some tap water which could provide a solution to the pump that global water. tank know at this time. a new year and many new developments for this chinese villages fledgling democracy the village committee has retrieved people's land but approval is fleeting frustration grips the villages and as the saga began over a year before revolt is a. close call. this film doesn't apply. to china's democracy experiment at this time on al-jazeera. this is al-jazeera.

and i'm rob matheson this is the news our live from doha and coming up in the next sixty minutes and the war of words between the u.s. and north korea no sign that either side is willing to back down. the. celebrations in a bill and across a rocky kurdistan but the way forward for iraq's kurds remains unclear. from texas to the caribbean the struggle to recover from a devastating series of hurricanes. and a weakened winner. all the parties must help ensure a stable government after the big gains for the fall right in germany. north korea's foreign minister has accused u.s. president donald trump of declaring war and says his country no has the right to shoot down american warplanes the accusation is in response to

a tweet by trump that north korea's leadership quote won't be around much longer if it continues its rhetoric diplomatic editor james baker 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 claim 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 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 when doing polar honey found 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. the foreign minister. said many things last week and this week. 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 there 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 bays out jazeera at the united nations when the u.s.

government says it's not seeking to overthrow north korea it also rejected pyongyang as characterization of president trump's tweet as a declaration of war. we've not declared war on north korea and frankly the suggestion of that is absurd it's never appropriate for a country to shoot down another country's aircraft when it's over international waters our goal is still the same we continue to seek the peaceful the nuclearization of the korean peninsula that's our focus doing that through both the most maximum economic and diplomatic pressure is possible at this point where kathy novak is joining us live now from seoul cassie we know that the u.s. military has been carrying out to these well more flybys of north korea on its own using its own aircraft but in consultation with south korea how is this latest series of events going down in south korea and. while this constant escalation of rhetoric is causing concern to many countries here in the region

including south korea we've heard china's ambassador to the u.n. saying that his country wants things to calm down that it's getting too dangerous that the way forward must be through negotiations because otherwise the alternative is design for south korea's part it has always stressed that it is not to seek regime change in north korea that was highlighted again by the president in his speech to the u.n. south korea must be aware that north korea takes threats to the government and particularly insults to the leader very seriously so when you have the president of the united states in front of the world calling kim jong un little rocket man that is not something that is going to be taken lightly by the north korean government we also heard from the south korean foreign minister speaking in the u.s. today here's a little bit of what she had to say. indeed it is very likely that north korea will conduct further provocations and under these circumstances it is imperative that we

korea and the united states together manage the situation with a stooge and steadfastness in order to prevent the further escalation of tension or any kind of accidental military clashes in the region which can quickly spiral out of control there cannot be another war in the region so got there we just heard south korea's foreign minister saying that it should be managed situation should be managed with a stupendous and steadfastness but what kind of pressure can south korea put on the white house and the u.s. to try and pull back from the kind of rhetoric that we're hearing at the moment. while south korea continues to push forward this message of pressure in the form of sanctions it still wants to allow diplomacy to work but what we hear from the united states is that it has all of its military options on the table we're talking

about this threat from north korea when it comes to the show of force of the bombers flying off the coast of north korea we heard from the pentagon spokesman colonel robert manning saying that that fly over was conducted in international airspace over international waters that it is the right of the u.s. to conduct this kind of fly over and it certainly would be illegal for north korea to shoot down those planes in international airspace and we often talk about these shows of force that the fact that the u.s. wants to put its military might on display and that indeed the south korean military conduct joint drills that upset not only north korea but also china with the united states military and that is not expected to stop the u.s. wants to push forward this message that it has all of its military options on the table and we're expecting to see more military hardware on display in the coming weeks south korea will mark its armed forces day we're expected to see some of its strategic weapons on display next month we're expecting to see joint naval drills

