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hello everyone i'm thirsty bar and a warm welcome to this news hour live from london coming up in the next sixty minutes. exit polls from germany's elections give and going to merkel and her party a fourth term in office. of the far right a decent operates becoming the third largest party in the batista. in other news as iraqi kurds prepare for monday's independence vote iran and iraq take steps to punish them. too traumatized to speak eat or drink the terrible toll of mammals cracked down on the wreckage. and i'm fan how much with all the sports news including an f l players the fire us president donald trump and neil during the national anthem at wembley stadium following his attack on athletes who

had been silently protesting against racial injustice. hello exit polls in germany's elections put angular merkel and her policy on course for a fourth term in office but she lost electoral support anding a far right party its biggest victory in decades the polls say that merkel center right christian democratic union party want thirty three point three percent of the vote that gives them two hundred and twenty seats their main rival and current coalition partner the center left social democrats led by martin short skirt around twenty one percent of the vote or one hundred thirty seven seats. but the biggest change to germany's political scene is this the far right and anti islam alternative for germany or a.f.d. party getting thirteen point two percent of the vote that translates into eighty

seven seats and makes them the third biggest party the three other main parties one between nine and ten percent of the vote but could find themselves in power as part of a coalition. well of mainstream parties have ruled out talking to the f.d.a. about forming a coalition it is the first time since world war two that the far right party has won more than ten percent of the vote. was founded just four years ago as an anti euro force his manifesto included banning all mosques and criminalizing people who wear a veil in her victory speech merkel vowed to win but votes from the. also. these and we don't have to beat around the bush of course we hope for a better result that is clear however we mustn't forget we've had a very challenging time in office and that's why i'm glad that we've achieved the strategic objective of our election campaign. we've got

a challenge in the f.t. has entered the federal parliament we'll have to analyze and evaluate what's happened because we want to regain those who voted for the a.f.d. . good friends this is a great day in the history of our party. we did it. in the german parliament and we will change this country. or merkel's task now is to find some new coalition partners because the social democrats say they will go into opposition rather than the remain in a grand coalition. and this. dude in order to become the chancellor and that's why i didn't want to be a minister in the cabinet and that's why it is correct that i recommended to the speedy leadership that we should enter into opposition. just show you some live pictures coming into us from the german capital berlin what you're seeing here is an anti

a protest forming there in berlin protesting against this far right party formed only four years ago on an anti euro sentiment it anti islam and to immigration. those the people protesting against the fact that posse has won thirteen percent of the vote let's take you live to al-jazeera is dominic k. and he's in berlin force following all the developments dominic interesting result this particular general election and leaving angela merkel looking for and you paula. very much so in in fact partners for the city because there is no now that the social democrats have ruled out any possibility of another grand coalition there is no other single party that angle or merkel could work with which would form a majority in the new parliament so people here and across the german media are talking about jamaica being on everyone's lips because that's the way the colors of the flag of jamaica the jamaica coalition black gold and green would be if there

was a coalition between i'm going to see a c.d.u. and the green party and the free democrats now that is still to be decided upon that will be thrashed out in the hours in the days perhaps in the weeks to come and we know that the two smaller parties involved will very probably have to consult their party membership to guarantee that they will agree to it but if they want to go into government that is their only vehicle but the point to make here from this election as you say it's a strange victory for england now for because effectively she will have nearly one hundred fewer members of parliament from her party in the next parliament and as a resounding the alternative for germany party is likely to have eighty eight members of parliament which makes them a considerable bloc in the parliament so the question will be what questions rather will be what sort of government can angle americal lead going forward and what sort of role will the alternative for germany party play in the next pontiff put those

questions and a few others to my guest or left from rasmussen global a group set up by the former secretary general of nato and us for us was and mr bunker looking at this this is almost what we might call in english a pyrrhic victory it's a victory but actually there is a degree of loss in here too also for angela merkel is that how you see this result yeah definitely so she's on those first side she's the big winner by the same time she's the biggest loser here her party lost nearly ten percent of her coalition partner the us with the just the last five percent. but she now has to use this is still in a position of strength to build a new coalition which is this time definitely much harder and much calmer more complicated than have been the last four years. we talked i talked about the alternative for germany party this far right party it's the first time since world war two that a far right party has performed as well as won so many votes so many seats in a parliament what does this say about german democracy right now that

