three hundred kilometers to the north of basra is the city of samarra protesters there tried to storm the offices of the political party but were pushed back by police so the party's leader is shia cleric ahmad all hakim who is also part of the parliamentary coalition headed by fellow shia cleric walked out all sudden seen as a nationalist and anti iran solder is vowing to fight corruption he's demanded the protests should hold for forty five days in that time he says the government should demonstrate that it's doing something to help bus but critics say this short visit by the prime minister won't achieve much. in basra there's a heavy military presence but there are fears that might incite more violence know there are armed groups too that could make politics and security even more complicated in basra and rob matheson al jazeera back down and joining us now to discuss what's happening there in basra is months or he is a research fellow at the middle east north africa program at chatham house where he specializes in iraq effects of course thanks very much for coming in to speak to u

the find in the southern iraqi city of basra may be under threats on groups backed by iran have vowed to track down protesters who set fire to their offices over the past week iraqi prime minister hydrilla body has visited the city where people say corruption and neglect are destroying their lives 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 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 election in may have left politicians wrangling over power in

in basra there's a heavy military presence but there are fears that might incite violence. about could be politics and security even more complicated in. matheson al jazeera background noise for brazil's jailed former president luiz inacio lula da silva says he'll keep fighting to run in next month's presidential election you know is banned from running due to a corruption conviction and the supreme court has rejected his latest appeal it had been thought that numerous handpicked successor a fair man who had died would vying for the presidency as the workers' party candidate a latin america editor lucien newman has this update from brazil outside the workers' party headquarters behind me is the federal police facility where a former president. is being held where he is serving his twelve year prison sentence he's been here since april and he's been meeting since early this morning with his vice presidential candidate said nanda had that it was speculated that they would use this opportunity to announce that lula was going to hand over his candidacy to his vice presidential

and today the main population centre in the south, basra, seeing more of this.he demonstrations taking a couple of forms. they were two really major highways shut down by protesters, one leading north to the capital, baghdad, and 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,

and iraq's prime minister arrives in basra after days of protests against the government. six hundred thousand children that's more than one a minute are expected to die from hunger in war zones this year that's according to a report by the charity save the children he says four and a half million children under five will need treatment for severe malnutrition this year a twenty percent increase from two thousand and sixteen tens of thousands of children could die in yemen afghanistan and sudan but the biggest number of fatalities is expected in democratic republic of congo three hundred thousand are at risk save the children starvation is increasingly being used as a weapon with warring parties blocking food and medicine leaving to devastating consequences. i'm going to just is live for us in the southern nigerian city of calabar that was one of the areas most affected but maybe least reported on is the lake chad region how is conflict affecting the food situation there. the situation laureus critical in the northeast of nigeria we recently returned from a trip in know th

the city of basra in iraq is now under curfew but iraqi politicians are still struggling to find some sort of solution to the violence that has hit the city over the last few days but today's meeting of the iraqi parliament is like every other meeting of this iraqi parliament that have been accusations there's been finger pointing and there's been a lot of blame the but there's been no tangible solution to the problems that the city of basra is facing the reason for that is very simple since may this parliament has effectively been blocked it's been deadlocked and that's because there was no result of the election that happened in may that everybody could agree on therefore nobody up until this point has been prepared to agree on anything this is made of course the people are very angry because they are hoping to get money from the government to the prime minister that all the body has promised them will help them through the circumstances that they're facing but as the arguments go on in the iraqi parliament that money too is deadlocked and the big concern for the people in and aroun

all across basra, heavy security presence.emonstrated that i demonstrators stormed government buildings, security forces very keen to prevent that happening again. the basra region produces a huge amount of oil that is the backbone of much of iraq's 12, but there is a sense that the south sees little of it, has been badly neglected for a long time. what is driving these protests is in pa rt what is driving these protests is in part a demand forjobs, iraq's economy is on its knees. many families will be struggling to get by. they need more work, the oil industry is an important employer. there is feeling locally that not enoughjobs there there is feeling locally that not enough jobs there and go to local people. another factor is that there are is absolute outrage at the degree of endemic of rampant corruption in the official done in basra and elsewhere. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. demonstrators in the yemeni city of aden have protested at the worsening economic situation as the country's civ

