for shia muslims the show is a time of reflection and remember i many iranian worshipers may also the members this uses it as a time of financial hardship matheson algis is back to. south korean president and says a declaration officially ending the korean war should happen as soon as possible his comments follow a three day summit with the north korean leader and nauman or help made it between kevin johnson and donald trump to help fulfill the promise of a nuclear free korean peninsula from a private hole through. this summit ended as it began rich in symbolism. president moon j.n. of south korea and his north korean host kim jong un top of mt peck to the highest peak of the korean peninsula spiritually significant to all koreans into korean relations have seen many false starts with attempts at reconciliation often returning to threats of war but there's a strong sense moon and kim want to forge a bond so strong that they can never slip back to the acrimony of the power. into which we adopted a military pact to end a history of brutal and tragic confrontation and hostility. some wea

for shia muslims are sure is a time of reflection and remember so. many iranian worshippers may also remember this uses it as a time of financial hardship matheson algis is back to. being warned to expect low economic growth in the next two years to his finance ministers try. concerns about the currency which was forty percent of its value against the dollar this year president has accused the united states of waging economic war the central bank defied by raising interest rates last week to try to reduce high inflation. this period is a period when economic sanctions are being used like weapons it's a global each challenge in period on the tenth of august turkey became part of this process because its economy and currency were targeted with a tax we want to make the best out of the five year term bestowed on us by our people and we will realize all these economic measures to make our country stronger and has more from istanbul. what the finance minister revealed today as an economic program of the new presidential system in turkey is not what the ma

for shia muslims a sure there is a time of reflection and remember so. many iranian worshippers may also remember this year's assured as a time of financial hardship matheson al-jazeera back to. running always catch up with all the stories we are reporting on on our website just read his own desire dot com and you can watch us live by clicking on the live icon. among the top stories are just their leaders have dismissed the u.k. prime minister's breck's it plan as unworkable at a meeting in salzburg in austria european council president donald tusk says to resume a's proposal undermines the single market but may insists deal is the only one on the table yes concerns have been raised i want to know what those concerns are there's a lot of hard work to be done but i believe that there is a willingness to do a deal but let nobody be in any doubt that as i've always said you know we are preparing for no deal there is no counter proposal on the table at the moment that actually deals delivers on what we need to do and respects the integrity of the united king

sanctions have reduced the number of iranians visiting iraq on one of the holiest days for shia muslims pakistan's opposition leader now washer raef returns home to a hero's welcome after a court suspends his corruption sentence and in sport argentina's boca juniors stamped their all for a team in south america's biggest club competition up the details and there's only so was the. turks are being warned to expect lower economic growth over the next two years turkey's finance minister is trying to ease concerns about the currency which last . forty percent of its value against the dollar this year president. has accused the united states of waging an economic war the central bank defied president by raising interest rates last week to try to reduce high inflation in. this period is a period when economic sanctions are being used like weapons it's a global each challenge in period on the tenth of august turkey became part of this process because its economy and currency were targeted with a tax we want to make the best out of the five year term bestowed on us by our people and we will rea

for shia muslims the show to is a time of reflection and remember so. many iranian worshippers may also remember this uses it as a time of financial hardship matheson's algis in fact and. palestinians in jordan say they're being prevented from traveling to saudi arabia to perform muslim holy rides the saudi embassy in amman has refused to comment that palestinians say the message is clear victoria gates and he has a story. the harsh pilgrimage is a religious jews the old muslims hope to fulfill at least once before they die it's one of the five pillars of islam saudi arabia is the guardian of its holiest sites including the kaaba in mecca. palestinians living in jordan say saudi arabia is allowing politics to taint rituals which should be sacred saudi arabia is fighting the palestinians and islam at the same time other palestinians even with a jordanian passport say they're being banned from visiting saudi arabia if they don't have a national id number two company representatives in jordan were wary of speaking on camera because of potential repercussio

