potential donors are meeting in kuwait. to announceected what they will pledge to help rebuilding efforts. this was one of the most famous landmarks in mosul. rubble is all that remains. activists hope the mosque can be rebuilt. will hope mosul reconstructed as sn as possib. we're optimistic about the conference. >> that three-day conference is taking place in kuwait city. qi officials will unveil their ideas for ruilding th areas of the country raged. international donors and investors have put the economy back on track after years of conflict. the united nations estimates rebuilding mosul alone will cost more than $1 billion. the prime minister declared victory against the islamic state in december. his government reckons reconstruction across the country will cost at least $80 billion in total. the work could take at least a decade. in the nextncing few days is just the beginning of this process. is accused ofxfam covering up misconduct in haiti after the earthquake seven years ago. staff paid for prostitutes in the scan

on to international i mentioned that figure really in fact it was underlined only a few hours ago in kuwait by the director general of iraq's planning ministry they need twenty two billion dollars now sixty billion later on it's an eye watering some more really who should be paying realistically where's it going to come from. the basically whatever we talk about it are the must acknowledge and this should be the bill of every talk and every i think that american occupation of iraq was illegal because there were no w m d's present in iraq and now was that it was a belief of nation building is actually the america and its allies. as announced during is election campaign and that there will be no nation building and this certainty now that they are not going to let anything for the nation building up the building of. destruction in iraq this is actually part of the trump policy of no nation building. actually they actually have have destroyed the iraqi nation the iraqi country not just a dog but the office think that testify assayas not just inside it are around iraq and in the whole world and

>> qatar remains calling for the dialogue and supporting the initiative of the amir of kuwait when he offered to mediate between the gulf countries and also accepted the invitation which was issued by the president for -- to call all the gcc members to camp david in order to see a solution for this. but when you have a conflict between parties and one of the parties is unwilling to engage in dialogue or unwilling to engage towards a solution, then this dialogue, even if it would in anything, it won't result in positive results because of the bad intention behind the willingness. the gcc summit was an opportunity what we believed in qatar that at least for the first time the leaders will see each other face to face. and we were surprised at the last moment that they have cancelled their attendance and downgraded their representation to the gcc meeting. so for us, we have done everything in our hands showing the good will towards the solution, but it needs a response from the other side, which is not there yet. >> and do you think that, like, just kind of the number of issues that are t

in helping our oil we protect that kuwait's government says it's outraged by joe honest murder and is working on bringing her killer said just this and that is of little comfort to her grieving family katia llopis of the young al-jazeera. a prominent venezuelan businessman has ruled out challenging the president nicolas maduro in the forthcoming elections in april lorenzo mendoza told employees he won't be a candidate despite widespread calls for him to enter the race the billionaire was seen as the strongest potential contender from the opposition which claims the vote will be rigged in the favor of mr than israel has been struggling with an unprecedented economic crisis since twenty thirteen. well that crisis is sent inflation soaring and its core shortages of food and medicines prompting record numbers of venezuelans to seek refuge in neighboring countries more than half a million have crossed into colombia since the middle of last year the situation is so bad the colombian president is now calling for international help. visited the government's first temporary shelter in kuta clo

done as more from kuwait city. iraqi officials say it's a case of a glass half full yes they didn't get the full amount they need for reconstruction they didn't get that one hundred billion dollars that the iraqi prime minister said the complete reconstruction of his country would cost they got thirty billion dollars which the foreign minister of iraq said in today's world is not a small amount of money i've been speaking with the head of the iraq reconstruction fund and he said frankly we got more than we thought we would out of this conference this thirty billion dollars going to the private sector government for investment is going to be like revolving also gives the money back after a few years we don't expect that we are going to spend all this money in a day and then marry. within ten years in fact the plan for a close election the framework for at least close election and development is a stand for to enter two thousand and twenty eight there were very strong words of come graduations from the u.n. secretary

