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tough new laws on tobacco products. there are reports that a gas attack in syria has killed at least five civilians south-west of the capital damascus. medical sources think that sarren gas, one of the world's most lethal chemical weapons, was used. more than 30 people are reported to have suffered acute health problems. our correspondent reports. >> reporter: this is not the first time there have been reports of gas used as a weapon in syria. opposition sources say these people were exposed to gas when government helicopters fired missiles in the residential area. the neighborhood on the outskirts of damascus has been a battleground for some time now. it is also under siege by government forces. >> translation: these rockets were carrying gas and as a

result five people were killed, including a 12-year-old boy. more than 30 injured. mostly civilians. the gas was used in the western neighborhood of the city. the victims showed certain symptoms such as runny nose, saliva and later developed into bleeding, shortness of breath and dilated pupils. this caused the death of the five victims. >> reporter: it was one of the opposition controlled areas in the countryside around the capital where chemical agents were deployed against the population in 2013. hundreds of people were killed. a u.n. investigation team later confirmed the gas had been used. it didn't blame any side, but many western governments said the forces loyal to the syrian government were responsible. a deal was later reached between russia and the u.s. to destroy syria's chemical weapons arsenal. the prohibition of chemical weapons then confirmed that syria's equipment for producing mixing and filling chemical

weapons had been destroyed. since then, however, there have been reports of chemical attacks. in october this year the opcw concluded that mustard gas had been used in the town of merra in aleppo province. the fact-finding mission was not mandated to assign blame, but the area had seen fighting between i.s.i.l. and an opposition group. diplomats said the findings add to evidence that i.s.i.l. had obtained and is using chemical weapons in both iraq and syria. that wasn't the only attack investigated in the syrian problem of >> bl >> translation: b there were-- iblib which likely involved the use of one or more taxic chemicals including chlorine. the opposition blamed the government forces. the use of toxic weapons is becoming common in the syrian war. voicess are growing louder accusing the syrian government of failing to declare its whole

stock pile gas is one of the world's most legal chemical weapons. the mere possession of it is a crime. it is odorless and colorless which is banned. it can cause convulsions, paralysis, respiratory failure and death. when chemicals stock pile was given up, it was carried out by the country's army military continue. in 2013 a um mission report confirmed that the opposition rebels were "in possession of sarren both before and immediately after the chemical weapon attack in august of that year". -- amnesty international has said air raids have sir i can't say has killed hundreds and is war crimes. they're they've been of using

cluster bombs. there is attacks on the provinces of hopeless, aleppo. it said at least killed 200 civilians around around a dozen fighters. the latest air strikes believed to be carried out by russian jet have killed at least 35 civilians. the attack took place in a busy market near damascus. >> reporter: they can barely believe what has just happened. air strikes thought to have been carried out by russian war plains have flattened the busy market full of people. in the moments after the attack panic sweeps through. there are dead bodies everywhere and people are russianing to find survivors. they are checking to see if this man is alive. he is not and so they moving on. this is a town in the damascus countryside. people who live here say

fighting between syrian government forces and opposition fighters has been non-stop for two months. they say the syrian regime is trying to break the deadlock with the help of russian air strikes. >> translation: this is from the regime of bashar al-assad. this is what's happening to us. where are you muslim brothers? where are you? >> reporter: russia began bombing syria in september. it says it is targeting i.s.i.l., but the institute for the study of war, a u.s.-based think tank says the russian air campaign has mainly hit syrian opposition groups. >> translation: the russian and syrian air strikes on the east have increased recently. they pretend they're targeting the terrorists but most of the people killed are women and children. >> reporter: these are scenes that the people of syria have become familiar with. what started as an uprising against the government has long

descended into civil war. that cycle of violence is played out across the country for almost five years now and killed at least 200,000 people iraqi soldiers are battling to recapture the key city of ramadi from i.s.i.l. the military says it has advanced into the center driving fighters out of many residential areas. iraqi intelligence estimates there are only around 300 rebels left in the capital. i.s.i.l. stormed the city in may. an iraqi mp joins me live from baghdad. good to have you on the show. i believe that intense fighting is happening right now as we speak. can you update us on the situation please? >> thank you very much, yes. the there is a big fight now in