iranian shia muslims say u.s. sanctions have made it too expensive for them to travel to iraq to mark a shura math and reports now from baghdad. intense and vibrant assura in the iraqi city of kabul. the crowds which used to park the shrine of the moment hussein are smaller because thousands of iranians can't afford to be here. don't we came to iraq because we love to visit the holy shrines but the economy crunch means many iranians called forward to visit kabul assured. iranian shia worshippers usually travel to kabul the at this time of year but iran's been hit by u.s. sanctions since august the value of its currency the real has plunged for the rain ians getting to karbala is expensive now and for some even the price of a hotel room is simply too much of in their cars off the hotel business in karbala in previous years was booming and now we can only make ends meet last year we had more than two hundred seventy big iranian religious groups staying at my hotel alone now there are just seven small groups for a fr

sanctions have made it much harder for iranian shia muslims to travel to iraq in order to mark a sure rob matheson is our correspondent in the iraqi capital baghdad. intense and vibrant assura in the iraqi city of kabul. the crowds which used to packed the shrine of imam hussein are smaller because thousands of iranians can't afford to be here as a simple a daunting we came to iraq because we love to visit the holy shrines but the economy crunch means many iranians can't afford to visit karbala on ashura day. iranian shia worshippers usually travel to kabul at this time of year but iran's been hit by u.s. sanctions since august the value of its currency the reaal has plunged for the iranians getting to college is expensive now and for some even the price of a hotel room is simply too much of in their cars off the hotel business in karbala in previous years was booming and now we can only make ends meet last year we had more than two hundred seventy big iranian religious groups staying at my hotel alone and now there are just seven small groups. from the economic point of view the u.s.

for shia muslims are sure there is a time of reflection and remember so. many iranian worshippers may also the members this is a show that is a time of financial hardship matheson algis is back to. dancing dolphins jumping whales and performing seals have made china's marine theme parks a multi-billion dollar industry but an investigation by al-jazeera is one i want east has discovered that many of the animals are being abused on a shocking scale they went undercover for two years and found six seal was left to die in dirty water and phrases full of animal carcasses steve chiles report. i. to the public aquarium performances in china are an entertaining mix of high defying tricks i supposed and more humorous. with some displays of apparent affection thrown in. but exclusive behind the scenes video obtained by one of one east reviews a much darker picture little telling president or joe your union border c.n.r. . workers who asked not to be identified say animals such as seals sick with skin diseases and cataracts are abandoned in places called dining rooms

blazed over their heads that shooting lasted almost ten minutes iran is majority sheer majority shia muslim country and it would seem this attack had sectarian motives leaders from the u.k. and russia of saying condolences with president putin saying this is a reminder of the battle against the terror in the region meantime iran's foreign minister was quick to blame those he feels were responsible for today's tragedy. terrorists recruited trained armed and paid by a foreign regime have attacked. children and journalists among casualties iran holds regional terror sponsors and their u.s. masters accountable for such attacks iran will respond swiftly and decisively in defense of iranian lives. not a full it is a professor of political communication at university of toronto hey there things come on short notice so islamic state and other sunni organizations are all claiming responsibility for what happened this morning the been sporadic protests by sunnis in iran do you see this as a sectarian attack and if so what drives the hatred between these two religious groups what do you think is out a

since the one nine hundred seventy nine revolution the country's population is ninety five percent shia muslim and the separatist group behind. claiming to be behind rather the shooting called the patriotic arab democratic movement was is sunni and the iranian foreign minister was quick to blame foreign powers for supporting terrorism on iranian soil. terrorists recruited trained on didn't beat by a foreign regime have attacked. children and journalists among casualties iran holds regional terror sponsors and their us mostest accountable for such attacks iran will respond swiftly and decisively in defense of iranian lives i believe that i sold or islamic state of iraq and eleven militant they are trying to take a fortune of the the chance in order to you know. claim some kind of power this is been done by a law was a year. and established terrorist group it's known it's not an unknown terrorist group it has long had ties with all the arabia for the past several years and they've done a number of. terrorist attacks in the same region of course on a much smaller scale and you know this group has