two hundred million dollars for syria seventy said and as more from kuwait city. this is a key moment you don't have to really read between the lines too much of what rex tillerson the u.s. secretary of state had to say there to realize the concern among some members of this coalition about whether complacency is setting in the u.s. secretary of state reminding everyone that the job isn't done he made a pledge of two hundred million u.s. dollars to help rehabilitate some of those areas which have been recaptured off advice or in syria and gave a warning that if life doesn't return to normal in those areas of those areas might return back to i saw this is the first global coalition to defeat i saw meeting being held since the fall of russia since i still was pushed out of iraq or this is coming after the iraqi government made that declaration of victory over ice and in december after russian generals announced that they defeated is very pretty i saw in every town in syria also in december they made that announcement so the bigger picture is the concern that some of

need to be paid back and the focus falls well short of what the government says it needs reports from kuwait city. feeling the heat of another day of waiting for the world to help aid agencies provide supplies and tents that have been the air campaign in iraq but it's just survival they haven't been given enough to return to a normal life. or areas have been liberated but most people say they can't go back because their houses have been destroyed either by airstrikes or by isis. the iraqi government too is had a day of waiting for the world's help at the reconstruction conference in kuwait it didn't get all it needs either but it's still got significant money most of it in credit in loans. this huge gathering has produced commitments towards reconstructing iraq amounting to turkey billion dollars. that's far short of the one hundred billion dollars the prime minister says is needed to complete reconstruction but the president of iraq's reconstruction fund told me it's more than he expected. to be honest with you i mean if you ask me i was thinking this is. it's unclear when that money will m

more than seventy six countries promised that they would help their cause donations at a summit in kuwait. but mainly in loans which need to be paid back and the money falls well short of what iraq's government says it meets summit on is at the summit for us in kuwait city search i mean spite of the shortfall the u.n. has described the conference as a an enormous success why is that gap in perception between what the iraqis are saying and what the u.n. is saying that opens. well i think if you listen to what the iraqi foreign minister said laura not that press conference he said well we may not have got the full amount we wanted but thirty million dollars or thirty billion dollars rather is not a small amount of money in today's world a lot of as you said though a very positive tone from the u.n. secretary general saying it was a huge basically vote of confidence in the changes made by the iraqi government and the reforms made by the iraqi government and indorsement to from the world bank who's regional director was saying that he would call upon the private sector to come and invest in i

have a new battle a battle of reconstruction and rebuilding so mr dunn has more from the conference in kuwait. the international community managed to work together to achieve a military objective defeating eisel on the battlefield now they've got to figure out how to hold together the international coalition achieving some nonmilitary goals we heard the u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson today say don't forget that this these lands which have been taken off of vice all are not rehabilitated they might fall right back into isis hands again that's part of the problem who's going to provide the one hundred billion dollars that iraq's prime minister for example says he needs in order to get the job done not a lot of people lining up to volunteer that level of cash so far who provides the security on the ground again secretary tell us in saying it's very important to provide security for communities that are no longer eisel control of the americans so far have been working primarily in syria with the syrian kurds now turkish allies don't see that the kurds should be the ones to fill that vacuum

group's defeat rex tillerson has been addressing a meeting of the global coalition to defeat eisel in kuwait tillerson says the u.s. will provide two hundred million dollars in aid to help stabilize areas in syria that used to be under control let's bring in jim o.-l. shell he's live in the turkish city of near the border with syria i'm just wondering what sort of difference this will make the status on the ground the fight against isis on what's happening in northwest syria. well so far just as we all know the u.s. has been heavily dependent on the kurdish militia in its fight against isis so i asked so i saw depending on who calls it's was but basically those militia have been at the forefront of it because the u.s. has presence in terms of ground troops inside syria has been limited obviously that's something that's agitated to a great extent the turkish authorities because it views essentially the y.p. g.e. those kurdish militias just as bad as it does i saw it views them as a terrorist organization bent on killing innocent people and expelling indigenous populations from their lands now

