this is al jazerra. ♪ ♪ hello, i am lauren taylor this is the news hour live from london. coming up. >> we are human beings. >> that's enough. >> thousands of refugees are one step closer to europe after storming past officials trying to stop them entering macedonia from greece. plus out on the streets of beirut, thousands of are protesting against the government they say doesn't wo work. hundreds of thought to be trapped under rubble after more shelling this douma.

and reunited again, iran and the u.k. reopen their embassies. >> i am here with all the sports as usain bolt is officially still the fastest man in the world. he wasn't the favorite this time, but the jamaican is still good enough to win a third world title in the 100 meters. ♪ ♪ some of them haven't eaten or slept in days. they have been cramped together in the rain, waiting in uncertainty, only to face police batons and stun grenades. the 2,000 refugees who finally made in it to macedonia, their journey has finally begun. they have boarded trains and buses to the take them to the bd of sear by a. they are aiming to get to hungary. they have headed to a packed refugees center where they have to apply for asylum.

and the time pressure is on, hungary is building a razor wire fence on its border with serbia to prevent people from coming in. andrew simmons has this report from the macedonian border. >> reporter: there is no end it seems to the suffering, the exhaustion. it's a different place, a railway platform. waiting for another journey. at one point police and border patrol had been blocking it with force, now they are organizing transit for these people to pass through macedonia and then onto serbia. in the crush there is tension. a train has arrived. there is no way everyone can get on board. there doesn't seem to be any system on telling these people whether they have a right to board this train or not. it's hit and miss. people are pleading to soldiers to let them on board. they gain let people through in

orderly lines, the anxiety turning in to smiles of relief. some of the security fors here are helpful and considerate. but any resistence to their orders is seen as provocation. one officer was heard telling a refugees, if you don't like this, then you should go back to syria. and this man was saying that even though he had the right papers, he wasn't being allowed on the train. >> we are mean beings. >> okay, it's enough. >> -- >> it's enough. it's enough. it's enough. it's enough. get in line. >> i am in line. >> yeah, okay. but it's enough. >> reporter: this woman from afghanistan is trying to guide an extended family of 12 through all of this. she says she's been separated from some of them. >> i have family over there. my grandfather very, very old,

children, my uncle, my uncle's children there. i have family but we don't going. >> reporter: some people have gone to extraordinary length to his get this far, parting with their children on the border. so they would be allowed in. >> they would put their children underneath the razor wire so afterwards they would go and reunited family and ex-track the family from there and let them come to the train station, this act of desperation should not be happening anywhere to anybody. >> reporter: at many more people head from greece to the border, the latest political moves like so many others, right across europe, have failed these people. andrew simmons, al jazerra, in macedonia. many of the refugees are trying to make their way to germany which is bracing for at least 800,000 asylum seekers this. it's a 1500-kilometer journey from the current bottleneck in macedonia. people need to pass through the czech republic, slovakia and hungary which as we mentioned is

building a razor wire fence along its border with serbia. the serbia border town is where many refugees arrive. we have this update. >> reporter: a group about 4,000 refugees arrived during the night by crossing over the border they formed several kilometers long line at the front of the reception center. the south of serbia is faced with a very difficult situation. these people came from macedonia where the police didn't allow them to cross the greek-macedonian border until yesterday. the refugees enter in serbia without any problems. they are being hemmed, get water, but not food. from this place, the refugees are driven to where they receive asylum and organized transportation to belgrade by rail or the bus. after they are granted asylum they have the right to stay in berzee a for 72 hours,

everyone's ultimate destination is hungary. among them ar are mostly syrian, both young and old. >> he said serbia is struggling to cope with a huge number of pima driving in the country. >> it's quite difficult in serbia now. there is a massive influx of people. thousands of them coming every day. this is real difficult and it seems there is no any kin kind a system to respond to the needs of refugees coming to serbia in such numbers. it's quite difficult for the prime minister. he needs support, he wants a humana preach to the refugees in comparing with the mad down vinnies and greeks. but where the response? we will wait and see what will happen. having in mind this lack of accommodation capacities and really difficulties in providing basic humanitarian support to refugees entering serbia.