ground as gun fire blazed over their heads that shooting lasted almost ten minutes iran's majority shia muslim country and it would seem this attack had sectarian motives leaders from the u.k. and russia have sent their condolences with president clinton saying this is a reminder of the fight against terror in the region intolerance for a minister was quick to blame those who he thought were responsible for today's tragedy. terrorists recruited trained armed and paid by a foreign regime have attacked. juden and journalists among casualties iran holds regional terror sponsors and their us masters accountable for such attacks iran will respond swiftly and decisively in defense of iranian lives. said moustapha cushier she's a political analyst joining us live on the line though indeed from taran hey there thanks for being on art international so islamic state as well as some sunni organizations are all claiming responsibility this afternoon and there have been sporadic protests by sunnis internally in iran in the past iran is a majority shia country so what is this is this an internal sectarian c

has been simmering for weeks in basra and other cities in southern iraq considered to the shia muslim heartland of the country the region is oil rich and the port is vital for iraqi imports and exports despite the oil revenue iraqis complain they're forced to live with the daily indignities of unclean water and no elektra's city government corruption and unemployment are also high in the list to protest his grievances all the more up and down i might bother you are the police humiliating me i'm from basra asking for my rights. as protests continue around the clock the ministry of transportation is appealing to demonstrators. not to talk at the ports and other public facilities which government ministers say are not connected to their frustrations it seems the protesters have succeeded in forcing the government to listen to their grievances now they want to action while matheson al-jazeera. hundreds of people are fleeing into a province which has already been targeted by as trikes says pro-government troops gather along the border on friday the leaders of iran russia and turkey will di

has been simmering for weeks in basra and other cities in southern iraq considered to the shia muslim heartland of the country the region is oil rich and the port is vital for iraqi imports and exports despite the oil revenue iraqis complain they're forced to live with the daily indignities of unclean water and no elektra's city government corruption and unemployment are also high in the list to protest his grievances all the more up and down why are the police humiliating i mean i'm from basra asking for my rights. as protests continue around the clock the ministry of transportation is appealing to demonstrators not. to target the ports and other public facilities which government ministers say are not connected to their frustrations it seems the protesters have succeeded in forcing the government to listen to their grievances now they want action rob matheson al-jazeera russia and the u.k. have clashed at the un security council over the poisoning of a former spy and his daughter on british soil russian ambassador to the u.n. ben zia accused the u.k. of using the nerve agent attack

some iraqis have been killed during the protests and what's regarded as iraq's shia muslim heartland many others are in hospital during friday prayers the representative of iraq's leading shia cleric condemned the violence against both the protesters and security forces guarding the buildings he also criticized politicians for being too interested in vying for power. to shock. the patient people cannot afford more lack of interest from the officials in solving their increasing problems and the crisis they're competing between themselves for political gain and gaining governmental posts along foreigners to intervene in the country's affairs iraq's parliament is expected to hold an emergency session on saturday a multi-billion dollar emergency program has been devised to rebuild the city services but parliament in baghdad has been in political limbo since elections in may. the people of basra doubt that anything will be done to help them soon and the protests are likely to go on rob matheson al jazeera in the news ahead europe's new frontier how migrants are encountering an unexpected h

have killed three men suspected of belonging to one group the operation took place in ca tif a shia muslim area it's reported that the sri man resisted arrest opening fire on security forces when their high that was the scabbard since two thousand and eleven the region has been shaken by protests by members of the shia minority yemen's government has announced it will end its cooperation with a un human rights mission accusing investigators of bias after a report on alleged war crimes a un report last month found that individuals in the government and the saudi led coalition fighting alongside it may have committed war crimes the government has accused the un group of turning a blind eye to the violations committed by who the rebel forces. police in slovakia have detained a number of suspects over the murder of investigative journalist yan krycek and his fiance the couple were both aged twenty seven when they were shot dead at their home in february could check was investigating political corruption at the time his death prompted protests which forced out the prime minister robert fico as

some iraqis have been killed him what's regarded as iraq's shia muslim heartland in northern bass were hundreds of people were attending a funeral and. these are protesters. they are protesting unemployment the water crisis the bad services how dad how dad i kill them god would never allow this. during friday prayers the representative of a rexx leading shia cleric condemned the violence against both the protesters and security forces guarding the buildings he also criticised politicians for being too interested in buying the power to shop at sab miller the patient people cannot afford more lack of interest from the officials in solving their increasing problems and the crisis they're competing between themselves for political gain and gaining governmental posts along foreigners to intervene in the country's affairs. iraq's parliament is expected to hold an emergency session to discuss the crisis on saturday and he would al-jazeera. well. it's your policy analysis at the institute and he says the demonstrators have been angry for a long time i think people are just but this thing again

