castro al-jazeera and apple s maryland still ahead an al-jazeera. be increasingly desperate search for a football team stuck in a flooded thai cave plus. mexico's presidential front runner is promising his rescue the country's impoverished world population but it might not be that simple unjoin home and i'll tell you bill. hello and welcome back as we look at weather conditions across the levant and western parts of asia we've all but lost the showers across eastern areas find an almighty there in kazakhstan thirty degrees the maxwell. in the caspian sea is looking to draw a fine thirty six in tehran but the main feature for iraq and down through kuwait and into the eastern side of saudi arabia is going to be this wind which is going to result in quite a lot of lifted dust so visibility is going to be very poor across the region during the course of the weekend from the eastern side the mediterranean jeremy the weather conditions looking good we've lost the showers across turkey said fine weather everywhere twenty seven and sunshine one current and

media organizations an ominous site to mark uncertain times hi joe castro al-jazeera and apple as maryland. still ahead an al-jazeera. be increasingly desperate search for a football team stuck in a flooded tiger cave plus. mexico's presidential front runner is promising he rescued the country's impoverished population but it might not be that simple i'm john homan and i'll tell you more. hello and welcome back as we look at weather conditions across the levant and western parts of asia we've all but lost the showers across find there and down thirty degrees.

castro al-jazeera and apple s maryland a ten day military offensive in southwest syria's there are province may have ended temporarily russian a talks in jordan have resulted in a truce between fight says of the free syrian army and pro-government forces the break in fighting comes after the deaths of at least eighteen people on thursday porch of the asian reports. a bloodbath in the southwestern syrian rebel stronghold of daraa russian and syrian government judson helicopters hit an estimated one hundred targets on thursday dozens of civilians were killed in the twenty four hour barrage of barrel bombs and rocket fire. the u.n. says tens of thousands of newly displaced people have fled to syria's borders with the israeli occupied golan heights and jordan peele goes to jordan one of the most generous recipients of refugees on earth that they keep border open for people fleeing south there is no rule there is no other place to go but jordan says its border with syria will remain closed the kingdom already has six hundred fifty thousand registered syrian refugees but. the u.n. says the fighti

include trump's demands of funding a border wall and a curbing family based migration heidi joe castro al-jazeera washington. the leaders of france and as they have mass in paris and a diplomatic dispute have a europe's migration crisis french president criticized the italian government for refusing to accept a rescue ship kind more than six hundred migrants from libya now deemed bother reports. a week after setting off hundreds of refugees and migrants are still at sea on their way to the spanish port of bill in syria. this will be their sixth day on board and the seventh since they pulled the rabbit english's in libya on. their ordeal should soon be over but when italy turned away the charity boat that rescued them the aquarius the route that erupted almost led to emmanuel michael is meeting with new italian prime minister giuseppe conti being canceled after mutual accusations of not doing enough a phone call from president michael saved the day now they're promising to work hand in hand to find solutions. if you don't get local use in the case of the aquarius the risks start when the boat leav

castro al-jazeera and apple is maryland wires are present in qatar in the united arab emirates are making their final arguments before the united nations highest court at the hague qatar took the u.a.e. to the international court of justice accusing it of violating human rights as a result of the blockade imposed by the u.a.e. and three other countries last year qatar says companies and individuals have been denied access to education medicine and justice if barker joins us live now from the hague so what are you been hearing this morning a house has been playing out in a. well a very very dense legal debate is underway at the moment katz on the u.a.e. do not see eye to eye over whether the highest court the i.c.j. should have the jurisdiction to actually carry on with this case just explain very simply the u.a.e. is accused of violating the international convention on the elimination of all forms of racial discrimination the u.a.e. is a key signatory of that nine hundred sixty five convention and when there are accusations of violating the convention there's a protocol to follow that inc

to joe castro al-jazeera washington. well is there a federal law which allows for children and parents to be separated at the border look at that one then there's the florist settlement agreement from nine hundred ninety seven and an anti trafficking law signed by former president george w. bush in two thousand and six both govern how children are treated at the border but it's how they're being interpreted which is the main point of contention donald trump says there are loopholes and it's up to congress to fix them to stop the breakup of families controversy began when attorney general jeff sessions announced in may a new policy of stricter rules at the border for illegal crossings parents were jailed and their children taken away former president barack obama had previously set up family detention centers where children and their parents could be held together it was in response to a lawsuit a judge ruled the floor a settlement also prohibited children from being detained with their parents. let's bring on gas into th

