A couple of days ago changes them is mind them will march with the protesters and people are considering this the biggest threat to the implementation of the peace stealing. All right still ahead on a period of mourning in tunisia as the country swears in an interim leader after the death of its 1st democratically elected president. The high cost of medicines is sending diabetics in the u. S. Across the border into canada to buy drugs and travel with one of the socalled insulin caravans. Notes about weather picture across central and eastern as a china you can see thats where weve got some icy clear skies out towards the west and that is where the cloud continues to go. And continues to bring some very heavy downpours not to but they say the 135 degrees and clearing in that rain fears being fairly prolonged for the last few days a cloudy day in hong kong with a high of 35 and maybe a shower into shanghai with 34 degrees celsius warming up for you certainly on sunday but it should be a dry day and in fact on hong kong we should see those range is on sunday thought you wanted degrees meanwhile that rain as i say is further out towards the west and the south but i bet its sunday i think sunny then saturday across much of northern asia then we had for the tools the south you got to scattering of showers really across the sections here son across into know the born years ago through saturday and that rain staying in picture really as you head on into sunday and sunday is the day for a more of those scattered thunderstorms into kuala lumpur and also singapore 31. 00 cells is a pace and we will see some fairly strong thunderstorms at times and we had tools india now the rains have been heavy across the central southern regions for the last few days similar story on saturday very heavy rain but taking to not poor for the next couple of days with 127 on sunday. Whether sponsored by cant. Take the worst possible material eurabia grounded into dust comparable to how to make a reliable and put it into place where people live think is a colossal event. As well so many people are here. But does it make you feel nice you feel like a murderer we have created an enormous amount of mental disaster. And investigation south africa toxic city on aljazeera. And again youre watching our dear reminder of our top stories this us human rights chief has condemned what she calls International Indifference to the rising death toll in syrias rebel idiot province. Says those targeting civilians should be charged with war crimes past 10 days 104. 00 civilians were killed. And use it as a paint a copy of a un report on child casualties in conflict zones saudi arabia has been highlighted for its role in the war in yemen but israel has been left off a blacklist of concern despite killing 59 children last year. The us president is celebrating what he calls a big victory for his southern border war from the nations highest court ruled donald trump can divert 2500000000. 00 from defense money to fund the project. A President Trump accused of Frances Emanuel my craw of foolishness our Digital Services tax charge says he will retaliate hinting he may tax french wine france is putting a 3 percent digital tax on sales from google and other multinational companies. Libyas coast guard says its recovered the bodies of dozens of refugees and migrants who died in what the u. N. Calls the worst mediterranean tragedy this year as many as 350. 00 migrants were on board the boats that capsized off the town of homs east of tripoli on thursday about 145. 00 of them were rescued by libyan coast guard around 120. 00 others including women and children are missing and feared dead the u. N. Is demanding immediate changes in the way migrants are protected the secretary general is deeply saddened by the news that some 150. 00 refugees and migrants lost their lives after the boats they were in capsized off the coast of libya on the 25th of july children and pregnant women are among the missing he is also concerned by reports that many of the survivors rescued by the libyan coast guard replaced in that that you are a Migrant Detention Center which is close to a military facility and was hit by an airstrike on the 2nd of july that resulted in more than 50 deaths the secretary general reiterates that libya is not a safe country of asylum and that refugees must be treated with dignity and respect and in accordance with international law. Opinion here is observing 7 days a mourning for its late president. Who died on thursday at the age of 92 is being remembered for guiding the country in a new era of democracy state funeral is expected to take place on saturday they were changed to has more now from carthage. The body of president. Is subsea being taken back to his official residence in carthage as tributes to his role in establishing democracy in tunisia followed in his wake the french president Emmanuel Macron and the german chancellor Angela Merkel both praised him for his courage. The new phase introduces government is now on the way the speaker of parliament Mohamed El Nasser sworn in to serve as the countrys president he will take over for up to 90 days while elections are organized. I swear by god almighty to protect the independence of tunisia and the safety of its lands to respect the constitution and law and fully take care of the peoples interests and be loyal to tunisia. In such a young democracy the vacant posts of the countrys leader could spark a power struggle among chooses Political Parties there for not what candidates who are considered to be quite popular and quite strong but also very controversial. Have been barred from running the president ial elections by parson parliament not too long ago this law is not yet been signed by. The before he passed away and i think well hear a lot