where ever you want. the world's primary cane producing nation is at the forefront of the war on drugs we're talking about serious organized crime as a country where reaching a critical point while some have made fortunes many others have suffered at the hands of this multi-billion dollar industry both of them on this business will go on forever it will not change on as global policies do who are the winners and losers of this illicit trade snow of the andes at this time. we want to find out why this exodus is happening on the sun suchi responds to accusations of ethnic cleansing in me and.

hello again i'm peter w. watching al-jazeera live from headquarters here in doha also coming up donald trump is to make his first speech to the u.n. general assembly the u.s. president is likely to highlight threats posed by north korea and iraq. more violence in syria warplanes bomb a school and a hospital in it live province. and caribbean islands prepare for yet another hurricane as the category five makes landfall. after weeks of international condemnation the me in mali the un suchi has addressed the plight of the country's range of muslims in her first national speech on the crisis over the past three weeks now more than four hundred thousand have escaped violence spot by a military crackdown in the state of rakhine speaking to military officers and

foreign dignitaries mr chief refused to criticize the army and the in-law which many ranger have accused of murder rape and burning their villages. it is not the intention of government to apportion blame to gauge responsibility we condemn all human rights violations and unlawful violence we are committed to the restoration of stability and rule of law through up this to. the united nations is calling the violence a quote textbook example of ethnic cleansing but one son suchi said the majority of muslims are not actually leaving the state human rights watch says at least two hundred ten villages have been burnt to the ground since the violence began over the twenty fifth mr chief said fifty percent of the villages are still intact and she said the unrest in rakhine is just one of the complexities facing what she called her young and fragile country and her government is making efforts to

improve living conditions for the range of muslims all people living and are kind to have access to education and healthcare services without discrimination healthcare services are being provided throughout the state including hard to reach areas with new mobile king. well the head of the un inquiry into the violence in rakhine has asked for more time to investigate those allegations of human rights abuses against the ranger the fact finding missions chairman. says an extension is necessary to get a full and a truthful account of what's happening. facing an escalating situation in north america in there is increasing out exponentially we are deeply concerned about a very private bank necessary to produce a report our depth and quality that is expected of us by march.

therefore respectfully. to consider extending our mandate by six months to september two thousand and eighteen human rights watch is estimating two hundred fourteen villages have now been almost totally destroyed across the state of rakhine the aid agency has analyzed recent satellite images of that area that reveals the destruction of tens of thousands of homes shown here in red across monday and rather downtown ships human rights watch also released before and after shots of individual villages this village in may of this year this is what it looks like as of just three days ago you can see the scorched areas being picked out on that map well officially more than three hundred seventy thousand fled to neighboring bangladesh since the end of august aid workers on the ground say this is now one of the biggest humanitarian crises in the world reports now from sharp witted whip in the southwest of bangladesh. a month after renewed violence began in

myanmar's rock high state of rohingya are making the journey to the border with bangladesh every day there's gaping at night cleansing by the myanmar military. i think. we were six people in our family now there's just three of us left they killed my father one of the girls and my husband. this man is a volunteer with the regional cycling center. he's one of. the i guess. this is a disaster it's a manmade disaster what's happening in myanmar is inhumane and we are proud that bangladeshis are showing their humanity but the volunteers are being overwhelmed every time a food truck arrives. russian these are some of the clothes that refugees leaving behind the new ones by relief workers but residents here have been getting upset about this they say that the situation is out of control. aid workers say they are

struggling to scale up operations quickly enough they want more help to take care of health issues provide shelter and other basic needs i think international donors have to step up to the plate and that is not just the traditional donors of the united states europe but also nontraditional donors in particular countries in the middle east and countries in the region in southeast asia and. those on the ground say this is now a global crisis and needs a sustained global response until that happens these refugees will have to make do with what little concert with my star al-jazeera bangladesh. correspondent. in bangladesh that's close the border with me and. trying to make the right noises in real terms. translating into anything on the

ground where you are. not a we spoke to some record isn't our source said the narrowing a community they're. confident about there's nothing going on there and she's trying to pretend why isn't she allowing international journalists and u.n. agency to visit those villages you know i mean it's clearly documented to go to the refugee camps that people that been shot at people who died a mine explosion and as far as taking back the refugee issue has not been very conspicuous or clear either you know how are we going to have the documents for all those close to half a million refugees who crossed over to this side and then those who crossed about a decade ago periodically into bangladesh most people are villages that don't have any identification so it's a very complex process this is seems to be like and more to propaganda than what she said that sort of diffuse that diplomatic pressure on our government right now . thanks very much.

