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>> you have heard of doctors without borders, now clowns without borders bringing joy to the children of refugees. ♪ ♪ outbound british flights in sharm el-sheikh from egypt are set to resume among tight security. britain suspended all flights to and from the resort town on wednesday, looking for a bomb that may have been placed at the airport they think. all two to four people were killed when the passenger jet crashed on saturday. let's agree live now to london, al jazeera's paul brennan is there for us. paul, what's the latest on the investigation in to the crash? as far as british authorities are concerned. >> reporter: well, the british authorities are being extreme streamly cautious about the definite cause for this tragedy leaving sharm el-sheikh. and what the transport secretary, has said is that he wants to see the definitive

outcome of the investigation, which is already under way with the russian authorities examining those black box data recorders before he gives a definitive conclusion. however, david cameron, the british prime minister, when he was speaking just thursday with the egyptian president said it was more likely than not that a bomb was the cause of that aircraft breaking up just 23 minutes if to that flight and as a result of that, he said it would be less than brew did he want if the british authorities did not stick to these very stringent flight restrictions and baggage restriction that his have now been imposed. so although we don't yet have a definitive cause, it is certainly the case that the authorities based, they say, on intelligence firmly believe now that it is more likely than not that a bomb on that plane was the cause of the tragedy. and how that bomb got on the plane is putting a huge amount of focus on security

arrangements at sharm el-sheikh both for the people who are getting on the aircraft, whether lug i can whack checked properly and indeed for staff who work at the airport. i have seen one spec at that live report saying indeed it could have been infiltration of ground staff who put something, in addition to the checked lug i believe, and that was the cause of it. >> and it's for those reasons that other airlines and european nations have also stopped flying in to sharm el-sheikh for the moment? >> reporter: indeed. the british authorities are far from alone. in imposing restrictions and preventing their sovereign aircraft, if you like, from travel to go sharm el-sheikh and that causes problems for sharm el-sheikh and the stranded passengers who are there. there is an estimated some 20,000 british passengers alone who are in that resort at the moment and some of the restrictions that that have been put on them will make it difficult for them to get home. i have to say that the british authorities are promising that

most of the brits will be back in the u.k. probably by the end of friday, by friday evening. there are extra flights which are being sent out, let me look down the list. monarch, for example, which is one. airlines involved, they are sending three extra empty aircraft to sharm el-sheikh to pick up passengers. that's in addition to two aircraft which are ther alreadyn the resort, a total of five monarch, easy jet is sending five to pick up passengers and they have two on the ground so that's a total of 10 easy jet planes which will be evacuating passengers and reparticipate ree rating them. but the restrictions that will be placed on the spangs are extremely stringent, no hold lug i believe new york luggage will be allowed to check in, it will be hand luggage only, very, very tight restrictions on the amount of happened luggage, it will be pure essentials, car keys, house keys, travel documents. money, credit card that's it and

it has to fit in to a laptop bag and sit in front of the seat front you. not allowed to go in to the baggage locker over your head. so you can see the fear that there is in the absence of a definitive cause for the crash is putting a huge amount of strain both on the passengers and the authorities. >> paul, many thanks, paul brennan live in london. myanmar has reached another important milestone in its transformation from military dictatorship to democracy. campaigning is officially drawing to a close in the country's historic election. opposition leader has promise today form a reconciliation government if her party the nld wins something's poll. let's tick you live now florence looi is there. she had alleged irregular lier tayes in to the lead up to sunday's poll. just how free and fair has this campaign been? >> reporter: if we talk about the election campaign, well,

every party has been allowed to campaign freely. allowed to hold rallies and speeches throughout the country. but the -- but the main opposition party, the national league for democracy says there have been cases of violence, of -- against their campaign workers as well as against their candidates. and that is their chief concern. now, if you talk about the election process being free and fair, she has said it's already proving to be less than that. and the main complaint is the fact that they are irregularities in the votter list, they estimate it could be anywhere between 30 and 80% and the election commission doesn't seem to have taken much initiative in correcting these complaints when they have been launched with it. the third issue is whether or not the entire election can be considered free and fair when 25% of seats in the lower and upper houses of parliament will not be contested because the constitution has already reserved these seats for the military. so whatever form the government takes, whoever wins the military is going to be a part of

government. it will be a hybrid form of government between civilian and military. >> all right, so taking a step back from the campaign for a them, what does all of this tell us about the broader transformation of myanmar as it moves toward full democracy? >> reporter: right. well, it means that it's going to take years. it's not going to be an easy process, the constitution itself is drafted in such a way that it more or less guarantees the military continued roll in politics. and in fact, in the constitution itself, the form of democracy is described as one of disciplined democracy. this is the general's view of democracy. this is how they see the country going forward. they see that they have been steering the country towards transformation and it's transformation towards a democracy, so this election is important because it is seen as a test of their commitment of whether or not they will allow that transformation to continue.