down town ramadi between the iraqi arm, special force fighters and local iraqi police. they are automatic together fighting in this moment to retake the government building in the center of ramadi. they are doing very good progress even it's very slow but very well organized and very well coordinated between the local iraqi police. the air strike from the international coalition, so we hope in three/four days, maybe, ramadi will be liberated from i.s.i.s. and it will be the next step to come back to the normal life in ramadi you say you want them to

come back to normal life. how have their lives been disrupted by the i.s.i.l. forces there and what sort of state is the area in? >> no. the area is in catastrophic state in reality, in ramadi. it was occupied by i.s.i.s. since more than six months. it was isolated. it was sieged by the iraqi army for two months. so the life of the local people of the local cities in the state inside ramadi, it's from the humanitarian situation, it's unbelievable. it is out of imagine nuptial. they live or nothing. they used all their storage from

flower re flours, rice. on our information they don't have nothing now to live on. so i think after the military battles will end, we will face better humanitarian crisis on the local people on the destruction and they destroyed all their infrastructure inside the city just tell me very briefly what are you going to do now to make sure that they don't come back? where have they fled to, the i.s.i.l. forces that have managed to run away? >> no-one can assure that they will not come back, but there is a good coordination between the central government and they will give more help to the local tribal fighters, to the local

police, to secure themself from i.s.i.s. i think i.s.i.l. will not come barks but if there is no good coordination and there is no good help as before from the central government, no, they - because for sure some sleeping cell will stay inside the city and they will waiting for the week of opportunities-- weak opportunities for weak situation from the local people. so they will take this opportunity and they will come back we thank you very much. >> from the central government thank you for that. a russian court has issued an international arrest warrant for an oil billian air.

his offices were raided. he is accused of organising a contract killing. he was previously arrested in 2003 after he fell out with putin. since his release two years ago he spends most of his time in london. peter sharp is live for us in moscow. talk us through what happened. >> reporter: the international arrest warrant was issued in a moscow court a few hours ago in connection with this allegation that he was involved in the murder of a zyberian mayor in 1998. it is an accusation that he says was a sham. it was issued but 24 hours after his offices of the pro democracy movement were raided in respect of that same investigation and members of staff had their houses raid in st petersburgh

and also in moscow. he has been very, very outspoken against the kremlin and putin in the last few days. he said that putin has placed russia in a position where revolution is both inevitable and necessary and he said he will do everything he can to bring it about. he also says that citizens being tried in corrupt courts and putin is suicidal he has been a thorn in putin's side for a very long time, hasn't he. >> reporter: he certainly has. he was jailed in 2003 for faction eau invitation and-- evasion and embezzlement. a price to be paid for challenging putin's authority and his critics say it was another example of how putin is using the courts to extract revenge on people who are

criticizing his government. that's what the critics say. he was released in 2013. that was timed for the winter olympics. he fled to germany and is now in exile in switzerland and spending a lot of time in london as you said thank you for that, peter sharp. lots nor more to come-- lots more to come on al jazeera. cape town is recognised in efforts for combatting climate change. we find out why. zimbabwe throw farmers off the land but the beneficiaries of that policy are feeling the squeeze. >> reporter: after several young men died while playing american football here in the u.s. this year, coaches and researchers have come up with what seems like a count intuitive way to make games safer

u.n. special envoy for yemen has told the security council discussions between warring factions is a stumbling block. talks aimed at ending the conflict finished without agreement. according to the u.n. close to 6,000 people have been killed since march. he is calling for a stronger ceasefire agreement and greater support for his mediation efforts in talks this month. >> translation: tragically we were not able to preserve the end of hostility. we did see a reduction. in the first days there were numerous violations reported by the economy. the lack of compliance with the cessation of hostilities demonstrates the need for agreement and more robust mechanisms to ensure adherence the u.n. human rights

commissioner says a large number of civilians have died. the alliance have been bombarding areas controlled by houthi rebels for the past nine months. the coalition have been urged to ensure lawful and discriminate targeting. afghan police say 570 soldiers have joined security forces battling in helmand. they're trying to recapture the town of zangin which fell to the group. helmand's police chief says at least 60 taliban fighters were killed over night on tuesday and four military personnel have also died. the afghan government has also confirmed british soldiers have arrived in helmand. the british ministry of defense has said the small number of personnel have been sent in an advisory role.