between the u.s. and south korea so it's still pushing forward his message of if north korea were to attack the u.s. or its allies that the u.s. and south korea stand ready to respond but south korea's the preference indeed would be for negotiations ultimately but in the meantime for diplomatic pressure in the form of sanctions road covered over in seoul just events very much in the. well hundreds of cards in northern iraq have taken to the streets of erbil to celebrate the end of voting in a controversial succession referendum. seventy eight percent of more than five million eligible voters turned out to cast their ballots the vote is expected to deliver a comfortable win for the procession campaign although it's not binding the referendum is fiercely opposed by iraq and its neighbors which fear it could ignite conflict. it has been speaking to kurds about what the historic vote means to them

and she's got more from. it's a day iraq's kurds say they had hoped to see in their lifetime so eager to be defers to cast their ballots suzanne was so excited about the referendum she had a restless night that is to 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 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 . everyone arabs syrians you know everyone who wants to live in freedom. similar scenes will be repeated around the kurdish region people streaming into polling stations however they could areas where kurdish

president. has a strong foothold so happy to. devote also went to cook despite fears it could further alienate. nearly half of the city's population who feel they have been marginalized by the kurds so this is the ballot paper the question. areas outside of the. state to vote. yes. everything on the ballot is written in three other languages arabic assyrian and turkish the regional government sending a message that the future kurdistan state will be inclusive. but william benjamin is not convinced he's an assyrian christian and has voted no.

the same interest in us and other political events before this referendum is 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 of. 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 role but by taking over the disputed territories but faces those who feel history is repeating itself this time against. what at the. well results of the vote on expected for another day at least but that hasn't stopped celebrations on the streets of a bill is there. seems to. be . referendum. is expected in the senate right.

now. the criticism surrounding countries the criticisms of the international scene and the very. well michael going to as a professor of political science at the tennessee technological university he's joining us live on skype from cookeville thank you very much indeed for your time it looks from what we can see at least on the streets of a bill that this vote is going to be pasta it's going to be upheld it will be a yes vote but surrounding all of this referendum is a political and economic crisis what do you think is going to happen next well the referendum will pass by a large majority but it's not like breakfast breakfast meant britain was doing

something leaving the e.u. this is simply a recommendation to the kurdish government in northern iraq to proceed in negotiations with baghdad. given the reactions that we have seen from iran from turkey from iraq itself and from the rest of the world particularly those three neighboring countries given the fact that this is a non-binding referendum and even the participants are saying that the possibility of statehood for kurds is way down the line is that an overreaction on the part of the neighboring countries do you think definitely i definitely think so much lesser entities then the kurdistan regional government they have an independence in recent years like east timor. and the kurds have deserved independence for well over one hundred years and they came as well developed compared to many newly independent

countries yes big overreaction you mentioned that this was at least well at least give a significant amount of leverage to the kurds when it comes to negotiating with baghdad but given the the level of antipathy that seems to be surrounding this referendum have the in fact actually damaged any possibility of those negotiations going on with baghdad possibly but i don't think i think this will reaffirm the kurdish determination and show baghdad how determined the kurds are and frankly i would think to friendly states kurds in baghdad next to each other would be better than one very unfriendly state that is what you have now high that all about and the prime minister of iraq has said that there could be quote dire consequences as a result of this referendum going ahead what do you think he means by that. i think

it's a threat that he is not in a position to hold and frankly i don't think it becomes a man and he has a much better man than that he's probably thinking about his own political future if he lets iraq fall apart but i would remind him that it in fall practical purposes iraq fell apart a long time ago and it's time to recognize that fact. in terms of the amount of leverage or the kind of leverage that it gives the kurds what kind of demands do you think that they now feel that they are in a position to make towards baghdad will certainly be mending that baghdad rather start up again the seventeen percent of the iraqi budget that is supposed to go to the kurds and to have a. better relationship where the kurds are recognized and given

some real say in the running of the iraqi government going forward but frankly this situation in iraq has been a sectarian dominated by the shiite government that has marginalized not only the kurds in the sunni east and this is a a strong reprimand to the shiites that they're going to have to try to do better with the kurds you know the as any idea of keeping the kurds in iraq michael gunter's professor of political science at tennessee technological university thank you very much for your time you're welcome. you know plenty more ahead on the news hour including a nearly a week after a devastating earthquake such as i'm not giving up hope in mexico city. spain's chief prosecutor refuses to rule out our arresting the head of catalonia as we know government. has got a daughter you have to live in this world the war of words between u.s.

