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in doha coming up in the next sixty minutes thanks it's a move that could and they decorate long dispute between palestinian factions hamas says it's reached a reconciliation deal with fatah. high level talks soon between the u.s. and turkey to end the ongoing diplomatic tensions. also spain celebrates its national day as the political crisis deepens over the future of the region of catalonia plus. i'm chris i'm filling me in manhattan where the chinese artist ai wei wei has painted one of the latest poll coming out i'll tell you which famous new yorker he's trying to reach. we start in the middle east welcome to the news the palestinian faction hamas says it's reached a deal on political reconciliation. with furthur

a move that could signal into a decade long divide between the two groups hamas and fatah have been meeting in the egyptian capital cairo to discuss the formation of a national unity government to go she actions brokered by egypt started on tuesday well it's at the very latest i'm sorry force that is live for us in ramallah in the occupied west bank we are expecting a press conference within this news hour harry the details are sketchy but we have some. certainly some idea of what has been agreed on. that's right we're getting those indications the news conference was due to started around now but we're hearing reports that it's been pushed back by more than half an hour however we have been hearing from senior fattah figure in garza saying that three key areas of contention have found some resolution in this agreement the issue of how to control the southern border crossing with egypt the issue of how

the internal security arrangements in the guard will be policed suggestions that some three thousand palestinian authority security officers will be gradually introduced to merge with the hamas officers who've been dealing with internal security during the ten year division and also the issue of employment more generally there are forty thousand hamas staff public servants and security who have been working in that ten year period the indications are that some of them at least will be merged into the regime over a four month period with payments going to them during that time so these are some of the things which of really caused major obstructions to previous attempts to reach a reconciliation deal and the indications are that some of them at least have been agreed upon certainly people in gaza are hopeful and that hope is coming from a point of real despair up until now because of the situation the humanitarian

situation there which has been exacerbated by the p.a. measures designed to really restrict electricity and payments going into gaza to pressure hamas to this point and so here's are some of the people in gaza have been reacting this morning. when we used to hear about any reconciliation efforts we would think immediately of the failure of it but we hope this time is different unity could at least solve the power crisis and bring happiness to the gazan people. we've had enough eleven years of suffering without electricity no medicine for people no travelling we want to live like other nations and you controlling the gaza strip is another issue not just politically but militarily and of course so in a civilian manner as well and that's a very big dilemma for both parties isnt it. yes well in terms of civilian control the whole basis of the single agreement is that the p.a. resumes fully as the governing entity inside gaza and the fattah figures that have

been speaking about this have made that clear that that is a a cynic or non of this entire arrangement that they won't accept just being for show and indeed there was the the handover of ministries during the cabinet meeting last week and there was the dissolution of hamas as an administrative committee which set a set this whole chain of events moving last month we are hearing from factor that president abbas mahmoud abbas will be if everything goes according to plan traveling to gaza for the first time since two thousand and seven within this month and he will do so as president with full powers in gars and i one of the things that he's been talking about in the run up to all this is the military side of things the the how masses brigades the military. ranks how they will fit into this he says that he doesn't want a lebanese dire situation with the hezbollah style entity having

a separate center of power from the civilian administration however hamas has been saying that there is no question of disarming that part of it's his organization and that was never on the table in these talks so it could be that there is some kind of more quiet informal arrangement where they don't make too much noise certainly they aren't visible and that any decision to use those forces would be taken in some kind of a consensual manner without an official submission of those or subjugation of that part of hamas into a wider p.a. or forty it seems that they're trying to agree on what they can for now some kind of halfway house between full political unity and having the p.a. back in gaza and that may be enough for now and putting in the more difficult thorny issues which have separated them for so long a bit further down the track it'll be interesting to see her you know what does come out of this press conference of course we'll go to that live when it happens i will of course join you for more analysis thank you. now