castro al-jazeera washington survivors of a florida high school shooting are touring the united states calling for changes to gun laws. starting in chicago the group of students plans to visit seventy four more cities during the month long haul they hope the campaign will encourage more americans to vote to take guns off the streets. we don't know. how to make a statement beyond the pictures we need to see. you gerri. officials from nicaragua's government and local groups are restarted talks in a bid to end two months of anti-government protests neither president or taken or his deputy are expected to attend the talks calm after another seven people including a fifteen year old boy were killed in clashes between government forces and protesters stuff and. a nationwide strike on thursday didn't stop the violence several regions of nicaragua fighting between activists and pro-government forces including here in. there were fatalities with locals accusing pro-government forces . we were not armed there were four hooded men some skinny in a black shirt and they were the ones with the machi

media organizations an ominous site to mark uncertain times hi joe castro al-jazeera and apple s maryland a ten day military offensive in syria's darragh province may have ended at least temporarily russian the talks in jordan have resulted in a truce between feiss of the free syrian army and pro-government forces the break in fighting comes after the deaths of at least eighty people on thursday paul should asian reports. a bloodbath in the southwestern syrian rebel stronghold of daraa russian and syrian government judson helicopters hit an estimated one hundred targets on thursday dozens of civilians were killed in the twenty four hour barrage of barrel bombs and rocket fire. the u.n. says tens of thousands of newly displaced people have fled to syria's borders with the israeli occupied golan heights and jordan peele goes to jordan one of the most generous recipients of refugees on earth that they keep border open for people fleeing south there is no rule there is no other place to go but jordan says its border with syria will remain closed the kingdom already has six hundred fifty thous

media organizations an ominous site to mark uncertain times hi joe castro al-jazeera and apple as maryland. a ten day miniature offensive in syria's province may have ended it temporarily russian it talks in jordan have resulted in a truce between feiss of the free syrian army and pro-government forces the break in fighting comes after the deaths of at least eighty people on thursday paul today reports. a bloodbath in the southwestern syrian rebel stronghold of daraa russian and syrian government judson helicopters hit an estimated one hundred targets on thursday dozens of civilians were killed in the twenty four hour barrage of barrel bombs and rocket fire. the u.n. says tens of thousands of newly displaced people have fled to syria's borders with the israeli occupied golan heights and jordan peele goes to jordan one of the most generous recipients of refugees on earth that they keep border open for people fleeing south there is no rule there is no of the place to go but jordan says its border with syria will remain closed the kingdom already has six hundred fifty thousand registered syri

castro al-jazeera washington. the united states has called on nicaragua's government to invite you and monitor us into the country without delay president daniel ortega has agreed to an investigation of the political violence that has killed nearly one hundred eighty people since april the protest leaders say the government is refusing to show proof the u.n. has been invited and that has caused talks between the two sides to stall and of apollo has more from the caracas capital managua. another protest in the city of my now one marking the second month of an ongoing political crisis that's gripped this country since the eighteenth of april now a national dialogue that was hosted by the catholic church of the get out was ended roughly two weeks ago but once again started only on friday wonder the condition the president ordered to got. several demands of by civil society one of which was to invite a delegation from the european union from the united nations and from the inner american commission on human rights to

castro al-jazeera washington. well is there a federal law which allows the children and parents to be separated at the border look at that one then there's the florist settlement agreement from nine hundred ninety seven and an anti trafficking law signed by former president george w. bush in two thousand and six both govern how children are treated at the border but it's how they're being interpreted which is the main point of contention donald trump says there are loopholes and it's up to congress to fix them to stop the breakup of families controversy began. and attorney general jeff sessions announced in may a new policy of stricter rules at the border for illegal crossings parents were jailed and their children taken away former president barack obama had previously set up family detention centers where children and their parents could be held together but in response to a lawsuit a judge ruled the floor a settlement also prohibited children from being detained with their parents. let's bring on gas into the s

