meets humanity. >> welcome to the news hour. in doha these are the top stories. egypt said it has been investigating local ground, staff and crews associated with the crash last week. 66 years of mistrust, the historic than shake between the leaders of china rand taiwan. indian-administered kazmir

as the prime minister visits with an aid package. >> i feel i can save the word. >> we head to gaza to hear the story of a competitor hoping to represent palestine. >> egypt is checking airport cameras for suspicious activity in the lead up to last week's plane crash investigating local ground staff, too, and grew who had access to the plane. 224 people were killed when the metro jet flight from st. petersburg went down. britain, u.k. say than explosion is behind the crash but information is not shared. >> information about the incident has not yet been shared

with the egyptian agencies with any details. this is a question mark we should ask as well because we're the most involved party we expect tech tall information to be provided to us instead of spreading it on various media outlets. >> french investigators have suggested there was a sudden violent explosion. the tie lots can be heard chatting normal and communicating with air traffic control up to the apparent bla blast. u.s. state also picked up a flash from the plane pointing to a possible explosion. reports from the u.s. suggests they intercepted communication two armed groups in sinai which supports the bomb theory and there seems to be pockmarks on the door that could be shrapnel originating from within the plane. paul, all eyes will be on that

press briefing shortly. >> yes, we're expecting a news conference from the aviation ministry and the expectation at least is that seven days from the crash the ministry should have been in some position to give us an interim report on the potential causes of that downed aircraft. what actually brought it down. we heard earlier today from the foreign ministry, who expressed th the the exasperation and it should be egypt who released information to official channel. his complaint has been there have been a number of leaks and intelligence briefings attributed to journalists that have slightly muddied the water

leading to the theory that a bomb is responsible for bricking this aircraft down. that was essentially the complaints that egyptian foreign minister mud forward. that said they've had seven days to do the preliminary investigations. although putting an aircraft back together after an event such a this involves taking the plane back to a hanger and decide whether the explosion was outside or inside. you would have thought within the last week they could have swabbed part of that debris and found explosive residue they could have made that public. while the egyptian government may have been frustrated, they have not handled the pressure they're under as well as might

be expected. >> unclear what the causes, the fall out on operations on egypt and the evacuations. >> well, yes, russia, an ally of egypt, and continuing to be an ally of egypt there is no love loss in safety of russian tourists there in egypt, russia has said that it wants all of the nearly 80,000 russians to depart. although there is confusion was to how quickly that repatriation will takealatio take place. then we hear from the association of russian tour operators who are told that 93 aircraft would be on route within two days. we've had problems from the

british point of view because they've been able to get the aircraft on friday. to repatriate britains. how 93 aircraft are going to arrive in two days, that's an open question. certainly there is going to be a big exodus of tourists. it's going to hit the egyptian economy hard, but the arrangements of how these aircraft are going to get in and out, they're still going to be worked out. >> live from london. news is emerging about a separate independence involving a plane. a british passenger plane came in to land that came within 300 meters back in august. it involved the plane carrying 189 passengers from london. the pilot saw the missiles heading towards the aircraft and moved the plane to the left to avoid it. it was concluded that it was not a targeted attack but rather part of exercises being

conducted by the egyptian military in the area at the time. two men and a historic handshake between xi jinping and taiwan's leader was a moment of reconciliation. the summit was the first-ever meeting between the two rifles. >> security was tight in anticipation of the arrival. personnel at the readying government taking no changes with the leaders of china and taiwan. xi jinping was first to arrive. if anyone doubted the importance of this meeting between the two presidents, just take a look at the press corp that has arrived. over 500 of them over the asian pacific and the rest of the world. they'll be looking at every handshake and every smile and wondering what the impact will be on china and taiwan. neither officially recognize the

other as head of state. china sees taiwan as it's province up the chinese coast. taiwan regards itself as an independent country. by 1949 after a bloody civil war, the communist comrades declared the people republic of china and beijing. the defeated nationalist created their own republic of china on the island what is now taiwan. the talks were surprise to many on the sidelines of regional submit last november. president xi dismissed any contact with taiwan and said only would happen if they saw benefits. there is much at stake. >> if the president is able to successfully carry out this meeting, i think it would certainly solidify his legacy, his position historically, and perhaps his political life if he's able to set himself up as a

broker. >> they're flagging opinion polls before elections in the new year. president xi spoke before talks started. he was very positive. >> 66 years of development of the cross straight relations aggravate that no matter win and rain both sides have been through, no matter how long we've been kept away from each other, no force can keep us apart. >> the meeting lasted less than an hour. this is what was said afterwar afterwards. >> both sides should stick to one-china policy, but we have to recognize although there is one china we agree to disagree on its definition. there are different interpretations. >> political commentators entry this was a purely symbolic meeting. while it was all smiles saturday, then it would be back to the drawing board.