a bit about ground told what led to the divisions between the two palestinian groups in two thousand and six how massive one parliamentary elections but it couldn't reach an agreement on how to share power with fatah a year later her master control of garza after days of gun battles with fatah the conflict weakened the palestinian authority leaving it only in charge of the palestinian territories in the west bank which is occupied by israel since march last year hamas has been running gars under an administrative administrative committee which was seen as a rival government to the fact that dominated palestinian authority in the west bank but last month it agreed to hand over administrative powers and garza to a factor backed government. oh marshall is a senior lecturer at the university of exeter in the united kingdom he joins me here on set in doha good to have you with us earlier this year in may we saw how mass reveal a new policy document which redefined than they hoped not just to the palestinian

authority but also to the international community how important was that stage back in may to where we are right now i think it was important but it was not the first document you know hamas has been a state of trance formation since one thousand nine hundred nine on words and it was not the first document they should stop with before that for example. renewed perception of it up toward democracy and participating in elections on that occupation which was a no no before it issued documents that has to do with with transforming the idea of taking up arms against israel from being the only did you to meet me as the one thousand nine hundred charter says to a mean so other means nonviolent or otherwise are also acceptable and it has also issues it has to do with constitutional liberalism supporting you know for example interesting candidate from point so there has been a transformation in this this document in particular stresses the previous

transformations but also puts it a bit further in a sense that they break the ties with the muslim brothers organizationally they broke and ties before but this time also ideologically things have been taking a different turn and more than saying that they're more and more distinct from the muslim brothers as an organization which is a concern for cairo specifically and that's still believe it or not for israel indeed i mean we have now this is you know agreement between how to hamas and fatah and we have been here before you know we had ten years ago we've seen a potential. breakthrough in alliances and sort of a kiss and make up how significant is this particular potential agreement in terms of the failures we've seen in the past on. one and it is very very important for us for the to succeed in this one so on the short to mid term will probably see some significant changes. needs. the burden of running the gaza strip under

siege from both israel and egypt to be lifted this is the only way out he needs also an agreement to cut any other agreements with rival factions like that one faction for example with how messed supported by also the officials that had official burstein authority wants that agreement to be done so both sides here want this to work the problem is on the long run that same it too long to we have significant issues that are very critical of arms of us for example and you just mentioned that the hezbollah model kind of governing but ruling but not governing still the issue of the arms is critical for the dictions and for the best you know thought of these and of also for for israel but most importantly for hamas because this is a safety net i don't know if the if it does bends what will happen to its actually political leaders and their organization as a whole because they have the model of the muslim brothers in egypt very clear for

them there with one second want to give you some more information before you come to our next question and of course now to the die humanitarian situation in gaza that makes the coastal enclave practically unlivable for its almost two million residents the densely populated area has been under israel's land sea and air blockade for ten years its only access to the outside world bypassing israel has been a severely restricted access through egypt some describe it as the world's largest open air prison at forty two percent garza has one of the highest unemployment rates in the world and since april residents have been getting only four hours of electricity daily due to the dispute between hamas and fatah dominated palestinian authority more than ninety percent of gaza's water has been rendered unsafe for drinking. one of the really big issues as opposed to these we look forward is that a unification of these two groups a one voice and potential elections that could lead from this could

potentially legitimize hamas within the palestinian authority and therefore the international community whether it be the e.u. the americans or the israelis would have a tough time not being able to negotiate with a unified palestinian voice so this is kind of back to the future this is two thousand and six two thousand and seven indeed that's always the hope isn't it when we can when we see the scenario develop in different regional conditions so this is the hope that since now there are different regional conditions then maybe this will work but really we have the issue of the elections what happens if hamas win the elections this time and how would that affect the international dimension you know the relationship with israel issues with the you you that it isn't cheap with the americans on the drug administration so the big question mark the other question mark is a simple process demoralization disarmament and reintegration into one command and control security a military structure between the hamas forces and fatah forces that tried to happen in two thousand and so it was attempted in two thousand six thousand seven and we

