ramadan give a message for the muslim community worldwide i like the month of ramadan it enables me to display in myself is not very easy to fast in this country during the month of may and june but denying the food is good for the mind and good for the body fasting is one of the pillars of islam now we would be celebrating eat depending on the food sighting of the moon is a great occasion is a cajun and families get together and they go to the mosque and say their prayers and they're hugging each other they're hugging each other because they are very very happy so i would like to wish all you have yours and don't forget there are over a billion muslims in this country in central asia and russia even though a lot of muslims even at one time desire actually told to becoming a muslim i don't know whether you know the story but he said we don't know when you found out that drinking alcohol is prohibited there's changes my decided to remain a christian so alike to everybody in every part. this global world of ours i enjoy your fasting i mean enjoy good for the mind and of course enjoy the festival of eid so i like to wish everybody happy ramadan ramadan will be fired and of course happy even fit that when the asika thank you very much thank you so much world shape of over fifty years has been entered by a nice person who was the first female moose a member of the house of parliament. find a sit in welcome to alex i'm sure it's lovely to have you on now you are the first woman muslim appear in the house of lords and it's been twenty years i think center for center the house of lords what's it like. thank you very much is a real you know a real pleasure to be here real good to see you if you'd asked me twenty years ago i think i would probably say exactly the same thing. it's a great platform for myself as an activist it's a great platform for continuing the work that i did for twenty years before i came into the house of lords but it's been challenging from day one it's about a sit in you speak of challenges and of course you must mean that as a women and also as a muslim and parliament when you talk about that what you mean i

ramadan biffen expectations are not necessarily the case the eve might be to morrow inshallah i will take you five years to understand thought if i may come to you for us a bit about what ramadan is all about it and why we do what we did in this twenty one . all of the whole this month for muslims around the world and actually the literal meaning of ramadan is to the burning which means that the it's a symbol of the purification that we're going through saw the purification of ourselves so similarly that where you have gold it's purified through the process of burning and refining and purifying similarly we as a similar process where you're refining ourselves and you purifying ourselves and you have a stripping about all of our wants and desires to do to the best that we can and in the ways that god has asked us to do so observing from first that we can appreciate better study for motors that we can appreciate the value of water better. being even cruel to anyone or saying the wrong word to someone or rising to our own if someone's putting us all of those things that the things that we have to try and control during the month of ramadan and we also tend to take that month as a month of really exceeding in good deeds because we believe that the rewards are money fold. and ramadan so everything that we do we feel that there was so much mor

ramadan it is ramadan indeed is currently being observed monica by muslims around the world the islamic holy month is a period of fasting during the day and often feasting when the sun goes down but opinions over whether children should take part is divided at least here in germany visited a school early in elementary school where most children come from muslim families and found that some are stricter than others when it comes to obeying the rules of ramadan. it's lunch time but at this elementary school most of fire and north can't eat or drink water even though it's one of the hottest days all year because they are fasting. and i don't want to because my mother weeks me up at two in the morning then i'm out the exact time changes there's an extra counter for that and i continue till three am it's ok to eat at that time then i go back to sleep. and. it's not that bad because i don't get that hungry. most of the children in this berlin school come from muslim families not all of them are strict when it comes to obeying the rules of ramadan. and they're not statement in the middle of the night you wake up and eat as much as you can then your stomach stretches because it's full and the next day it constricts and that's bad for your health that's why i think fasting is not a good idea stretch this first happened i fasted at school in the past but my mum told me if it's too hot and the sun is shining brightly then i should stop fasting stacke

ramadan. during ramadan, muslims do not eat or drink between sunrise and sunset.hen they enjoy a meal called it's hard to break the fast. that's what's happening at the white house this wednesday. for the first time since president trump took office. so far no guest list has been released. >>> president bill clinton first hosted the dinners in the 1990s. president trump and president bush continued this tradition. >>> the first red flag for you would be if it is too good to be true, then it probably is. >> still to come how scam artists are preying on migrant workers by making promises they cannot keep. >> plus the police officer that's out of the job for the tactic he used to end in his pursuit. in the face of senseless violence, we need hope. i'm jeff bleich. preventing violence has long been my cause. after columbine, i led president clinton's youth violence commission. i joined joe biden to reduce domestic violence, helping boys become men. i beat the nra in court, defending gun laws that save lives. today, a new generation is rising, and this is our moment. i

ramadan. and last year, president trump received a lot of criticism when he became the first president in two decades not to host an official ramadan dinner. in response, trump said, "i have no problem with ramadanike muslims." but it looks like this year, he's changing his tune. >> tomorrow, president trump will host a dinner recognizing the muslim holy month of ramadan. the event was not held last year. the move is a return to white house tradition. so far, a guest list has not been made available. >> trevor: yay! president trump making ramadan great again. for more on this news, we wandered around the building and pulled in the first muslim we saw. han minhaj, every ( cheers and applause ) what's up, hasan. >> what's up, man? >> trevor: so, hasan, the white house ramadan dinner is back on thar officially. how big of a deal is this? >> i mean, it's huge, trevor. ramadan is the month when muslims cleanse themselves by fasting all day. that means no eating, no drinking, no cursing, and definitely no face filters. we know yore not a puppy. no lying during the holy month, okay! ramadan is like lent and yom kippur combined. it's the ultramarathon of sacrifice. so it's nice when the president acknow