media organizations an ominous site to mark uncertain times hi joe castro al-jazeera and apple as maryland. that's all still ahead on al-jazeera four years after i saw was defeated in the iraqi city of mosul reminders of the group's rule still everywhere. we've got more very hot weather continuing across japan a heat wave really and trying to stay in that we've got a fair amount of cloud which has been piling its way through south korea towards q.c. ahead of that high pressure in charge with drawing up those southerly winds and temperatures getting up to thirty two celsius in tokyo on saturday live the showers coming into the southwest of the country southern parts of the korean peninsula still seeing some rather heavy rain and will be the trend as we go on through sunday the west weather coming in across much of south through the straits still saying that hot weather there for much of japan say well into the thirty's for many of soka touching thirty three degrees and we've got similar values across china central southern parts of china the on the hot side bobby conditions here to shanghai

include trump's demands of funding a border wall and a curbing family based migration i do joe castro al-jazeera washington at least twelve people have died and thousands have been forced into relief shelters after days of torrential rain in northeastern india flash floods and landslides of cut off parts of manipal state and in neighboring tripper a hospital than shots the shops were flooded and closed flooding is an annual problem during the monsoon but the effects being worsened by crumbling infrastructure and clogged drains. thousands of mourners have attended the funeral of a journalist shot dead in indian administered kashmir should judge a book he was editor of the english language newspaper rising kashmir he was killed by unidentified men on a motorbike as he left his office insurance on thursday the fifty year old had been given police protection following three attacks on him in the past decade. now nigeria's largest steel plant will finally stop production for decades after it was built the other kuta mill has cost the country more than a billion dollars but has never produced any stee

how did your castro al-jazeera and our listener like. us carmaker general motors is warning that trade tariffs on imported vehicles could lead to the isolation of american businesses from the global market g.m. has told the u.s. commerce department that terrorists could force the company to downsize putting thousands of jobs at risk that contrasts with the trumpet ministrations argument that tariffs on imported vehicles would protect u.s. industry the company which makes some of the vehicles for the u.s. market in mexico in canada also warned that tariffs could hike prices and reduce sales rallies are planned across the u.s. on saturday to protect protest against the president zero tolerance policies on immigration earlier this month donald trump signed an executive order and in the separation of buy grandchildren from their parents but instead little to dampen the outrage as manuel repeller reports now from washington d.c. . yeah dozens of signs and posters are being prepared for something big a protest bringing together more than one h

castro al-jazeera washington hospitality writer rather than hostility has so far greeted in england world cup football fans in russia russian english fans fought the last time they were involved in a major tournament major security operations in place before england play tunisia and a few hours and the richardson reports from volgograd. england and russia fans posing for photographs together wasn't the same pessimists had predicted before this world cup heightened political tensions between london and moscow don't appear to have filtered down to the supporters gathering in volgograd the need for england's opening group game against you lizzy at. the european championships in france two years ago russian and english fans full team are say raising concerns of a repeat out this tournament the violence in your i twenty sixteen was an unwelcome reminder of some of the darker up a sergeant involving england fans including at the world cup in france in nineteen ninety eight when england were again in last say and again getting ready to play to next year the surroundings the supporters find ourse

the country trump says as long as democrats resist the border separations will continue to joe castro al-jazeera washington and u.s. president trump is threatening to impose new tariffs against china trump says aphasia goes ahead with the new taxes against the u.s. it's washington or introduce a ten percent tariff on chinese and for it's worth two hundred billion dollars it's the latest step in the escalating trade dispute between the two countries beijing says it will respond with a strong counter measures are china correspondent adrian brown has more from beijing. well in this dangerous game of bluff president donald trump has raised the stakes once more and on tuesday china's government hit back accusing the u.s. side of blackmail now up. resident donald trump is threatening to impose additional tariffs on some two hundred billion dollars worth of chinese exports on top of fifty billion dollars worth of other chinese exports that identified for penalties at the end of last week now the u.s. side has said that china has been engaging in unfair trading practices it's accused chinese companies o

how did you castro al-jazeera and apple is maryland. canada is hitting back of the united states over it still an element in tariffs with patella trim measures on twelve billion dollars worth of american goods now take effect from sunday on the clue time or song us imports like coffee from toilet paper canada has no choice but to retaliate with a measured perfectly reciprocal dollar for dollar response and that is what we are doing. i cannot emphasize enough they were grette with which we take these countermeasures we are acting very much in store oh no not in anger but the us terrorists leave canada no choice but to defend our industries our workers and our communities and i can assure you that we will maintain the firm resolve to do so. a photo journalist in egypt could face the death penalty for taking pictures during the military crackdown five years ago a judge is expected to deliver his verdict on the thirty year old mahmoud abu zeid on saturday they are mccarron reports. mahmoud that was aide better known as show kind could be se