know it failed miserably hamas had to have a pedal and institution called executive force back then and the ministry of interior so it didn't work it was kind of a an armed forces with two bodies so there are some significant challenge and there is another challenge that has to do with the security dogma if you wish of the of both institutions sees the cooperation security cooperation with israel as something very very important something they signed on how must the security cooperation with israel as trees and they target their collaborators in gaza so how this is going to change in terms of the dogma of security establishment this is also the challenge in addition to the general challenges of the palestinian case from you know the statehood to the knees and then that if you choose and so on so forth of course i will come back to you for more analysis want to hear what happens in that press conference for the moment thanks for joining us thank you. tensions

are growing between kurdish authorities and the iraqi government following last month's disputed secession referendum baghdad has denied claims by the kurdish regional government that it plans a major attack on the could cook region says it is iraqi government forces could launch an assault on the autonomous region well charles stratford joins me now live from belle in northern iraq charles just bring us up to speed on what the situation is like right now. i'm at the last place checkpoint on the main road from here bill to mosul and the trucks that you can see behind me are basically a back log as a result of this road being closed last night this road and the main road from the hook a second city here is in the k r g and nineveh province and the reason why the k r g close those roads were because according to the security council last night they received messages from the iraqi military and the shia militia groups that they

were planning an attack around the all rich city of kirkuk and around northern mosul now the baghdad government still denied those kind of accusations and as i say this checkpoint and that road from to hook to nineveh province was closed overnight in the last hour or so this road has opened and those trucks have started moving people have started coming out of the mosul area as well but it's a big indication of just how nervous the k r g government there's also a big indication of how important that area around kirkuk and kirkuk city itself is in this equation kirkuk oil rich the k. r.j. of reportedly exporting around six hundred thousand barrels of oil a day from that area of the city so. getting dissipated in that controversial referendum. and the kurds the peshmerga have said that they will not actually withdraw from

a. that city and from that area so yes heightened tensions it's been more than two and a half weeks since this referendum and the tension certainly is being felt here in the k r g for the moment charles thinks that they will come back to you as that situation changes. at least thirty people are being killed and dozens more injured in an airstrike near the syrian city of dealers or twenty people died when suspected russian plane bombed a river crossing outside the city and ten others were killed in air strikes to the east near the iraqi border. well plenty more ahead here on the al-jazeera news hour including political tensions in kenya as the future of the national vote hangs in the balance. and the wind was just howling and so i knew. he was one of the lucky ones the death toll in the california wildfires is now more than twenty. and in sport the new york yankees

avoid elimination for a fourth consecutive game in baseball's playoffs joe will have the details in sport . spain is celebrating its national day as the political crisis over catalonia continues many have already taken to the streets of barcelona in a show of unity independence rallies are also expected to trade has given the catalans leader trials until monday to say whether or not he has declared independence it's the first step before the government triggers article one five five which gives madrid the right to take away the region's political autonomy lawrence lee is live for us in the spanish capital just paint the picture for us lawyers in terms of the mood of people on the ground. yes it is it is the most extraordinary piece of timing right of the denouements of the crisis between madrid

and barcelona. spanish national day where actually the end of the parade public just just put the camera over there so we can see the parade is more or less finished now but look at the crowds are here just out of the road there are a least ten days there's been a flight a twenty one gun salute the kings up down there watching all the army in the in the and everybody go past the it's always have a heavily militaristic this event but they really stepped on it this year that the government is making an absolute virtue out of what they see as a. entire display of spanish unity in the isolation of the council on. independence uniquely and for the first time in thirty years the guardian civill and the national police a bit invite saves the government says it was a tribute to their roll up to the barcelona terrorist attack in august but it was the optics of it because these are the same people that gas and rubber bullets at the crowd in catalonia on referendum day when they went past the applause from the

