yem ♪ >> announcer: this is al jazeera. ♪ hello and welcome to the news hour, i'm in doha. the battle for iraq, heavy fighting between iraq forcesen islamic state group near dekrete. gaza cease fire is extended once again as human rights groups say they have been barred from investigating war crimes. the missouri authorities claim police have come under heavy fire in ferguson, protesters

complain about heavy handed police tactics. >> i've been harassed three times by the same officers handing out roses so that is what people get tired of because it makes people angry. >> reporter: and why so many germans are addicted to crystal meth and what is the connection, we are on patrol with the police. ♪ but let's start with iraq, and news the army has launched an operation to try to retake dekrete, that is the birth place of hussein and it has cemented itself with the help of other sunni groups and the advance is slowed and ten kilometers from the city itself because of sniper fire and roadside bombs. dekrete lies on the road between baghdad and mosul where there is

fierce fighting for the country's largest dam and control of the army and kurdish forces and we will go live to our correspondent zaina who is in bill, the capitol of the atonomous region and it has dusted itself down and now gone into action. >> reporter: well, yes, the iraq army trying to get the capitol and we have seen this before on numerous occasions since they lost the territory in june but they were not able to advance into that city. now, like you mentioned the islamic state group there on the ground but there are also sunni armed groups, people who have taken arms against the government. what we understand is that the iraq army is supported by malitia and they are tension among iraq sunnis and look at

the army as sectarian army and heard this from sunni tribal leaders and taken up arms against the government because they want their rights back. and this is where the danger lies because it's not just the iraq army versus islamic state group. this could become a sunni, shi war and it's an urban center and there will be force fighting and what we know over resent months there have been civilian casualty and air strikes and they are trying again but it's going to be difficult to regain the territory. >> north of you in the mosul area it's a different story isn't it because a successful attack and recapture of the mosul dam has pretty much been led by kurdish forces assisted of course by u.s. air strike. >> reporter: yes. u.s. air strikes as well as elements of the iraq army and

the ground troops it would have been very, very difficult for them to retake control of mosul dam as well as three other christian village's east of mosul without the help of air cover so the u.s. air strikes really help them advance into that territory. we saw this for ourselves but now the iraq army issued a statement saying that they are warning those who are providing weapons to certain groups in northern iraq, that was a clear reference to the kurds, kurdish is not the official iraq army and so reluctant to provide arms to the kurds because they will be seen as facilitating the fragmentation to iraq and losing the disputed territories where they are not kurdish-populated areas and shows you how complicated the situation is on the ground and this war cannot be won unless iraq as a country is united.

there is a new prime minister now but so far no progress in forming a new government. >> they are still in control of territories in the east of mosul. islamic state group is holding their ground, preventing kurdish forces from advancing to kalkiss. it has not been easy for the kurds and coming under sniper fire and the islamic state group is using mortars to target their positions. this is an active front line and the kurds with their limited resources have been firing back. general hasn't left the battlefield since saturday when the kurds started their advance under the cover of u.s. air strikes. he told me that they are facing a strong enemy. >> translator: they are well trained. many of them were former officers in soo suddaim's army and part of the war. >> reporter: recapturing three

christian towns but islamic state group controls a third of the country. we are nine kilometers from the city center of mosul and the commander said they have no intention of pushing towards the stronghold of the islamic state group but they would be ready to do so only if there is an agreement among iraq communities. it is important for the obama administration to show that its air strikes are not just helping the kurds but the iraq nation as a whole. >> translator: fighting terrorist and terrorism on behalf of the world so all countries should help us. >> reporter: the kurds are now defending the christians of iraq and have been forced out of their homes and old couple were left behind because they were too old, frail and sick and lived in their homes without food and electricity for over a week when the islamic state group was here. >> translator: they knocked on our door. we kept quiet and they left but

