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turkey says a planned referendum in iraq semi autonomous kurdish region would be a historic mistake we have live reaction. to rango crisis bangladesh imposes new restrictions on the growing numbers of refugees from ian. and i'm joining with the latest sports including the fight described as the biggest by boxing fans and it's in a draw you know alvarez. splits in las vegas and it's created plenty of control the . palestinian fighter movement is cautiously welcoming that pledge from its rival hamas to hold talks and the general election released a statement saying it's willing to end its feud with fatah which controls the occupied west bank and isis also vowed to dissolve its committee which controls

gaza deputy leader is calling it a positive and promising step. joins us now live from gaza city so harry says it's dissolving its government is running gulzar then today. well that's the thing things really do continue on the ground pretty much as they were before the tsunami spent three ministries which officially are already tied to the ramallah government in the occupied west bank led by faster that they they continue as normal the other ministries now reporting to an acting executive committee so really this is more about the signaling so far than actual changes here on the ground but it is very important signaling it is really. a follow on from this improved relationship between egypt and how mass which started earlier this year we've had talks about a potential alternative fattah figure mohammed dahlan having some kind of involvement here on the ground in running day to day affairs now we have this much broader proposal for

a unity government for reconsideration between fatah and hamas which have been defied separated since two thousand and seven when hamas since when hamas has been running gaza as its own territory the questions though remain very large and as difficult to solve now as they have been in the past when there have been other attempts to reconcile notably what happens to fifty thousand employees will they retain their jobs or will they be replaced by fatah employees who will have precedence there are all sorts of nitty gritty issues which have yet to be resolved we're hearing from the fattah side that there will be another meeting in cairo between fatah and hamas later today sunday and then another meeting involving all of the palestinian factions so there is potentially some immense into this albeit major obstacles remain very take us through some of the back story to this isn't just about palestinian reconciliation is that there is a very divided and shifting arab political landscape. that's right

and so one of the things that hamas did in its in its recapitulation of its founding document earlier this year where it changed some of the wording where it talked about the zionist occupation as its enemy as opposed to the jews it also didn't mention being part of the muslim brotherhood has said it was very much focused on palestinian issues not wider pan arab issues and so that really did open the way for egypt to become involved with in a much more constructive way as far as how mass is concerned also that does feed into the wider problems between saudi arabia and qatar qatar is obviously been one of the main sponsors of hamas in terms of humanitarian aid here especially over recent years hamas that the military wing of hamas seen as trying to get further. develop its relationship with iran that's something that many of the players here

don't want to see russia has been involved in foreign minister sergei lavrov having talks trying to head off that potential so it does all play into the the wider geopolitics of this region the people here though a much more concerned about what this means for their own daily lives they've been under huge pressure especially in recent months with fatties own addition to the various other privations that people here have been undertaking has been squeezing electricity it's been cutting payments to its own staff here really adding to the pressure on the garzon economy people here are wondering will this mean an immediate or very soon reversal of that position that for many here is much more important than a wider longer term political reconciliation between hamas and fattah and indeed this this larger strategic play going on in the region as a whole thanks so much because they're from harry our correspondent in gaza city we can continue on this issue though with the bill shafi he's the chief international

affairs adviser to president mahmoud abbas joins us live from ramallah good to have you with us first of all when will you send the unity government officials to take control of gaza. well that's really the point. the only reservations we have very optimistic but we would like to see that first step takes place we are ready the consensus government is here and it can travel minister shot and i said they have said they've already does all of their administrative committee for gaza they say the next step is for you to send your officials to take control are you saying that you're waiting for something for something else to happen first yes. no no no i mean one really after a long long period of saying and not doing the only thing is that step which might take place tomorrow i mean it is not talking about two weeks we're talking

about something that could happen very very soon once it happens once the consensus government a government the pamirs had accepted every one of its ministers and said been chaperoned by egypt also once this government really starts ruling gaza and the west bank start developing problem. economically start solving the economic problems of the gazans and then that first step will set real optimism for the second step which is the elections a step that we have called for for a very long time and now hamas accepted legislative and presidential elections will bring back our elective democracy and we'll bring back more support from the people to a unified government if i can jump in there when when might that happen in strengthening the ability when will there be new elections well.

