>> we will attend the next syria talks and we are not going to boycott them because of the iran or anything else for that matter despite ending ties with iran, saudi arabia says it's committed to talks on regional conflict. you're watching al jazeera live from our headquarters in dochlt oha. also coming up. the chinese government intervenes heavily to prop up a struggling stock market. obama's latest efforts on gun violence, bypassing the

congress. the world's biggest consumer technology show where everything is going digital. saudi arabia says the decision to break off ties with iran will not effect its efforts on peace. the ambassador to the united nations to condemn the attack in iran. normal relations can resume when iran stops interfering in countries in the region. tensions rose after the kingdom executed a sympathy-- shia cleric. >> reporter: diplomats are obviously concerned because you have these two heavy weight nations of the middle east which have always had strained relations and they're now at a new low. having said that, i suspect they

will would have been slightly heartened by the words of the saudi ambassador saying that there won't be any problems with the peace. >> the break in relations with saudi and iran what will it have an effect? >> from our side there thereby no effect because we will work very hard towards supporting the peace efforts in syria, in yemen, wherever they might be there need for that. how is that going to affect the behaviour of iran? we do not know. you would need to ask the iranians on that, but the iranians, even before the break of diplomatic relations have not been very supportive, have not been very positive in these peace efforts. they have been taking provocative and negative

positions and lines, and as such i don't think that the break in relations is going to dissuade them from such behaviour. >> reporter: despite those comments, the united nations knows that both iran and saudi arabia are both key players in this conflict and that's why the u.n. envoy for syria is in riyadh the white house is calling for restraint from both sides. >> we do continue to be concerned about the need for both the iranians and the saudis to deescalate the situation in the middle east, that we're urging all sides to show some restraint and to not further inflame tensions that are on quite vivid display in the region the chinese government has

intervened to support its stock markets and extended a ban on selling by big company shareholders. selling continued on tuesday, a day after shares plunged and triggered an automatic halt in trading. our correspondent in beijing. >> reporter: tuesday was another bad day for chinese stocks. the shaning high, shenzhen were all down but it wasn't as bad as it was on monday when shanghai around 7%. the reason for the jiters in the market was on friday restrictions over the selling of shares are due to end. these restrictions were imposed during the market turbulence in the summer. it will mean a lot of cheap stock on the market bringing prices down still further. because of that the china security regulatory commission on tuesday issued a statement saying that they would take

action to stop big shareholders selling their shares in blue chip companies. let's be clear. one of the reasons why some of these companies want to sell their shares is they simply have no nath in their companies at the moment, so they're trying-- faith in their companies at the moment so they're trying to flog them off to investors. we saw plenty evidence on tuesday of government intervention in the market. they have been buying up shares in blue chip companies, but the day to watch this week is going to be friday there are reports of an explosion in the eastern afghan city. the blast happened close to the indian and pakistani consulate buildings in the city. no-one has claimed responsibility. this follows an attack on the indian consulate on sunday. an air base is being searched for more gunmen involved in an attack. no gunfire has been heard since monday night, but one attacker is expected to be at large on

the base. seven indian soldiers and firefighters were killed in the assault which began on saturday. the u.s. president obama is issuing a set of executive orders aimed attend reducing gun violence in the u.s. he wants more people to have processed background checks. the defense and homeland security departments will be required to do more background. 200 more law enforcement agents and better health care for people who might commit gun related crimes. >> reporter: dozens of american deaths each day from gun shots. now the president has the attorney-general readying his options for narrowing access to firearms. >> this is not going to solve every violent crime in this country. it is not going to prevent every mass shooting. it is not going to keep every gun out of the hands of a criminal. it will potentially save lives

in this country. >> reporter: congress has refused to close loop holidays in the law which allows unlicensed gun dealers to sell guns without background checks. obama says he will invoke his authority to tighten the regulations >> a lot of the work that has gone on has been to ensure that we would have confidence in the legal basis of these actions. >> reporter: the top republican in congress, speaker of the house paul ryan, says obama's plans reach "a dangerous level have executive overreach and the country will not stand for it". one of the republican contenders to succeed obama says he is acting like a petulant child after his defeats >> they reject your yz repeatedly-- ideas. >> reporter: the national rifle association, the powerful pressure group which opposes any new gun controls says the obama administration is violating the rights of honest gun owners