we were scared. >> reporter: this battle is not over. western nations may have stepped up their military involvement in this conflict but many here believe it won't end unless iraq sunni and kurds unite and fight this war together. al jazeera north of mosul. it seems u.s. air strikes have played a pivotal role in the retreat of the islamic state close to mosul and now it appears president obama is reenforcing his argument for military intervention in iraq, and white house correspondent patty explains. >> reporter: u.s. president barack obama made the announcement himself, kurdish fighters have taken control of the mosul dam from the islamic state group, the area in intense focus for u.s. aircraft and drones and where half of the air strikes directed and the president indicated a new reason for america's involvement. >> we have a national security interest in making sure our people are protected and in

making sure that a savage group that seems willing to slaughter people for no rhyme or reason other than they have not cowed down to them, a group like that is contained because it can pose a threat to us. >> reporter: he had been saying the u.s. is only working to keep the fighters out of irbill and baghdad and now it needs to be targeted directly because it's a threat to the united states and islamic state groups seem to make the argument for hem and releasing a propaganda video and shows snipers killing people and bombs exploding around military vehicles. president obama again promised more help to the iraq military to fight them but only if an inclusive government is formed quickly. the u.s. is trying to get other countries involved, convening a rare head of government meeting at the u.n. security council next month to address the issue

of stopping foreign fighters from getting in sierra and iraq, expanding u.s. mission to what the president calls a growing threat. patty with al jazeera, washington. palestinian and israeli negotiators agreed to extend the gaza cease fire by another 24 hours. the announcement came just minutes before a previous was due to expire and both sides taking part in indirect talks in cairo trying to find a way to end the conflict that killed more than 2000 people, the head of palestinian delegation warned the two sides may not sign a final deal. >> translator: we are going to have one more day of cease fire, either we agree or don't, we hope to make use of every single minute of the next 24 hours to reach an agreement otherwise violence will continue. i'm going to repeat it again that all that has been circulating in all the media about some kind of progress is

baseless, no real progress has been made so far. we are live in west jerusalem with correspondent jackie roland in a little while but we go to jane ferguson who is in gaza itself and jane so 24 hours then in which the people of gaza and jabali in particular can gather up their lives a little bit more? >> reporter: for some people it is of course another day, another 24 hours to really come back to areas like this that you can see behind me. we are on the very north of the gaza strip. people are still trying to gather what items in the rubble may be left over from their homes as their homes have been bombed and many of them have. for a lot of people and this is also bad news and people have been hopeful right up to the last hour last night there could be celebrations of an agreement and this would be over. people have been living in this constant state of limbo for eight days now. this is another day, this is the ninth day of cease fire where

people hear rumors coming out of talks in cairo but no one is sure and people are not sure if they can start rebuilding and whether or not they can try to come back to their homes to repair any damage for people here, they are hearing these statements as the one that was aired there saying there las been no progress and they just don't know yet whether or not they can really sigh a breath of relief or whether it's a case of another few hours until the bombs start dropping again. >> indeed what is your sense then about the sticking points that seem to be holding up there being any concrete deal to come from cairo? >> reporter: well, the palestinian negotiators were basically saying last night to al jazeera that essentially the sticking points were more to do with the timeframe, more to do with the implementation of a deal than the specific points of the deal. it appeared as though there were points that had been agreed on, the expansion of the fishing rights off the coast from three

nautael miles up to 1 2 nautica miles and they have freedom of movement but palestinians don't and cannot farm and cannot build houses here and it's a huge problem for them as far as land inside gaza and points agreed upon in terms of a slight easing of the blockade but it's not clear yet whether or not the israelis would agree to lift their blockade or lift those points initially, immediately, that is what palestinians wanted and no vague language about when the points would be implemented and it would seem that was a major sticking point last night. we also heard when that sticking point became a major issue at the last hour, the egyptians wanted a 72-hour cease fire but they had difficulty trying to get the palestinians to come on board to further longer cease fires, it would appear patience could be running out. >> for now, jane ferguson in

northern gaza, thank you very much. now let's go to west jerusalem and speak to our correspondent there jackie roland because jackie we are hearing complaints from the human rights groups that want to get into gaza to try to investigate so many of these accusations of violations of international human rights law and indeed international humanitarian law. >> reporter: well, the international human rights organization and talking specifically about amnesty international and human rights watch really have been bamboozled by bureaucracy at the moment and trying to get investigators in including military experts who would be able to carry out the kind of independent and impartial investigation that would be needed in order to establish whether, in fact, war crimings or human rights violations have been committed by either side. in fact, they are facing these administrative hurdles. israeli have one way of getting in is to apply for foreign

