Recognized government say they have shot down a fighter jet belonging to the. 6 Saudi Nationals held for questioning over the deadly shooting at a u. S. Naval base in florida. Over the mountains of me and clinics for heroin addicts are proving to be controversial. All over one is starting in iraq where there has been a dramatic escalation of violence in whats already been a chaotic 2 months of antigovernment unrest an attack by unidentified gunmen on protesters in baghdad has killed at least 23. 00 people raising new security concerns they stormed one of the main protest sites in Killarney Square on friday night 24 hours after that gunfire was again heard in the capital on saturday sending people running for cover and in what looks like a related event there are reports my home was hit by a drone strike but the influential shia cleric is said to have been away at the time but. Live in baghdad for us some of what has been the response to last nights attack not just inside iraq but outside. Well the International Community has come out pretty strongly against this attack weve had the United States the European Union the United Nations and several western nations basically condemn these attacks and calling on the government to protect protesters and to hold those responsible to account now this stand somewhat in contrast to the governments response was it which has been rather slow and timid to Prime Minister id love that matthew remains in his post in a caretaker role has been silent on the attack and president issued a statement around 21 hours after the attack happened so its quite a while to actually put out an official statement of what he said was that of course he said his condolences to the families of the victims and he said that he blamed the attack on the criminal gangs and out for so he did not really attribute responsibility he called for an investigation and he called for those responsible to be held to account but many people on the streets are much stronger in their outrage of course they blame the attack on militias and on parties they asked the government to take a stronger stance against them because there is growing fear that as the violence seems to be escalating there is a risk of outright armed confrontation between different arms groups and if the government does not take a stronger stance many people fear that the violence could further escalate and so one of the likelihood of those responsible actually being held accountable what do you think. Well the ministry of interior has said that it has started an investigation and we have to see what comes out of that but if we look back to october which is when the protests began we had a similar situation actually in baghdad where unknown gunmen where basically responsible for attacking media stations they were responsible for attacking protesters there were snipers stationed on buildings who were targeting protesters and these attacks were widely blamed on armed groups that acted outside of the regular chain of command there was an investigation subsequently launched by the government but that investigation basically only this missed officers in the regular armed forces within the army and move in the police did not mention a single officer responsible for for example for a Popular Mobilization of forces which is this Umbrella Group of armed groups many of whom are backed by iran so there is a feeling that if there is once again investigation it will once again fail to hold the people to account who are really responsible for the attack and there is once again fear that if that doesnt happen that events like these could reoccur in the in the future so one of 14 in baghdad thank you. A little earlier on the newshour a spoke to someone who is a Legal Advisor to the National Council for iraqi opposition and he told us the protesters demands are becoming more credible every day. Their demands of the work crystallized as time went by i think the calls for the are creating an entire political system that was founded 1st 2003 invasion of iraq is now 4 in all people pulling on the ears of people who are understanding and appreciating and sometimes accepting what these protesters are saying. We are talking about an entire political system that is corrupt and that is backed by our political factions most of those on political actions were accused by the group just this yesterday of carrying out the attacks on them so the question is being asked how could i how can a corrupt system how can a corrupt system corrupt elements. Correctly reform it so that is where the difficulty lies and thats where thats where the grievances thats where the grievances are hard and hence i think the hands that the entire political system is uprooted and completely replaced under under the supervision of an internationally i need your National Body preferably in the United Nations it is actually a very credible demand and so could some other news now the u. S. And iran have exchanged prisoners in a swap facilitated by the swiss government the iranians released the chinese american should do wang who faced spying charges after being detained in 2016 in exchange the u. S. Released iranian scientist mustered so many who flew back to iran with the foreign minister Mohammad Javad zarif the u. S. State Department Official says hes hopeful the swap is a sign iran is willing to come to the table to talk about all issues more from our side buried in teheran now says the prisoner swaps actually been in the works for a while. Foreign minister divides reeve has been talking about a possible swap for a while back in september he had said that he had offered exchange of prisoners but it had to be for an iranian he said that as foreign minister