ramadan biffen expectations are not necessarily the case the eve might be to morrow inshallah i will take you five years to understand father if i may come to you for us a bit about what ramadan is all about right and why we do what we do taking the twenty one percent of those all of the whole this month for muslims around the world and actually the literal meaning of ramadan is to the burning which means that the it's a symbol of the purification that we're going through saw the purification of ourselves so similarly that where you have gold it's purified through the process of burning and refining and purifying similarly we as a similar process where your refining ourselves and you purifying ourselves and you have to strip in about all of all worlds and desires to do the best that we can and in the ways that god has asked us to do so observing from first that we can appreciate better solely for mortars that we can appreciate the value of water better before being even cruel to anyone or saying the wrong word to someone or rising to or if someone's upsetting us all of those things that the things that we have to try and control during the month of ramadan and we also tend to take that month as a month of really exceeding in good deeds because we believe that the rewards are money fold. to fight in them and ramadan so everything that we do we feel that the

breaking his ramadan fast with his family this year they're observing ramadan as refugees along with hundreds of thousands of other crammed into this camp in cox's bazaar. last year in ramadan it wasn't so difficult in our home village in myanmar at least we could get all the basic essentials like fish meat and vegetables but over here we just can't afford them now we only have rice lentils cooking oil that we get from the aid agencies it's really difficult here. it's the monsoon season heavy rains and winds lashed down on the flimsy tents turning the ground into deep mud that's why aid agencies are trying to build new sturdier housing this is a safer location away from the hills which are vulnerable to landslides and some of the refugees are being hired to help build their new homes. and our community is facing a lot of challenges many of us are living on bindra skills in rough terrain and the bad weather conditions put our lives at risk now where making new homes in a city for zones to accommodate some of the range of families. the expansion of the camps also means that no one is expecting the right to be returning home to me and mar any time soon they're almost a million

ramadan, the president released a ramadan message the talked about rejecting violence inciting terrorism. that offended a lot of folks in the muslim community still outraged over the pres.'s muslim travel ban and the rhetoric that he used to defend it. >> i think islam hates us. there is something there that is a tremendous hatred, tremendous hatred. we have to get to the bottom of it. donald j trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the united states until our countries representatives can figure out what the hell is going on. when it comes to radical islamic terrorism ignorance is not bliss. it is deadly. totally deadly. >> reporter: this year the ramadanessage had a much different tone noting the richness muslims add to the religious tapestry of american life. that was not enough for many muslim organizations that ball to the pres.'s plan to host a dinner for robert on saying they would not attend even if they were inflated. groups even organized a protest across the street from 1600 pennsylvania ave. saying in the event description donald trump is attacked muslims since the beginning of his campaign and codified his islam a phobia with the muslim band, now he wants to make nice after skipping the tradition last year. one of the nation's oldest little organizations disagrees with that strategy. a spokesman tells fox news muslim americans should rise above bitterness against trump and exercise this opportunity to communicate what our vision is for a better america and a better world. that is what ramadan is all about. the ambassadors from more than a dozen muslim nations, donald trump thanked them for their friendship and cooperation.

breaking his ramadan fast with his family this year they're observing ramadan as refugees along with hundreds of thousands of other crammed into this camp in cox's bazaar. last year in ramadan it wasn't so difficult in our home village in myanmar at least we could get all the basic essentials like fish meat and vegetables but over here we just can't afford them now we only have rice lentils cooking oil that we get from the aid agencies it's really difficult here. it's the monsoon season heavy rains and winds lashed down on the flimsy tents turning the ground into deep mud that's why aid agencies are trying to build new sturdier housing this is a safer location away from the hills which are vulnerable to landslides and some of the refugees are being hired to help build their new homes. our community is facing a lot of challenges many of us are living on bindra skills in rough terrain and the bad weather conditions put our lives at risk now where making new homes in a safe zone to accommodate some of the range of families. the expansion of the camps also means that no one is expecting their agenda to be returning home to me in mar anytime soon there are almost a million of th

loud in the build up to this game and of course today is the holy day of ramadan aid which signals the end of the month of ramadan and so of course both these nations being muslim majority countries the fans were in the fans today and were keen to show their love and wish each other well. i like you don't have to be so much i mean you miss the old days they existed so well until the. old friends of you all the friends outside of the soccer match you know. i like to wish all the fellow muslims a happy pleasure to the moroccans our opponents today. a lot of sugar and he says you know people we don't i mean. we're going to be great. but i think. now that came to be take place behind me in this stadium will be a group b. of course spain and portugal also in the same group but this games expected to be tight two teams with very impressive defensive records in the qualifying stages before this tournament so and they'll be hoping to keep it as tight as possible and perhaps try to nick a goal at the end but again my colors for really to the iranian must. ok i know you're staying powerful fronting second from venus for no

