and brutally come up with the power because as you describe who are the winners and losers of this illicit trade. this time a new year a new plan many new developments for this chinese villages fledgling democracy the village committee has retrieved people's land but approval is fleeting frustration grips the villagers and as the saga began over a year before revolt is in the air police call. for a six month spend over five years. china's democracy experiment at this time on al jazeera. this is al-jazeera. hello jane dutton this is the news live from doha coming up in the next sixty

minutes one day before plants a session referendum questions in catalonia about whether the vote will proceed and what happens next. meanwhile across the border in france the second largest cattle and community watches and waits. the u.n. will investigate accusations of war crimes in yemen but it's had to make a lot of compromises. with an agenda stretching from trade to north korea the u.s. secretary of state arrives in china. spain's catalonia region is twenty four hours away from a political confrontation a banned secession referendum is scheduled to take place on sunday campaigners for a yes vote occupying schools expected to be used as polling stations but the spanish government insists there will be no vote it says the referendum is illegal

and is deploying police to ensure that no ballots are cast opinion polls suggest forty percent of registered voters in catalonia want to break away. call pennell is live for us in barcelona i believe the police have been pretty active today. absolutely jane you can see the city of pasto alone is stretching out beneath is there a lot of action going on right now citizens are occupying schools are intended to be used as polling stations a lot of families and children are all keeping those to try ensure they remain open so that the vote can go ahead the police are due to shut those down before six a.m. tomorrow morning in other developments we're also seeing that spain civil guard has occupied the information technology center of the catalan government to try and shut down web pages promoting the referendum and there's also been a legal order put out to google to shut down web pages promoting the referendum as well but i'm here right now with salvador he's the speaker of the socialist party

here in catalonia and i just want to ask him some questions about tomorrow salvador voting seems to be just such a basic democratic right why not just let people get on and go and vote yes or no and solve the situation there is no democracy without the rule of law and to cut their own government calling all of these fake refrain boom has break the rule of law this is why the spanish groups that got their own calls have are asked to suspend these referendum because he does not comply with any standards international standards and they are not the conditions are as you conditions to make to do so and these referendum besides of the us we seem to refrain do you buy they got their own people sold the social yes we are for a proposal a political proposal that you need to go out there and people we want a new agreement and you parked between the two on your and raced over spain we are against the referendum in short because it doesn't go you do x.

we go but we. earned. the second point because you did buy the car they want people to regardless of whether you support or reject the basic premise of the referendum right now we're seeing ten thousand extra police being sent in by the spanish government we're seeing close. because of web pages we're seeing government officials being arrested many are saying that that's against the basic rights of freedom of expression basic them and their democratic rights where does the socialist party stand on the heavy handed approach of the spanish government yesterday you know here there was a big demonstration of people in favor of independent who g.'s to prove that their basic right their basic rights are in force here in spain and got the idea so spain is democracy but there is no democracy without the rule of law so the first point is that they got their own government does not break the rule of law we are for the self expression of people for people to defend what they say it's better for what they were in spain but we've seen the framework of the rule of law disease why are

we feeling these fake referendum is a bad news for catherine for spain now leaders of the police unions on both sides are saying to me that they see this as politicians on all sides hyperventilating talking to people on the street they say that this referendum has been so deeply divisive that catalan society is broken what is the socialist party going to do to try and pick up the pieces help catalan society and the rest of spain speak up the pieces how are you going to help to planning to me to evolve we ask for a political negotiation with the so she's got a warning in spain saying that these men are a whole huge government has made big mistakes not initiating a but we going to take out our own government we think their way out of these disasters of these mass east to start going to wish ations and we have made some proposals to start as soon as possible these negotiations in the space program but the first point is to restore the rule of law so our demand ease also to visit him

to do more and vice president and get us to go of these fake referendum which he by jakarta one pupil that is no way out with a division among cattle and people we want to unite catherine pupil eighty percent of people would back a new agreement we got already in spain and this is the way out we are assured resource show is going to war we have been. you know the one award you did action for in the coming weeks and months. many people have described this referendum as politicians on all sides driving cars with no brakes on they predict a car crash we're going to have to wait now about twenty four hours to see if in effect this referendum does prove to be a car crash for the capitol and people or whether somebody will put their foot on the brake and find some way to negotiate a joint panel thank you well catalans across the board in france are watching the situation closely there are nearly half a million in the southwest region revise the second biggest cattle and city after barcelona tasha to report on how they see their future.