>> translation: a group of british forces has been deployed in helmand to participate. they're to be advisers and they will not participate in the military operations. military operations is the task for afghan security forces tunisia has extended a nationwide state of emergency for another two months. it was put in place after a suicide attack on a bus killed 12 presidential guards a month ago. the bombing was claimed by i.s.i.l. it is still on track to hand over power by 2017 but as wayne hay reports, some doubts remain. >> reporter: the man who led the coup is still thailand's prime minister. former army chief, he delivered his year-end report and confirmed he is still working towards an election in 2017.

>> translation: we have one year and six months left. from january 2016 to july 2017. the government will be laying the ground work for the stuff we haven't done. >> reporter: but many still fear the military will break that promise and try to stay in power. if it does, some analysts say an economy that is already struggling in many areas could worsen. there could be unrest, particularly in the poorer rural areas. >> people have been putting up with this for a long time and they couldn't survive >> reporter: in september a military-appointed panel voted against a new constitution. that meant another delay to elections until 2017. as the document is redrafted. it led to accusations that the entire process was a staged delaying tactic. in fact, the general has at times threaten end to stay in power indefinitely. the prime minister aand his

minister has embarked on timeliness. anyone who is overly critical of the government is accused of being unthai or of harming the country. cases of people arrested on charges of insulting the monarchy has become common. the prime minister said p says measures have been taken to protect what he insists is an ongoing process of reform. all of the laws have already stipulated certain actions because they would obstruct the reform process. people still violate it, which makes it look like i violate human rights. these laws are there because we are still in the reform process. if it was a no.situation eye wouldn't be standing here. for many normality means democrat accuracy which is still 18 months away. it may not be the type of

democracy people hope for a 19-year-old has been pulled alive from the rubble of a land lied in the southern chinese city. the man had been trapped under a collapsed building since sunday. a huge pile of construction waste smashed into buildings in an industrial park. adrian brown reports from beijing. >> reporter: alive against all the odds. trapped under deputy refor almost three days. this is a migrant worker and his voice was feeble when voices reached him. >> translation: it is a mirror ago em. a man was-- miracle. a man was rescued alive. we were so happy when we heard about it. very happy. >> reporter: he had been in the office of a factory when a mud slide happened on sunday morning. a man found close to him was dead.

doctors are hopeful he will recover but his injuries are serious. >> translation: mr thien is debill tate and dehydrated. he received soft tissue injury injuries, bone fractures and a crash injury on his right lower limb >> reporter: at the rescue site frantic efforts to find more survivors have intensified. search teams are using sensors to locate signs of line, but they're also finding more bodies. the operation has also begun to affect local businesses. >> translation: we cannot go out now. we cannot transfer the goods in and out of this area. there is no guarantee for our lives. many workers have to eat and there is no power supply now >> reporter: the deluge of mud and construction waste engulfed more than 30 buildings in an industrial zone. it happened after heavy rains dislodged the man made pile that had been there several years. now a senior official of the

firm that managed the dump has been arrested. state media say that a local government report had identified storage problems at the site months ago, warning of a catastrophe. a catastrophe that has now happened. adrian brown let's get the weather now with step. i believe we're not going to be getting a white christmas but a wet one. >> reporter: if we look at the satellite picture at the moment it doesn't show any signs of all of the wet weather that is to come. if i fast forward that you can see over the past few hours we've had a couple of clouds that have developed and then more of them just more recently. these clouds are already giving a fair amount of rain to parts of iraq and across parts of kuwait as well. they will intensify. by the time we get to thursday, we've seen heavy rain there. most of that will be over parts of kuwait, over southern iraq

and into iran. it will be turning wintery over the mountains. in system will sink southwards and as it does so, it will bring heavy rain. during the day on christmas day that's when we're going to stew a fair amount of rain here in doha. here i think most of the rain will be fairly spotty at first but then later on during the day is when we're going to see the rain turn heavy. a maximum temperature during the day then on friday of 22 degrees here in doha. there will be a lot of cloud around, some dries el and a few-- drizzle and out break of rain. it's during the evening and over night that we will see the heaviest of rain. that could cause problems here thanks. the united nations has recognised cape town as one of ten cities worldwide leading the fight against climate change. the city is carrying out several projects to cut emissions and