thousands have arrived italian navy and coast guard responded to several s.o.s. calls from overcrowded boats carrying refugees off the coast of libya on saturday. at least 22 operations and rescued 4,400 people. the italian navy was called on sunday to rescue more boats they are coming from africa to italy in dangerously overcrowded wooden boats or dingies. it's become the deadly effort crossing points with more than 2,300 people drowning while trying to reach europe by boat this year. joining us now is the president of the turkish think tank the research center on illini lum and migration also all former spokesman from the united nations commission on refugees. thank you for being with us. that combined problem of pima driving by boats and these scenes that we have seen in macedonia. the italian foreign minister

says the scenes we represented this weekend represents a threat of free movement across the block. there is a real crisis in europe on this the what do you think needs to happen now to resolve this? >> the chancellor recently mentioned european unions' currents problem is refugees and asylum problem. we are witnessing one of the deepest humanitarian crisis, syrian crisis, syrian humanitarian crisis is one of the main reasons, and people are moving to -- started to move from 2011 to the neighboring countries, including turkey, then the numbers who are far beyond the capacity of this country, to host them, then the desperate people are trying to

move further west through mediterranean and balkans zone. >> legally, what are countries actually required do? it's interesting a lot of the people that our correspondence speak to say they are heading for germany or sweden which is much farther north. in between there are country that his could take them in. what are they legally required to do? >> all countries, irrespective to whether they are the parties towns national conventions, refugees conventions or not, are obliged to keep their borders open to asylum seekers. people fleeing from war or persecution. as most of these people that are from greece to macedonia is -- they are -- they seem obviously genuine refugees and the countries are obliged to receive them to process their asylum

claims, to provide the basic needs food, shelter, whatever. then process their asylum claims and host them to protect them and should not send them back. so this is the obligation of all nations, all countries, and this is the basic principles of international law. >> in terms of the e.u.'s asylum policy, the vice chancellor has said it needs to be overhauled as a result of what we are seeing. there is too much pressure on the initial referring countries and the burden isn't shared out properly between the european countries. how likely are we to see that reform in the near future? >> well, i think unfortunately this crisis the volume of this crisis threatens the basics of

current modern asylum law and principles. so the basic one of these principle is burden sharing as you put it. different countries have different cultures, different traditions, different policies of asylum. and they have different economies. so the burden sharing and international cooperation is a must. asylum is, by definition, a cross border, transnational eventsevent. so burden sharing is the main element to deal with this. but unfortunately, nowadays we don't see such a cooperation among european countries. for example, in turkey, you are now hosting about 2 million people. only 250, 60,000 of them are in

the camps. the rest are in desperate situations in the big cities. the same things we witness in greek islands have been happening in turkish big cities. people are moving to the west so turkey, jordan, lebanon, these countries should be assisted more and burden sharing should be in different ways, resettlement of more refugees from these countries is one way. >> okay. >> national a a assistance, technical assistance are the ways. >> thank you very much for nba deed for your thoughts. lebanese security forces are firing water cannon at thousands of anti-government protesters december straying near the prime minister's office. it's the worst unrest in a month of demonstrations. these are live pictures coming to us now of that unrest which

was triggered when rubbish began piling up on the streets following the closure of the capital's mainland fill. the protesters demanding the poll politicians resign, a saturday dozens were wounded after firing rubber bullets, tear gas and water cannon in to the crowds. let's go straight there reporting live from the scene. what has been happening in the last few minutes. >> reporter: well,. [ inaudibl, inning whatstarted t has become violent in the past half hour an as you mentioned there, the security forces firing water canyons, also firing tear gas. the sounds of sirens in the background has been going over the past 20 minutes or so. [ inaudible ] however, it is another example of tension that exists here because of this widespread unrest that is now

manifested itself in this large scale protests taking place in the in the capital. >> we are seeing things -- the quality of the line for peaching watching. we are seeing things develop on the scene from where you are. can you tell us who is throwing those projectiles there? >> reporter: well, the thing it, the protests -- what made these protests happen was that they were a political nature in the country, they were not belong to go political parties, what many are saying now is that some of the -- some people. [ inaudible ] treating in the process they claim they are cited along political parties and it is them who are throwing those projectiles at the security services. it's important to mention that around an hour ago the main body of the protest shifted from outside the prime minister's

