reported earlier that there are protests going on all across iraq and of course basra is just one of those places local reports suggest that there reporter died from a gunshot wounds to the head right there at the scene meanwhile. he was it's taken to the hospital he received at a gunshot wounds to the body and that's where it he died and fortunately as well. like i said. works contributed to our t. he filed a police to 30 reports for our channel and i believe that we can take a look at some of those reports right now ah the old law and at the law at least the night of the 'd island so far we've heard from the committee for protection all for journalists international ground station they've called for they've called on the iraqi authorities suit investigate this as soon as possible to find out who exactly wore those gunmen and so why those journalists. to die. unfortunately this is not the 1st time an artsy contributor dies i have after working of course back in 201725 year old a syrian reporter khalid's i was at the also died after i say this attack them with a rocket fire and of co

welcome back now a cameraman who contributed to working in iraq city of basra has been shot dead his colleague a reporter from a local news agency was also killed in the attack on friday from a call sort of gave us more details we're talking about 2 reporters one correspondent for local t.v. channel his name is ahmed abdul some odd and camera man who also contributed soup artsy that's stuff. both of them to reporters were shot dead in their in their car by unknown gunmen as they were leaving the site of the protests in basra group order earlier that there are protests going on all across iraq and of course basra is just one of those places local reports suggest that reporter. from a gunshot wounds to the head right there at the scene meanwhile suffered was it's taken to the hospital he was seen as a gunshot wounds to the body. and that's where it he died and fortunately as well. like i said. works contributed to our t. he filed a nice a 30 reports for our channel and i believe that we can take a look at some of those reports right now ah the old law. of the law and the law of the nig

in and burned protesters tents as they attempted to disperse demonstrators in the southern city of basra there lee $500.00 people have been killed during protests since october there is anger over unemployment a lack of public services and corruption. 2 protesters have been killed another anti government rally in iraq's capital baghdad police use live ammunition and tear gas to disperse demonstrates is blocking a highway medical and police sources say one person died after being shot in another after being hit by a take last hamster. still out on al-jazeera the final day of arguments why the prosecution have been heard in trumps in pietschmann trial to bring you the highlights. and the death of a young man highlights the appalling conditions of migrants held in detention camps in libya. how it was still got some rather disturbed weather pushing into the southwest of here a little curl of cloud here that says what remains of storm gloria further showers longer specify the winds are starting to waist i'm pleased to say the rain not quite as intense we will see some pretty intense rainfall

in and burned protesters tents as they attempted to disperse demonstrators in the southern city of basra the protests broke out over frustration with the lack of government reforms $500.00 people have been killed in violence since october during demonstrations for jobs and into corruption and 2 protesters have been killed in an anti-government rally in iraq's capital baghdad police use live ammunition and tear gas to disperse demonstrators blocking a highway medical and police sources say one was shot and another hit by a tear gas canister. sudan has signed a peace agreement with an armed group that's been fighting the government for 8 years the deal with the sudanese people's liberation movement is part of a larger regional peace plan the government is spent amending self role in the blue nile and south kordofan region which borders south sudan and the morgan reports. a breakthrough after more than 3 months of talks sudan's government signing a peace deal with the sudan people's liberation movement north or s.p.l. and led by america it's part of a bed by the sudanese transitional admini

in the southern city of basra police officers attempted to remove barricades while in baghdad protesters fought back against security forces with rocks and fire bombs at least 10 protesters have been killed over the past 2 days in baghdad and in cities across the south of iraq osama bin job it is following the situation closely from the iraqi capital. it's the 2nd day of running battles between security forces and protesters here in baghdad and across iraq at least one protester has been killed today after receiving injuries this is been the case as protesters try to block off major arteries roads across baghdad in the center as well as the mom of the staff and highway which leads east in western part of the city the protesters have been trying to make sure that they choke the city and stop the business as usual to try and make the point that they are still out here they're still out in numbers and they are going to stay until their demands are met so that's been the case since monday we said that was when their deadline expired that they gave to the government to start working on their

