hello there. welcome to "the news hour" with the world's top stories. britain, france and the u.s. seek a u.n. resolution with serious consequences for syria if it fails to hand off its chemical weapons. >> the world must be prepared to hold them to account. if they don't, than our free countries are certainly determined to do so. 300 families trapped while

government forces step up the offenses against rebels in the philippines. the costa con cardiois free from the rocks in the biggest salvage operation in history. and mexico is battered by huge storms on both coasts. at least 21 people are dead. syria must be held to account. that's the message from the united states, britain and france. at a joint news conference in paris, u.s. secretary of state john kerry said they would seek a united nations resolution with serious consequences for syria if it failed to hand over its chemical weapons. >> now, russia did agree in geneva that chapter 7 is mentioned specifically as the root for compliance. if there is noncompliance or any

use of chemical weapons by anyone in syria. >> well, the french foreign minister made it clear that military force is still an option. >> translator: keep in mind that all the options remain on the table. if these statements are not followed by concrete actions in the field. this is why france, the u.k. and the u.s. wants to obtain from the u.n. security council a strong resolution to support the plans for chemical disarmament. >> the u.n. will not and has not for the chemical attack. the foreign minister had no doubt they're responsible. >> it's the assad regime that stockpiled these weapons and used them repeatedly against the syrian people, so the pressure is on them to comply with this agreement in full. the world must be prepared to hold them to account if they don't, and our free countries are certainly determined to do

so. >> well, we have correspondents in all the main centers of diplomatic activity over syria. david chase is? gentlemeva where the u.n. held separate news conference. loren, take us through the statements out of paris. we got a show of unity between the u.s., u.k. and france. >> reporter: it's easy to see where the western countries want to go. they may have been outmaneuvered in the last few days by the russians. it's a road map in a way. there was the deal signed over the weekend by kerry and lavrov, this week-long gaffe for the syrians to provide a list where the chemical sites are and unfettered access for inspectors and disposal of chemical weapons. in the end a view, they say, towards geneva ii. all that backed up, as you heard, very strongly in all

those sound bites by the threat of force even if you suppose they actually have it within their gifts to apply force to syria, potentially even against the will of their people. very much what john kerry said in particular for the benefit of the domestic audience saying assad had no legitimacy and they want him out of the way and for the benefit of the syrian opposition that felt betrayed by obama, the chemical weapons deal would be good for them. the problem is this. all this talk of threats has the potential to push the russians further away from where they are now, and i think in the coming days when the draft resolution will happen potential by the end of the week, we'll see how much they achieve. >> let's switch to geneva and david. there's a lot of attention on the chemical attack on august 21st.

there's a press conference in geneva where you are talking about investigating another possible 14 chemical attacks. >> reporter: yes, that's right. i actually doorsteped the chairman of the commissioner of the inquiry as he came out of the press conference when he already said that there were 14 new allegations of chemical weapons attacks since the commission had been investigating since september 2011. i asked him what sort of scale were these attacks? where were they? he didn't go into too many details, and he said there were attacks all around the country. so talking behind the scenes after the press conference, it became quite apparent that maybe they're talking about the use of chemical weapons by the rebel groups. i have no backup for that, but that's the rumor that was circulating around the press conference after it finished. when i spoke to the chairman of the commission of inquiry, he said that despite these chemical

weapons, the real thing is that the conventional weapons are used with such force at the moment by the regime in damascus that these are the real killers, these are killing so many more people, innocent men, women and children as well. >> david, thanks very much for that. let's go to the headquarters of the u.n. in new york and our diplomatic editor. james, that's where all the diplomatic activity is going to be focused on in the coming days and where we see the unveiling of this report by the u.n. chemical weapons inspection team about what may have happened in syria in august.

