correspondent: the girls live here in liare, a neighborhood of karachi that has been marred by violenceor decades. things are better now. all of the streets are still dangngerous in some parts, especially for women, so the sight of them exercising in public has caused quite a starter. but attitudes are slowly changing. this girl's parents were reluctant to allow her to join the cycling club at first, but soon changed theheir mds. >> myy familily and my in-laws h said i iis not a good thing and i should just stop her. it is a problem in our societyt, that if a girl goes out in public for anything, work or even cyclingng, people tatalk bd about her. but my husband and i think differently. so what if she's a girl? she should go out and progress. correspondent: when the cycling club began a year ago, they started with only eight girls. now there are over 30 members. and all are determined to keep pedaling their way towards a more equal future in pakistan. phil: not to a rare event in st. peter's square at the vatican, where a woman caused a scene that led to a papal slap and a rebuke. pope

our yjumanna karachi is there. what is the reaction so far to that? >> reporter: well, you know, george, we're going to have to wait and see what their reaction is to that statement from the u.s. president, but as anyone would expect, this is really going to anger the iraqi people. if you look at that statement, a really stunning one by the u.s. president, you know, who was described to us yesterday by a number of moment berz embers of as someone who is reckless and foolish, does not understand the region, does not understand iraq, he's threatening one of the key allies of the united states in this region with sanctions if they decide to end the presence of forces that were invited here by the iraqi government to assist them in the fight against isis. this is not an occupation. this is not an occupying force. they are here at the invitation of the iraqi government. a lot of people will be pointing out this is disrespectful to the iraqi -- to the iraqis. it shows disregard for their sovereignty. and then you have the issue of threatening them with sanc

from washington now to the iraqi capital, you man a karachi, live in baghdad at this hour. people angry about the targeted killing on iraqi soil. now there is a mush push to see soldiers kicked out of iraq. >> reporter: george, the iraqi parliament did vote yesterday putting the ball in the court of the iraqi government telling them they need to work now to get foreign forces, coalition forces, out of iraq. we saw the iraqi prime minister in a very shocking stunning move where you have the prime minister in parliament making an argument for why foreign forces should leave iraq, the same forces they requested to come and assist them a few years ago. as we heard from the prime minister, he gave the background to reaching this situation, this decision, saying that over the past few months, tensions have been rising between iran and the united states. this proxy war has been playing out here in iraq. and now with this recent unprecedented escalation, you know, they're really concerned that iraq is going to be caught in the middle, the battle ground for any sort of confrontation

just in karachi was covering up for august she adored their smartphone has become a writes that device in pakistan to make their life being heard over the activists are life streaming the protest and this was a protest of about a few 100 people. talk about censorship has anyone commented about censorship and the fact that this movement isn't being reported on yeah i think unfortunately for the i think for the large fired a lot of a lot of t.v. genizah not even trying to cover them anymore but there was this one t.v. presenter who explained why the last segment of the program was dropped earlier this week she wrote on twitter saying because i devoted on most of the most and is one of the parliamentarian's linked with b t m and she adored she on what charges was arrested but it was censored and she wrote welcome to censor a stand people must suffer in silence well up till now the state has seemed unsure of how to deal with monster push teen he emphasizes peaceful demonstration and upholding the constitution here's an excerpt from a speech he gave last year in lahore. to the people who ca

new and chomsky is a professor to dimiss a truce institute just to karachi and a prominent critic of to know but i say sure. you must be. you see i suppose. as you can say. ok that. greenwashing started something in the seventy's beginning of the seventy's. that's when the beginnings of concern with the environment began to me raised among the general population so of course our systems have to respond. if they're going to maintain their control some but what is the power of corporates today bears on our power is based on their control of capital on their control of investment decisions. there are massive influence on government which derives from the private our. that basically the nature of state capitalism but it's extended and around in the middle of the liberal policies of the last generation which sharply escalated this and we have all those companies telling you that they have only have sustainable products that they're extremely fair and doing their best and the christian is how do we need to deal with green eyes to recognize that the proposals may be worthwhile so maybe it's

