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minutes. protests and kenya with deepening political uncertainty after opposition leader raul loading us withdrawal from the repeat presidential election. spain gives catalans political leaders an ultimatum to declare their intentions on independence by next week. you know i want to be very clear we don't want these disputes to last. more than a second and this or the arrest of turkey in turkey of the u.s. consulate employee and her as deputy prime minister seeks to play down the latest rift between the nato allies. man maher stands accused in a united nations report of systemic torture rape and killing ever hench and rakhine state. there and protest in kenya and the deepening confusion over the repeat presidential election scheduled for october twenty sixth. next the latest crisis comes after

they withdraw all of the main opposition candidate rial are doing or who is demanding electoral reform he lost to hurricane yada in august selection which was nullified by the supreme court to irregularities the minimal reports from the capital nairobi. raila odinga supporters of bailey needed any prompting to return to the streets. they're demonstrating against kenya's electoral commission which they believe won't conduct a free and fair rerun of this election. but holding a supporters are divided on him dropping out of the race. which he lost was. the supreme court laid to rule they'd been irregularities in how the vote was counted and incumbent and should stand in new elections you cannot go to an election his credibility. i think of what i think that is the best option but we are not but. because of the pressure so you are out there that we are not

happy. police fired tear gas at protesters and they. haven't. done any reforms. kenya's constitution is not clear on what happens once a candidate with flows from iran but parliament has now passed amendments to electoral laws that could allow kenyatta to be named the winner. twenty six and the president speeds i mean. then it's very easy to say that we'll have a president with. respect from will. be electoral commission will decide what happens next but if any of these decisions can be contested in court kenya faces one of many posse. billet including declaring incumbent president hu or kenyatta as

the only remaining candidates the winner of the rerun all holding elections and then declaring can you not to the winner holding fresh elections within ninety days with new nominations for president while kanada says he should be declared president ordering guys pushing for fresh elections in a pronouncement. to be believable on the conduct of. the conduct of the commission. whether it's a faltering economy or an ongoing political feud all kenyans are guaranteed at this point is uncertainty. al-jazeera nairobi. poll is a writer and political analyst and nairobi she says the decision leaves the vote rerun up in the air. before nine a.m.

today the law was on rayless side you don't just have to look at the constitution and elections act but can is elections actually governed by five different bodies of law and looking at all those things and together at least on paper by nine a.m. this morning the law was on his side what changed was the fact that we had another election petition filed by one of the candidates who conceded the august eighth election i could do a court and in that decision the high court basically said everybody gets to be on the ballot and we have the end with the candidates that we had in june and august version of the elections or and that basically throws right was gabble into disarray into disarray because it's basically says. instead of what the previous regime said which is what one candidate pulls out of a rerun we have to go back to nominations now they're saying well we'll just do the same thing that we did in august all over again and it's not clear how the commission is going to move forward because these two pieces of law don't exactly

read well together spain has given counsel on slater karla's puts them on until monday to say whether or not he has declared independence if catalonia does press song with secession the spanish government says it will take away the region's political autonomy lawrence lee has more from madrid but really it does not like being told what to do by the council and for once parliament is united as the journalist speculated the cabinets agreed the spanish line back against the capital and that their independence will happen. the prime minister said you say it out loud and we will take back your powers no dice no deal and you have until monday. you've held a cabinet meeting and we've decided the cattle and government must confirm whether or not they have declared independence regardless of whether it's going to take effect or not this is a requirement necessary before any other measures can be taken by the government including invoking article one fifty five. so back it goes to barcelona madrid

no society there is split some separatists want to session now others a nervous half the population hates the whole idea how long should they wait we know there are very important governments and people around the world who are ready to assist in mediation we got the group of the elders with coffee with a bank a moon with desmond tutu who are ready to exercise their mediation the only small detail which we are missing is that we have nobody on the other side of the table because just said he was not accepting mediation. all the while europe looks on surely not another country fracturing itself there is no support at all in brussels for the catalan independence movements madrid knows that it is the side with the powerful friends. many people in madrid regard roy's statements his demand that counts alone yet clarify its position on independence as

a shrewd one by putting the ball straight back in catalonia courts it potentially exposes divisions inside the independence movements that might buy madrid some time take the pressure out of the immediate situation but also leave the crisis open ended. where the protesters in barcelona go from here is a good question madrid would like nothing more than for them to turn on each other destroy their own movements that would rule out the need for mediation which madrid insists there is no place laurence li al jazeera which it. so where can catalonia. go from here china hall takes a look. we don't know what he's going to say or when he's going to say it we haven't a hint of what the government's position might be from an interview with al-jazeera by a senior member of his coalition in which he basically says look what they're offering here is dialogue without preconditions they're talking about a framework for mediation that really doesn't have