well there are there the new elections and always been negotiated between fatah and hamas we always wanted it to happen that three months they wanted six months we don't mind three or six months the important thing is that we set the ground for it with a national unity government consensus government and we start the committees and be calling for international supervision and so on so that when it happens it's credible it's believable it's correct it reflects the opinion of the people and that is in itself a very important step for all of palestine and not only for gaza how do you think this is going to impact the peace relations with israel i mean obviously this is going to lead to a much greater degree of reconciliation between fatah and hamas it's going to lead to as you say the elections where you will you'll have hamas running a greater legitimize ation of hamas from the fattah perspective is that going to represent an obstacle to your contacts and dealings with israel

israel does not want the unity israel has fought to prevent that unity from taking place and part of what it did was attack gaza three times two thousand and eight two thousand and nine two thousand and twelve two thousand and fourteen and therefore i am not expecting israel to be happy as our unity takes place but. there is very little that israel can do unless it is just planning another attack military attack on us but we need to help pressure on the not only the authority doesn't have control over some of the here is finances mean it when you say there is little it can do it can do some things can it not are you not concerned about that. no no i mean look that nothing nothing equals regaining our national unity no second if ice is to much to gain

that national unity gaining that national unity is not only going to save our dear people in god's out been really suffering but also is going to save the whole palestinian issue i mean our bargaining ability if there is a peace process our ability to sustain and to fight that occupation through popular nonviolent means all required national unity and therefore nothing israel can do will stop us from continuing and we're going through unity this is really a very important prerequisite for everything else good to get your thoughts and our thanks so much to bill shaath turkey has called the plan for a kurdish referendum on independence in northern iraq an issue of national security prime minister banal yielded him says the vote scheduled for september the twenty fifth is a grave mistake now the kurds control a large area of iraq along the turkish border turkish president edge of type of

violence planning to discuss the vote with iraqi prime minister hyderabadi joining his visit to the u.n. general assembly. imran khan joins us now live from a rebel and then run i'm sure you know turkey has had a close relationship with the k r g government for a while now is all of that about to change. well it certainly looks like it certainly feels like if you take a look at the language coming out of turkey it's much tougher than we've ever had before but there is very practical considerations when it comes to the relationship between turkey and the kurdish regional government and that's want to take it really doesn't have a huge amount of its own energy supplies it relies on imports from the kurdish region but there has been an awful lot of diplomatic activity over the last twenty four hours let's take a look at what the key players. the iraqi prime minister hydrilla body reacted with strong words the kurdish

parliament's decision to hold an independence referendum on september twenty fifth if you challenge the constitution and if you challenge the board cuts off you know on the border of the region then there will not be this is a public and vacation to countries in the region to violate your right people as well which is but again justification. of bodies were met with a mixture of defiance and anger in the kurdish region of northern iraq the president of the kurdistan regional government masoud barzani spoke at a rally north of erbil in the city of the whole. rejected our partnership not us if you have a look at the iraqi constitution it says the commitment to this constitution keeps the free unity of iraq we decided to live with baghdad but they didn't accept our partnership they have to accept we will be good neighbors if they want to accept our partnership we won't be their servants. mr bari zani is well aware of what we

think about this matter i think his statement is very very wrong because he is well aware of our sensitivities about the territorial integrity of iraq. one source of tension is the disputed territory of coke which the kurds say belongs to them but is also claimed by iraq the kurds have been. clear that the referendum will take place in cook and have sent troops to the city but the local iraqi shia led militia says any ballot box will be seen as an act of aggression the international community also reacted the u.s. special representative to the anti eisel coalition said that the u.s. would not support any kurdish referendum and in fact said that the iraqis and the kurds should get together and concentrate on the fight against and that's also a view echoed by the british foreign office across the kurdish region flags have been waving and nationalism amongst this distinct ethnic group is the fever pitch ordinary kurds and their leaders see this referendum as they moment

a chance for self-determination and their own nation state something they've been striving for for navy a century however some party saying time is not now but they may back the popular movement that seems to be on track to hold the referendum despite the objections of iraq the united states and opposition across the region. and iran the iraqi government is not happy with this others in the region concerned do you think this referendum is actually going to go ahead well there's a. well the more pressure the international community puts on the more the region puts pressure on the county the more defiant they become take a look at the language that's been coming out of the k o g president of the k r g say we're not going to be servants to baghdad we are going to be good neighbors certainly present an awful lot of his own political capital into getting this referendum passing that law in the kurdish polman and moving everything forward so

