this is al jazeera. hello, and welcome to the news hour. with your top stories. sevenning for survivors after a powerful earthquake strikes the central philippines at least 107 people are dead. >> tough talking in geneva, iran present as detailed plan to end the diplomatic stand off over its nuclear program. including a man is

detained in russia over a deadly stabbing. and fury in italy with the convicted nazi war criminal is granted a funeral service. >> and there have been several after shocks. the quake was measured at a magnitude 7.2 and a half. belobo he island, while the densely populated island was also badly hit. the power was cut to many areas, buildings collapsed and people panicked. while some of the victims died in stampedes. reporting.

lack of space and equipment, they are overworked and it isn't just them, rescue workers at are stretched, the earthquake hit just after 8:00 in the morning. many say it was the strongest one they have ever witnessed. >> we were caught by surprise, the building collapsed as people were coming out. >> offices and schooled were closed for a national holiday which may have saved lives. >> there are many lifelines that have been blocked, roads bridges and we are beginning to get the messages in right now. as people make their reports. but in the meantime, we have a lot of problems in terms of -- 400-year-old churches collapsing, we lost churches a wonderful church, but a lot of these people -- a lot of these things are happening and many of the

dead dame from falling debris. >> reports suggest that people are still stuck under the rubble. that the power and transport. local government is worried about long term economic rep precushions. also that are liking in the outlying islands of the region. they call this the ring of fire, and earthquakes are common, but one of this magnitude is rare, likely the damage will be stamping. for now it is about rescue efforts that will continue for day. s. >> david parton is from an u.n. office, and he says that many people are in need of aid. >> the government has reported that more than 400 people have been effected by this

earthquake, some of them are staying in evacuation centers. some of them are staying out in the open air, because they are afraid of returning to their houses because of the risk of after shocks. so they do have needs in terms of providing them with food, and water, and other relief items of course supplemented by the national government. i think we need to increase the effort to them as soon as possible. >> i know the government is doing everything they can to restore power. the national government is providing a lot of support. they have accepted offers from us to join them in a need assessment. in terms of camp management, in terms of what the remaining needs are in terms of what

these people need, so we will be joining them tomorrow. an indepth assessment to make sure we can mete the needs of those effected. >> iran has presented a confident usual new plan to world leaders to end the stand off over its nuclear program. james has more from geneva. >> around the table once again, international diplomates negotiating with the iranians but this time, a new atmosphere of hope, and after photographers were escorted from the room a new approach from iran, a power point presentation in epg lish, of a plan called closing the unnecessary crisis. and opening new horizons. we are really serious, we are not here to just

waste our time, we are serious for the real negotiations. and we believe that the plan that has been introduced. >> can you tell us what is new in your plan? >> anything? >> our plan is confidential, and it's supposed to remain confidential, this is what we are giving them. >> the negotiations were chaired by the european union high representative kathryn ashton. they are spokesmen on this the first day of talks had a positive turn. >> we have come here with a sense of cautious optimism, and a great sense of determination. because we believe it is really time now for tangible results. those who following the long history with iran, say there is now a new pace and urgency to the process. >> the very fact that the time line here has been shortened these talks now

are just two weeks after an agreement to hold them, was even made, this is in the realm of iran, nuclear talks is a new world. so i think there's a lot to play for us still. >> the negotiations will continue here on wednesday, there has been some progress, but no one is talking of a break through or a final deal. in fact, there's already the suggestion there could be further negotiating in just a matter of weeks. appeared in anorak court, he is described by u.s. officials as one of the world's most wanted terrorists. he is accused of master minding the bombings of u.s. embassies in kenya in 1998, and the libyan national was seized in tripoli ten days ago. from just outside that courthouse in new york, what did we learn today from his appearance in

the courthouse? well, this is the first time we are seeing the man that even court documents refer to with his make name aliby, and he is certainly much older and grayer than the photographs that have been circulated be i the united states of him ever since he was first put on the u.s.' most wanted list back in 2000. he walked into is courtroom wearing gray sweat pants and a black sweatshirt, under his own control, he is reportedly suffering from medical conditions and indeed, his attorneys did ask that special medical consideration be given to him. while in detention, but they did not specify what his condition is. as far as the charges against him, we really didn't learn anything new there.