more about this controversy next couple of days. The president spent the last few weeks of his life in and out of hospital he was a leading figure in what was known as the arab spring uprising as Prime Minister and then tunisia as 1st democratically elected president he helped draft a new constitution guaranteeing freedom of speech. Were going to have his accomplishments were often overshadowed by a weak economy and a high Unemployment Rate oh no worries though he started his mission on a positive note and he finished that the same way may he rest in peace his predecessors who the country but he was a good man who served his country no one did that before him no one shall any of he she we hope the next president will be even better we hope our country will be stable and safe we have some terrorism but the country doesnt blame him 7 days of National Mourning have been declared as the country on as its fallen president no front runner has emerged amongst the candidates who said they will be standing in the president ial elections in september but all shades of the political spectrum here are united in wanting one thing both a stable and a smooth transition of power David Chaytor aljazeera cottage of thousands of algeria have rallied nationwide for the 23rd week in protest against the government president Abdelaziz Bouteflika resigned in april after 20 years in power to demonstrate is one greater changes to the countrys ruling elite president ial elections planned for earlier this month were cancelled because of a lack of candidates interim president didnt care that had been solace as a special panel will meet soon to oversee plans for a vote. At least 2 people have been killed by a book around fighters in northeast nigeria the gunmen attacked one of the regions biggest camps for internally displaced people in maiduguri on thursday they shot at soldiers at a nearby military base set fire to tents and raided Food Supplies about 50000 people are living in the camp hundreds of activists packed the main terminal of hong kong airport for more than 12 hours to call for greater democracy they have been pushing their message to International Visitors theyre angry at what they see as chinas growing influence on hong kongs affairs and the government response to weeks of mass rallies the protests which we gain over a planned extradition more have grown into some of the largest in decades. Of sanctions on north korea appear to have a devastating impact on its economy its shrunk at its fastest rate in 21 years thats according to figures compiled by south koreas central bank but that hasnt dampened north koreas military ambitions with more missile tests carried out this week rob mcbride reports from seoul. The figures provide the stark is devore dense yet of how sanctions against north korea are hurting it economically last year the economy contract did by 4 point one percent thats on top of a 3 and a half percent contraction the year before at the height of the nuclear and missile testing crisis when the tougher sanctions were introduced compare that with 2016 when the north korean economy grew at nearly 4 percent better even than south korea in the same year figures released earlier this month in seoul also show how sanctions have cut north koreas trade with its neighbors by nearly half with a staggering 86 percent drop in exports especially affected has been its Mining Sector with a complete ban on one of its biggest exports coal it shows the extent to which kim jong un stated ambition to develop his countrys economy rather than the military is being frustrated but state run media is reporting that thursdays launch was overseen personally by kim and that the missiles were a new type of guided weapon much harder for anti Missile Systems to detect and intercept the north says there were a warning to the war mongers of south korea but seem calculated not to jeopardize the chance of a further summit with u. S. President donald trump they havent done Nuclear Testing they really havent tested missiles other than you know some are ones. The which is something that asked kim seems to be following the same strategy of using his countrys advances in military technology to build pressure for crippling sanctions to eventually be lifted rob mcbride aljazeera sole. A europe has been sweltering through its 2nd heat wave of the summer and provisional data shows the u. K. Man had its hottest day ever on thursday temperature of 38. 7 degrees celsius was recorded in the city of cambridge if confirmed by the National Weather service that would be the u. K. s highest temperature on record germany france belgium and the netherlands also had record breaking temperatures this week in france hundreds of hectares of fields caught fire because of the heat wave several firemen were hurt other heat now appears to be moving towards greenland where the u. N. Has warned it could cause record levels of ice melt greenness ice sheet covers 80 percent of the islands territory and is the 2nd largest in the world but its been losing ice at an accelerating pace from the turn of the century the ice loss in 2012 was 4 times the rate in 2003 and there are fears this summers heat could break that record the extent of the melt in june has been 4 times the average between 19012010 this month alone its already lost 160000000000. 00 tons of ice to surface melting thats roughly 64000000. 