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prepares to stop them. the u.s. reveals it's been trying to talk to north korea despite increased his tell it a between the two but so far no response from pyongyang. and another storm of words is centered on donald trump over criticism from puerto rico over the u.s. response to the devastation from how to can maria. making their voices heard thousands take to the streets in the u.s. demanding racial equality. spain's government insists it's going to stop sunday's plans to session vote in catalonia which it's a coyote illegal madrid has described it. of democracy reuters news agency. is

reporting that volunteers at polling stations could be fined more than three hundred fifty thousand dollars police have already begun deploying ahead of the ballot and they've sealed off more than half of the schools designated as polling centers officers say they're going to remove voters in the spanish capital madrid thousands of people in favor of a united spain have held a rally neither side shows any signs of backing down karl penhall reports from barcelona. schools have become a decisive political battleground families and so-called defense committees are camping out to ensure school stay open and double as polling stations procession volunteers here in barcelona of information through an app. a few square metres at stake the spot where the ballot box will be placed it's pretty exciting you know because it's like. so many people here are united just.

with one cause in common but police are under orders from the spanish government to evict citizens and shut down schools that are around on sunday if that happens the referendum could be in jeopardy in madrid spain foreign minister criticised the catalan all thora t's defiance we think the law guarantees the most. pushing is not democracy it's a mockery of democracy a travesty of democracy. referendum. do not. democracy catalonia sprains wealthiest region it's a bit bigger than belgium its economy larger than greece or portugal has its own language and cultural identity but the issue of secession has deeply divided society. with few impartial surveys the street is the only if imperfect barometer of voter sentiment on saturday thousands turned

out in madrid demanding spain remain united. we don't agree on what catalans are doing they have no right to do what they're doing we're all spaniards catalonia in spain. police raided the capital and governments computer technology center and shut down software due to be used for the final vote tally. today we were informed that the organization of the illegal referendum suffered a blow when the facilities of the catalan government's telecommunications hold were blocked with the intention to prevent telematic voting and vote counting. referendum for a new republic or a mockery of democracy the outcome is unlikely to hang on technology all the law but on the ability of citizens to defend the ballot box in schools that have become a battle ground. zero spain not only berkeley's in madrid where

thousands of people have held a pro unity rally outside the city hall. on saturday we see you know hardening about issues we've seen a hardening of language but we've seen no softening of emotions this whole campaign is now being shrouded in acrimony and hostilities become a war of words the accusations are flying between both sides so it's going to be very difficult whatever happens on sunday's vote to see what will happen in the long term to heal the wounds that's been created and i should say further wounds because wounds have been existing for a long time people in madrid i think a realizing how serious the situation has become many didn't actually believe it would get to this stage and on saturday we saw a big demonstration five thousand people turned out we were told by the organizers to show their support for cats only being part of spain they also are very angry about the position of the castro government they want the castle and government to

be held accountable and sent to jail and therefore they are very supportive of the measures that the spanish government is taking of course the catacombs all say that the spanish government is being or thought tarion as far as government is saying that the castle and government is being undemocratic so whatever side you're on you will take whatever you can from what they're saying but the question is what will happen after the referendum how will we get over the animosity and hostility created in this campaign many countries will be watching to see what happens in the referendum because the repercussions not only for spain but for them to countries like belgium france and italy so this holds very important issues for countries in europe not just pain but the spanish government is doing everything possible to stop that vote from going ahead it may be scare tactics it may be designed to make the people who are basically in the middle not go out and vote but we can only wait and see. well of catalonia just hours away from its vote for secession from spain

we went to the heart of the region to speak with the man behind that independence movement john hendren sat down with catalonia is president of the moment and i asked him why he thinks catalonia should be independent the pool they see the land of the west of us but the effort to be going on within spain has failed and now is the time to choose the only possible way to continue being cut and ends with dignity and equality of conditions an independent state will be honest i think that when they come to the last output of a delta friend there are lots of patents who want to vote and to create what i would call a democratic tsunami and people will see the world will see you know when that it is their secret plan for how to carry this out and then you tell us about it i'll go into them and the rest of us but you know we don't know what the plans of this state are to stop their friend i'm they've kept them on the ropes so we have no obligation to publicise how are we going to organize they were for and they've got

