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and i'm jane duck and this is the news live from coming up in the show. celebrations as iraqi forces drive away kurd fighters to retake can't cook we find out what this means for kurdish independence goals spain's government gives catalonia a seventy two hour ultimatum to clarify its position on independence or face the prospect of direct rule. turkey steps in to help the victims of somalia's twin bomb attacks as the death toll rises to more than three hundred. and discovery of an age old cosmic collision that confirms the origins of gold and platinum. we begin with major developments in iraq where government forces have taken control of the contested city of kirkuk from kurdish forces tension has been mounting in

the oil rich region ever since the kurds how the referendum on secession last month stratford has more from it bill. the kurdish flag no longer flies in the center of kirkuk. the city now officially back in the hands of the iraqi government its forces but made a rapid advance launched in the middle of the night fifteen hours later the industrial area airports military base and critical all fields were under the control of iraqi forces. soon after they marched into the center of the city. iraqi officials were quick to declare victory. the joint military operation was launched at dawn and progress significantly as the troops approached the area to crete and the north oil company were confronted by some rebels who tried to hinder the progress of the advancing units turned five in silence the fourth and thank god today we have achieved all our goals according to our plan. the u.s.

military which a trained both sides in this dispute trying to downplay the escalation in a statement blaming the firefight on the darkness calling it a misunderstanding. but kurdish fighters painted a different picture of what was happening on the ground. now the moment i don't know what is happening exactly because we have been in the fight since four in the morning in the areas of tasa we have suffered casualties including martyrs and now we have withdrawn into this position and some of the other forces have pulled out they didn't fire a single shots and that's ok but we are seventh brigade holding up a session here. thousands fled the city as the forces approached mixed in among them kurdish fighters now as the u.s. urges dialogue and calm the question is what's next will iraqi forces and their militias pursue the kurdish people and fight is that answer will have an impact here and around the globe oil prices are climbing with the news the possibility.

of a civil war perhaps in iraq with coalition forces fighting both iraqi army and possibly iranian militias. did not play well with the with the well so trainers and so the perception is that prices will rise. until that's what we meant risky is completely character russian we say and understand most world powers at will the kurdish regional government and not to go ahead with a non-binding referendum where the majority of people voted for secession from iraq now the people of this region and their government finding out there is a very real price to be paid in this search for independence the speed with which the iraqi army were able to achieve their aim is left the kurdish regional government shocked and wanting and already there are questions being asked as to whether certain members of one of the main two kurdish political parties may have

colluded with the iraqi military in order to ensure such a swift and easy victory in and around kirkuk for al jazeera the. united states has expressed concern over tensions in the region the u.n. secretary general is also urging both sides to resolve their disputes through dialogue. he appeals to the federal government and the kurdistan regional government to take ordinated steps to prevent and avoid further clashes escalation or breakdown of law and order the secretary general calls on the parties to jointly manage the situation and resolve all outstanding issues through dialogue in a manner that is consistent with the constitution of iraq so why is the region so crucial for both baghdad and the kurdish leadership kirkuk lies outside the kurdish autonomous region but it has a large kurdish population and is considered the center of their historical homeland kurdish peshmerga rebels had held the city since two thousand and fourteen

they captured from isis after the iraqi army was pushed out of the region now good cooks rich oil fields have been a key source of revenue for the kurds comprising more than half of their oil exports tension has been mounting the region ever since the kurds held a referendum on suspicion last month which has been seen as unacceptable by baghdad rhonda slim is the director of the program on conflict resolution at the middle east institute she joins us now from washington d.c. very good to see you on al-jazeera so this is really played into iraq's hands hasn't it do you think it's been worth it for the kurds. it's worth it for the kurds is do you think it's been worth or do you think these the session the votes the referendum has been worth it. look. i think the kurds have miscalculated but also but that has miscalculated i think the kurds have

had miscalculated on two in two in two ways one day they thought that the deal is that going to use a military approach to resolve political disputes that's one and they also miscalculated on. america's of the united states coming to their rescue if such the military approach has been adopted by the bulk of the authorities but also but that has miscalculated in the run up to that if it ended because they bet that but as a money will eventually be lent and will not go ahead with a friend and so we are we are here because of a series of miscalculation and misperception by all stakeholders in this conflict to what happens now. what happens now i think from the beginning has been calling for an open in open dialogue with an open agenda with but.