office to a location around five minutes walk from the prime minister's office known as martyr's square. and they said they were doing that because they didn't want the protests to turn violent. obviously those who remain had other ideas and that's what happened. whether it was the police security forces who instigated at first or whether the forces, the situations like this it's not always very clear, but the significance here in this movement, lauren, as i say, is that it is bipartisan, a political in terms of the political party. what is important is that it is a grassroots movement. they have enough to actually. [ inaudible ] it is new to the politics. d [ sirens ] >> okay, i think we'll have to leave it there. but some very lively scenes there in the center. beirut after the demonstrations turned vitally ugly there. jamal reporting live hopefully

we'll come back to him late we are a better line. thanks, jamal. still to come on al jazerra, the latest on the jet crash in southern england as more people are feared dead. and an american airman describes the moment he and two of his friends open powered the man who tried to take over a high-speed train. plus in sport lewis hamilton reaches another milestone by winning the grand prix. ♪ ♪ many refugees making that are ware to europe are escaping from the war in syria. the rebel-held town of douma came under heavy bombardment on saturday. at least 34 people were killed there in government air strikes. active viforts say hundreds more are also thought to be trafficked under the rubble after buildings were she would. another syrian town north of the capital is under government siege. in al-tal people are running out

of food and relief agencys say they are being blocked from entering the town. erica wood has the latest. >> reporter: with food surprise blocked. these children are doing what they can to find something to eat. scavenging through the rubbish on the street. he and his children came to al-tal to escape a siege in another city nearby. but now they are living under another one. >> translator: we were sitting in our home and there were airstrikes happening over our heads. i have four children and they get scared. the fighting was right in front of my house, that's when we decided to flee to al-tal. >> reporter: thousands like him came here hoping to find security and food. they have found neither. al-tal has been under various levels of siege since the start of the syrian war. the residents started people protests against the syrian government early on in the you be rising but that was when all the town's buildings were still

whole. they never imagined that what would follow would be more than four years of hardship. they have had intermittent access to basic necessities like electricity and water. and now that the town is fully under siege, aid agencies like the red crescent say they have been unable to take in crucial surprise. >> translator: all entrances are closed off. so know basic material and medical surprise can enter. the situation is now getting worse because of the currents shortage of such basic materia materials. >> reporter: the clinics are having to shutdown because they don't have the medicine to treat people. and as the routes in and out continues to be blocked, the residents of al-tal go hungry. erica wood, al jazerra. for the first in four years britain and iran have reopened embassies in each other's capitals, coming weeks after iran reached a deal in curbing his nuclear program. from london paul brennan has our report. >> reporter: this is the first visit to teheran by a british

foreign secretary in 12 years. and a sign of the importance which britain attach to his reestablishing relations with the u islamic republic. it's just not about diplomatic niceties. july's agreement al jazerra allows for the progressive lifting of sanctions and britain is one of many western governments anticipating multi billion dollars business opportunity on his the horizon. >> well, i hope that as the nuclear deal is implemented, and sanctions are gradually lifted off, and iran reintegrates more effectively in to the international economy, we will also see a thawing of relationships particularly between saudi arabia and iran. >> reporter: it's less than four years since the british embassy compound was over run by angry protesters. the mob burned a car and ran sacked the buildings. in retaliation the u.k. expelled iranian diplomats from london. >> things have changed now in iran, since the removal of the

president from the political scene and the advents of president rouhani has brought about a completely derth outlook. >> reporter: the reopening of iran's embassy in london was rather low key, during the morning staff shut yo until andt of the building, then they strolled the short distance from the embassy to host a small private ceremony at iran's diplomatic residents. >> good morning, how are you today? >> reporter: i am very well. a very significant day for our countrys? >> yes, for both countries. >> reporter: some 400,000 iranians live in the u.k. and representatives a tends the ceremonattendingthe ceremony arr forward to getter consular help. >> the major problem was the visas for especially the shia muslims who want to go to the holy shrines in iran. they had to go through a lot of hassle to get a visa to go to hole shea ryes i ryes shrines in the few ter will be better. >> reporter: the doors of the