he couldnt just go to the courts here in iran and ask for the release of sure where want that it had to be for an iranian that uranian was the Stem Cell Research of prominence themselves a researcher mohammed so the money that he was detained last year in october after u. S. Airport and accused of violating u. S. Sanctions and seeking to transfer a growth hormone to iran without a license now sure wont hes a student american citizen and he was detained back in 2016 accused of espionage found guilty in 2017 and sentenced to 10 years here in iran now Princeton University where she where one is a research his wife and the u. S. Government maintains that he was here for Research Purposes here to study the. Find his loyal to libyas u. N. Recognized government say they have shot down a fighter jet belonging to the warlord. This incident happened near the western coastal city of zawiya with mahmud of the 100 is in tripoli bring us up to date mahmoud. Well. Brigadier general hamad ignore the spokes men of the army led by the. Government of National Accord said that their forces managed to shut down a pro have to make 32. 00 fighter jet. In southern tripoli but apparently their jet was captured actually the fighter of the pilot was captured by as from the city of zawiya apparently the fighter jet was hit by progovernment fighters in southern tripoli namely around a year or more military camp in southern tripoli but it just landed in their neighboring get western coast of the city of activists from the city of a zawiyah have been posting get pictures of what they call the wreckage of the fighter jet and also of the pilot home they say a libyan pilot loyal to the world clean for have to do with the name of. Mohamed we know that this is not the 1st time fighter jets being shot down by proGovernment Forces but we also know that fighter jets wars have been very crucial in this battle for the capital tripoli and the government have those fighter jets of targeting get it in. Several times since the beginning of the fighting back in april thank you for that update of what are the 100 in tripoli. F. B. I. Agents are questioning 6 Saudi Arabians in connection with fridays shooting at a u. S. Naval base Saudi Air Force officer Mohammad Marandi killed 3 students training with them before he was killed antiterrorist detectives are investigating the motive more from mike hanna now from washington Law Enforcement officials have not formally confirmed to the detention of a number of Saudi Nationals but it is being reported in a number of sources now certainly there are many questions to be answered about this killing a series of killings not least the motive of the gunman now the Site Intelligence Group reports that the gunman had actually put a will up on the internet shortly before the shooting happened it also says that he had tweeted support of the larger than and had expressed his outrage about the u. S. Policy the current u. S. Policy on the middle east and on jerusalem in particular so many questions now as to what were the motives for this particular shooting what is known about to mohamed are from rami is that he was a 20 year old Saudi National he went to the Pensacola Base back in august 2017 for a 3 Year Training Program so he has been there for a period of time but another very important fact or possibly important fact is that the Site Intelligence Group reports as well that his twitter account has been in existence since 2012 now the fact that he is 21 according to several reports indicates that this twitter site has been in operation for a long period of time so as i said f. B. I. Now investigating its got agents in riyadh as well cooperating with saudi authorities but theres a long way to go to establish motive in the 1st place. The democratic led heart of representatives has passed a resolution backing a 2 state solution for israel and palestine it voted along party lines to pass what is a largely symbolic measure the house reaffirmed the longstanding u. S. Policy against Settlement Expansion that had been reversed last month by the trumpet ministration at least 900. 00 civilians have been killed including 5 children in russian and Syrian Government airstrikes these were in 2 villages in a province the last remaining rebel held areas in syria around 25000. 00 syrians have fled the province in the past week alone due to an escalation in regime airstrikes and at least 7 Kenyan Police officers have been killed after their bus was attacked near the somali border kenyas president says gunmen from the armed group stops the bus on a remote road between the towns of wedgie and theyre back in june 8 Police Officers were also killed in a similar attack in which a county. In the news ahead education under occupation is ready forces move against students in the occupied west bank why thousands of afghan refugees are choosing to leave iran and return to the dangers of their homeland. How the weather looks rather wet and windy and at times wintry across the middle east at the moment a fair amount of clout there just spinning out of iraq into iran and behind me still a fair bit of cloud there across syria and theres more where that came from we have got some showers just around the eastern side of the mediterranean into lebanon maybe into jordan as well as that wintry mix pushing over towards southern sections of the caspian sea the northern parts of iran tehran struggling to get into double figures over the next couple of days Western Areas of iran to also seeing a little bit of that wet weather and down towards the strait of hormuz a little further race was it does look largely dry no great shakes looking at temperatures 10 celsius in kabul but could get up to a 28. 