ministry commission but when they turn to the foreign ministry they said no, we only deal with u.n. negotiations and they were sent to the social affairs ministry and they said no we deal with aid agencies and humanitarian groups and you don't fit in the categories and it's a purely administrative program but the groups can ask themselves whether these obstructions are in fact political and making the point it's urgent to get independent investigators in because the kind of evidence they are talking about can be removed, can be damaged, destroyed very quickly and without prompt access to the sites of various or alleged incidents it's really impossible, certainly very difficult to get really firm evidence that would be able to be used to proof whether or not war crimes have been committed. ultimately to be able to bring justice to victims. >> okay, jackie thank you very much, jackie roland in west jerk

lumbar and an update on the latest death toll coming from gaza strip. now this is according to the palestinian health ministry more than 2000 people have died now since the israeli offensive. a total of 66 israelis including two civilians and a ty national and they have been killed since the start of the operation in early july. but it's a total of 2016 palestinians killed of which 1417 are civilians which really stand out. we have more to come here at the al jazeera news hour including africa's silent killer and ebola is getting all the headlines, another more common virus is killing nearly 1 1/2 million people a year. and unrest in yemen, thousands from the community demand the resignation of the government. and in sport a fresh start

controversial footballer swarez as he makes his first appearance for barcelona. ♪ and teams on the streets, the national guard deployed and tear gas fired at protesters, it has been another difficult night in ferguson in the u.s. state of missouri. highway patrol ron johnson is talking about criminal elements mixed up with legitimate protesters and say police have come under heavy gunfire and 31 people were arrested. >> tonight there were numerous reports of shots fired. we had two fires. one at a business. and one at an unoccupied residence. in the area of west north and canfield officers came under heavy gunfire. officers confiscated two guns at

a car stop near the media staging area. >> reporter: rob reynolds has been following events in ferguson as they happened and sent us this report. >> reporter: a tense moment in ferguson monday night. police advanced toward protesters ordering them to disburse. in the distance clouds of tear gas were visible as police took aim at a group of about 100 protesters gathered near a burned out convenience store. a car with an injured man sped up and he was hustled away but on lookers. police made several arrests. community leaders, clergy and volunteers managed to convince most of the remaining protesters to leave the area where police stood in riot gear, backed up by armored vehicles. for most of the blazing afternoon and the sultry missouri night groups of protesters march peacefully along ferguson's run down main

street where many storefronts are boarded up following outbreaks of looting. police ordered protesters to keep this continuously in the heat and said if they stopped on the sidewalk or gathered in groups they would be arrested. protesters said their fundamental constitutional rights of peaceful protests were being ignored. >> i don't know, they try to arrest us. i've been harassed three times by officers handing out roses and that is what people get tired of and start to riot because it makes people angry. >> reporter: a law against handing out roses? >> not that i know of. >> reporter: a steady flow of people holding signs demanding justice for michael brown and the teenager killing by police set off a week of unrest. missouri national guard troops we deployed with a limited mission, to guard a police command center. protesters say a larger pattern of police miss treatment has

worsened amid protested. >> i was tear gassed me and two teenage kids and niece and nephew and tear gassed and not doing anything and signs up and standing still. i just don't understand it. i just don't understand why do we have to be treated like animals. >> reporter: president barack obama interrupted his summer holiday to consult with federal officials about the situation this ferguson. >> our constitutional rights to speak freely and assemble and to report in the press must be vigilantly safeguarded especially in moments like these. there is no excuse for excessive force by police or any action that denies people the right to protest peacefully. >> reporter: f.b.i. agents are interviewing witnesses as part of what firms say will be a thorough investigation into whether brown's killing violated federal civil rights law. and to underscore the importance of that investigation, the highest law enforcement officer in the land, attorney general