president donald trump and the american professional athletes continues that story and more later in the program. the u.s. has ramped up five hours and see relief efforts in puerto rico most of the u.s. territory is still without power five days after how it can hit medical services are in a critical condition residents are being told it may take months to fully restore services donothing with them if we don't have communications i have no telephone we have nothing we do not have supplies in my house with do not have water and there is no gas. and i'm thinking of leaving for the united states because here there is a lot of devastation although they always give the money to fix it i do not know what to do maybe i'll be encouraged a little later i still do not know. every time i get hit to my house i start

crying because it. again start to clean pick up paul and see there is nothing i was left with nothing nothing but i'll start again with the help of god well how dick and maria has killed more than forty people across the caribbean most of those deaths were reported on the tiny island of dominic and there were others on is there. approaching domenica from the shoreline the first signs of a battered country on shore at the port the picture is clear. 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 you know i it's devastating for me 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 law to nick to go going to shows i haven't seen my daughter. through all the old girl go out on the website again 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 this is why in 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 see 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 trying to i was going. to write you know there was no no shop nothing will get anything. it went to a kid 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 can't hear their 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 domenico their will is being tested in ways no people should ever have to endure but will is all they have left gabriel isadore i'll just domenico. well it's been a month since a catastrophic hurricane made landfall in the u.s. state of texas killing at least eighty two people category four hurricane harvey broadway that 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 diane estabrook reports from host i'm on one particularly nasty problem facing with turning homeowners. help has finally arrived at tony green's

home for weeks after hurricane harvey. volunteers dry wall and discard belongings ruined by flood water that's my mold is everywhere crawling up walls creeping inside causes. is this typical of what you see announce this is especially if they hide you know for food. and water and then several weeks oh sorry it could also be threatening greens health after a cleaner. car so i'm going to take up a few steps to have the coffin lid 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 up 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 dr shah well that's why harris county's public health director dr shaw and his staff are going door to door urging residents to use caution around it anything that's touched 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 i'm going to ask you to do is to 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 asked for tony green he's decided not to take any chances with his coffee. i am waiting to be about seven to go to bed. and that could prevent a minor irritation from becoming a medical emergency dian estabrook al-jazeera houston texas. german chancellor angela merkel has won a fourth term in office despite having losses for her party she now faces coalition talks to try to form a stable government with all the parties for the first time the far right air fifteen has made it to parliament after coming in a strong third lawrence lay 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 you know when you win from let's mark we want those a.f.d. voters to move 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 most 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 can't offer a realistic expectations of taking over the government i have decided that i would not be part of the f.t. creep 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 . of the stevia democrats and we have to accept it and i'm confident they did find a solution but i also think that on the next board they have devoted strong anymore . and said i am our thread poor germany to a bad 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 anglo-american herself decided to take a million refugees into germany it is quite striking that she's actually still in

power at all her job now is to try to dismantle the 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 is that she knows how to win lawrence lee al-jazeera belin. still ahead an al-jazeera watching real hinge of villages born from just across the border in bangladesh. the dana frustrated me and me off a little bit is the fact that he's now he you support he is the sports platform to try to divide us n.b.a. star lebron james and sends a message to u.s. president donald trump testing times in american sports.

how the u.s. mainland is still being affected by hurricane type weather in fact the tropical storm watch out for north carolina because maria is still here on the screen out in the ocean but the outer bands of the strong winds are still affecting the outer banks of north carolina including cape hatteras there will be of course we waves and bands of thunderstorms as bad because flooding just be a little bit dodgy but then after that it's a lot quiet and to get this very obvious band that stretches from texas all beyond that just across the border into mexico through the midwest and towards western side of tire that's a division in weather type it certainly brings rain sometimes thunderstorms the other side it's nice and quiet you see such a separate come wednesday pacific coast is quiet all this time to have a quick look at temperatures because they have been making something of

a noise this orange which of course is warm stretches all the way from texas not a surprise right up to eastern side of ontario more of a surprise to us at twenty seven toronto twenty six was back in the middle thirty's or least. in the last few days there's been a run about twenty five which is quite outstanding for this time of the year and this we're looking at now is wednesday so the heat wave almost that continues at least pleasant weather until then. too often on the streets when you are victims but a new force is at play. female police officers are combat sexual assault and domestic abuse. but changing society is a challenge and so is life behind the bags.