secretary of state rex tillerson is in kuwait as part of the middle east. there is amongst representatives at a meeting of what's called the global coalition to defeat you looking at live pictures now from kuwait city it is a first summit of the coalition since the group was created in iraq and so it's discussing how to stop its global ambitions. ukrainian opposition leader mikhail saakashvili has arrived in poland off to being deported from kids he was detained by armed men in a restaurant in the ukrainian capital and taken to the airport former president of georgia and later became a provincial governor in ukraine as the headlines inside story is up next. the number of child soldiers is expanding in many war zones according to the u.n. tens of thousands of children are involved in conflicts in over twenty countries around the world so what should be done to stop this practice this is inside story . hello and welcome to the program. monday marks the international day against the use of child soldiers it's a problem.

looks like all they want is to go home in a real shot at a peaceful future sami's a than al-jazeera kuwait. ahead on al-jazeera including. leaving the room the a.n.c. asks jacob zuma to step down as president but he's refusing to go and a former aide to egypt's military chief of staff said after threatening to release top secret five. of the still flooding on the ground in kentucky i want to other states i suspect and the snow on the ground to the northeast of the of the front the brought all this well it's been a raft three days it disappeared leaving a bit of rain maybe northern florida beyond that well there's a lot of plan around a power play but i think actually not much going on the immediate future the next winter storm system is gathering in washington state and running east was through montana there was in southern california arizona is still there in bits and pieces there is winter in the hills but across the plains is nothing like as cold the real cold kept up in the canadian prairies is clear there will develop and bring more rain to the currently flooded states for example ken

crimes now iraq is hoping to raise billions of dollars at a donor's conference starting on monday in kuwait to finance the rebuild after its campaign against eisel large parts of iraq second largest city of mosul are still in ruins more than six months after it was retaken by the government some say dad is in kuwait. this is what so-called liberation from i sort of looks like to has anally and his family it's been six months since iraq's prime minister declared nineveh province freed alys house is still in ruins so is much of ravi a town. he used to work as a farmer tilling the soil now he plows the rubble of his home and wreaks what others have sold in his life as a. given up hope in returning home we've been displaced over three years look at how our house has been destroyed. alan fled when i saw fighters seized the nearby city of mosul four years ago he's not alone more than two and a half million iraqis remain displaced by the rule they have no money to rebuild their lives so they live in tent camps such as south of mosul and then i'd like if the government should look after us money i

in 2017 we had nearly 2000 soldiers and airmen in iraq, afghanistan, kuwait, djibouti, kosovo and central america. that is service. in addition we had more than 1100 guard members deployed to houston, the virgin islands and puerto rico in the aftermath of

the support is of the confidence in the government and people of iraq and kuwait as the president has played a very important leadership role in these very successful meeting but unfortunately positive developments in iraq and an exception in the region this country this context underscores the need for a political solution to the israeli palestinian conflict which has lasted for far too long i needed to originate my full personal commitment and the commitment of the united nations to supporting the parties in their efforts to achieve a two state solution. the solution of two democratic states israel and palestine living side by side in peace with secure and recognized borders a solution that addresses of final state issues in startles issues on the basis of relevant united nations resolutions international law and which will be demons there is no plan b. yet we must face today said reality after decades of support the global consensus for the two state solution could be at olding and obstacles on the ground have the potential to create any versatile when state reality and it is simpl

billion dollar loan under the mechanisms of the kuwait fund for our economic development. but it's not all about loans iraq is especially keen to attract companies to do business it's offering projects in almost every area of its economy including the energy sector siemens c.e.o. joe kayser told t.w. his company is rebuilding for power plants about securing the availability of electricity is iraq's biggest challenge at present. the conference is taking place just two months after the country declared victory over the so-called islamic state it's not cheeseman the government is hoping will convince international businesses that now is the time to invest in the country's future. now whatever your thoughts on valentine's day millions of people buy into it with millions of lovers around the world getting through case of flowers now with europe in the grip of winter if you were lucky enough to receive a bunch chances are your flowers came from somewhere warm and sunny like kenya in fact they cut flower industries to the country's economy the competition from neighboring ethiopi