i think dad's call on it would be to invalidate a referendum with majorities of citizens in iraq who are distant voted for independence is just not politically feasible at this point i think right now there is still not enough common ground on which to build a basis for the two sides to come together the problem also with it is that is that the leadership in there to be does no longer speak for all of the goods because of the sort of if that has happened recently you know because of this. operation that if that has happened inside the kurdish camp and the leadership in it is going to go to any negotiation with that with a very with a weak negotiation hands that is in a stronger position when the negotiations when it's ready to sit for the negotiations but at the same time the precondition that battle that has set on it

would be to invalidate the referendum that was done on september twenty five is just not going to be politically feasible for the leadership in it so if they've been weakened there can we assume that certainly their aspirations would have been weakened regionally. look i think if one take away one take away from this conflict is that the whole region is not to ready for to give up or to abandon this principle of territorial integrity region we can see the reaction you know to iran or even saudi edited they have thrown their support for a foot above that that is a lock to not only dejan but also in the national communities to have unilateral change of borders and so nobody wants in other south sudan in their in their neighborhood in their midst so for now i think especially with the loss

of of the fields or most of the fields i don't see for it to be and for the good for the iraqi kurdistan is a pathway to have in economically viable independent goodish states around islam thank you very much for that let's move on now the u.s. military says dozens of eisel fighters have been killed in drone strikes in yemen two training camps in our province were targeted a pentagon statement said the camps were training fighters to launch attacks using machine guns and rocket propelled grenades catalonians leader has failed to clarify whether his region plans to secede from spain just hours before deadline from the spanish government colors freedom or instead asked for more dialogue in a letter to the central government he has until thursday to respond or face the prospect of direct rule so i gave the reports from barcelona.

it was supposed to be a monday deadline for the catalan president's response to madrid's demand that he clarify his position on succession lacked any definitive answers in his letter to spain's prime minister might enter a catalyst preacher once said that the suspension of the political mandate given by the polls in october first demonstrates our firm will to find a solution and not confrontation not exactly the yes or no response required by the spanish government before it decides whether to push ahead with suspending catalonia as autonomous powers lemond back a bit in that i know that on such an important issue we only asked for clarity to extend uncertainty will only favor those who wish to end peaceful coexistence and to continue with the poor project the government hopes that in the following hours up until the next deadline on thursday mr persia will give the clarity that all citizens demand and the rule of law requires we can understand his preservations

and confusion and that he is doing that to meet the demands of the most radical groups the spanish government is maintaining it's tough stance on mr preacher man but it has given away just a fraction on the question of the deadline the ball and the fact is back in the catalan government's caught with a constitutional crisis is far from over. the back and forth between madrid and barcelona has prolonging the standoff between the two sides and the catalan government is adamant about its position organizing a referendum is not a crime so that when we are confronted with there is no separation of powers in this parish that there is no respect for the basic laws and the only thing we can address east politically to respond is demanding us to do. in madrid the head of the catalan police force just serve us capital was questioned at spain's national court despite pressure from the prosecution he's not being detained at all thora teams have withheld his passport he's accused of. failing to enforce

a ban on the october first referendum a vote to madrid says that was illegal under the constitution. it has angered many in catalonia who is a hero to the region secessionist after his force took a much less aggressive position than the national police force they came under international criticism for their violent crackdown on voters. there is little clarity about how this will end and which side will back down and many here whatever the capital and government decides to do it will pay the price for holding the referendum in the first place so you go out jazeera barcelona. hundreds of protesters in barcelona after spanish judge jailed the leaders of two pro independence groups. of the cattle and national assembly and hadi of cultural are being investigated for sedition for their role in organizing demonstrations the

groups are calling for people across catalonia to stop work at noon on tuesday to protest the decision and she has released a prerecorded message from sanchez. on double i mean what is your long unfortunately the judge's decision is to take away our freedom it's an act that doesn't correspond to any principles of justice it's an act i mean that frightening us and punishing us for defending freedom and peacefully taking to the streets as we have done so many times and that's why i want to sincerely ask that every response given in the coming days and the overall response will be to permanently protest which will lead us to the proclamation of the republic we will give them the same attitude that has made us stronger united polite and self-confident they can't defeat us if we remain strong brennan has more from madrid where the federal government is becoming increasingly confident that the catalan independence movement is fading away. you get the sense here in madrid of the pressure being

