allow i'm maryam namazie this is al jazeera live from london also coming up it's a nice prime minister declared a state of emergency in the wake of cheese days bridge collapse which killed thirty eight people. cateye invest fifteen billion dollars into turkey's ailing financial markets as the leaders meet to discuss cooperation in ankara. we'll tell you how new york city is battling to save its iconic yellow taxis from the growing threat posed by apps like. afghanistan's president has condemned a suicide attack on an education center in kabul which has killed forty eight people many of the victims were young boys and girls studying for the university entrance exams it happened in a maneesh neighborhood leading some to suspect that i still might have been responsible though no armed group has claimed responsibility so far lawrence reports. kabul has been relatively peaceful in recent weeks but this was bad as anything the city has witnessed in months that's all it was a private building in the part of town where young men and women were studying for university exams the classroom was de

oh i maryam namazie in london here's a quick roundup of the top stories u.s. president donald trump has escalated a feud with turkey doubling steel and other minion taps as a monetary crisis pushes the country towards economic disaster at the heart of turkey's failing finances is its volatile currency which is foreign to a record. since the start of the year the turkish lira has lost thirty five percent of its value against the dollar most of that has happened since president rush of type one we took office with hugely expanded powers a month ago some cuss early reports from istanbul. turkey's president trajectory prior to an address this large rally and have this message for his citizens yes. if there is anyone who has dollars euros or gold. as you go exchange of prayers at our banks this is the national domestic battle this will be my people's response to those who have wage an economic war against us turkey's currency has lost more than thirty per cent of its value so far this year at least fifteen per cent of that was just on thursday night the turkish kan

alone my maryam namazie in london you're with al-jazeera also coming up. to. eighty two people now reported dead as a second big earthquake in a week it's the indonesian island of. six arrested after what venezuela's president says was an attempt to assassinate him using explosive drones. and why a rock music festival dubbed russia's woodstock is providing a stage for the kremlin is heavy weapons as well as heavy metal. follow our top story police in bangladesh a fight to gas at thousands of angry students rallying for an eighth straight day in the capital dhaka a demanding safest streets after two teenagers were killed by speeding buses last week the government has promised to crackdown on dangerous driving and the protests . and also pro-government activists have been attacking the demonstrators and journalists. and has long. student protesters have blocked streets and boggle desh for the past week they're demanding government action to improve road safety traffic accidents kill at least seven thousand bangladeshis every year to young students were knocked d

hello i'm maryam namazie in london here's a quick look at the top stories the u.s. secretary of state has announced a new action group to run its policy on iran after president trump withdrew from the nuclear deal in may this year my own bio says the group will report directly to the state department and will record all iran related activity which he described as violent and destabilizing for nearly forty years the regime in tehran has been responsible for tour in a violent and destabilizing behavior against the united states our allies our partners and indeed the iranian people themselves in may of this year president trump withdrew from the flood iran nuclear deal which built to restrain iran's nuclear progress or its campaigns of violence abroad in its place president represents a tutor a good bit of pressure deterrence and solidarity with the long suffering iranian people our hope is that one day soon we can reach a new agreement with iran but we must see major changes in the regimes behavior both inside and outside of its borders hundreds of u.s. newspapers hav

hello i'm maryam namazie and london here's a quick roundup of the top stories this hour tens of thousands of people in israel have been protesting against the controversial nation state law which defines israel is a jewish state and downgrades the arabic language this was the scene in tel aviv where people had been waving both israeli and druze flags critics say the new law tends israel's non jewish minorities into second class citizens andrew symonds was at the demonstration. it's rare to see demonstrations by the shrooms and these numbers are quite extraordinary it has to be said of one stage or being square was absolutely packed with people not only the troops but also jewish people who.

