they transformed the superstition of alchemy into the science of chemistry. many of these come to just small birds which most of the used to be. home was. science in a golden age with professor jim unlikely at this time on al-jazeera. north korea bloss the latest un sanctions against it warning the us will suffer the greatest pain in its history. alone through to us and this is al jazeera live from london also coming up and whether she's prime minister promises food and shelter to the three hundred seventy thousand who fled me but urges the government to take them by. human rights watch

accuses the saudi led coalition of killing thirty nine yemeni civilians with deliberate or reckless strikes and the french president flies to the caribbean to express solidarity with islanders hit by hurrican neatly avoiding the first big protests against the labor reforms he's pushing through to bring down unemployment . north korea has denounced the latest united nations sanctions on warned the u.s. could face the greatest pain it's ever experienced the security council's unanimously approved a watered down resolution restricting all imports and banning textile exports kathy novak has more from so. this was the result the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. wanted even though nikki haley had to weaken the resolution to get it

a unanimous vote to punish north korea for its latest nuclear bomb test today the security council has acted in a different way today we're attempting to take the future of the north korean nuclear program out of the hands of its outlaw regime. at a u.n. sponsored conference on disarmament in geneva north korea's ambassador said his country also known as the d.p. r. k. condemned the sanctions in the strongest terms the d.p. r. k. is ready to use any form of art to meet me. the forthcoming measures by d.p. r. k. will make the u.s. cell phone the creates pain it's never experienced in its history before the vote in new york celebrations in pyongyang for the scientists developing the north's nuclear bomb and missile technology you wanted to post your moon the recent

hydrogen bomb test which we conducted was the beacon of our great might demonstrating death to the u.s. and confidence of victory to the north koreans. the u.s. and its allies hope the added pressure on north korea's economy will force the government to stop its nuclear and missile testing and return to the negotiating table. and. it is important to put in our present a level of pressure on north korea to make a change its policies. cunny chipped away at north korea should realize on its own that its reckless challenge against international peace would only result in more powerful sanctions from the international community. but the approved sanctions are not as stringent as those proposed in an earlier draft u.s. resolution obtained by al jazeera the original draft included a total ban of sale of oil petroleum and gas to north korea that was changed to some restrictions on sales it also had included

a total ban on hiring and paying workers from north korea a measure that would have mainly affected china the original version also called for a travel ban and as its freeze on the north korean leader kim jong un and freezing the finances of north korea's national airline choreo air the watered down version was a resolution china and russia could support sending a unified message from the international community the question now is what north korea will do next south korea's defense ministry says it's closely monitoring activity at the north's nuclear research center which is ready for another test at any time the government here also says the north could be preparing for another missile launch kathy novak al jazeera seoul well the burden of enforcing some of these sanctions fulls on customs officials on the chinese border with north korea and china correspondent jim brown has more. hours before the u.n.

vote it was business as usual in dun dong a steady flow of empty lorries to north korea cross the single lane friendship bridge a vital economic conduit for the north. by other trucks enter a customs yard before heading the other way. there covered cargoes offering few clues of what might be inside. but some trucks appeared to be carrying building materials. experts say because north korea's government is now so hard up china is selling on credit. so the north needs hard cash from wherever it can get it the stirring patrie arctic songs are a feature of one of dandong most popular north korean restaurants inferi new sanctions mean these performers can't be replaced by new musicians from the north

the wages of the performers waitresses and cooks are collected directly by the regime a very lucrative source of hard currency what happens as well these restaurant is the people work there. basically all the money is going back or only a pittance is going to the people who are actually doing the business or i would i don't say france because they offer real services analysts say that kim jong il knows that china's leaders will not allow his regime to collapse because of what could follow hundreds of thousands of refugees pouring across the border into china swimming across this very river and the prospect of a united and democratic south korea with the possibility of u.s. military bases right on china's doorstep in spite of that risk some chinese people think their government needs to be tougher with their neighbors and should all united together and punish them otherwise they would just do more damage to us not of course north korea should be punished it has