a party that advocates policies which many people the vast majority of the electorate it sings refute what does it say that this party can succeed the way it happens i think it tells the message that. as we have seen in so everybody was so. supporting germany actually and everybody was so full of of fall for germany and saying ok this country is the rock solid in a very turbulent europe so look at germany you can see that under the surface there's obviously a lot of things going on which the established parties cannot address people are just highly unsatisfied dissatisfied and there's a lot of tensions amongst the electorate obviously which will now get into parliament and we part of the public debate will want to say as we know that there are actually people out in the streets of berlin right now demonstrating their opposition to the f.t. tweaking of opposition we now know that the social democrats who had been the

junior partner in coalition with anger when it was christian democrats they're going to opposition they say marching schultz their leader who's led them to this worst result since world war two he's not going to go he says he's going to stay as chair of the party where do they go next how do can through they do they reinvent themselves given this poll turnout they have to otherwise they cannot continue on this path which would lead them into a little marginalized party and ending up as one of the ten percent parties this is not actually what the as busy as one of the oldest the oldest. party actually kinda hard to to go through but as you said so it will be kind of an interesting reinvention they have to address the issues which are concerns to the people they have to be much more open but finally they get out of this slavery as they have seen it in the grand coalition and we're marching scholz was in this catch twenty one situation that he could not actually criticize merkel while his very own party which she was chair of. was responsible for all the government decisions as they

were thank you very much for your analysis so the point to make here is angle americal stands having won on the face of it the largest votes the largest seats total in the next parliament although as i say there will be nearly one hundred fewer fellow members of the christian democrat union christine social union in parliament with the question will be has her off already been damaged by this result and then leading on from this what possible coalition can form will it be the jamaica government one thing to point out the leaders of all the main parties will be involved in a live television debate later on this evening where they will be having to address these questions we don't expect necessarily to hear any breakthrough about coalitions but certainly questions will be put to them about the performances that each party has put forward put has as in do it as it were in this election and with that actually for the city in london there should be interesting to watch not john mccain but in for us thank you. and with me now in the studio is nina schick she's

a political analyst and commentator at the consultancy strategies specializing in german politics and e.u. policy good to have you with us again nina all the headlines many of them are going to be about the rise of this far right group getting into parliament for the first time with thirteen percent of the vote put that into context for us what does it mean well it's not really unexpected if you look at what's happened in germany over the past two years i mean in twenty fifteen you had the migrant crisis where over a million people came to germany and you know since then americal at the height of the migration crisis you know her popularity tanked it looked as though she would not be returning as a chance or so in that sense it's a success that she's won her fourth term as chancellor coming into your twelfth year in office you know she's been part since two thousand and five however politics is always about managing expectations so the fact that she has lost ten percent of the vote share relative to last time will be seen as a defeat the fact that the two has lost a lot of m.p.'s as to how effective will the a.f.d.

be all of the other parties are going to club around making sure that they are not too effective because their politics is still very toxic to the mainstream of german society as well as german politics so i think that all of the parties will try to make sure that the f.t. does not have too much impact on the parliamentary process how was able to turn things around as you say what eighteen months ago popularity was was abysmal i mean there were people predicting that that was the end of the reign that she wouldn't win this fourth term in power how she managed to turn things around that she have to actually change her policies in the last eighteen months well on the surface of it she has always stood by her decision to kind of suspend the dublin regulations and allow. syrian refugees to come to germany and of course what actually happened was that the government lost control. at a certain point in the summer of twenty fifteen there were ten thousand people

crossing the borders of germany daily so despite her rhetoric on the surface saying we're going to manage this we'll continue as a country in actual policy terms there was a pretty sharp fall farce and what happened is that they tightened the asylum law they struck a lot of deals and are trying to strike more deals so the most controversial one being the one with turkey where they return migrants to turkey rather than allowing them to come to the e.u. and what they really realize that they had to get this situation under control to assure the public that indeed the migration crisis was not something that was out of control and now we're seeing a reaction to this as well on a thought about europe as a whole is europe going to be breathing a sigh of relief that merkel is still there i mean a lot of people have been turning towards germany as being sort of the beacon of stability in a very strange world that we now live in is that is that a fair assessment yes i think so i think you know you've already seen loads of