nasiriya and protests as of attempted to cut off the highway linking the southern oil rich province of basra the demonstrations reaganite of last week after a brief osama bin job it is in baghdad for al jazeera he says the situation remains fluid. we've been monitoring these developments since early on this morning when protesters tried to choke not just one but multiple points across the iraqi capital there out in. force they want to tell the government that they are not backing down and they want the government to take and seize the monday was when the deadline expired been the protesters said that if reforms are not put into place by monday or be seen conjugal action be taken by the government they will come out in force and that's what they did not just in baghdad but across the country there have been multiple points of clashes across the capital on the outskirts of their lives in central baghdad being here if they're in square where there were clashes close to us as well tear gas was being fired you could hear frogs being fired has been according to activists that was like the nation s

and najaf protesters have attempted to cut off the highway linking the southern oil rich province of basra the demonstrations reignited last week after a brief let's get the latest from osama bin javid in baghdad for us so it's nighttime now bring us up to speed for us with the situation in baghdad where you are. willfully you know we have confirmation that at least 3 people have been killed 2 in baghdad and at least one in. these 2 who were killed one had received to the head and the other one is reportedly to have been shot in the neck go we've been seeing. gruesome pictures that activists have been showing us about the heavy handedness they say of the security forces as they try to push them back these protesters for the last 24 hours have been trying to set up barricades they have been blocking roads main arteries as well as highways to try and tell the government that they mean business it was the deadline that they had set up for the government and they say none of their demands were met we've been speaking to them through the day asking them about what will it take for them to end t

miscalculated by targets in solomonic in holland iraq thousands attended a funeral procession in basra for paramilitary leader abu mufti on the hondas he was killed alongside it's all the money in friday's airstrike. a british woman convicted of lying about being gang raped by a group of israeli teenagers in cyprus has received 8 suspended prison sentence the woman says she retracted her story after being pressured by police she was also suffering from trauma and doesn't have a lawyer the case led to protests in britain and a call for tourists to boycott the islands for a challenge explains what's next for the british woman. i was in the courtroom as this was being read out. over the shouts of her supporters down on the streets it was quite hard to hear what was going on the judge reading quite loudly and in greek she was having this translated to already english at the bit where the judge was saying that the 12 israelis had had their rights taken away from them and their liberty deprived she she lived very upset about that shook her head slowly in the courtroom but her fight goes on s

his there is still such a very life that in teheran many thanks to also iraqis in the port city of basra have held a funeral procession for the paramilitary leader abu mahdi al behind this who was killed alongside some of money in friday's airstrike how this was the deputy commander of the iranian backed popular mobilization forces whose faces were involved in the siege on the u.s. embassy in baghdad last week so a big job it is in baghdad for us he says that there was a funeral procession and public viewing from behind this. after some d.n.a. tests and his body being blessed at the religious ritual religious science in iran his body has arrived in basra where there was a funeral and the body will now travel to nudge of for its final resting place i would imagine wonders has now been replaced by. a commander who's also been quite efficient in the fight against somebody who's very close to iran as well and how the lumbee used to lead the budget of militia we've also seen the impact of this from his blood because there was a lot of influence of that particular group and the united states g

and basra more than 500 people have been killed and over 25000 wounded since the. it took 48 hours after the latest escalation for the outgoing prime minister to comment here short protesters their demands are being worked on and also gave them a warning that the more you and me the dream oogle more you. if you have the support of the people then why should you deprive people from going to schools why should you cut off the street so people cannot reach the shops this is not right this has to stop with no concrete steps taken to deliver jobs basic services or candidates which are not being good by corruption or abuse of power the protesters are unlikely to see the government's response seriously many iraqis are undeterred and say they will stay in the streets the government can either kill them or leave their divorce and the protests from the gaza. conflict poverty and natural disasters forced almost half a 1000000 afghans out of their homes in the last year alone and desperation is sending many men into the ranks of armed groups as reports in the western province

these were the scenes in basra in 48 hours the nation might escalation has resulted in more depth of $100.00 protesters wounded and a further $88.00 arrested in baghdad the the car and bus for more than 500 people have been killed and over 25000 wounded since october. it took 48 hours after the latest escalation for the outgoing prime minister to calm and as usual protesters their demands are being worked on and also gave them a warning that the more you had been a dream oogle more your the mill i am if you have the support of the people then why should you deprive people from going to schools why should you cut off the streets or people cannot reach their shops this is not right this has to stop. with no concrete steps taken to deliver jobs basic services or candidates which are not seen in the did by corruption part of the power of the protestors are unlikely to see the government's response seriously many iraqis are undeterred and say they will stay in the streets the government can either kill them or leave their divorce and the protests some of the gaza 0. half a 1000000 afghans

