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anger in madrid as demonstrators take to the streets in protest against sunday succession referendum in catalonia. if anybody out there is listening to us. we are dying. puerto rico urges the u.s. to speed up pay it has it struggles to recover from hurricane maria. and we have a special report on a nigerian army crackdown on the oil pirates who are raiding refineries across the niger delta. and far as small have all the day's sporting including unbeaten manchester united pile on the misery for crystal palace beating them for a nail in the english premier league. the. spain's government is cracking down on the bounce

a session votes in its catalonia region on sunday describing it as a mockery of democracy its were born volunteers at polling stations they could be fined more than three hundred fifty thousand dollars police have already begun deploying ahead of the ballots and sealed off more than half of the schools designated as polling centers offices say they will remove voters in the spanish capital madrid thousands of people in favor of a united spain held a rally neither side shows any signs of backing down well we have teams across the country covering the story tony berkeley is in madrid where thousands turned out to protest against the independence vote we'll hear from him in a moment but we give begin with a whole who is in barcelona for us and just i was just saying there about the police being deployed they really are looking to turn the screws on anybody that wants to join this referendum vote. absolutely so you can perhaps see behind

me the lights of barcelona are starting to twinkle lair and that really signals that we're into the countdown these vital hours before the referendum takes place thousands of extra police have been sent to the catalonia region with orders to shut down schools that will be used as voting stations on sunday at the same time citizens families their children and so-called defense committees are trying to occupy those schools to ensure them to stay open in that sense schools have become a political battleground but i want to bring in georgie moon yours he's a political scientist from barcelona university now jordi there are talks that perhaps negotiations would be a last minute solution to this political crisis but has it not gone beyond that we're seeing people in the streets setting up their own defense committees well i think it's perhaps too late the of their goal of these negotiations is to avoid people from going out to the streets tomorrow and trying to vote but i think it's

never too late to negotiate there are many other things that can be accomplished through negotiations these days so what is tomorrow what is your impression what are things going to look like ten thousand police reinforcements strict orders to crack down that people are saying no what's going to happen. it's highly uncertain we know that there's this amount of police with these orders but that we are to know that there will be thousands and thousands of people trying to get to the polling station some vote and it will depend a guess on last minute decisions from both the people and the commands of the police now if i've talked to police unions they say politicians on both sides are hyperventilating other people tell us that they see this as a car crash waiting to happen whose fault is this is the catalan government at fault that they push too hard or is madrid's heavy handedness at fault well i think so far the cut on government and the. in parliament house try to never see it on

house for like sixteen times their perceived lidia of negotiation such as their one that took place within the scottish and the british government in two thousand and thirteen two thousand and fourteen leading to this call this referendum it has not been possible there's no there hasn't been any space for this sort of negotiation and this is where we are now there's also between voters been very little debate because there hasn't really been a no campaign only a campaign for the yes vote is that going to leave catalan society divided those who feel they didn't have a chance to express themselves well it's true that the campaign has been monopole is by the question of whether they had a referendum with the plays or not work the referendum was legitimate or not so it has been a very procedural let's say a kind of debate so far which i think it's unfortunate that we would have we would need a substandard debate on the cross and on top in the band and i think that would be great for the society at this point thank you very much judy and so as you hear

there it's never too late for negotiations that's the theme that we've been hearing throughout the day both from those in favor of secession and those against the session but tonight as those lights of barcelona start to twinkle there are no signs of negotiation all the signs that the police in the poor just down here are ready to spring into action as needed and those families and citizens with their defense committees already occupying the schools trying to do and do what they want to do which is to defend the vote so that's the picture from home who is in barcelona we're now going to tony berkeley who's down further south in madrid tony we're hearing how very much the keith already three pounds to stop this referendum the passion you've been thing out on the streets of madrid today saturday all the people are going to back up. police taking that very physical action. well i

think this is the first demonstration we've seen since we've been here about any kind of feelings about this referendum i think people came to the streets today to voice their opinions very much they were in favor of what the spanish government is doing very much in favor of catalonia staying with spain and very much against the castle and government there are calls today for them to be arrested to for them to be jailed a lot of anger rising here as well but i have to say there's only five thousand on the street we're not sure city of three point two million how indicative that is but i think people to this point to be very muted in their response but today i think it dawned on them that this is really going to happen the seriousness of the situation is increased day by day and we're seeing now a war of words between the government in barcelona and the government in madrid they're really raising the ante to quite an an extent maybe the spanish government is playing this game now is trying to scare people not to go and vote but there's a very great concern here about what happens after sunday what happens to heal the

