Hello again welcome back to your International Weather forecast well this weekend promises to be a little bit more cloudy rainy as well as cooler across much of Central Europe we do have a front about it thats extending down from an earlier pressure across scandinavia and with that a lot of clouds here on our satellite image so temperatures are going to be in the high teens maybe hitting 20 in some locations with a lot of rain scattered across much of the area for vienna here on saturday it is going to be a rainy day at 16 berlin is going to be cloudy at 20 and as we go towards sunday and fortune not much of a change here if you like they are tunnel weather this is what were going to see here as we go towards sunday as well down towards the south though over here toward zurich it is going to be a little cooler at 15 degrees there well across the northern part of africa we could be seeing some clouds pushing through and with that through morocco algeria as well we could be seeing plenty of rain across the area now we dont expect it to be too heavy but it could lead to some localized flooding here so up here towards morocco robot just to the east of you some rain here on saturday then as we go towards sunday that area of rain starts to push towards algiers so in the mountains we could see a problem there with some localized flooding but we do expect to see attempts to there of 26. 00 degrees but for tunis it is going to be quite a nice day with attempt a few of about 30 degrees there. 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Welcome back a recap of our top stories on aljazeera iran says it has begun using new advanced centrifuges to enrich uranium this is tehrans 3rd major step in scaling back its commitments under the 2015 Nuclear Deal IranianAtomic Energy agency says europe doesnt have much time left to save the agreement police in hong kong are restricting access to the citys airport this saturday in an attempt to limit a planned on Thai Government protests authorities have increased the Police Presence and limited trains said his sister the airport the number of people who have died from Hurricane Dorian in the bahamas has risen to at least 43 and that number is expected to jump dramatically in the coming days as 100 still unaccounted for. Sudans new ministers are due to be sworn in today one of a few final sets in the countrys attempt to return to democracy Prime Minister abdullah hum docs announced his 20 member cabinet earlier this week it contains 4 women including its 1st female foreign minister a Sovereign Council will lead the country until election. Held within 3 years meanwhile the trial of the deposed president of sudan omar bashir is set to continue this saturday after he was formally charged last week with corruption and the illegal use of foreign funds but sharon says the 25000000. 00 he received from saudi arabias Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman wasnt yours for private purposes is lawyer says his client denies all charges against him and speak about this to have a morgan in khartoum for is what are we expecting from todays hearing for maava share. Wont fall its the former president s 4th appearance in court since he was investigated and charged with corruption illicit financial gains and bribery were expecting his former Office Manager to testify today because from the last session when he was charged by a big judge of former president bashir said that he did indeed receive 25000000. 00 from the saudi crown Prince Mohammed bin some money and he said he received it through his Office Manager so the judge had formally requested last week that his home Office Manager come to testify and explain not why not how the money was used but why did the money come through a private plane and not through the official systems interim gates has also stated that the former president admitted to receiving millions of dollars from the from the from the prince of United Arab Emirates so there was so the judge is asking why did the money come through unofficial channels and why did not go through the Banking System especially at a time when the country is facing an economic crisis and if found guilty the former president can face up to 10 years in jail what are the other charges against him he was charged with killing protesters in may and theres also the i. C. C. Arrest warrant against same for the crimes committed in darfur. Well that hasnt been mentioned in the Previous Court sessions and what we understand is that once these sessions are over once hes either found guilty or innocent of the charges of corruption illicit financial gains and bribery vendee can move on to the other charges but people in the streets have been protesting about the fact that these are not mentioned fully theyre saying that this trial is a sham and that the real the real charges that should be against him should be the work crimes committed in darfur and in the southern regions of South Kordofan we also understand that the i. C. C. Is trying to open or trying to look into the issue of its arrest warrant they say that the arrest warrant is still valid therefore the Transitional Government that has been formed has the obligation to to hand over the former president but the Sovereign Council did say that they are going to try to set up an independent judicial system to try the president and that is likely take some time which is not going to help people who are angry on the streets thank you for that had them organized for us in khartoum will of course be going back to you throughout the day to get updates of a Court Hearing today for sudans deposed president judges in cameroon have adjourned the trial of the main Opposition Leader and dozens of other politicians after one of them collapsed in court the United StatesEuropean Union and human Rights Groups are all criticizing was described as political tara tara in cameroon reports. Protesters chants in support of the man they face the rightful president of Cameron Maurice come to. Think of it outside a military court in the capital here on day where the main Opposition Leader is one of dozens of politicians danding trial theyre accused of insurrection and rebellion against the government charges that carry the death penalty. Have traveled more than 600 kilometers to this is. Asking the government to release Political Prisoners tensions. The judge. Mental or fortunately be done in the absence of the concerned were used to the presence of police this is what comes with dictator this is what tyrone is a civilian is tried in a military tribunal will continue protesting until there is change. Canto loss to president paul beyond his rule to 35 years in last years election. But come to his party the Cameroon Renaissance Movement accuses the governments of rigging the vote results. Following unsee government protests cunto and more than 80 other politicians were arrested in january. Their defense teams accuse the authorities of denying them basic human and legal rights in courts the lawyers all of them are not sitting. Down because almost jazz most. Cases are not in a Good Condition to be able to defend themselves human Rights Groups are calling for the Immediate Release of come and say its part of a violent crackdown by the president against any form of dissent this is also occurring amidst a series of other issues happening in cameroon most pressing of which is the crisis that continues to unfold in the end before the regions and weve also seen the courts who used against separatist leaders in these regions as well. The trial has been adjourned to next month after one of the accused a former advisor to president collapse in court. And. A prisoner swap between russia and ukraine is believed. To buses were seen traveling with Police Escort from a moscow jail to an airport early saturday the exchange is expected to involve 24 ukrainian sailors captured near the Crimean Peninsula last november and accused of illegally entering russia 35. 