>> reporter: they're handed over by the author to inspector general ban ki-moon. when you zoom in on the photo, you can read the first page of the report with the conclusions. it says the environmental and medical samples we collected provide clear and compelling evidence that rockets containing the nerve agent sarin were used. i think diplomats are looking deeper into the report for some of the detail. some western diplomats hoping that there may be details that indicate which side was responsible for that attack on august 21st. as you know, the western countries say they believe beyond doubt, beyond any reasonable doubt that it was the assad regime. once we have this report unveiled, then the next process here at the security council is trying to come up with a resolution that builds on that framework that we saw at geneva, that agreement between the u.s. and russia. although, though, we have a few problems. the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov saying he's

concerned the western nations are still pushing for the use of force, a chapter 7 resolution. he's saying that's not what is agreed and it could wreck the whole plan if they continue to push that idea. >> james, thanks very much indeed for that. james at the u.n. there, and, of course, david chase in geneva and lawrence lee in paris. we'll have morse information and developments on syria comes up a little later in the program. you could also get all of those development on our website, aljazeera.com. now, to 300 families in the file philippine city of zamboanga city. the violence is into the eighth day. we have the report from zamboanga city. >> reporter: an entire city paralyzed by armed conflict. government forces continue to battle moro national leadership front fighters in the feel pe z

philippines. the faith of the hostages is worse by the day. monday is day eight of fighting. human rights watch is urging restraint from both sides. an unknown number of civilians remain trapped in at least five coastal villages. >> they're worried about all the civilians still trapped in these villages really because we haven't seen any sort of -- how do you call this -- strategy by the military in how to get them out safely. >> reporter: the human rights group says the military cannot distinguish between the civilians and the rebels. worry that civilians may have already been killed. the government may have violated the rules of war by turning this largest hospital in the city into a military garrison. this is where soldiers are based and deployed from, but the military says it's aware of the rules of engagement. >> these are the things that we don't wish to do, but because of the urgency of the situation, as

much as possible we want to avoid it but unfortunately we're not in a normal situation. we're in battle area, and rest assured we will remind our commanders and our soldiers not to do those things. >> reporter: they want an implementation of the peace agreement it signed with the philippine government in 1996 saying the government has failed to address the grievances of the moro people of the southern philippines. the peaceful solution here is also unlikely. the rebel commander on the ground says his men will fight to the death. al jazeera, zamboanga city, southern philippines. we're just getting news that there's been a shooting on a naval base in washington, d.c. in the u.s. these are live pictures coming to us from there. you can see the road has been sealed off, and a rescue services, emergency services are on the scene. we don't have any further

information at the moment, just that, a shooting has taken place at the naval yard in washington, d.c. of course, we'll bring you more information on that when we get it. a funeral has been held for the most senior police officer in southern afghanistan. the lieutenant was shot dead on her way to work on sunday. it's the latest in a string of attacks by the taliban on prominent afghan women. two months ago her predecessor was murdered in almost identical circumstances. let's get more from jane ferguson in the afghan capital of kabul. do we know any more about how this attack happened? >> reporter: all we know at the moment is she was killed in the hell helmund province. her predecessor was killed only months before. we know that the taliban have not yet claimed responsibility

for this attack. it does bear all the hallmarks of previous taliban attacks on senior female figures in the military or politics here. al al jazeera has spoken to the taliban, but they're not sure yet. they're not outright denying this attack at this point, but as you have said, this comes at a town where her own predecessor was killed. this was also a summer when women across afghanistan are being targeted. a senior female afghan m.p. from kandahar was released only after last week after nearly a month in taliban custody where she was held hostage. there are many other incidences across the country this summer. when we look at the police force in terms of the women in the police force, we know in a recent report that was released just last week that afghan police officers who are female only make up about 1% of the force. so this is unlikely -- these

targeted killings are unlikely to decrease the number of police officers immediately. what it is is often basically attacktic of intimidation to try to get women to step back and be too afraid to enter into the security forces. this attack and this death of a very, very senior and well-respected police officer will only really work to reinforce that. >> jane, thanks very much indeed for that. jane ferguson updating us from kabul there. still to come here on this "news hour," we're going to be in rwanda where voting is under way in parliamentary elections. we'll also be in the u.s. where more than 1,000 people are unaccounted for after flooding in the state of colorado. and in sports the cyclist forced to defend a missed doping test just today after winning the tour of spain.

engineers off the coast of italy have begun lifting the costa concordia upright in the biggest salvage operation ever attempted. 30 people died in january last year. the bodies of two killed have now been found. there are hopes they might be located during the operation. let's look at what the operation will be in more detail. eight moment it's held in place by cables and there's a platform to hold the weight and the hull will fill with water. the steel cables will then tighten, and there she goes. it will be slowly pulled upright helped by the weight of the tanks. that's the theory, anyway.