eric holder, will visit ferguson in person on wednesday. rob reynolds, al jazeera, ferguson, missouri. back to pakistan where tensions are high in the capitol as thousands of protesters are stressing to protest in islamabad's heavily guarded government district and supporters of leading opposition leader khan and the country say they won't stop until the prime minister resigns and accusing him of rigging last year's elections. let's go live to camal in the capitol of islamabad and this seems like a critical moment for the capitol here. >> reporter: indeed it is and you can gauge the gravity of the situation from some of the headlines that english newspapers are running today. the daily time said for show down. another newspaper dawn says

emron to a dead end street and then you have the tribune say smoking guns and final show down today and all because khan had giv given a ultimatium he will be marching on the red zone along with party members including women and children. he has already said this will be a peaceful march and has said that none of his people will resort to violence. however, the government is warning this is the red zone and they will not allow anyone in. so indeed there is a lot of tension, apprehension that perhaps there may be trouble if scuffles breakout with security forces and protesters who will go in the red zone. emron has said the police will not shoot at him and his march is totally peaceful and he has

the right under the constitution to go and protest in front of parliament. >> what are the allegations against prime minister shariff and he has been in office this time around anyway for just over a year? >> reporter: absolutely. what is the real serious issue here is, number one, emron khan said elections were riggeled and the government admitted there was rigging and he said the election was therefore null and void. he went to the supreme court but he did not get any justice and the other issue is professor kadray is protesting and come here to avenge 14 supporters by the brother of the prime minister shariff and he too now wants the prime minister to resign. he has told his supporters and said he will hold a people's parliament that will make

decisions, big trouble for the government of shariff. >> for now thank you very much and he will be monitoring events very closely today. time now for the weather and richard is here and richard let's hope that there is some cool weather to calm some of those tempers in islamabad and other parts of asia. >> flooding is a main issue and it has been unsettled across the region and look at this, a whole line of clouds that stretches from japan and northeast through china towards india in the west. it's all part of the summer monsoon and low pressure over the plateau and moist air from the southwest and to the southeast. let's go to japan and south korea and huge amounts of rain in the last 24 hours from south korea and also halkaida and another pulse of rain coming up, from the southwest and it will be extremely wet here initially

and eventually we will see further rain and south korea more flooding i'm afraid. same picture in the southwest along the same weather system and the rainfall totals come from vietnam where it has been very, very wet indeed and all across southeast parts of china we have had similar sort of rainfall reports. the forecast no change and keeps on going. potential in this sort of corridor is 150-200 millimeters of rain over the next 24-48 hours. the situation across south a sshsasia not much different to the west and come from the river ganges and many of the temples are completely flooded at the moment. >> thank you very much indeed. more than 50 people have been killed over the last few days in fighting in northern yes, ma'am -- yemen over the mosul up

rising and we report. >> reporter: the death toll is rising in the province and clashes between government troops and rebels have been ongoing for several months. they joined the 2011 uprising against former president but soon they fell out of rulers and rebellion and able to take large sways of territory and breach the capitol. in the past they demanded an end to marginzation in the north and now the government says the faction expires to take over and rule the country. they have a powerful base in the capitol already. thousands of their supporters took to the streets on monday. demanding resignation of the government and the whole escalation is compound by new troubles in other parts of yemen and they called part of a group on sunday and five others arrested on the raid in the area in the southeast region.

but this is not enough. say other protesters. blood shed support the army and demand tough action by the government to end insecurity. >> translator: the presidential team is part of the former regime and i don't expect it to have a revolutionary method of action. >> reporter: dialog aiming to fix multiple problems after the fall of the former regime and presidential committee was tasked with implementing reforms but it's being criticized for meager achievements so far. >> translator: the committee should have met after formation but it was hampered by economic and security challenges on top of it is our war on terrorism. >> reporter: the president is facing enormous challenges not only from the rebels in the north and al-qaeda in the east but also from a powerful movement in his own southern yemen and equally challenging is