00 lympics sized swimming pools why should we worry while the total volume of the ice sheet is 2900000 cubic kilometers if all that eventually melts it will raise global sea levels by 7 meters devastated most of the worlds coastal cities are a small term is a climate scientist at the Denmark Meteorological Institute she says a clear link can be drawn between Climate Change and the growing rates of ice melt in the arctic. We know that the arctic is warm so much more than the rest of the world we have processes called the arctic have the patient so that Climate Change is felt much more strongly in the arctic than it is here even in europe right now and so when we get these big melting events happening they tend to be more extreme than they were in the past at the moment were not where very close to our rep or to melt year 2012 were getting very close to matching that right now we wont really know till the end of this month or even mid august which one has been the highest amount but thats what were looking at right now its probably fair to say that we will not know until weve passed if its irreversible or not there have been a lot of studies looking at how much Climate Change we have and and still keep the ice sheet and its important to remember that the ice sheet will still take hundreds if not thousands of years to melt completely doesnt go overnight. But there is a lot of work now indicating that one and a half or 2 degrees might be the sort of temperature global temperature threshold beyond which we cannot keep Greenland Ice sheet frozen. By extreme weather has affected the one of the worlds great cycling races the Tour De France was stopped 30 kilometers from the finish when a freak hailstorm triggered a small landslide the block to run this is how the teams were alerted by race organizers. Are very important to the board and. Very bad about it i dont know what are. Busy we are. We are for the core business but for a bill did they give at or good or. Have the particular. Door we had to get. The regular order. Now the rising cost of prescription drugs in the u. S. Has seen many people crossing into canada to buy cheaper medicines those traveling in the socalled insulin count vans all going to draw attention to their financial burden daniel lack followed one of the. Activist Quinn Nystrom shares the good news with fellow u. S. Diabetics a drug that they need to survive is available at the local Walmart Store for less than a 10th of what they pay in the United States their caravan crossed 3 u. S. States to make a purchase i decided to bring this today because this kind of shows like my every day like the diabetes look site this is kind of basically one or 2 months right survival for me also along for the ride Nicole Smith Holt who doesnt have the disease but shes here for a very special and personal reason i am part of the scare and in memory of my son alex smith who passed away on june 27th of 2017 from diabetic ketoacidosis as a result of rationing because he cannot afford it. The group came to canada to buy cheaper insulin but mostly this is a gesture aimed at u. S. Political leaders in the pharmaceutical industry insulin prices are so high that one in 4 diabetics in the u. S. Has to ration the insulin they can afford putting their lives in danger and. We need a long Term Solution to this this isnt isnt the solution this isnt the fixes to whats going on in america but if its temporary prices for life saving drugs in canada are regulated by a government appointed body organizers of the caravan say that should happen in the us too we are from a developed country. We are from a great country but we are not taking care of our citizens after buying their lifesaving drugs the diabetics from the United States will come to the home of Frederick Banting 1920 came up with the idea that lead to man made insulin banting sold the patent for insulin for a dollar intending it never be used to earn a profit but that hasnt happened and diabetics from the United States say its time to honor the wishes of the man who helped make sure they could survive a disease that used to be a death sentence Daniel Lak Al Jazeera london ontario. This is as you know thats going to round up all the top stories the uns human rights chief has condemned what she calls International Indifference to the rising death toll in syrias province says those targeting civilians should be charged with war crimes in the past 10 days 104 have been killed. Al jazeera has obtained a copy of the un report on child casualties in conflict zones the calls saudi arabia as having put measures in place to reduce child deaths in yemen something Human Rights Watch describes as a mockery and israel has been left off the blacklist altogether despite being held responsible by the un for the deaths of 59. 00 palestinian children last year turkish president. Says he is determined to eliminate what he calls the terror corridor or in Northern Syria u. S. And turkish officials have been holding talks for a safe zone east of the river euphrates to address security concerns of the presence of kurdish fighters there but. We are determined to destroy to pieces to tear a corridor in the east of the euphrates regardless of the way negotiations with the United States go on the forming of a safe zone along the border with syria with this operation we will in the context between tira groups based east of the euphrates entier wrists and Northern Iraq this way we will be able to squeeze and destroy the tira corridor from the east and the east the supreme the u. S. Supreme court has ruled that President Donald Trump can divert 2500000000. 00 from defense money to fund his southern border war last month a california judge blocked a move ruling the trump needed congressional approval to spend money on the war europe has been has been sweltering through its 2nd heat wave of the summer and provisional data shows the u. K. May have had its hottest day ever on thursday the temperature of 38. 7 degrees celsius was recorded in cambridge if confirmed by the National Weather service that would be the u. K. s highest temperature ever germany france belgium and the netherlands also experienced record breaking heat this week those are the h