embassy remain closed for the moment to all but officials and visiting dignitaries. it will take many months before full functionality is restored to operations such as issuing visas, but after a gap of four years, the embassy here and in teheran are once again open for business. paul brennan, al jazerra, london. more now on the story a little later on the bullpen. saudi-led coalition has carried out more airstrikes in generally. the forces targeted houthi positions actor the city. previous raids on the port itself were criticized by the u.s., e.u. and u.n. the port provides a key route for aid delivery to northern parts of the country. the spokesman for the saudi-led coalition spoke to us from riyadh. >> unfortunately this is not the palestine that mr. o'brien and the united nation envoy talk about such situation. we compare that to the position that we have an operation against it, it is a military

position. far from the airport. and to make it sure the airport today and the several days ago continue to receive the ships which is located by the king salmon humanitarian center to bring food and material relief to the yemeni population. hundreds of protesters are blocking action toes a major southern port in southern iraq. they have been rallying outside the port since friday. demanding jobs and political reform. the prime minister al badi is warning some people are stands in this way of progress and the current split amongst the shia politicians and parties over his plans to shake up government and fight corruption. zeina khodr has more from baghdad. >> reporter: it is a protest movement that has brought society together. but it also brought in to the open the power struggle between iraq's shia politicians.

every friday iraqis from different sects and walks of life at first demanded better services. now they want change. >> translator: people don't just want water and electricity, we want political reform and government institutions. >> reporter: prime minister hider al badi promised to do just that. these protests have become a show of support for his pledge to fight corruption. but reforming iraq's sectarian-based political system will not be easy. even the prime minister said he is facing powerful enemies. >> translator: there are people who want to bring down the political process. they have money, they run television and radio stations. but we will stand in their way. >> reporter: al badi has the backing of the highest shia religious authority in iraq, grand ayatollah who has considerable influence over the shia population. knew his spokesman he urged al badi to press ahead with reforms, it was a message of

support to al badi and a message to hi rivals not to stand in the way. >> reporter: al badi took offers over a year ago after isil captured much of the sunni heartland he replaced. it was to reconcile communities and reassert state authority, but he has been challenged by political forces from within the shia leadership. shia militias who are known as the popular mobilization forces have replaced an army that collapsed in the face of isil's offensive. these groups have gained support among the public and their leaders have political ambitions. some of them have strong links with iran and are allies of maliki who still has the largest single block in the iraqi parliament. >> translator: there are serious divisions within the shia house, this is very dangerous. al badi tried to ask a ran to stop shia groups from medaling in state affairs but it doesn't work. >> reporter: the protests emerging from a grassroots

movement. but there is fear they may be highjacked by political forces who in many ways are stronger than the state. al badi needs to meet people's expectations in order to insure his credibility. but there is much more at stake, including the future of iraq as a state. zeina khodr, al jazerra, baghdad. u.n. secretary general ban ki-moon is visiting nigeria to meet the country a respects president. ban is expected to discuss development, climate change, human rights and countering violence. he also marked the 40 anniversary of an attack on a u.n. building in the capital abuja by the rebel group boko haram. more than 2 million farm workers, including children travel around mexico picking fruit and vegetables with much of the produce destined for the united states or europe, they earn a fraction of what agricultural workers are paid in the u.s. and often endure terrible conditions, john hulman has more from the mexico state of jalisco. >> reporter: these children are on hair way to work.

they are part of the army of poor mexicans moving across the country to pick crops. it's illegal for eight-year-old eduardo to be harvesting these tomatoes. but his family needs the money. his sister liliana, dreams of using some of it to study. >> translator: i have to buy ruck sacks and all those things so i can go to school. >> reporter: but she's already missed a year of classes. the reality is that families of crop pickers from the country's poorest states rely on every pair of hands to get by. often at the expense of their children's education. it's not just the young who are vulnerable in an often unscrupulous mark. these workers are free to come and go as they please and they are paid daily, but in many fields in the country they are held virtually captive with their i.d.s and their wages with held illegally until the end of the harvest season. this week authorities rescued more than 300 pickers, including

