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ALJAZAM Weekend News June 22, 2024

Westgate mall two years after the attack there. In sport, i will have the latest in the Corruption Scandal and formula one mourns bianchi, the 25 25yearold driver who never recovered from the crash at last years japanese grand prix. Hello. We begin in saudi arabia where Authorities Say they foiled planned attacks by the Islamic State of iraq in the levant. They say more than 430 people have been arrested in a se of raids and some of those in custody have been linked to recent attacks on the kingdom. Natasha gname reports. With rage and seizures of guns money and computers, Saudi Arabias Interior Ministry said it dealt a massive blow to isil. Saudi Security Forces have arrested. 431 people. They say they are teed to the armed group. Within the past few weeks, we have nearly put an end to isil in saudi arabia. Reporter Officials Say the suspects are from across the middle east and africa. They are believed to have been involved in the bombings of mosques in the cities of dman, delawa and fatiq Security Forces say they have foiled six other attacks being planned against saudi targets. Isil is trying to create a rift in the kingdom. They want to create chaos here through these terror cells which included citizens from saudi arabia and other countries. With the arrests, sawyerudi arabia is also hoping they have squashed the ability of isil to recruit more fighters. Natasha gname, al jazeera. The al arab news channel, more needs to be done to defeat isil. I would disagree with saying we have put an end to isil because it is not the first wave of the hundreds who were arrested before and the fighters are on recruitment. It is good news. It is good news that the awedsaudi authorities have foiled attacks, the 400plus terrorists. But they are still attracting others. Thats a risk clearly 400 young soldiers have taken a manifesto that could destroy the kingdom. We have to admit we have a problem and we have to deal with it. The Political Editor at the middle east magazine based here in the u. K. Thank you for coming in to al jazeera. Interesting, the timing of this announcement about all of those arrests coming so soon after the Iran Nuclear Deal this week. Thats one aspect of it. The second aspect of it, the saudi king met the leader of hamas, the Palestinian Group a few days ago, and obviously, there is some question in the middle east in the emirates in egypt, the country with terrorists. Again, the timing is interesting, is an assurance that awed e arabia is with its allies. Thirdly, the end of ramadani eid. And there was an expectation that terrorists might do something. Thank god, they didnt. So that again, boosting the confidence of the people that the Security Forces have. The arrests are actually taking place over four months now. Exactly. Which is why its interesting that they waited until now to actually announce the arrests had been made. What is all of the show about the threat that saudi arabia faces at the moment . Well lets not forget that between november and now about 400 people in saudi arabia were killed or injured in terrorist attacks, in mosques, where two car bombs killed people. The king himself, when he was still the governor of ryad someone went where he was and with their opinion, to know someone came in and blew themselves up. So, the danger. I mean people forget that saudi arabia does have an establishment and a very society that would use ideas. But it is under threat more than any other countries. So, the number of attacks, car bombs in saudi arabia over last four years would have appeared to hav in the rest. How does isil differ today . To take over some from saudi arabia. Isil is different. Isil actually managed to find a place in any state and a proving ground, for people to go from there. Making it illegal for people go and join any cause whatsoever and fit. Some of the people arrested by the airports and crossing points not just rounded up and some of them were arrested outside of mosques over six or seven weeks after friday prayers. So, its a threat, israel from isil and then the attacks which others attracted by isil ideology and very difficult for any service to follow and find them. Thank you so much . Thank you. Irans Supreme Leader has accused washington of arrogance in his first speech since the Historic Nuclear Deal was signed with world powers. He was speaking before tens of thousands who chanted death to america and death to israel. He told them iran would not change its behavior and would continue to support, quote, honest fightners lebanon and palestine. Whether the deal is approved or sgrovd we would never stop supporting our friends in the region and our friends in palestine, syria, iraq lebanon, even after the deal policy towards the arrogant u. S. Will not change. Of course we dont welcome a war. We wont begin or preempt a war but if a war happens here, the one who will exit with humiliation is the atrocious america. Rouhanni has spoken about the Nuclear Agreement and hose it will improve relations. Writing on his twitter account, he singled out closer relations saying he had spoken to the ruler of the gulf state. The Nuclear Agreement with iran is seen as a major success for the u. S. President barack obama and one of a string of recents achievements that will help to secure his legacy. Patty culhane reports from washington, d. C. You can even see it in the way he walks. Suddenly for u. S. President barack obama, fired up seems like more than a campaign slogan. Thats clear after he explained his mood in a recent radio. I know what i am doing and i am fearless. To many t seems the president has had a pictureperfect last few months. Reacting after