a low i maryam namazie in london you're with al-jazeera also coming up a mass funeral is held in yemen salad to city for the victims of a saudi and raunchy as strike that killed fifty one people forty of them children warnings of a humanitarian crisis in gaza as a taliban attack on the city enters its fourth day witnesses say dead bodies are littering the streets and zimbabwe's president makes his first public address since winning the spews election again blaming the opposition for inciting violence. well first to turkey where the central bank has intervened to stop the lira from weakening any further the current sea has lost more than forty percent against the dollar this year and a diplomatic dispute with the u.s. over a jailed pastor has only field the crisis on monday the central bank eased the rules around how banks manage the lira and promised loans for any banks that might need them the announcement helped pull the layer of back from a record low but there are still serious concerns about the overall state of turkey's economy in particular the president's opposition to raising

hello i'm maryam namazie this is the news hour live from london coming up unprecedented scenes in tel aviv tens of thousands rallied for a druze led protest against the controversial nation state lol yemen's hoofy rebels say they've used a drone to hit saudi arabia's king khalid targeting a runway the kingdom uses to launch its fighter jets. a leaked report reveals is forging ahead with its nuclear program and evading sanctions on a massive scale. on pole race with all the sports including a new boss for the african champions current site off takes over as coach of cameroon. we begin in israel where there's been a huge protest led by the druze community against the controversial nation state law which defines israel as a jewish state and downgrades the arabic language tens of thousands crammed into tel aviv rabin square on saturday waving druze flags and holding signs calling for the bill to be revote it's the first time in recent history that the druze who are considered fiercely loyal to the state have staged a large protest. this will not be changed should be changed over marigold

hello i'm maryam namazie this is the news hour live from london coming up in the next sixty minutes we're committed to a whole of government effort to change the reading regimes behavior secretary of state might pompei announces a new action group to run policy with iran after u.s. withdrawal from the nuclear deal. we are not going to the media strikes back against attacks by donald trump but he insists much of what the press says is fake news. farewell to the queen of soul the world pays its respects to aretha franklin who's died at the age of seventy six. in sport the spanish league announces plans to move a regular season going to the united states the first march could go there this season part of a fifteen year plan to promote the league in north america. the u.s. secretary of state has announced a new action group to run its policy on iran after president trump with drew from the nuclear deal in may this year might says the group will report directly to the state department and will record all iran related activity which he described as violent and destabilizing. for nearly forty ye

oh i maryam namazie this is al jazeera live from london also coming up the u.n. calls for a credible and transparent investigation into a saudi led coalition air strike that killed schoolchildren in yemen two palestinians shot and killed by israeli fire during protests at the gaza israel border. and dozens are injured during protests in bucharest as tens of thousands returned from over.

zero i'm maryam namazie in london here's a quick reminder of your top stories now thousands of people in tel aviv of been protesting against israel's controversial nation state law the north fishley affirms israel's jewish character but critics believe it makes non jewish minorities second class citizens it also proclaims the state's official language to be hebrew downgrading arabic to special status previously they were both official langley. stephanie decker has more. to add up here in tel aviv in the march robbery squad to the museum it's taken eyes by israeli palestinian think. of israel and there. for the castle a shot of the war there's a lot of jewish are you saying that they're not the direction. the message is wind energy. meanwhile a u.n. delegation has arrived in gaza for meetings with hamas in a bid to lower the tension with israel are expected to push for a more permanent cease fire the visit comes as funerals are held for three palestinians killed by israeli forces during friday protests at the gaza border it's the twentieth week that protests were held since the demonst

hello i'm maryam namazie and london you're with al-jazeera also coming up a vigil by anti-racist campaigners in the u.s. town of charlottesville a year after a white supremacist rally turned deadly the final hours of voting in the presidential election in mali for election workers all killed in attacks in the country. three two one zero. liftoff and the launch of the fastest manmade object in history the probe on blocking the scientific secrets of the sun. a come to the program our top story off to twenty two years of negotiations the leaders of russia iran kazakhstan azerbaijan and menaced on have signed an agreement on the legal status of the caspian sea it means the five countries can move ahead with sharing out the resource rich in a body of water the largest in the world or a challenge reports now from moscow. with the signature of five leaders more than two decades of troubled waters could be receding into history the disputes over the legal status of the caspian sea has been churning since the collapse of the soviet union. in kazakhstan four of the u.s.s.r. successes states and iran t

