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hello i'm darned taina this is the news hour live from london coming up. counting is underway after kurds voted in large numbers in a controversial referendum in northern iraq. a declaration of war that's how north korea's foreign minister described donald trump's latest tweet he says all options are now on the table. i know it's devastating for me. a country in ruins we report from dominica where harken maria has left a trail of destruction. with the latest sports news including. i got a daughter we'll have live in this world. the war of words between u.s. president donald trump and american professional athletes continues that story and more later in the program.

votes are being counted in a controversial kurdish referendum on secession in northern iraq with a reported turnout of seventy two percent a comfortable yes result as expected but the outcome went be binding but dr hamid has the latest from. it's a day iraq's kurds say they had hoped to see in their lifetime so eager to be the first to cast their ballots suzanne was so excited about the referendum she had a restless night at eighteen is the first time she's been able to vote. i am so happy i wanted to be one of the first ones here i only slept for three hours this is a historic day for us it's not the first time idrees has voted but he too was in early he does his blue ink finger was pride. i have voted in presidential and parliamentary elections before but this is the most important one because it's about independence i hope than you could say will be

a state for everyone arabs assyrians everyone who needs safety wants to live in freedom. similar scenes were being repeated around the kurdish region people streaming into polling stations how every day could areas where kurdish president. has a strong foothold so happy today. also went to cook despite fears it could further. nearly half of the city's population who feel they have been marginalized by the kurds so this is the question. areas outside. the vote. which. everything on the ballot is written in three other languages arabic and turkish the

regional government sending a message that the future. will be inclusive. but william benjamin is not convinced he's a christian and has voted no. the same interest in us and other political events before this referendum it's just a way to lure the minorities we respect their promises but until now they've not respected all rights and every reason the history of this land excluding all part and it's. the kurdish president has said that it's time to end a failed partnership with baghdad a message that resonates among kurds who hope that this is the day that they write what they consider to be a historical wrong but by taking over the disputed territories but is only now faces those who feel history is repeating itself this time against known kurds but at the. meanwhile iraq's central government and turkey have started joint military

maneuvers on the border in retaliation for the vote takis president has denounced the referendum. our armed forces are on the borders with iraq to do whatever it takes iran as well will do whatever it takes our air force stands ready we will never allow anyone or anything to go from turkey to iraq this week we will adopt so many other measures will close the borders. cross the border. cha stratton joins us live from abuja say you've been there all day was that was him tonight. quite incredible scenes over the last few hours you will see in just one off the jubilation really just before i was sweeping had constant traffic flag waving people climbing on to cars homes beeping we expect the celebrations to go long into the night it's already made night here i mean there is no doubt that it is one of the biggest days in these

regions in history. we understand around seventy two percent of the move and five million people that was legible to vote in this referendum a cost their ballots almost two million of those people in importantly those controversial disputed areas areas that the kurdish peshmerga are in control of now having with the help of the coalition forces pushed back are still these areas beyond the official boundaries of the k r g so those votes of great importance in this referendum a referendum that it's it's widely considered will be will give a yes to independents but of course it's vital to understand that this referendum is in no way binding the president of the k r g masoud barzani saying that the hopes that this gives him a mandate in order to instigate to start serious negotiations towards what's

hoped will be independence but huge control of a city as we've been hearing a referendum that was slammed by the u.n. by the u.s. by turkey by iran. so it is it is happened it has been hugely successful according to the people here but they're all big concerns amongst the international keep. unity and to very powerful neighbors in this region someday with such a. very serious crisis when you speak to the people on the ground the people that we've spoken to today who voted that who will say that they would vote yes in this referendum they say they've had enough of the shia led baghdad government they say that it's time to. moved out of that agreement hugely controversial some massive challenges ahead but as you can see. nothing will dampen the spirit and

this infusion as of to celebrate you know rebel tonight. was mentioned a referendum has. in iraq amongst its neighbors and from the international community imran khan explains why. the kurds are spread out across the region and they here in northern iraq in turkey they are mainly based in the southeast and make up the largest ethnic minority in the country that's around fifteen percent of the population in syria the kurds are based mainly in hasluck governorates and also make up the largest ethnic minority in iran kurdish areas include west as a boy's own kermanshah province kurdistan province and a large province and have a population of nearly seven million but the independence referendum is only being held in northern iraq in the semi autonomous kurdish region they're moving ahead with the vote but the borders of any potential kurdish state are problematic