a lot of distance to travel because we just consistently said there's no place for mediation mr a hole in parliament reiterated that on wednesday afternoon there is however another avenue of talks which may have opened up that comes courtesy of the head of the socialist party the main opposition in egypt saying that he's reached an agreement with roy in the popular party to set up a commission in parliament to spend six months looking at constitutional reforms in the way that the regions are government but basically to give them more autonomy now this begins to look like a real enticement to the catalans to mr zimmerman in terms of saying there is a way for you to end up with a constitutional settlement with greater autonomy but the price for that would be to give up independence altogether and that is a price that may be too high for mr amount to pay that's more ahead in the news hour including on the defense donald trump gets back at reports he wants to increase the u.s.'s nuclear arsenal and in sport for secretary general jerome

valcke he approaches the court of arbitration for sport to have its ten year ban from football lifted. your secretary state rex tillerson has called on turkey to provide evidence for accusations that local u.s. embassy employees were linked to the two thousand and sixteen failed coup and expresses profound concern over their arrest this embassy in ankara suspended most basic services after a staff member was detained ankara retaliated by canceling americans existing basis and stopping issuing new ones so let's go to. washington d.c. said this conversation diane between tillerson and turkey's foreign minister what else do we know about it. not to watch beyond what you just mentioned that they had a conversation today the secretary of state expressed his concerns of wanting to

know why two employees in the last year have been arrested and detained in turkey the last one being just less than a week ago this one employee was arrested and detained and accused of spying the turkish government said that he was linked to a u.s. base turkish businessman who attacked turkish government said was behind this failed coup a year ago so this is b.s. a war has been continuing and it's been a real concern both to people some people here in the u.s. and obviously to those in turkey they want to get this resolved fairly quickly ok and along that those lines the deputy foreign minister for turkey is in washington he seems to be trying to tamp things down right absolutely he says the relationship between the u.s. and turkey is a long one it's going on for a half a century these two nations do bilaterally about twenty billion dollars in trade

a year seventeen hundred u.s. businesses do business with turkey turkey is looking to expand investment in its company in its country and he said that he is really hopeful he's optimistic that they can get past these two countries can get past this crisis quickly you know want to be very clear we don't want these dispute to last more than a second. we respond that you know likewise because to a proud nation we are a sovereign nation. you know we seeing that you know this decision used to be reversed. and defense secretary james mattis reaffirmed today that he is continuing to work with his counterpart in in turkey he

says the military operations are continuing he's continuing to talk to again his counterpart in turkey they are a strong ally turkey is a strong ally with the u.s. and there is a nato air base in turkey so both sides hoping that this dispute over visas can be resolved soon all right diaspora and washington thank you canada's prime minister justin trudeau has wrapped up his trip to washington d.c. a visit dominated by the future of the north american free trade agreement as president donald trump suggested that tough talks to rework nafta could fail and mexico might be dumped from the three country pact but you know as optimistic about the negotiations he says that the meeting with trump went well the talks were held against the backdrop of another trade dispute over a hefty duties the u.s. has slapped on canadian mayme made by air airplanes alan fisher has more from washington d.c. . with the forefront of talks drawing up

a new north american free trade agreement underway here in washington canadian prime minister dustin's who door came to meet with president donald trump the donald trump has been on the record since the moment he moved into the white house that he would like to see a new nuff agreement an agreement that has been in place for almost twenty five years and both canada and mexico see until this point has been working relatively well but donald trump wants to see a new modernize their agreement and justin trudeau says that is understandable in the circumstances but while donald trump says he may want to walk away justin trudeau believes there is the possibility that they can come up with a new deal and he says it's up to the politicians to convince people why it is such a good thing part of getting these trade deals to move forward requires us to get support public support for these trade deals and demonstrating that we're hearing the concerns that people feel and responding to them i think helps significantly in

making the case that trade can and will be good for all citizens before justin trudeau came here to the canadian embassy to address the media he was sitting in the oval office with donald trump point donald trump said whether or not there was a new deal really still is in the hands of a negotiator it's possible we won't be able to make a deal and it's possible that we will we have a great personal relationship and we have a relationship now as as two countries i think that useless is ever but we'll see if we can do the kind of changes that we need we have to protect our workers and in all fairness the prime minister wants to protect canada and his people also the city government to set a time scale of the end of the year to come up with a new nafta agreement justin trudeau still believes that possible but we'll go from here in washington so mexico will meet with the president to discuss the progress in the talks what to do if there can't be an agreement. trampas also denied reports