78 children staying in rat-infested rooms on a farm in the state of. [ inaudible ] workers and supervisors say it's rare for authorities to check what is happening in the fields. >> translator: the government or parties only come to ask for our votes, after that, they don't know you, come here or think about anyone working here. >> reporter: years of neglect have led to one of the country's biggest agriculture strikes, farm workers pride local concessions from the government. but pickers around mexico continue to work for as little as $6 a day. the young effort of them, like eduardo, spending their childhoods in hard labor. john hulman, al jazerra, jalisco state, mexico. 11 people are now feared dead off a jet crash in southern england. the hawker hunter crashed while

its pilot was perform ago i stunt at the air show on saturday. it plowed in to a nearby road, hitting several vehicles. the pilot survived the crashing, but is in a critical condition. new details are emerging built suspect in the french high-speed traina tack, he had been living with his parents in southern spain. the country's up steer or ministry said he lived in a city a short ferry ride from morocco, he was arrested in spain three times for drug dealing. three of the men hailed as heros for stopping the suspect were welcomed at the u.s. embassy in paris. >> i kind of just woke up from the middle of a deep sleep and my friend anthony -- i mean, alec whack sitting next to me, anthony was across to my right side. and i turned around and i saw he had what looked to be an a. k-47 and he looked like it was jammed or wasn't working and he was trying charge the women and alec just hit me on the shoulder and said let's go. and ran down tackled him, we hit

the ground, alec came up and grabbed the gun out of hits hand while i put him in a choke hold. it seems like he just kept pulling more weapons left and right. pulled out a handgun, alec took that. took out a box cutter. started jabbing at me with that. we let go, all three of us started punching him while he was in the middle of us. and i was able to grab him again and choke him unconscious while alec was hitting him in the head with the pistol or rifle, i can't really remember. still to come on al jazerra, we'll have all the latest live from lebanon as ant at this government protesters clash with police. plus pedal power, the bike scheme that's helping people get around traffic in colombia. and find out why the virtual world of e-sport is facing a real time battle to stay drug free.

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>> hello again, reminder of the stop stories here on al jazerra. thousands of people bound for the european i don't know union cross over the macedonian border after a two-day blockade. opening of embassies in iran and the u.k. calling for the country's top politicians in lebanon over failure to tackle the rubbish piling up on the streets. in beirut for us joins us on the phone. jamal, earlier there were reports of gunfire, what's been going on? >> reporter: well, lauren, what start the off as a very peaceful protest, very loud, it was peaceful but it quickly transcend ed in to violent confrontations and clashes between a section of the protesters and security forces. for the past 45 minutes or an hour or so, ambulances were going to and from from the front lines of the frosts taking

injured people, water canyons fired, fear gas and there was some sort of shots being -- sounds of shots that we were, whether they were live ammunition or cuber-coated bullets, we are not sure exactly. however, the chaos and commotion was very evident to see. it's important to mention that the largest part of that protest had earlier in the everything moved away from the initial gathering point outside of the prime minister's headquarters because they said that the process had been infiltrated by what they described as. [ inaudible ] belong to go some of the political parties and didn't want anything to do with that. didn't want this movement that's been building up over the past few weeks to be tarnished by the violence. so the small section of that that remained did confront with the security services and several people have been injured so far, lahr glen jamal, aside from these protests, clearly sort of a political program cesc and the primparalysisthe prime e

mate resign, where do you think this will go next? >> reporter: it is a unique situation that lebanon find itself in by the protest moving taking place that their doesn't belong to any one political party. in the past when that was happening, when there was opposition movement taking place that belong today the political parties it was dealt with -- the stand off was dealt with by a political solution whether it was hezbollah or any of the camps they would come together and agree on something. this specific demand by the protesters for the prime minister and cabinet to resign, is leaving a significant impression, which is, okay, who will take the place if the protesters don't block to any political party until now nobody has answered that question, and it is that unknown that is -- that means that the coming days will be very significant because whether these protests movement is enough to provide an

alternative, it's yet to be seen. so far they have just proven that they are enough to express opposition and resentment, but it's been involved by a large exodus of people but the they he been able to pro an alternative for the political status pro. >> you mentioned the recent. has been going on will you also the fact that this is across political and sectarian divides perhaps the movement. but how organized are they? is it impromptu frosts or fairly organized? >> reporter: well, mainly impromptu is the best way to describe it. seeing it wasn't something that built up. it wasn't like in other countries in the region where people have said, you know, on january 25th we'll come out and protest. or january 17th then other places it happened spontaneously although there was deep felt resentment as a result widespread bankruptcy and the power shortages as well as the water shortages.