has focused efforts on helping the poor. our correspondent reports. >> reporter: high winds and heavy clouds over table mountain for residents on the outskirts of the city usually a signal of a dusty day ahead. about 40,000 low income homes like this were built without ceilings worsening the impact of bad weather. this woman has been living in one of them for 15 years. her home is one of the first to have a ceiling installed. >> translation: in the winter it is very cold. it is better to be outside. the weather comes in from the ceiling and falls on your face. >> reporter: she said the new ceilings cut her electricity consumption by half. over the next two years 8,000 homes will be upgraded. down the road several units are fitted with insulated ceilings. the project is expected to see a dramatic consumption in

electricity consumption and reducing carbon emissions by more than 5,000 tonnes a year. fighting climate change will affect of most desperate. >> african cities will have to catch up very fast because the worst thing of climate change is it is hitting poor people the most. 80% of the people living in africa are poor and living below a dollar a day and when the droughts come and the floods, those african cities will be hit hard. >> reporter: the city has several other projects on the go to protect the environment, including supporting the installation of solar panels on the roofs of businesses to generate clean energy, with excess electricity being fed into the city's grid. water is free but it is limited to 350 liters a day, but some groupss say that has hit the most needy >> this drive for kind of water

conservation and water saving is now a burden that poor people must carry rather than industry mining, agriculture, wealthier households. that is where the savings in water and the savings in electricity should be targeted first. >> reporter: but for residents here, the city's commitment to developing sustainable environment has for now made life a little more comfortable you wouldn't normally associate art with explosives and tam ajils, but one street artist is turning to unconventional techniques to portray the consequences of development around the world. he is currently focusing on hong kong. sarah clarke reports >> reporter: his studio may be indoors, but he prefers exterior walls on old building to exhibit its art. >> i think it is a lot to gain by giving artists space to

create in it, not just for cultural life but also makes life more interesting >> reporter: he ask an internationally recognised graffiti artist. these days instead of spray cans he uses chisels and drills and even explosions which are controlled and are approved. >> it is an archeology process. you enter into the layers, you expose history. you make the invisible visible. this is one of the motives i've worked on most >> reporter: a city landscape like hong kong is a perfect canvass. old buildings are overshadowed by modern sky scrapers. it's that history that he wants to capture in his heart >> i try not to reflect on the new buildings and the shiny part of the building. i focus on the shadow. i think the shadow is where the methods for peace and that is what interests me and where i want to put the focus on.

>> reporter: this building was once a busy cotton mill in hong kong, it is now being turned into a creative and culture hub and the owners invited him to document the building's transformation >> it is something that we feel very proud of. it is injecting a little different energy into the neighborhood and the community, i think, that are interactive with receive it positively >> reporter: it's not just hong kong. his work is from malaysia, spain, brazil, and united states. the theme of his collection remains the same, to reflect on city's changes and uncovering its past. what started as an act of rebillion has give thinks an artist understanding. >> he has a strong following in the contemporary art world. he has proven himself in the

contrary art scene as an artist worth watching outside of the urban art context. >> reporter: while a lot of his work are contemporary installations, with the changing face of an is that, he says he-- asia, he says he won't be short of inspiration still ahead on the al jazeera news hour, bullied into giving up their fertility. indigenous women in peru fight for compensation. >> reporter: to have this business and believe in it, you have to be a pes middle of the by nature - pessimist. in sport it may be his last season, by kirby o'brien shows he still has it. till has it.

thanks very much for watching. these are the top stories. activists are accusing the syrian government of carrying out gas attack near the capital of damascus. at least five civilians have been killed and dozens injured. in june 2014 the international watchdog opcw said the last of syria's chemical weapons had been shipped out of the country. iraqi soldiers are fighting to recapture ramadi from i.s.i.l. the military says it has advanced into the center of ramadi and now controls more than half of the city. a russian court has issued an international arrest warrant for former oil tycoon.

he is a kremlin critic. russian police raid his office in moscow and confiscated documents. a rebel leader in central african republic has withdrawn his opposition to a crucial election due this weekend. he was deputy commander of the rebel group known as the celeca. it triggered violence between the country's muslim and christian communities. it is hoped the presidential election on sunday will help to end the conflict the u.n. says attacks by the armed group boko haram forced more than one million children out of school in west and central africa and are causing even more than that to starve. over two thousand stools have closed in nigeria, cameroon, cha, d and nigere. six million people do not have enough food in the same areas