it's prime time at a radio ad ells france's only catalan news station for more than thirty years it's been broadcasting to the southwest and peppino region where a third of people speak the language the radio is a way of keeping their culture alive to the. region where our language is under threat three centers it was banned slowly it's coming back especially in schools so our radio is helping this renewal by developing the language and maintaining our catalan identity rolling vineyards and sweeping mediterranean beaches define this part of france known as northern catalonia southern catalonia is a few kilometers away just across the spanish border here any separate the two but people are united by their catalan roots traditions and pride. it certainly feels very unique carib feels very different from other parts of france there are cattle

and colors and reminders everywhere and people say they are looking very closely at the referendum which is taking place just over the border but what's interesting is for a few people in french catalonia say that they would want independence from the state . a catalan association in the center of pep in your office activities for all ages while many catalans in spain want to vote for a clean break from madrid those here say they wish to remain part of france but with more regional autonomy. unemployment is widespread here young people are jobless the french trade does little for us we want a special status. which would give a small town of me. going to me and taxation. mesmerising start down a dance was banned in the one nine hundred forty s. by spanish dictator general franco who regarded the catalans as a threat the people here grew up with it it's intricate moves have been passed down

through generations and classes like this are popular. form on the new south fire along with our mountains the sadhana our language it's everything a sketch islands have it's our inspiration. with no great momentum for independence the focus for most catalans here is on keeping in step with france but dancing to their own tune the al-jazeera. tension is increasing between the kurdish leadership in northern iraq and its neighbors after monday's session that iraq says it's coordinating with iran and turkey to take control of borders administered by the same autonomous kurdish regional government kurdish leaders have refused to give up control of border posts to baghdad as part of a campaign to pressure the kurds to cancel the results of the referendum which ninety two percent voted in favor of a spirit from iraq the government in baghdad says the vote was unconstitutional

u.s. which is supporting kurdish led forces fighting eisel in neighboring syria says it doesn't recognize a cessation vote as legitimate secretary of state rex tillerson says the u.s. supports a united federal iraq and international airlines of stop landing at airports in the region after a request by iraq now the city of kirkuk in northern iraq has some of the biggest oil reserves in the country for decades there have been disagreements about who should control it peshmerga units loyal to the kurdish regional government control the city of kirkuk inclusion in monday's secession vote as angered baghdad is structured. the kurdish peshmerga to control kirkuk after the iraqi army fled in islip pensive in two thousand and fourteen but there's never been agreement between the kurdish regional government took in the federal government in baghdad about who should be in control the benefit most from the areas vast oil wealth. kirkuk at

an eighty percent turnout in the referendum on kurdish the session but they are to the vote the iraqi parliament prime minister hydra liberty to send troops into kurdish controlled disputed areas like cook and take back control of the oil fields because as governor of kirkuk hopes he doesn't heed to parliament's demand prime minister has made it clear that force is not. how he will approach this thing. and i agree with him and we don't expect a force to be used but of course there are people may be not under his control who may try to do this parliament earlier this month voted to remove mr karim but he has refused to go and anything that comes against me for my patriotic position it's it's an honor for me many kurds call

kirkuk their jerusalem but there are also turkomans arabs and christians here too there are also hundreds of thousands of arabs that have arrived here in recent years fleeing i saw and they feel very let down by the baghdad government there's also considerable opposition amongst the arabs and the turkmen about any idea with respect to kirkuk being part of a future independent kurdish state the vast majority of turkmen and arabs who have lived in kirkuk for generations boycotted the referendum this if you to the area and the borders of k r g is not the clear and the specially care. will be. space officer try going between arab be owned by that and maybe be a war about kirkuk the way to solve this

a problem is not independency and therefore and on the way is. the two thousand and five constitution stipulates that the federal government send seventeen percent of the federal budget to the k r g every year it stops sending the money in two thousand and fifteen. and baghdad has since accused the kayleigh ji of not sharing the oil wells but any fighting here could jeopardize the battle against leisel in how we are around fifty kilometers southwest of kirkuk. who control was killed cook was at the referendum on kurdish independence the kurds say they will fight anyone who tries to take it from them. but al jazeera. u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson is holding top level talks in china the tensions in the korean peninsula it's to listen second trip to beijing this year and the tightening and economic squeeze on north korea over its nuclear weapons program the

u.s. sees china which is pyongyang's main allies vital to force kim jong un to retreat from his nuclear arms and missile ambitions aaron brown joins us live now from beijing lots to talk about those too. yes i think rarely has the relationship between britain between sorry china and the united states mattered more but it has done now particularly as tensions on the korean peninsula remain at a very high level actually rex tillerson was due here in beijing on friday night where there were there were mechanical problems with his plane and he was unable to get here until today and he came by a military aircraft now as you say the two sides have lots to talk about fair to assume that north korea is at the top of the agenda both countries of course have very different ideas about how to resolve the crisis on the korean peninsula now