but it is going -- it's going to take a long process. simply because it will have to start with constitutional reform and with the 25% of seats guaranteed to the military it means the military will have to be on board with whatever form of reforms this country is going to take going forward. >> florence, many thanks. the number of people confirmed to have been killed when a factory collapse ed in pakistan is now risen to 31. it's one of the country's worst industrial accidents with around 100 people still missing in the rubble. some witnesses at the site say the building poorly constructions an investigation will begin when the recovery effort end. at least one person killed 45 others miss is after a damn m collapse flooding homes. >> reporter: this village did not stand a chance against the thick torrent of mud that swept

through it. after a damn holding waste waiter from an old mine burst. dozens are miss are or injured. two clock from the bam damn to a individual. about 600 people live here and most of them are mine, some home have his been swept away and others filled to the roof with mud. there was no power and the electricity lines were also brought down. firefighters say number of people missing may rise and it's unlikely to find survivors under the toxic mixture. rescue workers struggled to reach people as all roads have been blocked by the deluge, the company running the site says it's trying to figure out what happened. >> translator: at the moment we cannot confirm the cause and extent of what happened or the number of victims. i repeat, our focus at this critical moment is to preserve people's well being and the environment. >> reporter: the site is operated by a mining company owned by larger company from brazil and australia.

they say they are doing all they can to help people. >> translator: the break was detected this afternoon and we immediately activated our emergency action plan. mobilizing with civil defense forces, the fire brigade, military police and other competent authorities. all the necessary effort to his prioritize the treatment and well being of employees worsing on the ground and who live close to the damns. >> reporter: the government has offered help by deploying the army and national civil defense teams. and the mine be hub looks like it will need all the help it did get. there is no end insight for europe's refugees crisis 3 million people are thought to be due to arrive by 2017. that's according to the european commission. attention is turning now to the trauma experienced by refugees children. one group is using humor to try to provide some comfort to those in need. mohamed jamjoon reports now from the greek island of lesbos. >> hi, come watch the show. >> reporter: for a short while,

the children were transported. overcome with the kind of all-consuming joy that made them forget the unrelenting sadness. >> translator: it's been such a long time since they laughed. my daughter lost her father in iraq, she's still recovering. >> reporter: on lesbos, enjoyment is in a short supply as comfort. most of these children have been camped out in this parking lot for days. this is a much-needed dose of levity for a group of kids who have become far too a customed to hardship. here desperation runs as deep and the in the young refugees as it does in the old. >> we all need laughter regardless of where we are, who we are, what is happening to us now. you need laughter, i need laughter and everybody here needs laughter. >> reporter: clowns without borders put on as many as six shows a day trying to spread as much cheer as they can in camps

all over the island. nine-year-old may have escaped iraq with her family, but she's not been able to escape a reality that seems to get harsher by the hour. until today. >> reporter: so they are telling me that they had so much fun and they danced and they got here three days ago and this is the first time that they have smiled since they got here. for the better part of an hour, fits of giggles replaced fits of tears. and it made all the difference in a world that for children who have experienced so much death and did he truck, has turned upside down. she is from syria and is just one of dozens telling us how much fun they are having. once the show is over they cheer for the clowns almost as much as they cling to them.

no one here wants this to end. with each passing performance, she sees mere and more just how traumatized her audience is. >> there was one other thing that happened where we were per forming and then a helicopter passed by and then there was this kid whod i was just looking at his face and then his face turned in to lake a horrified, scared face, he took the two -- two kids heads down and he was like oh, it's airplane, airplane, put your head down and i saw this like in this one fraction of a second this horror when we were per forming and then so i went and i hugged him and i was like it's okay. it's just a helicopter. we are doing clown show and he went back and danced again. it's so -- it's so painful to see things like that.