half of his current cabinet members are vowed supporters of the president, a powerful reminder of the fact that real change in yemen is still an unattainable goal. >> reporter: until friday to resign and tens of thousands have been rallying across the country protesting to end fuel subsidies and some people say they are using this issue merely as an excuse to demonstrate over their main goal which is fighters loyal to the shi tribe repeatedly tighting government forces since 2005 and they are trying to tighten their grip on the north before next year's election and the country is moving toward a federal system with greater autonomy for its various region and they are not represented in prime minister mohamed with the national unity government and the president is

for a more inclusive government with a new constitution passed later this year. but they refuses to be part of the government and demanding that it steps down. and let's wade our way through this shall we and talk to mohamed, our yemen expert and they have been offered at least two seats and in the new government to be why are they turning that down? >> they have always declared they want a government in which they have the first say, not a government in which they are just given part or given one seat or two. they want this government to resign and they want to sit down and choose and sit down at the table and say i want this and this and appoint the ministers. and this is on the other side of the conflict in yemen and say this is what they want, they want to sweep the table. they want to be the governor and

the rulers of yemen of course. >> and we are looking at pictures which seem to show thousands, if not tens of thousands of people and supporters, do they have the numbers and do they have the power to move in and take it for their own? >> they can certainly try to do that but remember they are not majority and even the people who they represent are not majority across the yemen and so it's going to be a fight, of course, it's going to be very dangerous if they try to take the capitol. >> okay, a very tense situation in yemen and thank you very much indeed. we have a lot more to come here at al jazeera including we take a look at the dangers facing aid workers as the world marks humanitarian day. >> do we have any clipper fans here? >> reporter: and in sport steve

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♪ time to have a look at the top stories at al jazeera, there have been heavy clashes between the iraq army and islamic state fighters near the city of dekrete and the army launched an operation to drive i.s. fighters from the city but slowed by land mines and sniperers. the gaza cease fire has been extended for a further 24 hours

after pill -- palestinian continue the talks and the head warned the violence may continue if a deal on longstanding issues is not reached. >> in the area west north and canfield our officers came under hef gunfire. >> reporter: another violent night in ferguson, the u.s. town that has become a flash point of racial tension, unrest broke out more than a week ago after the police killed an unarmed teenager. did you know it's world humanitarian day on tuesday and that coincides with the new report that reveals that a record number of aid workers have died in the course of their work. we can talk about this with dirk, the executive director of the international assistance mission in afghanistan and joins us live now from the afghan capitol kabul and thank you for talking to us on this

international humanitarian day. is this a trend, an increasing number of humanitarian workers dying in the course of their work and is this a trend you are experiencing and recognizing in the course of your work in afghanistan? >> yes, sadly enough that is, in fact, the trend we are seeing as well. i am the organization that i head up and has been working here since 1966 and actually it's in the last four or five years we lost most of our people. in fact, even last month some of our workers were killed in the west of afghanistan. >> in your estimation then why do you think this is happening? why do you think an increasing number of people who are purely there for humanitarian purposes are being targeted and in many cases now losing their lives? >> i think i cannot speak for other countries but i think in afghanistan that is partly related to the fact that the international forces started doing development and

humanitarian work and i think for many of the armed opposition troops that became very confusing because they didn't know who were the genuine n.g.o.s who were really caring for the people and who were the organization that were actually working with military objectives and i think that is a problem and i think civilians in general suffered widely and not only afghanistan and think of gaza and other places and that is a worldwide trend i think. >> a growing disregard for the sancity offensive yanukovich life and with afghanistan and military and the soldiers just stuck to soldiering and not involving themselves in the reconstruction efforts they have been doing in their search for winning over hearts and minds in afghanistan, they have got involved in all sorts of areas, haven't they, would you prefer they hadn't? >> yes, that in many ways would have been better because now for us doing the genuine n.g.o.s and

doing humanitarian and development work that has created a more dangerous situation. that's not to say that the rebuilding projects done by the military themselves have not done any good but certainly it has made the water much more muddy and i believe endangered genuine n.g.o. workers. >> dick with the mission in afghanistan and thank you very much indeed for talking to us on this international humanitarian day. now, there have been major developments in west africa concerning the out break of ebola, first the new global death toll from the world health organization is 1229. liberia says it has found all 17 patients believed to have the virus who ran away from a quarantine center and three doctors receiving the new drup zmapp are showing signs of improvement and synagal is