to say i will take that to mean yes there is a secret plan and no you can't tell me about it. on the front lines of this quiet revolution our children young people out in the streets and there are thousands of police in the street there's the potential for violence if it gets ugly. what we tell them what we tell their parents. so if someone has these temptation they will be doing been no favor they will be doing democracy no favors no one will accept or. want how do you evaluate the response of spain. the spanish government has almost acted like a pyromaniac it has been putting boots on the fire it's been acting totally responsibly and. again when. we've done everything it's kind of

to go it's mostly for everyone to feel happy within this day but it isn't much but you know and if you don't succeed you face some pretty serious consequences with the spanish government they have accused the organizers of this referendum of crimes including sedition which comes with a penalty of up to fifteen years in prison are you willing to face that. we accept full responsibility but it would be very very responsible from the response to our political aspirations to be a reason sentence it would be a very severe mistake and they would have to live with the consequences. i'm not screaming out i'm not responsible for sedition beast the. president of catalonia thank you for talking to here you're welcome. the u.s. state department says north korea has shown no signs of interest already in this for talks about its nuclear program state secretary rex tillerson has revealed

washington has been in direct communication with pyongyang he's in beijing for high level talks on the crisis the u.s. has been looking for china's help to tighten an economic squeeze on north korea it in bronze in 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 due 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 that 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 well mike hanna is joining us live from washington d.c. mike what was significant about forte's rex tillerson was saying today because it struck me that we knew that there were probably lines of communication but we also knew that north korea probably wasn't responding why did rex tillerson do you think make a point of mentioning this now. well it is

a first public acknowledgement by the trump administration that there are direct lines of contact with the north korea rex tillerson made clear that it isn't a single current contact there are two or possibly three different channels that are being explored he did make clear as well that it is not through china so it is some kind of unilateral u.s. channel of communication but we also heard from state department later after rex tillerson is comments that at this stage in north korea shows no signs whatsoever of wanting to at any stage engage in talks about denuclearization but what. the secretary of state appears to be doing is to indicate that china is a willing partner in bringing pressure to bear on north korea making these comments showing as well that the u.s. is willing to engage in talk it's not all talk of war he's also wanting to explore

diplomatic channels if possible mike as we were hearing from adrian in beijing just a moment ago china is taking action and living up to as it puts it the spirit of the sanctions that were put in place particularly those just put in place recently by the u.n. security council what more can the rx tell us in the u.s. expect from china. well it trying is doing exactly what the u.s. had expected to do it may have been a bit delayed in acting like this but certainly in recent weeks there has been an apparent willingness on the part of china to bring pressure to bear on north korea importantly to ensure that sanctions already in place imposed by the u.n. security council and those unilateral sanctions by the u.s. are fully implemented this is being the criticism of china in the past that although it had agreed to the sanctions in the security council it was not playing its part in fully implementing them but in recent weeks we have seen a shift in this position we've seen china order that its banks stop doing business

with north korea we hear that report that north korean businesses are to be shut down in china this is a massive shift in chinese policy and certainly as was pointed out in a support it is bringing the u.s. and china closer together mike hanna live for us in washington d.c. mike thanks very much indeed the mayor of puerto rico's capital some one has accused the u.s. government of killing people through inefficiency come on your include says help to the u.s. territory hit by a how to can maria is not coming quickly enough the white house has appointed a general to oversee relief operations and aid is starting to arrive but the mayor says puerto rico isn't getting the same support as other communities in the u.s. donald trump has had 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 mayor of san juan and others in puerto rico who are not able to get

their workers to help speaking to al-jazeera as to suborn saturday san juans mayor shrugged off trump's comments. i think we haven't been treated with the same sense of emergency that other to sas or sap and treated and again you know whom i am a mom of 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 storage. home are to say that a general isn't saying the right thing. this is a convention center that's been turned into an emergency coordination center between federal authorities and local authorities to try to get this island out of the crisis disc people that you can see behind me lining up they're here to ask for help some of them are offering themselves as volunteers in order to go and help out

around this island that has been devastated in many many areas that the mayor of san juan. has been very vocal about what this island needs in order to recover she see that much more government help federal help is needed in order to come out of the current crisis but her pleas were answered by president donald trump saying that puerto rican speak to start working as a community there's over ten thousand federal agents on these island trying to help out so obviously those comments were not taken well among people who were still trying to recover from the shock that the hurricane left in many areas around the country there is no water there's still no electricity all around the island it is completely relying on generators and that's why fuel is extremely needed at this point puerto ricans in general are saying that they're being discriminated by the federal government they're saying that they're not receiving the same treatment