charlie is live on giglio island. does it look like that process is working? >> reporter: we're five hours into the operation now past the danger zone, and it looks like we're finally seeing some progress. i'm going to step aside so the camera can zoom in and you can see closer. under that bow on the line of the water you see a line of scum and rough. that is part of the ship that has until today been under the water for the last 20 months. a part of the ship that they successfully now pulled out of the water. of course, they still have got a long way to go. the systems of electronically controlled winches and cables and hydraulics. they say everything has gone to plan. we'll have another seven hours of this operation until it's fully in an upright position. >> charlie, there's still a lot of stuff on board that ship.

it was abandoned in such a panic and hurry. what's expected to happen as it comes upright? >> reporter: you're right. this is basically a floating city behind me. it was designed for 4,200 people to live on board, be entertained on board and be fed lavish buffets and all of the food and effects are on board. it's swirling around inside for the past 20 months. a lot of that water is going to slowly spill out. we're expecting that to happen. it's not expected to be toxic. a the lo of the chemicals have been removed along with the fuel. we will be seeing some mattresses coming out, pieces of furniture and engineers tell me they put in place a net around the entire length of the ship to catch the debris. environmentalists certainly don't want it spoiling the pristine waters here off giglio. as well as the concerns and the fact this is a feat of engineering, this is the site of a tragic accident. 32 people died when the ship

crashed off the rocks in january 2012, and two bodies are still missing. it's believed they can be pinned under the ship, and cameras mounted on underwater submarines are roaming that area that the ship -- that is free from the rocks now looking to see any evidence of those bodies. hopefully the loved ones of those people could finally have some answers. >> thanks very much indeed for that. so we're getting more information on that shooting incident, which we just learned about a few minutes ago, in washington, d.c. live pictures coming to us from there. now, you can see the road is shut off, and there are lots and lots of flashing lights and lots of rescue services and emergency services on the scene. our correspondent ross jordan is standing by. details still very sketchy. do we know what's happened?

>> reporter: what we're understanding from our local nbc news affiliate here in washington is apparently two people were shot. there might be more people who have been injured. there's still the search on for one suspect, the alleged shooter, at the washington navy yard. this is one of the key installations for the u.s. navy in the washington area. about 3,000 people work at this particular facility in downtown washington. i spoke with someone a few minutes ago who tells me that she was on her way to work around 8:20 a.m. local time, 12:20 gmt when she suddenly saw a lot of people running towards her in the parking lot. so she followed them and did not go to her office, which happening to be in the building next to where this shooting allegedly happened, building 197. they have been told to, quote, shelter in place. stay where they are until they

have been given the all-clear. you have military police responding to the scene. you have d.c. police who have been responding to the scene. there have been lots of images on the local television stations here of many people, both civilian police and military police, running with rifles towards one of the buildings where they believe the suspected shooter may be. again, we are getting reports that two people have been injured. there might be other injuries. as you might expect, on a monday morning in the middle of rush hour, this has created quite a lot of havoc with people trying to get not just to the navy yard, which takes care of a lot of important operations, but also to other federal agencies in the area. certainly for right now the search is still underway for that suspected shooter. >> roz, thank very much indeed for that. that incident ongoing as roz was

saying. two people have been shot, and one active suspect still on the run. police telling people to stay indoors, to keep inside while that search goes underway. there are helicopters out on the scene. you can see at the top of your picture there. of course, emergency services on the scene causing chaos in washington, d.c. there around the naval yard. now, seven people are believed to have died in severe flooding in the u.s. state of colorado. more than 1200 people are still unaccounted for, and more rain is expected in the coming days. emergency workers have been trying to help people leave some of the 14 counties affected. captain overstreet from the national guard joins us on the line from centennial, colorado. bring us up to date on the rescue operation ongoing. >> yes. thank you so much for having me.