he wants to dramatically increase the size of the u.s. nuclear arsenal but he admits there are key policy differences between himself and top republicans in his cabinet and in congress our white house correspondent kimberly reports great honor to have you both here at an oval office meeting with canada's prime minister u.s. president donald trump hit back at reports he wants to increase u.s. nuclear capabilities to ten times its present size though it's use fake news by n.b.c. which gives a lot of fake news lately and it's frankly disgusting the way the press is able to write whatever they want to write the u.s. president has repeatedly voiced his frustration with the media and almost as frequently an apparent willingness to exercise military might against north korea's missile threat. so a desire to increase america's nuclear arsenal wouldn't be surprising but for some like republican senator bob corker trumps words are concerning.

trump is ridiculed corker openly for his statements exposing an escalating rift between the president and some republicans in congress and even members of his own cabinet. one of those said to be out of step in favoring diplomacy over force with north korea secretary of state rex tillerson who has again seen his efforts undermined i think i have a little bit. different attitude on north korea than other people might have. and i listen to everybody but ultimately my attitude is the one that matters is that such in-fighting carried out in public which could involve cabinet discussions over nuclear weapons may put the president's policy goals in peril presidents the only name power they have. it's to persuade. and once you become that person who

is putting yourself in between people on fights as opposed to bring them together it's much more difficult to go and ask for something and get something done this latest white house rift comes at a particularly bad time on another of america's nuclear fronts the president has until the end of the week to recertify iran's compliance with the terms of the twenty fifteen agreement to limit iran's nuclear program or pull out of the deal kimberly helped get al-jazeera washington. u.n. report has accused me and mars army of killings rape and torture over head after interviewing survivors who have fled to bangladesh the military is also alleged to have torched homes and crops in rakhine state to stop from returning there.

and away service in a sea of misery. the school is teaching english to or hinder refugees who fled mean mass military campaign before eleven year old sayed no the conflict is ever present . in our village reckon people came to our house to kill people and they burned houses so we can't stay there they were torturing a lot united nations investigators are prevented from going to main mosque conflict zone so they came here to bangladesh in what is now the world's largest refugee camp more than half a million or he just have fled across the border from maine to bangladesh since late august it was from them that the un heard testimonies of a military campaign of indiscriminate killing mass rape and the burning down of homes in yemen our security forces purposely to strides the property of the range of population scorched earth bearings and entire villages not in the penn state

media only to drive the population out in droves but also to prevent the free range of victims from returning to their homes not only will he not be allowed back to their homes but it won't belong to them anymore i mean mars government announced last month that all birds land will become the property of the state al-jazeera has yet to hear back from authorities about their response to the un report they've previously denied u.n. claims that the military campaign against the right thing to amount to ethnic cleansing it's likely that like no. and dismiss this report yarber mohamed al jazeera. international rescue committee has spent the past two weeks interviewing where hinge of families and shelters in bangladesh many have told harrowing accounts of torture and terror we heard terrible stories of violence that women and children had faced as they were awoken in the middle of the night and

forced to run from their homes we heard that now that they are in bangladesh more than one third of the population have no access to a toilet which brings on huge public health risks and three quarters of the refugee population are hungry and having to cut down on the number of meals they eat a day so as to make sure that there's an offshoot for their kids to eat it's a huge tosk to look after this number of people and while the government of bangladesh has been very welcoming the capacity on the ground of international national n.g.o.s and u.n. agencies isn't currently up to the task of keeping these people alive and safe the united nations has announced its top official mean maher is leaving her position after nearly four years were not a lot to solly and will leave at the end of this month and take up another role at the u.n. headquarters she's been accused of not responding to the violence in rakhine state where half a million people have escaped from in the past six months at least thirty people

have been killed dozens injured in air strikes near the syrian city of daraa zor sources say twenty people died when suspected russian planes bombed a river crossing outside the city and ten others were killed in air strikes to the east near the iraqi border. two police officers have died after suicide bombers attacked the police headquarters in the syrian capital damascus six civilians were injured at least three attackers tried to storm the building two were killed by security forces and another detonated a suicide vest has more from talking on your the turkey syria border the attackers were planning to storm the headquarters of the police in the capital damascus the were intercepted then there was an exchange of gunfire because what killed other blew himself up i know there was a similar attack last week in the capital damascus talkative and also a police station four suicide bombers were killed and eleven people were killed