crowd was rapturous so that just shows you what was the mood like set against what the catalans thing but they said an absolutely fantastic opportunity for the government to side of the council and you're isolated you're on your own step back forget about independence and just talk about the clock ticking away you know till monday what's at stake just detail from international audience what article one five five actually means. i mean the thing is you know because the public holidays i don't know political events whatsoever planned in the trade but the thing is they don't have to do anything now because basically what little you did yesterday which is a fantastic piece of brinkmanship you just lit the fuse and step back he said to the president you've got until monday to tell us if you're going to actually do independence or you're not going to do independence and he knows it's a complete lose lose. because if by monday one says yes we are then they then the spanish government invokes the one five five which takes powers

autonomous powers to madrid's and presumably then allows the spanish government to call for fresh elections in catalonia that becomes a crisis for the capital and leadership it would also split the catalans because the section of that probably depends move in the once to buy time would be most unhappy with that yes but he says no i'm not in his coalition fractures as well because the section over there said independence now would accuse him of betrayal and so either way round they've got him over a barrel is it was a brilliant trick that the madrid government pulled nothing. at the moment they're absolutely in the political ascendancy and the probably the balance rally in barcelona today is very very small indeed or we'll come back to you of course lawrence when that situation develops for a moment lawrence lee there in the spanish capital. the united states and turkey will hold talks soon to try and resolve a diplomatic dispute the ra between the nato allies flared up last week when a u.s.

consular staff member in turkey was detained us the foreign secretary rex tillerson has called on the turkish government to back claims that embassy employees were linked to the two thousand and sixteen failed coup with evidence the american embassy in ankara suspended most visa service calling causing turkey to retaliate with similar measures. you know i want to be very clear we don't want these dispute to last more than a second. we responded. likewise because turkey is a proud nation we are a sovereign nation. and you know we think that it is a decision to be reversed. well how can a boss is a senior advisor of elegy director at albright stonebridge group he joins me now from istanbul good to have you with us on the program so the situation is not an

easy want to resolve are not all about embassy staff the problems are many and the solution is not a simple want to get to so let's just talk about what is irking both turkey and the united states let's begin with the kurdish issue the referendum there in northern iraq has obviously upset turkey but of course both have a vested interest in the kurds when it comes to the conflict in syria and of course also fighting eisel. right you'd have to know from. the big picture level turkey and u.s. interests in the region have been shifting or diverging for some time and as you pointed out washington's first priority is to fight against isis by using kurdish groups which turkey considers terrorists. on the other hand is far more concerned about kurds in syria and northern iraq and especially the

leaders referendum in northern iraq to seek independence pending also general and presidential elections in november certainly will make things more complicated but it's not just these two kurdish issue there is also washington's alignment or trap administration's new alignment with israel in the region and for example next week we'll be talking about decertify iran. their compliance for the nuclear framework agreement in addition. you know for example turkey iran and russia have started a joint military operation in syria again and. again in number of different sort of factors on the ground so all of the.

all of those factors actually are important in the in the sort of the background to this one wonders what the solution is because really we're seeing an embassy issue which was supposed to be solved at an embassy level we've seen or we are hearing now that to listen to his counterparts in turkey have spoken on the phone is it a case really that the two presidents need to talk again they've already met twice already this year but they need to really have a lot of face to face also be a telephone conversation to sort this problem out because they are strong nato allies. absolutely this latest decision to suspend all these us was too harsh but it was not expected even if this were to be solved in a matter of days or weeks i'm afraid there could be similar and potentially. sort of instances of the relationships between the two countries so what is really

needed after a series of bad channel maybe dialogue and negotiations the two leaders who seems to have great chemistry president dan and president trump need to look at the relationship and the need to define the end mutual interests going forward because that is i think what is diverging the two allies which are also part of nato and among others it is mysterious also economic and immense went through related interests as well. fortunately we do have to leave it there but for the moment thank you very much for your input on. two more people have been confirmed dead from wildfires in the u.s. state of california bringing the total number to twenty three but hundreds of other people remain missing with high winds picking up it's even more difficult to contain the flames reports of injuries on what steps can be taken to save lives