castro al-jazeera and our listener alike.canada has hit back at the united states of a steel minium tariffs with twelve billion dollars in return a tree measures on american goods canada's plan will take effect from next week and include tariffs on u.s. imports like your goods coffee and toilet paper. canada has no choice but to retaliate with a measured perfectly reciprocal dollar for dollar response and that is what we are doing i cannot emphasize enough their regret with which we take these counter measures we are acting very much in store oh not in anger but the us terrorists leave canada no choice but to defend our industries our workers and our communities and i can assure you that we will maintain the firm resolve to do so us come make a general motors is warning that trade tariffs on imported vehicles could lead to the isolation of american businesses from the global market g.m. has told the u.s. commerce department the tariffs could force the company to downsize putting thousands of jobs at risk that contrasts with t

castro al-jazeera washington let's go back to a story in nicaragua with the governments being accusedf not acting on an agreement to allow international observers them i know ruppel is live from the drag you as capital is it any updates on whether or not the peace talks between the government and the opposition will not continue. well that national dialogue that was being hosted by the catholic church of what had stalled it began once again on friday under a set of conditions one of those conditions as you mentioned was for president or to invite a delegation from the european union from the united nations and from the inner american commission on human rights to company and observe the ongoing humanitarian crisis another one of those conditions was for an end to hostilities an end to the violent attacks by the government against anti-government demonstrations against the civilian population and we were at a workshop that was part of these peace talks was taking place yesterday where members of the civilian coalition said that these peace talks are basically on shaky ground that the g

castro al-jazeera washington. it's a long way from the world cup in russia but football is helping amputees in gaza see a life beyond their injuries hundreds of palestinians have lost their legs in wars and protests against israel but a rehabilitation center is helping some of the disabled get back into sport imran khan reports from gaza. the heroes of c. team take to the page for an exhibition match in the throughout the refugee camp they've split into two teams with a game designed to showcase disabled football. each of these players lost a leg in the last three wars israel has forty goals a full one hundred eighteen at the time but football's given them some hope a charge to take part in a physical activity and give them confidence there's life beyond injury i know if a sentence. by somebody from the sub in two thousand and seven i was walking near my house when there was an explosion and i was fifteen they had to amputate my leg i used to play football at school but to play football like this has been brillian

crash while trying to flee border patrol a reminder of the desperation to reach a better life castro al-jazeera washington an earthquake has rattled japan at least three people were killed and hundreds injured in a saka falling debris and collapsing walls injured many others in the second largest city and japan as well as bursting water mains in stopping rush hour commuter trains kyoto and large parts of western japan also felt the force of that six point one magnitude tremor. because we're doing our best to respond to this disaster urgently as some areas do going to act as gas a water as of now there is no damage and you leaving out the cities such as and we nuclear power plants. plans for a basketball competition between north and south korea have been discussed diplomats met in the demilitarized zone a week after donald trump and kim jong un summit in singapore for participation in the asian games which started in tunisia in september is also being proposed. signing a deal to change the name to macedonia has provoked protests in the capital scope so when strangers accuse their government of

include trump's demands of funding a border wall and a curbing family based migration heidi joe castro al-jazeera washington the leaders of france and italy have met in paris and dispute over europe's migration crisis vice president criticize these hollande government for fusing to accept a rescue ship carrying more than six hundred migrants from libya a day in baba reports. a week after setting off hundreds of refugees and migrants are still at sea on their way to the spanish port of the in syria. this will be their sixth day on board and the seventh since they pulled the rabbit in libya on. their ordeal should soon be over but when italy turned away the charity boat that rescued them the querrey is the route that erupted almost led to emmanuel michel is meeting with new italian prime minister giuseppe conti being counseled after mutual accusations of not doing enough for a phone call from president michel save the day and now they're promising to work hand in hand to find solutions. if you don't get local use in the case of the aquarius the risks start when the boat leaves libya this is at the