the protest is are being advertised on facebook, twitter and other things like that. that's why people are questioning whether, okay, you are able to mobilize torque bring people to the streets to express their opposition but do you have organizational structure and unity and vision to provide alternative. so far they haven't been able to prove that. it is still very early days to be fair to the protesters, however, they haven't been demonstrated that they are able to show that they are anything more than a protest movement. >> okay, jamal, tough very much indeed. let's get more news on the first time in four years britain and iran have reopened embassies in each other's capitals coming weeks after iran reached a deal aimed at curbing its nuclear program. a professor of political science

at teheran joins us now from the iranian capital. thank you very much for being with us. how significant is this owe ropinreopening of embassies? >> well, it is very significant. it's important move. and because the position that united kingdom occupies as far as iran's relation between the e.u. is concerned, and also indirectly you could say that it the resumption of diplomatic relations between teheran and london would also afternoon the relation between iran and washington or rather lack of relation between iran and united states. >> and in terms of other european countries, though, the relationship with britain is much more fraught, if you like, than it is with perhaps other european countries. explain to us why that is.

>> because of the historical factor going back to the modern history of iran starting from 19th century, always the relation between iran and united kingdom. very difficult because of the -- because of the overthrow of the nationalist government in 1953 which was largely engineered by the -- by mi6, by intelligence service in london. so for most of the time the relation between britain and iran has been -- has been very difficult. >> and what do you think they are hoping the british are hoping to get out of this? presumably it's not just about diplomacy, it's about a slice of the trade output there, is it? >> well, of course. i mean, mr. phillip hammond,

british foreign minister who has cool to teheran today he has brought about a dozen of industrial assists and director of private sectors for investment in iran. which is, of course, welcome by iranian government. but you must also realize that many iranians were expecting of the resumption of normal duty of the british embassy, because thousands of iranians who for various reasons they need to go to travel to u.k. and they go to turkey, they go to united arab emirates, qatar, here and there, to apply for visa. so many iranian says were hoping that after four years, there would be normal relation and they could apply for visa in teheran. unfortunately, mr. hammond has only brought industrial assists and head of the british

companies. >> okay. thank you very much indeed for joining us, thank you. it was once known as one of the most dangerous cities in the world, medellin in colombia has been trying to transform that. cities on the move, alessandro reports on how medellin's public bicycle sharing program is trying to create a bake-friendly community. >> reporter: after two years spent a broad in amsterdam, engineering student lena returned to her hometown of med own with amedellin with an idea. help turn this car-crazed city in to a bike-friendly environment. with two friends she designed a pilot program for a bike sharing system and showed it to the administration. >> at the beginning they would say here come the crazes, the hippies we would be attacked on social media but we insisted now it's a serious means of

transport. it's still controversial but many defend it understanding the benefits it brings. >> reporter: the system started with just a few bikes connecting local universities to public transportation. now it has 50 stations across town, and more than 20,000 people have signed up for the program. as in other well-known bike sharing systems, such as in new york or paris, you just sign up online, pick up your card and you are ready to borrow your bike for up to an hour before returning it to a station. but unlike those systems, this one is completely free. >> in colombia -- >> translator: nobody knew what a public bice system was, there was no infrastructure and perceived as dangerous also an idea that bicycles were only for poor people who couldn't afford a car, being free people tried it and then started using it. >> reporter: in recent years medellin as gained attention for its urban transformation, it's the only city in the country

with a metro and it has built innovative air cell tram ways and urban escalators in its once notorious slums, but despite a master plan of 400-kilometers of bike routes, only 40 have been built. and few respect the cyclists on the road. >> translator: i think there hasn't been the political will to really focus on bicycles as a sustainable alternative. more needs to be done to educate people, but we are seeing change happening. there is a new generation of citizens who are organizing and not willing to wait for the government to act. >> reporter: thousands of cyclists take to the streets every wednesday night to do just that. like lena's public share program, she show changing the way people navigate the streets as possible even in increasingly crowded car-choked cities. alessandro, al jazerra, medellin. thousands of experts who gag they should stockholm for world water week a theme this year is water for development.