sometimes in the future. high winds low humidity and dry brush the ingredients of california's fire disaster are simple all they need is a spark get that ignition and you don't get that if you don't get that innocent put out right away then those are the conditions that allow a wildfire to spread really uncontrollably hot winds from the desert blow eastward every october just as the forest and brush is at its trius many wildfires are almost impossible to contain with winds of up to one hundred sixty kilometers per hour propelling the flames along fire experts say while brush fires are inevitable the destruction they cause is not it's going to be far easier cheaper and effective to reengineer our homes and communities than the try to reengineer the forest if you just do one thing.

replace rooftops with non-flammable materials like a metal roof that alone can increase the probability of a home surviving a wildfire by ninety to ninety five percent for more than a century the conventional wisdom was to fight forest fires that almost all costs the consequence it has allowed the underbrush and dry fuel to build up making fires burn with even greater intensity what we need to be doing is working with wildfires not fighting against them. the whole war on wildfire paradigm is complete this story and we're just throwing lots of blood and treasure into absolute folly making war on nature is essentially what it's about firefighters are

doing their best there are several thousand firefighters on the line right now we have firefighters from throughout california san diego to you are going to border but scientists say those who have built their homes and businesses in harm's way can't count on firefighters to save them there's always a lag time in these fires between the time that the fire starts and the time that they can get people out of the way getting resources in to start to protect against it and it's in that lag time that people in that lag time that a lot of the things happen a new approach in how people should deal with nature along with changes in planning and building design could help keep things from going from bad to worse. zero los angeles little kaito in southwest of japan has erupted for the first time in six years should we dock a volcano has been sitting in smoke almost two kilometers into the sky which is full of at least full cities and the towns in the prefectural school students have

been told to wear helmets and muscle their way to and from villages near the volcano. well in a few moments we'll have the weather with rob like hell we but still ahead here on al-jazeera. there's a radio for you but a big german powerful are being kept hidden from prying eyes like mine because they know when the problems for russia barbary challenge and i'm on the hunt for them here in crimea find out more later in the program. called the defense of donald trump hits back at the polls he wants to increase the u.s. is a nuclear arsenal. i'm preparing to face off in a u.s. court for at h.l. players sue over the long term effects of head injuries those details coming up with joe in sports.

three tranquil radio. and if i'm going to. have another hurrican for you but this is an unusual one it's fairly common to see hurrican start in the tropics with after go across towards the caribbean and later in the year they go a bit further north and end up on the u.s. east coast but i have one here which is heading towards the is or was almost directly although this is. a category one storm at the moment so it's currently a hurricane but it's thirty degrees north side the tropics winds of one hundred forty kilometers and slow drift in this movement however as i said it looks as if it's heading towards the as or that currently they're enjoying the sunshine by twenty five degrees and it will take a while to get some momentum but that's where it's going to get in this room should be only saturday it'll be just the south of the islands by which time it will still

be a hurricane and be battering the years old which is down a stranger to her seeing something like fifteen since eight hundred fifty one really big or they don't always go they are just get quite close but maybe that's not the story the story is what happens often that currently in western europe we're enjoying something a resurgence of the warmth in spain and portugal through france to britain well that's more or less where the storm is heading on monday. the weather sponsored by qatar airways. bonus services on a mission to help local children break the poverty cycle one on east follows their journey of sacrifice become top class performers. one used at this time and how does era. you stand the differences. and the similarities of cultures across the world.