including police the capital damascus has been relatively calm over the last few months how well the latest attacks are indications that rebel factions or groups offer the aid to the with i so that they have to do this can still so that those fights is into the heart of the capital damascus and launch attacks against future forces. minister has formally declared victory over i saw in the city of hyder says the fight now shifts to the border with syria holds its last stretch of land in iraq about he says that he expects eisel to be completely defeated in iraq by the end of the year the governments of iraq turkey and iran have join ranks in announcing measures against iraq's kurdish regional government this follows last month's controversial referendum on kurdish secession from baghdad which an overwhelming number of voters supported the non-binding vote was also backed by kurds in neighboring countries charles strafford reports from corson joc in

northern iraq. these new recruits members of the armed wing of the rein in kurdish policy that's been demanding greater rights because in iran the will be seventy years. the democratic party of iranian good istanbul p d k i is banned in iran but the kurdish regional government of northern iraq has helped fund the party and allowed its members to train here since the one nine hundred ninety s. its fighters have served alongside the iraqi peshmerga helping the iraqi army and the international coalition in the battle against leisel its ultimate aim is the same as the iraqi kurds a future independent state. the p.k.i. claims it has thousands of fighters based in the mountains that border iran. as well as military training the recruits it's all what the policy say is unknown sectarian politics and state building and it fully supports the referendum that was

held in the kurdish region of northern iraq on a future session. when i as a kurdish woman who lived as a member of iranian society feel the oppression of the iranian regime against us as kurds in iraq as a poet and as a cut have been oppressed twice by the iranian regime that's why i have joined this party i believe that through this party i will reach my goal and there are at least five million kurds in iran and many of them came out on the streets in towns and cities across the border celebrating the referendum that was held here in northern iraq a referendum that the iraqi government and neighboring countries including iran say was illegal and risks further destabilizing this region these pictures uploaded on you tube are said to show some of those celebrations p.t. k.-i says according to social media reports iranian police arrested around three hundred people came out and supported the kurdish referendum in iraq. but

kurds will not destabilize security in the region the region's government suppression against the kurds that has created the instability when there is an independent kurdish region in iraq it will be a motive for other kurdish nations in other parts of the region like the kurds in iran turkey and syria. two percent of those who vote in the iraq you could bring them said yes to future suspension from iraq. despite the threats from the government should baghdad and korea and iran these iranian could share the same dream. me wrong the libyan coast guard has rescued seventy five migrants who were stranded on a rubber boat at sea one thousand women and four children were among their survivors who were brought ashore to a center in tripoli the town the. nearby is considered one of the largest human trafficking centers on the mediterranean coast officials in liberia say provisional

results and the presidential election are expected on thursday it's likely that a runoff will be required as the winning candidate will need to have more than fifty percent of the vote twenty people are vying to replace president ellen johnson sirleaf she was africa's first female leader in a stepping aside after nearly twelve years in office el iberia civil war ended nearly fifteen years ago with the scars have been slow to heal victims of violence a division still run as many come face to face with their attackers on the streets many just travel to monrovia to meet some survivors who say they just can't move on until justice is served. this is west point one of liberia's most densely populated areas home to a number of former fighters but also to some of the potential of the country's civil. i don't moved here after he lost his mother brother business

and when the war you still see some of those he says killed members as timely on the streets he's trying to put the past behind him but it hasn't been easy. to me because she was only a mother. and. when i think for long. but also just was opened in the war and later by rebels would find that difficult to do. because. there was. like. now a father himself also just as victims why do night closure the government effort to

help both victims and aggressors find closure to the horrors of the civil war was abundant almost immediately started it's been fourteen years since the end of the civil war experts believe that with so many involved the country will still have to deal with the consequences one day. the government agree could have been done i'm not saying that we didn't do anything we've got a reconciliation but there are still some cost and. we are a little bit and it may be differently we were some of the results so we still have some. issues with about some communities still. amongst themselves. and these are issues that victims would like to see sooner rather than later for instance many of those by the rule. able to reach of. al-jazeera is demanding the release of its journalist mahmoud saying who's now been in prison in egypt for nearly ten months he's accused of broadcasting false news to

spread chaos which he and al jazeera strongly deny authorities have refused to allow him to be transferred first specialist treatment for a broken arm an injury he received while detained he was arrested and while visiting his family samsung's vice chairman has arrived to court to begin his appeal case against a five year sentence for corruption charges j. wiley was found guilty at last month of driving south korea's former president to help him increase his power over the company for other samsung executives were also convicted in that bribery case. still ahead on al-jazeera deadly wildfires reduce neighborhoods in northern california to ashes. and it's home to one of africa's largest oil reserves so why is there a massive fuel shortage in south sudan where in juba to find out and support the united states misses out on the two thousand and eighteen world cup and russia are with peter.