a great impact on china north korea is right next door if there is radiation cast by a nuclear test or even a war breaks out it will have tremendous impact on china cutting off the oil that china pumps on the ground to north korea from this refinery would have had a big impact but that was a step too far for china's leaders for now they'll continue their push for a diplomatic solution to rein in their old ally adrian brown al jazeera dandong. bangladesh's prime minister has visited one hinge of refugees from me and promised that her country will look after them so far three hundred seventy thousand range of muslims have crossed the border as gaping what the united nations says amounts to ethnic cleansing but shaikh has seen also says it will have to take them. from

the courts of palang refugee camp in bangladesh give you a couple and if. some of the recently arrived the prime minister who's giving them refuge sheikh hasina condemned the me and my government for causing at least three hundred seventy thousand people to flee across the border in just three weeks but she says they don't belong here in our parliament there is a nation that man should. all the citizen back to back to the shoot. for the dish to go back and also we. know also. that this should work. so that they act accordingly that they should take them back. this is one of the camps she visited in. four families live in the shelter they exist on handouts from charities they have

no clean water and their tent is always wet from the monsoon rains. we want to live here safely in bangladesh this is why we escaped but we need food and somewhere to live. and says they need medicine for a baby who was burnt as they escaped she worries that her children will not survive the camp we ask her if she would return to me and mar if the government provides a safe zone as requested by the butler there she prime minister has little ones who are where we go back to kill us how can i forget i've seen babies like this being thrown into the fire by the military. the un has denounced me and marched military campaign as ethnic cleansing sweden and britain have requested a security council meeting on the crisis in rakhine state the united nations called the range of the world's most persecuted people and aid workers say it is evident

when they see the refugees entering the country they are in distress and now they have to face these conditions in the makeshift camps. aid workers say they're trying to increase the relief effort but thousands of refugees are arriving every day the needs a massive you know we are scaling up as fast as we can but it's never going to be enough we need international assistance to help these people. that is calling on the international community to find a resolution to me in march crackdown there are injuries few g.'s here hope the world spares a thought on how they will survive until then they go paul and cut to prolong the. human rights watch has accused the saudi led coalition of carrying out war crimes in yemen the group says that since june the coalition has killed thirty nine civilians twenty six of them children and five apparently on lawful as strikes and it says they were carried out either deliberately or recklessly hitting four family

homes and a grocery store won a strike on july eighteenth in a contested area of thais killed fourteen members of the same family including nine children the coalition has repeatedly denied allegations of war crimes and says its attacks are directed against the who's the rebels and not civilians human rights watch is calling on the u.n. to investigate the alleged war crimes our u.n. correspondent was in jordan has more now from new york. human rights watch says that the saudi led coalition carried out more than six hundred air strikes in yemen between june and august of this year of those strikes five of them were fatal we killed thirty nine civilians twenty six of them children human rights watch says that's all the more reason why two things need to happen one the un's human rights council should immediately convene an international independent investigation

during its meeting this month to look into alleged war atrocities the other thing is something which human rights watch and other n.g.o.s have called for in the past a relisting of the saudi led coalition on the un secretary general's report on children and armed conflict the so-called name and shame list in two thousand and sixteen the saudi government threatened to withhold funding to the un if any of the members of the coalition landed on that so-called blacklist under intense pressure the secretary general at the time bonn ki-moon relented and pulled the saudi led coalition and its members from that list he did and came under much criticism and he in turn criticized the saudis and their allies for putting the pressure and not taking responsibility for their conduct in the battlefield now there's a new secretary general antonio good debt ish and he is facing the same pressure to put the saudi led coalition on this blacklist one thing that isn't being discussed

is whether the united states is lobbying on behalf of the saudis and the other coalition members to not be involved in this blacklist. saudi arabia says it has filed an islip plot to blow up its defense ministry headquarters the would be bombers have been identified just two yemeni nationals living in the country a security source said authorities seized grenades and firearms during the operation on the plotters were training to use explosives several people have also been arrested on suspicion of carrying out espionage in the kingdom it's not clear if the arrests are related to the bomb plot still had this half hour as residents return to parts of the florida keys officials say hurricane destroyed around a quarter of homes. and it cost takes ten to stage at the front with volkswagen vowing to electrify all its fickle by twenty thirty.