jomana karachi live in baghdad. you have breaking news for us. >> reporter: well, some breaking news coming to us from the iraqi prime minister's office releasing a statement a short time ago. if you bear with me, we are in the process of translating this. basically they say that they had prior warning of this. keeping in minds tmind the -- keeping in mind, the missile strikes took place between 1:45 a.m. local time and 2:15 local time. the prime minister saying shortly after midnight we received an official verbal message from the iranian republic and the iranian response to the assassination of the, quote, martyr, qassem suleimani had begun or would begin shortly, and that the strike would be limited to locations where the u.s. military is present without giving exact location. they say at the exact same time they say that they also had received calls from the u.s. military. and now they say of course we warned as soon as we received the information of the attack, the iraqi military leaders to take the necessary p

in 20183 men with kalashnikovs attacked the chinese consulate in karachi the country's economic capital. they blew up the guard post killing 4 people before being shot by the police. in. the province of block a stand what ouattara is located is also the scene of a separatist rebellion that kills hundreds of people each year. 'd in a video broadcast online the separatists directly threaten china china. content supported these. talks started going to true vibing go to villages. and then it started to be are going to be hard for that expansionist motives president xi jinping the unions to have time to court one of them. at the quad expo it looks as if china's time is far from in fact pakistan has created a special force 815000 men to protect the chinese projects outside the building portraits of the pakistani prime minister and run khan and the chinese president xi jinping hang side by side. inside chinese companies and businessmen are everywhere it was even a chinese company launching a long meet this is all meeting and chinese meet painter and so you see a market could jamie mean fungus

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the girls live here in not only a poor and conservative neighborhood of karachi but one that has been marred by avoidance 1 for decades things are better now although the streets are still dangerous in some parts especially for women so the sight of them exercising in public has caused quite a stir. but don't you do you guys are slowly changing them a speed and were reluctant to allow her to join the cycling club at 1st but soon changed their mind. telling my family and my in-laws both said that it's not a good thing and i should just stop her it's a problem in our society that if a girl goes out in public for anything say for work or even cycling people talk bad about her but my husband and i think differently so what if she's a girl she should go out and also progress. well moment was a real mean say out when the cycling club began a year ago this started with only. now do you know where the members and all are determined to keep begging their big words of fear and more equal future in pakistan. we have some sports news now and good to joe day start the world this year by running th

with the idea of finding a cure for cancer and everyone my parents were alive i would go back to karachi once or twice a year and every time i went back my mother would have a whole long list of patients i had to see who she knew but impoverished and wouldn't be able to afford an on call in just other ways one time when i when she said this 35 year old woman who was lost her husband has 3 kids and has been diagnosed with a bone marrow disease can you please go see her immediately the day i landed she had me go to this shanty town to see her and even before i entered this poor woman's little shanty outside were sitting 3 little girls ranging from the age of 5 to 9 they looked so pale that i was even scared to ask my sister had asked the question before. is everything ok and the girls just shook their head and my sister asked the question well. have you had breakfast and answered this little girl gave was it wasn't my turn to have breakfast today so no how do you go in and talk to a 35 year old woman for whom having end stage dance is only her 2nd biggest problem this is what we are talkin

japan is the spiritual home of karachi. and q. she is going for gold this sunday cause you got a lot of course the high expectations around me create a lot of pressure but i think i'll do it with a clear conscience step by step the big thing that you can you. she needs to discover karate at the age of 9 and after 3 years already had a black belt today at 26 she's a 3 time world champion. it's about a kind of dent in competitive karate you compete in one of 2 categories. both have their charm and i hope that more and more people get the opportunity to experience both types of karate life. is a fake fight against an imaginary opponent the goal is the perfect flow of a choreography and competition a fighter can choose from 102 different cut ties. the fascinating thing about qatar is that despite it being a fixed form i can express myself really personally. also matures the time the longer you practice the kutta the more depth and meaning it can acquire. so when it's all get along. the 2nd category is called community and it is a duel

around but sunny into southern pakistan it is warm and sunny 22 the high temperature in karachi now want to wash out as could develop through the gulf as we go through to say later in the day and this rain line is a pop up again by wednesday so taking a few showers across into dubai on into muscat and in fact images in muscat about 7 degrees below the average for this time of year meanwhile and doha it will feel cool about 20 celsius the winds picking up as we go through the middle of the week so be typing the top off that high of 20 that we had down into southern africa now being very warm certainly into the 7 point of south africa cape town was in a bit more activity 3 more eastern sections this is where we've been seeing wanted to shots and thunderstorms some a story on shoes day widely unsubtle across much of madagascar some heavy rains and warming up standing capes on wednesday a 35. counting the cost why the u.s. spends billions on pools maintaining military bases across the world plus that we say think of the meat industry as african swine flu decimate china's pork industry on the