may be under threat armed groups in basra backed by iran a vow to track down protesters who set fire to their offices during a week of demonstrations the prime minister body has visited the city where people say corruption and neglect are destroying their lives rob matheson is in the iraqi capital baghdad with the latest. 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 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 votes or a but thankfully that was stopped by the cooperation of the pathos civilians. 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 wrangling over power in basra fighters from the iran by armed group

the city of basra in iraq is now under curfew but iraqi politicians are still struggling to find some sort of solution to the violence that has hit the city over the last few days but today's meeting of the iraqi parliament is like every other meeting of this iraqi parliament that have been accusations there's been finger pointing and there's been a lot of blame the but there's been no tangible solution to the problems that the city of basra is facing the reason for that is very simple since may this parliament has effectively been blocked it's been deadlocked and that's because there was no result of the election that happened in may that everybody could agree on therefore nobody up until this point has been prepared to agree on anything this is made of course the people are very angry because they are hoping to get money from the government to the prime minister that all the body has promised them will help them through the circumstances that they're facing but as the arguments go on in the iraqi parliament that money too is deadlocked now the big concern for the people in and aroun

now, the united states consulate in basra is not actually in basra, it is within the perimeter of basraonal airport which is a fair distance from the city. and these rocket attacks did not cause any significant material damage or any casualties whatsoever. now, what is interesting is that in the "new york times" today, there is a report that says that over the last year, there has been an internal debate within the u.s. state department over the wisdom of maintaining the u.s. consulate in basra which according to the "new york times" cost anywhere between $200 million and $350 million. and so i think that we really need to see this decision by the united states to what they say temporarily relocate the staff from the embassy in basra within the context of the current tensions between the united states and iran within iraq itself, but also within the con tekts text of the united states deciding to pull out of the iran nuclear deal and the fairly aggressive approach taken by the trump administration towards iran since it pulled out of that deal. >> ben wedeman for us, thank you. we'll con

three hundred kilometers to the north of basra is the city of samarra protesters there tried to storm the offices of the political party but were pushed back by police so the party's leader is shia cleric ahmad all hakim who is also part of the parliamentary coalition headed by fellow shia cleric walked out all sudden seen as a nationalist and anti iran solder is vowing to fight corruption he's demanded the protests should hold for forty five days in that time he says the government should demonstrate that it's doing something to help bus but critics say this short visit by the prime minister won't achieve much. in basra there's a heavy military presence but there are fears that might incite move violence no groups to about could make politics and security even more complicated. rob matheson al-jazeera back down several armed men have attacked the headquarters of libya's national oil corporation killing at least two people and injuring ten dollars it's the first attack of its kind against top managers of libya's state oil industry which is vital to the country's economy security force

the city of basra in iraq is now under curfew but iraqi politicians are still struggling to find some sort of solution to the violence that has hit the city over the last few days but today's meeting of the iraqi parliament is like every other meeting of this iraqi parliament that have been accusations there's been finger pointing and there's been a lot of blame the but there's been no tangible solution to the problems that the city of basra is facing the reason for that is very simple since may this parliament has effectively been blocked it's been deadlocked and that's because there was no result of the election that happened in may that everybody could agree on therefore nobody up until this point has been prepared to agree on anything this is made of course the people are very angry because they are hoping to get money from the government to the prime minister that all the body has promised them will help them through the circumstances that they're facing but as the arguments go on in the iraqi parliament that money too is deadlocked now the big concern for the people in and aroun

this is the government headquarters every basra.er it is not the only building set on fire in the city. over the past few weeks angry protesters have set on fire the iranian consulate and dozens fire the iranian consulate and d oze ns of fire the iranian consulate and dozens of other buildings owned by armed shia groups. this was one of those injured after being shot in front of the provincial headquarters. this is the first time headquarters. this is the first time he has returned to the scene since his injury. translation: i remember the blood of those that died. we were protesting to demand our rights. we demanded the right of legitimacy, the most basic right available in the west. adamantine 2018 is for drinking water. -- ate. the oilfields in basra have most of the crude oil. it should be a prosperous place. but instead thousands of residents have been poisoned after drinking water unsuitable for consumption. despite his injury, samerjafar continues to ta ke his injury, samerjafar continues to take part in demonstrations agains