cookbook for example is disputed territory between iraq and the kurdish regional government and just under half its population is took when an arab a yes vote won't automatically trigger independence and the birth of a new kurdish nation it will likely take years of negotiations and talks between all the various parties to reach any decision and the iraqi kurds are alone the rest of iraq and much of the international community u.s. and the u.k. included all oppose the vote. during his hours kurdish writer and journalist reveller fattah i thank you very much indeed for coming in to just go back to the why this referendum why now in particular given all the opposition there is to it as we've been. i think the timing is rather strange but one can link it to could this internal affairs and i can tell if it's not original i think that the current administration inclusive somehow failed to deliver you know the promise and

also the relation for good but that also failed so of fear that. sooner or later when the problem isis in the the. militia groups might stand and the relationship between baghdad and i would be will never really been a trust your relationship and that that is really probably the main factor that push in course today to reframe them and i mean you we've mentioned there is not binding but what do you think the next move is i mean assuming that it is as expected yes what do you think the next move will be from from that code on the possibility of secession i mean there are two things the there's a different then which happened today and i speculate is of course the speculate that the answer will be yes because. of course with vote yes but then there is a nation or devotion of power to

a nation would i think that one is slight the far away because even if you listen to the regional prime minister this morning he somehow played it down so i don't know what there is nor a roadmap to a nation with of course there will be more difficult more problematic and probably more controversial with the region with international community too and the mention internationally there was very much a kind of suggestion which is this could destabilize the region. what do you make of that fear i think there is a thing though the language of america probably over the years mostly american and also britain it would be will be fear that this could divert the attention from the fight of isis because schools of iraq have been fundamental or instrumental in in fighting isis probably they were worried that if we could somehow isolate themselves then they may. possibly the the isis might

revive to a degree and i think that is their concern but apart from that if you take the reason of course in a very unfortunate geopolitical situation because course of iraq is part of course in syria iran and all these regional powers at least five of those regional powers are very not happy at all about this referendum and in fact we've had opposition from iran had opposition turkey and left the opposition in turkey is quite strong and threatening even to cut off the oil exports how likely is that threat to be carried out i think i don't really believe the turkish theory it is serious probably the airing of three it is more serious because i don't believe that that decision the referendum with been made without to show a willingness because if you wanted to stop this probably they could have like the way they have done because to use not only has it especially when it comes to their foreign policy and we have come to the kurdish minority in the area if they have

a real fear they would of them something by now but i don't think the threat from turkey probably more diplomatic than a real threat on the ground ok thank you very much indeed dr rebel fighter thank you much. both korea's top diplomat has called the tweet by u.s. president donald trump a declaration of war trump tweeted on saturday that north korea's leadership will be around much longer the north korean foreign minister says his country now has the right to take countermeasures including shooting down u.s. planes the white house says the suggestion that they've declared war is absurd and diplomatic editor james bass has more. as he left his hotel heading out of new york north korea's foreign minister really young ho addressed reporters with a statement that further ramps up the tension with the u.s. . last weekend trump claiming that our leadership wouldn't be around much longer and hence at last he declared a war no country or do you like the more that given the fact that this comes from

someone who is currently holding the seat of the united states presidency this is clearly a declaration of war his latest comments go further than his address to the u.n. general assembly two days earlier he was clearly responding to president trump's tweet after that speech in which he referred to little rocket man and warned they may not be around much longer he also referred to a u.s. show of force which took place just before he spoke on saturday u.s. fighter jets and b. one bombers flying close to north korea's eastern coast but still over international waters can be will be years from doing polar honeys home since the u.s. declared war in our country we will have every right to make ken a measures including the right to shoot down the united states strategic bombers even when they're not yet inside the airspace of our country throughout they would wear uniform as a foreign minister. said many things last week and this week and the

japanese ambassador to the united nations among those who wouldn't publicly dignify the comments of the north korean foreign minister with a response diplomats are hoping they can be a poor's in the war of words bartz with the constant provocations coming from north korea and the instant replies on twitter from president trump that seems a little unlikely james pays out jazeera at the united nations. as much more to come here in the hours or news hour as the waters of hurrican harvey subside a new deadly threat is emerging for homeowners. forced to scavenge from bins for food in what was once south america's richest capital city. with a frustrated me and. the fact that it's now the sport is the sports platform to talk about it and donald trump is slam dunked by one of the biggest stars in the n.b.a. .