his obstruction remains ongoing iraqi security forces have stormed an anti-government protest and basra protests broke out over frustration at the corruption and economy nearly $500.00 people have been killed since october. anti-government protests have been held in chile's capital santiago demonstrations started 4 months ago over an increase and subway fare and the u.n. is calling for international help to deal with the record locusts warm in eastern africa kenya somalia and ethiopia have all been affected. by the headlines keep it on al jazeera more news to come in the meantime witness this next. i believed it was. going to. be long it. was good and i am. not going to. dig. that one that one out. of 6 against it just didn't it's good news on. the football met in summer about the unix your vision that if it doesn't explain why in that. move it. is probably not even the bit lazy. way and measure of an afterthought. sure enough i don't think it has and i don't was all but i didn't see some. delays . in the. thing they did. it was. the jewish people see this you quoted in your good waffli

in the southern city of basra police officers attempted to remove barricades while in baghdad protesters for back against security forces with rocks and fire bombs at least 5 protesters were killed in the largest round of violence. after police opened fire in the capital on monday as demonstrations broke out over a frustration with a lack of government reforms. with most all the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera right off to face to face. at my heart for parents of the nowhere journey back on their. forehead or voted off but their status often know about this right when. i would also like to take this opportunity. the regulate my comp or a 3rd or lot of. paper than ever cover of the book here had the car to. go at mc. or that terrible wrong at the current to our country and. through the imposition of the system of about. december 1993 the packed house and on to city home owners nelson mandela the hero of the anti-apartheid struggle and frederick the clown the last white president of south africa i've years ago. people would have seriously question the sanity of anyone who w

an exodus of american oil workers from basra in northern iraq, obeying an emergency order from the state department to get out now. extreme caution in israel which deployed tanks to the golan heights bordering syria while u.n. peacekeepers beefed up patrols between israel and lebanon. 3,500 more u.s. troops are being ordered to the region from ft. bragg. the rest of the global response continuing the build-up in kuwait and potentially baghdad. around the world u.s. embassies are on high alert. starting to baghdad following the siege that helped trigger the targeted killing of the iranian commander. in new york, police are on heightened vigilance at what they call sensitive areas and critical structures. >> we are now potentially facing a threat that's different and greater than anything we have faced previously. >> reporter: there is increased protection in washington at fee foreign posts. iran vowing revenge, where and when would they retaliate >> it will be to ga huge kpapsty to absorb punishment there were one million dead during the rwar. >> reporter: a bigger spike expected with in

citizens working for foreign oil commmmittees in the oioil-rich y of basra are leaving the country in response to this morning's killining of iranian military commander qasem soleimani, which could destabilize iraq. the attack happened on iraqis oil. the fears have resulted in a spike on oil prices.s. what is happening? reporter: well, obviously oil prices jumped on the news both rent and the bti - -brent and wti jumped over 4% at one point. things calmed down a bit, but still around 1%. uncertainty grows over the potential repercussions after the killing. the global oil market just capped roller coaster year, and one analyst thinks that the current is unlikely to last. >> a major supply of the oil globally. that is why oil will r rebound. but for u.s., there is strong supplies of shell gas-- shale gas and the oil in recent years. that is why i think the oil price cannot be back with a lot. reporter: that is one's analyst -- that is one analysts take. where prices are sensitive to jim -- where prices are sensitive to geopolitical tensions. let's look at key events in the last couple y

sit in and burned protesters tents as they tried to disperse demonstrations in the southern city of basra the administrators say they're frustrated over a lack of government reforms barely 500 have been killed since october and violence during rallies for jobs and in to corruption and the u.n. is calling for international help to deal with the for the record swarm of locusts in eastern africa kenya is facing its largest invasion in 7 decades somalia and ethiopia have also been affected keep it on now to syria talk to al-jazeera is next . all right minister arafat michigan is today the british and making this country the greatest place to go to last follow the final run in to the u.k.'s departure for me you. will. see. it was the 1st black republic in the 1900 century created by a revolution that overthrew slavery montagne by french colonial rule. but independence came at a cost and haiti had to pay billions in compensation that left the country bankrupt since its creation high levels of inequality and poverty have persisted over the years and political attempts to fight it have not ended