ramadan and a separate report on the reaction. at the white house wednesday night president donald trump and guests observe the muslim tradition of breaking a day long fast during ramadan by sharing a meal tonight we give thanks for the renewed bonds of friendship and cooperation we have forged with our valued part is from all across the middle east the white house would say who received these forty invitations but the council on american islamic relations said none of their members got one how can we say no to that so they held a counter dinner across the street in lafayette park it's not an american muslim advance and really it just shows that the same ministration is not willing to reach out to american muslims. president trump's contentious relationship with the muslim community began during his campaign and deteriorated immediately after taking office with a series of travel bans that targeted muslim majority countries. e.g. . the proposed ban sparked protests and outrage in cities across america the us supreme court will soon begin hearing legal challenges to them last year president drew additional criticism for being the first president in recent history to break the tradition of inviting muslim leaders to the white house during ramadan the koran teaches that islam is a commitment to live in peace hillary clinton as first lady hosted the first holiday dinner in one thousand nine hundred ninety six as a way of reaching out to the muslim world both presidents george bush and barack obama continue the tradition in honoring these familiar values together of peace and charity and forgiveness we affirm that whatever our faith we're all one family . president trump did strike a more conciliatory note with the muslim community last month when he extended a greeting at the beginning of ramadan but some muslims wish the president would extend that kind of geniality to his policies dion estabrook al-jazeera washington . and watching al-jazeera these are top stories and overcrowded people smugglers but it has capsized off the coast of yemen killing at least forty six refugees and migrants un's migration agency says the group of mostly ethiopians was on its way to yemen and elsewhere hoping to find work the problem is it because

breaking his ramadan fast with his family this year they're observing ramadan as refugees along with hundreds of thousands of other ranger crammed into this camp in cox's bizarre. last year in ramadan it wasn't so difficult in our home village in myanmar at least we could get all the basic essentials like fish meat and vegetables but over here we just can't afford them now we only have rice lentils cooking oil that we get from the aid agencies it's really difficult here. it's the monsoon season heavy rains and winds lashed down on the flimsy tents turning the ground into deep mud that's why aid agencies are trying to build new sturdier housing this is a safer location away from the hills which are vulnerable to landslides and some of the refugees are being hired to help build their new homes. our community is facing a lot of challenges many of us are living on bindra spills in rough terrain and the bad weather conditions put our lives at risk now where making new homes in a city for zone their comedy some of the range of families. the expansion of the camps also means that no one is expecting their agenda to be returning home to me in mar anytime soon there are almost a million of

ramadan. instead, he released her and albert ramadan message that talked about rejecting violence in fighting terrorism. that offended a lot of folks in the muslim community, who were still outraged over the president's so-called muslim travel ban and the rhetoric that he used to defend it. >> i think islam hates us. there's something -- there is something there, there is tremendous hatred there. there is a tremendous hatred. we have to get to the bottom of it. >> donald j. trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the united states until our countries representatives can figure out what the hell is going on. >> when it comes to radical islamic terrorism, ignorance is not bliss. it's deadly. totally deadly. >> this year, the president's ramadanad a much different tone, noting the richness muslims add to the religious tapestry of americans life. that was not enough for many muslim organizations, though, who paul for the president's plan to host a dinner for ramadan this year, and said they would not attend even if they were invited. groups even organized a protest across the street from 1600 pennsylvania avenue tonight, saying, and their event description, president trump has attacked muslims since the beginning of his campaign and codified his obama phobia with the muslim man. now he wants to make nice and host a iftar dinner after skipping it last year. one of the nation's oldest muslim organization disagrees with the strategy. a spokesman told fox news, muslim americans should rise above bitterness against trump exercises opportunity to communicate clearly what our vision is for a better america, and a better world. that is what ramadan is all about. the ambassadors for more than a dozen muslim nations did attend tonight's

breaking his ramadan falls with his family this year they're observing ramadan as refugees along with hundreds of thousands of other crammed into this camp in cox's bazaar. last year in ramadan it wasn't so difficult in our home village in myanmar at least we could get all the basic essentials like fish meat and vegetables but over here we just can't afford them now we only have rice lentils cooking oil that we get from the aid agencies it's really difficult here. it's the monsoon season heavy rains and winds lashed down on the flimsy tents turning the ground into deep mud that's why aid agencies are trying to build new sturdier housing this is a safer location away from the hills which are vulnerable to landslides and some of the refugees are being hired to help build their new homes. and our community is facing a lot of challenges many of us are living on bindra spills in rough terrain and the bad weather conditions put our lives at risk now where making new homes in a safe zone to accommodate some of the range of families. the expansion of the camps also means that no one is expecting their agenda to be returning home to me in mar anytime soon there are almost a million o