three hundred kilometers to the north of basra is the city of samarra protesters there tried to storm the offices of the political party but were pushed back by police so the party's leader is shia cleric ahmad all hakim who is also part of the parliamentary coalition headed by fellow shia cleric. seen as a nationalist and anti iran solder is vowing to fight corruption he's demanded the protests should hold for forty five days in that time he says the government should demonstrate that it's doing something to help bus but critics say this short visit by the prime minister won't achieve much. in basra there's a heavy military presence but there are fears that might incite more violence know there are armed groups too that could make politics and security even more complicated in basra rob matheson al jazeera back down human rights watch has accused the chinese government of conducting a systematic campaign of rights violations against muslims in jan province the group says muslim week as a being subject to arbitrary detentions and daily restrictions on religious practice imraan khan ha

and today the main population centre in the south, basra, seeing more of this.they were two really major highways shut down by protesters, one leading north to the capital, baghdad, and 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, and obviously security forces very keen to prevent that happening again. the basra region produces a huge amount of oil, that is the backbone of much of iraq's wealth. but there is a sense that the south sees little of that wealth, has been pretty badly neglected for a long time. and what is driving these protests is in part a demand for jobs. iraq's economy is on its knees. many families will be struggling to get by. they need more work, the oil industry is an important employer. there is some feeling locally that not enough jobs t

well but also they are only going protests about the situation in basra generally the people of basra believe that because of rampant corruption much of the money that should be going to their city in order to improve their destroyed infrastructure is being leached away as they say because of corrupt businesses and also particularly as they say because of corrupt politicians but at the same time there's a very heavy security presence in there we are seeing some on groups one on group has made a parade through the center of it saying.

inside story iraq's prime minister has tried to ease tensions in the oil rich south with a visit to basra the city's been rocked by deadly protests over alleged corruption and government's neglect the latest demonstrations began after thirty thousand people were hospitalized for drinking polluted water matheson is our correspondent in iraq he joins us now live on the newsgroup from baghdad what is this visit by the prime minister to basra likely to achieve from. well there's a lot of expectation that it would really achieve very little but maybe at the point we should remember that the people of israel have been going through these problems for many many months now and for all that time they have been telling people and holding protests and saying we are really suffering in that our city county make it anymore the infrastructure is falling apart and their biggest concern their biggest criticism as well is the fact that nobody from the government at any level has apparently ball that to go to talk to them about it so it's very possible that this visit by prime minister high that all the bo

and it is a practice that is very focused at the main building of the menu simple council of basra and what happened there from that according to the source is that the protesters they invaded the building and they said. a fire inside the building also clashes happened between the police and some aren't people they were among the protesters the police of buster they accuse the summer protesters of opening fire on them now the situation in basra is very tense and security authority declared declared their care a few in the whole city of basra iraqi prime minister hyder labadee talk today in a press conference and he's accused some parties of being trying to a skull relate the security situation in basra he said they are trying to are fuel to the fire but he didn't name dos parties at this moment it is we can say the security is under control of police especially after declaring the curfew and the whole city of busta busta witnessing in the last a few weeks many protests and there is a protester calling to enhance the basic services they are calling the authority to provide adequate thre

iraq's prime minister hyderabadi has been to basra in the south of the country in a bid to quell weeksf 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 people of basra of course have been calling for months for somebody from the government to come a

is very tense security austerity declared declared there care if you and the whole city of basra iraqi prime minister has allowed by the doc today in a press conference and he's used some parties of being trying to a scholarly security situation in basra he said they are trying to add fuel to the fire but he didn't name ghost party at this moment it is we can say that security is under control of police especially after declaring the curfew and the whole city of basra but witnessing in the last few weeks many protests and there is a process that was calling to enhance that basic services they are calling the authority to provide electricity cleaning water and find jobs for tens of thousands of jobless among young people as i said the situation in basra now is very tense but according to our police sources it is under control especially after declaring that got a few in the whole city of basra. the u.n. says a ceasefire has been agreed between rival factions in libya who've been fighting in the capital for more than a week at least sixty people have been killed and one hundred fifty mor