delhi on saturday and maybe about the same really on sunday meanwhile out tools west is on the way to karachi with a high of 22. 0 to 0 expose prominent figures of the 20th century and how valuable research influenced the course of history beginning with the giants of the struggle. for civil rights the method of nonviolent resistance they've miles over the veil of those who oppress people revenue martin luther king and continue to keep the negroes to be defense that what they mean by that about malcolm x. and martin luther king face to face on 00. welcome back you're watching al-jazeera live from doha let's just get you right up to speed with all our top stories in the past few minutes is being confirmed from muskat that the sultan of oman has passed away he returned from belgium on december the 22nd last year having enjoyed treatment for cancer there was quite a complex process going on we understand within the royal household in oman trying to find his successor under the basic article 6 law that applied in this kind of situation in oman the royal family the ruling royal family has 3 days i

flurries around but sunny into southern pakistan it is warm and sunny 22 the high temperature in karachi now want to washout as could develop through the gulf as we go through to say late in the day and this rain light is a pop up again by wednesday so taking a few showers across into dubai on into muscat and in fact temperatures in muscat about 7 degrees below the average for this time of year meanwhile in doha it'll feel cool about 20 celsius the winds picking up as we go through the middle of the week so we taping the top of that high of 20 that we had down into southern africa now being very warm certainly into the sudden point of south africa cape town was in a bit more activity 3 more eastern sections this is where we've been saying want to 2 shots and thunderstorms similar story on choose day widely unsubtle across much of madagascar some heavy rains and warming up still in capes on wednesday a 35. when was the last time you were out on the streets protesting whether on line you feel the weight of the system going to walk through each and every luggage or layer further and further

flurries around but sunny into southern pakistan it is warm and sunny 22 the high temperature in karachi now one of the washout could develop through the gulf as we go through tuesday late in the day and this rain light is a pop up again by wednesday so taking a few showers across into dubai on into muscat and in fact images in muscat about 7 degrees below the average for this time of year meanwhile in doha it'll feel colder than that 20 celsius the winds picking up as we go through the middle of the week so we taping the top off that high of 20 that we had down into southern africa now being very warm into the southern point of south africa cape town was in a bit more activity 3 more eastern sections this is where we've been saying want to 2 shots and thunderstorms similar story on choose day widely unsubtle across much of madagascar some heavy rains and warming up still wednesday a 35. talk to al-jazeera we were told to get a lot between russia has this been addressed by turkey we listen what is the proposal of spain for a couple on you know we meet with global newsmakers and talk abou

cnn's gentleman mjumana karachis in baghdad. >> reporter: u.s.orces across this region on high alert this morning following that iranian atta attack. the air defenses across the middle east have been activated. in the hours after the strikes, we heard from a military official saying there were joint patrols, u.s. and iraqi forces patrolling outside their bases. and also in the skies, they had drones and attack helicopters overhead, over u.s. bases housing u.s. forces here. our team in baghdad just a short time after that saw an ac-130 gunship flying over central baghdad, that is where the green zone is. meanwhile, we've been seeing pictures emerging from the iranian capital in tehran where some people were out on the streets celebrating the attack, waving the iraqi and iranian flags. and that familiar chant of "death to america." there is a lot of concern. everyone in a state of high alert, not just when it comes to military targets but also for u.s. nationals across this region. we're hearing from the u.s. embassy in oman, jordan. they have put

jumanna karachi, we appreciate your reporting. you m jumanna, thank you. >> the islamic republic said it will respond militarily to the u.s.. the supreme leader said the country would retaliate against military sites. he also warned president trump against targeting iranian cultural sites. >> translator: for sure, no military staff, no american political center, no american military base, no american vessel in the world will be safe. if he says 52 sites, we say 300, and they're accessible to us. >> joining us now from washington, he is executive vice-president of the quincey institute of craft and author of "losing an enemy" obama, iran, and the tribe of diplomacy. we speak again. it's that kind of weak. there are so many strands had in what is an increasingly worrying situation. let's start with the iraqi prime minister and then we'll move on. he said he was scheduled to meet with qassem soleimani the morning he was killed. he said soleimani was bringing him a message from iran. he also said he'd received a phone call from donald