00 prisoners on each side so a total of 70 prisoners are being exchanged now this what follows here is a conflict involving russian backed separatists in Eastern Ukraine and also new efforts to revive stalled peace talks under simmons reports. They set sail of a holders and ended up behind bars in russia 22 ukrainian soldiers and 2 members of the countrys Security Services they were captured by the russian navy which opened fire on their 3 boats here in the kurdish strait 9 months ago russia says they legally entered its waters near the Crimean Peninsula seized by russia from ukraine in 2014 a british. Let me draw your attention to the fact that they trespassed in russian territorial waters which were russian even before crimea joined the Russian Federation that is in the place where russian territorial waters have always been used. The kurds strait gives the only access to ukrainian ports in the sea of as of but its now largely under russian control and tensions in the region are high. In july this russian tanker was seized by the ukrainians who said it had been involved in the capture of their sailors the russian crew were later released president putin had been pressured by the European Union and the United States to release the sailors an International Tribunal had also ordered russia to immediately release the men and their ships the kremlin refused. Several of the member of portly move from labor camps in different parts of russia to a single jail in moscow ahead of their exchange with russians being held in ukrainian prisons all russia seize control of crimea 5 years ago after sending in troops its also still backing separatists in a war with Ukrainian Forces in Eastern Ukraine when 10000 people have been killed since the fighting began 5 years ago. Ukraines new president little mierzwinski says he wants to revive peace negotiations with russia hes been courting european leaders recently. Have already spoken by phone the Prisoner Exchange could be an important step towards further dialogue and to simmons. India space agency has lost contact with its moon lander as it made its final approach it was scenes of disappointment in the Mission Control center its not known if the unmanned lunar lander named crashed or whether it suffered a technical fault job or has more from new delhi. There is a palpable sense of disappointment in india as many stayed up late in the night to watch the landing of the moon but in the last few seconds the contact was lost chief of indias Space Research organization adelia said that the last 15 minutes of full of terror and terrifying they indeed were the one that is disappointment there is also sympathy for the scientists who are undertaking such an endeavor and scientists believe that even though it has failed the data has so far been collected would be useful in finding out why its failed and what can be learned at the end of it from this exercise sympathies also that because this is a very Cost Effective mission the Indian Government spend 150000000. 00 thats about half of what was used in producing hollywood movie the average joes so how did succeed it would have been a lesson for scientists all over the world to find out how these missions can be conducted in a Cost Effective manner other than that the stated mission stated goal of the mission was to research lunar soil to take the images of lunar soil and send them to the earth in the last such Mission India indias had tried to search for water and this time the focus was on lunar soil it has failed bot Prime Minister modi has said very reassuring words of the scientists implying that there will be a next time. Pakistans Prime Minister a mon khan has mocks National Defense day by visiting the line of control in kashmir indias sponsor crisis last month when it revolts the autonomy of its part of the disputed region and enforce a military law down. His forces stand ready to confront India White House economic adviser larry kudlow is warning that a trade war between china and the United States could take years to resolve both sides of increase and added in recent weeks affecting global moch a sense of pride chains despite some disruption they are opportunities for businesses in asia hi larry or somebody. With trade negotiations between the worlds 2 biggest economies still a work in progress chinas close and reliant neighbors are feeling the impact. On the outskirts of bangkok wrote the poem love runs a house where a Company Started by his father the medium sized business is heavily dependent on china factories their supply Raw Materials wrought upon uses to manufacture products for his thai customers the trade war is costing him money but despite that he sees an upside. I think is a benefit to be made china may have all the material that i need but here we have Skilled Labor who know the art and craft we can export our products without going through china worry about the trade will in one high profile case thailand has actually won new business as a result of chinese tariffs on u. S. Goods u. S. Motorcycle giant Harley Davidson announced that its moving the manufacturing of its china bound bikes from the u. S. To thailand by the end of the year this to avoid tariffs levied on imports of american vehicles. The company had actually opened a factory in thailand before the trade war to supply the growing east asia market but an Economic Advisor to one of thailands Largest Companies warns of a threat not just to thailand but to the Global Supply chain if china and the us cant settle their differences. Clear go going to last longer theyre going to have. Long lasting chanting of the daleks and out of supplies here. To be continued i say that if seem to me to actually not now going to be me could have become all in the now dont know rise that you called me that means china will rely less on neighboring countries for materials and goods producing more of it so that the bad news for countries like thailand its largest export market is china the economy here relies heavily on its big neighbor to the north so businesses could be forced to recalibrate their supply chains its got harder aljazeera bangkok and investigation has been launched in several u. S. States cinta whether facebook competition and putting its uses at risk the new York State Attorney general is leading the. Its part of a wider check on anticompetitive practices among major dishful Companies Reportedly including google amazon and apple mike hanna has the details. Most of those investigations are federal investigations that are being carried out in a number of companies particularly google and facebook but this particular move that was announced by the new York Attorney general in the course of the day is different its a number of states coming together the attorneys general from at least 8 states who are coming together to jointly probe the activities of facebook at this particular stage now the significance of this is that it is a bipartisan investigation facebook would be unable to say that there are political motivations behind such an investigation now the new York Attorney general outlining the probe has said that its going to be focusing on facebooks dominance in the market and the way in which the stahmann and squid be misused it is going to look at facebooks use of consumer data about whether it is responsible for the increase in the cost of advertising so its a widely spread very significant investigation last time a Major Investigation an antitrust investigation such as this was done on this basis was concerning microsoft 2 decades ago when attorneys general came together to launch a bipartisan investigation so a significant move indeed. 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