it seems to me that this is now a matter of defiance as well as politics but remember once the referendum happens it doesn't mean that. overnight they'll still be years perhaps you know even a decade's worth of negotiations take place. all right we'll leave it there for now thanks so much in non-combat. now police in london have made a second arrest in connection with a bomb attack on an underground train on friday the twenty one year old man was detained in the west london suburb of hounslow on saturday night earlier in the day the eight an eighteen year old man was arrested at the port of dover that's the main ferry link to france the attack on the london tube injured thirty two people again barbara joins us now live from outside scotland yard in london so why is this latest arrest leaving the investigation there. well sammy it's further proof that things are moving quickly the police are not releasing many details about this latest arrest they have said that counterterrorism officers from

the metropolitan police arrested a twenty one year old man shortly before midnight on saturday as you were saying in hounslow west of london it's also very near heathrow airport and it's very near sunbury on thames where armed officers carried out a raid on a residential property on saturday that involved evacuating scores of homes in the area and people were very alarms when they were told to get out of their houses within a couple of minutes the presumption there was that the officers were looking for explosives now the police made it clear that that raid in somebody on terms was related to the arrest of an eighteen year old man on saturday morning in the port of dover as you were saying that's where many ferries leave for france we don't know much about that eighteen year old man either but both he and the twenty one year old who was arrested on sunday are being held at a south london police station under the terrorism act which gives the or forty's

the power to detain them without charge for longer than the normal maximum of four days let's not forget that the national threat level was raised late on friday to the highest critical meaning that more thirty's believe an attack could be imminent it also involves hundreds of armed officers patrolling the streets and being stationed at places like transport hubs usually that won't last very long but it suggests that the police believe there could be other people out there that they need to catch possibly materials as well that was the case after the mine story in a bombing back in may the police keeping tight lipped exactly who they've arrested we are hearing from some sources there's a possible link between those two but for now they're just appealing to the public for information and images or video from parsons green itself that might help them in their investigation which is still clearly going on all right we'll leave it

there thanks so much. now plenty more still ahead on the news hour including dozens of refugees from burundi are killed by troops in the democratic republic of congo india's trying to save a dying lake in the kashmir valley after decades of mismanagement. and singapore surprise formula one's main title rivals have very different or fine outcomes on the same streets. coming up with joe in sports. now bangladesh has announced tougher restrictions on the movement of running of refugees crossing over from me and maher the government is setting up new camps to house more than four hundred thousand refugees who fled violence in the state. have been barred from using public transport and looking for accommodation outside these cramped refugee camps bangladeshis prime minister sheikh hasina is travelling to

the un general assembly to ask for more help to deal with the crisis the u.n. says about sixty percent of those who have fled are children and the child that he has more from cox bazaar. i mean protocol on top of us says the sheriff out there you can see this is a heavy rain for most of the people living here and just for just saw picked up a lane and bamber think a lot of those even don't have that car pulling out of the children are exposed to them by a damp the day that i have lost several days i was driving but should a break down point there's been a report of me the spreading out in the thames that set up some september back to the nation by the n.g.o.s and red cross and others but the callouses and gone on the distribution process of relief is very un organized that's trying very hard to save the national n.g.o.s and the rest and the u.n. agencies are working so hard but it's good this organized local people are bringing

in relative they're causing more chaos while they're trying to produce relief out of the proc in the main roads and then you have the actually office are coming in there. for the breakdown the last another one even more reactive and then that is a controversial move by bank of the south are there some police i want to take some movement on the road from the other side of the country set up for that seven checkpoints at this point and junction there i wonder or you got to go any other place they want to confine in this part of the polling area so they can organize themselves in that there are you guys remember faces people in. line with that. former pakistani prime minister no i should leave seat is being contested in a parliamentary by election and the whole should leif's wife could soon know as is the front runner in the vote seen as a test of support for her husband and his pm out and policy in the political heartland the seat became vacant in july when sharif was disqualified dismissed

from office by the supreme court over corruption allegations come on high that has more from outside a polling station in the whole. queuing up the polling station and. political. qualification. prime minute but it will be up to. date on read that they want to vote for it party. she may even be the next prime minister of the country. for campaign. whatever happens here will have a deep impact on the political future of the sherry family. particularly by election. and the upcoming election and.