we're revving up our operations today, and we're trying to -- we're hoping to be able to fly our aircraft today. yesterday we had some significant weather that prevented us from being able to fly helicopters in to evacuate. we were still able to do some ground transportation and evacuationed around 500 members yesterday, but due to the weather we did have some of our vehicles, which are high-clearance vehicles, can go through around 3 feet of water, they even got stranded in a flood area because they weren't able with all the weather to get back out. so we got a couple aircraft out yesterday and were able to pick up half the people stranded there. we still had first responders and national guard members that got stuck there last night. they made the best of it, and they went around with the search and rescue teams door to door and tried to help any citizens

they could. >> you're talking there about the bad weather hampering your rescue efforts. it's not just the ongoing rain, is it? i understand roads are out, bridges are out. it's actually physically difficult to get around. >> yes. the flooding is really just a horrible disaster. we've had other disaster here in colorado, wildfires and blizzards and stuff. the blizzards and the wildfires, you know, they don't destroy the roads so we can still move around. this flooding is really just washing away the ground underneath the pavement, so it's not just a matter of the pavement being cracked or destroyed. it's the bedrock that it was on before is no longer there. a lot of our mountain roads -- most of our mountain roads run in the valleys, and in the valleys there's a river that runs right next to it. all of those rivers were rising

up, and so many roads in the affected area had just been destroyed. when i was touring the other day, really what impacted me was the level of destruction and how how long it's going to take to fix all of this and the cost. >> indeed. well, listen, we wish you luck with the ongoing rescue operations. thanks for taking time out to speak with us. captain darin overstreet speaking speaking to us from colorado. more bad weather in mexico. thousands of people had to leave their homes as storms hit both sides of the country. tropical storm manuel has already killed at least 21 people on the pacific coast. on the gulf coast hurricane ingrid has made landfall. let's speak to our meteorologist here. stephanie, they're being hit from all sides. we can see it from the pictures there. it's really bad there. >> that's right. well, there are several problems that made it worse than it would otherwise. firstly, you have two storms working at the same time working

together be plenty of moisture towards both sides of mexico. also, there's the problem that we're near the end of the rainy season. that means the ground's already saturated. they're not really anywhere for that water to go. on top of that, these storms have been moving very, very slowly. ingrid is moving only at 9 kilometers per hour. if you contrast that with japan's storm whizzing through at 55 kilometers an hour. you don't want them to stick around for a long time. you get the prolonged rain and major problem. >> is there any letup anytime soon? >> they will hit land. manuel is disintegrating and has skimmed the coast in the west and is no disappearing away. things in the west should improve. there will be rain there, but not as bad as it has been. for ingrid we're over land, but things get less windy. the trouble is once they're over

land and start to disintegrate, the wind eases, but the wind holds up the rain. as soon as the wind eases, the raindrops and that gives us flooding. >> is this normal for this time of year to make a horrible year? >> to be honest this year for the atlantic hurricane season has been really very quiet, so we'd expect in a way to see more of these. we've only seen one other storm become a hurricane status. that was humberto, and it really wasn't very long ago, just a couple of days. so it's really late on in the season for us to see these hurricanes, but there's more potentially forming there in the pacific. i have more of that in the weather. let's have a look at what's going on over japan, then, because we have good news. here was our storm that worked

across it. it certainly was giving us very, very heavy downpours and many places reported over 200 millimeters of rain in the south and even in the north of the country we saw an awful lot of very heavy downpours as well, over 270 millimeters of rain. many places are seeing a terrifically high amount of rainfall. the good news is it moved through very quickly, so by the time we get to tuesday then, should be fine, dry and settled and our temperatures are around average this time of year around 26 trdegrees and no change throh wednesday either. things for japan are improving and they will stay settled through the next few days. a bit further towards the south, though, and also in the western parts of the pacific we've got another problem to keep an eye on, though. this area of clouds just to the east of the philippines does appear to be developing some kind of rotation now. so we have a tropical cyclone formation alert on that. looks like the storm is going to

stay to the east of philippines over the next couple of days, but because it's so close it's going to suck in plenty of moisture across many parts of country. that could potentially cause some flooding. rwandians are voting in parliamentary elections. the governing party is widely expected to keep their majority. let's go there live. peter, how's it going so far? >> reporter: well, the polls have just closed within the last 20 minutes or so, and it appears as though the conduct of the elections was pretty good. i've just been speaking to some election observers who said that they had no reports of any trouble or any obvious attempts at vote-rigging. of course, the whole conduct of democracy isn't just about how you run elections but the political space. one of the parties not participating in the election is a party called fdu .