really ramped up on the independence movement and its leadership both politically and legally politically for example madrid is giving no quarter at all to. demands for discussions about the referendum issue as far as madrid is concerned the referendum was illegal the independence movement unconstitutional so they're not actually giving any indication at all that they're prepared to meet for talks. wants the deadline of thursday for him to step down or step back and totally abandon any hopes of independence that remains in force legally to we've got the chief of the capitol police the. he has been in court over my shoulder today and he faced a very real threat of being sent to prison without bail on charges of sedition and the end the judge relented instead just to take away his passport and let him walk free but the option to put him into jail remains no that would be political

dynamite if he was put behind bars i think it's a real indication that the. all the big cards remain in the hands of the madrid government and the options facing the catalan independence movement are dwindling. down the news we report from the. way the government says its fight against. fighters is nearing its. painting the town red atmospheric conditions blank and london and. in sport takes a legal stance. against racial justice. three hundred people have died in saturday's truck bomb explosion. in this violent capital mogadishu as hospitals struggle to cope with the hundreds injured forty of

the most severely wounded are being flown to turkey for further treatment it's the worst suicide attack in somalia's history catherine soy has more from nairobi. attack military plane was used to transport several somalis with serious injuries from saturday's attacks in mogadishu they'll receive treatment in touch him. other countries like kenya and ethiopia are also offering logistical help while locals have reason to the occasion helping where they can like retrieving bodies from the rubble providing food and water for my agency workers and just being there for banks who are grieving. we have been able to take. the stance of the government and other partners we will prevail. but people here are also angry hundreds to to the streets of the city protesting against the attack blaming al shabaab the armed groups fighting the government and african union peacekeepers inside somalia. it

was a message i've never seen anything like it in the last twenty seven years i saw a little boy's head lying on the ground it was shocking. no one has yet claimed responsibility while speaking to al jazeera and al shabaab spokesman refused to confirm or deny responsibility the president has visited the scene planes what he calls terrorists targeting innocent civilians saturday's attack happened in two different areas during rush hour a busy intersection in another business district in the heart of the city a number of those killed continues to rise residents of mogadishu a still in shock cathy zoi al jazeera nairobi. eiffel towers dimming its lights in solidarity with somalia after the mogadishu attack the monument in the french capital usually stays lit until late at night in recent times the mayor of paris

has asked for the towers lights to be dimmed to honor victims of attacks around the world. last year looks set to welcome a new leader thirty one year old sebastian kurtz official results aren't expected until the end of this week but kurtz is said to be seeking a coalition with his country's far right anti immigration party sending shock waves around the european union from vienna. a new start and a new image of austria the world's youngest leader in waiting is reported to be in intensive find the scenes negotiations with the hard right freedom party to whom the coalition government is political analysts say sebastian kurtz cleverly exploited his country's fears about another immigration crisis. migration is now the topic that all the politicians have all political parties have to address in order to be successful in election campaigns. instead of the defaced posters you

usually see in the aftermath of many elections curses were plastered with stickers saying thank you we are behind. in the polls. i realize the shift to the right is happening in europe in general and that is i think the development which means that people are more insecure values on right any more. hinds christian strucker who leads the freedom party is expected to demand the foreign ministry as its price for giving kurds an absolute majority in parliament the international reaction to kurds is victory has been somewhat cautious and muted no doubt because the coalition talks are still going on. the german chancellor angela merkel praised him for running a very bold campaign but those the immigration crisis could be even harder to handle with curt's as her new neighbor. today we have said and i say this time and time again we must solve the problems and we must look at what we have achieved

and what we have not. the count to go postal votes has yet to be completed so the official result of the election will not be announced until the end of this week no major changes are expected. the far right is about to enter the government for the first time in seventeen years if the coalition talks are successful j. to al-jazeera. then as it is opposition is refusing to recognize the result of sunday's regional elections the ruling socialist party won seventeen of the twenty three governorships president nicolas maduro is calling it an emphatic victory it is a major surprise or they saw the make a nation in the grip of a long running economic crisis the opposition is calling for street protests unless there's a full recount. u.s. soldier who was held by the taliban for five years has pleaded guilty to endangering his comrades bergdahl deserted his post in afghanistan in two thousand

and nine he was captured soon after several u.s. service personnel were seriously wounded when they tried to rescue him he was released in two thousand and fourteen as part of a prisoner swap deal negotiated under the bomber administration bergdahl had faced the possibility of life in prison but has agreed to plead guilty with prosecutors. philippines military says around thirty eisel linked fighters and their families are remaining in the battle area in the southern city of. holding twenty two people hostage earlier the defense minister said two senior commanders of the armed groups battle government troops for control says he were killed in fighting. reports. it is the end of an era says the philippine military the leaders of the multi-group recently learned happy law and omar were killed in a military operation early on monday morning but it says the victory is bittersweet