fighting another disease and we are in southern synagal. >> reporter: doctors can't tell what is wrong with their doctor. she is in pain. this hospital ward is hundreds of kilometers away from ebola outbreak and still she fears the worst. >> translator: i am scared it could be ebola. >> reporter: but this is not ebola. it's likely to be a different virus, one that is far harder to contain. and that kills more people in west africa, hepatitis e. southern chief doctor believes it's an epidemic going unnoticed. >> translator: the hepatitis outbreak started at the same time we find out about ebola but very dangerous and one is getting more attention than the other and we are trying to combat the virus as best we can. >> reporter: samples are sent to labs 800 kilometers away in

the capitol dacar to confirm if it's hepatitis and for some it comes too late, 19 pregnant women have died in the hospital, hundreds or even thousands could be infected, doctors simply don't know. the world health organization calls hepatitis africa's silent killer and this is why, 1.4 million people died of the disease last year. now compare this with the number of people who have died of ebola. so what is it about hepatitis that makes it so deadly? there is no vaccine and the virus can stay in the body undetected for years. it's found mostly in unclean water or badly cooked meats, here water is used for drinking and villages up stream use it for sewage. >> it's a problem of sanitation and if we can be careful with what we eat and drink we can control the virus. >> reporter: it's the world's most deadly infectious disease, some patients will overcome

hepatitis naturally, others face a wait for news. nicholas hawk, al jazeera, southern senegal. australia government is planning to release around 150 children from immigration detention centers. there is a total of nearly 900 children currently being held in mainland and offshore detention centers and human rights groups have long criticized the australian immigration policy. andrew thomas reports from outside the villa woods detention center in sidney. >> reporter: australia's position with sasylum seeks and by boat children and adults alike and is facing criticism as a policy to the public inquery at the moment and when children are in prison for a long time it can damage their mental health and self harm by children and ib

-- abuse of children. the latest announcement applies to and who it doesn't and children under ten held in australian main sense will be released in the community and those held at christmas island but offshore on the pacific island detention center that australia runs will not be released because those children arrived after july of 2013 when australia's government says anyone arriving from the date will never be resettled in australia and said to maintain this they will keep those children about 350 of them detained in those off shore camps. australia minister is due for a public inquiry on friday and will have to defend why some children are being released under the announcement but not all. >> reporter: u.s. condemned a deadly rocket attack carrying eastern ukrainian refugees and kiev is blaming pro-russia rebels for dozens of deaths and

deny the attack took place. fighting is forcing thousands of people to leave the region including half the population of rebel-held and they were hit traveling on the main road from luhansk to russia and emma hayward has the latest. >> reporter: in the town here there is little comfort, only signs of war. these pictures which appeared on a proseparatist website are said to show the aftermath of shelling. all the people here can do is try to stay as safe as possible. >> translator: it's scary, very scary. we pop out for a minute to breathe in fresh air but that is it and we cannot do more and no water here either. >> reporter: what is clear is a worsening humanitarian situation, in a separatist stronghold of donsk people were

cueing for water and other essential supplies and the separatists declare the government in donsk was enforcing strike new laws in the area it now controls. >> translator: death penalty in the code is for the following crimes. first aggravated murder which is murder of two or more people or a child or a pregnant woman. second for certain military crimes committed in war on the battlefield and third crimes of aggravated codes of war. >> reporter: heavy fighting is leaving families with little choice but to flee any way they can. the journey to try to reach safety can be a treacherous one and security situation deteriorates more people are willing to take the risk sometimes with devastating consequences. on monday the separatist denied carrying out attack that killed si civilians and the government gave a detailed account of what it said happened. >> translator: today at 9:40

a.m. terrorists committed a bloody crime. and on the roads and terrorists and civilians were trying to flee during fighters and many people died including women and children. >> reporter: there is still no political solution in sight. and so the people here will continue to have to make impossible choices. emma hayward, al jazeera in slovonsk. germany has a growing problem with crystal meth amphetamine and being mass produced in the chek republic and transported across europe open borders and they went to the german chek border to take a closer look. >> reporter: the target doesn't know the police are closing in. it will be a spot check, all the authorities are allowed. [sirens] this inspection finds nothing but the police regularly catch