iran's summons iraq's ambassador for its consulate was torched during protests in the southern city of basra plus. i'm joined now in sweden a country anticipating its most important election in years the battle over values and identity with the rise of the far right. un brokered talks to end yemen's war have collapsed before the even began properly the government delegation is set to leave geneva after hoofy rebel representatives didn't fly in for the negotiations over safety concerns in the past half hour or so we have been hearing from the u.n. special envoy to yemen martin griffiths he put a positive gloss on where the talks had got to so far even though the who sees say we were not allowed to leave yemen because of airspace control issues live now to geneva because we're going to listen in to mr alyami he is the yemeni foreign minister let's just listen in to what he's saying to gauge his reaction to where these talks are or are not going right now. at the consultation and negotiations and come to an agreement on security measures of withdrawal was the delivery of heavy medium weapon bal

the city of basra in iraq is now under curfew but iraqi politicians are still struggling to find some sort of solution to the violence that has hit the city over the last few days but today's meeting of the iraqi parliament is like every other meeting of this iraqi parliament that have been accusations there's been finger pointing and there's been a lot of blame the but there's been no tangible solution to the problems that the city of basra is facing the reason for that is very simple since may this parliament has effectively been blocked it's been deadlocked and that's because there was no result of the election that happened in may that everybody could agree on therefore nobody up until this point has been prepared to agree on anything this is made of course the people are very angry because they are hoping to get money from the government to the prime minister that all the body has promised them will help them through the circumstances that they're facing but as the arguments go on in the iraqi parliament that money too is deadlocked now the big concern for the people in and aroun

protesters in the iraqi city of basra have stormed the iranian consulate and set the building on fire they chanted aaron out and bands were is free parliament has called for an emergency meeting to discuss days of anti-government protests which have left eleven people that report security forces have opened fire on crowds killing protesters residents in the southern oil rich region say the tide of government corruption as well as the lack of jobs water and electricity rob matheson at this report. political parties out basra remains free they chant and they cry we will never be humiliated that targets of their anger our politicians who they say turned their backs on. the protesters say neglect and government corruption is causing rising unemployment in this oil rich region and crumbling basra is infrastructure. why i'm living comfortably at parliament and inside the green zone while we're out here dying of hunger and thirst while our young people and graduates in the market sending onions all the government jobs and restricted to the parties. this is their destination the shell of the

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

iran's summons iraq's ambassador for its consulates was torched during protests in the southern city of basra. the third cutting aid in as many weeks the trumpet ministration pulls twenty five million dollars meant for specialist medical care for palestinians. developing story for you this hour coming to us out of yemen it's from a show you briefly what's going on there we're expecting very shortly to hear from martin griffiths he's the u.n. envoy to yemen to find a precisely what is or is not happening over those planned u.n. talks for geneva if you were with us this time yesterday you'll remember that the talks were on again off again it looks like they've most certainly been called off in their entirety un brokered talks to end the war have collapsed before they even began the government delegation is set to leave geneva we understand after rebel representatives did not fly in the negotiations over safety concerns now who the rebels say they did not have an aircraft or permission from u.s. and saudi representatives to their respective governments to leave yemen almost ten thousand people h

even when you look at process in basra. very strongly and council general of orchestrating all of the process es. one of the most active, you know, diplomats in iraq. not in the way that irannys need to portray it. they are doing work on the ground and they are engaged. i think in d.c. we tend to look theye big names and what do. there are other u.s. diplomats. we're trying to build the people relations which we, i think, as the united thees failed to build over last 15 years. when it was difficult for an american to go to iraq and freely in some parts, that's not -- that's not a good of investter 15 years ing in iraq. now we see some changes in that the work of some of the u.s. diplomats we have in the country. the work rotate out of iraq. we have brand new ones coming in said tohe president them privately they have to change. it is difficult to change. is difficultsystem to change. as you know from the iraqis and sometimes they look important as long as they effectiveand -- are and able to deliver. >> as long as it is not