it is a conflict that has dragged on for far too long even minutes officials here admit more than a thousand people have been killed and a hundred thousand more displaced since the fighting began the more than four months ago she was their leader last a lot of them a bundle on the movement. was one of the leaders of the abu sayyaf group in the southern philippines he pledged allegiance to i sold a few years ago and declared leader of an islamic state he wanted to set up in southeast asia together with his supporters he joined forces with another armed group called the mountain last year the mountain started as a private militia in la now those who are province all more and pledged allegiance to eisele to the group took control of several parts of what are we city a few months ago. it raised its black flag over several government facilities and

took thousands of civilians hostage a day was killed a few months ago in one of the battles inside but are we. more than four months on much of morality is now in ruins according to the philippine military the fighting may finally end this week. about two hundred meters across that blake is the last remaining stronghold of the mouth a group. around thirty of them continue to battle it out against the philippine military. but they still have hostages with them and it's making the situation complicated. in the midst of congratulatory salutes are questions when their lessons have been learned you've got the support of your lovers in the. support probably. the fighters there may have been a setback to the leadership but it doesn't signal the end of the mountain are there

i so inspired troops in mindanao the people of morale we see they are happy knowing this each will be over soon so much blood has been spilled here. and the city they love has turned desolate. dogon and city something philippines six children among. refugees who died when their boat capsizes the violence in myanmar up to thirty more are still missing in the bay of bengal more than one hundred eighty rangar have died in both accidents while crossing into bangladesh in recent weeks of half a million have fled since the military crackdown began in myanmar in august a field hospital has opened up to help them in refugee camps in bangladesh government run hospitals have been struggling to provide proper care tundra chary reports from cox's bazar. are fully cured failed aspinall open and caught the ball on refugee areas with the help of norway the un and from its red cross. there are

doctors and nurses volunteers from bangor there's red crescent society as well here now this is about the size of tool for failed going to accommodate up to sixty in-house patients that all don't patient clinic there is a facilities that are surgical unit their delivery unit their maternity unit a very impressive set up i must say it's got electric supply water supply and a highly sanitized place filled also but i like this are very badly needed within the refugee camp areas the government hospitals are inadequately acute to deal with the number of refugees crossed over into bangladesh let alone local people they're also not well acute this hospital got all the modern acute plan for makes the departure six hour journey unit if in the long run hospital like these are set up filled ospital like this are set up within the refugee camp area it could made the long time started you deal with the refugees health issues in bangladesh in coming years where you may see swing is director general of the international organization for migration he says just getting shelter is

a major difficulty for many way fiji's in coke's is bizarre. the sheer scope and speed of this evacuation. or expulsion if you will has been staggering for everyone. all of the systems that we have in place here are being overwhelmed. half a million people about five hundred fifty thousand added to the three hundred thousand who are already here for several years brings us very close to nine hundred thousand and it could easily go to a million if the current rate of departure continues at the level of about two to three thousand and some days it surges to ten thousand so we're looking at a very serious situation i recall of no other crisis in my lifetime in which the speed of the disaster has developed so quickly all of the u.n. agencies and the not governmental organizations are working very well together in partnership but if we run out of money people will start dying one good news today

was that the completed now the vaccination against the cholera for about six hundred thousand of these. migrants and refugees and that will be continued in the coming days until everybody is vaccinated but disease can break out at any point and the suffering is really terrible this one right now is clearly the most critical and i've just come back from yemen and libya so i could qualify this one as the most critical now a car bomb in malta killed an investigative journalist he was critical of the government definitely could ana and it writes a blog on alleged corruption between politicians and businessmen some of the accusations involve primus said joseph too has denounced the killing. al jazeera is demanding the release of its journalist mahmoud has say and has now been imprisoned in egypt for three hundred one days he's accused of broadcasting false news to spread chaos which he and al-jazeera strongly deny as saying has repeatedly

complained of mistreatment in jail he was arrested in december well visiting his family. u.s. backed syrian forces say they are close to capturing the stronghold of. the devore sexist ridiculous orrible and they are most definitely. one of america's just sitting. around madrid coach says he's getting ready for a mini final in the champions league group stages and he's here with that story. we've got high pressure in charge in our weather across much of north america that settled clear skies going to be not missed and the