with the fame election there are questions to what will happen next but all i. nor anyone. the u.a.e. has carried out an air raid on the yemeni city of aden against forces loyal to the country's internationally recognized president. the fighting on saturdays the latest escalation in a rift between the u.a.e. and yemen's president. both members of a saudi led coalition that have been fighting rebels since two thousand and fifty. the united nations has called for an investigation into the killing of thirty six put on the an refugees by soldiers in the democratic republic of congo al-jazeera as malcolm webb has covered extensively. from across the border in uganda

they came here the democratic republic of congo safety un has refugees died following a protest. demonstrators clashed with soldiers and dozens were killed and injured. we were informed that the leaders around here they would not let the refugees stay here and even get into the camp is the only option was to go back to where we are afraid could be killed. the u.n. says the demonstration was against the expulsion of two poor indian refugees they live among host communities in the eastern town of come in. as an administrator i cannot accept the brothers and sisters die here in congress as you know the story is very clear that these people will cooperate with them even today we continue to cooperate with them. during these political crisis began in april twenty fifth and president and current visa launched his bid for a third term in office opposition and rights groups say it was illegal and

unconstitutional what started with street protests in the capital later became violent conflict across the country. the government accused of extradition killings and torture to silence critics things it denies four hundred thousand people left the country because of the violence most of them live in camps like this one in tanzania both government agents and armed opposition have been accused of operating within the camps about forty thousand refugees are in congo where the incident took place this circumstance is not clear we have heard about it just after it happened yesterday. seen what. had gone to the place of. the many injured including very early in this circumstance we heard that there was a confrontation with the armed forces. on twitter the rooney's minister of accidental

relations called for clarification about what happened but for those who already lost loved ones the answers will come too late. malcolm web. uganda. decades old ban on women marrying men who has been lifted by the president religious leaders aren't happy with this decision they say it violates islamic women's rights activists say it's a victory for them. this is to new zealand president. a subsea attending a gathering to commemorate national women's day he said as he said he was committed to lifting a decades long ban all women marrying the muslims on thursday he fulfilled that promise and overturned in one nine hundred seventy three law paving the way for women to choose whom they want to marry regardless of their partner's religion the

decision is unprecedented in the muslim world we look at gender equality has been in trying in the constitution but when we call for you quality that doesn't mean we are against religion our constitution stipulated we are a secular state but our people are predominantly muslim. although to the most progressive country in the region conservatives have gained ground since the two thousand and eleven revolution clerics have stepped into the fray criticizing the president for what they consider to be a violation of islamic law biased groups hailed the decision as a landmark victory for women but insists women have a long way to go to get full rights. for months there have been protests to ensure equal inheritance rights for women and the local laws werman can only get

half the inheritance of what men receive a decision of reforming the inheritance laws has been met with strong opposition from religious leaders. the president insists he is determined to strengthen women's rights and freedoms but many. could see more confrontations between those who support a secular state and those that are not. going to have all the way they would be richer but still ahead here on al-jazeera rebuilding a kingdom in nigeria three years after a devastating attack. plus we had chicago to find out why deaths among new mothers in the u.s. is on the rise. and australia stand on the verge of a davis cup final maternal after fourteen years of waiting coming up with joe in sports.

skies by the time. or is the sun sets in the city of angels. well i thought we'd take a look at typhoon time or at least it was typhoon time and date it looked as though it was going to hit japan as a typhoon fortunately the forecast of change with time it's been downgraded so there we have this swirling mass of cloud heading across into japan so let's take a look at a bit more detail and we've seen some pretty stormy weather ahead of its arrival in southern japan these shots coming from you get a flavor for just how stormy the weather was that it managed produced a head of its arrival well certainly we've seen some pretty large rainfall totals been reported as the storm system has gone across japan has just moved across into hong only just into honshu but really across this region more or less where that tropical storm symbol is that's where the rain for that is heaviest and we've had

some vast amounts of rain being reported across quite a few parts of southern japan indeed has got some very strong winds associated with it still we've got sustained winds of about one hundred k.p.h. and gusts of about one hundred thirty k.p.h. but it is moving and it's moving quite right nearly forty kilometers per hour so it's been across the force had time to drop huge amounts of rain in fact tokyo may get away with nothing more about twenty five to thirty millimeters of rain for northern parts of japan there will be some very heavy rain to come. the weather sponsored by cattle. from the icy mountain steps of mongolia to the flooded lowlands of south america. the high stakes series returns. following the daring journey. from around the globe to take extraordinary risks to work a living. risking it all coming