people hiding small amounts of crystal method on this road leading out of the chech republic and are worried. >> crystal meth is the fastest growing drug at the moment. we are here right at the border where crystal meth is being produced and sold and consumers can get it cheaply and that is why it's so popular with young people today. >> reporter: over the border is a chech market where cameras are not welcome with counterfeit goods, clothes and electronics and meth say addicts, you just need to ask the right person. >> he knows the scene too well and has been off meth a year and regained the 40 kilograms he lost after being arrested for theft. >> translator: nothing worked without that stuff and it was all about getting more and keep me away for days and days then it all went down hill and i stopped paying rent and lost the lease of my apartment and

squandered my inheritance after my parents died and i started stealing to get money. >> reporter: german meth consumption is eight times bigger than six used ago and used as a party drug and also for people who want to perform better at work and people think it comes from the chech republic where 7 tons is produced each year. this is a former border crossing between chech and germany and not used since 2007 when they joined an area where there are no inspections of people or vehicles crossing the border. it's a situation which of course made the work of the drug smugglings all that easier. they try again, another spot check on a chech car driving in germany, the find marijuana seeds also illegal. the policeman say they conducted the search on a hunch. they just wish they had as much luck with crystal meth, in germany. still to come on the news

hour, a business abandoned, why hundreds of squatters are being forced out of the world's largest vertical slum. and in sport we meet the man who calls himself the world's only blind cricket commentator. ♪

♪ hello again and venezuela government has finally started to move people out of the half built town blocking the capitol and has become the world's largest vertical slum and we

report that many of those living there are reluctant to leave. >> reporter: downtown caracus is a jungle and in the middle is a 45 foot tall building named the tower of david which was to be a modern financial center. instead it has become known as the world's largest vertical slum. a last resort for more than 1100 homeless families who seven years ago took over the unfinished building abandon during a financial crisis in the 1990s. these open squares mark where the lifts would have been. residents most walk up to the 28th floor carrying everything from gas canisters to bricks. >> translator: there was nothing here. we built two rooms then another room on top. we made the kitchen everything. >> reporter: with no sewage, running water or electricity the community used its brain to

bring in utilities most people take for granted. water is strictly rationed and stored in countless plastic containers. the building has been transformed into a well-organized community with its own laws, small shops and even a factory that makes cookie cutters and employs 26 people and at first it was an epicenter for drug traffickings and kidnappers but they expelled them and turning this building in one of the safest neighborhoods here but only safe from crime. the lack of hygiene and construction and stairs with no railings make the tower a health hazard especially for children. which is why the government has begun moving everyone out. >> translator: we were able to do this without any violence. in a harmonious way talking to

residents and leaders to convince them to leave. >> reporter: in the last month laugh of the 4500 residents have been brought here to a new, low-income housing complex about an hour south of caracus. . >> translator: it's a huge improvement who used to live on the 22nd floor. >> translator: now i am the ground here and have three bedrooms and two bathrooms and running water. for me this is paradise. >> reporter: there are some who don't want to give up the comfort of living in the city near their friends and their jobs. but it's only a matter of time. while the government debates what to do with the concrete skeleton so many people think of not just as their home but their community. al jazeera, caracus. time for us to get the sport news. >> thank you very much. he won't be able to make his

official debut for another two months but swarez has a glimpse of what he can expect as a barcelona player and the striker appeared in a friendly match against mexico club on monday. he has a four month ban for biting opponent at the world cup but recently been allowed to begin a training and take part in friendly games. wearing the number nine jersey he came on the 76th minute but failed to score in his size six victory. and striker turned after fracking vertebrae on the 9th. barcelona would prefer to compete in tuesday's spanish cup, the clash between la-leagu and winners and take on atletico on the first leg a little later and they showed up for new signings on monday and rodriguez and cruise and taylor and have