leaders congratulate merkel for winning her fourth term in office and i think that when it comes to the e.u. she's still going to be very powerful because let's not forget that the a.f.d. is thirteen percent obviously but all of the other parties are broadly united on merkel's vision of europe or what it means to be european none of the parties are calling for a breakup of europe the f.t. is the only one actually use kind of euro skeptic on your is a bailout policy but even the f.t. isn't calling for a breakup of the e.u. so on the european stage i think she still reigns in her dominion as queen of europe good to have you with us nina thanks so much thank you. well the french president emanuel party has taken a hit according to partial results in from an election for the senate the vote to a new heart of the country's three hundred forty eight senate seats is seen as crucial to help passes controversial labor a force which will spot mass protests so far it appears the conservatives are

dominating the election the senators are being voted in by mares and regional councils though not by the general public or i still to come on this news from london. i'm joined now in southeastern bangladesh where refugees continue to arrive hourly from me and just across the water. we visit a hospital in venezuela where children die because there's no medicine or even the soap to clean the equipment. and the rest of the world of battling it out on the final day of the inaugural. first the iraqi government is ramping up its efforts to stop a controversial kurdish independence referendum on monday is asked the autonomous kurdish region to hand over control of its international border posts and international airports it's also calling on foreign countries to stop oil trading

with the kurdish region and to deal with the baghdad government and sturt speaking earlier prime minister warned that the vote would have dire consequences for the kurdish regions we're told the whole issue i've been called the i want to speak clearly with our dear kurdish people most of the problems in your region are local and not coming from baghdad the call of the search and will only make the crisis of economic and financial difficulties get bigger resulting from the corruption and bad management i want to direct my worse to the kurdish people and ask those responsible where has the money from oil revenues gone. but the president of iraq's kurdish regional government says the vote will go ahead he says officials in baghdad have failed to live up to the promises they made to the kurds. and they have been continuing and threatening and a million people the state the we agreed on should have been a state based on citizenship federalism pluralism multiculturalism and democracy

but unfortunately the state we have right now in iraq is a theocratic sectarian state or the u.s. is the referendum could fuel regional tensions and distract from the battle against i saw the u.n. also says it could destabilize iraq. has more from the capital of iraq's kurdish region. he has dedicated his life to the kurdish flag making a living out of it even after spending two years in. jail but since he started his business twenty one years ago it's never been so good his products are selling like hotcakes. flags from all countries raised at the u.n. except ours it's enough our children died in the war against i so now they send us the shia paramilitary forces to scare us we are mountain people we're not afraid of saddam hussein and now we're not afraid of the molecule. is plastered with kurdish

colors there's a spike in national ever since the referendum for self-determination was announced . also proud of their president muscled barzani who stands firm despite international pressure to postpone the referendum the majority of the five million registered voters are expected to say yes the vote is also taking place in the. currently under control of the kurdish forces but one of the biggest challenges is that most of the people from those areas and now scattered around the kurdish region many of them living in camps. here there is none of the joy celebrations seen just a short drive away. is more worried about the fate of her son she hasn't heard from him since he was captured by i still about a year ago from the town of. we already lost our homes our town our neighbors the life we've known for thirty or forty years we will say yes but who knows if we'll get our rights we from the disputed areas are lost at sea we want

someone who will be able to stare us to safety an estimated three hundred thousand displaced iraqis will vote in one thousand camps across the region their ballots will go through a special procedure. for example this is the ballot any vote yes or no then it's put into an envelope this envelope will go into another with a name and ration card number. if the name is on the registering we will count and if not we will throw it away. but this is a historic moment once they have been waiting for for a lifetime even if not for many this referendum is the last step before declaring independence but that doesn't meet. the turkish and iranian presidents have spoken on the phone about the iraqi kurdish independence referendum and voiced concern it will cause regional chaos earlier iran. border with iraq

to stop the spread of kurdish separatism within its own. state television aired footage of explosions and smoke rising as part of military drills held by the revolutionary guard turkey has also held a week of military exercises on its border with iraq. three u.n. soldiers have been killed and five others seriously injured after an explosive device was detonated in northern mali they were escorting a convoy between the towns of on fi and gal when they were attacked by armed fighters peacekeeping mission says the soldiers who died were from bangladesh. the head of the un refugee agency has been meeting refugees in bangladeshi camps they've told philippa grandy about alleged murder rape and violence in mammals rakhine state our correspondent john hull has been hearing similar accounts from