rex tillerson met not just only the chinese foreign minister one year but he also had an audience with president xi jinping now that's significant because china's president doesn't ordinarily meet high ranking senior diplomats from overseas the fact that he met rex tillerson is a recognition of the importance that china places on rex tillerson being here and of course the importance they place on president donald trump making a visit here in november that was confirmed actually by the white house at the weekend president trump will also be going to the philippines vietnam and japan and south korea now what rex tillerson wants to get from china during his brief visit here it has to be said is a guarantee that china will stick to its promise to fully implement sanctions against north korea china for its part says that it's backing a whole slew of new sanctions against north korea so in

a strange way jane the issue of north korea appears to be bringing china and the united states a little bit closer together it doesn't end thank you. paid to go ahead on the news including wearing cox's bazar with an update on the crisis. surviving but struggling people in puerto rico trying to rebuild their lives on hurricane maria. and in sport missing the shop she's at manchester city striker for one of the biggest matches of the season. has more from a rehab. for children in cox's bazaar in bangladesh dealing with the crisis and there were hangings fleeing from that. close to how many are going to refuse it up crossed over to bangladesh for the matter of one month out of time two hundred

eight it isn't our children according to aid agencies i'm going to the government and among them a hundred thousand children one of. this is something called child friendly space this was set up by bangladesh crack the largest and you know and also with the help of unicef what you see is children has got to play corner that drawing corner and reading corner they also have music on are the children dressed to be quite happy out here they're out of danger in the street they get counseling from a professional counseling people they're also in a place where they are given free mats and lines sometimes fifty or six of this kind it's not set up among the new and old refugee camps six of them are old the rest are new you know if there's me and my references are unable to go back to me on my wedding yes to come goes like this and half a sentence like this are badly needed to really have a lot of those children who are highly traumatised by what they're facing on the other side of the border in the us to combine with those government aid agency has

to mentally prepare to set up institution like this to help the children cope with the trauma of their face while coming to bangladesh and what the face in myanmar. to truly understand the rang a crisis there is no substitute to being there all the see but the team at al-jazeera dot com has created the closest thing. this is. she's just one of thousands of muslim or hinge or persecuted in maine maher and now living in a camp and culture is bizarre bangladesh put yourself in her shoes. i am reinjure is the world's first three hundred sixty degree documentary on the region it was filmed back in may by al-jazeera virtual reality teamed contrasts v.o.r. they thought they would documenting the peak of the crisis but since then as we

know around half a million more regain your refugees have crossed into bangladesh their stories can seem overwhelming mostly because they are putting yourself in the place of just one person makes it that much more understandable. for them. you can view the film for yourself at al-jazeera dot com for its premiere at the vancouver international film festival on october fifth. wildfires in southern california are spreading and forcing evacuations video has emerged of fires burning dangerously close to homes in the city of long book flames and heavy smoke of cloud at the horizon the five hundred homes are at risk and forty one thousand wildfires have scorched almost twenty five thousand square kilometers in the u.s. so far this year the mayor of puerto rico's capital san juan is accuse the trumpet ministration of killing people with inefficiency ten days after hurricane maria

devastated the u.s. territory it is beginning to reach communities in need in the white house has appointed a three star general to oversee relief operations but common crew says it's not happening quick enough we are dying here and not cannot fathom. the thought that the greatest nation in the world cannot figure out the logistics for in small island of one hundred miles my thirty five miles from i am. begging anyone that can hear us to save us from die and if anybody out there is listening to us. we are dying and you are killing us with the inefficiencies and the bureaucracy

to pick up the story with to reza bush who reports from not. in the central mountains of puerto rico and i he was one of the worst hit areas by hurricane the eye of the storm passed right through this part of the island. my says she cannot help but cry when she things of everything she's lost. i cry for what happened for what we lost but brenda is not alone many here are struggling to recover from the hurricane people tell us that this area used to be filled with green trees but as you can see there's not many left in fact many of the houses in this area were completely blown away by this for example is the only standing left from this house. that we cover e.f. four it's around the way all around the island the electricity grid was destroyed