>> reporter: a pain whose size is already far larger than these children. combined with a trauma that grows faster than they do. yes, they are resilient. but when hope is gone, strength only lasts so long. mohamed jamjoon, al jazeera, lesbos, greece. still to come here on al jazeera. police and protesters face-off at a million mask march in london. and saving money and saving the planet. we'll tell you about the revolutionary way plastic bottles are being used or reused in south africa.

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held going, the top stories here on al jazeera. outbound british flights from sharm el-sheikh on egypt are set to resume under tight security. several european governments are warning against travel to the resort because of fears a bomb brought down a russian airliner on saturday. dozens of people are feared dead after a dam burn the at a mine in brazil. homes were engulfed by a massive mudslide. there are allegations of threat and intimidation against opposition party workers in the run-up to sunday's historic poll in m myanmar. what exactly caused that russian plane to crash in the sinai peninsula has overshadowed the visit of the egyptian

president to u.k. from london we have a report. >> reporter: it was a highly anticipated visit. egypt's abdel fattah el-sisi finally arriving in downing street on thursday. but his trip started with unwelcome news that the u.k. had suspended all flights to and from sharm el-sheikh. a popular destination for holiday makers. outside downing street hundreds of protest, gathered to denounce visit. their vie that a man they hold responsible for killing thousands of civilians and arresting over 40,000 people should never have been invited to the u.k. >> we are saying very clearly that sisi has committed crimes against humanity, he should not be welcome in britain. and that he is a threat to security and stability in egypt and elsewhere. >> reporter: some demonstrators dressed in body bags laid down outside the prime minister's residence blocking the entrance, a symbolic protest to depict the

hundreds sentenced to death or killed since. 2013 coup. they were eventually forcibly removed and arrested by the police. >> we have a brother and sister in egypt they are killing them every day. >> reporter: the egyptian embassy in london also mobilized people on the other side of the road, those in support of sisi gathered. their message the former general is the only man who can protect egypt. cameron has come you remembered a lot of criticism for inviting sisi the head of the opposition in the u.k. said the visit showed contempt for human rights. it was no surprise this press conference was tightly controlled by downing street. al jazeera was not allowed to attend. instead we were forced to ask our questions from across the street as sisi left. mr. sisi, when are you going to release the 40,000 political california prisoners. mr. sisi, when will you release the journalists in jail? when will release the political

prisoners in egypt? mr. sisi, why don't you want to answer these questions? unfortunately, as you can see the issue you of human rights in sisi's visit to the u.k. has not been at the forefront of that agenda. rather prime minister cameron and sisi have chose tone focus on security issues, trade issues and other things. and that's what has caused a lot of anger amongst a lot of people oppose today this visit. >> dave the cameron shouldn't have let sisi walk out the door without talking about human rights, they are key to security. and egypt is waging a campaign that doesn't differentiate between peaceful protesters and members of armed groups. >> reporter: sisi is expected to return to coul cairo on from tio time he may view this trip as reown forcing his position as a statesman but with pro it wases like these taking place, opposition to his presidency is also clearly widespread.

jamal, al jazeera, london. a leaked report by the world's chemical weapons body confirms that mustard gas has been used in syria. the opcw says it was used in august during a battle between isil and another rebel group. it's the first confirmation that chemical weapons have been used since the syrian government agreed to destroy it's stockpile in 2013. a senior fellow with the arms control association in the united states the source of the mustard gas is unclear, he's concerned that isil may have found a way to manufacture chemical weapons. >> there is obviously concern about isil from the a number of perspectives. but one of the great achievements of getting rid of this very large arsenal of assad's chemical weapons was that we greatly reduced the

danger that any of the parties in the syrian civil war would have access to or be able to use these very lethal chemical weapons. so although the hope was that these agents had been removed from the table, if that is not the case, if isil has either found some way to get the remaining government stockpile or has figured out a way to manufacture it, that's a new element which will make this awful and bloody conflict even more deadly. the u.n. is backing its outgoing special envoy to libya over allegations of a conflict of interest, he will move to a new role in the unite united arb emirates which is seen as a supporter of one side in the libyan conflict. u.n. says that he works tirelessly for peace. gabriel elizondo reports.