a possibility this line of clouds that will still produce a few showers long spells of right as we go through tuesday still trading its way down towards florida elsewhere those you can see last you find in dry and i think by the time we come to a much the u.s. the. kind of the looking pretty good there a bit of snow there just around ontario quebec a little bit of rain and snow around the western sort of kind of the through b.c. pushing him towards the rockies setting northwest still seeing some unsettled weather and that'll be the case as we go on through wednesday when she makes coming into central parts of canada still doing too badly in eastern parts of the u.s. looking fine and dry although still a chance of want to into the southern half of florida joining us that we have just around the right around this massive cloud here lurking around the turks and caicos islands are keeping a close eye on this one that could develop into a tropical system over the next few days so that does give course the concern with

our recent spate of hearkens of course that wet weather still in place maybe some wet weather there into the great around to nice as we go through tuesday little dry wednesday. coveted beyond wealth. taken without hesitation. fortan died for. power defines our wild. evil and power investigates exposes and questions the use and abuse of power around the globe. at this time on al-jazeera.

al-jazeera. where every. and again the top stories this hour iraqi government forces have taken control of the city of kirkuk from kurdish forces tension has been mounting in the oil rich region ever since the kurds held a referendum on last month united states and the united nations sacred general are both calling for dialogue to resolve the dispute. has failed to clarify whether his

region plans to announce independence from spain with him or has three more days to clarify if it will declare secession but people are protesting in barcelona after a spanish judge jailed the leaders of two pro independence groups. only wounded victims of saturday's mogadishu blast have been flown to turkey for further treatment the number of deaths and somalia's worst suicide attack has now crossed three hundred hundred more injured in the train bomb explosions on saturday. and more civilians are leaving self-proclaimed capital in syria as the final assault to push out the group's last fighters gathers pace us backed syrian forces say victory in iraq is near despite fierce resistance. reports from had turkey's border with syria. a group of believed to be i still fighters surround iraq.

mostly syrians who handed over themselves to local officials after the deal brokered by tribal leaders. who wish that you start a new life and turn the chapter of the dark to. remove those ideas that were injected into your brains and which made huge harm to islam and to our country. the deal was not extended to foreign fighters who still remain in the city syrian democratic forces a coalition of kurdish and arab groups backed by the u.s. are on the offensive they are seen here demanding i sell fighters surround but i still is down for using snipers suicide bombers and food be trapped buildings to block that enemies from advancing i mean. i still will be defeated so they launch attacks under the cover of the night they capabilities have diminished civilians caught up in the fighting are fleeing the area they have been trapped in

iraq since i still took control of the city into thousand and fourteen. the yes accuses i said of using civilians as human shields. record's a big deal we were trapped for three years we tried three times to escape but couldn't because i saw snipers shoot anyone who's leaving the city taking control of iraq is crucial for the kurdish faction is the start of serious conflict the kurds have expanded their influence in the region they now control an area stretching from the north all the way to three on the border with turkey the capture of rock is a major setback for i said which is losing ground in eastern syria the armed group is now retreating besieged from everywhere by the kurds the syrian army and constantly under threat from the u.s.

and russia and. its presence in syria is now approaching it and. the tie on turkish border with syria the israeli government has approved the building of new israeli settlement units in hebron in the occupied west bank it is the first time new construction in the city has been given official approval in fifteen years kerry forces reports from hebron. hadrons newest israeli settlers are due to live here on what is now a military base adjoining another settler building the approval for plans for thirty one housing units is the first in this bitterly divided city since two thousand and two. it reside or need to be on to the balcony of the house that he was born in seventy years ago it overlooks the site for him this decision will only increase the burden of restrictions on movement that hamper his daily life. we can hardly manage it with ten settlers in front of this can you imagine how two hundred we turn our lives upside down. hebron streets are marked by stark close quarter

separation hundreds of settlers kept apart from thousands of palestinians with cages barbed wire and a large israeli army presence conditions which attract mostly religiously radical right wing settlers the approval would change the designation of this land from a military base to housing use and given that the israeli army seized it on security grounds that does open up the prospect of a legal challenge hebron as mayer says he plans to do just that this is the first announcement in a series of approvals planned for this week nearly three thousand eight hundred housing units are expected to be given either advance or retrospective approvals bringing this year's total to more than twice that of twenty sixteen all of which are illegal under international law israeli prime minister while telling settler groups he remains under u.s. pressure to rein in construction apparently feels freer to build with president donald trump in the white house and with his predecessor the israeli government is offering no comment beyond announcing the approval in recent weeks netanyahu has