medical services on puerto rico in critical condition in the wake of hurricane maria with officials warning the situation may get worse before it gets better the strongest storm to hit the caribbean island in decades has caused wide ranging power outages with many hospitals now running off generators on friday around seventy thousand people were told to evacuate the area close to a dam that had been damaged there are fears that it could breach and cause severe flooding arkan maria has killed at least thirty three people in the caribbean these high definition satellite images of before and after the storm sure the extent of the damage in dominica and it's massive barely a tree is left standing and eighty percent of the buildings have been damaged or destroyed completely. i speak to give readers on the who's just returned from domenico he joins us now from st lucia so just what you saw when you were there.

well sheer and utter destruction to put it simply this is an island nation dominique at it was completely destroyed from hurricane maria that hit just a week ago the eye of hurricane maria hit directly on the island of dominique and i don't think anyone can be prepared for what they saw when they arrived there like we did take a look. approaching domenica from the shoreline the first signs of a battered country on shore at the port the picture is clear. when the crews frantically unload water some of the first aid to reach the island all week but as we'll find out later it's not nearly enough a group of dominicans who live abroad have reached the island to rescue family members bring in supplies and they get a first glimpse of a home landed ruins i love this country i mean you know what i did step us they

didn't tell me what. was he at least knows his family is alive but not everyone is so lucky they started going through. a lot so i lost my meet my nieces my brothers in montenegro to go condition that i haven't seen my daughter. through all the old girl. in the world to sit with both airports shut down people crowd the gates at the port to try to get on one of the few ships evacuating people out and piss is why at this neighborhood near the capital everything is gone schools homes roads it's all badly damaged some beyond repair the people of this island nation of seventy one thousand are desperate some still in shock you know and i have to think

it came up with a vengeance the hurricane destroyed the power lines there's been no electricity for a week supermarkets are flattened leaving little food this seventy eight year old man hadn't eaten in days. you know there was no no nothing will get anything. that the deal went to good and it took. eight operations are still in the early phases but it's clear domenico will need the world's help to rebuild not for days not months but for years but that can wait water to hand. here they're thirsty and in this neighborhood bottled water finally arrives given the nature of the destruction it's almost like the country of domenico no longer exists and in some ways it doesn't

once a small but vibrant island nation buzzing with our culture music and life all of that is now gone the entire country has been reduced to a debris field the heart of any country is not its buildings or roads and it dominique their will is being tested in ways no people should ever have to endure but will is all they have left. some help starting to arrive but when do you expect more aid and a kind of biggest scale recovery effort to start. yeah aid has started to arrive but it's a slow process that countries like england and the united states among others are leading the effort from neighboring island nations such as st lucie where st lucia where we're at barbados and antigua as well it's hard to get aid in there because the island nation is very remote quite frankly the port is very small the two major

airports there which were small to begin with are still closed because of damage so it's just a very very slow process that people need everything they need building supplies the hospitals need medicine the supermarkets which of collapsed they need to be rebuilt the people on the island need food they need water they need everything it's going to be a long rebuilding effort. it's going to take a many many days if not months or longer the people very much are not thinking yet about rebuilding there are still in the stage of survival and trying to get the aid to make it to the next day and the next week. thank you very much indeed. it's been one month since harken javi hit southern texas bringing with it nearly one hundred thirty centimeters of rain to the city of houston where most of the water has receded it's left destruction and the potential for disease in its wake

john estabrook reports from houston and one particularly nasty problem facing returning home menace. help has finally arrived at tony green's home for weeks after hurricane harvey. volunteers rip out dry wall and discard belongings ruined by floodwaters this mo mold is everywhere crawling up walls creeping inside causes. is this typical of what you see and yeah this is especially if they hide you know for food. and water and then several weeks host harvey it could also be threatening green's health they have to clean or say we're going to call so i've got i've been taking care of you the beauty of the gulf loop be extended exposure to mold without protection from face masks and gloves can trigger a number of illnesses from allergies to respiratory disease to skin irritation in hot humid texas flooding from harvey made houston the perfect breeding ground for