so the island is currently dependent on generators. for the hurricane was so strong that destroyed the old posts the new posts nothing survived we are all doing what we can to get the island moving again. at the town's shelter there are more than one hundred people left homeless they have lost everything they own the city's mayor has played a crucial role in organizing relief efforts private donations are paying in but more is still needed. what we desperately need is water to continue providing people here with what they need we have some food clothes for them and now we need to see how we help them to get their lives back together what about rico was struggling before two consecutive storms hit the island heavily in debt with high levels of poverty local authorities say they need help because we have three four and five million of american citizens in need right now so we will need our fell of

the federal government to recovery program this will take years to really was if you were before the. recovery effort will probably take months people like that in the course may say they're bracing themselves for a long struggle there is i will not i he don't recall the united nations has agreed to start an independent investigation into human rights abuses by all sides in the war in yemen the decision follows weeks of negotiations since two thousand and fifteen yemeni government forces backed by saudi led coalition have been fighting who thier rebels supported by iran cartel appears haughty on reports. the decision has been described as a game changer the un's human rights council will send a delegation to investigate a possible war crimes and yemen more than ten thousand civilians have died since the country's devastating war started in two thousand and fifteen and that number

could rise the international community faces several urgent tasks in yemen including the protection safety and security of civilians the u.n. delegation is expected to investigate attacks on schools markets and even hospitals fina between harvey rebels and a saudi led coalition which sides with president monsoon condi has torn the country the commission will also investigate attacks carried out by the rebels i think that the point becomes one of does the international community stand by the laws that it puts to. all yemeni lives as valuable as any other lives the decision was met with resistance a last minute compromise between western powers and arab countries including saudi arabia eventually made it possible experts say blocking the investigation could have led to more unwanted attention you see mounting pressure at the international level for this to go ahead at a level that the u.s. the u.k.

saudi arabia who've been instrumental in the past really blocking this kind of investigation going ahead would struggle to justify their reasons for doing so right now along with the war an estimated twenty million yemenis continue to go hungry and a nationwide cholera epidemic is ravaging the country since april more than two thousand people have died from the illness the red cross believes there could be a million cases of suspected cholera by the end of the year but access to treatment is limited santa airport is completely sealed off. only three planes roughly are entering the i.c.r.c. plane and a seven un plane and no other plane is coming in even planes that could do some humanitarian transfer of patients that want to get treatment abroad or something like that this is not possible so you don't have access to drugs and you're going to go out. to war in yemen is showing no signs of ending but the un's

human rights council hopes the investigation will lead to a greater level of accountability on all sides. now dizzy or. in a few moments we'll have the weather with everton's standing by and also more on our top story the cat's answer session a referendum but also the u.s. health secretary resigns after a scandal over his use of taxpayer money for private flights plus. i mean are the moment especially if hunter valley to become a big anyway the break here of a plan to quote the country out of power pipe out there. a troubling trap for jordan space on a day when the u.s. barely makes a stumble at the president's cup details and support. from brisk north and fuel. to the war. of southeast asia.

we have the usual rafters showers across southeast asia plenty of clouds showing up on the satellite picture there and you see a big mass of showers there just around thailand in fact hundred thirty six millimeters of rain in trying in the space of just twenty four hours so i showers hopefully easing off somewhat as we go on through the next couple of days further north bangkok seeing more fun to read downpours coming through there lovely lightning strike there was you can see in this city further south pretty much guarantee to see some showers that the malaysian grand prix in supplying this weekend those showers as you can hopefully just make it a little further eastwards across the region as we go on through the next as the hopefully a little dry there for a thailand which is really been in the mix recently showers longer spells of frame making their way towards japan over the next day or so we can see clearer skies across much of the country at the moment those clear skies light winds but the first frost of the season in the whole we are going to see things clouding over

though as we go on through the next to die also big area cloud and rain just spilling its way in from china way down towards the east china sea towards yellow sea so fine and dry in japan on sunday but turning increasingly wet monday. the weather sponsored by qatar and maze. with. documentaries that open your eyes at this time on al-jazeera. we here to jerusalem bureau covered israeli palestinian affairs we cover the story with a lot of intimate knowledge we covered it with that we don't dip in and out of the

story we have presence here all the time apart from being a cameraman it's also very important to be a journalist to know the story very well before going into the fields covering the united nations and global diplomacy for al-jazeera english is pretty incredible this is where talks happen and what happens there matters. we're going to watch out is there a mind of our top stories at this hour supporters of the regional government of catalonia attempting to break away from spain held a final rally before the ban secession referendum on sunday the central government

in the trade says the vote is illegal and it will deploy police to block the ballots. iraq is coordinating with iran and turkey to take over control of the borders country managed by the kurdish regional government kurdish leaders have refused to hand over responsibility for border crossings following monday's session . referendum. is daybreak's tennyson is holding top level talks in china over tensions in the korean peninsula the u.s. wants china to put pressure on kim jong un to retreat from his nuclear and missile programs its getting more not top story there's a session referendum planned to take place in catalonia on sunday now the central government in madrid is adamantly opposed to the vote and its go live to tony berkeley in the spanish capital he's in the thick of an anti secession virgina protest there tell us about what they saying and what the feeling is tony.