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southeastern parts of asia and see that circulation towards the philippines developing further south it's generally not looking too bad we've got some heavy rain across borneo few showers effect in java and bali now the rainy season just starting to get going and then up through them a pinch we have a few showers to singapore in kuala lumpur but some heavy rain further north into southern parts of thailand across into south asia still plenty of showers in evidence here certainly central northern parts of india pakistan fine sunshine and crunchy highs of thirty nine but not portable pick up some showers and highs here of thirty two. the weather sponsored by race.

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you're watching al-jazeera let's recap the top stories this hour place in the kenyan capital have used tear gas to disperse opposition protesters calling for changes to the electoral commission confusion is mounting over the spot for people presidential vote michel say opposition candidate will be on the ballot that's despite him holding out on tuesday spain's prime minister has given how to launch later karla's puts them on until monday to say whether or not he has to play or independence the spanish government says it will take away the region's political autonomy if it presses ahead. with secession. and u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson is called on turkey to provide evidence for accusations that local u.s. embassy employees were linked to the two thousand and sixteen failed coup staffers to tension in the past week has sparked a diplomatic crisis between the two countries. and let's bring in josh walker in alexandria virginia and the us via skype to talk about this he's a fellow at the german marshall fund a nonprofit aimed at strengthening cooperation between united states and europe

they appreciate your time so this rex tillerson sector state saying you know we need some proof and some evidence of these accusations is that an escalation in your view you know this is the same thing the u.s. government has been saying ever since last year's failed coup attempt in which the mastermind that the church covers accused len who lives in pennsylvania i think the u.s. has been saying this from the beginning the obama administration has said it the trunk ministration has said this is a more pointed way of saying it but it's the same message we've heard for the last year so how would you characterize relations between the u.s. and turkey before this extended thing that's been simmering for so long you know i think that this is been a long time coming i think they're used the right word it's been simmering explode and i think it caught everyone by surprise because it was a very technical issue that was announced on twitter in terms of these as being suspended the church responded in kind literally verbatim with the same these ascension this is

a first time is to nato allies have not been able to visit each other people the people exchanges they're trying to dress it up to say well it's visas it's not that big a deal but this is a big deal and i think they want to resolve it both sides are you conscious this quickly as possible so what are those interests what's at stake if this doesn't tamp down. i mean these are two nato allies things from syria to cyprus to russian relations to turkey's internal politics with the message on going on rests with the fed so organization has been accused of the failed coup i mean everything is at stake in some ways to turkey the same for the us and our regional alliances this is a really big deal and it doesn't seem that in some ways is a disproportionate exploitation escalation in some ways something as technical as visa something as technical as going after a turkish citizen who works at the consulate this is an interesting escalation it seems as a challenge that the u.s. has had in dealing with other countries and has consistently been the inconsistency across the administration whether it's tillerson saying one thing matta saying

something else president tweeting something else how important is it for the u.s. to have a consistent position so that both sides know how to deal with each other i mean i think that the idea of sending mixed messages is particularly dangerous in the world in which we live into the twenty four hour news cycle with twitter diplomacy going on this is a perfect example i can eat of one message and stick to it was the decision to suspend these is by the united states a clear escalation or was it meant to be a signal that the turkish side has kind of taken to the extreme i think right now diplomats are working to try to resolve this and how do they move beyond a tentacle issue and not do long term damage this teaching interest of both countries russia walker thank you so much for your insight appreciate it thanks for having me. two senior senators in the u.s. have criticized president donald trump for missing an october first deadline to implement sanctions against russia over alleged meddling in the american presidential election and

a joint statement john mccain and ben cardin said the white house says yet to identify which elements of the russian state should be sanctioned they said the delay calls into question they trump the ministrations commitment to the sanctions bill at least twenty one people had think killed hundreds are missing and wildfires in the u.s. state of california thousands of firefighters are battling twenty two fires in the northern part of the state through our concerns that several of the fires could merge into one huge front more than thirty five hundred homes and businesses have been destroyed take a board has more from santa rosa in california. this is the journey's end mobile home park and in a scene like this it seems as if the worst might be behind us the flames have died down and it's just down to to counting the cost to the ruins of a place like this unfortunately because of the great chaos of a fire like this and the fact that communication systems are are so intermittent