mold since the hurricane harris county which includes houston has seen a slight increase in respiratory ailments on streets all over houston residents of piles of flood damaged contents of their home waiting to have it picked up and you can smell the mold on everything from phone it sure to clothing to mattresses and even though they think they've gotten rid of all the mold it could still be lingering inside their houses. mold can hide in appliances and spread to ventilation systems. are you going to shot well that's why harris county is public health director dr shaw and his staff are going door to door urging residents to use caution around it anything. it's touch that floodwater that you just treat that with extra care and caution. we're saying when in doubt throw it out if there are things that you can't clean you can't this in fact if you can assure that that is going to be safe then go ahead and throw it out so we're

going to ask you to do is spit into the researchers from baylor college of medicine are also monitoring the public's exposure to mold so this one's going to go just inside the nose they're collecting nasal and saliva samples from volunteers at community events to test for mold toxicity were able to do some pretty amazing analysis and will know exactly which types of individuals have been exposed it could be months before the test results are compiled and they were knows the extent of mold exposure in houston and as for tony green he's decided not to take any chances with his coffee i am would only be about seven to go to. and that could prevent a minor irritation from becoming a medical emergency dian estabrook al-jazeera houston texas. venezuela's foreign minister has blasted the u.s. president donald trump during his address to the united nations general assembly

our u.n. correspondent was in jordan has moved. it should come as no surprise at venice while it was not pleased with the u.s. president's speech on tuesday and his remarks before the u.n. general assembly the venezuelan foreign minister jorge out it hasa said that the us should think twice about trying to invade his country given its ongoing political crisis one impediment down to see him as if he were the world's emperor president donald trump used this room built for peace to announce your and the total destruction of member states he uses threatening unilateral and illegal measures as if he had dictatorial absolute power over the sovereign members of this organization for. out it also also spoke with reporters after his speech before the un general assembly he said that the u.s. is too fixated on venezuela's socialist economy and that it should be looking for a closer relationship with august however it's not clear whether the foreign

ministers call for more dialogue will actually resonate with the trumpet ministration. the eventual nicole economic and political process is having a severe effect on people's health a survey by three of the nation's top universities found that the average venezuelan has lost nine kilograms in the past year many families and are forced to scavenge for food in what was once south america's richest country i left america to lucien human reports in the capital caracas. there are rarely any leftovers after lunch is served at this soup kitchen run by the catholic church in caracas. i bring my children here to ensure that they get at least one good meal a day but the kitchen runs on donations only enough to serve one hundred children so every day giuditta assia is forced to turn many people away. every

day more children come into our crisis is such that as they say shame has been forgotten people would rather beg for a plate of food for their children than watch them go hungry. she says many of the children were given a special formula to help them recover from severe malnutrition but the parents who are not entitled to a meal are not so lucky. sometimes my wife and i do without food so at least the children commute twice a day. as well as prolonged and acute economic crisis characterized by food shortages and hyper inflation has seen infant mortality rise to almost thirty five percent and maternal mortality sixty five percent in just the last year a name is rampant the oil rich country is now leading latin america in what is called acute malnutrition the type described by experts as a rapid decline in nutrition that puts a child's life at risk. never in my twenty two years of

humanitarian work have i seen an emergency expanded on so many fronts as this one and so generated by the state was such a bad prognosis because there is no sign that the government wants to rectify and recognize that it has to address a humanitarian crisis. the catholic church and all position leaders have called for the government to open a humanitarian corridor but constituent assembly president densher leaders tells al-jazeera she flatly rejects such a notion. because under international humanitarian law by definition a humanitarian crisis can even facilitate and justify foreign interventions of international coalitions. whatever the definition the venezuelan state seems unable to halt a crisis the destroying thousands of families across neighboring borders. and while at home a lucky few still receive help the number of deaths from malnutrition grows. you

see in human out just good actress. stay with us on the news austell ahead germany's chancellor angela merkel begins the complicated task of building a coalition government after losing ground to a far right. we had deep into the heartlands of catalonia weapon in the spit out of the controversial independence referendum. and in supporting us i think have been sloane stephens shocked. into. how the change from late summer to stormy autumn is fairly rapid in the southeast of europe with actually as far north as austria and still this cloud circulating east of the age of gatwick and there is still storm warnings up particularly for

greece for you can see where the cloud is from slovenia and soon across to remain u.s. storms in the last week were pretty vicious so you expect the temperatures to have dropped and for the most part they have when i below the thirty mark virtually everywhere roams at twenty four there's a bit of space in the bottom left and lucy that spoke still probably about thirty of the most part there is certainly cool down a steady breeze coming in from the east is cooling things down across the black sea keeping book rest at twenty one the sunshine doesn't do much to alleviate the exact about eighteen in lynn very pleasant in comparison to the time of the year twenty or twenty one seems likely in london or past this is true for the next day or so where the storms could see to rumble in greece and probably across the aegean into western turkey as well that those showers won't come much further south and we've got a fairly dry picture of the whole of north africa now from a thirty three degrees sunny skies cairo to rather cloudy twenty five in robot and that cloud is quite extensive and drifting further east every day.