now beating with lifelessness these are some of the places iraqi officials attending a conference in kuwait one to rebuild and asking the world to help. with. the iraqi government is presenting this conference we're going to fishel document detailing its vision and plan for reconstruction a year but the big question is what commitments are countries and companies ready to make this vague talk of future announcements but specifics so far in short supply to our minister of economic development similar will be coming in he will bring with them a more precise idea there will be in major financing announcement tomorrow or in the next couple of days. iraqi officials are staying optimistic pushing the u.s. in particular to commit more they have to have responsibility about iraq no just to defeat but to rebuild the economy n.g.o.s on the other hand they did announce they'll commit over three hundred million dollars to various humanitarian causes in iraq but that's a far cry from the one hundred billion dollars iraq's prime minister said rebuilding his country will cost now to get that level of cash

secretary of state when he comes to kuwait they have to have response supposed to be about in arc no just to defeat the irish but to rebuild which could lead how much money would you like to see listening to listen bring luck if he is going to kill those twenty billion dollars and all the darkness buf so happy and very kind they will be very good attitude for for the outside world to respond more positively to calls like that one made there by dr moustapha. iraq will have to demonstrate to the outside world particularly to the private sector that it is a good destination for investment calling to transparency international iraq stands at one hundred sixty six out of one hundred and seventy six countries when it comes to its corruption index so still some work to be done there. in south africa the a.n.c. party is holding a special meeting to decide the fate of president jacob zuma the meeting called d.-day by local media is a fun attempt to precious zuma to resign and he president cyril ramaphosa said on sunday that the issue was causing disunity and discord as you mr downer's a.n.c.

secretary of state will be traveling on from cairo to kuwait on tuesday. to a donor conference on the way to help finance the massive endeavor of rebuilding iraq when iraq's prime minister declared the war with eisel over last year it signaled the beginning of efforts to rebuild the devastated country much of it left in ruins the price tag some one hundred billion dollars at that conference already is sunny as a dam he's with us live from kuwait sami. thanks so much adrian yes that is a big price tag and it is a big challenge are there any commitments yet while i opposed that question to several iraqi officials and they said it's still too early in the day does talk about what sort of commitments are coming in let's point out one thing this is primarily more of an investment conference rather than a donor conference as we've seen perhaps in past conferences in two thousand and three and two thousand and four we've got a lot of representation here that can be said there's a lot of attendance we've got representatives of over eighty or seventy five countries

the militant you very much indeed that's going on now to some is a done who's at the conference in kuwait where we heard from the u.s. sector state earlier and the iraqi prime minister sami listens been meeting lot of middle east leaders in a short space of time what's been achieved. so. well you go to see it in the context of the u.s. secretary of state here really for two events which are kind of linked one is the iraq reconstruction conference the other one is the global coalition to defeat i saw now how they are linked is this isn't an international community that came together to achieve a military goal how do you defeat isaw now that they're out of that phase for the most part there are three key objectives that need to be addressed how do you get together reconstruction out in some of the territory that's been recaptured for myself how do you make sure that there is a political inclusive process how do you provide security now we've heard secretary of state of the united states of america tell us and speak on some of those issues we've heard the crazy foreign minister speak on some

secretary of state when he comes to kuwait they have to have responsible t.v. about in arc no just to defeat but to rebuild which could lead to how much money would you like to see listen to listen bring potluck if he is going to get was twenty billion dollars and all the buf so happy and very kind and they will be very good attitude for over the outside world to respond more positively to calls like that one made there by dr mustafa a l he'd see iraq will have to demonstrate to the outside world particularly to the private sector that it is a good destination for investment cording to transparency international iraq stands at one hundred sixty six out of one hundred and seventy six countries when it comes to its corruption index so still some work to be done there. u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson says the trauma administration remains committed to working with egypt to defeat the threat of i still is discuss the issue with the egyptian pharmacist on the show create in cairo at the start of his middle east tour doesn't also hold talks with president sisi