>> taiwan's main opposition leaders said she was disowned by the meeting and have been protests in the capital taipei. it's likely to have a political impact ahead of elections in january. andrew thomas reports. >> these protesters on the straight of taipei did not want this summit to go ahead. they're holding up posters like this one. most of the people here want independence they think that president--th-- >> the they're not part of this process. they don't want taiwanese people to think that they would not be able to keep lines of communication open with beijing

if they were in power. >> sierra leone is declared officially free of ebola people there are celebrating in the capital of free town. there has been no new cases of ebola in the last 42 days. cases of the virus are still being reported in neighboring country. the police of four protesters as india's prime minister visited kazmir. it was among several arrests made. narendra modi announced an aid panel for last year's flood victims and promised more economic development. our correspondent was at the protest. >> protesters here have just been clashing with police. the protests are supposed to contain that area over there. but they started matching out. and these balloons, the police

just swooped in almost out of nowhere as they force the crowd back. they've been running back and forth. now, they're protesting narendra modi's rally here. he's here to announce an aid package over last year's flooding and to announce more development in the state. but these people say they don't want economic healt help. they want political freedom. now they have increased security around the city trying to prevent protests like this from happening. but small ones, and police are struggling right now, but so far it is being september in this general area. >> coming up on the news hour, refugees who made the dangerous sea journey to greece call for a dignif dignified farewell for

those who did not survive. and jo will have all the all the details in sports sports >> a somali member of parliament has been severely wounded about al-shabab has claimed the responsibility for the shooting. the hotel used regularly by politicians in the capital was bombed killing 15 people. in the last three years before the formation of the parliament, 14 mps have been killed in mogadishu. and in about a ru burundi there is widespread violence. the president has warned the police will take tough action unless illegal weapons are

handed over. let's take you now back to a story we've been following. we expect right now to be a press briefing. we can see it being given concerning the crash of a russian aircraft that crashed in the sinai peninsula last week. we have heard, of course, of some complaints from egyptian officials. they feel intelligence information being gathered by other countries isn't being shared with them. let's listen in to what the official is saying. this is the civil aviation of egypt.

[ inaudible ] >> british and american officials have been saying that they think this plane, which crashed the metro jet airline killing 224 passengers was, in fact, or possibly the result of a bomb. the tension will be focused on what the civil aviation has to say. we also heard similar complaints. russian officials who say that they're concerned as well that there has not been, shall we say full cooperation when it comes to intelligence sharing. he is now addressing members of the press. let's listen in to what he's saying.

>> first of all i wish to extend my gratitude for attending this encounter. i was careful as chair of the investigation team to have this meeting in order to' quaint you with the latest development related to the work of the investigation committee. within the framework of transparency to give the public opinion locally and globally of variables in the investigation. they have met and has issued statements the statement of the

investigation committee with the participation of its members and representatives of the foreign countries. but before i start i want to express my deep condolences to the families of the victims, and to the russian people. >> ladies and gentlemen, first of all, we have the investigation team of the accident of metro jet flight number extend our deepest condolences to the families and friends of the victims of the russian aircraft that crashed in the middle last saturday, the 31st of october, 2015. after the accident occurred the government of egypt disbatched

emergency personnel an accident investigators to the crash site. the prime minister visited the first few hours after the accident. the armed forces guarded the site of the wreckage. the flight recorders black boxes were recovered on the same day, and the bodies of the victims were recovered and taken to hospital in cairo. on the same day of the accident the minister of civil aviation agent formed an investigation committee in come appliance with the egyptian law number 28 and 13 to take charge of the investigation of the accident. the government of egypt extend

the invitation to representatives from russia as state operators, ireland, france, me myself i represent egypt in the investigation committee. the egyptian air force operated to the crash sight carrying various members of the investigation team, including egyptian investigators and other state investigators involved. the investigators examined and photographed what was found, including the committee would

conduct further visits to the accident site in the coming days. the investigation team are composed of 47 investigators as follows. from egypt we have 29, from russia, 7. france, 6. from germany, 2. and from ireland, 3. the accident advisers from airbus to meet all technical needs and requirements, five sub groups were created as follows.