charmed for his role taking part in the u. embassy bombings that took place back in 1998, the charges are conspiracy to commit murder, maim, and to bomb the u.s. nationals. there are reports we know coming out of congress. they have been very concerned that al libby is working as a go between. the fear is that he was trying to constitute a branch in northern africa, but if they have any evidence to support those, they did not present it today. >> the cases reigniting the debate over where they try these suspected members. civilian or military courts. >> absolutely.

it's interesting in this case, because the obama administration seems to want to have it both ways. on the one hand, they detained him in tripoli, and kept him aboard a u.s. navy shift. they were kept under the laws of war as it were, but he is being brought here to new york. conservative lawmakers and former members have been critical saying it would be better to take a suspect like this to the detention center at guantanamo bay cuba where he could be held at an enemy combatant, that he could be interrogated to get information about him, about al quaida, from him as a possibly could, without having the same rights afforded to him as a u.s. citizen. when he comes to court here, he is treated as a u.s. citizen with all of those rights.

now on the other side, you have had members of the public defenders office here, these rah the lawyers who are of pointed to represent defts who don't have the means of hiring their own lawyer they have been petitioning the court ever since al libby was taken aboard that warship, and saying that he should be given a lawyer right away. he shouldn't be intire grated without the presence of a lawyer. all right, we will leaf it there for now. reporting for us from new york. so the government can pay its bills if they fail many fear it can have a domino effect. the. >> laest lender china will be watching events in the u.s. very closely. >> work at this nit wear factory continues despited fears the business is about to suffer a huge loss. like thousands of others

in what is known as china's golden triangle the products here are exported all over the world. the u.s. dollar which has been the currency would face a lack of confidence, should they default on its debt, and this would throw global trade into chaos. east american default, it will be civilized -- it would be very bad for exports. we will suffer a lot. the world's two largest economies are deeply interconnected. china is the largest holder of u.s. debt, and china is the second largest market. china has been exporting more than importing and it's accumulated the world's largest hoard of foreign reserves. mitch of those were investigationed back into treasurynd bos. >> the chinese government has expressed its concerns.

has gone a step further calling the u.s. a hypocritical nation, with a dysfunctional government, saying this is the time to de-americanized the world. >> as it stands china holds 3.000000000000 in assets. it's already begun to diversity those holdings. >> there's no reason to default, more like a technical reason. so it is something really new, and we have no experience. so i don't know what will happen. >> but one thing is certain, whatever does happen, will effect not just china but the entire global economy. if the u.s. government doesn't break its deadlock, it will help prove china's point. that u.s. dominance in the world affairs is declining. al jazeera, dan juan, china. >> still to come.

>> where students are waiting to hear for the highest court in the u.s. will uphold a ban on affirmative action. >> coming up in sports england will be hoping history doesn't repeat itself as they try to qualify for next year's world cup. russian police have detained a migrant worker over a deadly stabbing. details now from our european news center in london, barbara. >> thank you, police identified the suspect from being from the predominately muslim state. detectives have been hunting the killer of a 25-year-old man who was seized upon russian nationalist to target workers.

the threat of more violence still lingers here. a lodge contingent has sealed off the market, where 1200 were arrests in the wake of the disturbances. we spoke to the men just released from prison. >> we have just been let out, we weren't given any food or water. >> i still have the brings from when they took my fingerprints after we were arrested. >> these floral tributes have been layed. five former colleague came to say a time goodbye. he didn't want to give his full name. >> he was a cheerful guy, very polite.

the police issues the photograph of the man they wanted to question, they named him a native where he was also wanted for murder. a man is now in police custody. is more they are attacking from the predominately muslim republic, and the former soviet republic from central asia. a poll of opinions among the russians there on tuesday, shows feelings still running high. there are too many migrants it is scary to go out in the evening they are everywhere. >> our people here are fed up, we can't take it any longer, it isn't the first or the last time they have acted like this, our children disappear, there are killings and rapes.