that people in florida or texas that were also hit by hurricanes received and many of them here are demanding more help. but a lot of is joining us live on skype from washington d.c. thank you very much for your time first of all what's your reaction to the way donald trump has responded to puerto rico i find it unfathomable that a sitting united states president would show such a lack of empathy for people that are suffering and would make a humanitarian crisis partisan it's just that i cannot believe he would say the mayor of san juan has been told by the democrats to be nasty to him it's unreal it's as if we're living in some sort of dream he should be stepping up to what a commander in chief should be doing at this very moment and talking about the reality of the situation and giving facts and figures and really mobilizing the american people to help fellow americans but in practical terms are we placing criticism for the american response in this in the wrong place if we try to attach

it to the white house certainly the decisions that are made about an american response to this kind of crisis on made with agencies like the federal emergency management agency female or the military itself. sure but again this president is commander in chief of everything that's related to the federal government he has the ability to touch and to really pop in times like this this is as republicans like me have long believed why our federal government exists the federal government exists to mobilize and act fast and be efficient in times of crisis so i think this administration should really choke up and live up to the fact that they have failed here it's been more than a week and they look fresh water is scarce cell phone towers are knocked out and if farms are death a man it and it is up real to think that anybody could fix this overnight i agree this is something that's going to take weeks months possibly even years to fix

especially in a place like puerto rico that was already having a weakened infrastructure whether it be when we talk about an energy grid or just agriculturally but i think this this administration needs to take responsibility and show real leadership making this a partisan fight and allowing this president anybody that part of the administration allow this president to come out and give this kind of response it's unresponsible and it's frankly disgusting donald trump is expected to be in puerto rico i think on tuesday what kind of response and reaction do you think he's going to get. i'm really not sure i know the people of puerto rico given the the tremendous amount of reporting that's come out people are really still suffering i think they're shell shocked by the devastation and i mean this island has really suffered so it's hard to believe that it will be anything like the president and the first lady's trips were to texas for example down to houston i think this is a really unique situation there is

a lot of bureaucratic red tape that has got in the way of these people receiving help basic needs have not been met as i described before so it's really hard to believe how at all it could be helpful for the president to go there for say a day and hand out water bottle i don't know what the people will think from him and i don't know what the president will be thinking but i know how he'll be acting he'll be acting like everything is just fine and it's not he's been acting that way given his social media presence everything he said on line he's been acting like everything is just fine and that's it's not the reality rhenish as a republican strategist and a consultant we appreciate your time thank you very much indeed thousands of americans have joined on march for racial justice in washington d.c. relatives of people shot dead by police were among the protesters demanding justice has more from washington d.c. . have had. a march to the federal department of

justice several thousand people saying that's exactly what they're looking for justice you do it because you die otherwise and we refuse to die. and we refuse to be enslaved again. valerie castiel came halfway across the country to participate her son fell lando was shot and killed by a police officer last year in the state of minnesota that latino officer geronimo yeah naz was recently acquitted of all charges. it happens these gas. no accountability no responsibility. this demonstration is actually to merge protests the march for racial justice and the march for black women drawing attention more specifically to issues facing minority women in a nation that has a majority white population were marching for our lives we're marching for our

health we're marching for our for our sanity and we're marching for liberation marches like they are and similar mark has planted ten other cities around the country coming to us and struggling over aggressions of race and racism black social issues being publicly debated here in this very hard social media all of it playing by tweets from the white house and controversial symbolic displays in the nation's sports arena. it is a time of national division american football players staging controversial pre-game demonstrations tweeted condemnation from the president anger from some fans. white supremacist displaying nazi symbols this summer an opposing protester killed and a tepid response from the white house scrawled slurs found this week targeting african-american students at a military prep school and if you can't treat someone from another race or

a different color skin with dignity and respect then you need to get out there is anger on the streets but diversity as well and hope says one march organizer on the street where we live we live with one another we love each other and this is an opportunity to express that. an opportunity to sound off taken by thousands of americans allen shot for al-jazeera washington d.c. . i least fifty people have been arrested at a far right rally in the swedish city of gotham bugg members of the nordic resistance movement to being fighting with counter demonstrators have been throwing fireworks the group promotes. ideas it said of time the march to coincide with the jewish holiday of kapoor a police officer is among several people who've been injured in the violence. and the more ahead on the news including two years on how russia's air campaign in syria changed the course of the conflict plus.

