open between baghdad but the fact that the security checks on that journey can take anything up to several hours but this train doesn

so marlise on both sides of the river tigris north of baghdad it marks the site of a powerful islamic capital the ruled over the a placid empire which stretched from tunis here to central asia for a century it's estimated eighty percent of it still lies undiscovered but the spiral minaret has gone through dark times even the nearby park that was built not long ago is also neglected the authorities should be investing in such a historical landmark so that archaeological tourism. in samara city. iraq's in the process of rebuilding its present day cities after decades of violence but for a country which is said to have a wealth of archaeological treasures the people of some model say that iraq should be protecting its history too rob matheson al-jazeera baghdad. and let's take you through some of the headlines here now to syria now tanzania's president has ordered the arrest of a ferry operator involved in the disaster on lake victoria four days of mourning has been declared for the passengers who drowned at least one hundred thirty one died and hundreds more are still missing after the

some are lies on both sides of the river tigris north of baghdad it marks the site of a powerful islamic capital the ruled over the said empire which stretched from tunis here to central asia for a century it's estimated eighty percent of it still lies undiscovered but the spiral minaret has gone through dark times even the nearby park that was built not long ago is also neglected the authorities should be investing in such a historical landmark so that archaeological tourism. in samara city. iraq's in the process of rebuilding its present day cities after decades of violence but for a country which is said to have a wealth of archaeological treasures the people of so modest say that iraq should be protecting its history to rob matheson al-jazeera a. quick look at the top stories this hour u.s. president all trampas cost out on the woman accusing his supreme court nominee of sexual assault university professor christine blasi forward is in hiding after going public with the accusations against brett kavanaugh which date back to when they were in school in one thousand nine hundred two tr

voting now from baghdad thanks very much. still ahead on al-jazeera. promises to hospitals come from u.s. financial anchor. and one of europe's most liberal nations takes our rights ten we'll tell you about sweden's political deadlock. hello again we're here across north asia we are watching still some very heavy rain across japan but as we go to the next couple of days it is going to be a little bit drier that's all due to this frontal system right here but as we go towards tuesday that starts to make its way out towards the pacific and behind it temperatures in this area are going to be coming down and it's going to be a little bit drier but that is not going to last very long as we go towards wednesday more heavy rain starting in from the south with the sockets in those heavy rain showers as well for the korean peninsula not looking too bad a little bit warm there for so and partly cloudy at about twenty eight degrees we are watching what has happened out here across taiwan very carefully notice out here with the clouds that is a tropical disturbanc