what i think the the response to the referendum will be very muted here in madrid for the last few days but now it's gaining momentum is a big demonstration here people are supposed to be taking part in a silent demo but if anything they want to show their feelings for united spain and they want catalonia to remain but as i've been finding out in the last few days the fact is going back to the civil war it's here which is still affecting what's going on today. spain's most familiar tune but the the espana has lost some of its meaning since catalonia started its strife a succession and its forthcoming referendum. on friday madrid held his own referendum purely symbolic but the people here equally important the question people were asked was do you want catalonia to remain part of spain because you want to remember to remind everybody that you know spanish sovereignty it's you know should be decided by all spaniards not just one part of spain which is

catalonia you know these this issue would affect holy spain we want to make sure that everybody knows that you know spain has a voice here. that you live in i came to vote because what they do in catalonia is an outrage against constitution against spain and against history those people did . the worst adjectives even a lot of fun oh yeah if franco was alive we were just shoot them against the wall long live franco lives spain we don't want the communists. that that's an extreme view but there are still many in spain who think former military leader francisco franco was a hero and not a villain through the tranquil countryside north of madrid is the valley of the fall and a monument created to remember those killed in the civil war it was built by political prisoners and is where franco is buried if there's anything that symbolizes the divisions in spanish society it's this place is supposed to commemorate the dead on both sides of the civil war but for many it's

a monument to the fascist victory and the defeat of the republicans many of whom were catalan. many on spain's left believe that frank his legacy lives on in every aspect of spanish life from the judiciary to politics and they support the catalans right for self-determination we have a lot of alto retiree i know frank and so the national question is being treated in accompli the democratic way we believe that catalonia referendum can be a democratic key and an example for all the nations that lives in order now on their days to to show off the spine of the state. in madrid vote people overwhelmingly wanted catalonia to stay part of spain but on sunday the question is will it still be a case of the the last spaniard or will it be farewell catalonia. well the people here are very much for union but there's also

a resentment this building here about how the leadership is meeting its people are calling for them to be jailed they very much believe that the union here they say there's no historical or geographical reason for catalonia to be separate a lot of people are asking questions about the heavy handed means that the spanish government has been adopted but to be honest there's a bit of a dilemma there if you to do nothing that would fall into the hands of the critics who would say that they're playing into the hands of the succession is what to do what they're doing now opens them up to criticism also that they're being totalitarian using authoritarian me methods pretty much like the ones used by general franco during his time as leader of this country so it's been very difficult they also the spanish government say what would happen in any other country if some region a county or state would suddenly decide that they want to be independent they firmly believe what they're doing is right they believe that the catalan is against the spanish law that was proved cream call where they said this referendum was

unconstitutional and the moment believe that within their rights to take whatever means possible this whatever happens on sunday could have repercussions into the future but at the moment the mood here is very much they want catalonia to remain they believe it will remain they hope it does it's a passion there tony very thank you. the u.s. health secretary resigned over a controversy involving his use of at least four hundred thousand dollars of taxpayer money on private jets tom price was president tom's choice to lead the movement to repeal and replace barack obama's health care program and official reports from washington. tom price may have gotten his annual flu jab but he couldn't protect himself from the president's anger donald trump give a broad hint the health and human services secretary said time in charge would soon be over it's a very fine man but we're going to we're going to make a decision sometime and i know he's resigned even though twenty four hours before he thought he could still save his job we're going to work through this and. i

think we still got to the confidence of the president price faced growing criticism for his use of private flights which sometimes makes government business with his own personal agenda the cost to the taxpayer more than four hundred thousand dollars. he also made trips to europe on military jets which could take the figure to more than a million that's enough to annoy the man who wanted to dream washington swarm so i was disappointed because i didn't like it because medically or otherwise price offered to write a personal check for the cost of a seat on the private jets and he promised to fly only commercial in future it wasn't enough the other senior trump officials are facing questions about their travel and must know be increasingly nervous interior secretary ryan zinke he took a private jet from las vegas to his home in montana at the taxpayer's expense the cost twelve thousand dollars and environmental protection agency boss scott pruitt took flights to various parts of the u.s. costing fifty eight thousand dollars questions are being asked about the treasury secretary steven munitions travel and requesting