is going to be buried in his coffin is making its way from town to town as it goes from basra to niger and many professions have been held there are also some reports of people protesting against him as well although much smaller in number but there are people in iraq who also see that iranian influence is not all that good for this country. some a big job in reporting live from baghdad many thanks indeed let's take you live now to run. for a store so talk us through what happened today leading to this stampede in which 50 odd people were killed. well the body of the general hossam still in money was made its way from tehran to his home town of kerem on this morning and there was a procession of the coffin to be taken to the cemetery of the marchers where the general wanted to be buried and along the way there was such a large crowd that there was a stampede that took place and over 50 people were killed and over $200.00 injured that's according to official figures here and then the officials had to actually delay the burial services because they had to deal with the ongoing situation

from the southern city of basra to the capital of baghdad, protesters; many of them university students, held up iraq's flag and chanted anti- iran and anti-american slogans. protesters want to overturn what they see as a corrupt ruling class and foreign interference from iran and the united states. security forces fired tear gas and live bullets to disperse hundreds of demonstrators ind. bagh police set fires to protters' camps yesterday-- one day after shte cleric muqtada al-sad announced he would no longer support anti-government activists. turkish authorities said the death toll rose to at least 38 today after a 6.7 magnitude earkhquake struck eastern tuey friday night. st night, search teams working in freezing temperatures rescued more than people from the rubble, including a two-year old girl and her mother who were trapped for 28 hrs. 1,600 people were injured and there have been more tha400 aftershocks following friday's earthquake. ri5.0 earthquake hit puert yesterday afternoon. there was no damage reported immediaty, but officials said they are concerned continuing earthquake

clear protesters as a new wave of demonstrations spreads across the country in the southern city of basra police officers attempted to remove barricades while in baghdad's protesters for back again security forces with rocks and fire bombs at least 10 protesters have been killed over the past 2 days in baghdad and in other cities across the country and 14 people have been killed in syria during a government as strikes on every province and the aleppo countryside children are among the victims you have stay with the headlines on al-jazeera up next it's rewind stay with this. hello and welcome to rewind. today we're rewinding back to 2014 in the philippines the country was experiencing a spike in gun violence at the time and the government's response was to introduce new restrictions on purchases possession of firearms the benefits backlash from the gun owners community which was insisting on the right of self-defense against a school. criminality against his background al-jazeera one o one and series times the best to get a black market in gangs in the philippines to find out whether the n

begin laying out its case on saturday iraqi security forces stormed an anti-government protest and basra protests broke out over frustration with the lack of government reforms only 500 people have been killed in the violence since october during demonstrations for jobs and into corruption libya's interim president says she will write in the upcoming election to vote and may will serve as a rerun of october to spirit election that saw former leader abel brown less reelected but weeks of violent protests forced him to resign. and the u.n. is calling for international help to deal with the record swarm of locusts in east africa kenya is facing its largest innovation in 7 decades somalia and ethiopia have also been affected. next on al jazeera life apps one day i might be covering politics as usual and the next i might be reborn photos from serbia hungry to read what's most important to me is talking to people understanding what they're going through so that i can be the headlines in the most human way possible. we believe everyone has a story worth hearing. it's a mobile world. with colds

in of all iraq fires and sound it turns at a funeral procession in basra for power militia leader abu moxy mohandas seat was killed alongside solomonic in friday's airstrike. iraqis are worried about what tensions between iran and the us will mean for them many fear sanctions threatened by president donald trump could see a return to the hardships of the saddam hussein era some wonderful scene has more from baghdad. and an easy mood has settled over but that scarred by decades of intermittent war people in iraq's capital know the eerie suspense that precedes one in coffee shops old and young alike who worry about being caught in the middle as the u.s. and iran threaten further escalation of the the heart of a battle we don't want the battle to come to our country they want to start a war they want to settle accounts but we are the ones who lose young men lose money lose infrastructure we will benefit from this. people here are still in shock over the u.s. strike that assassinated iranian general qassam soleimani near baghdad airport drawing threats of retaliation from iran and its all

hormuz, in yemen, in syria, with numerous rocket attacks against our embassy compound, our consulate in basraven them a red line, if you kill an american we're going to respond. there were three target packages that were represented to the president to action the night we attacked along the iraqi—syria border, one of those other packages was to take out qassim soleimani and abu mahdi al—muhandis. they had another attack after storming, this was communicated to tehran — stop. they didn't and this is something that the iranians understand. in the a0 years that this regime has been in power, they only understand force. ronald reagan destroyed much of the quds force navy when he was president. the israelis have done this time and time again in lebanon and syria and this is the first time the united states has targeted an iranian terrorist general, and his name is qassim soleimani. he is no different from a bagdhadi when it comes to what he has done in iraq with syria. he isa he is a damp designated terrorist. we have no problem targeting isis, we should have no problem targeting a designated terr