wounds that this referendum is causing because it's becoming increasingly vitriolic and the abuse and the accusations and counter-accusations are really not helping the situation at all tony the the catalan leader can put him on has talked about whichever way the vote goes if indeed it's held they want mediation that would suggest that they think there could be some sort of give and take with the spanish government to give a sense of spanish government might give a little uncompromising anyway. for a solution to any crisis there has to be given give isn't what that take is remains to be seen but in every situation you see similarly if you look in the former yugoslavia for example that had to be give and take from all sides perhaps not to everyone's liking but there has to be a compromise because everyone is saying how can this possibly work that catalonia succeeds and becomes an independent nation is so complicated so difficult on the

not repercussions are great not just for spain but also for other countries in europe very good to get your thoughts living as the latest from madrid. hundreds ever henge refugees who have crossed into bangladesh lining up to receive aid they could have pollen count just across the border and today she's have mobilized to help some of the hof a million people who have escaped the violence in manama the united nations refugee agency and the government providing food water and medical aid. agencies have created special play areas for were his children to offer them some temporary escape from the trauma they've suffered time to challenge is one such area in cox's in bangladesh. close to how many are going to refuse it up crossed over to bangladesh or the matter of one month all of them to undertake this is our children

according to aid agencies and bangladesh government among them one hundred thousand children one of. this is something called child friendly space this was set up by bangladesh brac the largest and also with the help of unicef what just says children has got to play corner that drawing corner and reading corner also have music on earth the children to be quite happy out there 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. this critics are set up among the new and old refugee camps six of them are old the rest are new if there's me and my references are unable to go back to myanmar within us to come like this and this centers like this are badly needed to really have a lot of the children who are highly traumatised by what they're seeing on the other side of the border in the years to combine with this 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 faced in myanmar. to truly understand the hendra crisis is no substitute to being there but al-jazeera dot com has come up with the closest thing by creating a virtual reality film the crisis come also to maria as a look. i live. in. this is. she is just one of thousands of muslim or hinge or persecuted in maine maher and now living in a camp and conses bazaar bangladesh to put yourself in her shoes. i am ranger is the world's first three hundred sixty degree documentary on the region it was filmed back in may by al-jazeera virtual reality team contrasts v.o.r.

. they thought they were documenting the peak of the crisis but since then as we know around half a million more ranger refugees have crossed into bangladesh this 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 before its premiere at the vancouver international film festival on october fifth. coming up this news hour two separate movements joined forces to march against racism on the same day almost a hundred years ago that more than one hundred black americans were killed by white supremacists. remain high after the kurdish referendum coke iraqi city was included in the vote but not everyone is in favor of secession. and another pakistan batsman joins the funny finals in club far out we'll explain all in spite

. of puerto rico's capital someone has accused the trump administration of killing people through inefficiency ten days after hurricane rita devastated the u.s. territory aid is starting to reach communities in need around the white house has appointed a three star general to oversee relief operations but common huling 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 of my thirty five miles i am begging

begging anyone that can hear us to save us from dying. if anybody out there is listening to us we are dying and you are killing us with the inefficiencies and of bureaucracy. donald trump has hit back via twitter accusing his political rivals of telling the mayor of san juan to criticize him in another tweet he said such poor leadership ability by the merrow someone and others in puerto rico who are not able to get their workers to help speaking to al-jazeera is to raise a bow on saturday sound once mayor shrugged off chumps comments but said she believes puerto rico is being discriminated against. i think we haven't been treated with the same sense of emergency. other disasters have been treated and

again you know. five hundred twenty pounds mayor of a city in the caribbean a three star general. said yesterday we don't have enough we need to get more in order to be able to take care of the situation so. that a general isn't saying the right thing. is likely to be years before life returns to normal in puerto rico to raise about is in the badly damaged town of now. in the central mountains. and 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 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. for example is the only standing left from this house. that we cover e.f. four it's around doing all around the island the electricity grid was destroyed so the island is currently dependent on generators. 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 purring 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 millions of american citizens in needs right now so we will need our fellow of the federal government to recovery program this will take years it'll be in the position we were before the recovery effort will probably take months people like that in the course of i say they're bracing themselves for a long struggle. and he don't want the. tension is increasing between the kurdish leadership in northern iraq and its neighbors after this week's a session vote iraq says it's coordinating with iran and turkey to take control of borders administered by the semi autonomous kurdish regional