north korea's nuclear program and iran both issues likely to dominate president speech of the united nations general assembly in just a few hours from now he has already made his debut at u.n. headquarters in new york one of the world isn't living up to its potential the u.s. president bureaucracy and mismanagement but also promised to help reforms mike hanna has more. the question is which president trump all turn up in coming hours to address the united nations general assembly is a going to be the confrontational president or is it going to be the man who's looking for national unity in the critical challenges that the u.s. is facing at present we've heard from a senior administration official that there will be discussion of north korea very

tough talk is the phrase the official users we're also told though that china and russia are unlikely to be called out now president trump has insisted that china has a role to play in reconciling the north korean crisis bringing pressure to bear on its nearest neighbor and closest ally little result so far but it appears that president trump will not use the asian of the speech to call out china for its lack of impact on north korea also to be discussed of the issue of iran which president trump has constantly destructors as a threat and also that of venezuela following a meeting with latin american leaders over the course of the night then as well there has been described by the united states as a major regional crisis its leader described by the trump administration as a dictator but the real issue is the tone of the speech exactly where the president

trump is continuing to take on the rest of the world or whether he is indeed prepared to work together with other nations to streamline the u.n. but also to deal with what his administration describes as the most pressing issue it faces the ongoing war against terror. ok let's talk now to my colleague our diplomatic editor james bays who is tracking mr trump as he gets ready for that keynote speech at the u.n. eight months tomorrow james since he became u.s. president his first gig at the united nations where is he setting his sights. people are watching things very closely to see exactly what the president has to say worth telling you in about two hours from now we're expecting pretty heavy rain as the end of hurrican jose comes past new york i think diplomats are more concerned about the possible hurrican that could be coming in the shape of the u.s.

president i think people were pleased by the speech about u.n. reform and the fact that it wasn't about slashing the u.n. budget in the way people had feared but this is the more substantial speech this is the formal address to the general assembly this is the speech that normally lasts forty fifty minutes of the u.s. president he does a state of the union each year this is the state of the world are seen by the u.s. presidents so probably the one of the most important speeches that president trump has made so far and as mike said expect the focus to be on north korea watch very closely the language about north korea see if he talks about the military option with regard to north korea but it's another nuclear challenge i think the people we're watching too and that's the iran nuclear deal because president trump is unhappy with this deal and there's lots of talk that he may be considering pulling out of it certainly some of the others that will be speaking here for example the new french president emmanuelle markhor who's already met president trump urging

him to stay with that deal that he doesn't want to have a second nuclear crisis happening simultaneously we've seen him do these big i'm the new president meetings before one remembers when he was in riyadh in saudi arabia one remembers as well because you were there he when he pushed the montenegran prime minister literally body checked him out the way at the nato summit but the issues here are different and crucially as well i guess the people listening to him that's a vast range of presidents prime ministers and ambassadors. yeah they'll be leaders in the room they'll be other world leaders foreign ministers as you say and ambassadors interesting little note about the seating in the general assembly it's done by alphabetical order but they rotate around the room each year so you don't always get stuck in the back just by chance this year in the front row listening to president trump will be the north korean delegation here will be right at the front

close to the u.s. president as he gives his comments about the situation in north korea and obviously very interesting given the divines of the north korean regime after the latest sanctions were put in place just eight days ago give us some guidance on what we think the takeaway tone will be james i mean one of his administration officials this hour i notice just being quoted as saying it will be a philosophical speech but you know if you follow him on twitter you couldn't say mr trump is philosophical he shoots from the hip he's on as that's what got him elected but philosophical from him. it doesn't sound like a word that i would use to describe many of president trump's comments where they're on twitter or speaking but i do think we're going to get the president trump speaking from an alter cue the prepared remarks version of the president rather than the off the cuff version and i don't think the off the cuff version