while ignoring the roots of the violence. >> an untold secret in washington is that he has the laws that he needs to stop the blood shed now. take violent criminals off the street. prosecute them under the current federal gun laws and make sure they don't get to their next crime scene. that's the way to save lives. >> reporter: meanwhile, federal authorities in the state of oregon are weighing what actions to take against a group of armed protesters who have taken over a public building in a remote wildlife refuge. they promised no violence but refused to recognise washington's authority over the land. >> we have a strong gun ownership in this uncountry. >> reporter: obama will follow-up his orders this week with a national broadcast devoted to gun violence. in his last year as president demonstrating his determination to curb aan epidemic of gunfire expected to take more lives than

traffic accidents a group of anti-government protesters in the u.s. is refusing to end their occupation of a western wildlife sanctuary. the group have been protesting against new jail terms for two local ranchers. those men have now turned themselves in on arson charges and their lawyers say the protesters at the sanctuary do not speak for his clients. there have been land disputes between the federal government and ranchers in that area for generations. our correspondent has the latest from outside the city of burns in oregon. >> reporter: a spokesman for the protesters told us not to expect a lot of guns. any questions about how many protesters were here were left unanswered during our 45 minute tour of the national wildlife refuge property that this group walked into and took over. >> reporter: how is it going here? >> it is an emotional roller-coaster. it is up and down and it's going great. there's no blood shed. this is not a violent or hostile

situation. >> reporter: there are 15 or so buildings here, dozens of idle government trucks, swamp boats and heavy equipment. the smokes man told us this is one of the sleeping areas. we took video through a window of people preparing food, but we're not allowed into this kitchen. we didn't visit every building, but we're allowed to roam on our own and saw no signs of damages or vandalism. >> we want to be polite, we want to be neighborly, we want to be respectful of one another. >> reporter: this man is a rancher who has emerged as one of the group's main spokesman. where do you see this ending? >> i believe it will spread from here. this grievance that they're dealing with here is widespread throughout the west. this is not going away. >> reporter: we saw nobody carrying a weapon, but, again, didn't see every room. we asked this man if people here

were armed. >> there is probably a weapon in every pick-up truck within a 100 miles of here. everybody says they're armed, but each rancher i know has a weapon. i had a cougar on my porch last week. there you go. >> reporter: the leader of the group now calling itself citizens for constitutional freedom held a morning press conference to outline grievances about land use restrictions and federal regulations in an area where ranching and conservation have collided since the refuge was formed in 1908. he was asked what it will take to end this protest peacefully >> i wouldn't say words would do it. i would say action would. that would be for the federal government to remove its kon constitutional presence here in the county. >> i want to talk directly to the people at the wildlife refuge. you said you were here to help

the citizens. that help ended when a peaceful protest became an armed occupation. the hammonds have turned themselves in. it is time for you to leave our community. go home to your families and end this peacefully. >> reporter: so far lots of talking but no serious action as the protest that is that right saturday continues still ahead on al jazeera, mega ship maiden voyage. >> reporter: if you're a tirs time home buyer it is becoming more and more difficult to by in a city center. city center.

the headlines on al jazeera. saudi arabia says its decision to prak off ties with iran will not affect its effort to negotiate peace in syria and yemen. calls on the u.n. security council to condemn saturday's attack. tensions rose up after a cleric was executed. obama is to issue a set of orders in order to make it harder to buy a gun in the u.s. he wants to reduce the numbers of shootings. china's central bank is spending lots to save sellings of stocks.