boniface, why isn't your party taking part in the election? >> the election is a competition, and as you know, the ruling party doesn't want any oppositional parties. it's causing the election for competing in it tough. that is why we didn't participate in the election. most of the leaders of our party are in jail. >> your leader is in prison because she's accused of promoting genocide ideology. surely that's something that can't happen in the country. >> no. it's what they use to put out for the political position, and the crime that they accused her of is the common crime is accusing for is political opposition parties. you know leader of the political

parties in jail. they're waiting. they didn't commit anything to the parties. >> reporter: one of the things that a lot of officials are speaking are saying they're trying to promote the politics of consensus and not of opposition. your party has beenvy critical of the government. do you think the government is being fair? >> yeah, the government is not fair, because in a democratic system you cannot leave the opposition parties behind and go by yourself. they can open the space and give them a chance for a political position. we don't want that attitude of what they see and every opposition leader is an enemy of the country.

>> reporter: there are other parties participating in the elections. we were talking earlier to the social democratic party that says they don't feel that they're being persecuted but they have the political space to function and campaign and take part in the elections. why are you different? >> our difference is when we talk about election, election means competition. we don't know how the ruling party decided to go into the election when it is competing against himself. why they don't -- if they are -- if they have the self-confidence which they don't open the political space and competition for the political parties if as they say, why they fear to compete. >> reporter: thank you very much. the counts is now under way, but it will take some time before we have any results for those parties taking part. we expect the final numbers could come out towards the end the week.

still to come on the program, north and south korea re-open the shared economic zones. plus -- >> i'm in chicago where child prostitution might be a lot more common than you think. and in sports find out which brother came out in top in the manning bowl as the denver broncos took on the new york giants. all of the details later in the program. [[voiceover]] every day, events sweep across our country.

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the main stories on al jazeera. the u.s., britain and france say it will seek a u.n. resolution with serious consequences for syria in it fails to hand over chemical weapons. speaking in paris, they agree to boost support for the rebels fighting the military. up to 300 families are still trapped in the southern philippine city of zamboanga. the fighting between government troops and muslim separatists is into the eighth day. engineers off the coast of italy have begun lifting the shipwrecked costa concordia upright, the biggest salvage operation ever attempted. it ran aground in january of last year. we have reports of a shooting inside the military building at the washington naval yard. let's get the latest live from washington, d.c. reports are still sketchy, but we hear at least two people have been injured? >> reporter: the number has risen to at least four according

to local news reports. one of those shot apparently may be a washington, d.c. police officer. he may have been shot in both legs. there are also reports coming from our sister network here in the u.s., nbc news, suggesting that the shooter is still very much on the loose and may be in possession of an ar-15, a semi-automatic rifle. there are questions whether this person may have barricaded him or herself perhaps on the navy yards grounds. there are 3,000 people assigned to work at this naval installation. they have been told to shelter in place, to stay where they are, don't come outside until it's been cleared for them to do so safely. the video that identify been seeing coming in from the scene shows a lot of military police with rifles, a lot of d.c. police with rifles and apparently the s.w.a.t. team, the emergency response police

squad from another county in maryland is moving in to help with the search for this suspect. >> thanks very much indeed for that update. more details as we get them, of course, but for the moment, thank you. well, let's get more on syria now and the diplomatic effort to resolve the crisis there. andrew simmons reports on previous opportunities president assad had to stop the fighting. >> whatever the levels of diplomatic tension, the assad regime maintains an outward defiance to outside attention. this is syrian state television, footage put to music with no need of commentary on what sort of message it portrays. in more than two and a half years of conflict, assad and his generals have relied on shear force. the time line goes back to march 2011.