one, record. two, accident flight group. three, operations responsible for crew, air traffic control for airline information. five, medical and forensic--this is the fifth one. the committee is undertaking it's work to chicago convention which is consistent with egyptian law number 28. all groups who are working in parliament are in the information-gathering phase. we're still in the information gathering phase. as soon as the weather improves,

future arrangements will be made. the wreckage will be recovered to a safe place in cairo for further examination during which technology will be involved. the committee will recover the aircraft system computerrers. it is over a wide area, which is consistent with an inflight break up. some parts of the wreckage are missing and it is hoped to locate them in the in coming

days. two, the observation of the aircraft wreckage does not yet allow for east defying the origin of the inflight break up. three, the flight recorders were recovered on the first day of the accident and they were successfully downloaded. the preliminary review of the flight reporters indicates the following. take off time. is 3 thundershowers 50 minutes 6 seconds. with regardings stopped 4 hours 13 minutes 20 seconds. so the duration of take off to end of recordings is 23 minutes and 14 seconds. last recorded altitudes

30,000 feet. while the aircraft is still in climbing mode. last recorded airspeed is 281 knots. with auto pilot was engaged until the end of recordings. four, the dvr are successfully downloaded. although they are still in the phase of writing 9 transcripts will take time to finalize a noise was heard in the last second of the recording. a spectral analysis will be carried out to find the nature of this noise. the committee noted reports and

analysis. some of which believe for official intelligence, which favors a certain scenario for the close of the accident. the committee was not provided with any information or evidence in this regard. the committee are the sources of such reports to provide it with all information that could help us to under state our mission. six, the committee is considering all scenarios for the cause of the accident and did not reach till the moment any conclusion in this regards. thank you.

>> we have time for very few questions. >> but there are five seats now, and except sir who is sitting there without the members of the committee, the question is i do smell of something. there is the absent of the foreign members of this committee who were responsible for listening for the black box. why did they attend this press conference to which they have been invited?

>> we will "t" yo--you will receive a copy in arabic. i will take permission to read in arabic. i did invite them officially to take part in attending this conference, and i told them that i was keen that they would attend. but they preferred not to participate. i do it not know. maybe they have certain rules by which they can cannot attend the press conference. i do not know, but i would like to clarify to you that i would

like to inform you that the state is something that they know about, and they have already taken part in its development. it's a statement about the metro jet we would like to extend condolences to the families and friends and victims of the russian aircraft that has crashed on land last saturday. the 31st of october 2015.

>> we're considering all possible scenarios. we have not reached any conclusions yet. the words there of the head of the egyptian investigative committee that is trying to figure out what happened to that russian passenger plane, which crashed in the sinai a week ago killing 224 passengers. he did give some details on where the investigations had gone so far saying that they had found debris scattered over 13 kilometers and that sort of situation was consistent with an inflight break up. hour, he went on to say that the committee didn't feel that they had sufficient evidence that state the origin of the flight

break up. he noticed there were some parts of the flight missing. they're trying to recover and transcribe all of the recordings from the data recorders that have been recovered and successfully download. he did say that a noise was heard in the last second. further analysis needed to be carried out to understand what that noise was. we can listen back into who he's saying now. >> in the very first hours since the crash occurred. the armed forces have guarded the crash site and the black box has been recovered on the same day as well as the victims. on the same day of the accident a decision has been made regarding the institution of a

committee to investigate the crash in accordance to egyptian law 28 and annex number 13 of the chicago of the investigate the accident. the egyptian government on its part has invited the representatives of the states. russia, the state of operation, the state of registry. france, the state of design, and germany, the state of manufacture as well as advisers from the manufacturing companies of the engine as well the airliner. me myself i do represent. >> to carry the investigation team and a group of