welcome back as we look at the weather across eastern parts of china and taiwan you can see this massive cloud begins about now this is a typhoon time which is going to become the equivalent of a category four hurricane that could happen soon after it runs by the northern tip of taiwan though it should say slightly to the north of taiwan and then just turn and run and run along the coast of eastern china no kook or some real problems here because that would be for oceanus winds pushing in so storm surges in coastal inundation could be an issue further south we've got this tropical depression which would give it some really heavy rain across the philippines some serious flooding and loss of life that system moves away and it will eventually move towards hong hong kong and eventually across towards northern parts of vietnam which could cause

some flooding there into south asia we're still a fair few sharp bit of messy situation across this region really with some heavy showers the northern end of the bear bengal some showers also down through more western parts of india and so mumbai could pick up one or two showers further north all looking fine warm in delhi and likely to get a little bit warm with time as well fine in karate too much of pakistan sunny here in the arabian peninsula of course sunny with highs of forty expected in doha elsewhere not quite so humid him respect a maximum of forty five degrees over in mecca. corrupt officials have been ousted. and activists of the chinese villager take center stage and on the president at local elections. in the first of a remarkable series filmed over five years al-jazeera documented by a village committed. rebels to politician. wanna

be china's democracy experiment at this time on how does iraq. welcome back remind of the top stories here and i'll just share a north korea has denounced the latest u.n. sanctions against the u.s. it will face the greatest pain ever in response on that as prime minister has visited will hinge a refugee of the state's violence and and promise her country will look after them . and human rights watch prosecute the saudi led coalition of carrying out war crimes in yemen killing thirty nine civilians in deliberate or reckless asteroids.

kenya's president taza just parliament for the first time since august controversial election which has since been an old opposition politicians refused to attend her kenyatta speech instead they went to a rally nearby kenyatta one last month's vote but the supreme court found irregularities and ordered a new election but the opposition is threatening a boycott. so president robert mugabe has opened parliament for the final time before he seeks reelection next year before then members of his ruling party are hoping to introduce a law to increase the security guard his opponents and human rights groups fear it will be used to restrict freedom of speech. has more from the capital harare. bus stop t.v. uses satire and comedy to lighten the mood when discussing issues affecting zimbabweans. the short episodes are posted online one show is about south

africa giving the president's wife a grace and gabby diplomatic immunity to she did not assault a young woman in johannesburg last month. the t.v. show's producers make fun of grace mugabe supporters who attended a solidarity rally but seem clueless about why they were there and what support after the episode was broadcast the show's staff here were told they can't phone anymore meetings t.v. crews worry they already difficult job will be harder to do if the cybercrime and cybersecurity bill becomes law if we are. right now when there is no no movement there is no because right now we do not say exactly what we want to say because of the fear general fear that is in the media industry the concerns were raised as president mugabe opened parliament the last joint sitting of the national assembly and senate before next year's general election the rulings on appear party hope

jesus more than two thirds majority to fast track the controversial cyber bill into law before the end of the year we are using. which was developed with the european union and the international telecommunications union we are now having to legislate it because it's necessary and our people rapidly using the internet anyone convicted could be fined jailed. if the bill becomes law anyone who commit a crime if they publish false information on the internet engaging online activity . as well as. president mugabe who has ruled for the past thirty seven years says he will run again for re-election next year human rights activist and opposition parties say the ruling party is prepared to clamp down on voices of dissent everything will be geared towards muslim the people being able to bring to people's emails to people's smartphones. in preparation for. the