because of boko haram. the group says it wants to introduce islamic laws to the areas it has influence over. hundreds of thousands of farmers in zimbabwe have been slapped with higher taxes. they were resettled on land seized from white owners, but the high cost of manage the land with many struggling. many fear they will lose their property. >> reporter: this man is already paying land tax. he is one of about 300,000 new farmers who have been resettled on land seized from white owners. the government want people like him to pay more tax >> they want more. spending six months, on a year, two years we want to survive here. there needs to be some payment >> reporter: the new additional land tax is between 3 and $10 a hectare. individuals of more than one thousand hectares of land could end up paying tens of thousands

of dollars in annual rent >> we wish the level of rent be reduced so that the farmer remains viable. >> reporter: resettled farmers with promise of the 9 year leases have been warned they could lose their farm if they don't comply. judge some farms are not being fully utilised. people to work harder to keep their property. the new farmers who are struggling say high electricity costs, low crop prices and lack of access to bank loans is to blame for their underperformance >> i think it is their way to domestically i mobilising resources. countries are going down that route to increase the revenue base. i think it is positive. it will also result in the

intense cash in of land use in zimbabwe. >> reporter: he doesn't agree. this season he is planting on 12 hectares of land. he says the seeds, labor and other supplies like fertilizer will cost him more than $20,000, money he is still trying to raise. he and many others won't be able to pay the new land taxes the country is also announced it will make china's currency the yuan legal tender after beijing cancelled debt worth $40 million dollars. the country abandoned its own currency after the inflation left the dollar virtually worthless. china is zimbabwe's biggest trading partner and largest investor. spanish prime minister will begin discussions on a coalition or minority government.

his party won the most seats but well short of the majority. two other partys entered the rung. there will be more warnings on cigarette packets sold across europe after a group of tobacco companies lost a legal battle to stop branding rules from coming into force. >> reporter: the european court's decision is another blow for the tobacco industry as more and more countries try to force cigarette brands to cover up their valuable logos. australia led the way three years ago with stark warnings and brand names written in standardised lettering. the australian government says the moves cut smoke is rates by 15%. from next year, under new european union regulation, 65% of the packets will be covered in warnings leaving much less room for logos.

>> health warnings do work in deterring young people to take up smoking and helping adult smokers to quit. picture warnings are more pouringful than written warnings. >> reporter: countries are also introducing plain logoless packaging early next year, something that tobacco giants are determined to fight. several leading tobacco companies all filed lawsuits here in the high court of london. a verdict is expected in january. they also appealed to the european court of justice in luxemberg claiming that the white labelling of packages contravened trade regulations and impeded freedom of voice. >> this is a man who smokes cigarettes. >> reporter: in the past tobacco

companies advertised their products freely. people were encouraged to smoke at breakfast. after sport. even in the shower. >> try one of these new cigarettes. >> reporter: today most countries have banned television tobacco ads, replacing them with hard-hitting health warnings >> every 15 cigarettes you smoke will cause a howtation. >> reporter: smoking is believed to cost of the british economy around $20 billion a year in reduced productivity and treating diseases. much more than 914 billion dollars the government maximum from tax in the industry. the european court's decision is expected to be made final in a few months time. with turkey and canada also likely to introduce plain packaging, tobacco companies continue to feel the squeeze a senior fellow at the center for tobacco control research. good to have you with us.

what do you make of the ruling, the fact that this graphic package can carry-- picture can carry on cigarette boxes? >> i'm not surprised to be honest. i mean, tobacco companies have challenged the introduction of pictureial warnings across the world. they have multiple functions, the increased awareness of health effects, the increased risk perceptions, they encourage people to think about the risks and talk about the risks, reduce the appeal of the pack, which is the only promotional tool, and it can help prevent initiation and encourage people to think about quitting, reduced consumption and actually stop they have said they're going to lose their marketing tool.

i guess you don't care about that. >> i beg your pardon? the companies complain that the ruling will make them lose their marketing tool, removing their space for them to sell cigarettes. >> across the european union they will still have a positive pact which will permit branding how helpful are these graphic pictures in stopping people from smoking? >> well, i mean, it's quite difficult to disentangle the precise role of the pictorial health warnings in preventing people from starting. i mean, it would be difficult to find evidence that would actually satisfy critics, but there is a body of academic research from across the world