investigators from the other states. the investigators have-- >> you're listening there to t reports of the investigation team. let's go to paul brennan live from london. they have not reached a conclusion, but all the attention now is what exactly caused the inflight break up, right? >> well, that's the question that remains unanswered, to be frank. what we heard from the aviation minister is the confirmation of what has been dripping out from leaks and briefings over the past seven days, that the aircraft broke up in midair. that was 23 minutes into its flight. the debris was spread over wide area. and that what we heard just in the last 24 hours was the voice recorder had revealed some kind of noise in the final seconds

before the data recorders stopped working, before the plane actually broke up. in effect what they're saying there, it pushes no further forward. all he's done is confirm what has been dripping out over the past seven days. what is interesting, i think is that the process of the investigator in this crash is so big. if you look at the core group, there are 47 investigators, he said, from the multiple of nationalities. russian, french, ireland, egypt all involved in the investigation. if you add the technical side, the representatives from airbus as well we're talking about the total of 58 investigators. that's a big team. you have five sub groups as well. now the hazing and coordinating of that kind of effort i imagine is quite difficult. i'm sure there are certain language barriers, too.

you can see that perhaps it would take a little while to get this investigation pointing in the same direction. and get details out. that said, we still don't know exactly what caused that aircraft to fall out of the sky. and what was also intriguing was despite the search going on for seven days, the lead investigators said that there are still pieces of the wreckage that have not been covered. it has spread over an area of several kilometers long. you would expect a long wide expansive desert such as that, that all of this should have been recovered. certainly the major pieces of wreckage and it is curious not all has been recovered yet. because of that they're unable so far to decide where the break up originated. but that sound that they heard on the cockpit voice recorder

leads to a catastrophic situation happening at 23 minutes into that flight. whether it was a missile that happened outside or the intelligence leaking appears to indicate probably a bomb inside, certainly the examination of that aircraft is going to be crucial in the coming days and weeks. >> indeed, it will be. let's leave it there for now. we can continue the discussion here in the studio. we have the associate professor in middle east politics for graduate studies. thanks for coming in. was there a moment that was telling for you when he said that other foreign members of this committee has been invited, and i don't know why they didn't show up. is this incident revealing tension between egypt in some of its foreign partners on this? >> i think there were a couple of instances that relate to this that show some other things that are going on. unfortunately, this is somewhat politicized or highly

politicized. the egyptians, of course, and russians to some extent do not want the conclusion to show--would not like the conclusion to show that there was a bomb or this was an isi isis-orchestrated event. for the russians that would be the price of their environment in syria, as it wore. and for the egyptians this is going to have devastating consequences on the tourism industry. and then of course there was a criticism also that he made that he leveled to some extent about the intelligence not being shared with the egyptians. that was a kind of a bleak reference to the fact that the british apparently have said that they believe that there was a bomb on the board. there was some chat that are they picked up in communications chat that are indicated there was something like that. and then of course the american intelligence communities willty claim that satellite imagery

showed heat, a blip over sinai which would indicate some kind of explosion. >> was that perhaps the reason that you're suggesting we're getting intelligence leaks from other countries because there is lack of confidence in the investigation, and whether it's going to reveal the truth or find a politically event explanation? >> i wouldn't go that far. the definitive conclusion is not going to come out immediately. they don't want to come out and say this is what happened when they're not 100% certain. i'm saying there are politics also involved in this. >> the noise heard at the last minute of the recording. >> i think many things, many things, i mean, the idea of course the debris is scattered as you mentioned over a huge area, 13 kilometers and inflight break up. a couple other points that were not highlighted. the idea that the plane was at 30,008 feet. that makes the idea, for example, surface-to-air missile

much less likely. the idea that the plane was still climbing, right, as opposed to something happening, a technical error and the pilots trying to maneuver the plane down. the fact that it was on auto pilot. clearly they're comfortable. the pilots, they weren't expecting anything. and the fact that the flight data recorder didn't record the pilots talking about some kind of technical error or malfunction. all of that is circumstantial, suggestive and strong evidence that unfortunately there was foul play and something possibly like a bomb on board. >> we'll leave it there for now. thank you for your thoughts. >> you're welcome. >> activists say that government forces have bombarded the city of douma. this video is said to show the aftermath of the strikes which killed ten people and wounded dozens more. many districts in douma are