what was called the day of rage. street protests are gaining momentum. then the first clamp-downs. in april snipers and tanks are used in darah city. it's no longer civil unrest. the clamp-down leads to civilians taking up arms. by october the siege of homs is underway, the first intense artillery barrage. it destroys the district, and within a year its full-scale civil war. in may 2012 the massacre of civilians at hula escalates sectarian hatred. there are more to follow. and by july air strikes on civilian areas are the norm. towards the end of year, the regime's tactics involve another weapon, missiles devastating

rebel-held areas. often heavily populated by civilians. as the time line gets to 2013, there are deaths from chemical attacks culminating in august with the mass killing in the outskirts of damascus. many believe assad should have been less forceful two and a half years ago when the iranians tried to stop him. >> iran were very clear to bashar. they did not want him to be using military tactics to solve this problem. the iranians didn't want him to get into trouble, but he did. when he did, they had to back him up because he was their ally. >> reporter: midway through 2012 they said it looked like the start of the end game for assad. iran gave more support and military advice, and this year the lebanese militia hezbollah became involved. as the colossal death toll in

syria continues to increase, on the ground there's still no solution in sight for syria's long-suffering people. andrew simmons, al jazeera. >> patricia lewis is the director of international security research at chatham house in london and an expert on weapons of mass destruction. i know there's a lot of focus on chemical weapons in syria at the moment, but when you look at what's been happening in syria over the past two years, do you think removing chemical weapons from that arena is going to make much difference on the ground? >> yes, i think it will. i think it will for two reasons. one is that the use of chemical weapons themselves is horrific. it's a death -- it's a terrible way to die you wouldn't wish on anybody, and it affects all the people, children as well, the non-combat ants. the second thing is i think that we now have an opportunity, in

fact perhaps a necessity for a temporary cease-fire in order to get in the u.n. experts who are going to secure those stocks, move them out, destroy them. we need to guarantee their safety, and this is an opportunity, i think, to bring everyone to the peace table in geneva or elsewhere and move on from this conflict. >> of course, we're waiting to see the u.n. weapons inspection report, which is going to be unveiled and made public a little later on today. it's not going to say who was responsible for using chemical weapons. is that important? does it matter? is the end goal just to get them out of syria? >> it's not going to say that because it's not in the mandate for the inspectors to determine who, but i think when the report comes out, there will be some things that will be made clear. not least of which will be the quantity of chemical agent used

and the type and whether or not it was quite sophisticated and has dispersal agents or stabilizing agents and so on. if we're talking about large quantities, we're talking about government stocks in that case and not rebel to stocks. i think this report will give a strong indication of who committed this atroscity. >> do you think the rebels have been able to get their hands on chemical weapons there? one argument is it must be the government that used it because they're simply not accessible by syrian rebels. is that true? >> well, i think if they managed to get their hands on that quantity of stocks, the assad government would have known about it. i think it's -- let's wait and see what the inspectors say. let's not prejudge. the quantities are indicated. >> patricia, good to speak with you. thank you very much for your thoughts there. dr. patricia lewis speaking to us from london.

>> thank you. australia's conservative prime minister is facing accusations of sexism after only one woman made it into his 19-member cabinet. in the past tony abbott was labeled a massagist by the former prime minister. an inquiry into systemic child sexual abuse in australia has begun. it was commissioned by the federal government to investigate allegations of widespread abuse in religious and state-run institutions. the officials from across the united states are meeting to discuss the best ways to keep children safe. although child sex trafficking is tyms thought of as a developing world problem, as many as 300,000 children are prostituted in the u.s. every year. john reports from chicago. >> reporter: for emma life got rough fast. >> my mother gave me up when i was at the age of 2. she was a heroin addict. >> reporter: at 9 began the sexual abuse by her cousins that

led to feeling of worthlessness and a life of drugs and prostitution. >> the only way i saw any hope was trying to save as much money what i could from what i was doing to stop doing it. i look at fwigirls 12 or 13 yea old, and it boggles me mind that that can happen to them at such a young age. >> reporter: child sex trafficking is often considered a developing world problem, but the u.s. justice department says up to 300,000 children are being prostituted right here in the united states. the average age when they start? 13 to 14. an fbi sting in july freed 105 underage prostitutes, lost children trapped into sex slavery. >> one out of eight endangered runaways reported missing here were likely sex trafficking victims. this is definitely a problem occurring right now in the united states with american children. >> reporter: many sold at strip clubs, motels and massage parlors by boyfriends, gangs,