kurdish region until probably 2008 at which time we refocus our efforts towards the south which was in basra where we're still operational today and conducting clearances both on minefields along the iranian border but also some of the air delivered weapons resulting from the 90912003 conflicts. and then of course more recently with. the conflict with darshan the liberation of dust has left a huge amounts of contaminated land buildings and infrastructure with improvised explosive devices and improvised landmines and much of our efforts is being used to clear those areas mostly in our district and in around mosul city just before i bring in our other to guess i just want to quickly get a feeling from you whether you actually feel like you are ever getting on top of this because as i pointed out this goes back to the ninety's and then as you've pointed out it's just been added to over the years the 2 gulf wars die a show i thought was well do you does it feel like a losing battle sometimes it does feel like a bit of a losing battle sometimes but there is quite a lot of support and there is a l

killed after an attack by armed groups and became a fast so on monday it happened in 2 villages near basra logo in the north of the country 3 others were injured the government has now announced 2 days of mourning well those are the headlines the news continues here on the inside story do stay with us. we understand the different cities. of cultures across the world so no matter how you take a. current affairs. the great and the good of global business and politics arrive in davos for their annual get together it comes off to millions of people in almost every corner of the world protesting against economic inequality so will the elites in switzerland do anything to close what many say is a widening gap between rich and poor this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program on martin denis our economic system is broken the rich are getting richer and the poor poor a vats a message from oxfam in a report released as business and political leaders gather in switzerland for the 50th world economic forum the charity found the number of billionaires has doubled over the past decade to more

killing an act of war americans have now been urged to leave iraq in case of reprisal attacks saying basra the reports. check in on i got a heartbreaker in the upper ranks of the iranian military at the official announcement of the death of major general custom saloon money the commander of iran's could force the revolutionary guard unit responsible for foreign operations so the money was killed in a u.s. drone strike in both doug. and anger at friday prayers in the iranian capital for the assassination of a man who led the charge against eisel in iraq and syria and whose death seems likely to lead to more conflict. back to shake a man god willing it is now time to clear and cleanse the region of these devils and it is now time to show the resistance to the americans and show our assistance with action to tell those yankees to get out of here get lost. in the early hours of friday morning shortly after arriving in baghdad international airport u.s. missiles killed so the money and his close ally of the on the hunt is the deputy head of the iranian backed iraqi militia hush those shabby oth

in iraq's southern city of basra students turned out to protest against both iranian and american interferencein that country. and iraq's foreign ministry has said it rejects teraz missile attack and will be summoning teheran's ambassador in baghdad. iraq is very much cool out in the middle of the conflict between washington and tehran. catherine connect if it has more on the international reaction to iran's latest attackck. following iran'ss reprisise a rocket attacks on to military bases in iraq that house us and coalition troops the european union condemned what he described as yet another example of escalation. and increased confrontation between tehran and washington the use of weapons must stop now. to give space. to dialogue. we all are called upon to do everything possible. t to rekindle talks and- that cannot be enough of that brazil's also said it will spare no efforts and its attempt to keep alive an international deal preventing iran from developing nuclear weapons meanwhile longtime around foo and us online israel praised washington's killing of iraniann commander general so the m

mission in tripoli is in basra. and al jazeera without that there's at the scene of a grad missile attack he says residents i'm worried about further attacks. this density populated area in some neighborhood in the vicinity of m 80 get pulled the only operational airport in the libyan capital tripoli was hit by rockets launched by forces loyal to the world have to the transportation minister of the government of national accord said that this area was hit by 20 rockets into n.t. 4 hours one old man was killed several other civilians were wounded a child lost his eye there is a schools here in this area too that was hit and education was suspended that schools in a to get airport a vision was also hold in the in the aftermath of this attack there is also a hospital in the neighborhood of a hospital that was hit by a rocket launcher by have to us forces and the united nations support the mission in libya has expressed concern over indiscriminate shelling of residential areas people here are still living in a state of