breaking his ramadan fast with his family this year they're observing ramadan as refugees along with hundreds of thousands of other crammed into this camp in cox's bazaar. last year in ramadan it wasn't so difficult in our home village in myanmar at least we could get all the basic essentials like fish meat and vegetables but over here we just can't afford them now we only have rice lentils cooking oil that we get from the aid agencies it's really difficult here. it's the monsoon season heavy rains and winds lashed down on the flimsy tents turning the ground into deep mud that's why aid agencies are trying to build new sturdier housing this is a safer location away from the hills which are vulnerable to landslides and some of the refugees are being hired to help build their new homes. our community is facing a lot of challenges many of us are living on bindra spills in rough terrain and the bad weather conditions put our lives at risk now where making new homes in a safe zone or comedy some of the range of families. the expansion of the camps also means that no one is expecting their agenda to be returning home to me in mar anytime soon there are almost a million of them he

ramadan will bark u.s. president bill trump marks the muslim holy month of ramadan with an if. our dinner at the white house will tell you why some people are protesting outside the event. welcome to the program iraq's parliament has ordered a manual recount of every vote cast in last month's elections that comes the day after prime minister. said there had been serious violations parliament also approved the cancellation of overseas votes and those of displaced people in some provinces and it sank to the election commission charles stratford reports from baghdad. allegations of voter fraud have been mounting since the may the twelfth parliamentary elections but no one expected this iraq's parliament voted for a total manual recount of all ballots across the country and to cancel results gathered strew the electronic voting system that was used in the poll there are fears for the political stability of the country if the recount is vastly different to the original result and. i believe we are about to witness much changing dynamics and variables and could also be dangerous some