people in tech now in southeastern bangladesh. these are new arrivals well over four hundred thousand muslim or hindu have fled ethnic cleansing in me and in just the past month and that number is rising daily. i don't have any expectations of bangladesh i just came here to save my life. and i've seen a beggar mix planes through her tears that her husband and brother were killed when the military laid waste to her village. this is one of several entry points into bangladesh a busy water taxi route from sharply island to the mainland many rangers have crossed the nafs river from me in march. and into bangladesh this way. gathered on the water's edge the members of a large family who fled their homes two days ago during what the me and my military

calls clearance operations. we were totally blockaded in our village they wouldn't allow us out and we began to run out of food and you know. a beggar makes planes what happened next. the army surrounded our village and set it alight our husbands and sons were slaughtered we ran away to save our lives we can take anything with us except what we were wearing. and then she adds some brutal detail. that if they found a woman they'd rape her and then throw her away so she couldn't be found they did this in village after village at this point two things become clear the first is that the exodus of britain. while down from its peak is still going on the second is that the number of people who've lost their lives inside me may be extremely high so many of the people arriving now are young mothers with children there

aren't nearly enough husbands brothers of fathers and despite statements to the contrary by the government of and sang suchi the violence across the water goes on . i asked sue mana and her sister if more people would be making the crossing. yes they replied in unison many more people are preparing to leave jonah hill al jazeera bangladesh. is turning to anger among. some a calling from. inside this bag is a twelve year old girl she's being carried to the camp by her cousins after crossing the border. more soldiers slit her brother's throat they then came after her cousins won't say exactly what they did to fetch of

a since she's been unable to speak eat or drink whatever they did has put her in the state of shock. she is responsible for all this she is responsible for the killings for the violence against our people. supported the nobel laureate hoping she would bring an end to their persecution instead mob attacks led by buddhist monks and the military against their community have intensified since she came to power in two thousand and fifteen despite their return to democracy they can vote go to school or practice their religion freely. and this is the salvation army formally known as keen as secular militant group responsible for the august attacks against the me and my security forces their leader ayatollah continues to call on all men and women to fight what they describe as the brutal

regime of young go on and and to the oppression of ranges. we met one of the group's members in a secret location it's the first time they accept to talk publicly. he says they have no choice but to take up arms in order to stop what they describe as the start of a genocide against their people. if they don't give us our rights if they keep killing our people raping all women then yes there will be more attacks to come this is our land we will find. me and more as response to the group's attack is described by the un as textbook ethnic cleansing the group is ill equipped and has few weapons it is no match to me and most military might but it has the support of many refugees people stateless and in limbo. who continue to suffer of unspeakable violence. nicholas hark al-jazeera at the bangladesh me and more border

at least one person has died after a gunman opened fire on churchgoers in the us city of nashville police say at least eight people including the gunman were also injured in sunday morning's attack at the burnet chapel church of christ emergency services are still at the scene u.s. president donald trump has tweeted more criticism of n.f.l. players who nail him process during the national anthem he called on finance to consider boycotting the n.f.l. if teams do not file or suspend the players about didn't stop national football league players from kneeling and locking arms in a show of solidarity before a game in london earlier there have been similar scenes at games across the u.s. the players are protesting against social and racial injustice. let's take out al jazeera she's in washington d.c. for us and can believe these protests seem to be growing. that's right spreading across the united states sunday is

a big day in the united states for sports and particularly for football it's a chance to relax but really this day has been transformed into a day of protests and pushback against the president's criticism over players' rights to kneel during the national anthem in protest of racial in justin's police police brutality as certainly what we saw in london and we're also seeing as these games unfold here in the united states with a growing number of teams dozens of players not only kneeling on one need during the national anthem but also some choosing not to come out for the anthem at all or even raising their fist in defiance now i can tell you that the trumpet ministration did put out its treasury secretary today in the sunday chat shows to push back against this growing protest and defiance saying in fact that there's no place for this on the field the n.f.l. or national football league american style football has strict rules and as well certainly the administration supports the right to free speech shouldn't apply on