focusing on making sure resources are used efficiently and that there is enough for the world's growing needs. from kenya catherine soi reports on an initiative giving people better access to the crucial resource. >> reporter: this simple prepared card has never been more important for people in this township at the outskirts of nairobi. it pays for water. at half a u.s. cent, she and 700 other cardholders are able to get 2 20 liters of clean water n average here uses about 120 liters a day. in an area where water has for decades been expensive and unclean, this atm-style dispenser is welcome news. >> translator: it has helped me because we used to go fight for look for water. now everybody if there is no water from the city council we can still get water here. >> reporter: but this is a slum of about half a million people. the nay robey wate nairobi wates

only installed four water dispensers so far and faces competition from illegal vendor who his have did venterred the company's water to sell. these are water points, that is an illegal connection it cements to be much busier but also more expensive there are many water points here like this, and they are said to be operated by landlords and individual lan identity groups as well. we are told those that live in this township are often force ed by cartel to his buy water from the illegal points at twice the cost. and without the currency of safety. [ inaudible ] do it in a hurry. we don't have the facilities. then because of the defenses, the normally pass along the. [ inaudible ] water open to. [ inaudible ] >> reporter: local community workers are being used to convince people, including many skiskeptics to buy the card. she has just bought one.

but she says even though the new water points may be cheaper, they are an inconvenience. >> translator: the water points are very few. the water pressure is very low. so we have to queue for long wasting a lot of tile. >> reporter: nine. >> reporter: the know robey water providers hope to have more water stations to supply the rest of the rest by the he want of the year. until then they will be operating next to the cartels stealing from it. still to come. >> reporter: i am charlie angela at the world's largest arts festival where we are finding out if comedy can travel. find out if barcelona can kickoff their league campaign with a win.

onto sport now. >> thank you very much. we start with agent athletics and usain bolt is officially still the fastest man in the world. bolt winning gold in the 100 meters at the world championships. despite his relaxed attitude at the start line, bolt hadn't looked too impressive during the heats in beijing. justin gatlin the american who served two suspensions for doping was the race favorite. but bolt produced when it really matters, who gatlin ran slower than he did in his semifinal. bolt won the title in a time of 9th. this is the jamaican's 30

100-meter -- third 100 world meter time. >> for me i live for competition. i have told you many times when there is competition i rise to the occasion and look forward to it because it's much more fun and makes the sport exciting. so for me i found out that justin gatlin was running fast and i was the underdog it was a great lead up to the championship. jessica has won her second title finishing off this seven-discipline event with a win in the 800 meters until only recently returned to action after the birth of her first child and it was a late decision by her and coach tony to even compete in beijing. >> i knew that i was making progress and me and tony, you know, we knew we were head in this right direction, i was making improvements. but we didn't everybody really talk about a gold medal. we spoke about coming here and medaling and a bronze medal would have been an amazing achievement. spanish football now. barcelona are off to a winning start in la liga beating atletico bilboa away.

that's despite their main mannelly nell messi missing a penalty in the first half. it was left to luis suarez to save the day. a game an meeting after the break, barca winning it 1-0. manchester city had moved to to the top of the bing litsch premiere league bike making it three out of three. "at this picked up their first win, they beat west brom away 3-2. pedro making his debut with a goal. they sit ninth with four points. the eye own champions juventus have had a disastrous start to their title defense. they lost 1-0 at home against udinese at the beginning of the campaign for fifth straight. it's a tough start for the turin giants as they begin live in sear seasyriaserie a: formula one now, luis hamilton was won the belgian grand prix it was his 80th

hold company finish equaling the amount achieved by the latin puts him fourth on the all-time list. it was his sixth win of the season he was peeled held by a poor start by niko who slimmed from second on the grid to fifth. giving hamilton the edge he needed for the duration of the race, the writ an now leads the drier's championship by 28 points. >> i was fairly relaxed the car was turning great. it was about the size and particularly at the end i saw one of the tires had blown on the car i was being very cautious the last two last, niko was allowed to close the gap. but i felt really under control the whole way as i said a lot of good assistance from the team. yeah, i felt like 100 percent all weekend. australia have won the fifth and final ashes test against england to provide some consolation for outgoing captain michael clark. the hosts had already won the series going in to the test at the oval. denying the 34-year-old the away

