A nazi war criminal a 93 year old is sentenced in germany for his part in killing thousands of people. And on a mission to mars china sends its 1st unmanned spacecraft to explore the red planet. 5 west african heads of state are meeting in mali to try to resolve its deepening political crisis 6 weeks of mass protests have demanded the resignation of president. At least 14 people have been killed in recent days the m 5 movement of all position activists leads the protests accusing president kaisa of corruption mishandling the economy and failing to improve security they rejected a unity government proposal on the Regional Organization ecowas. Instability in mali has helped to rebel groups linked to al qaida and iso gain strength using mali as a launching pad for attacks in neighboring nations nicholas hike has been following the story from dakar senegal and hes joining us from there live nic was this delegation why are there so many senior figures making it up. Well you know this is so far the mediation efforts have failed i mean all the concessions or the propositions made by the echo are such as naming a new constitutional judges to revise them to review the Election Results of the parliamentary elections well thats just not good enough for the opposition and the protest movement who want to simply see president. Leave office now hes been awfully quiet since the beginning of this crisis last time he spoke or made an address to the nation president was on the 11th of july and he described the situation as a post electoral crisis pointing the finger that this could be resolved through reviewing what happened during the parliamentary elections where 31. 00 seats were awarded to the ruling party the opposition is contesting that but and so the heads of states that were seeing here i mean quite senior heads of state were having in the nigerian president bush hari president of ivory coast ouattara the president of the share and senegal all coming at once in bamako to both speak with katie but most importantly to speak with the protest movement and the difficulty in trying to finding a middle ground is because this protest movement the m 5 movement is made up of various various people they have members of the opposition members of former members of the present. Government you have religious leaders you have trade unionists are trying to get them all on the same table and 2 to a talking point is that main challenge for this delegation given the level of unrest that weve seen in mali what are the possible outcomes both for mali but also for the region as well. Well you know the reason why were seeing such a high level. Delegation coming to bamako is that stability in mali is key for the security of these countries that weve mentioned ivory coast has already been at the has received a tax from armed groups that come from mali knees error number of armed groups have been seen from mali coming into the territorial borders of need to launch attacks against their government theres also this feeling that the protest movement this this is this movement in this lack of trust in the. The governments in about michael well theres a fear that this protest movement could spread to other capitals to be joe for instance where there will be another president ial election happening later on this year so thats what youve seen such a high level delegation coming to to bamako also remember that we have 4000. 00 french troops we have 14000. 00 u. N. Troops the most costly u. N. Operation in its history a 1000000000. 00 a year and yet despite all of this weve seen the absence of state in the north and in the center of the country where weve seen a stepping up of attacks by groups affiliated to al qaeda like. The mean and islam and state in the greater sahara and so that is why for regional actors it is important to see stability in mali theres a real fear that this could spread beyond its borders rob were going to were going to be coming back to you as that meeting progresses but for now and nicolas talking to us from dhaka thank you very much indeed. Well afghanistans ministry of defense has confirmed its carried out an airstrike that killed at least 45 people they say they were targeting members of the taliban in the Western Province of pot and that civilians werent in the area but a district governor says at least 8 civilians and among the dead victoria photon is a professor of peace studies at the American University of afghanistan and she says the attack will impact future peace talks the trust that has been a between the different parties to the camp broke and there has been no we ducked in violence in the past few weeks quite the contrary and so after this s dreich which was supposedly talk of taliban prisoners who had been released by the government obviously after the strike this is when you thought that that meets the potential relationship that could have been established between the Afghan Government and the taliban so it is not looking good for the future of the n. E. P. Stops enough times that france is threatening to impose sanctions on nations involved in the conflict in libya president obama all macro says its time for a cease fire and a political solution to the conflict this fall as Egypts Parliament approving Troop Deployment outside the country on monday president of the photo sisi threatening military action against took a shot back forces who supports the un recognized government atocha bottle is live for us in paris what else has president mccomb been saying. Well president is meeting with the president of cypress at the elise a and he made a few statements before the 2 leaders went in for their talks are president michel 1st of all said that he believed that