after years of rapid growth, china became the world second biggest economy. that growth meant it had an insatiable demand for raw materials supporting the economies of countries around the world. now china ais maturing into a mature market and growth is slowing. that means its appetite for raw goods have shrunk and the rest of the world is now worried who will buy their exports. things may not be as serious as investors think. the chinese government has massive foreign reserves and it's estimated to have more than three trillion dollars to spends on another stimulus to boost its economy. speaking to joshua raymond, the director of the trading firm broker xtp. how serious are things in your opinion? >> well, to an outsider looking

in, if you saw the market moves that we saw yesterday, they were very serious. a lot of them were e as baited. if you look at the reason why it fell so rapidly, one of the reasons was because of the fifth exkoouf decline. it's not a matter deterioration against expectations, but also because they've started this new circuit-breaker rule which was a preventive measure compared to last year in august when, obviously, the chinese market absolutely tanked and that exacerbated the situation. from the outside looking in, it looks really, really bad, but in reality when you see the reaction in the western markets this morning in awe europe, most are trading about 1% higher and shows that people are reacting with more of a calm head what you're saying is perhaps we won't see more sell-offs in the coming days?

>> i think we will see a lot more volatility. today you saw in chinese stock markets it was around 3.5% and trade up by a couple of% and then the day flat. what the chinese central bank has done is announced just under 20 billion u.s. dollars to flow into the market. that will have an effect. the other element they've talked about is also that there is a suspension of large shareholders from selling their stocks. that was due to expire on friday and that looks like that pan is going to be banned as well markets don't like volatility. you're predicting volatility over the next few days. what will this mean for the global sentiment >> one element is volatility will have a knock-on effect on western markets which we saw yesterday. there's nothing you can do about

volatility apart from have central banks intervene in the markets which are artificial measures which don't change the problem. another is a slow down of growth which we're will fall from 7% to 6%. that is the heart of the story. we need to see a normalization of the economy thank you for that. police in northern china have launched a man hunt following an arson attack on a bus. it killed 14 people and injured many others. police are investigating the man's motive. one of five missing book sellers in hong kong has reportedly written a letter to his family saying he is in mainland china. hong kong police say his wife have cancelled the missing person's report but they will continue investigating the other

disarps. the u.n. special group for human rights in the palestinian territories has resigned. he has been in that role since june 2014 says israel has continually failed to grant him access to the territories that he was supposed to monitor. he says his efforts has been frustrated every step of the way. we spoke to him a short while ago and he said it is important to see the situation on the ground first hand. >> the problem is i got a lot of information by telephone call, by skype and by video conference. i got indications that the situation on the ground is worsening. so, therefore, i'm interested to see by myself the situation there in order to mitigate it. problems experienced by the palestinian who is the human

right was violated. the response of israel is they are disappointed. according to him, it should be universal, so should be to all parties to the conflict, not only the israeli vilgs of human rights but also to the palestinian violation of human right, but this is not my responsibility. the mandate is given to me. if they are interested to chase the mandate, maybe they can fight in their human right council. they tried to convince others to chase the mandate a jet fighter has crashed in libya where there are conflicting reports of the cause. the jet came down near benghazi. some witnesses say it was targeted by fighters in benghazi. a group linked to i.s.i.l. is claiming responsibility. saudi media says the jet had a mechanical failure and the pilot ejected safely. property prices are rising in

many cities worldwide which many can't afford, especially first-time home buyers. they're being forced to live a long way from where they work and face hours stuck in traffic jams. that's what is happening in malaysia. >> reporter: this woman is a first-home buyer. she has been looking for six months. she works in a bank, it has taken time to secure the mortgage and without it she can't make any firm offers. >> it is very difficult to find a house within our budget. so we have no choice. we need to find a house out of the town. some houses have - the condition is not really good, so we need to invest a lot of money to repair and ren vase. >> reporter: she haste $95,000 budget to work with. the average professional salary is around $10,000. the economy has been under pressure. there has been less consumer