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 kinds of activities. there is no way to tell, but if you look at indicators or warnings, i think that you can tell what is going on with that activity. >> i think one of the important things is that we need to look at not only the burning of the iranian consulate and basra told us, but also the fact that the iranians reopen the consulate four days later. i think that sends an important message that iran is not going to give up easily. they are committed to maintaining a deep influence in

minister for foreign affairs to summon the iraqi ambassador after protesters in iraq's southern city of basra attacked the iranian consulate that week a violent demonstration seen several major buildings in the city torched at least twelve people have died the iraqi parliament is currently holding a virtual see session over the violence the death penalty has been confirmed against seventy five people who took part in protests against the twenty thirteen military coup in egypt many of them were involved in the city in. a darby a square in cairo which ended in the massacre of hundreds of people among the defendants says the former muslim brotherhood spiritual leader mohammed badie a who received a life sentence hussein by will be is the egypt campaigner for amnesty international he says the trial had many in consistencies. you consider trying to be a completely unfair one because of its nature it's a master of. there's been a lawsuit. was in the tryouts if indians are not able to reasons or defense according to some of that five people exit from so since it's this we're not even in zero squeers

iran's foreign minister has summoned the iraqi ambassador after protesters in the southern city of basra attacks the iranian consulate that a week of violent demonstrations have seen several major buildings in the city set alight at least twelve people have died security forces blame unidentified gunmen for the deaths same bus traffic reports now from. the foreign ministry condemned these attacks and said that the iraqi government needs to find out who is responsible and they demanded the maximum penalty for this crime and he also some of the iraqi ambassador to tehran to protest the burning down of this consulate now the foreign ministry spokesman said that this action was an attempt by overt or perhaps covert actors to try to drive a wedge between iraq and iran and hurt the historically friendly relations that the two countries have enjoyed so while he did seem to place blame on perhaps forces outside of government control for this happening in the same breath he also said that. not protecting this diplomatic mission was a failure of the iraqi government and he said that the police in

three hundred kilometers to the north of basra is the city of samarra protesters there tried to storm the offices of the hickman political party but were pushed back by police the party's leader is shia cleric ahmad all hakim who is also part of the parliamentary coalition headed by fellow shia cleric. seen as a nationalist and anti iran solder is vowing to fight corruption he's demanded the protests should hold for forty five days in that time he says the government should demonstrate that it's doing something to help but critics say this short visit by the prime minister won't achieve much. in basra there's a heavy military presence but there are fears that might incite more violence now there are armed groups too that could make politics and security even more complicated in basra rob matheson al jazeera back down. eighteen people have been killed in central line when a gas depo exploded it happened in the capital of state all than forty others were taken to hospital with serious burns. here and human rights chief has called on china to allow an independent investigation into alleg

handed is a protesters they took the streets the main building of the money to support council of basra and what happened after that according to this source is that protesters they invaded the building and they said a fire inside the building also the clashes happened between the police and some armed people they were among the protesters the police of bosler they accused some of protestors of opening fire against them now the situation in basra is very tense security austerity declared declared their care if you and the whole city of basra iraqi prime minister has allowed by the doc today in a press conference and he's accused some parties of being trying to a scholarly security situation in basra he said they are trying to add fuel to the fire but he didn't name ghost party at this moment it is we can say that security is under control of all these especially after declaring the curfew on the whole city of basra but witnessing in the last few weeks many protests and there is a protester was calling to enhance that basic services they are calling the authorities to provide electricity

iraq's parliament is in emergency session to work out how to contain protests in the city of basra a week of violent demonstrations have seen several major buildings in the city torched among them iran's consulates and the death penalty's been confirmed again seventy five people for their part in protests against the twenty thirteen military coup in egypt many of them were involved in the sit in. at the wheel square in cairo which ended in the massacre of hundreds of people among the defendants in the form of muslim brotherhood spiritual leader mohamed but they received a life sentence. mean attempts to search for an end to the yemen war has come to an end before it even started the official government delegation is leaving the swiss city of geneva after waiting two days for the who the rebel representatives to join the u.n. brokered talks didn't fly to switzerland because of safety concerns as the story from geneva the collapse of the peace process even before it had begun was a setback to all the efforts of the un special envoy to the yemen but he refused to be discouraged so for m