00 there in karate so that cloud that we have around the gulf that may well even affect us here in qatar as we go into the middle part of the next week but for the time big showers should stay on the other side of the gulf as that wetter whether theyre for sunday wet weather to just around the horn of africa somalia seeing more showers longer spells of right in the way further west with towards ethiopia towards eritrea meanwhile were seeing some very heavy showers too into eastern parts of south africa recently we continue to see the showers draining out of the tropics pushing towards southern parts of mississippi. Our planet is warming as never before with profound consequences for all life on earth but the worlds leading Scientists Say there is still time to act planet s. O. S. Sets out the facts on the Science Behind the issues affecting our planet. And brings you what people across the globe are doing to turn the crisis around planet on aljazeera. So the top stories this hour on aljazeera more gunshots heard in baghdad after 23. 00 people were killed overnight there are also reports. He was hit by a drone strike but the Influential Shiite cleric is said to have been away at the time the u. S. And iran of Exchange Prisoners in a swap helped by the swiss government released an american held on spying charges the u. S. Released a scientist accused of violating trade sanctions and fine is loyal to libyas u. N. Recognized government say theyve shot down a fighter jet belonging to warlord. The incident took place near the western coastal city of zawiya. Coastguards and mauritania have intercepted another boat carrying migrants and refugees increasing numbers are being spotted on the socalled western route to europe in the Atlantic Ocean and the 64 people died when their boat capsized on wednesday more than 80 managed to swim to shore. A 3rd successive day of nationwide strikes in france is causing weekend travel chaos public transport flights hospitals they are all disrupted again protesters are angry at president emanuel microns plans for Pension Reforms but the government insists the strikes wont stop the changes from happening in india more demonstrations against violence towards women after the deaths of 2 rape victims. Dozens joined a flash mob in the capital new delhi chanting a protest song against rape culture the violent deaths of 2 women have sparked outrage across the country. Now this really. Years accusing the occupied west bank most Prestigious University bitter said of being a Recruitment Center for what it calls terrorism dozens of students are currently in israeli jails the university denies the accusations but has told aljazeera it fears more rides are to come no one can reports from the occupied west bank at 1st glance at present university looks like an ordinary campus that could be anywhere in the world thats because it is the university in the occupied west bank goes about its daily business but the Israeli Army Says its far from ordinary and that this campus is a Recruitment Center for what it calls a terrorism and incitement to violence according to his latest video. Since the beginning of 201964 students have been arrested in total 80 students are in jail the vast majority have yet to be convicted this video from march 2018 shows Israeli Special forces arresting a student on campus at gunpoint the students currently awaiting trial on charges of activities relating to the hamas islamic bloc which is the student wing of the Political Party the University Fairs more israeli incursions and more students arrests from our long. Experience with Israeli Occupation whenever they launch a campaign. Of this information out of the university it means that they are preparing for a campaign awful pressure and increasing going to stick sions on the education process in the palestinian territories especially visit university. Because it does pride itself in encouraging students to take part in political life and fight the occupation by israel using equal means. Because a university has been subject to harassment and raids by the israeli army for decades now because of the occupation is very difficult the visiting lecturer is the come and give classes here and the faculties own staff have been subject to harassment 2 and arrest also however its the students that bear the brunt of the israeli armys actions Abdul Rahman Hamdan is a student here hes been arrested 4 times serving a total of 3 years in prison he was only charged choice for being a member of the hamas islamic bloc the other times he was held without charge for a total of 10 months. I was supposed to have graduated 3 years ago but i keep getting arrested for political activity ive had to change my major from engineering to accountancy because i lost so much time it was impossible to keep up with something as difficult as engineering. Membership of the mass student political bloc is not illegal under palestinian law nor does it Contravene University policy but palestinians in the occupied west bank come under Israeli Military rule and Israel Considers the group a terrorist organization but its not just how my students when thats in the sights of the israeli army shouldnt have been arrested for membership of a variety of groups and for Terrorism Financing according to the israelis the israeli army video is being seen as a warning here and once again students and staff are bracing themselves for more raids and more arrests imran khan out as a result university the occupied west bank taliban and u. S. Negotiators are resumed their talks aimed at ending the war in afghanistan the u. S. Delegation says renewed discussions in qatar will focus on the reduction of violence to lead to in traffic and negotiations and a cease fire