government the inclusion of the city of kirkuk in northern iraq in monday secession vote has also angered baghdad it has some of the biggest oil reserves in the country charles stratford reports from erbil the kurdish peshmerga to control the kill cook after the iraqi army fled in islip pensive in two thousand and fourteen. but there's never been agreement between the kurdish regional government ok elegy in the federal government in baghdad about who should be in control there and benefit most from the area's vast oil wells. kirkuk at an eighty percent turnout in the referendum on kurdish the session. the day after the vote the iraqi parliament asked prime minister hydrilla party to send troops into kurdish controlled disputed areas like kill cook and take back control of the oil fields and the kurdish governor of kirkuk hopes he doesn't heed to parliament's

demand prime minister about he 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's 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 kid. will be. spaced off this a try going between arab be owned by that and maybe be a war about kirkuk the way to solve this a problem is not their independence and if i don't don't their way is the outlook. the two thousand and five constitution stipulates that the federal government send seventeen percent of the federal budget to the kayla g. every year. it stops sending the money in two thousand and fifteen. and baghdad has since accused the k r g of not sharing the oil wells but any fighting

here could jeopardize the battle against eisel in how we around fifty kilometers southwest of kirkuk who control it was killed cook was at the height of the referendum on kurdish independence the kurds say they will fight anyone who tries to take it from them. but al jazeera. it's been two years since russia intervened in the syrian civil war its involvement changed the dynamic of the conflict and strengthen syrian president. mommy jumped you as this report. in the northern countryside of homs a russian delegation attempted 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 was that this is going to be a shortened gauge month actually several months after the russians went then in march sixteen ounce 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 three foot hold in the middle east and that's planks nato and that's more or less what it's told to the russian public that this is

a great military success while iran and hezbollah have also been instrumental in backing up syrian president bashar assad since the beginning of the war it was russian air power that changed 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. thousands of people are gathering in washington to protest against racism and police brutality in the u.s. two rallies held the march for racial justice and the march for black women organizers are calling for an end to what they say is systemic racism the day. of the elaine massacre of one thousand nine hundred nineteen where more than one

hundred black americans were killed by white supremacist riotous. is in washington for as now. there's a real sense that they campaign for racial justice is gathering apace in the united states. well it certainly is today sue we have twenty five hundred or so maybe three thousand people here from those two marches that you mentioned that have now merged and i've been walking through the streets of washington d.c. organizers for the march for racial justice telling us they have similar marches planned in ten other cities around the country we haven't had word on any of the turnout at those sites but the group which is the marchers who are set to arrive here in just a couple of minutes have made their way down from behind the u.s. capitol building they specifically went to the u.s. department of justice to make their voices heard and also marched in front of the trump hotel which is in downtown washington d.c.

they say they're trying to college attention to the challenges that communities of color face in this country and this comes at a time when the u.s. is very much roiled by emotion and controversy involving race and racial divisions. amid a string of police shootings of people of color with professional athletes kneeling or linking arms during and around the national anthem. at sports arenas and all of this inflamed occasionally by tweets from the white house of course so all of these things now a part of the sort of debate public debate framework in this country and the crowd at the march for racial justice very interested in getting their message out an interesting lee saying one of the organizers saying to me yes there is considerable

anger and some fear in these communities but there is also hope he said once we're on the streets like this we're all americans so many things i mean south of that bringing us the latest on let us not chase from d.c. . still to come this hour the u.s. secretary of state is back in beijing wanting more from china to stop north korea's nuclear ambitions. another setback for nepalese villages affected by the twenty fifteen quake as heavy rains cause more destruction. and in sports a best a treat for any magic formula one stop the long drive isn't celebrating. how i we've seen some very heavy rain recently into northeastern parts of turkey