ever. and in sports on beating manchester united pile on the misery for crystal palace we'll have all the details coming up later. hundreds of a hinge of refugees who've crossed into bangladesh are lining up to receive aid to put up a long camp have mobilized to help some of the high million people who escaped the violence in myanmar the u.n. refugee agency and the government have been providing food and other relief. has more from a rehab and trauma center for children called suppose on in bangladesh. well as 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 isn't children according to aid agencies and

bangladesh government and among them one 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 just says children has got click on that drawing and reading corner also had music on to the children to be quite happy out here now out of danger out in the street they got counseling from the professional counseling pay for their also in a place where dad given free snacks on lines sometimes fifty six of this kind of it's are set up among the new and old refugee camps six of them are all the rest are new now if there's me on my refuges are unable to go back to me on my wedding yes to come like this and. like this i badly needed to really have a lot of the children who are highly traumatized by what they're seeing on the other side of the border and yes to combine with a government 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. it's been two years since russia intervened in the syrian civil war and its involvement change the dynamics of the conflict and strengthen the syrian president bashar al assad homage on june reports. in the northern countryside of homes a russian delegation attempts to negotiate a sation of hostilities at stake establishing checkpoints and 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 short gauge month actually several months after. the russians went then in march sixteen ounce the object of the mission has been accomplished and russia's

beginning it 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 and sri foothold in the middle east and that's nato and that's more or less what they do that 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 airpower 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 how much. at least twenty eight people have been killed in airstrikes in the rebel held province of syria the u.k. based group the syrian observatory for human rights says four children were among the day but it hasn't been able to verify whether the strikes were carried out by the syrian government or its main ally russia they're the latest in an intensifying air campaign against rebels who are not part of a deescalation zone deal brokered by russia turkey and iran mohammad chuck ali is a member of the out of center in washington d.c. he's also a professor of conflict resolution at george mason university he's joining us live from the u.s. capital thank you once again of course for your time syria's foreign minister said

of the united nations recently that victory is in reach what bearing do you think that has on the events that we're seeing. well it seems that mr myler speech was about intensifying this military paradigm and finding more acceptance of power politics more than more of politics and as we heard the news twenty eight years have died again this is a typical scenario of what we call the fog of war where all parties remain committed to ovoid in innocent lives however at the end of the day you discover that in order civilians happened to be the collateral damage so i think there is this context of moving forward the with the counterterrorism discourse. cover up of all these military maneuverings and i think now there is this strong

believe in the course as well as in moscow that the syrians can win the international war against terrorism however the what happens in the field does not. deny the fact that they are killed in terrorist but innocent lives including four children so there is a moral dilemma here and unfortunately the international community has failed for several reasons number one the u.n. doesn't have any place for a peacekeeping force to monitor what goes on there and number two there is a media for teague and we should recognize that we have less coverage of the syrian conflict then the north korean or the area iranian conflict then we have this revival of the geneva peace process by u.n. envoy there mistura unfortunately i think just to repeat in the same. failure that we have witnessed for the last six years and briefly if you would sir

where we're talking about the escalation zone process that's been ongoing there is a belief that deescalate the escalation zones in other parts of syria have to some degree been successful in cutting down the amount of violence but how do you think this latest one and it will it is actually going to function if the center attacks continue. while from conflict resolution perspective we should not take the conservative or the project of the scale asian at face value because we should ask the question who is controlling the passage of individuals to those areas that are supposedly and that the scale asian production unfortunately or fortunately the syrian government is calling the shots therefore the part of the party is shaping the whole narrative and also constructing what this the is collision zone would look like unfortunately this is not how a conflict transformation should work we need more intervention by the world

community less controversy and less debate among the russians the syrians their medical and the syrian opposition how much are we thank you very much for your time . so they had a knowledge of zero another setback for nepalese villagers affected by the twenty fifteen us quake as heavy rains cause more destruction. nigeria's army cracks down on pirates who are raiding refineries across the new delta. and another pakistan batsman joins the five thousand club father is going to explain a lot in the sport. how i would say it's a very heavy rain coming into florida recently as the last thing we want to say

after hurricane maria of course but look at that cloud it's very white tops on that cloud nesting producing some big and thundery downpours further north is pretty quiet high pressure there just around the lakes central east positive kind of the last little on the cool so i said by comparison to recent days every cloud of rain there coming into west central parts of canada across the prairie is cold enough just around the u.s. to inside of north america with some snow over the high ground just seven celsius and falling for calgary struggling to get above freezing by the time we come to monday that area weather that we have a little further that stays in place not quite getting over towards ontario generally dry. blocking things off and down into the southeast you can see for florida it does stay very very unsettled spells of heavy rain coming through and heavy rain to making its way across the caribbean through the lesser antilles. just to the east to puerto rico instant tama seventy nine millimeters of rain in twenty

four hours again the last thing we need after the passage of more heavy rainfall coming through on sunday is still there from monday. we don't know. what. this. damage. could this operation.