the Supreme Court kept his signature, Health Insurance legislation in place. He lit up the white house when the court ruled in favor of samesex marriage reestablished diplomatic ties with cuba after five deck its a and decades and he has defied what the pundits have been saying for years. Is obama already a lame duck president . This makes him a very lame duck president. The job is going to get tougher in the next two years. Is he already a lame duck . It seems the president would disagree. He is speaking out with more force on some of the most toxic political issues in the u. S. Like gun control. I have had to make statements like this too many times. And on race. Amaceamazing grace uniting a congregation in song after a racially motivated mass shooting. How sweet the sound. I has been a defendant bit blunt when he thinks he needs to be . Thats nonsense. And you should know better. His to do list isnt done. Its possible he will be able to get through criminal justice reforms, reducing sentences for nonviolent drug offenders and still working on finalizing the Transpacific Partnership a Free Trade Agreement that would impact 40 of the global economy. Analysts say what the president and his staff have probably figured out by now that often president ial legacies are shaped by event did outside of their control. When it comes to foreign policy, obviously everything is unpredictable, so much that is out of his control. What other World Leaders do is out of his control. Terrorist attacks are out of his control. The president faces challenges, the fight against isil, the rebuilding of iraq the civil war in syria, the standoff in ukraine and he need needs to get the iran deal past congress and figure out if he will do more than threaten israel with the possibility of supporting palestine at the united nations. This is a president who realizes the clock is ticking, hoping he can tick off a few more accomplishments in the time left. Patty culhane, al jazeera, washington. Still to come on the program, the unhealthy state of greeces hospital. Doctors cry out for more funding, plus opposition campaigning ahead of burundis controversal elections. A party has decided to boycott the poll all together. In sport, the fifa Corruption Scandal rumbles on as a former top official appears in court. First, members of the u. S. White Supremacist Group the ku klux klan has rallied in support of the con fredfedral rat flag. It was permanently lowered eight days ago outside of this Assembly Building in columbia following shootings in an africanamerican church. Scuffles broke out afterwards when the Confederate Flag supporters were led away from the Capitol Building. Hundreds of people had turned out to protest against the kkk rally. From al jazeera, from columbia whats it like there at the moment may . Its ease away because the ku klux klan have been escorted away from the Capitol Building. They arrived with a Police Escort through a crowd of several hundred people and in fact, as they made their way, there were a number of bottles and rocks thrown at the kkk and their supporters one striking a man in his head. He was obviously wounded. By that incident there arewere a number of minor skirmishes after that action people who were fighting and one state, a Confederate Flag was snappedtched was taken away and ripped up. The police handled things very well. They were quickly on any sign of disquiet, any sign of arguments, and they made sure that the kkk stayed for an hour and then escorted them off of the steps of the Capitol Building to the buses that were waiting to take them to the car parks where they had gathered. There was probably no more than 100 of them, but by then this was about freedom of speech. This was about declaring their heritage and saying removing the flag because it was linked to the shooting was perhaps in charleston, was perhaps a step too far and they want to make their voices heard. Well, they did that. About 400 people in the crowd beyond them had their voices heard that the kkk wasnt welcome here. We know that the kkk attracts big headlines. Just how big is this group these days . I think the numbers are probably greater than they expected. Certainly t wasnt just numbers of the ku klux klan but other White Supremacy organizations on the steps of the Capitol Building in columbia. If you go back to 1925, the kkk has a membership of 4 Million People in the United States. In the 1960s when the Civil Rights Movement was at its height it could perhaps be somewhere in the region of 400,000. Now according to the southern Poverty Group they say it can be no more than 4,000. They were loud. They were vocal. They wanted to make sure their message was heard. They insisted, the one or two i spoke to was that this was not a message of hate. They didnt hate anyone. They didnt want to do anything damage but they wanted their heritage recognized. Their history, they said cant be swept away. The people that were on the steps surrounding the kkk also want to make sure pair their point was heard and that was that they werent welcome here and it was 2015, the world has moved on and so should they. Thank you. Israels Prime Minister has been meeting black Israeli Community leaders as protests continue against alleged discrimination. Benjamin netanyahu says racism must be eliminated but a report is that many black israelis believe little has changed. An antiracism protest in the heart of israels most liberal city. Black israelis and their supporters gathered to call for an end to discrimination something they say is institutionalized. We have been experiencing racism for years. We are demonstrating because we want equality in israel. Prime minister netanyahu says racism needs to be e flamed from