no i maryam namazie in london you with al jazeera also coming up. with. the u.n. calls for an independent investigation as dozens of children are killed in a saudi led to as strike on yemen zimbabwe's opposition figure tendai biti says heal people in fighting off to being released on bail for inciting post-election violence and the u.s. government announces plans to create a major space force within the next two years. israel and hamas the palestinian group which controls the gaza strip of agree to a truce following a flare up of cross border fighting the truce was mediated by egypt and came into effect just under two hours ago this follows a day of violence which saw seven palestinians injured in israel as strikes and how mass rockets fired into southern israel our correspondent andrew symonds sent us this update from gaza. how mass has briefed a number of correspondents of his or included two separate officials saying that the truce was negotiated with the egyptian and u.n. involvement and that that truce let's say truce at this stage is not a long term ceasefir

i'm maryam namazie in london you're with al-jazeera also coming up searching for any sign of his son among those feared dead on a school bus hit by an air strike in yemen on thursday the leaders of spain and germany meet to discuss their vision of how to accommodate migrants arriving in europe and ready to travel one hundred fifty million kilometers and break temperatures of a thousand degrees we look at the probe that's flying into the face of the sun. in one of the largest joint jewish and arab demonstrations in the country's history tens of thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of tel aviv to protest against israel's controversial nation state law the law officially affirms israel's jewish character but critics believe it removes rights from non jewish minorities a bill passed last month was designed to enshrine israel as the nation state of the jewish people in the country's basic law the measure pushed through by prime minister benjamin netanyahu declares that the right to exercise national self-determination in israel is unique to the jewish people it also proclaims

hello i'm maryam namazie this is al jazeera life from london also coming up. rescue scramble to find survivors after sunday's deadly earthquake in indonesia ninety eight people are confirmed dead. daya warnings of disease flooding and landslides of bangladesh's overcrowded refugee camps unless conditions are improved for the remaining of muslims living there.

and i know i maryam namazie and london you know with al-jazeera also coming up. warnings of humor. tarrying crisis in gaza is a taliban attack on the afghan city enters its fourth day. a mass funeral is held in yemen saga city for the victims of a saudi amorality ass strike that killed fifty one people forty of them children. and a former white house aide comes under fresh fire from president trump after he describes as wacky. welcome to the program our top story the turkish president has accused the united states of betraying its allies as the country's currency crisis deepens the u.s. imposed sanctions on turkey over its refusal to extradite an american preacher the sanctions caused market turmoil for the euro which has lost more than forty percent against the dollar this year on monday the turkish central bank eased the rules around how banks manage their lira and promise loans for anyone that need them the announcement help pull back they are from record low but there is still grave concerns about the state of turkey's economy in particular the president's opposition to raising

and oh i maryam namazie in london you're with al-jazeera also coming up yemen to see rebels say they've used a drone to hit saudi arabia's king khalid abdalla targeting a runway the kingdom uses to launch its fighter jets. that leaked report reveals pyongyang is forging ahead with its nuclear program and evading sanctions on a massive scale. and bail is denied in zimbabwe fall position members charged with inciting post-election violence. we begin in israel where there's been a huge protest led by the druze community against the controversial nation state law which defines israel as a jewish state and downgrades the arabic language tens of thousands climbed into televisa are being square on saturday waving flags and holding signs calling for the bill to be revote it's the first time in recent history that the troops who are considered fiercely loyal to the state of staged a large protest. this will be cherished should be changed over the citizen is that i am. not to accept something else. because we are citizen bit doc said of army dude i want to do two year and we expect from the co th

hello i'm maryam namazie and london you're with al-jazeera also coming up we are not going to many. media strikes back against attacks by donald trump insists much of what the press says is fake news. and on the violent attack it's called bullets afghans bury the victims of wednesday's suicide bombing targeting students at an education center. it's not. and if our well for the queen of soul the world pays its respect to aretha franklin who's died aged seventy six. the u.s. secretary of state has announced a new action group to run its policy on iran after president trump withdrew from the nuclear deal in may this year might says the group will report directly to the state department and will record all iran related activity which she described as violent and destabilizing for nearly forty years the regime in tehran has been responsible for touring a violent and destabilizing behavior against the united states or our as our partners and indeed the iranian people themselves. in may of this year president trump withdrew from the flawed iran nuclear deal which failed to restrain iran's