is over. by contrast. you're watching all jazeera a reminder of our top stories this hour spanish police are on the streets of catalonia ahead of the banned secession vote on sunday but dreads describing the vote as a mockery of democracy the mayor of puerto rico's capital is a cuban the us government of killing people through inefficiency president donald trump has hit back via twitter saying his political rivals are behind the

accusations. of him or not and that secession referendum in catalonia catalans across the border in france watching the situation closely reports now from the second biggest catalan city after barcelona. its prime time and radio at al's from only catalan new 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 that culture in life. where a region where our language is on threat three centers it was banned really it's coming back especially in schools so our radio. help in 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 peyronie's separate the two but people are united by their cattle and roots traditions and pride it certainly feels very unique garrett feels very different from other parts of france there are catalan 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 power 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 of. economy 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. i'm on fire along with our mountains this 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 isn't keeping in step with france but dancing to their own tune. al-jazeera. turkish president recep tayyip erdogan says kurdish authorities will pay the price for holding their referendum on secession iraq's kurdish region overwhelmingly backed splitting from iraq in

monday's vote defying neighboring countries. then out forming an independent state in northern iraq on the contrary that opening a wound in the region and twisting the knife ignoring this fact will do no good neither to us nor to our kurdish brothers in iraq or other parties the city of kirkuk in northern iraq has some of the biggest oil reserves in the country now for decades there have been disagreements about who should control it but cook's inclusion in monday's secession vote as i go to baghdad this chance trafford reports. the kurdish peshmerga to control the 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 ok argy and the federal government in baghdad about who should be in control here and benefit most from the areas vast oil wealth. 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 kirkuk and take back control of the oil fields the kurdish governor of kirkuk hopes l.-a body 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 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 all of 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 kayla 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 wealth but any fighting here could jeopardize the battle against eisel in her around fifty kilometers southwest of kirkuk who control was killed cook was at the the referendum on kurdish independence the kurds say they will fight anyone who tries to take it from stratford al jazeera. well oil is also a big concern in nigeria they've seen pirates are costing the government at least a billion dollars in lost revenue every month reports from delta. on the hunt for pirates and all thieves in the creeks of nigeria's delta it's hard and dangerous work. as we approach our babies we were being watched all the way but

the military hardware is enough deterrent than the oil field or set on fire i strive to do to stop us from getting close to these suspects however lucky today and the reason you get on board. is three months after other bases destroyed by the army it's being rebuilt while all these are find 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. trying to revive eight

which means that we still have to care to put it. completely in the biggest. economy to the us all three. 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. has new treatment 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.

government leaders say the crackdown is necessary to stop criminal activities protect lives and largest natural asset. in the niger delta. parts of nepal are still suffering from the destruction of a powerful earthquake two years ago sabine assessor reports from the tongue of leaping. a raging river and a trembling mountainside weakened by the two thousand and fifty three when drugs started falling on lucha bridge in june they cut a lifeline for people living on the other side of this with which is the only way 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 last year 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 where people had to carry everything a sack of rice with one thousand five hundred rupees it's now two thousand one hundred school at eight hundred children now there are three hundred everyone who has an option has led. this is lipping 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 path people stayed on when we were here in early two thousand and sixteen of how this 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 and then a living they say that at least the bridge got a man who will be build soon perhaps then they can sell the only thing they have to

trade. out of their living on the nepal china border australians are suffering from soaring and interested in prices and power blackouts so the government wants to exploit vast coal reserves and extend the life of an aging coal fired power station but its operator wants to invest in new cleaner and greener technologies has more on the energy deila. 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 a.g.l. 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 have 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 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 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 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 cold 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 to 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 emissions. al-jazeera muscle brooke in the hunter valley still ahead an al-jazeera in sports a disappointing day for one of formula one's top drivers. on al-jazeera. as the state clamps down on catalans will the struggle pay off in the referendum. for the stories beyond the headlines faultlines examines the u.s. its role in the world by burials are preparing for the third election since a bitter civil war observers are calling it a crucial test for democracy an investigation into the electronics industry revealing out even the smallest devices have deadly environmental and health costs . china's communist party is holding its annual congress what will it mean for the