the other contained a fascist slogan. fearless, white, and proud. >> even the opposition leader has got involved in this debate. he said the more the immigrant create for the residents the more the law enforcement officials and local authorities can earn in bribes. as thousands gathers for celebrations the police were out in force. human rights groups have warned the commutes that the racially charged atmosphere has put them at increased risk of attack. am al jazeera, position cow. >> well, staying in russia, another greenpeace activist after a protest has been denied bail. he appeared in court in the court city, where he and almost 30 other environmentalists are being held in custody. they are charged with pie rassey, after activists tried to scale a russian owned platform in arctic

waters. several others have already been denied bail. italy's navy have recued 300 more. a knave ship set out late on monday after receiving the stress calls from migrant boats. 360 people were killed nearly two weeks ago after a boat capsized off the coast. concerned have been raised about irregularity during bosnia's census. officials say problems could emerge from confusion about census questions and misinformation from some who distributed the census forms. just to remind you this is the first population count since the 19 nigh's. the last census shows that the country had a

population of 4.4 million people, 43.5% declared themselves muslim. serves were the next largest group, and owe yachts were reported as making up 17.4% of the population. well, let's hope that the new census will give the most detamed snapshot yet. of how the conflicts that impacted the different groups. there has been a lot of bickers over the census content. there is 97 questions, it is a huge huge confusion for those that are supposed to give answers on some of very sensitive questions like ethnicity or religious background. >> a funeral for a nazi war criminal inistly has been interrupted during angry scenes outside

rome. the vatican as well as officials from rome have tried to stop any sergeant taking place. but an ultra conservative group agreed to hold the funeral mass hundreds of people gathering to engineer his remains as his coffin arrived. it is not known for the service went ahead. the former officer died in italy's capitol last week, with he had been serving a life sentence under house arrest. he was convicted of a massacre outside rome in 1944 in which 335 civilians were executed. more to come from europe in this news hour, more health warnings from france about the use of mobile phones.

p an effort to make sure minority students are represented in institutions. the on going legal cases in california as well as michigan. this is a 60 style civil rights freedom riot reborn. these high school students are rolling ten hows through the night from detroit to the u.s. supreme court to keep affirmative action alive. there's a lot of barriers here in america, hopefully this march can give us some kind of power. >> a university can favor students applying for admission. open musicians but by state law they cannot give preferential treatment to racial minorities. michigan voters passed a resolution changing the

constitution to ban affirmative action. >> some of these more qualifying wise, grades anything like that, who can take doesn't get a job, accepted because somebody is from a lower socioeconomic status, from a different area, it just don't think -- it's fair. since the law went into effect, the number of black and latino students fell by a third, the number of minority students fell behalf. the court has made it clear in earlier rulings that universities can make one factor they consider, now the u.s. supreme court can decide if voters can say no. >> i think it is a very tough case for the challengers to that provision. i think it is tough because the -- there's nothing in the constitution requiring a state to engage in affirmative action.

and the people have the state have simply said we don't want with to do it. >> supporters argue the law unfairly disadvantaged minorities because the board of directors can give preference to other groups but not minorities without changing the state constitution. if the court upholds the ban it can encouraging opponents to seek similar bans on campuses like this, in one state after another, across the u.s. it was a great gain that we are able to have an african-american president, i think that is a real achievement. having a black president does not mean we live in a post racial society. >> a former manager at the oil giant hallen burten has pleaded guilty to destroying evidence after the gulf of mexico

oil spill. he faces a maximum sentence of one year in prison and a $100,000 fine. he was the cementing technology director for energy services b.p.'s contractor on the deep water horizon drilling rig. the explosion and subsequent leak has considered the largest maritime oil spill in the u.s. nearly 500 barrels were damaged into the sea. the turkish government has started to build a fence along part of its border with syria. curds living in the region says it will make them even more isolated. this border looks like many others. there are military watch towers with soldiers on alert.

excavators starting work here, digging for days along this border. work now has stopped it is not clear why or if it will resume. people here -- >> turkey denies building the wall although it's military has dug the foundations for it. the government stays is measures to improve the security with syria, to curb illegal crossings and smuggling. many people in the town simply don't trust the government. >> we are all relatives and brothers this war will separate us. people need to eat, what else can they do? >> they are just building the wall the isolate. i believe everyone here thinks the same. is mayor is a member of the peace and democracy party.

she accuses turkey of trying to fence off minority curds on both sides of the boarder. >> this wall a shame for us, it is totally unacceptable, we are in the twenty-first century, they can't build it. on the other side there are the curdish supreme committee, and it's fighters they don't have any problem with turkey, to be honest, al quaida fighters are going there from turkey. the government is worried the war next door could easily spread. and for the moment, it looks as though turkey plans to tighten security in its own backyard.

regardless of what curds think. stilt to come, on the al jazeera news hour, villages up against oil giant chevron, and a new york court, and we report from the amazon. people tell us here that the clean up operation wasn't done properly, and it is evidence. this is what we find all over the surface. coming up in sport, a star is born as they take com of the first test against south africa. closest to the story, invite hard-hitting debate and desenting views and always explore issues relevant to you.