ramadan will barak why there are protests as u.s. president donald trump marks the holy month of ramadan with an if tards and. fellow iraq's parliament has ordered a manual recount of every vote cast and last month's elections it comes a day after prime minister had that he said. there had been serious violations parliament also approved the cancellation of overseas votes and those of displaced people in some provinces and itzhak the election chemists and charles stratford reports from baghdad. allegations of voter fraud have been mounting since the may the twelfth parliamentary elections but no one expected this iraq's parliament voted for a total manual recount of all ballots across the country and to cancel results gannett's through the electronic voting system that was used in the poll there if it is for the political stability of the country if the recount is vastly different to the original result of the new up when. i believe we are about to witness my changing dynamics and variables it could also be dangerous some political blocs might agitate the iraqi street and the country what plans are not restricted to the government alone there are proofs of frauds according to reports. the warnings have been clear from prime minister hydrilla body in his weekly news conference on tuesday he banned all high ranking members of the election commission from traveling abroad he said a ministerial committee had found what he called dangerous violations juror in the election yet it did criminal charges might be brought against those responsible on wednesday parliament voted to freeze the work of senior election commission members nine judges will be delegated to oversee the manual recount instead. prime minister hyderabadi has blamed the electronic voting system for this crisis he says that it proves that the system was not properly tested before the vote now it's believed the manual recount across this country could take at least two weeks and that means the process of forming a new coalition government will be delayed. by. roxanne farman firm aiyana is a lecturer in politics and international studies at the university of cambridge she says the recount is a good first step there was a great deal of concern about the corruption and also the credibility of running this particular election especially as in kirkuk for example there will be a further election coming forth in december about it status and then till something like this restores confidence something like that is very difficult to conduct it's already sparked a number of demonstrations all over the country and particularly in the north so one would imagine that will continue and in fact this will prolong the process of the entire electoral not only count but the outcome therefore who is going to be politicking in order to create if it's government which by the rules of the constitution is in any case a long drawn out process and at least ten people including two children have been killed from twin bombings in a baghdad stronghold off most of the sudden. the bombs were detonated near a shiite mosque in baghdad suburb city districts iraq's interior ministry called it a terrorist attack no group has claimed responsibility. jordan's incoming prime minister has pledged to work with other parties to reach a tax law that will suit everyone despite that promise thousands of people rallied near the prime minister's office in amman for a seventh straight night they're angry over a tax plan they say hurts the poor and the middle class business owners and nicaragua's capital are calling for a national strike to pressure the government to end its crackdown on protesters nearly one hundred thirty people have been killed since demonstrations began in april many well it up no reports from managua. at the busy minute gaggle would be undone open air market in my now while thousands of vendors and shop owners are preparing for an act of civil disobedience a majority of the small business owners say they will no longer pay taxes or utility bills until the government commits to ending the violence that's gripped the country for the last six weeks the thought of a long war by adding the i one we're not going to pay for electricity because that's the money the government used to pay kidnappers in killings the land ahead is owns a shop here and is one of the organizers of the action and. money will no longer be used to move to our own people with more than twenty thousand shops and stands the middle is the largest open air market in central america it generates hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue and taxes every year it lend us says the civil disobedience is the most peaceful and efficient way to protest what i mean that. action as business owners is to apply pressure in a legal way that means declaring civil disobedience and not paying taxes. not everyone at the market is on board with the strike some vendors here blamed the demonstrators for inciting the unrest knowing it was you know way i will not participate in the disobedience we want to pay for so that we can all whip to pace fully. outside the market anti-government demonstrations to. take place every day dozens of barricades have been set up by protesters along roadways across the country donna the director of the naked eye when association of importers an expert who says the longer the crisis drags on the harsher the impact will be on the overall economy. if this conflict continues into the end of the year economic growth will probably drop by two percentage points this would potentially mean more the nine hundred million dollars in losses political unrest has spilled into some of nicaragua's most popular holiday destinations damaging the country's most important source of revenue tourism the government accuses right wing activists of infiltrating the protest movement in order to destabilize the government experts say it is still too soon to determine the impact of the unrest has had on commerce construction and tourism but they do agree that every day the conflict drags on is another step backwards for the people of my made up of. my one homes are still being evacuated in guatemala three days after the four hugo volcano erupted at least ninety nine people have been killed and hundreds are missing rescuers have been sifting through a hot ass in search of survivors david mercer reports from the disaster zone. trapped in a state of uncertainty the family gathers together to wait for news of their loved ones daughter sons brothers nieces and nephews haven't been seen since the flag over ok knows violent eruption now more than three days have passed since the deadly explosions and the family is prepared for the worst said what he had on this he say spare sort of thing in a way sixteen people died in the house there will be a brotherhood even went to giving just one single house and then. we still haven't heard anything about them. rather than wait for news out of road decided to join the search he walked. for hours to the disaster zone hoping to get close to his brother's house but the ash was too hot and the house too far up the volcano alberto was forced to turn back but alvarado isn't the only one who put themselves at risk to search for his missing family on tuesday we met others looking for answers in the disaster zone. where this man was searching for his pregnant daughter and given to me. my daughter live here but nobody has found her that's why we're here struggling to find her her husband of thirteen family members living with them and they're also missing. hundreds of people from the town of san miguel is last days are still missing but with the meters thick layer of ash and mud carpeting much of the town the hope of finding survivors is gone now the question is how to prevent more disasters like this one here is demonstrate more so i mean i mean there's a lot of broken it material that has built up we calculate is around fifteen to twenty kilometers with this material this material needs to come out and the more material accumulates it will also have to come out this is a recipient. this tragedy has brought guatemalans together in a country beset by natural disasters uncertainty about the future is one feeling shared by all david mercer al-jazeera a little mango what amala. the u.s. has evacuated two more employees from its consulates in the chinese city the chinese city of show they appear to have the same symptoms as a colleague who sustained a brain injury more than two weeks ago u.s. secretary of state michael peo says it was a result of a sonic attack similar to last year's cases in cuba. the us president donald trump whose rhetoric and policies have inflamed the muslim community hosted his first if hard center at the white house to celebrate ramadan but as diane is to brick reports the event is drawing sharp criticism from muslim groups. at the white house wednesday night president donald trump and guests observe the muslim tradition of breaking a day long fast during ramadan by sharing a meal tonight we give thanks for the renewed bonds of friendship and cooperation we have forged with our valued part is from all across the middle east the white house would say who received these forty invitations but the council on american islamic relations said none of their members got one how can we say no to so they held a counter dinner across the street in lafayette park it's not an american muslim advance and really it just shows that the same ministration is not willing to reach out to american muslims. president trump's contentious relationship with the muslim community began during his campaign and deteriorated immediately after taking office with a series of travel bans that targeted muslim majority countries. e.g. . the proposed ba

people will be going for a community meal together to break fast for ramadan, people sharing a meal together, not just fast for ramadanbut people from different parts of the community. last night we saw g re nfell tower community. last night we saw grenfell tower being lit up at i2:5aam, the first time of that 999 call to report a small kitchen fire. nobody knew at that time it would be such a devastating catastrophe, something london had not seen since the second world war. and tonight as well, the tower we are sending just in front of, grenfell tower, will be lit up green again tonight, a real beacon in this community. green has become the colour, hasn't it? you can't really see anyone in the crowd without a green scarf, a green birth greenheart, that lady is holding up. it really is the colour that symbolises grenfell now. —— a green bow, a green heart. justice for grenfell, someone carrying one of those banners. that's one of the groups, of course, and one of the slogans of grenfell. people wanting justice. they want answers. the church service at st helens church earlier today was organised by humanity for grenfe

ramadan. for the world's 1.8 billion muslims, observing ramadan involves abstaining from food and drink during daylight hours. but according to a recent study by mps, ramadantar, the meal that ends a day of fasting during ramadan. you really appreciate the first sip of water you take and the first bite of food you have. it just makes you appreciate that actually you can eat. there is many, many out there that for them it is almost like ramadan every day. 0pen iftar began in london in 2013, and has spread to other cities in the uk, europe and america. it's a chance to break the fast, with friends, family, and strangers. abstinence and fasting are two key aspects of ramadan, probably the best known, but there is another pillar of islam, which means that ramadan is having a huge impact in other ways. we have a certain principle within our tenements of faith callaed zakat, which is where you have to give 2.5% of your wealth to the poor, to put to the needy. an all—party parliamentary group has been analysing the impact zakat is having on uk charities during ramadan. it's thought around £100 million is donated during the islamic holy month. the report says that