there are still terrible costs to be counted over two hundred people are missing in this county alone and behind me officials of cordoned off this area because a dead body has been found here in this mobile home park it's not clear if it's a man or woman what age the coroner is is desperately overworked in this town and so it will be some time before we know exactly who it was but this is really the sort of hidden cost of a fire like that because in the days afterwards the missing very often turn up dead tonight firefighters are expecting an even worse fire to spring up because the wind is picking up it's still dry it's still hot and then tomorrow it will be a very windy day so this fire at this point spread across multiple counties here in northern california is still far from over. a victim of the october first mass shooting in las vegas has filed a lawsuit which she says is aimed at forcing concert organizers to provide better

protection to the public twenty one year old paige gaspar suffered multiple injuries in the attack she's suing the company that owns the concert venue targeted by gunman stephen paddick and she's also seeking damages from his estate. representatives from more than fifty countries are meeting in moscow to discuss the future of afghanistan the taliban and i saw affiliated groups have experienced a resurgence since the withdrawal of coalition forces in two thousand and fourteen increasing violence has led the international committee of the red cross to reduce its operations after the worst year of attacks against its workers on a hot report's. a cautious step forward and then another and as he catches his breath a smile. this tentative shuffle is an enormous achievement for a man who just months ago thought he'd never walk again and dad who can lost his legs two years ago shot as an attacker tried to rob him this clinic run by the

international committee of the red cross and offering services for free has enabled him to contemplate a different future the. it's almost twenty days since i got here and i'm already so much better when the thief shot me i wasn't able to move but since i've been here i can walk again the red cross has been operating in afghanistan for thirty years is around eighteen hundred staff offering medical services at clinics like these to some of afghanistan's poorest and most vulnerable and some parts in the north much of it remote and plagued by conflict the red cross is the only international body reaching them but it's being forced to rethink its operations there last month at a red cross clinic in the northern city of mazar e sharif a patient shot and killed the spanish was your therapist she was the tin red cross worker to be killed in afghanistan in sixteen years but the seventh this year alone

and then there were other kidnappings two workers abducted this year though they were later released the red cross says these are numbers it can no longer ignore. it's office and could induce will be closed as will its operations in my mana and while the rehabilitation center in missouri will stay open it will be run by locals . it's a big loss for our community here and can do as the red cross is a huge help for the poor in need to every day by conflict. according to u.s. military estimates the government controls about sixty percent of the country the rest is either in the hands of being fought over by the taliban and other armed groups like isis. the red cross says it won't be leaving the country altogether clinics like this one in kabul will stay open a lifeline for the disabled and for those now back on the feet. some of them now

crafting the limbs that will help people walk again miriam hall and al jazeera a major section of russia's new road and rail bridge linking it to crimea has been towed across the black sea president vladimir putin announced the construction of the bridge immediately after russia annexed the peninsula from ukraine in two thousand and fourteen then acting on their long span is expected to open to cars in december. of next year and trains from two thousand and nineteen it's being installed between support players in the current strait where a railway arch has already been erected ship should eventually be able to pass underneath. seven people set fire to police car in paris and attacked the driver had been sentenced up to seven years in prison attack last year attracted attention after footage showed protesters mobbing the car and hitting an officer with an iron bar only the policeman printed off the clothes like french media to call him kung

fu cop the incident occurred during protests against labor law reforms. south sudan is hosting its first ever international oil conference but president salva kiir is in a no show here was expected to address the gathering which failed to attract investors from large global energy firms the country's going through a fuel crisis despite having billions of oil barrels and reserves with no functioning power grid petrol is being sold on the black market at a cost many just can't afford he morgan a ports in the capital juba. this may not seem the best way to prepare for exams but now i think peter says it's the only way her brothers them study she says fuel is too expensive for her family. because there's no power in the house so we use candles we can't pay for the fuel that is used to run the generator in our neighborhood that fuel is expensive and comes from the black market it's cheaper to get candles be used for a day south sudan has the largest oil reserve in africa according to experts but it