back in september u. S. President donald trump abruptly stopped the talks just as both sides appeared to be close to signing a deal. Thousands of afghan workers and refugees are leaving iran each week because of the dire Economic Situation caused by u. S. Sanctions for some afghans the desperation for work is so bad it actually outweighs the dangers they want to run from at home tony burke reports now from the islam color Border Crossing between iran and afghanistan. Getting a job in iran provided a lifeline for many afghans crossing the border was both and a skate from fighting between taliban and Government Forces as well as from u. S. Airstrikes but the afghans couldnt escape the u. S. Sanctions which have crippled the iranian economy many have left because of hyperinflation. Prices for food have doubled and its hard for us to find the jobs its hard living in iran because our wages lost so much value in the price of basic things increased a lot and its difficult to survive here. At the iran afghanistan Border Crossing point at islam color really 500000 afghans are returned so far this year adding further to the overstretched resources of aid organizations coping with the countrys internally displaced one point there was an estimated 3000000. 00 afghans in iran half of them illegally those who are caught without identification documents are deported even unaccompanied children. They denied. A pension for your families and for you this stuff they did for to you. And i come from this trial. Those without papers could be treated harshly. The police hit me with an electric rod and i fell into a ditch i was not able to move my leg but there are no jobs in afghanistan so i will try and go back when my leg is better than ali is one of the desperate he is heading to iran even though times there are hard but he is the sole bread winner for 12 family members and something is better than nothing. I know it is expensive but if i understand it is hardly. Only a few dollars a day thats not enough family afghans are having to make stark and often life changing choices. Afghans may have been suffering economically but at least they were safe in iran theyre now returning to a country that is dangerous and highly unpredictable and once again their futures are far from certain Tony Berkeley aljazeera islam call a Border Crossing between iran and afghanistan donald trump has delayed his plans to legally designate drugs cant held in mexico as terrorist groups u. S. Attorney general william barr was in mexico city on thursday to discuss Security Issues the u. S. President s plan follows the killing of 3 women and 6 children of dual u. S. Mexican nationality in an ambush in northern mexico trump says he will hold off at the request of mexicos president governments in Southeast Asia though say more Regional Cooperation is needed to tackle the growing drugs problem there much of the methamphetamine and opium comes from me and where armed groups use drugs money to fund their wars against the government but as wind reports one of those army says it is anti drugs and is stepping up its fight against addiction. In this part of me and armed rebels are in control and they make the rules if youre addicted to drugs and get caught youre detained and put to work even those who arent from this area are subject to the arbitrary laws of the tongue National Liberation army. T. N. L. A have checkpoints and they stop people who pass through their territory they tested by your own and i didnt pass and then they brought me here i didnt have a chance to defend myself and when they ordered me to come here i had to follow. The t. L. A. Is a relatively small but active rebel army based in shan state which is one of me and miles main drag growing and manufacturing areas its involved in regular fights with the me and my military and other ethnic minority militias that are allied with Government Forces the tongue say they dont want independence but autonomy they also say theyre not involved in the drug trade but like other rebel groups theyve been accused of human rights abuses including kidnapping and forcing people to join their ranks critics say the Drug Rehabilitation Centers are also illegal addicts are taken to remote secret locations with are held for 3 months the methods often result in injuries but the t. N. L. A say they work and theyre essential to combat the growing use of methamphetamine and heroin. When them in villages the addicts run away and hide and i dont arrest anyone so we worry that people who live here will become drug addicts little destroy the future for the tongue people so we arrest all addicts and dealers regardless of where they come from there are many legacies of me and long running civil wars and almost 50 years of military rule areas like this have been left behind through a lack of development and opportunity which is help to provide space for armed groups to operate with impunity wayne hay al jazeera. Several bushfires in australia have combined into a single socalled mega fire strong winds of stoking the blaze north of sydney in New South Wales 6 people have been killed and around 700 homes destroyed during weeks of unprecedented bonfires retailer mohammed has the full story. The giant inferno is spreading in bushland and forest across large areas of New South Wales emergency crews are battling to controlled more than 100 fires as the flames burned into the night they formed what firefighters are describing as a mega fire destroying several homes and scorching 300000 hectares of land firefighters say they cant cope but not as well for the next theres a 30 made a fire morris i mean. Highlighting the dangers facing emergency crews a water bombing helicopter crashed while trying