a government plane for those european honeymoon i think they're doing it because the example is that from the top we see donald trump violating ethics norms on a daily basis and so i think other people think we don't really need to worry about the ethics rules and that appearances really don't matter prices resignation is another high profile friday departure from the white house is now lost more than a dozen senior staff in just nine months alan fischer washington. the u.s. government has ordered sixty percent of its diplomatic staff in cuba to leave washington says the employees have reported health problems such as hearing loss fatigue and headaches the white house believes they have been attacked but cuba says the decision to pull the stuff out is being made too quickly. we consider the decision announced today by the u.s. government through the state department is hasty and will affect bilateral relations especially cooperation in the matters of mutual interest between both

countries and the diverse exchange that takes place between cuba and the united states i say all right i want to reiterate the willingness of cuba to continue active cooperation between officials from both countries to clarify these acts completely and for that it is essential to have the participation and involvement of u.s. authorities it's good knowing this now from particle hain what happened here the beginning of an international mystery an american diplomat says while in bed in this hotel he heard a strong annoying hum only in that spot later he and twenty others would be diagnosed with a variety of symptoms from hearing loss to traumatic brain injuries some heard a noise others did not it's like something out of a spy mystery the name's bone james ok maybe not that sophisticated still hollywood has had its share of sonic weapons. invisible waves

stop the incredible hold. even put iron man on ice. so what hollywood thinks out of weapons can do they really do that find out we came here to the university of maryland to ask an expert they would have known. if you have a sonic weapon that causes hearing loss you know you were exposed to it there is no missing doctor d.d.a. do pray says it's easy to cause hearing loss with sound if you turned on the speaker in his lab he says i would be completely deaf pretty quickly the kind of sound that i use for that. would be just a few minutes. yes from stop yes two minutes and i'm deaf or ever and morning you know that but he says to make that kind of sound you would need something like this military project he worked at called the mother of all speakers the size of a truck can't hide that in a hotel room because he would be next to impossible to have those kind of sounds be directed at only a few people right we're talking about in for cells they will shake the whole

building if you're inside a building he says alter sound can cause that kind of damage but there is a reason it has to be pressed up against the body it doesn't travel well so that's probably not it the bottom line sound can be a weapon but he doesn't think it is the likely culprit in cuba meaning this international mystery continues but with real world consequences. al-jazeera college talk. about the but i guess a political analyst at the atlantic council in washington d.c. she says the decision is a major setback for businesses in both the u.s. and cuba. i mean cuba some have said the united states is politicizing the sonic incidents there's no denying the u.s. opening on the influx of u.s. tourism has ushered in new opportunities for entrepreneurs in both countries and i believe many and cuba and in latin america will you this is a definite step back in engagement and one that will backtrack on the increased

ties between the two countries that has already impacted not only the cuban private sector but many others on the island as well americans and cubans have really prospered from a greater opening between the two countries business transactions have gone up investments have lost and the private sector in cuba has grown in large part because of the american troops so also from the security standpoint the united states and cuba have collaborated on a variety of different fronts from the float from stemming the flow of illegal drugs to preventing the spread of diseases like. we're getting details of a military plane crash in the democratic republic of congo a cargo plane came down near the capital kinshasa the director of the city's main airport says the were no survivors it's unclear how many crew members were on board or what happened nigeria's rich in oil but thieves and pirates cost the government

at least a billion dollars in lost revenue every month security forces say they're getting tough on those is still oil but that's likely to be a difficult task as a human interest reports from the niger delta. on the hunt for pirates and all the creatures of nigeria's delta it's hard and dangerous work. as we approach operate as we were being watched all the way but the military hardware is enough deterrent. that the oil field was set on fire a strategy to stop us from getting close to the suspects however lucky today. it. is three months after their bases destroyed by the army it's being rebuilt while all is refined and the talk of pipes lead to a nearby oil well for crude is diverted this is what remains of an illegal refinery

after a raid by the nigerian army hundreds like these have been destroyed in the past few months. after breaking in ciphering from oil pipelines and wells across the region another bombed out refinery is trying to get back into business a few kilometers from here this company has been destroyed before. considering they are trying to revive it which means that we still have to care to put it out of use completely again the biggest threat to nigeria's all supply and economy on to the us all think. it's a well connected orders of the buy just send ships or transport the crude in large quantities every ship was seized filled with petroleum products for years the pirates have made these waterways unsafe and blood the nigerian economy. now the army has new equipment and personnel it's a show of force which commanders hope will deter criminals. it's.