it was flying out of karachi. he had a flyaway prop and engine on fire, and brought it down.the other time, they changed the radio code, and he could not get his bearings by the time he was trying to get back to the base. his navigator took him down and it was a dead end, he was surrounded by mountains, so he had to do the tight turns to get out. so he ran out of fuel and had to ditch the plane on the way back. what i am wondering, what are the resources to read more and understand more about that aspect of the war? >> first, let me say that your father must've been an extraordinarily talented pilot and an extraordinarily brave man. we are grateful for the work that he did, even if he was a little bit expensive. it is ok. [laughter] you know, there are many, many books that one can turn to. this operation does not get a great deal of attention. it is a little bit dry, but the official history of the u.s. army air forces in world war ii, volume five, covers this in detail. i recommend lemay's memoir, which is a fascinating book and quite well written. he had a co-author who wa

days will be the rain and the snow that's on its way into northern pakistan but dry in the south in karachi with a high of 24. frank assessments the one good thing about these bushfires usage really wiping out the politics of climate change informed opinions economy i think is actually what's keeping donald trump afloat right now critical debate sequel on those do schoolchildren know what the law is all 'd about this argument is astonishingly patronize a in-depth analysis of the day's headlines this is the beginning of a new iraq of a new conscious and aware youth of that struggle against an ethnic sectarian kotor inside story on al-jazeera when the news breaks in the moment today the current government has lost trust to people they can't do anything because the protestors are against it when people to be cut by thought well who represent the loft shots proponents of brecht's it's drawing from the conservatives al-jazeera has teams on the ground right now hopes the meeting in paris will push politicians to create a competent and credible government to bring new moon documentaries and life m

my friend whose son daniel was so brutally and tragically killed in karachi, in an act of blatant and crew anti-semitism, we traveled the world promoting jewish/muslim dialog to improve understanding. we traveled all over the world and the high point came when we spoke in the house of lords in london, in an event hosted by a jewish christian and muslim lord. a powerful and successful development in jewish/muslim relations came when the scholar kessler appointed the founder and director for the first center for the study of muslim/jewish relations at cambridge. the doctor, with a ph.d. from cambridge university, played a significant role in building bridges and therefore checking anti-semitism by involving women and their families. first time ever it was happening on the ground level. so what are the lessons that i learned? i want to beliefly give a few points and hopefully they will give us ideas of how to move ahead. after decades of dealing with the subject, here are the lessons i learned. the first lesson was that anti-semitism is born of bigotry. bigotry comes from lack of knowled

saturday and maybe about the same really on sunday meanwhile out tools west or showers on the way to karachi with your high of 22. for the congolese the journey to what they call the border means unimaginable hardship i prefer to live don't be just a dream i got the cock into johnson life and live on a dangerous journey through the jungle and turn on to do a real job for nearly died. because of our children go to school and live because of the prank risking it all on the democratic republic of congo on al-jazeera. the latest news as it breaks this bushfire season is far from over but it's caused so much devastation across a stray. with detail coverage campaign a save a 100 soaps children and teenagers are sleeping on the streets of tires and feel as generalism senators are preparing for a briefing on the u.s. military strike and whatever response it may bring. to my. welcome back you're watching al-jazeera news hour and it will be a reminder of the main news today sultan qaboos been cited alcide who's ruled among since 1970 has died after what's believed to be a long illness he was 79. let's

my friend whose son was so brutally and tragically killed in karachi in an act of blatant and cruel anti-semitism, we traveled the world promoting jewish muslim dialogue to improve understanding. we traveled all over the world in the high point came when we spoke in the highly -- in the house of lords in london, in the event hosted by a jewish christian and muslim lord. it came from the renowned professor who -- who was a founder director for first center for stu study of muslim jewish relations at cambridge. the doctor involved the women and their families. first time ever it was happening on the ground level. so what are the lessons that i learned? i want to give awe few points and give us some ideas on how to move ahead. after decades of dealing with the subject. the first lesson was that anti-semitism is born of bigotry. bigotry comes from lack of knowledge. lack of understanding. very often, people who are anti-semitic they may have ethnic reasons, political reasons, but to me in the field i found most of them were coming from a sense of no knowledge. that allowed all kinds of stereotypes an