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you're watching out zero time to recap headlines now the palestinian fight that movement has cautiously welcomed the pledge from its rival to hold talks and the general election released a statement saying it's willing to end its feud with fatah which controls the occupied west bank turkey is called the independence referendum planned by the kurdish regional government in northern iraq an issue of national security iraq says the kurdish leadership is playing with fire the president of the one is planning to discuss the upcoming vote with iraqi prime minister during his visit to the u.n. general assembly bangladesh's restricting the movement of more than four hundred thousand refugees at camps in its border areas prime minister sheikh hasina is travelling to the un general assembly to ask for more international pressure on me and my. bangladeshis living near the border with me and being injured by landmines which to me in my military is accused of planting amnesty international

says the explosives targeted to hinge are trying to escape to bangladesh but others living in the area are also in danger of being killed or maimed. reports from southeast bangladesh on the bangladesh side of the nothing river a rustic like shattered by events in a foreign land mama remembers how proud his younger brother was when he bought his first. so when the animal wandered off his brother and went to find it. suddenly i heard this huge explosion and i saw people come running they were running away from something i went to see what happened and saw some people carrying him he was in pieces. brother had chased the car over the poorest border into myanmar and stepped on a landmine. he lost a leg and is in hospital fighting for his life just behind me beyond that dirt path

is the enough river border between me and maher and bangladesh just a few thousand feet away from the home of mohammed hussian over there you can see several cows crossing back and forth between the river as they graze the myanmar army has been accused of planting the mines to stop growing your refugees fleeing what the united nations has called ethnic cleansing about half a million rohingya are estimated to have entered bangladesh in the past month some of them are fighting back and this bangladeshi man witnessed a strange sight in the head of the canal i was walking along here when i saw working with something in his hand what it was he said he dug up. the developments across the border have caught many villagers here of guard ones asserting that provided a scenic view from the mountains of myanmar are now

a source of dread mars that are dizzy or to brew bangladesh. is a spokeswoman for the un refugee agency she joins us live from kongs bazaar where she's been visiting refugee camps and coordinating relief efforts on the ground great to have you with us first of all i asked you to give us your assessment of what sort of conditions some of the refugees are facing that. thank you so much well you know right now humanitarian agencies are estimating it's about four hundred one thousand people who've been forced to flee and are seeking safety in bangladesh the camp that i was at just knows one of the to register. and between the two largest to kansas city forty five thousand new arrivals it's a cat that's been there for a while and there's already an existing population of refugees there no you've got an influx of people who are coming in already conditions have been difficult and

with new arrivals people who are in need of urgent help and assistance you can just imagine that it's quite it is a it is a crisis is an emergency situation on the ground or is there enough international help to do things like build more camps and provide more supplies of in tell us what you're seeing on the ground here also for you and he see all what we've been doing is we've been working on getting people the most emergency life saving needs that they need right now so we'll be helping with building shelter getting people medical aid and working with many partners as well including other international agencies to do this but the needs a great i mean when i was walking around the camp just now every few meters that you want somebody will stop you and say oh can i help can you please help me you know i've got an injury or my child some some support but the aid agencies are there and there are people providing food really for for the those in need and certainly shelter basic needs are probably priority right now reports say

that the bangladesh authorities are also put some restrictions in place to stop people from moving out of cox bazaar into other areas of bangladesh how is that impacting people there. it's a worrying development and you know we're seeking for the details but. right now we're focused on is trying to get aid to those who need it the most and. there's been for the news of space for four of the new arrivals and you and he still be working with partners and you through the bangladesh government as well to see about setting up emergency shelters corney provisions. on those spaces until until this for the on on such a proposal what's important is to try to bring aid and support to those who are there and will most in need. thanks so much for your thoughts and your analysis of my you thank you police in the u.s.