for the nomadic jacka tribe survival is about reaching their destination if we don't hurry never be able to get the top of the storm we follow the mongolian herdsmen on a treacherous migration. dangerous the ice is as they strive to preserve their traditional way of life a little bit longer sometimes luser cattle there with the cold war because of the storm risking it all mongolia at this time on al-jazeera.

thank you. with every. one of the top stories on our syria kurds have voted in large numbers in a controversial referendum on secession northern iraq the referendum just a strong opposition to the central government in baghdad as well as international criticism. north korea's foreign minister says u.s. president donald trump's recent comments on its leadership were a declaration of war. the extent of the devastation caused by harken maria is becoming clear as many as eighty percent of the buildings have been destroyed on

the caribbean island of dominique a. german chancellor i'm going back on his wanted a fourth term in office but he faces a very different political landscape center right christian democratic union party has won just under thirty three percent of the vote giving them two hundred thirty eight seats the main rival and coalition partner the center left social democrats led by martin schultz got just over twenty percent of the vote or one hundred forty eight seats but the biggest change to germany's political scene is this the far right. or tonnage of for germany. one thirteen percent of the vote that translates into ninety five seats with three other main parties one between nine and eleven percent of the vote but could find themselves in power as part of a coalition. reports from berlin. the most important politician in europe the most important female politician anywhere the flag bearer for liberal democracy in an uncertain world four wins in

a row for angela merkel even if her party's vote share shrunk and the far right emerged once again it was a problem she was quick to acknowledge that when you win from let's we want those a.f.d. voters who moved to come back to us through good political work we want to solve the problems people are facing these might be shoes of integration and illegal immigration but there are also questions around services in rural areas or questions of public transport or opportunities for farmers as recent opinion polls have predicted the far right and see immigrants alternative for germany which wants to close mosques and stop immigration took thirteen percent meaning more than eighty seats in parliament yet the disorganized by monday morning the woman who led them to this position said she was so angry with the direction of the party that she would not be joining their bloc. this is. such an anarchic party as we've seen in the last two weeks can be successful as an opposition party cons often realistic

expectations of taking over the government i have decided that i would not be part of the f.t. in the bundestag the morning papers tell both these stories the tabloids in shock at the symbolism of the far right getting into the german parliament again the more sober media arguing it was still merkel's night despite some losses a sample of opinion in central billion on monday morning reflected both these views . we are democrats and we have to accept it and i'm confident they'll find a solution and i also think that on the next vote the f.t. won't be a strong anymore and said i am our thread is solely a poor germany to about set against recent european elections in austria the netherlands and france in which it was feared the far right might actually gain power and given the angle of merkel herself decided to take a million refugees into germany it is quite striking that she's actually still in power of saw her job now is to try to dismantle e.f.t.'s influence in the german parliament and their core argument that immigration is

a threat to germany's way of life once the headline writers are finished with the f.t. story expect more focus on merkel's bigger concerns how to deal with the u.s. presidents on issues such as climate change iran and north korea as well as stabilizing the european union to think about merkel though if she knows how to win gloriously al-jazeera. is an associate professor in the school of public and international affairs at the university of georgia he joins us now from athens thanks very much for being with us or to be so i'm going back in is already said that she wants to win back some of those voters who've left her for the a.f.p. how do you think she'll do that. she will do it by showing that she's in control of immigration and particularly refugees. that will mean probably that she's going to push for more deals with states in north africa to prevent more refugees from coming she will also probably reach more to the east

which has been disproportionately voted for d.f.t. but what about the f.t. itself mean it already appears to be in turmoil as a party with the chairwoman saying she won't be joining that balcony in parliament how's that going to work will not weaken the hand you think well the a of d. has gone from many transformations in only twelve years that has existed that started out as kind of a conservative party of the upper middle class with mostly a west german base and in two thousand and fifteen it was transformed by falcon paty into a more populous radical right party which got that success is predominantly in the east now there is an even more extreme faction that is kind of fighting with over power and there are representatives of all these free groups in this new