spending because of new taxes which has affected potential house buyers despite a small property faction being removed in the recent budget. analysts say houses fell by 15% in 2015 and will fall again in 2016. with 50% of applications for a mortgage is rejected, few have the finances to buy a city in the property. >> i think the private sector have got the expertise, more market knowledge and now how and they can devise strategies to make affordable housing much more easier and accessible to those people who have not been able to achieve this yet. >> reporter: these affordable homes will be complete in 2017. a few kilometers outside the city and very close to commuter links housing projects like this are springing up. developers believe this is the solution for first-time home buyers and mortgage lenders. they believe that this is a

viable and affordable solution for those that work in the city. >> reporter: there is a niche in the market and this property developer knows it. homes like this can cost up to $70,000 and are being constructed because there is a market for them. >> the fundamental of property growth have not changed in recent years. we are offering homes that are affair affordable, meeting what the market needs as well as offering a luxury that they don't have to pay at a very high price. >> reporter: it is the type of property in woman hopes she will find but may have to wait until projects like this are completed it is hailed as the biggest ship to dock in a u.s. port. the arrival of the giant vessel packed with containers also shows how the u.s. is lagging behind the worldwide shipping industry. melissa chan has been up close in california. >> reporter: it is called the

benjamin franklin owned by a french shipping company. it makes a stop here and a few days earlier l.a. it is called a mega ship because it can hold 18,000 20 foot long shipping containers at maximum capacity. the usual ships that dock here hold about five thousand. >> it is important to demonstrate that the port is able to have these and able to deal with them. >> reporter: this is the c macgn benjamin franklin and this is a boeking 747, or the u.s. s george hw bush. it is this meg that ship's maiden invoiceage. oakland has dredged to adapt the 50 feet to accommodate the ships and raised the height of eight of its cranes. what port officials herald as the biggest cargo ship to visit

the u.s. will ship between asia and europe. they dock regularly in area ports, but in the u.s. they are just starting to make upgrades. >> the federal government needs to develop a comprehensive international freight strategy. the rival of these very large-- arrival of these very large ships are the stimulus to get their act together. >> reporter: oaklands and l.a. may have welcomed this ship this time, but it doesn't mean that either port can handle many more such calls. still, proponents say these ships carry more cargo per trip >> it is a considerable challenge and it puts stress on short distances where often they put on real cars to be sent out,

or they're sent to facilities where the goods are repackaged for onward movement. >> reporter: even at a heavy tea 1$150 million u.s. price tag, some shipping companies believe it makes economic sense. west coast ports also recognise the far-reaching economic benefits of mega ships >> it employs 450 people, but it influences 73,000 jobs. that many jobs depend on the port. with increased cargo comes more jobs yet, so we see a true economic benefit to the region as these big ships arrive. >> reporter: that is the hope, but as mega ships dock, the question will be how quickly american ports can keep up technology in digital sensors in just about everything. that's what's on show at the annual show in l.a.

that's where people compete to market their latest digital designs. >> reporter: the world's biggest consumer technology showcase is getting underway with 150,000 attendees from 150 countries. among the top trends for 2016 the expansion of digital technologies and sensors into more and more areas of everyday life. >> we still live almost completely in an analogue world. we're surrounded by digital devices, but we haven't yet started to integrate some of those digital attributes and those digital aspects into our daily lives and i think that's one of the big steps that we will see take place at the 2016 ces >> reporter: experts say the trend toward including technology into just about everything from door bells to dish washers will affect millions of people's jobs, lifestyles and family time. >> it is going to be a major change in how we live our lives.

basically, technology is going to be everywhere, everything we do from when we wake up, go to sleep. >> reporter: there could be a down side to such ubiquitous technology. >> once everything is connected, all your life is digital. somebody can hack into your system somehow and learn where you are or what you're doing and in a way cyber stalk you. >> reporter: another trend, wearable technology. a five billion dollar business and wearable tech is moving well beyond telling you how well your work out went >> i think what you will see is not just products focused on fitness, as we have seen in the past, but you will see that more holistic approach to wearable clothing, smart clothing which is an area that we will see a growth mere at ces >> reporter: the first electronics show was held back in 1967. since then technology has

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