the. the government's new offensive isn't welcome with everyone not just the pirates. same time. the region that. all it's not going to be with people. government leaders say the cut down use necessary to stop criminal activities protect lives in nigeria largest night or last it. with the trees. in the niger delta. it's been two years since russia intervened in the syrian civil war its involvement changed the dynamics of the conflict and strengthened syrian president bashar al assad's hand reports. in the northern

countryside of homs a russian delegation attempts to negotiate a sation of hostilities at stake establishing checkpoints revealing the fates of detainees and introducing much needed humanitarian aid one more reminder of how strong a presence russia has in syria since it intervened two years ago in the very beginning of the operation the theme coming from the crown on this is that this is going to be a shortened gauge month actually several months after the russians went then in march sixteen. that the object of the mission has been accomplished and russia's beginning there would draw a limited military mission may have been in vision when russia launched its first air strikes in syria but that soon changed the message now that now russia has a solid base in syria its naval base and darkness is being expanded we have also an air force powerful base in command me i'm. near the mediterranean coast and

so russia has of course. in the mediterranean and so russia has a serious sri foothold in the middle east and that's nato and that's more or less what it's told to the russian public that this is a great military success while you don't and hezbollah have also been instrumental in backing up syrian president bashar assad since the beginning of the war it was russian air power the change the dynamics of the conflict giving assad the upper hand. the establishment of deescalation zones in syria has become a priority for moscow but even with the presence of russian military personnel in various parts of the country it's still a question as to how they will be enforced still having solidified its influence in such a strategically important country in the middle east the cost of military involvement in syria seems to have been well worth it for russia. australia has stuck in

a time warp because of its coal and edgy policies according to the former head of a un panel on climate change the strains are suffering from soaring electricity prices and power blackouts the government hopes it can improve this by extending the life of an aging coal fired power station. reports. the owner of the own disco find house station in australia says it's showing its age millions of dollars are being spent to keep the forty five year old little plant running before we times in five years but the government is pressuring operator a.g.l. to continue producing power for another five years beyond them saying it's key to securing electricity supplies a.g.l. is considering the request but says it would be better off investing in new cleaner technologies such as wind and solar so it's a natural progression of whatever anything comes to the end of its technical life you'd run the roller over whether you extend it or whether you. do something new in

this but certainly the economics to lead you towards your goals being provided for energy and. you know very flexible efficient technologies providing that capacity the hunter valley north of sydney in new south wales is at the center of the energy debate here because it's a major coal mining and power provider the little power station is in muscle growth and the town's mayor says it's time to look to the future. if it is becomes a choice between extending little for an additional five years knowing that the jobs will come to an end at that point or closing it and repurpose ing it for fifty years of new generation power then that is clearly the preferable option. not only is the israeli government pushing to expand a prolonged alliance of coal fired power stations like this one in the hunter valley it's also backing a new coal mine which if built will be one of the largest in the world. despite

community opposition these trailing governments approved the multi-billion dollar indian owned a car market coal mine but there are serious concerns about its financial viability the architect of the united nations paris climate agreement which agreed to cut greenhouse gas emissions says developing calm ones now makes no sense so you know if that project had been proposed in the year nine hundred fifty it would probably have been a good project to propose that project in two thousand and seventeen frankly it's like science fiction time warp except that science fiction usually looks forward this one is a science fiction that is looking back astray is expected to remain the world's largest exporter of coal for at least the next twenty years despite that abundance some power station operators see a future in renewable energy and reduced carbon gas emissions. al-jazeera muscle

brooke in the hunter valley. still ahead on the most prolific partnerships in basketball is when united or just ahead in sport. it's the journey to well i. mean. i prefer to lie down and stand when i get the call came to. life and limb on a dangerous journey to just. turn on to the rail and nearly die. our children go to school and live because of the trade of risking it all the democratic republic of congo at this time on al-jazeera.

the arab. where every. kids would know santa thank you very much jane wall there's a hint of sympathy for matches the city without their hot shot strike ahead of such this heavyweight class an english premier league and it's come from their fierce rivals defending champions chelsea said where was immediate playing future is uncertain after he was injured in a car accident in amsterdam the argentinian was heading back up from

a concert in the dutch city on thursday night when the taxi crashed his message to manage a says he has no problem with the take in the triple on his day off and echoed by his rival. the place of not gates and they are man they have family and they have a. son and. i think that. it's important to give for their right to responsibility and and then for sure they have to make the best the best decision for himself and beat the for the club. for everyone. i don't know. the first impression would be as broken. exactly how many it is. so i don't know right now.