the field that something that many fans don't agree with and also the players association it has released a video saying that sports players are certainly much more than just athletes who can sell shoes and and marketers they're also leaders of the community and they have a right to demonstrate this is certainly being echoed not just by the players association but also by the team owners among those some who are friends with donald trump supported his campaign but say they're deeply disappointed by the president's comments and criticisms can be how can with the latest in washington d.c. thank you. and there is much more to come on this including saying see the independent counsel defy the spanish government to distribute ballots at the time but independence from the. point of own kind of iraq tens of thousands of people to evacuate out i saw into. the in the champion talk it's

a new world record. we might just catch the. northern parts of the middle east over the next couple of days and larry a cloud just around the black sea spilling out of that wealthy some corner of turkey hunting twenty seven millimeters of rain in twenty four hours you can see a little bit of cloud further south as well through syria heading towards lebanon could see one of two showers coming in specht. around the black sea ever towards a caspian sea northern parts of iran could see some rain over the next diot say with a chance of want to think as we go on through tuesday it does look a dry picture. route getting up to twenty eight forty two for baghdad and we still just about getting into the forces across

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back and our minds at the top stories here on al-jazeera the german chancellor angela merkel is on track for a fourth term and power as polls suggest her party want to third of the votes in the parliamentary election the opposition social democrats say they will leave her coalition and go into opposition. protests have gathered outside the headquarters of the far right party which set to become the third largest political force in the job of it after winning around thirteen percent of the vote. and iran has held military drills along the iraqi border in a show of force ahead of monday's historic kurdish referendum on independence from iraq iran. closed its airspace to flights in and out of iraqi kurdistan at the request of the government in baghdad. demonstrators calling for castle and independence have gathered in hundreds of towns across the region in defiance of

the spanish government's attempts to block october's referendum spanish police have arrested castle on officials and seized electoral materials while thousands of officers from across the country have converged on the region but this hasn't put off independence greeks have been distributing more than a million ballots at a large rally in central barcelona. or the yes campaign for catalan independence has ramped up ahead of next weekend's planned vote there is relative silence from those who want to keep spain unified. reports from barcelona. these are the two letters fueling a political crisis. is spanish for yes vote for catalonia to break away from spain. this is a revolution to achieve a yes vote and it's a revolution to be allowed to vote. catalonia already have limited powers to run the regions affairs of the referendum on full independence next

weekend but the spanish government has ordered police and state prosecutors to block the vote the left wing c u p party is one of many pushing for separation but them rebellion against central government is also a fiesta. this is a peaceful revolution we want to change the system but not continue the cycle of violence. campaign. but the no campaign simply doesn't exist and that's because the central government has declared the referendum illegal and that as men there's been no serious public despite. four years of independence. at the market in barcelona is working class neighborhood that lack of debate has left some on the. lawn so is originally from the other side of the country in western spain settled in barcelona forty

years ago he sells cured ham from his hometown one hundred kilometers away this can all of them look like i'm not really clear yes or no no i've decided to convince me we're pretty good how we are i'm just not sure if things would be better with independence. a few stalls away home grown produce displayed in the cattle and language greengrocer delfin paris is catalan boredom brit but he has little tolerance but any politician where. we've got farm work today and we haven't got time for all this i know nothing about politics i just hope everything turns out ok you know that. but others express louder opinions every night hajar barcelona's balconies in protest at what they see as madrid's heavy handed tactics

a drumbeat of pots and pans called pedal al-jazeera barcelona spain us a federal aid has started to arrive in puerto rico as emergency services deal with the devastation left by her. eleven ships event at the main port bringing in camp beds food and more than six million liters of drinking water more ships are expected to arrive during the week meanwhile tens of thousands of people have been evacuated from an area near the tucker river in the northwest over fears that a dam there. animals have drowned and cars are stuck under houses a house we just passed had four vehicles under including an ambulance and a large vehicle everything is lost only the people have been say our lives are the most important. that we lost our house it was completely flooded we lost