ashes win. he desperated wanted. chris rodgers is retiring in the australian team. england have won five of the last seven cashes series. competitive video gaming may on or may not be your idea of a genuine sport, but the prize money on offer is very real. it's predicted the e-sports market will generate a billion dollars worth of ref knee within the next two years. and with such high stakes comes the temptation for some gamers to cheat. as sarah coates reports. >> reporter: productions of this magnitude are usually reserved for global music and sporting super stars. plus there is a new player he can boding onto the world stage. welcome to the world of e-gaming. >> a lot of people are starting to know your face and the brand you are playing fox, even in my

hometown people come up to me and ask for autographs, photos, so it's a bit much to take in at some point. it's a bit of a new sensation to be known as a superstar. >> reporter: opinions remain fiercely divided on whether competitive video gaming is, in fax, a sport. but it's trying to sprint itself as just that. one of e-gaming's largest organizes now drug testing players. >> we began working with the national doping agency in germany to come up with a set of comprehensive policies that allow us to police all of our vents at the highest levels globally. >> reporter: gamers have been accuse of taking stimulants to help improvement concentration and reaction time. and the stakes are high. with prize money of $250,000, at this event in the german city.

>> we had an example where a player came forward. we have had bans on drugs, throughout esl's entire history, but with this case we well iced we didn't have the tool set we needed to police. >> it's our role in this situation, we wanted to support the esl on one hand and to improve the feeling on drug-free gaming on the other hand. so we are kind of, yeah, arbitrator, referee in that. >> reporter: korea gamers appear to be taking testing seriously too. >> we are playing now for thousands and news of dollars,. [ inaudible ] if we need he to take more serious and do stuff like that, i have no problem about that. it's all good to me. >> reporter: and with predicted revenues set to top $1 billion, within two years, organizers are hoping it's now game over for drug cheats. sarah coates, al jazerra. that's it for me, back to lauren. thank you.

now, edinburgh is hosting the world's largest art festival and comedy shows play a big part. comedians from across the globe take part showing humor can transcend cultural and link wisconsin tick differences. charlie angela is there and has more. >> this is the way every -- white chicks, it's the same thing. [applause]. >> you do that the very same way that everybody else does, i don't know what people expect. >> reporter: poking fun at preconceptions, he is a big celebrity in south africa, but in the u.k. he's just an unknown comedian charming a tiny audience with his observations. >> every day is partly cloudy. [ laughter ] >> with no chance of black people. [ laughter ] >> reporter: he believes comedy can unite people. >> but i know in south africa, with 11 official languages and even more cultures, i have

definitely seen it transcend cultures. >> reporter: voted asia's best stand-up comedian, he performs all over the world but always tailors his material. >> the first thing i do in any new country is i find out about their history, their politics, their culture, their recent scandals. my first 10 minutes are purely about them. so with that, you have sort of brought them in instantly and then you can take them beyond their borders. >> as an indian comedian when i travel to different parts of the world, depending on where i am, people treat me differently. but what i found really amusing was how excited all the american comedians were, they were like, oh, my god, 10 million people watch this program. i was like, dude, i come from india, if i open my bathroom window 10 million people will show you live. >> reporter: international comedian agains do brilliantly

well says comedy critic kate copstick because of being foreign. >> when you are outside of something, you see things that people on the inside don't see anymore, everything is odd and strange and interesting and quirky. and that is the cement and the bricks of comedy. >> reporter: this festival proves that comedy is universal. but audiences want passion and sincerity, but if you fake if, they'll find you out. charlie angela, al jazerra, edinburgh. and to reminds you, pro protesters have been demonstrate in this lex knees capital beirut. calling for the country's toll pop tinges to his resign over their failure to trackallal rubbish piling up on the streets. and their general inability to improve the situation. that's from this news our from me lauren taylor, we'll have more news in just a minute.

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