country and its people. on al-jazeera. on counting the cost of the world's fastest growing startup created a new labor market but can that business model clear the regulation roadblocks ahead plus the fact as a player as oil prices enter a bull market counting the cost at this time. and it's time for the sport is fine thanks very much we start with football in manchester city have defeated reigning anguished premier league champions chelsea they were now one no winners away from home at stamford bridge city are top of the

league with six wins from seven games kevin brown yeah got the goal for pep guardiola as team a result leaves chelsea in fourth at six points off the top. before the big here for themselves not especially the way we play because in where we played in stamford bridge my first time like a manager it was able to win one game here against. there's no nessie to say how good they are manchester united have also continued their undefeated start to the season they thrashed crystal palace for nail their second behind city on goal difference level on nineteen points we are playing well i don't say well for ninety minutes because sometimes we have periods where. we lose a little 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 after a chimpanzee game. so i'm i'm happy that this started really strong seven games in the e.p.l. on saturday the season surprise package so far watford bagging another point drawing with west brom away for now fifth in the table and a big win for tottenham they thrashed huddersfield four nil multiple football fans have been injured during a match in the top flight in france after a fan barrier collapsed the incident happened in the sixteenth minute of away match to local rivals on it followed the visitors taking the lead the way section as you will see completely giving way the match was abandoned by the referee several fans were taken to hospital. as a really has become the eighth pakistan batsman to pass five thousand runs in test cricket pakistan's highest ranked batsman is seventy four not out against sri lanka on what was a slow third day of the first test by the end of play pakistan reach two hundred

and sixty six for four in trail sri lanka's first innings total of four hundred and nineteen by a hundred and fifty three runs by passing by thousand runs only joins a list of his country's greats including. an eunice khan. a disastrous qualifying session for sebastian vettel could prove a turning point in his quest for the formula one world championship the goal is to do i could leave. that for a driver will start last on the grid at the grand prix he failed to set a time after being rocked by engine problems vettel is twenty points behind championship leader lewis hamilton will start on all and his mercedes red bull driver max for stopping will be third on the grid. we had no idea how it was going to go today you know and so to what happened to. very quickly practice the summer we turn around the engine is such a great job yesterday the call for great. so is

a real surprise to be out there with these guys but i'm really grateful. the international basketball federation officially lists its longstanding ban on head coverings on sunday basketball players will now be able to wear religious headgear on the court as long as they don't protrude or cause injury to the user or other players the change was approved earlier this year after a sustained online campaign a new role not only helps muslim women players but also members of the sikh and orthodox jewish communities all the campaign to get the ban overturned was spearheaded by simran saying he's the senior religion fellow for the sikh coalition saying 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 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 inspired to actually participate as freely and to feel like they belong in this global society as much as anyone else maria sharapova is back in action she won her opening round match of the china open the russian former world number one had to dig deep to pull off a win against the study shows service still over but she beat her latvian opponent after a three hour match sealing me seven six five seven seven six when she was playing for the first time since her defeat in your work of a stove knocked her out of the u.s. open. simona halep also survived a strong challenge from american allyson risk in her first round match the romanian beating her in three. and that's all your sport for now more later.

qatar airways has celebrated its twentieth anniversary by flying over doha with the red arrows at about it display a team from the u.k.'s wall air force of people gathered in the capital to watch the show later qatar airways air bus three fifty aircraft flew information with about jets i'm going to be back here in a couple of minutes. for

years japanese have gone into countries lush course for what they call. green or forest baby thirteen years ago dr king lee was one of the first to conduct research on forest bathing he concluded that the essential oils the trees produce to protect themselves from germs and bugs can boost the human immune system what a lot of find aside or essential oil is found in the forests my research has shown that forest find a site reduces stress hormones in relaxes us in the future the time may come when

doctors prescribe the forest instead of medicine the coca plant has long been a pillar of bolivia's traditions but its use in illegal drugs today is threatening the nation's culture that my opinion also dorothy's are involved because they received it back so while some have made fortunes many others have suffered at the hands of this multi-billion dollar industry me malady my mother was strangled with the cable and brought to me come with the cold because a he described who are the winners and losers of this illicit trade snow of the andes at this time. catalans prepared to vote on secession but the spanish government prepares to stop the.