been looking to shore up his prosthetic credentials saying not a single israeli settlement would ever be given up the one in hebron is due instead to get bigger hairy force at al-jazeera hebron in the occupied west bank. in the nation's capital is sworn in a new governor and his bus whedon was elected in april after protests against his christian predecessor who has now been jailed for blasphemy said person has more from there. and he's persuaded was elected governor after a divisive election campaign based on religion and ethnicity the former education minister was supported by conservative groups who aim for the implementation of islamic law a sensitive issue in muslim majority in lesia which recognizes six official religions a second release this. we will be realistic the gov can only implement parts of sharia law for example clean governance and poverty eradication we hope the

governor will implement these easier parts of islamic law so people in jakarta will start to love sharia law. the imprisonment of the christian governor. also known as a hawk was widely seen as a setback for religious tolerance in indonesia a recent survey shows that although indonesian muslims have adopted more conservative views a minority thirty nine percent support the full implementation of islamic law the new governor sas his priority is to reunite the people of jacques after but some say this will be difficult. he has to show them that he is their governor not only for the governor of. the muslim especially the muslim militant who. protested against his predecessor governor. he also need to show them that he is writes a spec thing governor jack actually has a population of more than three million people and his votes weighed and his vice

gov businessman. have promised to create jobs stop if actions of people living in slums and increase home ownership among the poor i hope support us a time flowers to thank him for his work before us riled his approval ratings were more than seventy percent for tackling floods and infrastructure people here no hope that the new governor will continue his policies but a hoax imprisonment six months ago still sad and his supporters given a sense i get that i am hurt how is it possible that a person who has been so good for us has been attacked and put in prison. others have decided to put the divide behind them and give i need to perswade on a chance to fulfill his campaign promises and improve life in indonesia as capitol steps last an al-jazeera jack otter storm of fear has killed three people in island and left three hundred sixty thousand homes and businesses without power schools it

was a close an irish government has deployed the army to bolster flood defenses from the north in donegal but to be phillips's more from space an ominous sight storm ophelia approaching an island at dawn in the skies about the southern coast it seemed the crows knew something unusual was coming no longer a hurricane by the time she hit land but of battered islands coast and inland her winds wreaked havoc knocking things over sending them flying even as if in rage a school's roof picked up and thrown. we were further north in donegal where the worst of the storm didn't arrive until towards the end of the day. in this town as in towns all over ireland it's been a very unusual day streets all but deserted shops closed pubs close restaurants closed schools closed families waiting at home for the worst of

a fear to pass without the local shop this morning and it was like christmas eve it was packed with people. you know we're in for the storm kind of setting the tone there's nobody in the street to carry on looking forward to getting home. i think we're just in the brunt of it right now for the next couple of hours meanwhile to the east over england calm but ophelia brought a strange glow to the sky not an impending apocalypse a scientists but sunlight filtered through dust pulled up from the sahara and the forest fires in spain and portugal barnaby phillips al-jazeera on islands west coast charlie rangel has more now on the strange color of the sky over the u k. well here in london people already looking where they're going because that will looking up in the sky and that's because it's turned quite alarming brown also incredibly windy and i spoke to the met office earlier that's the u.k.'s national

weather could be an explained that is hurricane ophelia tracked across the north and then over north africa it hits up sand particles from the sun harra then as it went top of the spain and portugal picked up the smoke particles from the wildfires that are raging that this combination has created the color because the blue light is being deflected back up into the atmosphere and the red light is being allowed through the particles a very high up in the atmosphere so there's no knock on effect for people with any risk of difficulty but it is creating quite a buzz here and not. such an companies in the u.s. are breathing a sigh of relief after county in chicago became the latest area to overturn a tax on fizzy drinks john hendren has more on that story. after two months chicago's soda tax has fizzled a citizen rebellion forced cook county home of chicago to repeal the two month old and he announced tax on drinks with added sweetener i think it's ridiculous people