ramadan will barak . why there are protests as president trump marks the holy month of ramadan with an if dinner. and a sign of the time tallon n.f.l. player wrote off a white house snub with a powerful message that's coming up in school. the world's pollinate says are in decline. in this episode of trying we need entomologists on opposite sides of the planet protecting insects of all sizes crucial to preserving food chains. i've come to the u.k. to see how all industrial sites are being turned into bug reserves in an attempt to reverse this worrying trend. fighting insect to get on on al-jazeera. and monday put it well on the. u.s. and british companies have announced the biggest discovery of natural gas in west africa but what to do with these untapped natural resources is already a source of heated debate nothing much has changed they still spend most of their days looking forward to full dry river beds like this one five years on the syrians still feel battered or even those who managed to escape their country have been truly unable to escape the war. you know with the al-jazeera news and these are our top stories in yemen they have been new efforts to end the three year long civil war reuters news agency is reporting that peace plan is proposing the his hand over their weapons including their ballistic missiles and then the exchange there would be an end to the saudi a morality coalition's bombing campaign. jordan's new prime minister says he is close to withdrawing a controversial hike in taxes it's a key demand of protest has it been demonstrating for the past week on monday they forced the former prime minister to resign. afghanistan's president has announced a temporary ceasefire with the taliban coinciding with the end of ramadan but there's been no word so far from the group as to whether they agree. now it's a year since at least six farmers were killed in the northern indian city of man saw when police fired on them they'd been protesting about low protein prices an issue that persists today many on a honda has more. to do to. see its police beat his son to death it happened during a family's protest in the central indian city of months or last year his wife had just returned home from giving birth. never got to see his baby. i want justice my son should get justice my daughter in law deserves justice the culprits should be punished and hanged my son broke his head legs and hands down who will take care of his children. throughout for years families have been protesting against declining prices for. juice like milk sea doyle's vegetables and cereal they say they're struggling to survive and need loan waivers guaranteed minimum incomes and government help to get more for the produce. they had been loaned rif

ramadan fasts. of the world‘s longest ramadan fasts. when you work with food and you don‘t eat yet, of course, you feel hungry, yes. but it don‘t make me to break my day. if you believe in something, you don‘t worry, you know. you go for it. and so i believe in something. i believe in it. many of iceland‘s small muslim community have come over from countries like syria and algeria, where fasting hours tend to be shorter. despite the cooler temperatures here, however, the early sun rises and late summer sunsets mean those fasting only have a window of two to three hours in which to eat. here, at the islamic cultural centre of iceland, worshippers are encouraged to pay extra attention to their nutrition after the long hours of fasting. we usually start with... breaking our fast, we start with dates, and this is very good for the body because the sugar, it gives energy to the body so quick. and then we take some milk, we start prayer, and then we take our main meal after this. there are around 1,500 muslims living here in iceland, many of whom are breaking their fasts after nearly 20 hours without any food or water, and those days are going to get even longer as the month of ramadanate ease. but despite the early—morning starts and late—night finishes, many icelandic muslims like yaman will continue to observe the long fasts for the final two weeks of ramadan. it‘s a little bit hard, but we‘ve done it and everything is good, 0k? now i feel full, i can start my day tomorrow with fasting. athar ahmad, bbc news. a review of blood, stem cell and organ donation among black, asian and ethnic minority communities in england has found that demand is disproportionately high and supply is extremely low. the study — commissioned by labourmps — says there‘s a "silent crisis". in some communities, the review found a lack of awareness of the importance of becoming a donor. in a moment, the news at one with ben brown. first, the weather. thank you. glorious in some places and no complaints and temperatures matching the sunshine. in other places, the heat and humidity is sparking a lot of cloud development and heavy showers and thunderstorms again. still in the same circulation,

ramadan. although. in indonesia many gathered in most of the country for either prayers every year muslims observe ramadan by fasting from dawn to dusk in egypt eat coincides with the country's first appearance at the football welcomes the one nine hundred ninety and the atmosphere there in the capital was very festive for many holding balloons and the national flag despite them losing one. but for palestinians in gaza either is also a reminder of being under siege this holiday marks the beginning of the twelfth year of israel's blockade imran khan when families who are struggling to celebrate under difficult conditions. emerge a bed that gets his children ready for the religious festival of ied that follows a month of thought they headed to pray and to listen to speeches by representatives of hamas the defacto power here in gaza. immured lives near the border with israel but has never left. since march thirtieth he is taking part in and he's really protests along the border and seen many of his friends and neighbors injured by israeli snipers and tear gas this eat coincides with the start of the twelfth

ramadan. this is the end of ramadan in the next couple of days so this is a time a general celebration.y claiming responsibility, not the televangelist really goes to show that even more complex nature of afghanistan in recent months has isis has become a major player there. there were other attacks across the country that are associated with the taliban with this type of attack just before the cease-fire is about to go into effect shows that the real trouble that the u.s. and its allies in afghanistan are having to try to implement this new strategy is one thing to have the taliban and talking to the afghan government which is seen as a real positive step to be talking about a cease-fire, there are reports that are negotiations about some longer term but as long as isis is active in afghanistan, it shows you there is a real challenge to try to end the violence there. >> bill: conor powell, thank you. >> sandra: they say a picture is worth 1,000 words. with this photo from the g-7 summit tells us about u.s. relations with our closest allies. karl rove isere. heill weigh in on that next.