that suggests that multiple studies from multiple continents that they do have an impact. they do deter youth. the main effect of the pictorial warnings may actually be in putting people off starting or encouraging occasional smokers not to progress rather than encouraging smokers to give up i mean, knowing how bag-- >> that is needed it is amazing it is even allowed to be sold let alone advertised knowing how bad it is to your health. >> when the health risk became established a number of decades ago, so many people smoked. it simply couldn't be banned. it's not really actually until this century that most countries within europe and across the

world have actually started to seriously tackle the harms that tobacco causes. we're talking six million deaths a year globally. it's not going to go down. it is expected to go up thank you very much. thousands of students in chile's capital have taken to the streets in a push for educational reform. police used water cannons to contain the crowds as the march turned violent. the crowd wanted the president to make good his promises a land slide in central peru. heavy rains caused a hill side to give-way spilling onto parts of a highway. and burying a truck. it happened about 300 kilometres east of the capital. land slides and avalanches in this area killed dozens of

people and destroy hundreds of homes every year. staying with peru, a group of women are trying to take the government to court. they're among a quarter of a million women who went through sterilisations in a national campaign in the 1990s. many say they were bullied or tricked into giving their consent. a report from southern peru. >> reporter: it has been nearly 20 years and these women have stayed together working, entertaining themselves, together surviving their pain. back then under the government they all underwent sterilisations. they say they were are forced into it along with thousands of other women in poor indigenous communities. the women from southern peru among thousands who say they were blackmailed, harassed or lied to as they were taken by force into the separating rooms.

most were illate rate. some thought they were just going for free health check-ups. >> translation: two you nurses forced me into an ambulance. they locked me into a room and said until when are you going to give birth like a pig? >> reporter: in 1996 the government launched its sterilisation campaign aimed at bringing the birth rate down to reduce poverty. the health authorities say that the women have consented to the operations. amnesty international says more than 270,000 women were sterilised in the four-year campaign. >> these women not only shivered the shock of being sisterised without their consent, but many were rejected by that their husbands and by others in the communities >> translation: we were marginalised from community activities. now we want justice, reparation and life insurances for our families. >> reporter: the victims'

lawyers want to prove that it was a state policy and not individual cases of malpractice as the allies say. >> translation: the question is not whether these are gross human rights violations, but what is the responsibility of masterminds in these crimes and what is the former's president policy in reducing birth raids. >> reporter: the government has passed a law to register all victims. amnesty international is demanding it should adopt a clear policy on reparations. prosecutions have more than 2700 cases under investigation in a process lawyers say will take years. they want prosecutors to move ahead and take one test case to court to set a precedent for the rest of the victims. for years women around the country have fought for their rights and they say they many continue to demand-- will continue to demand justice no

long how long it takes and they will continue in this fight the internet entrepreneur kim.com is appealing a right to be extradited. the mega up load sharing website was saying that it cost companies more than a half a billion dollars. the website was shut down in 2012 after.coms arrest in new zealand. coming up in sports some unexpected attention from above some of the world's best.

208 global financial crisis is still being felt by millions of people in the u.s. many families were forced to give up their homes when they couldn't afford to pay their mortgages and they moved into mobile homes. in trailer parks around 20 million people live in mobile homes. that's about 6% of the population. almost a quarter of those living in mobile pa homes are retired and household income is only half the national average. in the first part of our special, investors are making handsome profits from these humble homes. >> reporter: on the road to potential profits.

ininvestmenters are flocking to take a crash course on buying up trailer parks. about 20 million people in the u.s. live in low cost mobile home communities. demand is high and as more parks are bulldozed for other developments, supply is dwindling. >> what is happening is the apartment rents are going up and people are being squeezed out. >> reporter: he has a seminar which is called mobile home university. he owns 140 trailer parks and is an expert of squeezing money out of some of america's poorest people >> to be in this business and really believe in it, you have to be a pessimist by nature. you have to put all your eggs in the basket so that the economy is going down >> reporter: he tells park buyers to tear oat amenities like play-- out. raise rent as high as possible without forcing residents to

leave >> there's no regulations as to what you can raise your rent to. you're free to raise as much as you want >> reporter: investors are eager to get in. >> from a management standpoint they're a good return on money, better often than an apartment building with less management >> reporter: if you have to live inexpensively in the u.s., a mobile home park is one of the best ways to go. a used trailer can cost a few thousand dollars payable in instalments and the ground rent in a mobile home park like this one averages around $250 a month. many trailerer park residents earn minimum wage or are disabled or elderly living on fixed incomes. 72-year-old bill says he can't afford to live anywhere else. >> it's easier to move from one town to another when you're having a trailer. >> reporter: as the bus tour continued it was shadowed by