city of st louis so fired tear gas during a second night of protests against the acquittal of a white former policeman accused of murdering a black man at least thirty people were arrested jason stokley was cleared of shooting that and for the lamar smith six years ago federal prosecutors have rejected calls for a new civil rights investigation protesters targeted the mayor's home unfortunately we did have incidents of sporadic violence and vandalism and that will be the lasting images written about in the newspaper and played over and over on t.v. . as i've said over the past several days we will protect the rights of people who protest demonstrate and have their opinions heard we draw the line though of violence we understand the desire to disrupt but we do not understand it will not understand the does the desire to for destruction or for harming people we will

protect all of our residents. cuba's government has released video of what it says is looting in the wake of hurricane it shows people carrying goods like rum and cigars from a government owned store they got into the store through windows being broken by a tidal surge during the storm at least ten people died in cuba when this devastated parts of the island last week the mayors of seven hundred towns and cities in northeast spain are defying government leaders in madrid by backing the independence campaign in catalonia catalan leaders say a referendum will be held on october the first despite warnings and threats from madrid the breakaway bid is illegal from barcelona. reports. we will vote they chant a vote to break away from the rest of spain good people should they threaten

more go see unfreedom. catalonia brandishing their staffs of office echoed their supporters. more than seven hundred mayors gathered in barcelona state prosecutors are threatening to arrest them if they permit the independence referendum to be held in their towns. the central government has declared the ballot illegal didn't think that. the real dark jail cell is the central government regime we live under right now this regime simply did not do enough to erase the old thora terry and legacy of the franco dictatorship catamaran regional police guarded the mayor's during saturday's protest. within days the same police could get orders to detain them that in every way that was threatening to remove mayors just to frighten us today's demonstration is to show we were not. the

crowd behind them. many of those here today say they will not hesitate to take the streets once again if forethought is trying to make good on their threats and arrest any of catalonia. so we are peaceful we are not violent but there provoking us catalonia is spain's wealthiest region bigger than belgium with an economy larger than greece portugal it has its own language and culture you know the others but now we want to divorce from spain will be good neighbors but each one on their own patch the problem is spain doesn't that divorce and plans for the breakup are turning into an increasingly bitter fight. barcelona spain. symbol ways opposition leader morgan tsvangirai has been airlifted to south africa for medical treatment the former prime minister recently confirmed he has colon cancer his party the movement for democratic change says the treatment in south

africa is a routine procedure is expected to be president robert mugabe's main opponent next year's general election. people living in a historic hilltop settlement in northern nigeria fear it may lose its status as a unesco world heritage site. came three years ago this strong and centuries old buildings in artifacts villages and leaders in the kingdom say they're still fearful they won't let it happen again now trying to rebuild catherine so reports. the kingdom of core is high in the mandarin mountains which straddle the border between nigeria and cameroon more than one hundred gunmen attacked this village almost three years ago when boko haram controlled much of adamawa state in northeastern nigeria. like his relatives who lived here centuries ago. is a blacksmith he was home sleeping when the ambush began. i

was lying on my bed when i heard screaming everyone ran away when i came when i returned after a draft. so we started putting out the phone the people of socor are still feeling the effects of that attack these are the gallery that held important artifacts or were you centuries ago traditional clothes carrying the bed and other household items were on display boko haram fighters burned everything that was in here. kingdom is a unesco world heritage site villagers can't afford to have their home lose its historic value and its u.n. status. they recently started repairing what was destroyed along with experts from the national commission of museums and monuments here they are working on a section of the king's palace this is a liberal who decide what other people decide because. of the all of this open.

so the river had the most sustained cause of at the poles and the people in another part of the village the king heads a security meeting every member of the community is welcome to attend he says it wasn't only this heritage site which was destroyed whereas ours are going to last so many things. yet been constructed. churches were burned some wells were contaminated so we have to try to use to fetch water. to the sixty churches. fighters haven't been back since their talk but vigilantes are always on the lookout they may have less sophisticated weapons than bob but they say there won't be quote i'm prepared or let the heritage be destroyed again catherine saw al-jazeera so-called condone in northeast nigeria.

now the number of deaths of a new mothers is on the rise in the united states the maternal mortality rate is now higher than in any other major industrialized country john hendren is in chicago to find out why the third and final part of all series on maternal mortality across the world. fermat local and the joy of childbirth lasted a day as their daughter madeline took her first breaths his wife liz died hours later of a pulmonary embolism the sudden blockage in her lung made her one of more than seven hundred women in the u.s. who die each year during or shortly after childbirth two things that are guaranteed to every single one of us are birth and death that's it there's nothing else that's guaranteed right and so i experience both of those things in twenty seven hours it's an increasingly common story in the united states even as maternal mortality falls elsewhere around the globe more american mothers die in the first year of