it give you any hope that this year the president will hold a ramadan dinner since we're here, hold it while we're in the month of ramadanast year the president broke with tradition and did not host the annual white house and no indication that he plans to reverse course and reinstate that this year. i think ultimately the fundamental point here is that the president's changed since the campaign. there was a great deal of speculation as to whether he would props mediate some of his words once he understand the power of the office and said you have seen him continuing to engage in some of the incendiary rhetoric any time that there is a terrorist attack and jumping to conclusions before we even have the appropriate intelligence and certainly you -- again, you've not seen this president ever apologize, so even as the white house expresses outrage, for example, the initial purpose postsegment over what samantha bee said about ivanka trump no, one in this administration has issued any apology for any statements that they have ever made. again, it goes back to the point that the tone is ultimately set from the top. >> it's sa

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pass through those countries most recently during the month of ramadan cattery citizens cannot perform a hedge or in this case and during ramadan so all those they lesions in addition to . other to the fact that other citizens cannot access their properties as well in the united arab emirates supposedly an open economy the united arab emirates is part of the surge convention that is a convention for hits all sorts of discrimination they shal discrimination and they have also consented to article twenty two of that convention which means that the united arab emirates needs to follow the jurisdiction jurisdiction of the international court of justice i would hope as to distort the rights of other the citizens not only citizens but also the residents of copper and we believe that the violations actually extend even to the citizens of the book in countries including the united at of them at its citizens the u.s. attorney general says immigrants escaping domestic abuse and gang violence will no longer be given asylum jeff sessions refused asylum to salvadoran woman whose husband raped and beat her for fifteen years the decision limi

mark the end of the holy month of ramadan all of whom all in indonesia and many gathered in most across the country for prayers every year muslims of the month of ramadan by fasting from dawn to dusk and in egypt millions of muslims are celebrating need as well as the country's first appearance in the world cup since one nine hundred ninety many who gathered in the capitals main square for prayers or the national team colors to mark the occasion. that russia has made a stunning start to football's world cup thrashing saudi arabia five nil in moscow president putin watched the match alongside the saudi crown prince mohammed bin silent as well as the fee for president giani him from tino the victory margin for the jose singh came as a bit of a surprise russia and saudi arabia of the two lowest ranked sides at the tournament . well a round of face with the world cup on friday back home fans and aspiring football is a finding ways around sanctions to keep their passions going. from tehran. even before their first game iran's world cup players were in the headlines not for heroics on the field but because nike stopped supplying them with shoes citing americ

ramadan, the holiest month in the islamic calendar. for the world's 1.8 billion muslims, including almost 3 million in the uk, observing ramadan involves not eating or drinking during daylight hours. but, according to a recent study by an all—party parliamentary group, ramadanlondon, hundreds are gathering for iftar, the meal that ends a day of fasting during ramadan. you really appreciate the first sip of water that you taken the first bite of what you have. itjust makes you appreciate that actually you can eat. there's many, many out there that for them it is almost like ramadan every day. open iftar began in london in 2013 and has spread to other cities in the uk, europe and america. it is a chance to break the fast with friends, family and strangers. abstinence and fasting are two strangers. abstinence and fasting a re two key strangers. abstinence and fasting are two key aspects of ramadan, probably the best known. but there is another pillar of islam which means that ramadan is having a huge impact in other ways. islamic relief. we have a certain principle within the tenets of our faith which is where you have to give 2.5% of your wealth to the poor, to put to the needy. an all party parliamentary group has been analysing the impact it is having on uk

ramadan. it is now your‘s the largest eid gathering. these celebrations in small heath park in birmingham are increasingly popular. they mark the end of ramadanholy fasting month when most muslims refrain from eating and drinking during daylight. we are coming together to practise the prosthetic tradition of all muslims around the world to pray outdoors, and importantly for birmingham, it is about the community coming together from all over birmingham and even nationally, people are coming to this event. when these celebrations were first held in 2011, there were around 12,000 visitors. today, organisers say that figure has now swelled to about 140,000 stock it is not an official figure but organisers insist it is used even of its kind in the western world, and they are keen to stress it is open to everybody. when we have this climate of islamophobia, in order to counteract that we need to be open and we are open and we need to come together to such events and many other events which go on in the city to show that we are here. this makes it even more special, to share it with other people. we've got people from different backgrounds, differen