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a reminder of our top stories the palestinian faction hamas says it's reached a deal on political reconciliation with fatah the two have been meeting in the egyptian capital cairo to discuss the formation of a national unity government. in europe spain is celebrating its national day in the trade as the political crisis over catalonia continues many have already taken to the streets of basra in a show of unity independence rallies are also expected but it has given catalans leader shell's bootable until monday to say whether or not. he's declared independence. two more people have been confirmed dead from wildfires in the u.s. state of california taking the total to twenty three hundreds of fire engines and crews of arise from other areas to help fight the flames but winds have picked up making the operation to continue the fires more difficult. demonstrations in kenya have been banned in a central business district of three of its largest cities the capital nairobi and

kissable this as the crisis of election talks are being held on the future of the repeat presidential vote the main opposition candidate quit the race on choose day but the electoral commission is yet to receive his official withdrawal. from iraq. rayna dinka supporters bayley needed any prompting to return to the streets. there demonstrating against kenya's electoral commission which they believe won't conduct a free and fair rerun of election. but holding the supporters are divided on him dropping out of the race. which he lost was great 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 is going to be.

the best option but we are not but the group because of the pressure so yeah out there that we are not happy. well you're fired tear gas protesters are. nairobi was. adamant. on any reforms to. kenya's constitution. is not clear on what happens once a candidate with force from iran but parliament has now passed amendments to electoral laws that could allow can to be named the winner. twenty six and the president has about spades i mean let's face it it's very easy to say that we'll have a president removed command of the legitimacy and respect from. the electoral commission will decide what happens next but if any of these decisions can be contested in

court kenya faces one of many possibilities including declaring incumbent president who are kenyatta as the only remaining candidate the winner of the rerun all holding elections and then declaring kenyatta the winner all holding fresh elections within ninety days with new nominations for president. to says he should be declared president ordering guys pushing for fresh elections in a pronouncement. will not be believable and the conduct of. both the conduct of the commission. has not been inspiring. whether it's a faltering economy or an ongoing political feud all kenyans are guaranteed at this point is uncertainty the media al-jazeera nairobi. philip zilch every day is a lecturer and political communication expert at the university of eldoret he joins

me now via skype from nairobi good to have you with us live on al-jazeera there are three main factors at work here we have the politicians we have the electoral commission and we have the courts let's just begin with the politicians and first. how important is it for him right now to clarify his position and say whether he's going to run in the election and whether he is going to submit form twenty four a to the electoral commission to withdraw from the race. thank you very much. yesterday. where. of. your friends are very. good to see trish. letting. the you see you know i did sing at.

that show because not of the. time. but you know a lot of. it in there does exist. and it does this create a much more tighter race or does it mean that by splitting the vote across seven or eight candidates if they choose to participate in that rerun of the presidential vote to the incumbent president who is a sure win. it's really actually. because. on the other. hand it's. essential. to the product so i think it is going to come up on the. last.

two. elections and it is. not about us. being or. there is a real concern across the masses that since the story broke that there was going to withdraw of uncertainty across kenya we've seen how disputed elections can turn out in kenya historically how much of a concern is that in the public or in the masses as you see it thank you very much i did not know i didn't want to traditions behind you know c.d.c. decent kenya and. everything in place. and the people of kenya says so.

so i believe in the next few days. we see less said to. me so i decided to give. people a suitably jordon reason. for their work but we shall see what does happen for the moment philip de there in eldoret thanks for joining us sir. they are words now russian president vladimir putin is due to meet with siemens and other german firms in sochi the munich based engineering giant will start legal proceedings against russia next week after four power generating turbines it sold allegedly ended up in crimea the transfer of the equipment breaches sanctions e.u.