other major southern city saw similar scenes, in karbala and basra.spite what seemed a big blow to their cause when the powerful cleric, moqtada al—sadr, instructed his supporters to leave the demonstrations. instead, he wanted them to direct their anger once again at the us. but a call for more such demonstrations was quickly withdrawn on the grounds that he didn't want to cause internal strife. that averted what might have been a showdown. but the rift between the political class and the many iraqis still willing to risk their lives to make their voices heard is only deepening. sebastian usher, bbc news. back to own breaking news. the former us basketball star, kobe bryant, has died in a helicopter crash in southern california. he was 41. live pictures still coming in from california, that town of calabasas, 20 miles outside los angeles, the hillside, the scene of the crash. five people were on board that helicopter near the city of calabasas. what we are also learning in the last few minutes, nbc news is reporting that, in the united states, that k

camps in 2 other cities were raided including in the port city of basra and the demonstrators lost the support of an influential cleric writing. sunday's key votes in northern italy could trigger a major shake up in the country its biggest party has been left reeling after a leader foreign minister luigi de mayo resigned with support following rapidly. musts immigration the lead party may not reap the benefits a win for them would like to see fresh elections out a hard shift to the right has more in all but. as italians go to the polls in the region of the meeting this weekend there is a lot at stake not just for the current shape. coalition government but also potentially for the future of one of its members the 5 star movement the empty establishment party was founded 11 years ago with a promise to rid italy of a corrupt ruling elite a champion of digital to look or see it still ascended quickly and brightly taking a few of the folks in 2018 election and joining to form not one but 2 governments but as we all know what goes up at some point must come down off that big election turnou

targets insulin money occurred on a road at baghdad airports we begin our coverage with al-jazeera same basra the. i guess heart rate in the upper ranks of the iranian military at the official announcement of the death of major general qassam saloni the commander of iran's could force the revolutionary guard unit responsible for foreign operations so long he was killed in a u.s. drone strike in but dud. my oh and anger at friday prayers in the iranian capital for the assassination of a man who led the charge against eisel in iraq and syria and whose death seems likely to lead to more conflict. back to shake a man god willing it is now time to clear and cleanse the region of these devils it is now time to show the resistance to the americans and show our assistance with action to tell those yankees to get out of here get lost. in the early hours of friday morning shortly after arriving in baghdad international airport u.s. missiles killed so the money and his close ally of the old 100 other members of the group were also killed in the attack a drone strike hit their convoy as they left the air

its control of new forces in all areas from the capital from the west of sirte to the outskirts of basra to. international concern is now growing across the region have to are met with italy's prime minister josep a continental roma hoping to stir support from the european union. then there is russia and turkey which support rivals on the ground and carra has begun supplying troops in support of the un recognized government and by turning down the cease fire half dark could be pushing away russia one of his main allies. fighting has escalated between half there's a libyan national army and the internationally recognized government in tripoli. attempts to take control of the capital have fallen short but have tours forces have gained ground especially in the coastal city of sirte and it was the right. i don't know what had a. will continue to liberate libya from the clutches of evil we're fighting terrorism at the state and world level. libya is strategically important it has the largest oil reserves in africa the country's location along the mediterranean coast has become a gateway for a

gas against protesters in baghdad with camps in 2 other cities also rated including in the port of basra damaged. it is lost the support of an influential cleric on friday. a 16 year old french girl has been told to go into hiding after she received death threats for posting anti islam videos on instagram mila who is from leon said that she was responding to homophobic and racist abuse from muslims police are now investigating the case. the viral posting spread on social media networks of a video posted by a young girl expressing during a personal discussion viral and horsetail comments about the muslim religion has provoked a multiplication of reactions to in the form of death threats and threats to commit crimes the incident has garnered widespread attention and lead it to support formula from some politicians the speech of this young girl is the voice description of charlus caricatures no more no less we can find the volga but we cannot accept that some people condemn her to death for that in france in the 21st century let us support me look a 16 year old high school student insults a

many villages remain inaccessible and the true scale of human suffering still out of sight unseen basra via the risk on district herat province afghanistan. had traffic an hour away in east africa saying the most serious escalation of the number of locusts in 25 years is that interferes over food security in a region that's still reeling from floods and drought kenya is one of the worst affected countries authorities there say there's been an extremely dangerous rise in swarm activity the insects fly together by the millions of destroyed hundreds of thousands hectares of crops this yeah we haven't lost a lot of we have lost our foreheads we thought that we sell these still over the next coming 4 years now that this time they're not we've you can see this that this city is going to clean all this once i cleaned the grass isn't it so i said i didn't know i didn't also been destroyed. and back again palaces to the greenwood for the future role of the duke and duchess of sussex prince harry and maggie won't use their royal highness titles any wall but tar being allowed to keep them in a sta