everything cars and cloyd's we have nothing. or thousands of volunteers of travel to mexico cities to help with aid efforts there following two deadly earthquakes five days ago a devastating seven point one magnitude tremor rocked the city killing more than three hundred people say hopes of finding more survivors under the rubble a fading in the first three days sixty nine people were pulled out alive since friday only bodies have been recovered. although thirty five thousand people have fled their homes on the tourist island of bali as seismologists one of the major volcano eruption well than a thousand people were killed the last time mount erupted half a century ago i was there a step vasant has been visiting people affected in northern bali. the most sacred ok no inviolate rumbling after fifty four years of silence this is the edge of the danger zone and people are still evacuated their animals at the last minute this is their main source of income and these farmers are worried that they can't feed

their animals when they're staying in the evacuation centers this team is warning people to leave the area immediately and they're also looking for i mean most that are still left behind like dogs hundreds of promotion quakes have been found in the last ten days since the volcano woke up again mount is known to be a very explosive volcano in one thousand six hundred three. material and with food into the year up to ten kilometer of villages were destroyed the more than thousand people die more than two hundred thousand people are now and users actuation santos and many others are now staying in with relatives the balinese have come out to help those affected by the bring in no food and other things they need the tourist areas in this valley are not affected by default but you know it is believed that if an eruption happens airports might be closed and then tourism is affected or to see the option is imminent but nobody knows if and when it will happen. in

venezuela six children are dying because hospitals called access supplies or afford to maintain equipment the government is still rejecting offers of humanitarian aid saying the scale of the crisis is being overstated but his own data released on expectedly earlier this year showed that infant mortality rose thirty percent almost eleven and a whole thousand last year and maternal mortality jumped by a staggering sixty five percent to seven hundred fifty seven hundred fifty six deaths. cases of malaria also rose seventy six percent to more than two hundred forty thousand. going to exclusive access to a children's hospital in the capital caracas. because rios is venezuela's oldest pediatric hospital the only facility with children can receive kidney dialysis in this ward. it's were jewellers and only son some well

died not from his kidney disease but from the dialysis machine it was contaminated with a deadly bacteria that so far has killed five children. we feel tremendous pain seeing a child fight since birth to live just to die because the hospital didn't have the end by addicks and because no one would take measures to fix the contamination problem that was public knowledge. former hospital director dr all near this old mena discreetly invites us to see what's become of a facility that was venezuela's pride and joy. today only two of the eight lifts work there the same two that go up with patients and come down with dead bodies the go up with food and go down with rubbish not a single norm of hygiene is met in this hospital. corridors are full of beds piled on top of each other crucial medical equipment lies idle and officers have five or

six of these extremists none of them are working and just getting dust. the mother of a boy diagnosed with lupus spends the night in this chair she says the hospital is unable to run the tests her son needs but you know my. child and infant mortality have increased thirty percent in one year they're dying from illnesses that are preventable with vaccines and antibiotics and we have neither. and in the absence of both diseases like diptheria tuberculosis malaria and yellow fever are soaring this in an oil rich country where not only lifesaving medicine but also soap to keep the hospital clean are victims of an economic crisis that's taking more lives by the day. to see a new an hour just got access and on monday listed human will take a look at how rocketing food prices mean almost three quarters of that is weight

and some lost weight over the past year. cass's amir shakes haven't been hammered our family has received a warm welcome home after his trips to europe and the u.n. general assembly crowds of locals and x. last gathered to greet him apparently to refute rumors from some gulf media companies that catteries want a change of leadership the country has been under blockade by four of its neighbors in three months saudi arabia the u.a.e. bahrain and egypt accuse cassar of bankrolling terror groups and allegation it to nice. u.s. president donald trump has fired the latest salvo in his war of words with north korea he's on the country's foreign minister that if he echoes the thoughts of little rocket man referring to kim jong un he and his leader won't be around much longer well that was in response to riyal hosed blistering attack on him in a speech to the u.n. general assembly on saturday. don't try to

insult the supremum dignity of my country by referring it to a rocket by doing so however he committed an irreversible mistake of making our rockets visit the entire u.s. mainland inevitable all the more none other than trump himself is on a suicide mission. well let's now take a look in more detail as to why north korea feels so threatened out a serious dokken course that explains. north korea's defiance and hatred of the u.s. on show for the world to see its state news agency says anti american speeches were celebrated by an audience of more than one hundred thousand people in pyongyang not surprising given the decades of tensions in sanctions that the north blames on the u.s. . the u.s. has put sanctions against our country on the very first day of its foundation.