elections and hundreds of. political analysts say even if the wording is being worked after some compromise the bill will eventually become law politicians have to find a balance between protecting the interests of the states. without stifling freedom of speech. al-jazeera. tens of thousands of people have held demonstrations in france protesting against president plans for labor reforms. riot police force where demonstrators at the edge of one of the protest in central paris critics say the reforms will destroy hard won protection for voters and argue that being pushed through by the president and undemocratic away macklin says the changes will encourage companies to create more jobs which will help cut the country's on employment rate of almost ten percent but the president wants to introduce changes aimed at making it easier for bosses to hire and fire people the new laws will give companies more flexibility to negotiate

pay and working conditions directly with employees not through the unions will also limit the payouts to workers for unfair dismissals the government plans to adopt the new measures next friday paul brennan has been at one of the demonstrations in paris and has more. labor reform was one of president manuel micron's key election promises and it is a promise he is determined to deliver on september it seems will be a showdown months here in france a showdown between the police say the president's office and the unions who was here on the streets in that tens of thousands. the policies the president wants to push through and through for example the ability of companies with fewer than twenty staff to be able to negotiate paying conditions directly with those staff instead of having to go to a central union negotiated for it seems like common sense to many but the unions see it as an unacceptable infringement on diminuendo of that builds up in the heart

for over so many years the other thing is that the says it takes is one of the hardline unions and it is noticeable but two of the other large unions chose not to take part in this day of action so the support is split even among the unions that set up the language that the president has used he said that those people who are opposed to his reforms are lazy or cynical or extremists that come on line which hasn't taken as many people even moderate people opposed to his plans so it looks like it will be a hard fought campaign by the president to get these measures through. himself as in the caribbean visiting french islands battered by hurricane ahmed that last week he was briefed by disaster officials on the island the guadalupe aid efforts for some being coordinated the dutch french island was devastated by ten

people died in the french part of the island and on the nearby island of st a felony. for those who live on the island there is anger because people are tired i understand this anger and i'm also going to smash them because of this to reassure people to show them full determination to console and also to listen to their anger because it is there it is normal and it's my role also to accept this. it's fair the quarter of all homes in the florida keys have been destroyed after her tore through the island chain there some residents have been allowed back but thousands are still cut off from their homes as the authorities struggle to assess the full damage further north the weakening storm is continuing to push through alabama and mississippi after causing flooding in coastal towns across the state of georgia and south carolina yes was forced onto ocean drive this is one of the most iconic streets in miami and as you can see

businesses here starting to put things back in place but we still have some big challenges here in this state more than six million people are still without power at the moment florida power and light here in miami dade county is saying that they're concentrating on businesses hotels institutions first and then eventually it will be residences which means people have nowhere to go they can't go back to their homes because there's no air conditioning which is vital for life here in miami but you can see over here you know this is a very important street this is a probably the most iconic torrie street in this city they need to get back to work as soon as possible staff are beginning to make their way back to the city if we look back over here you can see the cleanup operation that's going on to get rid of the sand not any major structural damage here and power is starting to slowly come back when you're here at night you can see that the city is illuminated because the hotels and those kinds of businesses are getting power back first but six million people without power that's a major problem also as you said in the florida keys you've got one in four homes

damaged we have seen the police beginning to allow residents back in there and some pretty violent scenes with police and residents as they desperately want to get back to their homes and check out what's going on so that has become an issue the curfew here in miami was lifted at eight a.m. this morning but again people can't really come back until that power is restored overnight about six hundred thousand homes did get their power back but of course in places like naples and orlando even as far. it was jacksonville are some serious flooding problems there and there's not much they can do until those waters recede undoubtedly to a large degree hurricane emma didn't do the catastrophic damage that perhaps was predicted which could cause problems in the future next time that governor rick scott comes up and tells everyone to get out it may cost you your life people may not listen in the florida keys that is often the case because there is a mentality down there look that says we go through this two or three times of year and we're going to stay but that is a a necklace of islands that comes off of the peninsula of florida as extremely low