would work very well in the united nations with all those diplomats and world leaders listening they're not the sort of people to cheer and clap in mom in fact many of them are listening on headphones with interpretation of the speech where the speech translated for them not listening to it necessarily in english ok james james bay is our diplomatic end of the james i know looking at the shuttle you're on air for the next several days good to talk to seize it. lots more still to come here on al-jazeera. caught on camera students in south africa turn to their mobile telephones to to set defend themselves against abuse by the teacher.

hello there there's more rain on its way towards japan the satellite picture shows that it started clear but then we saw this area of cloud gradually edging its way eastward and it is making things are all the gray for some of us and also a little bit wet as well so plenty more in the way of great damp weather as we head through the day on wednesday and that's going to stick around for the southern parts here as we head through thursday as well further north a force in south and north korea should be dry and brighter all day and for the west it should be dry force in beijing with a top temperature of thirty degrees now for the southeastern parts of china the rain here is intensifying now see the clouds on the satellite picture they're beginning to get going and they're going to give us some barry heavy rain over the next day or so plenty of very wet weather stretching all the way up into shanghai as we head through wednesday and then on thursday gradually peters out as it gradually sinks its way towards the southeast shanghai though still staying wet even on thursday as well but further towards the south has been a lot of heavy rain here particularly in the southern parts of vietnam that area

where the still with us there for wednesday in stretches down towards the southwest to meet all else where the real refuse places you can go if you're hoping to avoid the showers mostly the southern parts of borneo and down through job on wednesday it was like we should see plenty of sunshine here. russian filmmaker under a necklace of continues his journey across his homeland to discover what life is like under putin during his travels he meets christians and muslims patriots and separatists i thought the locals in the southeast were on our side when i arrived i don't do something completely different someone to leave russia but for others a russian passport means hope and a chance have happened in search of putin's russia at this time on all jazeera.

elegant deal with al-jazeera live from the top stories unsung suchi has condemned human rights violations and me an ma but is refusing to blame soldiers many were injured accuse of rape and burning their villages. donald trump is due to make his first speech to the un general assembly in just a few hours to. the un general assembly is one of the biggest diplomatic events of the year despite that there will be several high profile absentees this year for the state bar has more on who will and won't take the podium. the u.n. general assembly is the ultimate stage for world diplomacy and this year there will be some high profile first timers among them of course the u.s.

president a central player in some of the major issues confronting the world the north korean crisis in iran's nuclear deal middle eastern conflict and immigration before he was elected donald trump called the u.n. an underperformer and his vision for america is one of less cooperation with international bodies like the u.n. he is perhaps somewhat ironically going to be giving his america first vision for america's role in the world at the very heart of international multilateralism and i think everybody will have their eyes turned to him to hear quite what america first means certainly for america but for america's allies and indeed for the united nations those as the very home of global multi-lateralism or trump is already pushing his agenda for u.n. reform he and the u.s. ambassador nikki haley hosted a meeting with the u.n. secretary general on monday and this week we'll see antonio good terraces first

general assembly address he has conceded that for too long the un's role has been to respond to conflicts rather than playing a role in preventing it at his first general assembly the french president is expected to present a global patch for the environment if adopted it will give environmental rights legal and binding power at national and international levels and security is expected to dominate the first addressed by pakistan's caretaker prime minister shahid karna bussy his government is under u.s. pressure to do more to crack down on armed groups for attacks in neighboring afghanistan other leaders though are no support for their absence from the meeting among them mere miles de facto leader aung san suu kyi she is under intense pressure over the him to crisis last year in her first u.n. address. yes she defended her government's efforts to resolve the situation but one year on that crisis has only deepened other big names who won't take the podium