dollar loan under the mechanisms of the kuwait fund for economic development to. go through but it's not all about loans iraq is especially keen to attract companies to do business it's offering projects in almost every area of its economy including the energy sector siemens c.e.o. joe kayser told t.w. his company is rebuilding for power plants about securing the availability of electricity is iraq's biggest challenge at present. the conference is taking place just two months after the country declared victory over the so-called islamic state it's not the government is hoping will convince international businesses that now is the time to invest in the country's future. europe has entered the race to clinch a lucrative rail contract in one of southeast asians busiest corners the three hundred fifty kilometer long high speed line will connect the malaysian capital with the island state of singapore the trip takes up to five hours by car the train would cut travel time to just ninety minutes one and a half hours pretty amazing stuff companies from china and japan wil

also coming up iraq's billions of dollars to prop up its economy a donors conference in kuwait discusses the country's reconstruction and the cost involved. on the. trouble with discarded plastic and paper cups the german city of hama now tackles the popular coffee to go culture introducing re usable cops a relief for the environment and for street cleaners. welcome to your business i want to get jones in well in thanks for joining us on the good news first european stock markets started the new week firmly on the front foot a welcome respond after two weeks of sharp falls but investors breathing a sigh of relief should note there is more volatility expected in the coming weeks so keep your seat belts fastened. khan's hang seng index finished the day down zero point two percent reversing minor rises over in japan markets were closed due to a public holiday but last week the country's benchmark nikkei had its worst performance in two years in germany the dak shed ten percent over the last two weeks but observers here expect a recovery of sorts well i wouldn't call it a swift recovery but

it's the reconstruction in iraq monika yes there's a conference underway it's the last day today in kuwait and return to iraq says it is open for investors that is the message of fish oils are pushing out of that international donor conference in kuwait iraq is hoping to do a major investment from its allies a and reconstructing the country after decades of conflict the united states has already pledged a loan worth three billion dollars from ex-im bank kuwait and saudi arabia throw in another three and a half billion but that's only a fraction of what is needed you mariska iraqi cities were reduced to rubble in the war against islamic state and it will take time and lots and lots of money to breathe life back into iraq. rebuilding a country doesn't exactly come cheap iraq estimates the cost at close to ninety billion dollars. and these are some of the people the iraqi government is hoping to woo high ranking officials from the worlds of politics and business here to find out what part they might play in the reconstruction of iraq. the government is offering projects in almost every sector

this thank you for joining us from kuwait so how does the security council obviously took a long time to approve this cease fire and yet activists say the government twelve planes was still bombing east and go to after the agreement so can we expect the syrian government to comply what's really important is this security council resolution that translates into concrete action as a station of facilities in site. he's also in other areas as well so really we hope that the government of syria or other parties come to an agreement to stop was still is are the way this is vital to be able really to reach some decent decent peacefulness and that's what this is in this area but also to allow us to bring in three minutes in assistance food medical supplies and. the security council unanimously all sixteen members told its favor so really we want to see an application very quickly now this still doesn't cover rebel groups so what is the u.n. doing to get aid to places like is to go to which have said need humanitarian assistance . so on our side we are really ready to be able to respond immedi

a one billion dollar loan under the mechanisms of the kuwait fund for economic development. would. go through but it's not all about loans iraq is especially keen to attract companies to do business it's offering projects in almost every area of its economy including the energy sector siemens c.e.o. joe kayser told t w his company is rebuilding for power plants about securing the availability of electricity is iraq's biggest challenge at present. the conference is taking place just two months after the country declared victory over the so-called islamic state it's not cheeseman the government is hoping will convince international businesses that now is the time to invest in the country's future. and it's back over now to thank you so much talent well the leader of the opposition in zimbabwe morgan has died of cancer at the age of sixty five the announcement was made by the vice president of his political party the movement for democratic change. was his party's candidate in the controversial two thousand and two presidential election losing to robert mugabe. they are contest