lying extremely delicate and we saw all the damage down there all of this will cost billions some people have some very long journeys ahead of them lots of people i know that live here drove as far as atlanta getting back here is going to be a horrible journey with lots of long lines the airports here are beginning to open for lauderdale miami west palm beach flights are beginning to trickle in and out life is beginning to get back to normal somewhat normalcy but this certainly is a long way to go many thanks sandy and we got in there with the beginnings of the big cleanup. spanish prosecutors in catalonia have ordered police to seize ballot boxes and election flyers the could be used in an independence referendum spain has declared the vote illegal didn't stop hundreds of thousands of people turning out in barcelona on monday to celebrate catalonia as the national day the castle and government is still planning to hold the referendum for the first. iraq's

parliament has voted to reject this month's referendum on independence by its semi autonomous kurdish region parliament also authorized the prime minister to take all measures to preserve iraq's unity neighboring turkey and iran are also opposed fearing it could destabilize an already volatile region campaigning is underway there already for the separatist poll on september twenty fifth which is nonbinding . electric cars are taking center stage at this year's front to show folks live and daimler have both announced a big shift towards the new technology. boats wagon media nine thousand francs ahead of the world's biggest annual march two years after the company's emissions scandal wagons chief executive showing a product of some commercial song searching. this is our commitment by two thousand

and thirty we will have electrified our entire range of vehicles i think we're on a road and progressive truck. the company paid out four point three billion dollars in criminal and civil fines after it admitted cheating on u.s. diesel emissions tastes no votes wagon which includes brands audi bentley lamborghini and poor fish will double its investment in zero emission vehicles to twenty four billion dollars eighty electric cars across the great by twenty twenty five. the emotional debate about driving bans in inner cities about the future of the diesel car and about electric mobility shows that the times when i went to st here in frankfurt celebrated itself and part of itself on the shoulder or over business as usual is no longer enough. critics say german manufacturers are way behind in the electric. but the emissions scandal has right

public pressure to speed up the transition daimler announced on monday it would make an electric model of almost sadie's bins vehicles by twenty twenty two three years later b.m.w. which includes many and rolls royce brands well off a twenty five a late trick vehicles in its ranks by twenty thirty votes wagon says all of its three hundred models will have an electric option there's a very popular and it's gotten very popular in the last you know four to six weeks . predictions of twelve to twenty years out. this country won't have any. internal combustion engines and or this car company or have any internal combustion engines our council all these countries and companies will be to it that's a long time out so it's hard to predict france and the united kingdom say they would ban the sale of fully gas or diesel cars from twenty forty china the world's

largest car market just announced it is planning a similar move ballasts al-jazeera. is going to remind you of the top stories on al-jazeera north korea has denounced the latest united nations sanctions against it and warned the u.s. it will face the greatest pain it has ever experienced in response on monday the security council unanimously approved new sanctions on pyongyang instructing oil imports and banning textile exports the measures follow pyongyang six and most powerful intercontinental ballistic missile launch in early september. the ocean of singing general solution against my country is an extreme manifestation of yes and yes intention to eliminate at any cost to ideology

so social issues team of people like a and his people such act constitute ople entente infringement of the so wintry of my country and a grave challenge to international peace and justice. bangladesh's prime minister has visited will hinge a muslim refugees who've come from mammals and promised her country will look after them so far three hundred seventy thousand were who have crossed the border looking for refuge from the united nations says amounts to ethnic cleansing the prime minister shaken see also said we'll have to take them back one day human rights watch has accused the saudi led coalition of carrying out war crimes in yemen killing thirty nine civilians in five apparently unlawful airstrikes the coalition has repeatedly denied allegations of war crimes and says its attacks are directed at the rebels and not civilians it's fear they quarter of all homes in the florida

keys have been destroyed after hurricane tore through the island chain some residents have been allowed back but thousands are still cut off from their homes as authorities struggle to assess the full damage tens of thousands of people have demonstrated in fronts against president emanuel macaroons labor reforms that it's a build.