castro al-jazeera washington in the queue regular protesters gathered to mond justice for those killed in violent protests over the past two months. the unrest began in april when government forces first fourth with demonstrators angry over pension cuts the crisis claimed at least one hundred seventy lives a truce was struck over the weekend but it fell apart just hours later when a fire bomb and shootout left eight people did. the one in power now is a dictator a tyrant a schoolteacher i work for the state but i'm not afraid i'm not afraid because destruction despite is for the people and everyone needs to come together we can stay indifferent as to kill our people our children. six of those killed in the weekend violence came from a single family they died after hooded men fire bombed their home in managua a memorial and funeral was held for the family which includes two young children president daniel take as his talks to end the unrest will continue. an earthquake has rattled japan at least three people were killed in osaka falling debris and collapsing walls injured many others in

castro al-jazeera washington is cos its can really help it live in washington d.c. so we believe that donald trump will be meeting with republican leaders and capitol hill and that's going to play out. well the moral outrage in the united states continues to build as the president is digging in on his hardline policies you're right he's heading to capitol hill to speak with the public and lawmakers many of whom are very conflicted about the president's stance with regard to separating families prosecuting those who enter the country illegally so he will be out there about twenty one g.m.t. even as some democrats are calling for the homeland security secretary to nielsen the castors report just a moment ago calling for her resignation so there's definitely a lot of pushback in the united states but we have to remember in all of this that this policy is not a new policy the difference now is that it's being enforced and any crime in the united states if a parent is accused of any crime they are separated from their children as the republicans who are supportive of thi

the country trump says as long as democrats resist the border separations will continue to joe castro al-jazeera washington indonesian rescue workers have been battling heavy rains and high waves in search of survivors of a ferry sank with possibly eighty people on board the wooden boats went down on lake towboats a popular tourist destination in northern sumatra on monday eighteen people have been rescued the ferry had a capacity of sixty passengers but may have been carrying many more and dozens of motorcycles so fussin as move into gaza. so after departing salmon sea island the scene a bomb on a wooden passenger boat started to sway badly not long after that it capsized completely throwing all its passengers into the lake the authorities say the accident happened mit's bad weather and huge waves. island lies in lake talk about which is the largest for chemical leak in the world and also one of the deepest it's one of indonesia's main tourist attractions most of the passengers were returning from the eve holidays. this dramatic footage seems to have been captured by one of the passengers altho

castro they're. still ahead of al jazeera. parents desperation as emergency crews continue the search for a football team stuck in the flood the cave in thailand. welcome back it's time to look at the americas sound and this forecast we've got some heavy showers across southeastern areas there across parts of louisiana into alabama georgia may see a few shows so too for the florida peninsula further towards the north we've got some heavy rain just clearing through when the pages across the far north of the united states and into canada but for the eastern seaboard generally fine conditions with new york and washington seen temperatures into the thirty's and that continues as we head on through into the start of the weekend ahead across more western areas is generally looking fine but it could have blown denver temperatures coming back to twenty five degrees celsius for central parts of america we've got some heavy showers across panama and costa rica otherwise weather conditions looking mostly fine up through the rest of the i

he was covering the crisis in the last week for al-jazeera. the castro he is a human rights activist and a journalist in estella coahuila steven sefton he's a writer for to appear consol that's a new side that identifies with the sandinista national liberation front and we also have one sebastian john morrow he's a leader of the main civic alliance looking to negotiate peace with the government we also invited members of the nickel work in government to share their perspectives but they have not responded to us but gentlemen it's good to have you here stephen this idea of trying to get a government response or trying to get an idea of how the government is dealing with this crisis how would you sum it up from your perspective. well right from the start on april twenty first three days after the protests we took a legitimate for the first twenty four rounds they were peaceful as was correctly quoted in the in the end but after that they were taken over by extremely violent right wing activists who are very well armed and very well prepared but despite the

he was covering the crisis in the last week for al-jazeera. the castro he is a human rights activist and a journalist in estella steven sefton he's a writer for to appear consol that's a new site that identifies with the sandinista national liberation front and we also have one sebastian jim morrow he's a leader of the main civic alliance looking to negotiate peace with the government we also invited members of the co-op in government to share their perspectives but they've not responded to us but gentlemen it's good to have you here stephen this idea of trying to get a government response or trying to get an idea of how the government is dealing with this crisis how would you sum it up from your perspective. well right from the start on april twenty first three days after the protests. illegitimate for the first twenty four pounds they were peaceful as was correctly quoted in the mainstream but after that they were taken over by extremely violent right wing activists who are very well armed and very well prepared but despite the violence of those first