to douse the flames the pilot survived. Thousands of firefighters are battling to protect communities and wildlife with many australians forced from their homes who are all covered in. Ash you just had to have. Australias bushfire season started early this year its considered the worst on record fuelled by drought soaring temperatures and high winds the smoke is going. On. Communities that far away so far are significant the far. Australias largest city is shrouded in orange skies many weekend Sports Events are cancelled in sydney and doctors are treating many patients struggling to breathe just over the last week we see a 25 percent increase in the number of people presenting to our Emergency Departments with asthma and breathing problems thats an increase from an average of about 900 to just over 1100 people dozens of firefighters a flown in from canada and the us to support emergency efforts temperatures are expected to rise of a 40 degrees in the coming days and the summer heat wave is set to continue for weeks rain is the only thing that could bring some relief to sydneys 5000000 people. Now scientists are calling it the ultimate wakeup call to humanity theyre warning Climate Change is causing falling levels of oxygen in the worlds oceans which in turn will affect hundreds of millions of people oceans do cover 70 percent of the earths surface and the really central to wall life Climate Change and nutrient pollution are the major drivers of ocean oxygen loss the oxygen depleted zones on the sea better than being caused by rising sea temperatures which are caused by Carbon EmissionsGreenhouse GasesScientists Say the loss of oxygen is increasingly threatening marine species such as sharks tuna and mollen we spoke to mina epps director of the Global Marine and Polar Program at the International Union for conservation and nature they put out this report and she says the changes will be harmful to biodiversity and Natural Habitats what were seeing what weve seen is actually a decline in 2 percent of the global oxygen level they have been reduced by 2 percent and it doesnt sound like a lot but just these 2 small changes will have enormous implications but within that is actually a lot of regional differences so we can take an example. d south southeast coast of the fornia into deeper waters weve seen a decline in 30 percent oxygen level in the last 25 years so how does this all effects you know life in the ocean and ultimately us and because were depending on it for the regulatory system so deal qsa generation will have an impact on biodiversity on by a mess of commercially important species and vulnerable species or rare species but also habitats so those oxygen rich and which are favorable conditions as to sound species will shrink these are shrinking and habitats but also we are altering the energy and biochemical cycles within the ocean and that means these systems which are absolutely crucial to sustain these fisheries thats bringing in the new true rich waters up into the Surface Areas so we are seeing that species are migrating because of this. Political stories like bat in just a few moments actually aljazeera as Environment Program planet s. O. S. Is at 1730. 00 g. M. T. Just after the headlines. Lets bring you those headlines now on aljazeera more gunshots heard in baghdad after 23 people were killed overnight as well there are reports want to restart his home was hit by a drone strike but the influential shia cleric is said to have been away at the time fighters loyal to libyas u. N. Recognized government so theyve shot down a fighter jet belonging to the ward Khalifa Haftar the incident took place near the western coastal city of zawiya after forces have been fighting to take the capital from the internationally recognized government of National Accord from Mahmoud Abdul wahid in tripoli Brigadier General hamad ignore this man of the army led by the you recognized a government of National Accord said that their forces managed to shut down pro has to make 32 fighter jet. In southern tripoli but apparently jet was captured actually the fighter of the pilot was captured by rebels from the city of zawiya f. B. I. Agents are reportedly questioning 6 Saudi Arabians in connection with fridays shooting at a u. S. Naval base or force officer Mohammad Saeed al shaab browny killed 3 students training with him before he was killed. At least 900. 00 civilians have been killed including 5 children in russian and Syrian Government air strikes they targeted 2 villages in the province of idlib which is the last remaining rebel held area in syria around 25000 syrians have fled the province in the past week alone due to an escalation in regime airstrikes. Coast guards in mara tanian have intercepted another boat carrying migrants and refugees increasing numbers of being spotted on the socalled western routes to europe in the Atlantic Ocean at least 64 people died when their boat capsized on wednesday and a 3rd successive day of nationwide strikes in france is causing weekend travel chaos public transport flights hospitals are all disrupted the protesters angry at president emanuel microns plans for pension reform and as promised now on aljazeera the latest edition of planet x. Or. Hello im nick clegg with crucial un climate talks underway in madrid this is planet as us from kenya where Climate Change is being keenly felt by population is facing its stream weather and where River Systems are threatened by flooding and drought. As our planet warms and waterways of contaminated once mighty rivers have been reduced to thin stretches of water lakes are shrinking here in kenya will learn how local communities are taking the fight to save them our river basin into their own hands