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korea's foreign minister has accused u.s. presidents donald trump of declaring a war claiming pyongyang has the right to shoot down american bombers the white house has dismissed the suggestion it's declared war as absurd. hundreds of kurds in northern iraq have taken to the streets to celebrate the end of voting in a controversial secession referendum seventy eight percent of more than five million eligible voters turned out to cast their ballots the votes expected to produce a comfortable. the process session campaign although it's not binding. it's been a month since how can harvey made landfall in the u.s. state of texas killing at least eighty two people that are fears of disease following heavy rain and the flooding it caused a particular area has cut off power lines across part to recall crippling the medical services in the island. ok let's return to our top story that growing

tension between the united states and north korea joshua pollack is a senior research associate at the middlebury institute of international studies at the moment he's joining us live on skype from washington d.c. so obviously once again the rhetoric ramping up of between the two countries but north korea saying it has the right to shoot down the united states to teach the bombers even if they're not in their airspace how close are we getting to a serious error of judgement being made with possibly catastrophic consequences that's impossible to say how close we are something we can only judge in hindsight i think. we can judge the direction that things are moving in and frankly i'm not comfortable direction i don't see how you or anyone. brinkmanship at. the white house is currently pursuing in that the north koreans.

are responding to in kind. what kind of checks and balances are in place to avoid a mistake being made given the fact that i appreciate that you say that at this point it is impossible to say whether or not that could happen but to avoid a situation like that happening what's in existence. well the lines of communication are not very good between washington and pyongyang right now the state department in washington talks to north korea's through north korea's office at the united nations in new york there are no longer any military military contacts as there used to be for decades after the korean war. and that was a forum in which military professionals who talk to each other and communicate their intentions clearly without the use of fulminations insults or exaggerated threats and unfortunately we don't have that i

wish there was koreans would return to those conversations which used to be held it . at the demilitarized zone but they don't show the inclination and no one in the united states seems to be asking anyway when donald trump was elected he initially said that he was going to give the u.s. military a much freer hand when it came to making decisions on the ground do you think given the circumstances that the level of political responsibility is good or bad. well i think that remark really applies to afghanistan to iraq to syria to places where american ground troops aren't getting. trump has taken a fairly hands off approach and let the professionals do what they want to. i think that it he will listen to the military professionals but he is the

commander in chief and the decision to start a conflict a new one is truly lies with him when you come right down to it. given the rhetoric that we have what do you think what would provoke either north korea to launch an attack on say south korea or launch another missile across japan or what to do you think would provoke the us to carry out some sort of attack on north korea. well let me just anguish between launching missiles over japan and an actual arm just back against south korea japan or the united states the north koreans appear committed to a campaign of missile testing and i think that we can expect more missiles to fly over japan almost no matter what happens it's going. but as for the actual use of force against an enemy. that's going to take something more something out of the

ordinary and that's where i worry ban out the president's use of gratuitous threats he may think that he is clearly pressuring the chinese to do something before or starts but it may encourage the north koreans to misinterpret the movement of american military aircraft ships troops and the like i think it is the reinforcement of american forces in south korea that might lead the north koreans to decide that they need to attack in order to save themselves i just want to ask you very briefly and this is where the done too much overinterpretation if you if you could give us some context the north koreans have threatened or the foreign minister has suggested that the country may consider exploding a hydrogen bomb over the pacific now if i understand it correctly if that hydrogen