from an early age the north korean government teaches its citizens to hate america and that hatred dates back to the korean war. the conflict began in nine hundred fifty. by its end in one nine hundred fifty three the u.s. had dropped more than six hundred thousand tons of explosives devastating the korean peninsula which remains divided to this day there was no peace treaty and the north and south are technically still at war north korea never forgave the united states its founder kim il sung and his successors have all portrayed the u.s. as an ever present threat easily done with so many u.s. troops on its border despite periods where both sides made efforts to normalize relations deals to relax economic sanctions in exchange for p.r. nyang freezing its nuclear program have always broken down. and after nine eleven the rhetoric was stepped up. north korea is

a regime arming with missiles and weapons of mass destruction. while starving its citizens states like the and their terrorist allies constitute an axis of evil well the man has won north korea conducted its first nuclear test in two thousand and six and five more have followed the most recent and powerful was earlier this month. and despite decades of sanctions it has also expanded its ballistic missiles program saying the entire us territory is now within range analysts say the latest crisis needs to be put in context in the post cold war period we have seen the united states exercising in a unilateral way regime change all around the world to north korea look at. a look at iraq a look at libya as examples attentional stabilizing futures

that it doesn't want pyongyang has long used the fear of an american attack as a tool to unify its citizens but the last month of insults and threats has raised tension like never before and in a country so suspicious of outsiders and then would looking at the danger is that actions and words could be misinterpreted with devastating consequences duggan crawford how does era. heads all the news in sports mark mckay as i close up a sixteen point lead in the moto g.p. standings of all their races left so the hits tell you how he did. on fighting old age one punk shot a time will meet the boxing grannies of south africa. tensions are high little has changed and new village officials are struggling to

demonstrate goodwill. among morial is trying for a comrade who sacrificed his life the political change. but really a friend to unite will drive a wedge between the villages fractures part three of a six part series filmed over five years to crank china's democracy experiment at this time honored is era. where every.

has for us all the sport now with santa. thank you very much felicity a large group of n.f.l. players have knelt during. sunday's league action since controversial comments made by u.s. president donald trump has called for players to be fired if they make a gesture that's been used to protest racial injustice in the united states at least on the reports. for an american president who's already saw divisions around the country sport became his latest battleground the comments made by donald trump on friday night in alabama continue to echo through the country's two most watch sports leagues when you love to see one of these n.f.l. owners when somebody disrespects our flag this is

a get that son of a the old right out this fire trump was attacking n.f.l. players who have been dealing during the national anthem to protest racial injustice he tweeted again on sunday morning if n.f.l. fans refuse to go to games until players stop disrespecting our flag and country you will see change take place fast fire also spends he went on n.f.l. attendance and ratings are way down boring games yes but many stay away because they love our country league should back us there are seven n.f.l. owners who each donated one million dollars to trump's presidential campaign among them new england patriots c.e.o. robert kraft but even he joined the league and several other tables in a show in critical statements saying i am deeply disappointed by the tone of the comments made by the president on friday our players are intelligent thoughtful and

care deeply about our community and i support their right to peacefully effect social change. command and employ everybody that's woken up to what we're supposed to do was to continue this conversation over from o'jays the dispute had also hit basketball on saturday after trump disinvited n.b.a. winning stop. stephanie koury to the white house we would in normal times very easily be able to set aside political differences and go visit him have a great time and. be awesome but these are not ordinary times the response of cleveland cavaliers down the bron james to trump on twitter calling him a bum has attracted more than one point two million likes we all know how much sports brings us together how much passion has how much we love and caring you know the friendships and everything that he creates and for him to try to use this platform to divide us even more. is not something not to stand for. on

saturday oakland athletics concha bruce maxwell became the first major league baseball player to meall during the national anthem the way i did it was to symbolize the fact that i'm leaving for college but when i'm in no way or form disrespecting my country or much like. home and al-jazeera. in kenya as you keep took a has won his second the berlin marathon twenty sixteen limpid gold medalist was targeting the marathon cell thirty seven seconds short in that what whether he crossed the finish line in two hours or three minutes and thirty four seconds if you know who it was twelve seconds behind in second making it the fastest math and debut in history. team europe have won the an all world cup after roger federer defeated in a curious and a singles