ramadan. foothill college is hosting a special event tonight where people will break fast together at sunset. ramadans a holy month of fasting for muslims. they don't eat or drink from sunrise to sunset and also focus on introw inspection and prayer. the event is tonight at the library courtyard on campus. >>> if you love water, today is your day, it is world ocean day. you can celebrate at the aquarium of the bay on pier 39 in san francisco. the conservation organizations around the world are celebrating the beauty of oceans but also talking about the dangerous problems caused by plastic pollution. today kids under 12 get into the aquarium of the bay for free and there will be also be special educational programs. tomorrow there's a beach cleanup at the park. >> another traffic alert in wine country this weekend, a cycling event is happening around the napa county fair ground. you might want to get yourself extra time and give some clearance for the cyclists. it goes from 6:00 in the morning until 4:00 in the afternoon. cyclists will ride on silverado trail from cal is towitowing ga napa. do watch o

ramadan. all . in indonesia many gathered in mosques across the country for eve prayers every year muslims observe ramadan by fasting from dawn to dusk in egypt did coincides with the country's first appearance on the football world cup since one nine hundred ninety and the atmosphere in the capital's main square is festive with many holding the national flag the palestinians in gaza either is also a reminder of being under siege this holiday marks the beginning of the twelfth year of the israeli blockade iran can't let families who are struggling to celebrate under very difficult conditions. emerge a bed that gets his children ready for the religious festival of ied that follows a month of thought they headed to pray and to listen to speeches by representatives of hamas the defacto power here in gaza. imad lives near the border with israel but has never left. since march thirtieth he is taking part in and he's really protests along that border and seen many of his friends and neighbors injured by israeli snipers and to gas this eat coincides with the start of the twelfth year these really laid siege alon

longer fast for the final two weeks of ramadan. observe the longer fast for the final two weeks of ramadanm observe the longer fast for the final two weeks of ramadans—north korea summit is back on. after kim jong—un sent a letter to the white house, donald trump confirms they will meet in singapore later this month. europe, canada and mexico hit back after the us imposes import tariffs on steel and aluminium. here, the government warns against an escalating trade war. calls for the transport secretary to resign, as hundreds more trains are cancelled and another emergency timetable is announced. an update on the market numbers for you, here's how london's and frankfurt ended the day. and in the the united states this is how the dow and the nasdaq are getting on. now it's time for our weekly round—up of audience reaction to bbc news. here's samira ahmed with newswatch. hello and welcome to news watch. later on this week's round—up reactions to bbc news coverage, the world's media fall victim to a prime example of a

ramadan? >> yes. one of her colleagues, a medic as well, was interested in her and they were to call their engagement after ramadan. motheru spoke to razan's sunday night. can you tell us about your conversation and what she said to you, your aunt? >> she told me that we really need to work hard to get this story heard razan and to get razan's heard. everyone needs to know the truth and we need to work collectively to call for justice and to hold the responsible parties accountable for this work. hold the torch and keep fighting? >> yes. down while talking to and into his calming me dow she said, now you are razan. you used to play together all of the time as young people. i see you as razan now i know what you do continue her fight and continue sharing her message to the world. and a coat i understand that she on previousured days as she worked as a medic in gaza. one of our previous guests she proves the fainted twice due to gas inhalation while on april 13 she broke her wrist after falling while running to attend to a wounded protester." dr. medhaturn now to abbas. talk about what happened to her on friday and

cash strapped and impoverished hopes the ramadan brings and and to suffering and war. by the siege of the tough situation ramadan is always a happy moment we enjoy the month and so do our children all this while shells still land in our areas. is a city battered by war. forces loyal to president. have been trying for months to repel an offensive by the healthy is to control yemen's largest city the three year long siege is baking everyone suffer so never lower. prices are rising and that's a huge burden for us i used to buy goods for a cheaper price and now that's impossible it's. more in the seed pushed prices of basic goods soaring and people haven't received their salaries for a month. sunset is when muslims break their fast their rare moment of quiet for his sham and he's really but his biggest concern is what might happen next when fighting breaks between feuding factions in ties fighting that has already claimed the lives of thousands of people mainly civilians. real madrid managers and is in sudan has quit the european champions after winning an unprecedented third straight champions league title the fren

feature to mark the end of the fasting month of ramadan the date of varies from place to place depending on the visibility of the crescent moon during ramadan muslims refrain from eating drinking smoking and sex from dawn until sunset. at the. world cup fans have had football fever for days bringing festive cheer to the streets of russia many have forked out huge sums just to be here millions of tickets have been sold and russia expect some one and a half million visitors at the games. but many may experience sticker shock when they get here although hotel prices are regulated in russia authorities say they've already find more than five hundred hotels over inflated prices. top moscow hotels are charging up to eighty five hundred u.s. dollars a night that's more than the average russian's annual salary. and airline prices to certain world cup destinations have also risen over two hundred percent but it's not only russian hotels and enterprises benefiting from the world cup german companies are also profiting laws for the stadiums were imported from germany. and specialized equipment is being used.