the European Union should do more to stop what he called provocations in the Eastern Mediterranean that what i was talking about is the fact that he continues to drill for oil and gas off the coast of cyprus the republic of cyprus is part of the e. U. The breakaway north is pro turkey now the e. U. Considers this continue drilling by ankara as legal there are already sanctions on and from the e. U. France in the past few weeks is actually called for more sanctions on turkey because of this continuing dispute and things really escalated then on wednesday when Turkish Military naval ships is caught in a submarine that theyre using for as part of this Gas Exploration through the Eastern Mediterranean something that macro has said is a violation of maritime law. This is quite an interesting situation isnt because of nothing else that up to this point france has been somewhat kori in terms of placing itself in the conflict in libya and yet these are much stronger words that are coming up from the president. Yes person micro also spoke about libya before going into these talks with the president of cyprus he said that he believed that there should be sanctions or those who are violating the u. N. Arms embargo to libya and that war of words between france and turkey on libya is really escalated over the last few weeks the tensions between the 2 countries have been quite high over the past year but in in june of france accused a turkish warship of harassing a french ship that was part of a nato operation in forcing this arms embargo on libya now france said that turkey was should apologize to france and pulled its vessel out of this a Naval Operation in protest but france and turkey both accuse each other of being a destabilizing force in libya president macro again just a few weeks after that incident with those ships in the mediterranean said that turkey had a criminal responsibility in libya turkey then said that france must apologize this war of words has continued with france asking the European Union to do more to come down hard if you like on turkey thats not a show about a lot for us in paris natasha thank you very much indeed china says its considering ways to stop the recognition of British National overseas passports held by many people in hong kong its in response to the u. K. s decision to open a special pathway to citizenship for 3000000. 00 hong kong residents starting in january the British Government and china are accusing each other of breaching the commitments they made during negotiations that resulted in the return of hong kong to chinese rule in 1997 well lets cross over to work on where katrina you is live for us what is beijing be saying about this issue of the British National overseas passport holders. Well rob theyre furious about this move now this this move by the u. K. Essentially provides a migration pop awake the holders of this British National overseas possible even home call but china says what it may do in response to that is make it so that people who hold the spotlight in hong kong will not be able to use it as a valid travel document leading to say that they might not even be able to leave home calls with it now beijing says that this is because this move is in violation of International Relations principles and International Law but also in violation of an animal you between china and the u. K. Lets hear more of whats along with being Chinas Foreign Ministry spokesperson had to say about this early on thursday. You use the phone to move there given the british side broke its commitment 1st the chinese side will consider stopping recognition of being no passports as valid travel documents and we will reserve the right to take for their actions. He went on to say that the u. K. Should stop meddling in chinas internal affairs and simply accept that hong kong is a part of china now this is not the only way that beijing seems to be kicking back at the u. K. We know that Chinese State t. V. That is c. C. T. V. I had originally had the. English premier. League Football Games on it but we do know that there was a match between liverpool f. C. And chelsea f. C. That was supposed to air on c. C. T. V. On wednesday which was cancelled last minute and we know there were further matches scheduled the business weekend that have also been townsell now c. C. T. V. Hasnt given any reason for this but we are and we understand or were saying that this is in response to a move by the u. K. To ban Chinese Telecoms Company quali from the u. K. 5 g. Network so its a quite a symbolic move from china it effectively blocks the English Premiership League from a massive football. Here in china that is growing this big market and president xi jinping has poured millions into expanding the sport here in china and its not the 1st time that sport really has gotten mixed up into chinas geopolitics last year the n. B. A. That is Americas NationalBasketball Association had all of them matches all of bag games similarly banned from Chinese State t. V. Following a tweet by the general manager of houston rockets. When he tweeted in support of prodemocracy protesters by his katrina thats katrina you live for us in the world. Still ahead on aljazeera more risk of abuse during the current virus pandemic indonesias politicians are accused of failing to protect societys most vulnerable people. How theres an active circulation in the yellow sea here it is developing right across the Korean Peninsula a significant rain now it will take all of friday to wander through and then cross into q sure maybe the far west of honshu but his legacy is in east the wind was more shallow isnt it so souls go a couple of days to come but thats where elective t. Is now although this