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heard angles you hadn't considered? antonio mora brings you smart conversation that challenges the status quo with unexpected opinions and a fresh outlook. including yours. al jazeera news.ing the a powerful earthquake has killed at least 107 people in the central tip means. the magnitude 7.2 quake has damaged power lines, rescuers are still trying to reach people trappedden p confident progress can be made, if there's goodwill from world leaders. officials have presented a plan to world leaders

in geneva. police have detain add man they say is responsible for a fatal attack on moscow. oil giant she ron and a community of ecuadorians are back in court. between 1964 and 1992. at the time, the oil fields were operated by texaco, but they were later bout by chevron. two years ago a court in ecuador awarded the villages 18 billion-dollars in damages. but it has never been payed and that's because the villages and the u.s. attorney committed fraud and bribery to win the judgement. it also denies any wrongdoing and claims texaco cleaned up the pollution, let's get more from our reporter who is joining us live from the ecuadorian amazon,

wondering how the people over there are watching the trial going on, how closely rah they paying attention to it? people are going by with their daily activities this trial has been going on for 20 years and i can tell you, that the overwhelming feeling here is of frustration, because communities here tell us this is one of the most bio diverse areas in the world, and they have been taking care of it for decades if not centuries so they don't understand why oil companies have been coming here, exploring and not cleaning up after they leave, which is what they alleged chevron did. they took us on a tour and this is what we saw. >> he digs a small hole

and shows us the waste. he said it was dutched in the pit without proper safety measures. >> they should have disposed of this, why did they create these pits? why didn't they put nit metal tackers like they do in the united states? >> mercedes jimenez lives in one of the homes. >> our health has been effected. my family is sick, i am sick, my bones ache and my sons are ill. >> mercedes and other 30,000 people filed a class action suit, now owned by chevron. we took the oil company to court and won. they were told to pay $18 billion. but chevron appealed and is now accusing his team of mass fraud. screwed oil spilled on the roads indigenous people are effected children with leukemia, all of these are chevrons

problems now, but this trial is just a show the company is putting up so the world doesn't see the crimes committed here. she ron did no reply to our interview request. they claim the area was properly cleaned up. people here say the new trial means they may not get the money they wanted in damages. there are 808 waste pits scattering. the crude over the years has formed these pools. >> we are standing on top of an oil reservoir, and it has gone solid, but it is pretty deep. it is about three meters or so, as you can see it wasn't cleaned up properly, there is oil everywhere, and the smell is really strong, and the whole place it is like this. while the community awaits many say that the damage is done, and hopes that the country banned

drilling once and for all. >> the president has been very vocal about this case, every time there's a landmark trial, or something, because he is criticized chevron and he said that the company's allegations basically reflect poorly on the ecuadorian justice system, and he isn't going to allow that. something interesting he said is this is 80 times worst than the b.p. oil spill. >> now we are going to cross over to new york, and speak to happen sean. he is the spokesperson for the plaintiffs in that court case.

well, this morning was the opening of this trial. a trial that we consider to be essentially retalalay story show trial. just the latest of chevron to evade accountable for its abuses in ecuador. morning began with a bunch of procedure stuff, a lot of details i don't need to get into, and would bore you, essentially this is kicking off a few more weeks of trial, where we will see witnesses on both sides and chevron will fry to weave a narrative that we believe is absolutely deceptive. and is really just like i said part of a campaign to avoided paying for a clean up and a remediation, and compensation for the communities that have suffered far too long

already. >> from what we unction, is that chevron is trying to prevent the villages in this case and their lawyers stephen from in fact using the u.s. courts to enforce the ecuadorian judgement. >> well, it's our view that the court here can't act as ask aplate court for the judiciary, in ecuador. it can't about as an aplate court for the worlds courts. the ecuadorians are going to take the judgement they want after one of the most litigated cases in history, with chevrons abuses it is criminal conduct it's reckless, and deliberate dutching of toxic waste. relies upon by thousands and thousands of people that are sick today. they are going to take that junkment and enforce it, and keep up their

efforts until a pay out is made. and until they get the relief they have sought for far too long already. >> thank you very much, speaking to us from new york. in the u.k. another multinational company has been accused of tax avoidance, and back to barbara in london to tell us which one. >> has avoidedded paying one point $7 billion in tax. insists that it is paying its fair share. its head quarters was set up in switzerland.