that has led to some extensive flooding still a fair amount of cloud just straddling the black sea pushing over towards the caspian sea i'm afraid yes there is more rain in the forecast over the next as i said one of the towards georgia just extending out to come further south this financial i just around syria lebanon jordan twenty four beirut similar value to for terror go on into monday here comes that cloud of rain that all the way through armenia pushing across georgia over to the caspian sea northern parts of iran could see some wet weather further south still pretty hot in baghdad at thirty five celsius and hotter still in kuwait city. thirty two for not too bad though it does feel pleasantly warm that maybe touching thirty nine as we go on through money some rather wet weather busting across eastern parts of south africa recently hundred thirty nine millimeters of rain in the tal that showery right will make its way further east which as we go on through the next couple of days easing across the

eastern cape by the time we come to monday it should be dry. facing reality your president said that there would be a complete audit a hundred percent ordered that order hasn't happened getting to the heart of the matter so are you saying then that the future of the g.c.c. will be and. hear their story. on talk to al-jazeera at this time. i just want to make sure all of our audience is on the same page where they're online what pollutes the u.s. citizens here and what puts people of iraq by one in the same or if you join us on say i was never put aside all been looked at differently because i'm darker than

all the people this is a dialogue tweet us with hash tag a.j. stream and one of your pitches might make the actual join the global conversation this time on al-jazeera. welcome back a reminder of the top stories here on al-jazeera spain's government is deploying police i had to be bounce a session both in its catalonia region on sunday describing it as a mockery of democracy. safe spaces have been created for a hinge of children inside refugee camps in bangladesh where their families have fled to escape the violence and. the mayor ford's rico's capital has criticised the

trump administration's response to hurricane maria which devastated the u.s. territory ten days ago. the desire for independence has a long history in catalonia and is driven by a mixture of economic and cultural factors the region in northeastern spain has a population of seven point five million people it also accounts for twenty percent of the country's economic output and its capital barcelona is a major tourist destination catalan solve their own distinct culture and identity which existed for centuries before being fully subsumed by spain in seven hundred fourteen its identity was suppressed by spain particularly under the military dictatorship of francisco franco from one nine hundred thirty nine to one nine hundred seventy five symbols such as cuss dels human pyramids were prohibited the catalan language was restricted but since the nine hundred seventy nine statute of

autonomy the region has gained more powers it has its own parliament police force and control over education health care and welfare policies in the spanish capital madrid they've been holding their own mock ballots the organizers say all of spain should have a say in the country's future and not just catalans tony berkeley has more. it's spain's most familiar tune but either espana has lost some of its meaning since catalonia started its drive for succession its forthcoming referendum. on friday madrid held its 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 i want to remember to remind everybody that you know spanish sovereignty it's you know should be there 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. here. i came to vote because what they do in the lone air is an outrage against the constitution against and against the history of those people didn't they were not tops even a lot of fun oh yeah if franco was alive we would just shoot them against the wall live franco long live spain we don't want you know communists welcome or nice 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 to 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 our little retiree i know from. the new national question is being too. in a completely. believe i don't know referendum can be a democratic. and an example for all the nations that are now on the institution of this kind of state. in madrid vote people overwhelmingly wanted catalonia to stay part of spain on sunday the question is will it still be a case of a spaniard or will it be farewell catalonia. madrid. and catalans across the border in france are watching the situation closely there

on the hof a million in the southwest region there is a second biggest city after that reports on how they see their future. it's prime time at a radio france is only catalan news station for more than thirty years it's been broadcasting to the southwest and region where a third of people speak the language the radio is a way of keeping their culture alive. where a region where our language is under threat for three centuries it was banned coming back especially in schools so our radio is helping this 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 barony separate the two but people are united by their cattle and roots traditions and pride. it certainly

feels very unique kerridge 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 very 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 french trade does little for us we want a special status. which would give a small town a main. going to me and taxation. mesmerising sar down

a dog's 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 its intricate moves have been passed down through generations and classes like this are popular in athlone the vehicle of more than yourself 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 tasha butler al-jazeera. at least fifty people have been arrested in the swedish city of gotham burg during a demonstration held by a fire right group members of the nordic resistance movement for with counter-demonstrators who threw for our works the group which promotes anti semitic ideas time the march to coincide with the jewish holiday of young paul one police

officer and several other people were injured. 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 twenty fifteen yemeni government forces backed by a saudi like coalition have been fighting hoofy rebels supported by iran hatcher lopez had reports the decision has been described as a game changer the un human rights council has agreed to send a delegation of experts to investigate a possible war crimes in 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 side with president. 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. 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 p.r. level 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 airport is completely sealed off on the three planes roughly are entering the i.c.r.c. plane m.s.f. and 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. with war in yemen is showing no signs of ending but the u.s. humanitarian council hopes the. investigation will lead to a greater level of accountability on all sides. al-jazeera. the u.s. says it's maintaining direct channels of communication with pyongyang an effort to