this year include the russian president vladimir putin and the german chancellor angela merkel she is in the middle of a crucial reelection campaign venezuela's nicolas maduro is also a no show his country is in political turmoil with people suffering extreme food shortages a recent u.n. report detailed human rights violations by security forces despite missouri's defiance the u.n. says that in venezuela democracy is barely alive. an airstrike has hit a hospital in the syrian province of it live three hospitals were targeted within one hour civilians and emergency workers have been killed jamal al schild is in beirut in neighboring lebanon. at around nine a.m. local time on tuesday fighters belonging to a sham and their allies in the armed syrian opposition made a push from ad libbed towards the northern countryside of aleppo the aim to liberate land that had been recaptured by syrian government forces and their allies

over the past few weeks as that push was going on and as they were pushing towards . village on the northern side of aleppo the government conducted some fifty air strikes across the area according to activists inside syria of those airstrikes targeted at least three hospitals one maternity unit as well as a fire station or ambulance service post there and two schools now the casualty numbers are still coming in from rights groups on the ground but this goes to show that even with the perceived success of the stand the process which identified four deescalation zones of which the northern side of aleppo was not included and must be added even with that perceived success the fighting still continues and what many of the opposition groups are saying is that regardless of what these political

tracks are taking in terms of finding some sort of associations of fighting and that's the core problem that is the persistence of bashar assad in power and his regime unless that is solved then this war that has gone on for seven years killing hundreds of thousands of people with nobody brought to account than there would still be some sort of conflict unless that is resolved. shots are being fired during a pro kurdish independence rally in northern iraq one man was killed in kirkuk kurdish leaders a final orders from iraq's supreme court and the prime minister to stop plans for an independence referendum next monday iran turkey and the u.s. are all calling for the vote to be delayed they say it could create instability and help beisel fighters in the oil rich kurdish region. meanwhile tensions are rising in the kurdish town of tool in the country's province this is where kurdish control and iraqi control begins military commanders are concerned there might be violence . since the referendum was announced by the presidency of the kurdistan region

we have been seeing the parties including the arabs in the. making threats that if the kurds hold a referendum they will attack our forces we are fully prepared to react to any unwanted incident but we will not initiate anything but we will try our best to avoid war but if it happens and if it comes to our doors that. these areas apart governorates and the governor has completely rejected the referendum the city council including the arabs and the turkmen also rejected it they didn't even vote on it therefore we are rejecting the referendum here in the city and coke and other disputed areas in fact we don't want to held in kurdistan either. al jazeera. has more now from northern iraq. one of the biggest bones of contention between the central government in baghdad and the kurds have been so. ever

since the fall of saddam hussein back in two thousand and three and the writing of the constitution two thousand and five now since two thousand and fourteen when army pulled out and i saw a large swathe of. the kurds have actually stepped in and taken hold for a lot of. estimates but one that crap about forty percent and what we're seeing at the moment is this at this time from the central government in baghdad about this referendum as we speak is still going ahead on september september twenty fifth now. some would say the kurds can carry out this referendum in their own territories. and the world but not the so called territories well i do moment the referendum is also being carried out in those territories and that's where you see you're seeing

a new. emerging whereas in the past those. have come under attack. and then i so now you see the. forces that under the direct command. and the. forces face to face and i think some of the people here the kurds who are against the timing of the referendum not the idea of a referendum wary exactly about this new form of. emerging in the country. and you attorney general has been appointed in brazil rockhill dogs are places to agree. who only last week charged president we shall tema with leading a criminal organization and obstruction of justice president term of appointed himself overlooking other nominees. brazil's attorney general is responsible for prosecuting politicians. in kenya the electronic voting system will not be ready in

time for the rerun of the presidential elections next month the french supplier says engineers need more time to properly install the system filling the void result in august supreme court judges playing voting irregularities for the reelection of the president. he's campaigning along with his rival rather for the planned rerun on october the seventeenth schoolchildren in south africa using their mobile telephones to record attacks in class by some of the teachers the video shared on social media increasing pressure on government leaders to improve student safety tanya page now from johannesburg. a teacher has found lashing out at a student at face a country school in carson in a town was. named teachers being suspended and displacing criminal charges pending an investigation