channels mum says un humanitarian coordinator for the syria crisis is joining us this evening from kuwait with the very latest on these reports from eastern go to a couple hundred reported dead there we thank you so much for joining us this evening. now to florida where several thousand protesters have gathered in front of the state capitol in tallahassee to demand stronger control on firearms leading the protest were students from the marjorie stoneman douglas high school the parkland florida school where a gunman killed seventeen people last week and on tuesday lawmakers defeated a bill to ban assault style weapons like the one used in the parkland shooting but they're debating making it more difficult to obtain such weapons in florida. and earlier we spoke with louis mizen a survivor of the school massacre who traveled to tallahassee and we asked him whether he thought he and his classmates would be able to get politicians to do something about the gun violence. i think you know you can all look around with the next generation of voters and the next generation of leaders i think the th

humanitarian coordinator for the syria crisis is joining us this evening from kuwait with the very latest on these reports from eastern go to a couple hundred reported dead there we thank you so much for joining us this evening. the united nations refugee agency is warning that a humanitarian disaster of extraordinary proportions is about to hit the democratic republic of congo violence erupted late last year in the south eastern province of tanganyika it is estimated that in this area alone more than a fifth of the population that is six hundred and thirty thousand people have been displaced. forced to flee their homes forced to seek refuge in camps like this each with a story to tell of the violence that is destroying lives. here they beheaded people they cut open their stomachs removed their guts and leave them to die that's how they're killing people. john key's it can be is one of the six hundred thirty thousand congolese displaced in ten guinea cup province in the past year he says militias burnt his village to the ground while among women though i had to take all my clothes off and

sammy down lifeless there in kuwait city. how the u.s. secretary of state has called on iran to withdraw its armed groups from syria during talks with syrian opposition figures in jordan rex tillerson made the comments in the capital and man way signed an aide agreement with the jordanian foreign minister but iranian officials say their military presence is legitimate and called for the withdrawal of u.s. troops. well we are quite concerned about the recent incident involving israel israel and iranian assets inside of syria and i think this again illustrates why iran's presence in syria is only destabilizing to the region and we think iran needs to withdraw its military its militia from syria and allow the hope for peace process to take hold in geneva plenty more ahead on this news out how a financial crisis is affecting health care in gaza. but this man who for to against i so is now being charged with a tariff fence. and later in sport north korea's best medal hopes make their debut winter olympics. so unless they have the first israeli

secretary of state rex tillerson has arrived in kuwait for the second leg of his little east tour earlier on monday he was in egypt where he says the tramp administration remains committed to working with the country to defeat eisel he discussed the issue with the egyptian foreign minister and cairo tillerson also held talks with president. he says washington in cairo share the same goal a lasting peace in the region. if that occurs. most of the conversation was based on the bilateral relations there was a deep and genuine interest from mr tillerson with the us to continue to work and support egypt and work together to achieve our common interests this is what i reiterated to him egypt is keen on maintaining this positive friendly relationship which will no doubt bring about more stability and security and push forward to achieving lasting peace in the middle east the man who apologized to indigenous people in australia for the mistreatment they endured for centuries as i'm speaking to al-jazeera exactly ten years ago haven't read the country's than prime minister stood up in parliament t

of your picture outside the chamber there's an office the president of the security council office kuwait this month there kuwait and the other country that drafted the resolution sweden are carrying out negotiations the russians have been in there with them a great deal of time today we've seen the chinese just walk out of that room a short time ago in the last half hour we saw the u.s. representative come out of that room shaking her head not at all clear what is going on but certainly not as optimistic as it was when the president of the security council kuwait appeared with the other elected members the ever knowing elected members nonpermanent members of the security council a few hours ago. as you can see the whole. member of the we are here just to show that we are all united and we want the draft resolution to be adopted today two thirty we're still working on. the language on some of the but i grasp what we are almost there and we would like you know as a been holder as a president of the council to thank actually the eternal for their support to our efforts and hopefully we are