their child's life than in any other industrialized nation a study published in the lancet medical journal says the u.s. ranks forty six in the world in terms of maternal mortality with twenty six women for each hundred thousand live births that's more than three times the rate of neighboring canada due to the longstanding inability for women to access free or low cost health care in the united states and women in the united states tend to enter pregnancy much sicker than counterparts in other developing nations so women enter pregnancy with medical issues such as obesity diabetes hypertension kidney problems the list goes on and on the problem here is growing the u.s. is one of just thirteen countries where the rate is worse than it was fifteen years ago. illinois is about average among american states when it comes to maternal mortality in two thousand and seven five point eight mothers died for every hundred thousand live births according to

a group called the march of dimes by two thousand and sixteen according to another study that number had nearly tripled to sixteen for black women in the us it's far worse one reason the stress of being black in america stressing out about not having a job or money coming to the father either is not around or not consistent and the ally the family members left behind never get the chance to offer that support is more american mothers die in the year after childbirth infant mortality in the u.s. is at its lowest level in history researchers say the two facts might well be related just six percent of the money the u.s. government gives to states to lower mortality birth is devoted to mothers john hendren al jazeera chicago. can admit indian administered kashmir used to be the largest in asia one hundred years ago well since then it's shrunk inhofe and

days clogged with silt and smith has been to see whether the latest claim up campaign is working on all. it's water chestnuts season on the lake at the foothills of the himalayas. but the waters are getting harder to navigate all around as a growing mounds of silt this boy is jumping off one of them. and it's because of these willow trees. the water was very clear here it was blue so pondar tells me as we walk over what was once a lake it was a forestry worker in the one nine hundred fifty s. hired by the government to plant willows to later harvest for firewood. planted hundreds of thousands of trees but it was a mistake this has just brought destruction to the lake my heart that i'm responsible for planting. the willows choking the lake. in one thousand eleven will last surface area was two hundred sixteen square

kilometers it's now half that. well our is supposed to be a natural flood barrier for the city of srinagar downstream. but the lakes defenses failed with severe consequences in twenty fourteen inundating the city more than three hundred people were killed if you look at the data over there and bear in mind is including the meat you can see there defeat can see of the extreme events including the precipitation cloudburst floods is increasing so whenever we will have this type of flooding so little because up at this massive sedimentation is not able to absorb the flood waters and that will if that is not taken care of that will again lead to the you know massive inundation of the city in a good city. a small section of clear water is the only evidence that anything has been done recently to clean the lake now in recent years there have been attempts to restore light but they have always ended up costing between tens to hundreds of

millions of dollars of has never been enough money so this latest project aims to try and persuade private contractors to dredge the water and take part payment of willow trees in return but they're only going to start with one square kilometer we are getting tremendous pressure from the public from god would do undertake it as early as possible it is one. gives an idea how people are concerned and it will be taken forward the contractor will get two years to d. silt and up root the willow from there one square kilometer if the scheme works the government will extend it it'll take decades to finish perhaps not enough time to beat the next extreme weather event bernard smith al-jazeera. the kashmir valley. now in australian koalas had an extremely lucky escape after hitching a fifteen kilometer ride in a car wheel arch climbed into the arch of a four by four in the hills outside the south australian state capital adelaide and

when the driver finally heard its cries and called the fire brigade rescuers were amazed to find the terrified animal relatively unhurt after two days of recovery the quality has now been released back into the wilds. for your stay away from wheels still to come on al-jazeera and spoil their winning streak over but the cleveland indians have a new reason to celebrate yet have all the details. with its economy stagnant mexico's president implemented drastic and controversial energy reforms mexico's oil by the mexican people for seventy five years is being sold to private international companies. and as with the country's agricultural sector it's exposed to exploitation by profit driven multinational corporations

crude harvest at this time on al-jazeera. without knowledge. that this could actually damage. could this be operational costs. over an option. that is by contrast. boxing fans just had to bring us up to speed yeah i am me

a boxing fans were calling it the biggest fight of the year but there was no winner from the bout between canelo alvarez and get out and didn't control the sea a pair for two a draw in their middleweight world championship in las vegas. one of the three judges schools was heavily in favor of mexican alvarez and has been criticized by both professional boxers and friends there were boos when the decision was announced in the end though in london more punches overall remained unbeaten in his career a rematch could also be on the cards i saw a computer you know total projects. it's all reaction people reaction you know. what is the darkness in all this terrible form is terrible you know just. this is not correct you know it is very bad for sport. holderman. and no i didn't base it on the score card i wasn't looking at points