bomb was exploded over the pacific close enough to the united states continental shelf on the wings carried radiation for example from the ball to california for example would that constitute. an attack on the u.s. soil i would that prompt a u.s. response. that's really up to the government in washington i don't know how they would react to such a thing i would say this atmosphere tests are at high altitude tend not to generate very much radioactive fallout it's fairly minimal it's really tests that are close to the surface land or water that produced that effect and i expect we would see the former we would not see anything too close to the united states would not see anything too close to the waters so i would hope. very dangerous to generate a lot of fallout or to come too close to your armed adversary as it is the entire

idea stream we provide nothing like this is happening decades and i certainly hope they don't carry through joshua pollack is a senior research associate at the middlebury institute of international studies we appreciate you taking the time to give us that very detailed response thank you very much very well. because the groups are pushing for an independent proof into the lives moto hindu villages in mia mas rocking state at least twenty eight bodies of missing villages were discovered in two mass graves then the amman government blames the armed group at the aga khan the salvation army but it denies involvement of a hinge of muslims have been the target of the military crackdown in myanmar hindus have also been killed and i did nations has called on him to exodus from me i'm on

to bangladesh the most urgent refugee emergency in the world you video shows how foster refugee camps in bangladesh are spreading more than four hundred thirty thousand refugees have fled from me in ma and many live in makeshift shelters nicholas hoc reports from a bangladeshi border post where burning him to villages can be seen in me and mark . this is as close as we can get to the right kind states where an ethnic cleansing is currently happening just moments ago we saw villages burn 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 its beefed up its presence with border guards increasing their patrol on the border area the relationship between young dawn and hockey is at its lowest point yangon refuses to recognize ranges bangladesh wants the un to mediate the return of these were in jazz to their homeland meanwhile this border is getting increasingly tense as there is more and more military presence being deployed here. avenged buying has been accused of complicity in the one nine hundred ninety four rwandan genocide over the transfer of money to an arms dealer. in one of europe's largest banks is accused of authorizing the transfer of one point three million dollars used to purchase weapons the transfer allegedly came among the after a u.n. arms embargo to rwanda french investigators are carrying out

a full scale inquiry into the allegations time is running out for people believed to be trapped under rubble after mexico's quake the seven point one quake struck a week ago devastating the nation's capital and surrounding regions these are live pictures from mexico city you can see some of the rescue efforts taking place there that's just one of the buildings which has been destroyed some families continue to believe their loved ones may be rescued alive heidi jocasta reports from mexico city. the sign reads adrian you are a warrior your family is waiting the twenty six year old had just started his job in human resources two weeks before the earthquake he was working on the fourth floor of this office building when it collapsed i spoke with his family two days ago when his brother expressed optimism this day when we believe he is fine he will

get out of the problem that he will be at risk. but now after a week of waiting their faces show anguish the families the police have understandably no longer want to give interviews i did speak with a mother off camera with tears in her eyes were asked what would be the news she says in the early days they spoke with the press hoping it would bring one resources to the rescue and now that it's time for every she says they just go to. the families vigil continues at the makeshift camp as more bodies were pulled out overnight still some forty names remain on the list of the missing. toddler years. i like the family wish we could work faster but they must understand the risks we have to weigh the risks against the possibility of reaching possible survivors meanwhile donation center was once packed with volunteers who stood shoulder to

shoulder have been doubt much of mexico city is returning to school or work but for these families desperate for a miracle life may never be the same. castro al-jazeera mexico city spain's chief prosecutor has refused to rule out arresting catalonia as president ahead of next month's vote on independence the spice central government says the top of the first vote is illegal and could face a civil disobedience and abuse of office charges for pushing ahead with a poll police raided cattle on government offices last week arresting several people including the region's junior economy minister they've since been released. well catalonia is larger than belgium and it's going to population about the same size as switzerland its economy is bigger than that of portugal greece or scotland but to many residents in the countryside independence is about more than size or