under rebel control. doctors without borders say that ho percent--40% killed are women and children under 15. syrian rebels say they have taken hamas from government forces. this shows damage in the fighting. it was seized by syrian forces last month. hamah province has been key target for airstrikes. the german government says there has been no change for syrian despite comments from the interior minister. they told german radio syrians would be given shorter residents permits and barred from reuniting with their families. they said there is no change to the status so far. more than 3,000 refugees arrived on mainland greece on friday. for many that's just the start of a long and dangerous journey. we met one refugee who is

struggling to deal with the loss of his son. >> the wait has only deepened the suffering and exacerbated the guilt. he simply cannot bear the pain. >> it's been one torture after another after another after another. how can i possibly explain it. it was a horrible accident. absolutely horrible. >> he tells me how he had only wanted to give his family a better life. >> when i left syria i didn't leave for me. i left to try to make a safer future for my children. i had no idea i would lose the flower of my life, my son. i had no idea. >> thahe was only seven years old when the boat carrying him and his family from turkey to greece capsized. dozens died on a day whose

horrific scenes shocked the world. men and women clinging for their lives as children fought for theirs. here a facility on lesbos that offers shelter to bereaved refugees psychologists say that these families need far more help than they're getting. >> there is a normal process of grief. these people get traumatized by the lack of respect, and the lack of humanitarian--real humanitarian support. >> yannis said some of the bigger international aid agencies currently on the island aren't doing nearly enough. >> at the end of the day they don't leave something hyped as infrastructure. they don't educate enough the locals, the volunteers. they come from all over the world to support the refugees. and yes, i think people should know this. >> sadly, the refugee crisis seems nowhere near over. and many aid workers only expect it to worsen.

the experience is similar to many of the families we've spoken with here who lost loved ones as they crossed into greece who are still waiting on the return for their bodies. >> for now he wants only one thing. >> we're simply asking greece's prime minister to find a piece of land to bury our dead. it's been a week, and they still haven't released his body. how long do we have to wait? there are so many families who are still waiting. our souls can never rest until they're buried. >> but burials are on hold. as he makes his way to the ticket office, he continues to plot a way out of greece with his wife and two children although he knows he will never really be able to leave this island behind. al jazeera, lesbos, greece.

>> in egypt at least 18 people have died in flash floods, heavy rains struck the northern area province where bad drainage left roads under war. under--underwater. they have health a meeting to discuss the situation. heavy rains have disrupted life in the iraqi capital. the government said that it's doing everything it can, but many are blaming the corrupt politicians for the country's crumbling infrastructure. >> for the second time in a week, iraqis have to wade through streets to get anywhere. trapped in their homes after roads were swamped with floodwater mixed with sewage. municipal leaders say they're doing all they can to deal with the heavier than usual rains. as they try to cope with the down poor, they see it as another example of crumbling infrastructure and insufficient public services.

>> the rain is still flooding our homes and streets. we want a solution for our problems quickly. our children have become ill due to such hard circumstances. >> more than 50 people have been killed since rain storms struck several areas last week. before the latest deluge, they'rthey are what they call an inefficient government able to take care of them. >> people continue to protest against corruption and the lack of electricity and services. the people of iraq are not treated fairly. we've seen nothing serious from all the politicians. the economy and services are deteriorating. the people are suffering, and the politicians don't respond to

people's request. >> prime minister hyder al abadi has responded to the problems. >> we have to affirm the needs to protect the constitution and the law from any authority to circumvent the reforms. activists are calling for more against corruption officials. but public outrage and political promises seem far from materializing improvements on the ground. >> a choice between tourism and the environment, why one of uganda's biggest draw cards is under threat. and setting up a paris final. murray reaches the last two of the masters.

jo will tell you more next in sports.