testers are by no means fond of iran either hundreds attacked tehran's embassy in basra chanting i ran out leaving and then fern no in their way. some shifts in parliament have meant good news for tehran though once and to raney and cleric. suddenly had a change of heart an increasingly influential figure in iraqi politics who initially agreed to support a body is all for a government with a pro iranian bloc now. but what was trump special envoy brett mcgurk up to in iraq there sure were a lot of meetings and talks to win iraqis back to the right side even his boss mike pompei appraised his work just broke with britain the good who's on the ground in baghdad representing me imposed just doing a great job forming a strong iraqi government on a national basis is essential to the enduring defeat devices except he didn't do that great of a job as you can see the score still two three iran. middle east expert paul hariri believes iran seeking any potential support to combat the us sanctions wrecking government basically has access to a lot of the rest of the world's markets in a way that ir

iran's summons iraq's ambassador consulates is set on fire during protests in the southern city of basra also ahead. i'm joined now in sweden a country anticipating its most important election in new years a battle over values and identity with the rise of the far right. our top story the latest attempt to search for an end to the war in yemen has failed to take off the official government delegation is leaving the swiss city of geneva after waiting two days for the hoofy rebel representatives to join the u.n. brokered talks the goofy say they didn't fly to switzerland because of concerns about their safety they didn't have an aircraft or permission from the u.s. and saudi governments to leave yemen but the u.n. special envoy says he still remaining hopeful we're going to moscow to take up the issues that we will have discussed this is what i mean by we have begun this is what i mean by we have begun. it's too early for me to say when the next round of consultations will take place or will be held that's obviously going to be high on the agenda it was so that we don't go through a repeat

protests continue in the iraqi city of basra over corruption and unemployment with the iranian consulate storm. alarm has i'm thinking this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up the u.s. makes further cuts in aid to palestinians this time cancer patients are affected. duty to vote because our democracy depends on a rare intervention by a former us president barack obama takes aim at the current state of u.s. politics. and trouble at the electric automaker tesla as executives quit and strange behavior from c.e.o. iran mosque badly hits the share price. of iraq's prime minister has ordered an investigation into why security forces did not do more to protect buildings from being torched in the southern city of basra protesters stormed and set fire to the iranian consulate and other government buildings they're angry at what they see as iranian influence in the region emma haywood has more. it's been a day of tension culminating in this the iranian consulate. 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

i protests continue in iraq a city of basra over corruption and unemployment with the iranian consulate storm. has i'm sick of this is al jazeera live from also coming up. the u.s. government makes further cuts in aid to palestinians this time cancer patients are affected. i'm joined now in sweden a country anticipating its most important election in two years the battle over values and identity with the rise of the far right. and the release of new movies online anger some traditionalists at the venice film festival. and iraq's prime minister has ordered an investigation into why security forces didn't do more to protect buildings from being torched in the southern city of basra protesters stormed and set fire to the iranian consulate and other government buildings they're angry at what they see as iranian influence in the region emma heywood has meant. it has been a day of tension culminating in this the iranian consulate. 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 ben

i protests continue in the iraqi city of basra of a corruption and unemployment with the iranian consulate storm. has i'm sick of this is a live from coming up. i. demonstrations in it live in syria against looming military action by asset and russian forces to retake the region from rebels. you need to vote because our democracy depends on a re intervention by a former u.s. president barack obama takes aim at the current state of u.s. politics. i'm joined now in sweden a country anticipating its most important election in years the battle over values and identity with the rise of the far right. now iraq's prime minister has ordered an investigation into security protection of official buildings in basra that's after protests to set fire to the iranian consulate in the city demonstrators are angry at iran's influence in the region as well as unemployment poor services and corruption and what has more. has been a day of tension culminating in the iranian consulate. after being stormed by a group of protesters they tried to set it alight the day before but were pushed. this time though it wa