faction which has not been tested and on the basis of history both in germany and europe we can expect more internal strife and probably more dissent you mentioned the east is as the place where she went where the f.t. got the biggest share of its vote and why is the such an issue why is the far right say strong in the east region. well it is true that the east has fewer immigrants and refugees than the west but they are also a much newer phenomenon in the east than in the west and research shows that there's not so much a correlation between the number of immigrants or let's say mostly nonwhite. people vote for the radical right but the increase and so that's one of the reasons the second reason is that there is a general frustration in the east with the way it has been treated since

unification in one nine hundred ninety it is still much poorer unemployment levels are much higher and many in the east feel that the german politicians are taking care of the west rather than the east a term in terms of the rise of the right has the much talked about the rise of the russian year it will this embolden far right parties in europe will do everything to coronation between ms outlets and what happens in the rest of your contends of the politics of it no there is no direct correlation i mean people in austria are not going to vote for the radical right because germans voted for the radical right but what this does and this is a good example of that is we're going to talk now across europe again about the rise of populism the importance of immigration and frame it in a way as radical right positions are kind of the most important ones and that can

embolden populist radical right parties in other countries including in austria which has elections next month cast not thank you very much indeed to your nervousness. there's a week to go until residents of catalonia hold a controversial independence referendum which the spanish government has dismissed as illegal but to many residents living in the heartland this vote is bigger than politics or money is about retaking control of the region's cultural destiny called . the shepherds wandering mountain pastures independence is a way of life. a life shape less by politics much more by hard working dog and the changing seasons. well on. duty the strong will and you have to take the good with the bad always moving forward. is more comfortable speaking the catalan language than spanish

his job has passed down generations fathers to sons but he's wary about catalonia breaking away from spain he fears spanish government farm subsidies would be cut. the price of animal feed has gone out and meat prices have dropped we need a solution it's a thin line between profit or loss. down the valley loyalties run clear the mediæval bridge in public the lead draped in independence colors. peter castles is a former miner he now spends time growing vegetables or hunting mushrooms a most cattle and past time. he says his neighbors are divided and is uncertain whether a majority actually favors independence. but he harbors no doubts one date is deeply etched on his identity. immune to the hint of trouble of a thought everybody knows that's the day when catalonia lost its independence to

french troops we want to recover that but it will be very difficult when you step into these stone villages the language is different the culture is different even the food is different you really feel like you've stepped into another country your job. as the yacht of the new york has been home to the orioles family for hundreds of years dominique runs a shop stacked with local delicacies she reveals to me the secret ingredient of the cattle and spirit is quite heavy fear is. it something you have on your skin it's something you have in your heart it's a feeling it's not a material thing it's pride in our flag and our anthem and going across the world and saying i'm catalan with a view but i'm wonder if you're going to get on that deep pride is now driving a dream for some that catalonia can take back control of its destiny. pennell al-jazeera past the yard then look spain at least forty five people have been

killed after a series of airstrikes in syria's province russian and syrian government jets have escalated strikes on it live and how are provinces in recent days when campaigns come after six months of relative calm in the area japan's prime ministers call a snap general election next month opinion polls show strong support fortunes are conservative l.d.p. party and its strong stance against the threat from north korea jong un has threatened to sink japan into the sea and fired two missiles over the northern island of hokkaido within the past month from abroad reports from tokyo with an approval rating of around fifty percent shinzo is seizing the moment. under a campaign banner of overcoming the national crisis he is promising strong leadership in the face of what he calls the escalating provocations from north

korea catalonia figured on how we need to urge north korea to abolish all of its nuclear weapons in a verifiable and irreversible way unless north korea accepts that we have no choice but to continue to increase pressure in all sorts of ways to its maximum level. it's thought is also exploiting the weakness of the opposition parties and trying to act before this woman becomes too much of a threat. yuriko core u.k. the governor of tokyo is widely popular and is starting a national party to challenge the ruling liberal democratic party it's debatable how big an upset she might cause given her conservative policies are similar to our base in the elections in july in tokyo her party took many votes away from the l.t.p. but i think for a lot of voters the party that she will form will probably disappear in l.d.p. light and therefore for