protesters denouncing the hard edge business practices mobile home university preaches. >> these companies are coming in and raising the rents rapidly. you know, far greater than we've ever seen before. they are making massive profits on these communities. they're also displacing a lot of people. >> reporter: some of the biggest names in u.s. finance, including mull tie billion yeahs war enbuffet and sam zell are making large investments in trailer parks. proof that is money to be paid from the pennys of the poor the sports news. >> reporter: thank you very much. new york giant is due to have his one day game suspension heard on wednesday. josh norman during a game on sunday culminating in a dangerous helmet to helmet hit. it was said beckham was guilt of

violations of safety related playing rules. he hoped to play in a key game. researchers in the u.s. are testing a novel way to teach players how to avoid serious head injuries whilst playing american football. the idea of taking off contact gear in a contact sport might be odd, besanko that's what is being looked at. >> reporter: american football practice with an important twist. the university of new hampshire college team dedicated part of their training sessions to doing drills without wearing protective helmets. a, perhaps, counter intuitive idea aimed at reducing the number of con concussions and head injuries >> it is a dangerous game >> reporter: it is part of a study run by a professor who says the helmet is part of the problem. >> the football is just identified by the football

helmet. it is necessary for the sport, it provides protection, but at the same time the helmet enables contact with the head because you're able to use the head and it doesn't hurt. >> reporter: for local high school teams are also part of the study - four. players wear special sensors and head bands to record impact during games >> you can see below listed, all the hits that they occurred. we can click on a specific hit which shows us exactly where that hit occurred. so you can see this hit happened on the top of the head on the crown. >> reporter: millions of young men play american football all over the u.s. it is one of the most popular sports, but also rough and sometimes violent. this season alone at least eight high school players have died as a result of onfield injuries. the latest of those eight was 17-year-old player from kansas

who suffered a traumatic brain injury after being tackled in a game. the risks haven't put off 16-year-old myles who place for the bedford high school team. he is worried, but being part of the study has changed his game for the better. >> normally i would lead maybe with my immediate or my head-- head or my head up which is more at risk for injury. now i can get my head off to the side just because of muscle memory. i'm more used to getting my head out of the way, out of contact and that helps a lot. >> as they saw the benefit, they saw what we were trying to produce, the end result. they knew the drills we were building to >> reporter: to make america's most popular contact sport a little safer to avoid serious head injuries that become all too common staying in the states, coby

bryant had 31 points as they clawed back a large deficit to clinch a 111 to 107 win after trailing by 231 points, the two time nba champion led the rally as much with his passing as the scoring. the 37-year-old bryant who is retiring at the end of the season found a shooting rhythm. it was their fifth win of the season. a senior official athletics world governing body is to step down from his job while he is the subject of an ethics investigation. nick davis runs the office of the se was-- sebastian coe. in a leaked email he suggested we now need to be smart about releasing names. manchester united player is

about to be sacked it is rumoured. they have lost one for six games and had a total of seven shots of target in their last premier league matches. the former player is lined up to replace him. the sacked manager were at barcelona together in the late 90s. one of the big stories of the english premier league season has been the rise and rise of leicester city strongly tipped by many to be relegated. they're top of the table. essential to their success that is been the international mares who has scored 14 goals and is attracting the attention of bigger clubs. >> stay with us. he want to stay with us. we want to keep him. that's it. he has to improve. he had to improve. i want improve him, improve the team.

i want to improve the team. why he want to go away? he is a king here. australian cricket captain steve submitted has been named the international cricketer of the year. the 26-year-old is the fourth australian to be awarded the accolade. he scored over 1700 runs in 13 tests at an average of 82 point 57. sports women may be used to having their every competitive move followed by a camera, but skier got more than he bargained for in a race in italy. a drone carrying a camera clashed just behind the austrian during his second run. the four-time reigning posted a caption another bulletin coming up in the next couple of minutes. i will see you then.

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syrian activists say five civilians were killed in a gas attack near damascus. welcome. i'm jane dutton. also coming up in the program, a wanted man russia issues an international arrest warrant for former oil tycoon and critic of the kremlin. hauled from the rubble more than 60 hours after land slide in southern china, rescuers find a survivor. an e.u. court upholds the