money let's call pan home reports. the shepherds wandering mountain pastures independence is a way of life. a life shaped less by politics much more by a hard working dog and the changing seasons. with. the duty the strong will and you have to take the good with the bad and always moving forward. is more comfortable speaking the catalan language than spanish his jaw 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 caught but. the price of animal feed has gone up a 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 they lead draped in independent scholars deal. 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 and one date is deeply etched on his identity. everybody knows that's the date 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. as the yard 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 it's course of the year. it's something you have on your skin 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. going to get. 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 of the new book spain president emmanuel markel is facing growing protests by french labor unions against his overhaul of employment laws truck drivers have blocked roads and fuel devils near the belgian border and in major cities across france the demonstrations prompted the panic buying of fuel causing hundreds of petrol stations to run empty michael has voted press on with the changes due to become law in the coming days over as boss has apologized for

past mistakes as the firm fights a decision by london not to renew the taxi service license to executive doug a promised in teenagers after the british capital's transport regulator deemed doable unfit to run writing in an open letter he said while ober has revolutionized the way people move in cities around the world it's equally true that we've got things wrong along the way on behalf of everyone it ober globally i apologize for the mistakes we've made. as the economic and political crisis deepens in venezuela hunger continues to grip the country a survey by a top university has found the average venezuelan has lost nine kilograms in the past year many families and are forced to scavenge for food and what was once south america's richest country in america and eternity in human reports from the capital caracas. there are rarely any leftovers after lunch is served at this

soup kitchen run by the catholic church in caracas you know that i would. 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 add assia is forced to turn many people away. every day more children come 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 one meal are not so lucky and. sometimes my wife and i do without food so at least the children can eat twice a day. when israel is prolonged an 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 the put 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. raided by the state was such a bad prognosis because there's 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 dench's realty is tells al-jazeera she flatly rejects such a notion but if you want money you know i think 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 al just. still ahead on al-jazeera in sport a top would tell you football administrator receives a one year but it is going to be here to tell you walk. with.

right it's time for the sport here's peter thank you very much donald trump's attack on american sport and its athletes has entered the fourth day the u.s. president issued several tweets on monday read it to raising his position that criticizes athletes who kneel during the national anthem around two hundred n.f.l. players nelson all sat 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 it is 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 stella bron james did not hold back with his assessment as powerful what they are is after these are gone you know we've had the first baseball player to do it two nights ago but it wasn't two nights ago that's the phenomenal so you know i commend his guys and i commend everybody is just trying to make a difference because it's not about started. as we need to get it it's not about the dishes 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 upon things that they feel that's not in just. 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 boy koff who is a professor of political science at pacific university boys of sense the notion that sports and politics do not mix can no longer hold true this is unprecedented it's historic and you know i think it should be the death now of the mayor that politics and sports don't mix if we've learned anything over this past amazing weekend of athletes speaking out it's their politics it's work to 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 to remember collision of politics and sports 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 football 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 who are part of this association 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 about

not participating and lots of betting this is against. the sink a sport can bring all nations 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. so. they're trying their best to solve the problems. as you know in quake itself but would love. to be with us because he's one of the major founders of this. 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 we've spoken to say that when regular diplomacy formal diplomacy fails they hope that sport diplomacy will prevail. the president of current six time italian city are champions you vance's has received a one year ban for his role in the sale of two. hits to fan groups on the rare agnelli was also fined twenty three thousand dollars while the club itself received a fine of three hundred fifty six thousand dollars agnelli was accused of helping sell tickets to ultras several of whom have links with all denies to crime the tickets within resold for a huge profit ultras are renowned for the intimidating behavior especially towards opposition teams and fans that often spills over into violence in tennis this year's u.s. open women's champion sloane stephens suffered

a shock first round the face of the wooden 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 show 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 at mosport later. that's it from a robot is in for this news hour i'm going to be back in a moment with more of the day's news also.

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a new season of the show the frank. and up front. about this time well just iraq. they thought they were americans until they broke the law are now they're deported to cambodia for life. one of the families fighting for their loved ones at this time on al jazeera. and the war of words between the u.s. and north korea no sign that either side is willing to back.