no worries for england and their fifth and final one day cricket international against the west indies without the suspended all round they cross the tourists by nine wickets with twelve overs in hand at southampton university leading the way with an unbeaten century and sharing an opening stand of one hundred fifty six with jason roy england won the series for now the most convincing thing about the last couple of days and destructions that have gone on. when at the oval. you know a chance to win the series everything that happened was quite fresh and everybody knew about it the last couple of days so to produce a performance like that in such a toy game of the meant a huge amount saw it i think today i do potential you know to be performance from our side of things but the determination resistance that everybody showed trade today was standing. in partnership and basketball is real

and i think wayne wade is joining any superstar le bron james at the cleveland cavaliers the pair played alongside they tell their four seasons at the miami heat winning back to back tampa ships james left miami in two thousand and fourteen wade was at the chicago bulls last season but has agreed to a buyout of his contract. i mean is that i was is a different time it would be moments you know i would want to play together we want to plug and play off each other very well miss a different team it's a different time i mean i think everybody want to return to the lobs and all that i definitely thought oh yes he does get he will go get em i mean those will happen but you know the biggest thing you want to be can do is success in and i'm like i said i would be a part of what they've built here but you know you just we just so i prayed about enjoy the man and just go together. russell westbrook has class around him as the all to home a city thunder he also now has the richest contract in n.b.a.

history the reigning most valuable player agreeing to a deal worth two hundred five million dollars for five years tony westbrook at the thunder are formidable forwards a pull george and camila anthony. all sprint champion justin gatlin says he won't be taking in the process this weekend if he wins an exhibit in race in brazil the american who won the one hundred meters at the world championships in london expressed mixed emotions saying this does not mean he's not showing solidarity with the n.f.l. players more protests than racial injustice but that his father was a member of the army and he was taught military retreats is i'm. i'm going to stand up i will stand up i mean not saying that if i take my stand up it's you know i'm not for the protests or not you know against it it's just that i do today i understand what it takes for the military but also understand what it takes to be

you know a citizen niceties and have to have equal rights. the us are making all the noise presidents cup. just and thomas birdie from a bunker setting the tone of a record eight two lead after two days i guess the international line up even a stumble from the three time major winner told in speed couldn't stop the home side in just a city here covered it with partner to square the match against might see a man adam had to win but veteran phil mickelson stepped up when it mattered with a record twenty fourth win at the cup and he made a song and a dance out of it with four ball partner kevin is now. the record i don't really think much about i mean i just love every op. to be a part of this part of these events and on these teams of this team's unique from any in the past in that the talent levels is as high or higher than we've ever had

and the camaraderie amongst each other on and off the courses is. a whole different different environment that there's this great support system the three amigos we messed around this morning with and i thought i thought we believed it when we were doing it but when i looked back and saw the replay i think we kind of nailed it. and with terrell hatton has put on another masterclass to the british masters he shot six birdies and difficult weather conditions to maintain his lead at the halfway mark on twelve under twenty five year old has compadre it's important chris hansen and i asked to test this by three shots. and the on beaten all blacks can sail the rugby championships on saturday when they face argentina and when osiris but while that's the focus for the likes of star midfielder sonny bill williams it's their country's ability with the round ball that's also capturing attention to

new zealand could face argentina in their final qualifier for next year's football world cup and russia. think it's great for the prospects of going to. have a can sneak into the top four and then we can play someone else. and that's it for me back to thanks very much peter dobby is up next and i shall see you in an hour's time thanks for watching.

it. was. a new television station in afghanistan is turning the focus on women it's on t.v. they are on camera in the guest chair and in the control room the founder of zone t.v. says this project couldn't wait this team is for those mothers and those to sit on those wife's living in afghanistan there's all this talking about their rights but they didn't see anything in a nation where education was forbidden for girls as recently as two thousand and one and network just for women is a mark of progress there's also a very real element of danger of course we are threatened but the conscious sit in

the corner of our homes we have to go forward and develop ourselves and help bring peace and stability to our country should the ingredient that bring smiles but it's also the number one culprit in a global health crisis cardiovascular disease. eleanor all right i would say the hardest part is just the discipline we think of the fact that they have is that all the same if we throw that sugar in place there's risk factors this is a problem no i visit time on all disease. one day before a planned session referendum questions that spans catalonia about whether the votes will proceed and what happens next.