kuwait and sweden had a version of this resolution ready to go for a vote. but russia called for a delay. on thursday, in an effort to stall, russia called for the open meeting on the humanitarian situation in syria. in that meeting 14 members of this council were ready to impose a cease-fire. but russia on strukted the vote again. and then yesterday this council sat around for hours ready to vote only to have russia delay it again. every minute that the council waited on russia, the human suffering grew. getting to a vote became a moral responsibility for everyone but not for russia, nott for syria, and not for iran. i have to ask why. at least 19 health facilities have been bombed since sunday. 19. as they dragged out the negotiation, the bombs from assad's fighter jets continued to fall. in the three days that it took us to adopt this resolution, how many mothers lost their kids to the bombing and the shelling? how many more images did we need to see of the fathers holding their dead children -- >>> all right. you are listening to the u.s. ambassador nikk

who has problems with some of the language in the draft resolution drawn up by kuwait and sweden at one point the kuwaiti ambassador the president of the security council appeared with the other nonpermanent members of the so-called elected ten and he sounded upbeat we're still working on. the language on some of the but i get asked but we are almost there and we would like you know as have been holding as a president of the council to thank actually the eight ten for their support to a lot of votes and hopefully you are so close to adopt this illusion today throughout the day votes were scheduled then perspire owned meetings were delayed towards the end of the day the u.s. ambassador nikki haley tweeted unbelievable that russia is stalling a vote on a ceasefire allowing humanitarian access in syria how many more people will die before the security council agrees to take up this vote let's do this tonight the syrian people wait but in the end the security council decided to postpone its vote until saturday this was the comment from the swedish ambassador i'm trying to facilitate and mea

the group's defeat rex tillerson has been addressing a meeting of the global coalition to defeat in kuwait tennison says the u.s. will provide a further two hundred million dollars in aid to help stabilize areas in syria that used to be under eisel control. continues to ten destruction through the south pacific and is now bearing down on southern fiji the category four storm injured several people as it moved through on choose day the government has declared a state of emergency. reports. the powerful category four slike lone poor roofs off buildings downed power lines toppled trees and flooded low lying areas it's believed cycling guitar is the worst storm to hit the tiny south pacific island nation in decades there are very serious about because of that a month on that there's been a more concerning because visibility was a huge issue here and there and also there's a lot of tree that has completely disappeared and but. there's a lot of rubble of the road there's a lot of. people. have been destroyed. as an archipelago comprising one hundred sixty nine islands around three thousand kilom

sammy al-jazeera kuwait. the founder of wiki leaks another appeal to have his arrest warrant thrown out he still in london's ecuadorian embassy. on behalf of the government of australia i'm sorry after ten years from a historic apology we ask if anything's changed. hello the real heat is going away and i would suggest been pulsing in that adelaide melt for example but just watch here the satellite picture picks up development of quite spectacular storm brisbane they knocked out the power the last two days not to fact they might repeat themselves i think probably not they see the wall thirty seven in brisbane was about down to twenty five in adelaide about the same in melbourne and perth beach you said he won and it seems likely impersonality might get a bit warmer thirty seven is the forecast on thursday it's not warmed up much through must the south australia new south wales all victoria wind coming in from the bias is just in the wrong direction but brisbane stood up at thirty six looks like you'd probably

dollars that's according to iraqi officials who are attending an international donors conference in kuwait iraq has published a list of one hundred fifty seven projects seeking investment for to provide jobs a new homes for some of the two and a half million people displaced by the fighting that includes hospitals schools businesses infrastructure and telecommunications iraq says about one hundred thirty eight thousand homes and apartment blocks were damaged during the fight against arsenal half of which were completely destroyed some as a down reports now from kuwait. this is what so-called liberation from a nice a look like to his knowledge and his family it's been six months since iraq's prime minister declared nineveh province freed house is still in ruins so is much of robby a town. used to work as a farmer tilling the soil now he plows the rubble of his home and reaps what others have so in his life i say yes in a minute i just really given up hope in returning home we've been displaced over three years look at how our house has been destroyed. alan fled when i saw fighters seize the