has no means of processing its own oil instead it relies on its neighbor sudan to do so but two years of war and low oil prices last here has damaged the economy this has resulted in hard currency crisis making it hard for traders to bring in fuel most suppliers now prefer just of private sectors leaving many stations in the country empty despite the shortage of electrical stations you can find info on the streets of recycled water bottles but at a price eight dollars a gallon about four meters that's nearly ten times more than the official price of seventeen cents at critical space. there are government subsidies on imported fuel but because the black market is more profitable subsidies along with other issues are contributing to the country shortage few shortages is because. they're subsidizing his expression of the fuel is being subsidize. that is one issue that we are facing. every three months i give them said to me. smiling feel

part of the country and there are people who are actually taking the fuel to the black market so that they make more money and this is the work of the police and the national security to address it so that they stopped not it's those who are actually doing illegal activities by trading with fewer lawmakers have recently proposed lifting the fuel subsidies but some analysts say if the government does this the short term impact will be damaging could have an impact on you know income . of them lose because it from what woody it's got it all good though it is the movie but it has to be because the viewer isn't going to move out of the subsidy at least keeps the dome and or money collude the food items and other essentials of blood as it was so inclusive in prices now think knows she can't afford the cost a few but she hopes it doesn't soon extend to do one thing that lights her home at night and force her and her family to live in darkness he will morgan al-jazeera

juba still ahead in sport hitting them where it hurts more than one hundred former ice hockey players appear to sue the n.h.l. over the long term effects of head injuries peter has the details in just a moment. this

one a francis most famous artist best known for his paintings of polynesian women has a saying to style also influenced a younger generation of artists including because so in the tastes subject of

a major exhibition opening in paris but as to talk about reports aspects of his time in the south pacific are still considered taboo by many in france poor gauguin a struggle thought to stick recognition all his life the frenchman's bold use of color and abstract depictions of reality show nineteenth century lovers but today he's considered a trailblazer a new exhibition in paris is prestigious girl pele celebrates one of the world's most famous post-impressionist. his aren't totally surprised it was like nothing else at the time it was without concessions it was wild in fact he often called himself wild it really shocked people some people supported him but it wasn't until the start of the twentieth century that people realized he was such a revolutionary. go-go was fascinated with tribal arts and other cultures when success in europe eluded him he left for france's colonies in the south pacific

it's a period that has come to define him but not without controversy the paintings created by go guy into haiti are some of his most popular he was obviously captivated by the people and the colors but some critics say that this period of his life has become so romanticized in france the perhaps it ignores some uncomfortable realities. tahiti was under french colonial rule and the artist enjoyed many of the systems privileges he married a thirteen year old girl and had numerous lovers of a similar age but these aspects of go-go's life are rarely discussed in france. a new film about his time in thai he has been attacked by those who say to avoid some hard truths. professor starr's x. written extensively about gauguin he says criticizing french culture and the colonial past is simply to hear the history of colonization is still very touchy

issue in france much more than in the us for many people in the head you go guys nothing. drunkard who basically looted. poor nation and the haitian culture ought to make a living how gauguin chose to live it is unlikely to matter to the millions of people who enjoys art but others may find it enriching to have a clearer picture of the man behind the paintings natasha butler al-jazeera paris and i for sport now with peter. thank you very much the united states will miss out on the first feed for world cup since one thousand nine hundred six after a two one defeat to trinidad and tobago put paid to their hopes of qualifying bruce arena's team only needed a draw in their last qualifying game but they were beaten two one by trinidad and tobago the results also went against them and so as a result they will not be in russia in twenty eighteen football is not one of the

major sports in the united states and their presence at the world cup is deemed very important for the game to grow their guardian u.s. deputy sports editor brian aman graham says the failure to qualify for russia might force the administrators to come up with a new strategy you know really being. serious here. it's really. played mostly. you know it's. i don't know sort of like it's just. totally. it was a. little repetition. of the thirty two teams that will compete in russia next year twenty three already are confirmed we'll begin in east asia and show you who they are

south korea and japan as we move on to wards the middle east and show you who has qualified from that part of the world saudi arabia and iran up north you can see russia obviously qualifying as the host nation let's move on to europe nine countries have made it already iceland england belgium poland germany serbia spain france and portugal and obviously russia counts as a european team over in africa two teams have already qualified nigeria and egypt two are at a world cup or will be at the world cup for the first time since one thousand nine hundred ninety over in north america it's mexico costa rica and panama and if we go to south america you'll see that brazil the five time world champs of qualified as well as colombia europe why and argentina the remaining nine spots will be decided next month now former fever secretary general jerome valcke who is currently serving a ten year ban from football continues to plead he's innocence valka was handed a decade long ban for his alleged role in black market take it sells during the