zero zero i maryam namazie this is the news hour live from london coming up tens of thousands of jewish and palestinian israelis protest against a new law they say creates different classes of citizens. searching for any sign of his son among those feared dead on a school bus hit by an airstrike in yemen on thursday. the leaders of spain and germany meet to discuss their vision of how to accommodate migrants arriving in europe. and i'm tatiana franchise in doha with the sports as chelsea start the new english premier league season with a bang by hammering hardass failed bottom plenty more later in the program. i'll come to the program our top story thousands of people in tel aviv have been protesting against israel's controversial nation state law the law officially affirms israel's jewish character but critics believe it removes rights from non jewish minorities the bill passed last month was designed to in shrine israel as the nation state of the jewish people in the country's basic law all the measure pushed through by prime minister benjamin netanyahu declares that the right to exer

now i maryam namazie this is al jazeera live from london also coming up we are not going to the media strikes back against attacks by donald trump but he insists much of what the press says is fake news. it's a. farewell to the queen of soul the world pays its respects to a wreath of franklin and the architect of india's nuclear program dies at the age of ninety three. welcome to the program our top story the u.s. secretary of state has announced a new action group to run its policy on iran after president trump withdrew from the nuclear deal in may this year my own bio says the group will report directly to the state department and will record all iran related activity which he described as violent and destabilizing for nearly forty years the regime in tehran has been responsible for tour in a violent and destabilizing behavior against the united states or our allies or partners and indeed the iranian people themselves in may of this year president trump withdrew from the flawed iran nuclear deal which failed to restrain iran's nuclear progress or its campaigns of violence abroad. in

a low i'm maryam namazie in london you know with al jazeera also coming up. rescuers scramble to find survivors after sunday's deadly earthquake in indonesia ninety eight people are confirmed dead. canada stands by its human rights comments despite saudi arabia freezing all new trade and ordering the country's ambassador out. on which we're going to learn about one point where a very cuddly barrel enemy of the state china bans and new movie starring winnie the pooh's. iran is bracing for the first round of u.s. sanctions to come into force following donald trump's withdrawal from the two thousand and fifteen nuclear deal the timing couldn't be what staff is struggling to deal with a faltering economy the reale has lost half of its value since april inflation is high unemployment is getting worse and sporadic protests have been reported across the country and this is just the first round of sanctions. access to u.s. bank notes will be blocks cars carpets and foodstuffs will no longer be imported into the us. iran will be blocked from buying and selling gold pr

oh i maryam namazie this is al jazeera live from london also coming up the u.n. calls for a credible and transparent investigation into a saudi led coalition air strike that killed schoolchildren in yemen two palestinians shot and killed by israeli fire during protests at the gaza israel border. and dozens are injured during protests in bucharest as tens of thousands returned from overseas to demand the government resign. come to the program our top story u.s. president donald trump has escalated a feud with turkey doubling stale and adamantium tariffs as a monetary crisis pushes the country towards economic disaster at the heart of turkey's failing finances is its a volatile currency which is now for until record since the start of the year the turkish lira has lost thirty five percent of its value against the dollar west of that has happened since president russia type one we took office with hugely expanded powers a month ago well under one has now its citizens to sell their dollars and buy the lira instead to prop up the economy reports from istanbul. turkey

a low i maryam namazie and london with al-jazeera also coming up the un calls for a credible and transparent investigation into a saudi led coalition as strike that killed schoolchildren in yemen. two palestinians shot and killed by israeli fire during protests of the gaza israel border. and zimbabwe's presidential inauguration is delayed after the opposition challenges the election result in court. where u.s. president donald trump has escalated a feud with turkey doubling steel and alan minium tariffs as a monetary crisis pushes the country towards economic disaster at the heart of turkey's failing finances is its volatile currency which has fallen to a record low since the start of the of the turkish lira has lost thirty five percent of its value against the dollar most of that has happened since president. took office with huge expanded power as a month ago. citizens to sell their dollars and buy the lira instead to prop up the system. new reports from istanbul. turkey's president for just a proud john addressed this large rally and have this massive for his citizens yes . if there is an