even husbands don't fully realize they're being trafficked. >> i've seen women that have come in who have been put up by their father at the age of 16. i've seen 10-year-olds recruited by pimps. you can resell a child over and over again and make money on it. >> reporter: the u.s. justice department says a pimp can make $150,000 to $200,000 per year per child. the average pimp has four to six prostitutes. emma escaped to the chicago dream center where she now tells her story to young girls. >> i would tell them that god loves them. it's hard when you think nobody really cares and why is this happening to any? what did i do? >> reporter: there is hope and life after prostitution, emma says. she's studying to become a hairstylist, but it's a story she telling far too often. al jazeera, chicago. a man's been shot dead by

south korean soldiers who believed he was trying to cross into the north. it happened near the western portion of the heavily armed border north of seoul. south korea's defense minister says the man dressed in civilian clothes ignored warnings to return back to the south. he was shot after he jumped into the river. the casson industrial complex in north korea re-opened on a trial basis. the symbol of intrakorean cooperation was closed in april. we have the report. >> reporter: the latest sticks to repair a difficult relationship. four five months the shutters have been down at the industrial plant, a few kilometers inside north korea but home to more than 100 south korean factories. 60,000 south koreans were left out of work. now the park is back open for business. >> translator: i cannot tell you how glad i am. i hope it can be a good opportunity for the south and north to renew their

relationship. >> translator: there are many people who felt hurt, so i hope the suspension of casson industrial park does not happen again. >> translator: it's been very tough since the complex shut down. i'm sure my company had a hard time being but for me personally it was really tough. >> reporter: relations deteriorated in march when north korea accused the southern neighbor and the united states of conducting what it described as provocative joint military exercises. just months before, north korea had successfully launched a long-range rocket. they claimed it was capable of delivering a nuclear warhead, and it conducted a third nuclear test. by may the only direct phone line between seoul and pyongyang was cut off. since then negotiators have tried to rebuild a relationship left in tatters. some commentators think it could open the way for talks on the nuclear issue and the relationship between the two

koreas. >> an armistice was achieved in 1953. not a peace treaty. north and south korea remain at war. the united states remains at war. china, in effect, remains at war, and this is among the most dangerous tripwire places in the world precisely because north korea is isolated, it is weak, it is poor, and it's under very heavy pressure. >> reporter: this re-opening, albeit on a trial basis, is an initial step, and it's given thousands of people on both sides of the border cause for hope. still to come, we have all the sports for you including six men charged with a football fixing scandal in australia. we have the details after the break.

welcome back. the greek government plans to act around 12,000 public sector jo jobs. greek labor unions are opposed to the measures and are planning a series of strikes this week. in germany chance ler angle merkel is leading the polls for the upcoming national elections. for the green party it's been a disappointing campaign. they have struggled to compete with merkel's environmental pledges. as nick spicer reporting. >> reporter: on this stage of our tour of germany ahead of the vote, i'm riding an electric

bike in front of the regional parliament that has been in the hands of green party for some two years now. we thought it would be a good place to see what they hope to achieve on the national level. this metal recycling plant shows both sides of the region, industrial but increasingly eco-logical. so germany's green senses an opportunity. one of the members of parra lament campaigns here by touring the firm and meeting with the company bosses. many german business leaders worry that the party's plan to spend more on new environmental measures will raise taxes and hurt business, but the m.p. is finding a more receptive audience than ever before. >> everybody enjoys talking about green stuff. three, four years ago it was not possible to talk about anything like this. you were just called to be crazy, insane, out of this world, whatever. a big problem about the

greens is recycling works in politics as well, and angela merkel took a flapship issue and made it her own. days after the tsunami in japan and the fukushima nuclear disaster, merkel announced germany would shut all the nuclear plants. the green party has deep roots as you can find in villages here. locals decided that solar panels had electricity, and their cooperative biogas plant using grass and natural waste from nearby farms produces much more heat than the villagers need. most green voters here stick with the party but admit it is almost a victim of its own success. >> . >> translator: i think green policies have been widely accepted. what is difficulty is that some of the mainstays have become dated, like the opposition to nuclear power, so they now have

to find things again that appeal to the wider population. >> reporter: the greens do have other planks on their platform. promises to create a national minimum wage, to ban weapon sales to dictators and to better control the financial markets. they hope to govern in a coalition with the social democrats, but the election results might just possibly make for another combination. one between the greens and the party of chancellor angela merkel. nick spicer, al jazeera. let's update you with what's happening out of washington, d.c. those reports, of course, of a shooting that happened in a naval base. you can see this helicopter, which is lifting definitely somebody in there. you can see them moving, so presumably one of the victims of the shooting who has been injured. we're getting reports that four people have been injured at this shooting. details still sketchy, but we know that one suspect is at large and still being looked for