h against which they had offset profits boots made in the u.s., that in turn allows boots legally to avoided paying getting on for $2 billion in tax. ink side the u.k. >> we believe it is up to the government to close down this great system of tax havens across the world. many of them british to ensure that companies like boots do pay the tax they owe and don't get away with something for nothing culture. >> some othe multinationals like google have already been accused. the research found that boots get as full 40% of its revenues to the national health service here, which is under pins by the british taxpayer. the idea that the people that own these could make money, from a public

health system that they are under no obligation to pay back into. booteds unpaid taxes plays into a much bigger story, but increasing public concern, the hospitals simply can't cope because of a lack of funding. the people said the amount of unpaid tax is worth the same as the salaries of 78,000 nurses. that effect is that money gets taken out, and into private profit, and we are very very stretched in the nhs. so what we are seeing is cuts in staff, particularly nurses that are a very big portion of the budget. with the right level of qualifications the standard of care just drops away. boots said some of the findings were misleading. this report may contain significant inaccuracies.

strictly in compliance with all applicable law, and deserves the highest standard of good ethics. >> so we contract and expose those that are paying their fair share. earlier that year, corporate tax laws his critics say the way in which boots does its sums proves billionaire investors are carrying on regardless. it is just this time tax avoidance is directly linked to the health of the nation. the potential health risks of mobile phones have been put into the spotlight, this time by officials in france. they are warning children in particular should limit their exposes because their brains have less protection against radiation than those of adults.

france's national agency for health, food, and environmental safety says that in lab tests these admissions had a biological effect on cells. there was no impact on health, but some groups could be at risk. >> particularly when it is glued to their ear, because their brains are more exposed. they have a thinner skull. >> of course, people are using their phones in all sorts of different ways many of which don't involve holding them closely to their ears. but the parents at this school are worried. yi a few meters from classrooms. >> it's not as if we are prehiss toric, not as if

we are rejecting technology that's not the issue. we don't reject technology, we don't reject mobile phones. we just want the minimum of protections. >> the panel of 16 that issues the report, says exposure to antennas should be limited. the industry insists that it all operates well within safety limits and statistics prove it. al jazeera, paris. >> kenya's deputy president said he would like to go home and carry out his duties. he is charged with the possession election violence in 2008 and went seven. his request that he be allowed to miss hearings

comes days after he withdrew from the a.c.c. all together. with that you are up to the date with the top stories here in europe, now let's go back to doha. >> still to come on the al jazeera news hour, we will know within an hour, the broker prize. and in sport, golfs former world number one says he can't wait for 2013 to be over. he will term you why. on august 20th,

from harm starts here. he is a healer, he is believed to have healing skills that no doctor or nurse can match. >> the spirits gave me this gift. is that i heal and i never get it wrong. >> his five-year-old son is at home suffering from a high fever. he is a in doubt an evil spell is making him sick. so he gives her prayer beads and giving her a position to drink. >> he gives me natural remedies in different than what you get in a pill, except seeing a doctor is way more expensive. >> spenting anything

close to a dollar for medical treatment is sum my unaffordable. >> under five years of age. >> emergency care vaccinations and doctors visits are all now paid for by the state. bout rah proper healthcare system, the country cannot survive. ink spired by president obama's health care reform, the government calls it macky care, his government is subsidizing health insurance, to encouraging low income earners to pick it up, the state is spending $10 million to fund this reform. >> this is not enough,

the state needs to put in more money, politicians need to explain why getting health insurance is in their interest. >> err asked if he fears this can push him out of business, but he doesn't seem worried. he believes healthcare reforms are also governed by spirit. al jazeera. time for the sports news. >> at next year's world cup, england will face poland in group eight. they know they need to win, otherwise ukraine is likely to go through as they face the worth joint team in the world. this time around, the poles will have around 18,000 gans in attendance. >> we have a lot of

polish people living here, and from what i understand, they were basically portioned into this decision to let them have it because otherwise they would have been safe with infiltration of polish fans among english fans. as far as i'm concerned and i'm surely be backed up on this, our players are used to playing in games are the opponents have their support as well. the european championships need just a point. they have not been beaten since 1993, spain has a 3-point advantage over france, they play finland. >> these matched are more complicating when there aren't goals. mr.'s plenty of quality, we must try to score one goal at the beginning of the match. >> quite a few matches going on right now with

turkey already losing. romania up and they are currently winning against astone yeah. they will reach the finals for the very first time. after they thrashed egypt 6-1 in the first leg of their playoffs. at the vatican world cup playoffs. a.c. milan world feeder was also among the scorers. with authorities having the match being moved because of the on going security situation. and a fifth will go to an intercontinental playoff. travels to fourth base chili, see them go through to next year's finals.