slapped on russia after it and makes the region three years ago roy chalons has more. what we're looking for in this disputed land is high tech equipment proof in finely machine steel of the lengths russia's leaders will go to to supply the crimean peninsula with electricity and the trouble that's bringing to the kremlin where territory cannot do without. power lines but ukraine refuses to provide it russia's mainland doesn't have enough of it and you sanctions shots crimea are offering western energy technology so russia has opted for deception to when they're thought about building a power station on the mainland. to growth for electricity to the. it was a fake because the well it was just bought the wreck of those door buy ins from us . to say well we'll install them here but not on the occupied territory of the

crimea but crimea is where siemens acknowledges the four turbines now are the reuters news organization filmed these two large objects in july for the crimean port of feodosia despite russian media reports two years ago about the turbine secret destination siemens accepted moscow's reassurances that they were for southern russia but now the scandals forced the german industrial giant to act its pursuing criminal charges it wants its missing technology back and it says it scaling down russian operations they told us siemens will hold power generation equipment deliveries from existing contracts to state control customers in russia for the time being the e.u. has also responded with new sanctions asset freezes and travel bans. when we visited theodosia the turbines if that's what they were had disappeared perhaps they're already here one of the two new power plants being built in crimea but russian technicians are expected to face significant problems getting them to work

because siemens is refusing technical assistance this whole siemens gas turbine saga illustrates in a nutshell the bind that russia has got itself into and trying to wriggle past the e.u. restrictive measures moscow has just incurred more of them and with washington signing in new american sanctions the ability of russia to secure the investments and technology it needs to stop the country sliding backwards well that only gets harder rory chalons for al-jazeera simferopol crimea. the u.s. president donald trump is denying allegations he wants to dramatically increase the size of america's nuclear weapons arsenal but he admits that all key policy differences between himself and top republicans in his cabinet and in congress a white house correspondent can be healthy it explains great honor to have you both here and 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 its 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 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. carol presidents the only name power they have is to persuade. and once you have become that person who is putting yourself in between people and fights as opposed to bringing 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 particular only bad time on another of america's nuclear fronts the president has

until the end of the week to recertify iran's compliance at the terms of the twenty fifteen agreement to limit iran's nuclear program or pull out of the deal can really help get al jazeera washington chinese artist ai weiwei is installing more than one hundred one fences of various sites across new york city the exhibition titled good fences make good neighbors it's aimed at highlighting the plight of refugees of the trumpet ministrations policy towards immigrants well just there is christensen to be possible of the controversial artists like his creation. two people cut through the fence that now blocks the triumphal arch in new york's washington square park a giant work of public art inspired by the global refugee crisis it's called good fences make good neighbors but these fences found in parks and on sidewalks all around new york city have openings one of things i love about the park system in

the city is that you never know what you're going to cross so there's always that sense of adventure and exploration and when there's something like this it's very thought provoking and enjoyable i think it's beautiful i think it has a lot of good work that like people can interact with it starts a conversation its creators a chinese artist ai wei wei lived in the city for twelve years but at first hesitated to take on the commission to save. so much it's not easy for me to do the just. sculpture in the city. and to. pay back my respects to my love these days i way way is an international superstar known as much for his political activism as his art but while sculptures like these may be warmly received here in new york they haven't always the light of the authorities back home. i has at times been detained and

harassed in his homeland of china this time he's taking aim at the west this gilded cage painted to match trump tower just a few blocks away. time this note the color ins and. divided on the. collar religion nationality. which is i think it's a company to get. going back warts. the message is universal but has a special resonance in a city of immigrants new york city's very open it it accepts people from all kinds of backgrounds and i think that was a very profound experience for him so i think he was he values that and he wants to make sure that we think about it and don't take it for granted i's boundaries are fluid meant to provide comfort not divide and circling the community

with the message that all are welcome here christian salumi al jazeera new york well still ahead here on al-jazeera his news are racing against the sunday so look call competition has decided it will strain it that's coming up and spoke.