resolve tensions on the korean peninsula secretary of state rex tillerson is in beijing meeting his counterpart. on his second trip to the chinese capital this year the u.s. wants china to increase the economic pressure on north korea over its nuclear weapons on the bestseller program adrian brown reports from beijing. well with tensions on the korean peninsula still at a very dangerous level rarely have relations between china and the united states mattered as much as they do now rex tillerson had been june to arrive in beijing on friday night but his visit was delayed because of mechanical problems with his plane on saturday he had a brief audience with president xi jinping that is significant because china's president doesn't always grant an audience to visiting dignitaries from overseas that's a measure of the importance they place on rex tillerson presence in china and also

of the importance they place on president donald trump visiting china in november that was confirmed by the white house at the weekend both china and the united states have a very different approach as to how to deal with north korea rex tillerson wants to make sure the china delivers on its promise to fully implement united nations sanctions against north korea for its part china says it's backing a whole slew of new sanctions against north korea for instance on sunday it will begin limiting the export of oil to north korea on friday it announced it was shutting down all north korean businesses in china in three months time the same applies to north korean chinese joint ventures so in a sense north korea in a strange way is bringing china and the united states closer together thieves and pirates in oil rich nigeria are costing the government at least a billion dollars in lost revenue every month now the nigerian army says it's

cracking down on those who steal the oil but that's fearing to be a difficult task as achmet interest reports from the niger delta. the hunt for pirates and all thieves in the creeks of nigeria's delta it's hard and dangerous work. as we approach a base we were being watched all the way but the military hardware is enough deterrent that they're all feel or set on fire a strategy to stop us from getting close to the suspects however aren't likely today and the reason we get on board. is. three months after their base was destroyed by the army it's being rebuilt while all is refined and the talk of pipes lead to a nearby oil well for a way 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 thieves refine oil here after breaking in and siphoning 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 any kind of me on to the us all the use. it's a well connected orders of the buy just send ships or transport the crude in large quantities every ship or seized filled with petroleum products for years the pirates have made these waterways unsafe and bled the nigerian economy. now the army has a new trick meant and personnel it's a sure force which commanders hope will deter criminals. it's planned in.

the. trades. protect the sovereignty of. the government's new offensive isn't welcome with everyone not just the pirates but i am very. rich that. government leaders say the crackdown is necessary to stop criminal activities protect lives in nigeria's largest natural asset. in the niger delta. large areas of nepal are still suffering from the destruction caused by a powerful earthquake in twenty fifteen recent heavy rains have made the rebuilding process even harder so reports from the border town of.

a raging river and a trembling mountainside weakened by the two thousand and fifteen grade when drugs started falling unlatch a bridge in june they cut a lifeline for people living on the other side of this but bridge is the only link to markets for people living in once thriving villages on the way to the chinese border the entire area was devastated by the quake. when the bridge was destroyed and his car both became stuck on the other side three months on the drive is still precarious and the scene heartbreaking the mountainside is scarred by landslides triggered by heavy rain lost many homes were buried here. flooding also engulfed homes near the river because look this is both because you had your power the dam can no longer hold water this forty five megawatt hydro power plant was destroyed. people have nothing to do since the bit broke people had to carry everything

a sack of rice with one thousand five hundred rupees is now two thousand one hundred school at eight hundred children now there are three hundred everyone who has an option has left. this is living a town that used to collect three hundred thousand dollars a day just on customs and duties from trade with china now this is the reality at what was a major border crossing. after the quake the border closed and locals on the chinese side relocated to say gutsy a city several hundred kilometers away this chinese town is now deserted on the apartheid people stayed on when we were here in early two thousand and sixteen there was a row of houses here and there was a bus stop over here many of these houses still had people living here with the hope that trade between the paul and china would start again the few who remain here now say they have lost all hope even houses built after the quake have slipped into the river the government has declared the area unlivable but locals haven't

been provided new homes we were told not to venture further rocks are still falling . and rocks are the only thing people have these women who used to earn fifty dollars a day selling chinese goods are now forced to break rocks in the hope they may one day are in them a living. they say that at least the bridge to get a man who will be build soon perhaps then they can sell the only thing they have to trade al-jazeera living on the nepal china border. well to come on this hour of news from london including. i mean are below him in a strenuous hunter valley which has become the center of the energy debate here a plan to close the country's oldest cull fired power station. and simona halep gets over her recent slump action from the china open with fire and sport. thanks.