a low i'm maryam namazie this is the news hour live from london coming up in the next sixty minutes forty eight people many of them young students have been killed in a suicide attack in afghanistan's capital. cats are invest fifteen billion dollars into turkey's ailing financial markets as the leaders meet to discuss cooperation in ankara. a sneeze prime minister declares a state of emergency in the wake of tuesday's bridge collapse which killed thirty nine people. and sport a royal enough let's go madrid call be separated in your life a super cup the city rivals or level it with a much of a start now an extra. afghanistan's president has condemned a suicide attack on an education center in kabul which has killed forty eight people many of the victims were young boys and girls studying for their university entrance exams happened in a mainly shia neighborhood leading some to suspect that might have carried out the attack but no claims have been made so far lawrence lee reports. has been relatively peaceful in recent weeks but this was bad as anything the city has witnessed in months the

hello i'm maryam namazie in london here's a quick look at the top stories but he's in bangladesh if i take gas at thousands of angry students rallying for an eighth straight day in the capital dhaka they are demanding safer streets after two teenagers were killed speed by. adding buses last week the government has promised to crack down both on dangerous driving and the protest as. indonesian officials say at least thirty nine people have died after a magnitude seven earthquake hit a popular tourist island of lombok video from the island shows people running from damaged buildings a tsunami warning was in place but has since been lifted. venezuela's interior minister says six people have been arrested over what's described as an assassination attempt on the president nicolas maduro was speaking at a military parade in the capital on saturday when an apparent explosion interrupted the event the president accuses colombia and a group of american finance he is of trying to kill him the u.s. denies involvement. with respect to what happened last afternoon look it could be a lot of things

how i maryam namazie and london here's a quick reminder of the top stories a saudi amorality coalition air strike has hit a possible a school children in yemen it happened and who is the other province alf ministry says fifty people have been killed and red cross says it's received the bodies of twenty nine children all of them under the age of fifteen saudi that coalition has released a statement saying the strikes were aimed at legitimate targets have been calls for the attack to be investigated we've seen these reports it's very important as we said repeatedly that all parties to the conflict in yemen adhere to international humanitarian law where the reason instead of this sort it's important its investigative story and the conclusions that investigation. from be called into that in this instance is one. in the last half hour a palestinian official has said israel and hamas have agreed on a truce to end a flare up in violence in gaza the truce is due to come into effect in less than fifteen minutes time at twenty forty five g.m.t. it comes after israeli aircraft struck more than on

hello i'm maryam namazie and london you're with al-jazeera also coming up we are not going to be. media strikes back against attacks by donald trump insists much of what the press says is fake.

hello i'm maryam namazie in london here the top stories now a saudi m.r.c. coalition air strike has hit a bus full of school children in yemen it happened in who's the al saud of province its health ministry says fifty people have been killed the red cross says it has received the bodies of twenty nine children all of them under the age of fifteen saudi that coalition has released a statement saying the strikes were aimed at legitimate targets i'm going to do is following developments from djibouti. you know still wearing his backpack this boy was in a minibus full of children i didn't want to go in and school out in australia but i was their boss drove through a busy. city and saw the problems who was targeted by asterix both the t.v. station accuse the saudi and but out to that coalition of launching that. aid agencies say most of the dead are children under the age of ten that united national security council and the all the member states they should hold all pressure on both the warring parties to this song yes rights and sailings and civilians most peop

hello i'm maryam namazie this is the news hour live from london coming up in the next sixty minutes turkey's central bank swings into action to stop the lira from plunging but the fear has already spread world markets hit a one month. warnings of a humanitarian crisis in gaza me as a taliban attack on the city enters its fourth day witnesses say dead bodies are littering the streets a mass funeral is held in yemen saga city for the victims of a saudi strike that killed fifty one people forty of them children. in sport brooks has won a second major goal title of the year kept holding off an inspired choice awards to win the u.s. p.g.a. championship. we begin in turkey where the central bank has intervened to stop the lira from weakening further the currency has lost more than forty percent against the dollar overall this year and the diplomatic dispute with the u.s. over a jailed pastor has only fueled the crisis on monday the central bank eased the rules around how banks manage their lira and promised loans for any banks that need them the announcement helped pull the currency back from a re

low i maryam namazie in london with al jazeera also coming up the u.n.calls for a credible and transparent investigation into a saudi led coalition as strike that killed schoolchildren in yemen. two palestinians shot and killed by israeli fire during protests of the gaza israel border. and zimbabwe's presidential inauguration is delayed off to the opposition challenges the.