welcome back it's time for sports and history so i thank you very much the new york yankees have completed a remarkable comeback to stay alive in the race for baseball's world series they unexpectedly ended the season of last year's finalist in the american league

division series at least hold on reports so that you know your thoughts for the third consecutive day when the cleveland indians were short of a place in the next stage of the major league baseball playoffs if they could win to get a game that seemed an unreachable thomas field or an. the new york yankees had rights to his three nothing lead by the third inning. the. cleveland had reached last year's world series only to be beaten by the comes in game seven that were after redemption and had won twenty two games straight in the regular season at american league record. the indians got two runs on the board in the fifth inning before the yankees put the result beyond doubt in the night.

you can say. with a five to victory they advance a gang to the odds to the american league championship series with the houston astros which begins on saturday that's disappointing i mean we we. we felt good about ourselves you know we came down the stretch playing very good baseball and we did some things in the series and i don't think we're characteristic of our team there's just a ton of fight in this club and. you know it's a great mixture of youth and veteran players that are leading the way and. it's hard to believe because we just beat a really really get it right center field last season's well series champions the chicago cubs having to find also why they had to complete a repeat performance stephen strasburg help of the washington nationals shot out the cubs in game four of the national league division series

a grand slam home run with batters on h.b.o.'s clinching a five nothing victory for washington well here goes back to the way. that. this series is tied to two game five on those day will decide which team goes on to meet the end i don't just in the championship series willie's home and al jazeera. more than one hundred former professional ice hockey players are preparing to face off against the national hockey league in the u.s. courts this sowing the n.h.l. accusing it of negligence and hiding evidence of a long term damage caused by head injuries to play is researches in toronto have also been looking at the daniel lack 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 affects i can be looking at a photo of teammates i play 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 state that i'm in with 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 it's 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 for the n.f.l. can afford a billion dollars and they have the n.h.l. cannot you know in a 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's settled or decided later this year if possible at arenas across north america a 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 than your lack. now brazil's olympic chief carlos newsman has sent a letter of resignation from his prison cell he was arrested last week used to be involved in vote buying to bring last year's games to rio de janeiro or the brazilian olympic committee immediately chose a new president on wednesday paolo one delay will need to convince the international olympic committee to lift brazil suspension as the olympic body met inside its headquarters a group mathlete protested outside urging the limpid committee to give them a vote to help decide their policies. the governor of the south korean province set to host next year's winter olympics as tensions on the korean peninsula will not dampen the spirits of the games he was speaking at a games launch party in new york as officials from pyongyang chiang went on to on the charm offensive to convince spectators to come only thirty percent of take hits

have been sold so far with the games just one hundred twenty days away. we have one . more for you and you know what we're going to be. in the world we do want to give the whole world is possible we move on from all of you you will and probably think. of you having a bad day then you might be able to sympathize with tennis player alexander the german was up against one martine del potro in shanghai but despite starting aggressively things on ravelled his aggression turned to his racket he went on to lose in straight sets with del potro reaching the quarter final. the netherlands might not be going to next year's fi four world cup in russia but they had to do have one thing to celebrate this week dutch team you're a solo has came to the two thousand seven hundred world solar challenge this involved a car race from the northern australian city of darwin to the southern city of

adelaide the vehicles race is speeds of ninety two hundred kilometers an hour powered by the sun and. you know on cross the finish line first off a journey last in around a splash about in adelaide found him with that celebration of choice all right that is on his boat for now thanks very much later we'll be watching the al-jazeera news on fully back to bo is next with bowl to stay with us.

right. it's the end of the breeding season as we take a ferry through the straits of magellan to mark the island today the island is a penguin colony sanctuary with access to tourists accompanied by foot nine percent penguin expert cloud able boy we learned the penguin colonies in south america are under threat climate change is one reason it is well documented that changing rain patterns or spend was to abandon flooded nests warmer ocean temperatures have diminished the quantity and quality of fish for the penguins who were swim further and further away to feed their young overfishing and ocean contamination especially

plastics are also killing penguins. and with. documentaries that open your eyes at this time on al-jazeera. a move that could endanger decade long dispute between palestinian factions hamas says it's reaching a reconstitution deal with fatah.