round by round but what i am sure of after the fight was that i won i have no doubt about it in my mind. reaction in spain on sunday as they aim to get their season back on track their eleventh in the table as they face second place real sociedad boss a hole a three point lead at the top as they maintained their winning start on saturday they beat heads half a two one but they had to come from behind this suarez equalized in the second half before netted the winner now a big london rivalry shaping up on sunday in the english premier league third place chelsea play arsenal in sunday's early kick off by just united also have a chance to go top of the english premier league if they can win big at home against everton man city lead by three points after a six don't thrashing to what foot on saturday the visitors were aided by sergio gore hattrick gabriel his was nicholas awesome n.d. and raheem sterling also found the back of the net to complete the round of pep guardiola as team. we played today really good especially. always it's

completely just a champions league game away. three years later and for a way again means word for it we'll be able to know. we are to manage. surely this is enough to see him know how good he works now new franchise atlanta united of seven a wreck or for the largest attendance at a major league soccer game more than seventy thousand people saw a three three draw with a land-o. city on saturday a record of a different kind though in utah diego valarie scored for an eighth consecutive game that had never been done before in the m.l.s. at his side the portland timbers were beaten two one by rail assault like. australia's mark leishman continues to leave golf's b.m.w. championship in a long illinois going into the final day's play he carded a sixty eight to extend his lead to five strokes over jason day and rickie fowler this is a fed ex cup playoff and if he wins leishman will become one of the top five seeds

and next week's top championship which carries a ten million dollar bonus prize. now that major league baseball winning streak may have ended after twenty two games but the cleveland indians have bounced straight back they beat the kansas city royals eight to form saturday and a later result saw cleveland clinch the american league central title for a second straight season the indians were beaten by the chicago cubs in last year's world series but this is the first time since one thousand nine hundred nine that they've won consecutive division titles the l.a. dodgers are closing in on the national league west title they beat the washington capitals three to two on saturday for their fourth straight victory and the new york yankees are still in contention for the american league east crown they beat the baltimore orioles nine to three on saturday for their fourth straight win to the yankees a three games behind the boston red sox at the top of the standings. ferrari

sebastian vettel will start sunday's singapore grand prix in pole position vettel was fastest in saturday qualifying at the marina bay street circuit is miss a his rival and current championship leader lewis hamilton struggled on the day qualifying and this result now gives vettel a good chance to retake that top spot in the standings red bulls much to stop and came in second australia are one win away from returning to tennis is davis cup final for the first time in fourteen years the pairing of john piers and jordan thomson be their belgian rivals to lift australia to see one lead in brussels australia have won the prestigious team tournament twenty eight times but lost made it to the final in two thousand and three a victory for nick kerry also if it doesn't go front in the first singles match of the day would be enough to put them through. now france are also in pole position to become their final opponents they lead serbia two one in the best of five semifinal encounter in lille having won the doubles on saturday on sunday joe wilford aim to wrap up the match as he takes on decidedly which in the first two

singles matches. is a big day in the balkans with two teams from the former yugoslavia to meet in the final of the european basketball championships for the first time slovenia will face serbia in istanbul in what's expected to be a face lee contested euro basket decider up to five thousand fans from each country tipped to be travelling to turkey serbia the olympic silver medalists but slovenia have gone through the tournament unbeaten both teams featuring stars from the n.b.a. . that demonstrated in the past that. it mean this is so many times for us first time. you know you know the physical game when michael says fifty fifty chance. it's great you to be a team they play really good they give great players. a lot of a lot of running up and down if you want to win the game it was view that more.

often for game day bring on of course more on that throughout the day but. later saw me crying so much well that's it from me sammy's a than for this news hour back with more of the news that's coming out with rachelle in just a couple moments so good don't go too far.

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a break from the white blanket coverage follows experts and politicians often platitudes and soundbites strong and stable leadership trying to play the media and shape the message in an age of simplistic narratives the listening post critiques the mainstream response today and the two hundredth day of this administration exposing the influences that drive the headlines at this time on al-jazeera. a mosque says it is dissolving as government in gaza shaking up the palestinian what are called landscape. i'm richelle carey this is out of their life from doha also coming out turkey says .