>> welcome back. a new hydroelectric dam in uganda will submerge some of the areas for white water rafting. >> the opening stretch of the river nile is one of the best places in the world for white water rafting and kayaking, the

tourism brings in much needed foreign currency and creates jobs. this man has worked with white water raft, but not for much longer. >> when the dam comes the rapids will be gone. >> the reservoir will submerge the area. that means they'll have to close. >> the crafting is great fun, but campaigners today sa--the campaigners say that the tourism isn't the only reason that the rapid are important. they're ecologicalcally unique and they have spiritual significance to some ofs people in the area.

they funded another dam further up stream. the agreement was meant to protect the river below. but uganda's demand for electricity is growing and there is money to be made for selling it to nearby countries, too. >> the option may not be viable. it would end up delivering. >> construction started by an i chinespaid for by the chinese government and built by chinese

companies. >> there is a lot of business as a result of this. >> possible the new dam will help the economy more than tourism but campaigners say its impact has not been properly determined. malcolm webb, on the river nile in uganda. >> well, from rafting to other sport here is jo now. >> the span arrested aims to snatch the world title from valentino rossi. lorenzo trails rossi by seven points who was fastest during qualifying on saturday setting a new lap record. his rival was due to start the

race from last place on the grid after being punished for kicking another rider in the previous race. things appeared went from bad to worse and was 12th fastest in qualifying. well, andy murray has reached the final for the paris masters for the first time in his career. it's his 68th win of the season. murray will will play djokovic or wawrinka in the final. notching up an important win, chelsea will look to further ease the pressure of mourinho in the next few hours. they sit 15th in the table early yes newcastle won 2-0, and there are five matches currently at halftime. the only game in a has seen any

goals so far is at west ham, they're 1-1 with refer ton everton. the corruption crisis engulfing international athletics is deepening. a further four individuals than been charged with breaches of the code of ethics. this includes the son of former iaaf leader who is accused of accepting bribes to cover occupy doping offenses. he's been accused of leading a system of corruption. the iaaf has canceled their annual reward ceremony scheduled for the end of the month. there are three different investigations under way. french police have charged four men.

the iaaf commission has also charged four men. this includes the former president of the russian athletic federation and former coaching. then there is the report that will be happened down on monday and they said that the findings will be damning. >> two milestone centuries highlighted another dominant day in australia in the first

cricket test in brisbane. burns with his first ever as he produced 237 run partnership with david warner. warner scored 116. bombin116 becoming the third batsman to post in the test match on three occasions. india has beaten south africa in their first test. with a victory target of 218, south africa 109 jadeja with a 5-21. two-time major winner jordan speat has put himself in a strong position going into the final round of the wgc event in shanghai. sitting at 13 under par after a stunning round of 63 on saturday.

the day's play was delayed over an hour because of rain. they go into the final day's play on sunday. now opportunities for young sports men and women in gaza may be few and far between, and more so with a disability. but now the palestinian territory is using an experimental program to teach a group of blind boys karate. here is a blind student karate competitor who dreams of one day representing his country. >> i'm 15 years old. i live in gaza city. i was born blind. so was my older brother and younger sister. being blind used to make me sad but i got used to it. i've adapted my life so i can cope. i used to spend my time at home doing in but i decided to challenge my handicap and set goals. i went to school and started

study. i want to continue my studies and get an university degree so i can find a job one day. i was schooled in a special blind school. it is helping us a lot. here we're able to study and continue in life as normal. one day i heard about a special karate training program. and this training program will help me defend myself, so i joined it. at first i was shock, and i didn't understand how i can practice karate when i can't see. when i started training i felt like i could make it, and i proceeded. our instructor faced problems in the beginning, but he decided to take on the challenge with us. we are nine blind boys. we're all friends and help each other as if we're brothers. the coach adapted a special way of training that depends on sensory perception. the instructor became like a

brother, father and friend. we thank him a lot for what he did for us. >> karate has given me confidence and made me stronger and more dormed. no more street harassment. i feel i can face the world now. i feel i will continue my karate until i get a black belt. this will help us to develop until we participate in competitions. >> a whole stadium full of fans in morocco, the world cup winner was along side othe stars playing in an exhibition match. he even went unchallenged and almost scored a dole proving he's still got the touch. that's all the sport for now. >> thank you so much. we'll be back with another full bulletin of news. that's coming up in just a

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>> tough that the country gave up on me. >> look at the trauma... every day is torture. >> this is our home. >> nobody should have to live like this. >> we made a promise to these heroes... this is one promise americans need to keep.

>> egypt equipment e-quim confis heard in the last seconds before the plane crash. i'm lauren taylor, live there london. also coming up, china and taiwan hold their first talks in mern 60 years. more than 60 years. cyril celebrates as it's declared ebola free after 45 days with no cases.