twenty fourteen world cup in brazil valka has approached the court of arbitration for sport in laws and switzerland in the hope of having his ban lifted. them in place as i'm trying to demonstrate that i never acted against interests i've always done my job in the best possible way in preserving few interests and they don't understand even if in a divorce one passes from love to hate i don't understand that hate more than one hundred former professional ice hockey players are preparing to sue the national hockey league they're accusing the n.h.l. of negligence and concealing scientific evidence of long term damage caused by head injuries to players it's a topic that is currently being researched in toronto daniel lak reports. fast furious and intricate ice hockey mixes speed intense physical contact it's also a sport that's hard on those who play it fans love them but frequent body checks

even fist fights cause dangerous injuries especially to the head and you put a harness around your back former player scott thornton is retired but after at least sixteen concussions he's worried about long term brain trauma he says he's feeling some effects i can be looking at a photo of teammates i played with ten years ago and can't remember some of their names in the photo and i played five years of these guys you know a lot of guys are way worse than me so i can kind of live with the say that i made dozens of former players are taking part in a study looking for links between the concussions they suffered and degenerative brain function some n.h.l. players who died in recent years were found to have physical brain deterioration similar to all simers disease many of their former teammates are worried they could be next as an issue it's a real issue but it needs to be put in perspective in terms of the the general incidence which is unknown the general incidence of dementia in our genitives sees

it we're only beginning to learn. the current lawsuit claims the n.h.l. knew about the potential for brain damage from concussions but concealed it players were encouraged to return to the game too soon after head injuries the league denies this and says it has rigorous concussion protocols but the settlement in two thousand and thirteen of a similar suit by national football league players in the u.s. has set a precedent legal experts are warning that the n.h.l. is taking a risk by refusing to settle if we look to the n.f.l. and their settlement that was a billion dollars and the n.f.l. can afford a billion dollars and they have the n.h.l. cannot you know in the grand scheme of things that could be a serious hit to the league it could even you know in some cases destroy what the league is facing now is a class action lawsuit thousands of ex players could be eligible for compensation should their legal arguments prevail the judge in the case once it settled or decided later this year if possible. at arenas across north america new n.h.l. season has begun but amid the excitement and anticipation of fans the possibility

that a court ruling could have a devastating impact on the game then your lack al-jazeera toronto roger federer has made a winning return to action at the shanghai masters playing his first true match since losing in the quarter finals of the us open last month the swiss was made to work hard by diego shelton but the world number two managed to come through with a seven six six four victory and advance to the third round. last month's u.s. open champion and world number one rafael nadal was also victorious in shanghai the spaniard dropped just three games to jared donaldson in less than an hour. and fifty domini team has been knocked out of that sort of advice of invicta three despite sitting forty seven places below the austrian tree which he managed to pull of a three set victory six three three six seven six that puts him in the third round and sixty degrees or the meter of to save three match points against ryan harrison

but the bulgarian survived to stay in the hunt for one of the five remaining spots of next month's a.t.p. world tour finals in london. and that's all the sport for me another update coming up later. i'm richelle carey thanks for joining me here on al-jazeera for this news hour when you get a moment visit our web site al-jazeera dot com for all the day's news and much more and get a side of the break with my colleague elizabeth chrono keep it here. oh is it when they're on line we were in hurricane winds for almost like thirty six hours these are the things that new york has to address or if you join us on sat i'm a member of the crew club but we struck up a relationship this is a dialogue tweet us with hash tag eight a stream and one of your pitches might make the actual join the global conversation

at this time on al-jazeera and monday put it well on. u.s. and british companies have announced the biggest discovery of natural gas in west africa but what to do with these untapped natural resources is already a source of heated debate nothing much has changed they still spend most of their days looking forward to four dry river beds like this one five years on the syrians still feel battered or even those who managed to escape their country have been truly unable to escape the war. a rite of passage preserved through the generations my cousin was laying down there until a screaming she was helpless the woman who after endorses facal of pain for what. meets the women affected by s.g.m. and those reshaping perception do you think people will abandon this thread about to take al-jazeera correspondent the con this time.

what are you seeing like how am i a suspected terrorist people of all faiths fell victim to a suicide bomber in manchester but if the bomb was indiscriminate was the placing of blame this is nothing to do with us this is about an individual who's psycho you know that nobody could do this unless they were completely unhinged how much just as muslims responded to challenging questions in the aftermath of a deadly attack people in power manchester united at this time on a. protest in kenya with a deepening political uncertainty the opposition leader violent.