already won trophy of the season and the u.s. super cup and the coach says the squad must maintain the momentum. >> translator: we have to look at this as a 180 match and play the well the first part and play well too the second part and it's clear tomorrow is not a decisive match and that is played on friday. we can take advantage tomorrow with the good match and that is what we are going to try. >> reporter: chelsea have opened the campaign with a win at newly promomented berly and 17 minutes into his debut for chelsea and gave jose a second short time later. and he then sealed a win in the 34th minute. final 3-1 to chelsea. and teenager the youngest driver in formula one history and he has announced that he turns 17

next month will drive for them next season and he currently competes in formula three and his father is a former f-1 driver. the previous youngest driver is swari when he was 19 when he raced at the 2009 hungarian grand prix. >> i saw somebody driving younger than me and i called my dad and said i wanted a go-kart but he said no he wanted me to start at six but after i kept pushing for a go-kart i finally started at 4 1/2. there was rap music and to fans there is no doubt enthusiasm of steve who has beneficially introduced to the l.a. clippers and celebrating the new team and we have more. >> steve.

>> reporter: after a day and month in the making new l.a. clippers steve wanted to make the most of his moment in the lime light. >> do we have any clipper fans here? i can't hear you! and he took charge of the franchise in a $2 billion deal, an nba record and donald sterling given a lifetime ban by the nba in april after making racist comments in a recording and it took a court battle lasting several months to allow sterile's former wife shelly to conclude the sale to steve. >> hard core, hard core, hard core. >> reporter: at a more sedate person the former microsoft executive said he would not move the club to seattle, something that had been rumored after a

failed attempt to purchase the sacramento kings. >> i want to move on and get going and it was phenomenal opportunity and i love l.a. also and that is where the clippers play, l.a. clippers, not trying to discount the change in the clipper name but the l.a. is not changing. >> reporter: it has fans convinced at least. >> with him the way his energy and the energy and the players responding, he is looking for championships. >> reporter: the l.a. clippers will officially start their new era in their opening game of the season on october 30. and hoping fans will have a lot more to scream about. >> i'll boldly say the clippers will win many, many, many, many more larrys in the next 26 than the last 26. >> reporter: i'm with al jazeera. former golf number one tiger woods said it would not have been found on his teammates if he took part in next month's

rider cup, the 14 time champion withdraw as he battles a back injury. >> unfortunately i've been here before and in 08 i had my acl reconstruction at the time and missed that and here in the face of it and now overseas and playing and i have been in the seat before where i missed it because of injury and it's not a lot of fun but i know we are going to put together a great team and hopefully we can go get it done. >> reporter: a game of cricket is not something that most of us could manage doing it without the use of your sight seems near impossible but here we meet a man who has built a career upon it. >> my name is dean. i'm 37 years old and i'm from zimbobwai and i suppose what makes my story relatively unique is i'm the world's first only blind cricket commentator and i

was born with tumors behind both retinas and given 3-5 months maximum to live and i'm 37 and still playing good innings. for those of you who understand and follow cricket you will know that there are microphones, in other words microphones right by the wickets so when a baller comes and lands on his feet at the crease and some drag their foot a bit and others a bit of a grunt because they are putting in effort and that is who you know who they are and i can tell a slow delivery from when it leaves the baller's hand and hitting the bat or pad or stump and when certain shots are played as well, when a ball is played on the off side there is a sharper crack to it and when he plays the ball on the other side then it's a bit more muffled and sometimes when they have a sweet shot the bats scratch the ground a bit and south africa when he did the hook or pull shot he would give a grunt and kevin peterson.

i don't want to be treated like royalty or treated differently because i'm blind but at the same time i don't want to be sick because i'm blind. my ultimate goal and ambition is to become a full time cricket journali journalist. and there is more on our website and check out al jazeera.com/sport and details on how to get in touch with our team using twitter and facebook. and of course we will have more sport later on and that is it for me, i'll hand it back to marteen. >> thank you very much indeed and don't forget the rest of the day's news can be found on the website. you can find out a lot more detail about what is going on right now, it's updated every minute of every day. there is also a lot of analysis and background information as well on the major issues of the day and don't forget to check it

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