thank you very much forjoining us from kuwait. thank you very much forjoining us from kuwait. us airlines, delta and united have joined a growing list of companies cutting ties with the national rifle association. the two airlines have ended discounts for nra members following the florida school shooting last week. car rentalfirms, a computer software company and a bank have also responded to an online boycott of businesses with links to the pro—gun lobby group. let's cross live to david willis, who is in washington for us. david, this movement seems to be really picking up momentum? it does, duncan, yes. it started last thursday and it's been gathering stea m, thursday and it's been gathering steam, picking up momentum ever since. as the hashtag boycott nra has trended on twitter. and the list 110w has trended on twitter. and the list now includes banks and hotel chains, car hire companies, an insurance company, a household moving company, a software company. the most recent being delta airlines and united airlines, who, as well as severing their marketing ties with the nra

of the president of the philippines says his ban on the deployment of workers to kuwait will continue and it may even be expanded to all the countries were to go to turkey made the comments after attending the wake of a filipino maid whose body was found stuffed in a freezer in kuwait city apartment earlier this month the libyan official said joanna demme failings body or torture marks and there were indications she was strangled the president says he intends to file criminal charges against her lawyers. there is a serious crime preliminary learned but stardoll be punished. but no do you blame him really being known as whatsoever in great african refugees in israel's hollow detention center have gone home to strike in protest at the imprisonment of seven eritreans who refused to leave the country. i mean a lot of. men are the first to be jailed under a new deportation scheme many of the thirty seven thousand african refugees in israel have been given three months to take up a cash off or to leave for four rwanda or face a definite time prison. migration from africa to europe gets a lo

example is kuwait. 2014 kuwait passed a a law and the law in the ioc is a view unduly harmed the independence of the kuwaiti olympic committee. and ioc found that this was a terrible transgression such as they banned kuwait from the olympics in 2015 and the band still exists, right? okay. so there's an example. what does the ioc think of what russia did? let's judge the words by the actions. at the time that these revelations first came out in the "new york times" and then were confirmed by professor mclaren, ioc president called russia's accidents, quote i shocking and unprecedented attack on the integrity of the olympic games and sports. and what's more he promised action. he promised that he would quote, not hesitate, to take the toughest sanctions available against any individual or organization implicated in the criminality. so surely you would think an unprecedented attack would result in an unprecedented set of disciplinary measures. obviously only a complete ban would have the dual purpose of punishing russia's systematic doping system and deterring other cheaters. and when he announc

recent trip through latin america mr tillotson arrived in egypt on sunday before he continued on to kuwait then on to jordan lebanon is his latest stop he will wrap up his tool in turkey where talks are expected to be tense over the crisis in syria the u.s. backs kurdish fighters there in turkey considers terrorists seventeen people have been killed in the u.s. state of florida by a gunman who opened fire at a high school it happened in parkland north of miami police say the suspect was a former students who was expelled and alabama with the latest. reports of gunfire came as students at marjorie stoneman douglas high school were about to leave a code red alert was issued the school was locked down its peoples let out with their hands in the air. while those still trapped inside could only hide as gunshots rang out you say fell down stairs and they were putting personnel the students also baseball fields but i heard stories of people shooting that going to shoot the crowd so i ran the opposite direction and i got up campus obsolete before the police got here the rescue operation was made d

investment but the iraqi government says it needs up to one hundred billion sammy then has more from kuwait city. if you look at some of the numbers coming in they're adding up but they're still short of either about one hundred billion dollars that iraq's prime minister said would be the total price tag for total reconstruction of the country we have some of the biggest numbers coming in for example from the united kingdom saying it will be one billion dollars a year in the shape of the export loads over a period of ten years so theoretically over a period of ten years that would add up to ten billion dollars we've got also turkey committing itself also to five billions also in the shape of a loan the united states of america with three billion in terms of actual grounds pledged one billion dollars and we have the european union with four hundred thousand dollars now the big question is of course how much of this will transpire you might remember back in two thousand and three we had an international donors conference in madrid there a total of thirty three billion dollars was pledged but