a match on sunday the rest of the world were making a real fight over to on the third day in prague before that they made a big statement went on i was not upset rafael nadal going into the match a win for an adult would have secured the live a couple of fourteen europe however the american had other ideas and a hard full catalyzed came out on top seven five seven six. the day's action began with a doubles match america's journalism jack soccer defeated the european thomas very edition modern china chinese and winning a tightly contested match seven six seven six. but europe also had their moments on the day alexander have defeated some career in straight sets six point six form that victory so the europeans go twelve to six and needing just one more win to clinch the cup but which roger federer would later deliver. called i was knackered has put the string of finals losses behind her to successfully defend her

pan pacific open title going into the final in tokyo against anastasia publishing cova was an iraqi lost six finals this year but the day made sure it would be lucky number seven she needed just seventy five minutes to complete a straight sets rout of the russian and capture her first title of the year and her third at this event. it was therefore you know one that i really want to win today. and my seventh final of the series is. you know getting the last one was really important. and so i think it was a day to remember for peace to say you know who made history with the third world title in a row i had the u.s. u.c.i. road world championships in bergen norway on sunday is a back and has become the first man to win three world titles in a row he was way down in eighty eight the position ahead of the final climb but time to move to perfection the twenty seven year old snatch victory and two hundred

sixty seven point five kilometer race in a dramatic sprint finish saying winning in a photo finish. you guys last for a few moments. is already done it's gone after. yeah. guys this change in the from the after i tried to go in the breakaway after tried to close and after in the end you just came for a spring. example you will. be in defending champion mark marquez has won the are going to claim his fifth when all of this season the current world champion rode him to victory after starting fifth on the grid edging out at dani pedrosa hoffler until the span now leads the world championship standings with sixteen points at the top nine time champion valentino rossi who suffered a double leg fracture only three weeks ago finished fifth on his. but was able to

open that there's more. but i mean more than the other years here but you know in front of all this was amazing stories as they were which are out there on the new york yankees are returning to major league baseball's playoffs after missing out last season the yankees insure the spot with a five one victory over the toronto blue jays they're likely to progress to the wildcard lives as they trailed the boston red sox by four games at the top of the american league. and that's why the sport for me had to back to solicit in london. thanks so much for that now as you get older they say you can be excused for slowing down but that is certainly not the case for a group of grannies in south africa who are hitting back at the ageing process one punch at a time the very brave tanya page from al-jazeera joined them for a sparring session in johannesburg. training starts lightly but the

pace picks up quickly as these grannies work out a long life time of frustration. and eighty five years old in time the sort of trains as hard as anyone who children and grandchildren have told her to stop but haven't given up for. ball and running because they made her too hot she's refused saying boxing is her passion and now that. i feel so good i feel fresh a page this side and the side like this and like that i really love this i don't like things like soccer because i break. the coach claude says they're gaining strength flexibility coordination and a lot more because it's confidence it's you know the more they do that you feel of . the more energetic i like it's more of the feel for it

working your brotherhood is appropriate for these ladies are tough and i take their training very seriously and i think i would want to get in the ring with gladys anytime so. at sixty nine gladys is one of the youngest when i started. getting. my legs. but now. i feel better than. the other gladder said training is seventy seven years old she's ready for any trouble that comes her way. is up to god. it isn't strong written. here is it was one of them would come to me and giving me. my good as if you must think of anyone. that sound advice but they are fighting off old

age and having a lot of fun doing it tony a page out just ahead of. but as obstinately my favorite story of the day maybe more of all stories you can find of course on all websites that is what all front pages looking like at the moment leading on the results of the german election on going back of course. a fourth in power to check it out so you can check out the latest news on sport by going to al-jazeera don't call and that's it for me i'm going to use our team here in london join suits us and in a couple of minutes by. facing

new realities you know president said that there would be a complete audit a hundred percent ordered that order hasn't happened getting to the heart of the matter so are you saying then that the future of the g.c.c. will be in doubt here their story. on talk to al-jazeera at this time. i remember the first time i walked into the newsroom and it felt like being in the general assembly of the united nations has so many nationalities. just different places but it's what that gives us gives us the ability to identify with the. world but we can understand what it's like to have a different perspective and i think that is a strength for al-jazeera. witnessed

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