they can still seal an automatic case, but they have to get four goals or more and hope it is a low-scoring game. coast rica and u.s.a. already short of their places at brazil. so just one more automatic up for grabs. the destiny of mexico is still to be decided they may be able to qualify straight through to the finals if honduras loses. now the professional footballers union has threatened to call for a boycott of the 2022 world cup if it is held in the summer. its vice president made comments on tuesday, he is the only candidate in the elections. the worked governing body has set off process to decide when the tournament should be played. that's after concerned

were expressed about the gulf country during the traditional world cup spots in june and july. thrush other people involved like the tourists. to cricket now, the pakistan firmly in charge after two days of the first test against the world number one test. the day began being called out for 249. failing after his othernight score of 118. the last seven matches then put on 185, scoring 131 knocked out the home slide closing on 263 for three in their first inning. the los angeles dodgers have cut the cardinal

lead in the national league championship series. a loss would have sense them a three h zero lead. langly ramirez slashing. they now have the series 2-1. but to level things later and going for it. golfs former world number one says he can't wait until the end of 2014, when they have had an eventful year. his relationship with former tennis world number one. recently came to an end, and it is a battle $124 million switch to nike clubs. and proved to be an immediate success, starting with this week's korean open. coming off such a good year, it was going to be

tough to emulate that, but that's what i wanted to do, and i didn't do that, so -- this year it wasn't -- a little bit of a disappointment. as i said i have six tournaments left to finish strongly, and get some momentum for 2014. bosnia and russia have qualified in brazil, more details in our later butt tin. some sad news, a race driver has been killed in australia. sean edwards who was leaving the porsche super cup championship was a passenger when it hit the barriers and burst into flames. he was the son of former f-1 driver. well, there's a lot more sport on our website, check out aljazeera.com, also details there on how to get in touch with our

teams. >> see you then. well the winner of this year's u.k. based booker prize is to be announced in london about two hours from now. but a change over who can compete over the literary award is threatening to take the shine out of the celebrations. sonia explains. >> the quiet interior of a london book shop. thousands of tylers to choose from. which ever one may greatly influence that. it is one of the greatest events. judges have one year to get through the dozens of novels in the running all competing to become a worldwide success. exposure is invaluele. >> that idea of having an audience, and having ask audience that wouldn't

read it otherwise is terribly important. that's what it does. it draws attention to a book, and the public may not like it but at least they will pick it up and look at it. >> past wingers include life of pi, given the hollywood treatment and released to critical acclaim, as was the english patient. both firm successes, until now it's only been open to contender froms the british commonwealth, but this year reflect as more international feel. >> for the first time ever, only one of the short listed actually lives in england, the rest are scat errs around the world, not only are they scatters, but the books themselves are talking about different countries all around the world. it is very very exciting. this may be the most diverse in years and the winner is almost certainly guaranteed international success.

but now that the please is being opened to all english speaking novelists some are weary that authors from the u.s. will eclipse those from asia, aver ca, and the caribbean. while that decision may caused feathers to be ruffled it may not be ail bad. it's marred to argue with the fact that in the english speaking world, we live now in a really international literary culture. it is a global culture. those divisions the division of the ocean, is much less important i think than it used to be. a reflection of a literary world, crossing the boundaries. >> al jazeera, london. >> well, that's it for myself and the news hour team, but there is much more coming up on al jazeera in just a moment. so do stay with us.

this is al jazeera live in new york city. a suspect in the deadly bombings of two u. embasssies has pleaded not guilty in a new york city croom. abu libby was captured by american commandos in libya, he is facing federal charges for his alleged role in the 1990 bombings in tanzania and kenya. the government shut down nears its deadline, leaders grew closer to raise the debt ceiling and end the shut down. guantanamo in the house -- to reign in the tea party before the looming default. the arrestsf