and is apparently carrying an ak-47 assault rifle. so that helicopter there taking off one of the victims in the shooting we believe to be treated. that incident still ongoing. we'll bring you more on that as we get it. let's get to sports now. >> thank you very much. less than a day after becoming the oldest ever winner cycle winning the tour of spain, he's become involved in an unusual doping mix-up. team radio shack officials plame the doping officials after the 41-year-old missed an out of competition test on monday. they issued a statement saying that the officials went to the wrong hotel in madrid. this was accompanied by an e-mail showing that horner currently informed authorities of a change in his whereabouts before the start of the final state. radio shack says they will seek compensation from the

responsible agencies. the door has been held for the final stage of the african qualifying for next year's fifa world cup. the two will decide the five nations that will compete in brazil. ethiopia pill face nigeria. cape verdict verde will play. ghana will take on egypt. this is the bidding for the first world cup, and they need to overcome algeria. the first legs of the mrau take place between october 7th and 15th. six men have been charged as part of a football match fixing scandal in australia. the malaysian national faced court in melbourne on monday identified assist the main contact between players and betting syndicates in hungary

and malaysia. they stand accused of fixing matches involving the southern stars in the semi-professional victorian premier league. it netted more than $2 million. the other men charged including two british players and a team coach are facing up to 10 years in jail. >> the problem of match fixing is huge. there are king pins in malaysia in the latest instance, so we're not really surprised after these allegations about, you know, these arrests have been made. to the nfl where the broncos beat the new york giants in the game dubbed manny bowl. peyton manning got the better of younger brother eli for the third straight occasion. 41-23 at metlife stadium. >> the same situation. just strange circumstances. good team win, but, yeah, i

don't know how -- it's kind of hard to -- it's a unique situation, and not many other players have to go through it. you don't know. you can't ask many people for advice on it. good team win for us, and a good road win. >> we had our opportunities. i think that's where we did some really good things. we just didn't get touchdowns. we had to settle for field goals, and, you know, the second half just had a weird interception off of a foot. i got down a little bit, and then, you know, tried to fight back. when you get down a couple scores and start trying to press, you can kind of go either way. you can make some plays hopefully, but you also give opportunities to make some mistakes. a small group of native-american protesters held a demonstration before green bay's home game with washington. around two dozen with several different signs shouted in protest of the nickname the

redskins. they claim the name is racist and offensive and have vowed to protest at every city the team visits until it's changed. redskins owner daniel schneider has rejected the call. the new york yankees have been eliminated from the race by arch-rivals boston. the red sox completed a three-game sweep with a 9-2 victory on sunday. they're the first time -- team in 37 years to beat the yankees 13 times in a season. it's not how the yankees wanted to finish at fenway park. the future hall-of-famer was honored by the red sox with a pregame ceremony. in the meantime the tampa bay rays have fallen behind in the american league wildcard race. he drove in just a second homer of his career. he reported a 6-0 victory.

team new zealand is two wins away from claiming sailing america's cup. oracle team usa won the first race of the day on sunday in san francisco bay. the kiwis responded to the race, and the lead stands at 7-1 in the best of 17 series. they could secure the oldest trophy in the international sport on tuesday with a further two races scheduled. the final round of the bmw championship will go into the fifth day after play was suspended due to bad weather in illinois. torrential rain left the course waterlogged. only six were able to complete their round including defending champion rory mcilroy. jim furyk who leads by one shot and second place steve stricker are scheduled to tee off on monday. >> thanks for that. i'll be back straight after this

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you're watching al jazeera where we're tracking breaking news at this hour out of washington, d.c. d.c. police are searching for an active shooter on the grounds of the washington navy yard. that is in southeast washington, d.c. it all started shortly after 8:20 this morning. that is when shots were reported fired nctsed the naval sea command system building on the grounds of the washington navy yard. a police spokesman said there are four victims including one that's a police officer. there are by way of numbers about 3,000 people that work at the naval sea system commands headquarters.