considered the shia muslim heartland of the country the region is oil rich and the port is vital for iraqi imports and exports despite the oil revenue iraqis complain they're forced to live with the daily indignities of unclean water and no elektra's city government corruption and unemployment are also high in the list to protest his grievances. why are the police humiliating i mean i'm from basra asking for my rights. as protests continue around the clock the ministry of transportation is appealing to demonstrators not to target the port and other public facilities which government ministers say are not connected to their frustrations it seems the protesters have succeeded in forcing the government to listen to their grievances now they want action while matheson al-jazeera. protest has been held in the yemeni city of tire is the head of friday's u.n. led peace talks to end the country's war the protesters are calling for the warring parties at the geneva meeting to address the plight of thais as residents they've been living under siege for here's friday's talks will be the first b

for shia muslims a show to is a time of reflection and remembering i many iranian worshipers may also the members this uses it as a time of financial hardship matheson al-jazeera back to well let's return to one of our top stories on that ferry incidents in tanzania catherine soy is joining us now from nairobi in neighboring kenya following that story for us what are you hearing about that accident. very in the government of tanzania has issued a statement confirming the incident that statement is very thin on detail but what we do know i've spoken to a journalist who's in the capital dar es salaam and he says that this incident happened after this afternoon at around four pm local of also managed to see some pictures of the ferry actually capsizing and bodies being retrieved by rescuers the incident happened in ones in a ferry crossing to an island in one of the which is in the northwest of the country five bodies as you mentioned before have been retrieved and about handed people have been rescued nice not very clear how many people that ferry was actually carrying we are told that

for shia muslims a show is a time of reflection and remember i many iranian worshipers may also the members this uses it as a time of financial hardship matheson algis is back to. japan's prime minister has been reelected as head of the ruling liberal democratic party this paves the way for. three more years as prime minister until elections in twenty twenty one is promising to boost economic growth further off to six years in power facing american pressure to cut japan's sixty nine billion dollar trade surplus with it head of talks with president next week. proposed tax increases and economic chaos in argentina are not expected to do much for the reelection chances of the president. and his main rival next year has major problems to creating a corruption scandal he can't get rid of latin america has to lose to newman has more from one of fairies. i just struggles to lift argentina from a chick huge economic crisis president. limited chances of reelection next year would appear to have received an unintentional helping hand from his main rival former president cristina fernandez the kishner

some iraqis have been killed what's regarded as iraq's shia muslim heartland in northern bass one hundred. the people were attending a funeral and. these were protesters gathered in peace they were protesting unemployment the water crisis the bad services how dad a happy fire how dad i kill them god would never allow that. during friday prayers the representative of a rexx leading shia cleric clint dempsey violence against both the protesters and security forces guarding the building he also criticised politicians for being too interested in buying the power to shop. for the patient people cannot afford more lack of interest from the officials in solving their increasing problems and the crisis they're competing between themselves for political gain and gaining governmental posts along foreigners to intervene in the country's affairs. iraq's parliament is expected to hold an emergency session to discuss the crisis on saturday and he would. turkey has warned it cannot take in any more syrian refugees if government forces push ahead with a planned offensive in italy the leaders of turkey ir

for shia muslims the show is a time of reflection and remember i many iranian worshipers may also the members this uses it as a time of financial hardship matheson algis in fact. all moving to india now where a sky high drama has plenty of people questioning air safety or social media producer and schapelle is here to tell us more thanks to rain while a boeing seven thirty seven that's operated by a low cost indian carrier jet airways took off from mumbai on thursday heading to the city of jack poor initially all seemed fine everything normal but as the aircraft climbed thirty passengers. again showing painful symptoms many started bleeding from the nose and ears as you can see the oxygen masks dropped as well and within forty five minutes of taking off the crew turned back to land safely eight people ended up in the hospital though so what happened well someone forgot to flip the cabin pressurisation switch so jet airways says that the flight's cockpit crew has been taken off scheduled duties and an investigation is going ahead the airline also hopped on twitter released this stateme