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winning documentaries and live news on air and online. a former un climate she says australia is stuck in a time because of its reliance on coal. australians 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 but its operator is keen to invest in new clean it technologies. reports from the hunter valley. the owner of the oldest coal fired power 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 ties in five years but the government is pressuring operator to continue producing power for another five years beyond then 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 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 broke and the town's mayor says it's time to look to the future. if it is becomes

a choice between extending the deal for an additional five years knowing that the jobs will come to an end at that point or closing it and repurpose seeing it for fifty days of new generation power then that is clearly the prefer. not only is the is draining government pushing to expand a prolonged the life 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 trading governments approved the multi-billion dollar indian owned 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 coal mines 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. muscle group in the hunter valley. stews over to far into home. so thank you so much we start in the english premier league and manchester city have defeated the reigning champions chalfie they ran out why no winners away from home at stamford bridge city are top of the league with six wins from seven games given to bring out got the goal for pap already all this team the result leaves chelsea in fourth and six points off the top. manchester united have also continued

their undefeated start to the season they thrashed crystal palace for now their second behind city on goal difference level on nineteen points. we are playing well i don't see too well for ninety minutes because sometimes we have beauty as. we lose a bit on consistency. in what i call quality without intensity. but that's difficult to do that that's difficult to do that for ninety minutes that's difficult to do that. a chimpanzee game so i'm i'm happy that they started really strong so it was seven games in the english premier league on saturday the season's surprise package so far watford bagging another point drawing with west brom away what partner now fifth in the table and there was a big win for tottenham and they thrashed huddersfield for no what would be the

ones. which was rude. of to cyprus to say was going through the. most of jones was to. know it in the players and the staff would be would be hard to treat too. great. to play in the world is. hazara levy has become the eighth pakistan boss batsman to pass five thousand runs in test cricket pakistan's highest ranks about sman is seventy four not out against sri lanka in what was a slow third day of the first tasks by the end of play pakistan reach two hundred and sixty six for four and trail sri lanka's first innings total of four hundred and nineteen by one hundred and fifty three runs by passing five thousand runs alley joins a list of his country's greats including. heart and this kind. a disastrous

qualifying session for sebastian vettel could prove a turning point in his quest for the formula one world championship the goal if you like if you. are a driver will start last on the grid at the malaysian grand prix he failed to set a time after being beset by engine problems vettel is twenty points behind championship leader lewis hamilton will start on holding his first sadie's red bull driver match for stop and got a twentieth birthday boost to be third on the grid. october the first marks a milestone in international basketball as a longstanding ban on head coverings is officially lifted basketball players can now where really just head gear on the court as long as they don't portray it or cause injury to the user other players the change was approved earlier this year after a sustained online campaign the new rule not only helps muslim women players but also members of the suit and orthodox jewish community. the campaign to get the ban overturned was spearheaded by simran saying he's the senior religion fellow for the

sikh coalition says the old rules resulted in young members of the community missing out on the chance to play basketball there were young men of the six faith who were participating in international basketball on the national team for india who were actually us to sit out or to remove their turbans and so this has a direct impact on those who participate in international competition but it also has a direct impact on our children right who see these messages being sent that they don't have a right to play as much as anybody else and this discourages them from participating in sports and so this rule change we hope will actually help the next generation inspire them to actually participate as freely and to feel like they belong in this global society as much as anyone else. world sprint champion justin gatlin says he won't be taking on a in protest this weekend if he wins an exhibition race and brazil the american who

won the hundred meters of the world championships in london expressed mixed emotions he says this does not mean he's not showing solidarity with the n.f.l. players who are protesting racial injustice but that his father was a member of the army and he was taught military patriotism. i'm going to stand up. stand up i mean and then if i take the if i stand up it's you know i'm 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 how to have equal rights the second seed simona halep had a tough first round match of the china open but she sealed a victory to snap a three game losing streak the romanian survived a strong challenge from american allyson rest calibrating her in three sets six three three six six two. and that's all your sport for now it's now back to

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