Israeli Society and that he set up a Government Ministerial Committee aimed at trying to combat it. Few here believe much will change. Protests like this first erupted last month by video which went viral on the black israeli soldier being beaten by police. Rallies were largely peaceful until police fired tear gas and stun grenades at protesters, a show of force rarely used against Israeli Citizens who are not palestinian. A huge amount of this divide and conquer goes on. There is a lot of interrogations that are legitimate. We shouldnt be surprised when this racism toward palestinians that is always kind of pushed guyby the government, when it translates to other groups. Reporter this is where the wealthiest suburbs of west jerusalem. Within the suburb is a neglected neighborhood which isnt just one of the poorest in the area but in all of israel. Its where we met somak gozak. He i am graduated toitsis nearly 10 years ago. He shows me around his home which is in a housing block. He says nearly everyone who lives in the area is black israeli and unemployment is more than double the National Average and where most residents complain of frequent harassment by the police. I thought life would be better in israel. In ethiopia we could earn money. Here, we are nothing. Black israelis have complained of discrimination for years despite having been in israel since the 1980s, Rights Groups say they consistently earn far less than the general population, have limited Educational Opportunities and are more likely to end up in prison, something Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has promised to change. But soma gosa thinks its too little too late and doesnt exhibit life in israel to improve for him or other black israelis no matter what the government does. Al jazeera. Administrators of a university in sudan are trying to figure out how to prevent students from dropping their stud toishingz join isil. A report says more than 20 students have joined the armed groupdies to join isil. A report says more than 20 students have joined the armed group group. Since march 21 students are believed to have abandoned their futures as doctors to join isil. The students who join isil look normal in their first and second years at university. Later, we notice there is a change in their lifestyle, all of the sudden, we hear they have joined isil. We see the change in their personalities. The university is 19 years old and has around 1,000 students. The government isnt naming names but accuses serial groups of recruiting for is oil camp for isil on campus. Security officials discovered a rented house in the suburbs. They were giving lectures to students and they were keen to join isil. Reporter now the university and government leaders have identified the problem, they are trying to understand why. This issue needs investigation in order to know the real reasons behind it phenomena and if its due to justice, sprooeings or depression lack ofuppression or depression, lack of. Some sudanease scholars believe its to promote an intellectual dialogue and show students extremism is not the way forward. Security could be a big factor in burundis president ial election. After a decision of the president to run for a third time, it has led to violent protests. Many are hoping for a quick and calm resolution. Reporter daniel says he suffered when the president violated the constitution and chose to run for a third term. He is optimistic the slump in business will end once the president ial election set for tuesday is over. Maybe it will end and we can have peace. Campaign period is winding down, but only a few opposition parties seem happy. Some burundiians believe this party is sam pathetic to the ruing party and thats why they are allowed to campaign. The leaders say thats not true. Why is your party participating in thely on tuesday . To deal. As for now we are not the most efficient safe conditions because of hoping for the situation, different groups despite calls by the international community, south African Leaders and opposition parties to delay the controversial election the Electoral Commission says it will go ahead. The people are happy to boycott tuesdays election. They say they cant help but participate in the protest. In the rural countryside where the president is popular, his supporters say the state of the economy is not their main concern. What is it for me . The peace. Its one of the best personality, desecrating. In the urban areas life is harder. People here also want peace, but they need jobs too. If kurns he wins a third term, some arent sure if that will be good or bad for the ailing economy. Burundi. Nairobis westgate Shopping Mall has opened nearly two years after al shabaab gunmen killed 67 people there. The citys governor is hailing the reopening as declaring the city is safe as it was laid siege for more than 4 days in 2013. It killed more than 400 people in kenya including 148 at gariza university. Though who survived are coming to terms with what they went through. Nadia was one of those in the west gait mall when it was attacked. This is her story in her own words. We are ready to open back at the westgate o that day, i was here. I ran out in a very very bad way. It was the worst day ever. I had to come back into the mall after a few weeks to recover the stock. Initially, it was very very hard for me to get back in but i can still work through it. We are ready to open. We are ready to sell. Our people actually have security and we feel come comfortable. We invite people to overcome the fear. People were hesitant coming to the mall i feel like we should come together as a community and support because as a co

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