is part of the system which is given the flooding to the yangtze and places to the north its quiet for a little bit friday maybe saturday also next pulse develops in sichuan this then rides through honshu making that said he went to accuse looking quite dry so he agrees that humid degrees and still it rains in song 28. And the monsoon rain of india by vision pakistan is you know very active this year particularly in the northeast over the next day or so i think southern bangladesh is particularly prone to this wet weather and its true for this northeastern part of india as well otherwise the shows are pretty well scattered heading back towards maharashtra they should try to show themselves again thats why as they way you might expect them to be some sort of i think still develop thunderstorms in parts of amman and solace sitting under the hobby. Up above the hustle and bustle of cubas capital there is a secret world. Community of colorful characters who have made the rooftops their homes. From their unique perspective they reflect on the countrys history and how it has shaped their lives and hopes for the future. Have vanished from on high with us on just. We want to go to 0 mind of our top stories this hour 5 west African Leaders of reviving in malis capital to try to resolve the countrys deepening political crisis seen protests for 6 weeks with tens of thousands of people demanding president evil him steps down. Afghanistans ministry of defense has confirmed its carried out an airstrike that killed at least 45. 00 people a district governor says at least 8 civilians are among the dead but the government says civilians werent in the area. France is threatening to impose sanctions on nations involved in the conflict in libya president emanuel says its time for a cease fire and a political solution to the conflict. Tension once again in cities of the United States in Portland OregonSecurity Forces have launched tear gas and protesters have let fires on the streets theyre angry because federal officers have been sent to control demonstrations which means going on for 56 nights but President Donald Trump has promised to deploy more officers this time to the cities of chicago and albuquerque he says is to control rising crime others say its an election stunt my kind of reports. The concern about federal involvement was spotted by scenes like this from Portland Oregon up to weeks of anti racism protests federal troops in unmarked uniforms moved in confronting demonstrators and detaining them in unmarked vehicles much to the end of the states governor this is a democracy not a dictatorship. We cannot have secret police abducting people into and putting them in unmarked vehicles. I cannot believe i have to say that the president of the United States now the president has announced his intention of sending federal offices to several other cities today im announcing a surge of federal Law Enforcement in 2 American Communities plagued by Violent Crime will work every single day to restore Public Safety protect our nations children and bring violent perpetrators to justice for months President Trump has regularly tweeted law and order in capitals and this decision is regarded by many as a Campaign Ploy in an Election Year the mayors of several major cities have sent this letter to the attorney general blasting the proposed deployment the letter reads in part these are tactics we expect from authoritarian regimes not our democracy that has been an especially violent summer atlanta has seen a 300 percent spike in shooting victims compared to the same week in july last year in new york city over the past week shooting victims are up more than 200 percent. Mounting frustration during this pandemic and widespread anger at police has led to what many view as a perfect storm of increased violence that federal involvement could intensify rather than fickle mike hanna aljazeera washington or philadelphias top prosecutors warn that federal agents will Face Criminal Charges if they unlawfully assault or arrest anyone in the city if they choose to follow the law then well all get along famously and if they choose not to follow the law then they will discover that there are laws in the county of pennsylvania that can be used to prosecute. It is certainly my hope that their behavior will be entirely legal but based on what i saw in portland it is my opinion that some of that behavior looks like criminal conduct the us house of representatives has approved a bill aimed at reversing Donald Trumps controversial order which bans entry to immigrants from mostly muslim majority countries france initial ban targeted iran libya somalia syria and yemen critics say it amounts to unlawful religious discrimination in the no ban act would limit the president s ability to block immigration based on religion however the act is unlikely to ever be put into effect because the Republican Controlled Senate is likely to vote against it. A former nazi concentration camp guard has been convicted of being an accessory to the murder of more than 5000. 00 people during world war 2 the trial against 93 year old the brutal day will be one of the last against nazi war criminals then again has the latest from berlin. The offenses that this individual has been found guilty of occurred in 1944 when he was a 17 year old who was part of an s. S. Unit in short of a concentration camp which then was in nazi germany now is in modern day poland the court that tried this individual was a youth court because the the age of the defendant when he committed the offenses was such that he couldnt be prosecuted in an adult court thats why the sentence passed on him is a suspended sentence a 2 year suspended sentence one