he was covering the crisis in the last week for al-jazeera. the castro he is a human rights activist and a journalist in estelle ico i were stephen sefton he's a writer for to appear consol that's a new side that identifies with the sandinista national liberation front and we also have one sebastian morrow he's a leader of the main civic alliance looking to negotiate peace with the government we also invited members of the to work in government to share their perspectives but they have not responded to us but gentlemen it's good to have you here stephen this idea of trying to get a government response or trying to get an idea of how the government is dealing with this crisis how would you sum it up from your perspective. well right from the start on april twenty first three days after the protests we took illegitimate for the first twenty four pounds they were peaceful as was correctly quoted in the names in but after that they were taken over by extremely violent right wing activists who are very well armed and very well prepared but despite the violenc

he was covering the crisis in the last week for al-jazeera. the castro he is a human rights activist and a journalist in estella coahuila steven sefton he's a writer for to appear consol that's a new side that identifies with the sandinista national liberation front and we also have one sebastian morrow he's a leader of the main civic alliance looking to negotiate peace with the government we also invited members of the to work in government to share their perspectives but they have not responded to us but gentlemen it's good to have you here stephen this idea of trying to get a government response or trying to get an idea of how the government is dealing with this crisis how would you sum it up from your perspective. well right from the start on april twenty first three days after the protests we took an illegitimate one for the first twenty four pounds they were peaceful as was correctly quoted in the names in but after that they were taken over by extremely violent right wing activists who are very well armed and very well prepared but despite the vio

the thirty eight year old suspects had a vendetta against the paper at its journalists al-jazeera is hydro castro reports . despite what happened in their news room the staff of the capitol because that ballot thursday's attack would not stop the presses rolling and so it was that less than twenty four hours later the paper's headline read five shot dead at the capitol with photos of the victims printed on the front page when i heard one day wonders as the first victim of be sure you know i jumped off the sofa i couldn't believe it clutching a fifteen year old copy of the paper this man remembers one of the reporters who was killed a mother of four who visited his home to write about his tomato sauce. i'm thinking about her daughter you know her daughter was in my family room you know playing you know with building blocks well you know discussing about how to get to me. who would have thought of something like this. the gazette is a community paper a forum for everything from local politics to school sports they're the only ones that are going to care about your kids' sports goods and you know yo

al-jazeera washington well tuesday is the first anniversary of the blockade being imposed against castro and we'll have a special program looking at the political economic and human impact of the crisis you can see it at eight hundred hours g.m.t. on tuesday appear on al-jazeera. hundreds of bodies have been found in mosul almost a year after the iraqi says he was taken from i saw they were buried in ruins along the banks of the tigris river channel strafford reports from baghdad. it's been eleven months since iraqi prime minister hydrilla body declared victory over eisel in mosul much of what was iraq's second biggest city lies in ruins the fighting was described as the most intense urban combat since world war two. the search for bodies goes on civil defense search and rescue teams are concentrating on areas close to the banks of the river tigris it was here that the iraqi government forces supported by international coalition airstrikes flushed out and killed most of the last remaining leisel fighters in the city i saw bodies that were covered around seven hundred these bodies were al

he has not cooperated nor answer their questions or shall ok heidi castro live in annapolis maryland thank you. still ahead on al-jazeera. i'm craig leeson on jay-jay to ireland south korea and i'll be explaining why there's a refugee crisis on this holiday island and why hundreds of yemenis are now stuck here. i was saying some massive downpours into central and southern parts of china recently long on a cloud just around shanghai runs all the way down to the southwestern corner this is the scene and just to the west of shanghai we've had huge rain falls and a has cause widespread flooding as you can see says a major disruption in and around the region here that center going to be the case all the way down to the southwest as you had some flooding all the way down towards the chengdu more heavy showers here long line of very heavy rain there as you can see for saturday wet weather to into the far south hong kong thirty three celsius is hot issue but it sticky is very uncomfortable and the showers long spells of rain they are set to continue as we go on through the weekend to sunday another wet day for many many wets ac