to see basra exports affected that is the real risk.ou look at the structure, the time and the shape of the curve, brent is backward dated and what it means is that it's a very tight market at the front. that's what the market is missing. there is a lack of oil available and incidents like this can really push prices up. regarding us shell, shale production is slowing down. it's already have growth last year versus 2018 and it slowing by another 25% at least. the latest numbers have really showed a marked slowdown because investors in the us are forcing companies to pull back on drilling and focus on cash flow. so this is an interesting one whether shale can respond the weather investors forced them to focus on cash flow generation, in which case there is going to be a real shortage of oil towards the end of this year. lets check in with the latest on oil price now following the us attack which killed the senior iranian commander in iraq, qassem soleimani. here is the latest price of a barrel of brent crude — which is an international b

sit in and burned protestors tents as they try to disperse demonstrations in the southern city of basra straighter say they're frustrated over a lack of government reforms barely $500.00 have been killed since october and violence during rallies for jobs and in to corruption and the u.n. is calling for international help to deal with the for the record swarm of locusts in eastern africa kenya is facing its largest invasion in 7 decades somalia and ethiopia have also been affected keep it on now to syria talk to al-jazeera it's next. the right man to start their ambition is to deliberately try and make this country the greatest place. last followed a final run into the u.k.'s departure from the e.u. . will. see. it was the 1st black republic in the 1900 century created by a revolution that overthrew slavery montagne by french. but independence came at a cost and haiti had to pay billions in compensation that left the country bankrupt since its creation high levels of inequality and poverty have persisted over the years and political attempts to fight it have not ended well. for him inter

displacement camps all over afghanistan fathers and mothers measure the cost of the war in lost lives in basra the old just syria iraq afghanistan. iraq and this is al jazeera and these are the headlines the rules have been approved for u.s. president donald trump's impeachment trial after nearly 13 alice of debate republicans blocked every democratic attempt to obtain documents a new evidence trump is charged with the abuse of power and obstruction of congress she had her time she has more from capitol hill slowly became clear what the democrats are up to they knew this is going to happen but what they were trying to do is get as much evidence and much information on the record into the public sphere as possible in case this is their last chance to specify which witnesses they want to talk to which documents that they that they need there is another verse next week all me bring in witnesses documents. lebanon has a new government with prime minister has india naming a cabinet of specialists and academics its 1st meeting is due to begin in the next hour they are mainly backed by hezbollah and

say many villages remain accessible and the true scale of human suffering still out of sight seeing basra the other risk going district herat province of cornerstone. hello again this is al jazeera and these are the headlines violence has once again broken out in hong kong off the anti-government demonstrations attempted to march through the city in defiance of a riot police of 5 tear gas of protesters and arrested several people or 30 is that approved the rally but only if participants stayed in one location and police had warned they would stop anyone attempting to march sarah clarke has more from that rally. people have got about 500 meters down the road and to be met with the police line we've got hundreds of riot police being deployed today to try to disperse these crowds to stop this march going ahead we're going to have behind me we've got some rowdy kind of chanting and yelling at the place at the moment but we've had a few rounds of tear gas fired in central china god knows that some spawns going to be now 5 as well and as you mentioned been a number of arrests but the place have

many villages remain inaccessible and the true scale of human suffering still out of sight seeing basra the other risk on district herat province afghanistan. and the rupture warning is still in place for the tal volcano in the philippines but fishermen and villagers they think in the area haven't thought it well but brian joined a coast guard patrol as they've tried to keep people away from the danger zone. the philippines coast guard is making this early morning patrol every day at the moment there's still a restriction in force on anyone going to the island it's simply too dangerous to go there and this is part of that. just as we were approaching the island we saw boats also coming to the island and also we see people on the shoreline here that people still have fish farms here so they come out very early morning to tend to their fish despite warnings that they should be staying away. so they've been telling the fishing boats they can't stay here they have to leave and some of them have left but we still have these guys on the shoreline here who are determined to stay and there's no