for allegedly turning on not one but two teenage girls the girls who can't be named to protect their identity of both being offered counseling by the department of education mobile phone video first shown on social media a week ago is the latest example of corporal punishment twenty years after it was banned and south africa's classrooms it's not an isolated incident or most half of six thousand pupils who took part in a national survey said baird been hit by a teacher to be well i says we are always afraid that he does something wrong the teacher will lose it and just beat us up we don't cry because when you cross the teacher hits you again and so you would have to be brave and cry on the inside serious misconduct by teachers has an even more disturbing side extend into allegations of sexual abuse and even rape at one school three men including the principal as a suspended from and facing criminal charges over the suspected gang wipe of

a student part of the attack was found on a mobile phone at another school three teachers are suspended over sexual harassment allegations the minister of basic education says she's angry and embarrassed but that she can't and force mandatory vetting of teachers to check whether they have a history of violence before they step into a classroom without the agreement of stakeholders including parents and teachers unions a conduit cup in the mornings i'm going to the. people's jobs we just have to agree on principle as we did it then we have to for the due process about how to deal with issues that affect people. but that could be leaving children vulnerable to teachers who experience the brutality of apartheid but haven't been taught how to control their anger you need people who lead in situations such as the school has people who are emotional intelligence who have drilled with their

own relationship with authority with violence and with a history of finance so you can just look crude teaches and not look at their history otherwise instead of being a safe place some students fear going to class tanya page al-jazeera south africa. islanders in the caribbean a face in the fury of a category five hurricane for the second time in a month hurrican maria has regained strength and is on track to be the strongest storm in puerto rico for eighty five years the u.s. territory is preparing for a direct hit the island of dominick has already felt the full force of two hundred fifty five kilometers an hour winds vallance prime minister turn to facebook to report on the storm roosevelts get it said initial reports of widespread devastation so far we've lost all that money can buy and replace my greatest fear for the morning is that we'll wake to news of serious physical injury and possible deaths as a result of likely landslides triggered by persistent rains soldiers in some

mountain are handing out aid to islanders with full access to food or water people on the island of antigua are preparing for the worst to. be. seen and then you. keep some of the time. you do not want to trust the men and. that's something that i mean no. harm you know not bad you know we are missing you know. from the. never like that because you. don't you feel you didn't want to bring them down from. there when you wanted from you. i'm peter davi with the headlines on al-jazeera. has condemned human rights violations in me and ma but is refusing to blame soldiers many accuse of rape

murder and burning their villages. national speech on the crisis following international condemnation of ethnic cleansing. it is not the intention of the government to apportion blame or to gauge responsibility we condemn all human rights and unlawful violence we are committed to the restoration of debility and rule of law through up this to the head of a un inquiry into the violence in that northern state of rakhine has asked for more time to investigate the allegations of human rights abuses against the. pacing and escalating situation in. there is increasing exponentially we are deeply concerned about the ability to verify the facts necessary to. report the depth and. that is expected by much. respect. today extending our mandate by six months to september two thousand.

donald trump is due to make his first speech at the un general assembly in just a few hours time he made his debut at the u.n. on monday warning the world body isn't living up to its potential the u.s. president blamed bureaucracy and mismanagement but also promised to help reforms. an asteroid cast at a hospital in the syrian province of it live three hospitals were targeted within an hour civilians and emergency workers were killed. islanders in the caribbean a face in the fury of a category five hurricane for the second time in a month hurrican maria has regained strength and is on track to be the strongest storm in what's a rico for eighty five years the u.s. territory is preparing for a direct hit the island of bimini has already felt the full force of two hundred fifty five kilometers an hour winds soldiers instant martin and handing out aid to islanders with little access to food or water and the honor of antica is also in

the path of her accompaniment rio more news on the web site al jazeera dot com i'll see you very soon up next it's inside story. world leaders are at the united nations this week on the agenda north korea syria and the range of crisis but as they champion peace and security across the globe what can they actually achieve is the u.n. still a relevant organization this is inside story.