has been simmering for weeks in basra and other cities in southern iraq considered to the shia muslim heartland of the country the region is oil rich and the port is vital for iraqi imports and exports despite the oil revenue iraqis complain they're forced to live with the daily indignities of unclean water and no elektra's city government corruption and unemployment are also high in the list to protest his grievances all the more up and down. why are the police humiliating i mean i'm from basra asking for my rights. as protests continue around the clock the ministry of transportation is appealing to demonstrators. and not to talk at the ports and other public facilities which government ministers say are not connected to their frustrations it seems the protesters have succeeded in forcing the government to listen to their grievances now they want to action what matheson al-jazeera you know has states has joined france to issue its strongest warning yet that it's prepared to strike syria if government forces used chemical weapons president bashar assad's forces are preparing a major o

the attack, which appeared to target members of the hazara ethnic group, who are predominantly shia muslims. the minority group has been targeted in the past by isis. in iraq, demonstrators torched the main government building in the southern city of basra wednesday, as protests over corruption, power outages and rampant unemployment continued for a third straight day. the protesters also say basra's water supply is heavily polluted, charging more than 20,000 people have been hospitalized from the contamination. at least one person was killed wednesday after iraqi forces fired live rounds into crowds. a day earlier, five people were shot and killed. spain has canceled plans to deliver 400 laser-guided bombs to saudi arabia oveveconcerns over the u.s.-backed, , saudi-ld assault on y yemen, which h has fueleded the world''s worstt humanitaririan crisis. a spanish defense mininistry spokesperson confirmed repor that spain will return s some $0 millioalready paidid by saudi arabia f thehe weansns. the u.n.n. says the saududi-led assault has spawned a massive cholera epidemic that's sickened ove

when the shia muslims will be commemorating a shura on the ninth and tenth of modern will likely that he will remain quiet. for now why should he however he's out of the world and he's obviously still retains a great deal of popularity doesn't see him pakistan despite the his policy having lost the election just recently how well does his reemergence if you like change anything for the new prime minister imran khan. imran khan information many of. the rule of law in fact the biggest critics of the rule of law particularly. the accused of being politicized by mr nawaz sharif's own party will now be feeling all the wide because formation minister it said there did it affect the law it expects the judgment. the proceedings are still underway people do believe that he was involved in matter of corruption and although. the board and it traditionally even did he had large. party loyalists joined emraan kron of corruption. although he had a wife politically he is definitely weaker than he was when he would rule in that country all right thank you for that come out to our correspondent in isl

some iraqis have been killed during the protests and what's regarded as iraq's shia muslim heartland many others are in hospital during friday prayers the representative of iraq's leading shia cleric condemned the violence against both the protesters and security forces guarding the buildings he also criticized politicians for being too interested in vying for power. to show. the patient people cannot afford more lack of interest from the officials in solving their increasing problems and the crisis they're competing between themselves for political gain and gaining governmental posts along foreigners to intervene in the country's affairs. iraq's parliament is expected to hold an emergency session on saturday a multi-billion dollar emergency program has been devised to rebuild the city services but parliament in baghdad has been in political limbo since elections in may. the people of basra doubt that anything will be done to help them soon and the protests are likely to go on rob matheson al jazeera in other news concerns are growing louder all over the world about what a planned off

has been simmering for weeks in basra and other cities in southern iraq considered to the shia muslimheartland of the country the region is oil rich and the port is vital for iraqi imports and exports despite the oil revenue iraqis complain they're forced to live with the daily indignities of unclean water and no elektra's city government corruption and unemployment are also high in the list to protest his grievances on the mob and. you are the police humiliating me i'm from basra asking for my rights. as protests continue around the clock the ministry of transportation is appealing to demonstrators not to target the port and other public facilities which government ministers say are not connected to their frustrations it seems the protesters have succeeded in forcing the government to listen to their grievances now they want action rob matheson al-jazeera senior officials in the time administration denying there the anonymous author of a new york times article about the us president if any base describes a revolt inside the white house where members of the administration are actively