a lot of voters it may not be particularly attractive for many voters to a sense of apathy after recent national and local elections and there is a danger the north korea factor could backfire on a day. the risk is the electors could punish him for seeming to take advantage of the north korean crisis for political gain holding an election where many people believe japan should be exercising maximum unity. it's better to make japan secure first and then dissolve and call an election. an election is going to be expensive so i don't want them to do it. i really don't see the need for an election what's being predicted is a low turnout beyond that they'll be very little for certain in this election mcbride al-jazeera tokyo united nations says the exodus of range of muslims from in march to bangladesh is currently the most urgent refugee emergency in the world

just released drone footage shows the extent of the range of humanitarian crisis after hundreds of thousands fled their homeland in myanmar sprawling refugee camps have been built in southern bangladesh which are now home to more than four hundred thirty thousand range of muslims by the guards continue to patrol the border as ranger villages inside myanmar burn within their sight because hackers there this is as close as we can get to the wreckage in states where an ethnic cleansing is currently happening just moments ago we saw villages burned in the distance. it's through this land border between me and moore in bangladesh that a few weeks ago hundreds of thousands of ranches crossed the border since the more security forces have put up barbed wire fencing and planted land mines on the border the general in charge of this clearing operation says that all its citizens are welcome back to me and more except ranges who are considered illegal immigrants

by young gone. but for bangladesh these ranges that are in camps here belong to me and more and they have to go back home bangladesh has deployed its military on its border it's beefed up its presence with border guards increasing their patrol on the border area the relationship between young gone and hockey is at its lowest point yangon refuses to recognize ranges bangladesh wants the un to mediate the return of these very to their homeland meanwhile this border is getting increasingly tense as there is more and more military presence being deployed here . still to come on this news hour from london deserted streets in bali as a massive volcano threatens to rocked for the first time in more than half a century. and its border region we hear the story as these surfers have an unlucky escape from killer whales details coming up next.

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business updates brought to you by chance are always going places together. and are vanity fifty thousand people have left their homes on the indonesian resort island of bali of a phase of an imminent volcanic eruption. has had trauma since august and is threatening to add up to the first time in more than fifty is a step boston has met communities living on its edge many still haunted by the impact of the last eruption. these are to villages on the slopes of mount are good . people still stay here are ordered to leave immediately some villages have

returned after spending the night in africa wish and santas to quickly collect their belongings also known as i did. what. i actually don't want to go i want to stay here i don't want to be separated from my family i can see my grandchildren they are all in different evacuation centers i cry every day i miss my grandchildren terribly seismic activity of the volcano continues to increase with hundreds of shallow folk anik quakes felt on monday and multum liquids being pushed to the surface. we're going to put a volcano is becoming more active and is heading towards an eruption we don't know when it could be soon it could be tomorrow or the day after tomorrow or next week we just don't know. some villages are angry at the f a q a sion orders and worried about the loss of income but fall can knowledge is say lives are at risk the last

time around are going erupted more than one thousand people died and houses as far as time kilometers from the crater were destroyed. nang remembers that day with deep sadness she lost four members of her family. and then you go get thirty i heard this very loud bang i thought a lot coming down from a gong and there was paul cannick ash everywhere small rocks fell from the sky and then everything was dark on the floor so your mind many fear the worst left in a hurry were frayed not a deadly eruption like what happened in one thousand nine hundred sixty three. more than sixty thousand people living in what's been called the red zone around the volcano have been ordered to leave their homes but depending on the activity of mt albert this number could go up. step fasten al-jazeera at mt. now for his let's go over to peter in doha lauren thank you very much donald

trump's attack on american sport and its athletes has entered a fourth day the u.s. president issued several tweets on monday reiterating his position that criticizes athletes who neil during the national anthem around two hundred n.f.l. players knelt all set while the anthem played at fourteen different games on sunday originally it was used as a protest against racial inequalities but on friday trump had called for players who engage in the gesture to be fired the sport of nascar has been praised by the u.s. president several nascar team owners said over the weekend that they would not tolerate the role of not standing for the national anthem demographic studies have shown that nascar has a predominantly white following. but ball players and coaches have added a voices to the debate to cleveland cavaliers star le bron james did not hold back with his assessment is powerful what they are is after these are gone you know