>> reporter: enter nar dee own leon the outgoing envoy to libya giving his last brieflying on the fragile political situation in the country. >> why i have always remained hopeful about the chances of libya's leaders reaching a peaceful agreement. but it was overshadowed by leon himself i spent over a year trying to bring about a power sharing agreement between the two governments. but at the same time he was negotiating a high-paying job with the united arab emirates a key backer of the house of housf represent government in talks with their rival the general national congress or g.n.c. it's called in to question his impartiality and the president sent a letter to been ki-moon which says in part the timing of the envoy's new job while he is asking us to accept his suggestions as fair and an biased shows disrespect to the

libyan people and their sacrifice. this new job puts at risk the did he instruction of the political process we asked leon about that. the g.n.c. sent a letter to the security council questioning your impartiality given your upcoming job with the uae. and it goes so far as to say it could put in jeopardy the political process that you have worked so there are to get in place. >> i assume my part of what is going on. and i don't want to focus the attention on other elements. as i said if the objects of what happens are not the correct one, here i am very humbly to say maybe i could have done things in a different way. >> reporter: the u.n. is backing leon and says the secretary general expects all of his special envoy to his avoid conflict of interest when pursuing outside employment. >> does the secretary general

feel he needs to give some sort of explanation for the g.n.c. and the libyan people in general? >> i think mr. leon's tireless and unending work to try to reach an accord on a government and national accord in libya i think speaks for itself. throughout this process, he has been criticized strongly by one side or other. >> reporter: leon leaves his post right as an agreement is in its final stages and could be worked out by the end of the month. but as a new special envoy takes up his nobody in the next few days, the first step could be to repair the credibility of the process at a most critical time. gabriel elizondo, al jazeera, at the united nations. there has been violent confrontations between anti-capitalist protesters and police in central london. at least 28 people were arrested. thousands of people wore white masks which are associated with the activist group anonymous.

neave barker reports from london. >> reporter: for an organization with no discernible hierarchy, no discernible leadership the popularity of anonymous has been growing globally in recent years, but here there are thousands of people have that marched under this banner the mask of guy forbes who back in 1605 tried to blow up the houses of parliament and kill king james, but this has very much become a symbol of resistence, political resistence, there are many people here repping different campaign groups from around the country. similar marches were also taking place globally as well. they are hoping this would be a million man masked march around the world. they are representing lots of different things when it comes to animal rights, where it comes to being against digital surveillance and so on and so forth. but it recent years anonymous has taken on the likes of the ku klux klan, the likes of isil also and for all of these people here they are very much united,

very much under one banner, this one. a new way of buildings schools in out africa is helping to ease the shortage of classrooms and save the environment. recycled plastic bricks are replacing the conventional clay and cement ones. a report from pretoria. >> reporter: soon these children at this primary school won't be having their school meals cooked and served outside. it may not look like it, but the kitchen being built behind them is made from recycled plastic bricks. there is a short i'm of classrooms and school glings buildings some some of south africa's poorist communities. >> [ inaudible ] >> reporter: plastic bottles are not biodegradable but the recycled plastic bottled are mode go ahead and sold to the public as water bottles for less than 50 sent. the kitchen is nearly complete. builders have put in the steel

metal frame and are plastering the walls. a wire mesh keeps the plastic bottles in place. >> schools with water that become part of the bot follows those families we get those battles back because the environment and such, once we get them back, they then become automatically a brick and we then take those and do instruction touches like these you see behind me 677967. >> reporter: another school will have it's open structure. they are simple to stack like lego bricks, here is how you i want lock them. like this. take about five team thousand of these to build the structure and it will be a kevin. builders say it was very fast. it took them roughly three hours. this 1,000 square meet are youth center opens in january. officials at the bottle to build schools initial tiff say depending on the finishings used it's 40% cheap tore build with plastic than clay or department bricks. >> lots of people benefiting if

you are skeptical by all means contact me and i can show you directly. >> reporter: going the earth was initially concerned about the plastic bricks catching fire. [ inaudible ] >> reporter: more than 20 school buildings and youth facility have been built. using recycled plastic bottles in south africa so far. it's hope third degree low cost and greenway to build will be one day used across the african continent. al jazeera, pretoria. a terminally ill star wars fan has been granted his die wish to wash the force awakens, daniel fleetwood from texas got to see an early cut of the movie after a social media campaign for him went viral. he has been given just two

months to live. the new star wars film comes out in the u.s. in december. there is much more real news about real people and real issues at our website, which is at aljazeera.com. - the first prosecutor of the international criminal court luis moreno-ocampo. >> massive atrocitiies are not commited by evil persons. they are committed by people who say "they are protecting their own communities". >> under his direction, the first permanent international legal body sought justice for some of the most serious atrocities of this century. the icc presented charges against wod