but her own kasumi condemned the attack on the on the iranian mission of the iranian consulate in basra and said that the government the authorities there in buster had to find out who was responsible and punish them to the maximum extent of the law now he also at that same time last night some in the iraqi ambassador to tehran to protest the attack officially and in person now the foreign ministry of foreign ministry spokesman also pointed out that this was an attempt part of overt and covert attempts to drive a wedge between the friendly relations of the government of iraq and iran and at the same time he said that even though there may have been there may have been. events outside of the control of the government going on in basra he said it was a failure of the iraqi government that was unable to use its police force and buster to protect an iranian diplomatic mission and he said it was a failure of the government to fulfill a pledge that they had made to the iranian mission to make sure that state protected now a parliament is also taken note of this the commission the parliamentar

close 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 un 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 the brazilian far right presidential candidate who was stabbed on the campaign trail says he'd prepared himself for such an attack . on a sports arena williams is into her ninth u.s. open final she's now in sight of a record equalling twenty fourth grand slam title. so iran has closed its border crossing with iraq after protesters stormed the iranian consulate in the southern city of bastra and set it on fire. that's them chanting iran out and basser is free and iraqi security forces have imposed a curfew across the city limits in baghdad has called an emergency meeting on saturday as well to discuss the four days of anti-government anger and the killing of at least eleven protesters all iraqis in the oil rich south say th

a government imposed curfew on the iraqi city of basra has been lifted after the evening passed without incident security forces are out on the streets following a week of violent protests which of left at least twelve people dead people are angry at the government for failing to provide work and basic services or than a dozen major buildings have been a pack including the iranian consulate which was set on fire on friday night parliament had an emergency session on how to contain the protests as well matheson reports now from baghdad. struggling to find a solution to the unrest in basra iraq's parliament descends into fury as accusations and blame fly back and forth leading shia cleric. says the government should fix those problems within forty five days he also says protests should be halted at the same time to see if the government delivers members of saddam's parliamentary alliance are no demanding that the government should step down prime minister high that all about it remains determined that the latest curfew will bring under control and we should draw a distinction between the

today, iraq's parliament held an emergency ses security forces were deployed on basra's streets. ratcheting up the trade war wit, chresident trump says he's prepared to tax virtually all chinese goods importedo th united states. at an off-camera seerion with repoyesterday on air force one, trump threatened a third round of tariffssn chinese go. the first round went into effect fully last monndthaxes on another $200-billion dollars of chinese goods are being finalized now. >> sreenivasan: despite the tariffs, newinigures show s trade surplus with the u.s. hit a record high last month. rising fro$28-billion in july to $31-billion dollars in august, which was also the first full month the first tariffs were in effect. search and rescue operations ntinue in japan where a 6.2-magnitude quake caused d damage to roads and buildings. flights resumed at the airport where's hundreds of tourists were stranded. for more on today's global climate marches, read our coverage online at pbsou.org/new >> sreenivasan: sweden is a day away from one of the more disruptive elections in recent european

i think this is i mean obviously the preparations for this attack preceded the events in basra but the iranian the n.t. iranian sentiment in iraq has been simmering for quite some time and not so much in iraqi kurdistan or within sunni arabs in iraq which is longstanding and not surprising but this time particularly with the shia the town the city of basra the province of basra is a shia majority town they have been immune from sectarian war they have been immune from the war against isis their anger is that they're very leaders the political parties that have been in government since two thousand and five on one hand but the anger is by extension toward iran because iran has been the protector of domination governance in iraq on one hand but on the other there's also a direct anger at iran for limiting the supply of rivers and fresh water into a shop a lot of been there for increasing the nation of of the potable water for the people of basra so that the. very angry at the government but also angry at iran directly and by extension do you think just finally this can be contained the s

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 from the government to come and visit their city to see for themselves what the problems are but so far that hasn't happened it is likely that the prime minister is trying to address that situation by making this visit but of course the people of vaster are going to say that they've been talking for months about the problems they have for the salah nation and the water that's thousands of people with the problems they had of power outages which conditioning