we've had the first baseball player to do it two nights ago i believe wasn't it two nights ago. yes that's phenomenal so you know i commend these guys and i commend everybody is just trying to make a difference because it's not about started as we need to get this it's not about the dish or speck of the flag and our military and everybody has made this world free it is about equality and people have an. option and the freedom to speak up on things that they feel that's not unjust each one of them. has the right and the ability to. say what they would like to say and act the way they like to act and they have our full support. and no matter what they might want to do or not do. is important to them respected by us and there's no

recrimination earlier i spoke to jules boyd coffee who is a professor of political science at pacific university boycott says the notion that sports and politics do not mix can no longer hold true. this is unprecedented it's historic and you know i mean it should be the death now of the mayor that politics and sports don't mix if we learned anything over this amazing weekend of athletes speaking out is that politics in its words do mix whether people like it or not this and them protests started to challenge the ideas around racism in the united states structural inequalities and we don't want to make sure that the discussions of the discussions of donald trump don't derail us from the issues that athletes are very concerned about. the president of current six time italian city are champions you venters has received

a one year ban for his role in the sale of tickets to fan groups and their agnelli was also five twenty three thousand dollars while the club itself received a fine of three hundred fifty six thousand dollars and nearly was accused of helping sell tickets to old truth several of whom have links with all denies to crime the tickets were then resold for a huge profit alters are renowned for the intimidating behavior especially towards opposition teams and fairs that often spills over into violence to remember collusion of politics and sport and football officials in qatar are hoping the gulf cup of nations will go ahead in december the tournament between the eight gulf nations is due to be held in doha but remains in doubt due to the blockade of several neighboring countries a summer binge of aid was at the door. the names have been drawn and the games are set for the gulf cup that is due to happen in december in qatar but this event organized by the arab gulf countries for golf federation is not sure whether four

out of its eight members will take part but organizers here tell us that they are confident that the event will take place on time in december and they are hopeful that all of the country her part of this is you are going to take part but this is not the first amendment we have a lot of tournaments specially in qatar we have a lot of championships water championships and this is just. so when you talk not participating and lots of betting this is against was the number charter saying the sport can bring all missions together so it's talking to talking about nations about neighbors so it's easy to bring neighbors so i hope sports can bring all the neighbors together over into the rules of the game if less than five nations take the decision goes back to the executive committee whether this tournament will need to be postponed or canceled altogether but we spoke to the a minute federation and they are positive that this event should happen and it is

going to bring back unity into the gulf council which seems to be at odds with each other. the three countries participating in bahrain so. they're trying they're doing their best to solve the problems it's an issue as you know inquisitive but we'd love. to be with us because he's one of the major founders of this tournament the gulf cup of nations goes back to the one nine hundred seventy and organizers here in qatar are hopeful that this tradition will continue despite the blockade upon them and sportsmen here who say that when regular diplomacy formal diplomacy fails they hope that sport diplomacy will prevail. in tennis this year's u.s. open women's champion sloane stephens suffered a shock first round the face of the wood and open the american lost in straight sets to wenchang of china on monday chang winning six two six two. and a group of surfers got a huge fright as they competition was interrupted by killer whales this video was

shot from the shore in the icy waters off a no way the killer whales also known as orcas circled two of the competitors and you can see one of them paddling in a panic to get away. glad it wasn't me that's often a more sport later thanks so much peter and that's it for me in our entire life this news hour back in just a moment with an awful run of the day's news thanks very much for watching in a bit.

in the aftermath of civil war peace and reconciliation i remember seeing in the absence of justice. people in power on earth chilling testimonies of atrocities suggesting or thora to have failed to conduct full and proper investigations that could help heal resentment inflicted by conflict. cote d'ivoire partial justice at this time on al jazeera. it's the end of the breeding season as we take a ferry through the straits of magellan to island today the island is a penguin colony sanctuary with access to tourists accompanied by fanatics and penguin experts cloud able lloyd we learned the penguin colonies in south america are under threat climate change is one reason it is well documented that changing rain patterns or spend was to abandon flooded nests warmer ocean temperatures have diminished the quantity and quality of fish for the penguins who was swim further

and further away to feed their young overfishing and ocean contamination especially plastics are also killing penguins ever since i was a little boy in india my dream was to make bollywood films so five years ago i decided i was finally going to do it one man's quest to realize a lifelong ambition the story i chose to lose my one village and it stands for mission going behind the lens has gone from saying brings his personal story to life. al-jazeera correspondent my own private bollywood at this time. last. counting is underway after kurds voted in large numbers in a controversial referendum in northern iraq.