some iraqis have been killed in what's regarded as iraq's shia muslim heartland ignore the hundreds of people were attending a funeral and. these are protesters. they are protesting unemployment the water crisis the bad services how to. kill them. during friday prayers the representative of a rexx leading shia cleric condemned the violence against both the protesters and security forces guarding the buildings he also criticised politicians for being too interested in buying the power to shop sab miller the patient people cannot afford or lack of interest from the officials in solving their increasing problems and the crisis they're competing between themselves for political gain and gaining governmental posts along foreigners to intervene in the country's affairs. iraq's parliament is expected to hold an emergency session to discuss the crisis on saturday and he would al-jazeera. abbas as a professor at george washington university. and iran he says it is unlikely iran will interfere in these protests. well then go right now is directed in every direction again the old. iran normally i

police in indian administered kashmir have fought with shia muslims who defied a security restriction by taking part in a religious procession security forces of impose restrictions in the city of the gatherings marking. since one thousand nine hundred twenty. deaths of prophet muhammad's grandson him on hussein despite the clampdown each year defying the police ban. india's supreme court says people who believe they've been incorrectly left off a state citizenship register will be able to appeal it's rule of the people in the northeast. asked sam may prove their citizenship with any one of ten documents listed by the court in late july the state government was accused of discrimination when it failed to include four million names on a list of citizens the state government said they'd have to prove their citizenship or lose their rights well as sam has long struggled with ethnic and linguistic division over undocumented immigration from bangladesh the state government says the exercise is to identify legal residence andrew thomas as this from. now india's supreme court has told the li

muslims, sunnis. i never hear you say at least they're fighting against the shia, they're doing some good.directly to relatives of the people he killed. "i'm sorry that i was not more vigilant," she said. "he made me to trust him and i had no reason to doubt him." in tears, rohey hydara told the families, "i can't believe i was married to someone that evil," and then she said, "i hope you'll find closure at the end of this and move on and not let him win." masood's mother, janet ajao, recalled the last thing he told her. "he just looked at me and said, they'll say i'm a terrorist, but i'm not. at the time itjust seemed, what is he talking about?" but on the day of the attack she saw the ten o'clock news and then she realised. "as soon as i saw the body, ijust knew, and it made sense to me, what he'd said as he was leaving." as he set off to kill five people in westminster, khalid masood sent this picture to his wife and friends. it was him in mecca on a pilgrimage. daniel sandford, bbc news. it has emerged that one of the suspects accused of carrying out the salisbury nerve agent poisoning

have finally elected a new speaker of the house he's muhammad a sunni muslim with strong support from the parliament's probably around shia coalition and that they were aided you will we need to unify our efforts some members of parliament can reach political consensus and choose our government capable of facing the serious security and economic challenges i have other posts are expected to be filled soon including the president who will be kurdish according to political tradition he will ask the leader of the biggest parliamentary bloc to be prime minister and to form a cabinet there are three main blocs to choose from the pro iran's shia coalition headed by former prime minister nouri al maliki and merely who is head of the fetter bloc the umbrella body for shia armed fighters the pro-u.s. bloc of prime minister high that all. body and the iraqi nationalist bloc led by the influential shia cleric knocked out al assad or he won a majority in the may elections but the result wasn't accepted by the rest of the parties there are two countries who are going to be very interested in what happens in iraq it's called iran and t

muslims, sunnis. i never hear you say at least they're fighting against the shia, they're doing some good. public view, his wife spoke directly to relatives of the people he killed. in tears, rohey hydara told the families, "i can't believe i was married to someone that evil," and then she said, "i hope you'll find closure at the end of this and move on and not let him win." masood's mother, janet ajao, recalled the last thing he told her. but on the day of the attack she saw the ten o'clock news and then she realised. as he set off to kill five people in westminster, khalid masood sent this picture to his wife and friends. it was him in mecca on a pilgrimage. daniel sandford, bbc news. england's largest councils are warning that unless the government increases funding then the worst cuts to services are yet to come. the county councils network says local authorities have already earmarked more than £1 billion of savings to be made by 2020, including cuts to libraries, transport, youth clubs and public health services. here's our social affairs correspondent alison holt. choose which one w