hello i'm maryam namazie this is the news hour live from london coming up in the next sixty minutes a vigil by anti-racist campaigners in the u.s. town of charlottesville a year after a white supremacist rally turned deadly. after twenty two years of negotiations an agreement is signed which could finally settle a territorial dispute over the caspian sea. polls are closing in the presidential election in mali security is tight the threats of violence. three two one zero. liftoff. the launch of the fastest manmade object in history the probe and locking the scientific secrets of the sun. and i'm tatiana fronted than doha with all of the day's top english premier league champions manchester thirteen top than you think and with a victory over off no bottom or later death needs our. we begin in the united states where dozens of activists and residents have held a vigil in the u.s. city of charlottesville to mark the one year anniversary of a deadly white supremacist rally in washington d.c. far right groups and counter protesters are expected to hold separate rallies outside the white hou

hello i'm maryam namazie in london you're with al-jazeera also coming up six years on from a military coup the people of mali vote in a runoff election to pick the new president. under thomas in the northeastern indian state open where there's real concern about a new register of citizens which is left million people off it's their concerns they're about to be made statements. three two one zero. liftoff. at nasa's latest mission is underway to send a probe to unlock the scientific secrets of the sun. after twenty two years of negotiations the leaders of russia iran kazakstan azerbaijan and turkmenistan have signed an agreement on the legal status of the caspian sea it means the five countries can move ahead with sharing out the resource rich in the body of water the largest in the world or a challenge reports from moscow. with the signature of five leaders more than two decades of troubled waters could be receding into history the disputes over the legal status of the caspian sea has been churning since the collapse of the soviet union. in kazakstan four of the u.s.s.r. successor sta

time it has escalated quickly or right let's look at some other international news headlines now maryam namazie is in london with. a that kemal yes we begin italy where one person has been killed and dozens of others injured after two trucks collided on a motorway in the northern city of belonging the crash near the airport sent a huge ball of fire and bellows of black smoke into the air and caused a bridge on the motorway to collapse one of the trucks is believed to have been carrying flammable material firefighters a battling the flames and roads around the area have also been closed off well now in pakistan the party of iran contra reka and stuff is meeting to officially nominate him as prime minister former cricketer emerged as the winner of last month's general election after vying to transform the country and to fight corruption kemal high has the details from the capital islamabad. all. three at the general election august on thirty can solve had a meeting of the parliamentary committee called by the chairman emraan conduct committee unanimously nominating him for the prime ministership

here we have an occasional series on al-jazeera called the big picture and there is this episode maryam namazie hosting it from our studios in the shard in london it is called the battle for venezuela are examining the present day crisis by exploring the divisions rooted in its past studio guests experts plus in the field reporting it is the type of in-depth stuff which if i can say so we do really well here it out is there have a look for yourself the battle for venezuela the big picture it's in the documentary section at al-jazeera dot com. now at least fifty people have been killed in eastern ethiopia where government forces moved in to arrest regional leaders in the somali region of ethiopian a federal troops took control of the capital of that region jigga after being met with resistance by paramilitary forces loyal to the local government there's been reports of looting rioting in the burning of churches a province plagued by violence for thirty years after a bid for secession in the region so the region itself does need a little explaining they call it variously things that the state of

hello i'm maryam namazie in london you're with al-jazeera also coming up cutting off the supply that provides a lifeline for gaza israel stops trucks entering the strip. i'm adrian brown in the heart of trying to country where local farmers so they've got a lot to thank president trying to find out why on al-jazeera. take a look at drill rap music import from chicago that critics say incites violence. welcome to the program our top story zimbabwe's electoral commission is saying that it will announce presidential results in the coming hours after official observers get to move fast to avoid further violence but nice of sealed off the opposition party headquarters and cleared the streets in the capital harare to protest left three people dead on wednesday when soldiers opened fire on opposition supporters presidential front runners amisom and god nelson chamisa need to win by more than fifty percent in order to avoid a runoff opposition leader nelson chamisa went to visit people who were injured on wednesday speaking outside the hospital he said he expects to be declared president . w