are going across the border and getting it anyway and it's robbing and everybody is upset about it some compared it to the boston tea party when a british tax prompted american colonists to don't. harbor hoping to spark the american revolution it's the latest wave of syntax launched in two thousand and ten by then new york mayor michael bloomberg if we are serious about fighting obesity we have to be honest about what causes it and we have to have the courage to tackle it head on the sugary drink tax movement spread across liberal jones in the us from philadelphia to seattle i think a penny a penny announces i'm very much and if it gives back to the community and to the city i think it's a good idea but they are very very impactful in their impact. well on the people that they want them to be which are the younger kids if you're using it to raise money it's going to eventually lose its punch and its dollars but if you use it to have an impact you she's very impactful in the first five years so pay happily it's

probably a good idea as obesity in america is rising so that's one of the best racer. to take away from that some pay grudgingly i think via the logic is flawed personally if you just paid it it's a penny announce that looks like sixteen cents they are not. going to happen but perhaps no one has paid more than bloomberg who reportedly funded a ten million dollars campaign on radio and t.v. advertisements like this one. drink soda pop they are getting a lot more than they bargained for because just one soda a day can lead to an extra ten pounds a year and that leads to some very serious health problems but the soda tax can make a difference reducing the epidemic of childhood obesity and diabetes the money helping to support cook county hospitals and health programs and that's going to help keep our kids a lot healthier. the movement toward drink taxes repealed in chicago defeated in

santa fe new mexico has recently shown signs of going flat a victory for big soda which spent millions on ads like this this is one of the worst managed counties in all of the can't budget period the better sex is ridiculous horrible unfair most definitely last thing i mean this is not promoting healthier lifestyles it's angering people it really makes me angry it makes me angry because there shrinks out that have zero sugar zero calories that are still affected by this tax i think people should call their commissioner to have a beverage tax repeal find a way to balance a budget don't find a way to tax me for something else. the drink tax was billed as a baronet in the battle against obesity but complex rules. made that hard to follow these sodas with sugar or corn syrup text orange juice not text but some brands add sugar then they're taxed milk not taxed chocolate milk taxed this starbucks

coffee taxed but this starbucks coffee prepared by a barista not taxed the complexity of it all has many consumers scratching their heads and in many cases taking another sip john hendren al-jazeera chicago still ahead on their in sport find out if n.b.a. players are likely to take a knee in protest and this season gets underway. when the news breaks. and the story builds steve jobs much better marketeers building when people need to be heard they thought they were american until they broke the law now they're deported to cambodia al-jazeera has teams on the ground to bring you model and

board winning documentaries and live news on air and online in india the mining company is heading to australia to build one of the world's biggest mines will it be an economic bonanza or an ecological disaster. at this time when i visit. scientists have observed an age old collision of two giants neutron stars in deep space it's a rare event in human history and confirms a theory about how metals like gold and platinum formed. a cosmic collision two neutron stars one hundred thirty million light years away

crashed together with all inspiring force the event so powerful it created ripples in the fabric of space time called gravitational waves what's amazing with these discovery is that fair add to all of this that was observed on aug seventeenth was actually predicted it saw over a century ago einstein predicted that two orbiting objects we limited good educational waves as they spied only in. and asked the physicist predicted that as that two compact objects the space that in your dress that's called lied they said they made gamma rays and this simulation shows what it may have looked like it was also observable as visible light and gamma ray radiation this is what scientists actually observed a small dot of light emerging glowing blue and then fading to read before disappearing the event in the constellation hydra set in motion

a frantic effort by scientists from california to chile and europe using satellites astronomical observatories and radio telescopes to find the exact location of the stellar smash up this simulation shows the stars in a slowly decaying orbit around one another a death spiral that lasted eleven billion years before the final merger this shows the resulting jet of gamma ray radiation and matter that burst out in an instant with the amount of energy that our sun only emits over millions of years the burst contained heavy elements such as gold platinum in lead created in the unimaginably hot dense and radioactive furnace of the neutron stars collision and now through these observations what we found out was that those heavy elements things like platinum and gold were created in neutron star mergers and so the gold in your

feelings or you know that you're wearing around your finger that most likely came from a minor a neutron star merger millions of years ago the amount of such metals the explosion scattered across the universe is estimated at sixteen thousand times the mass of earth. gravitational waves are produced by the most violent events in the universe fortunately for us by the time the waves reached earth their force was only perceptible to the most sophisticated of instruments rob reynolds al-jazeera topless photo than they thank you very much well a lawsuit filed by an n.f.l. quarterback is escalating an off the failed disputes in the world's most lucrative sportingly it's a debate between freedom of speech and patriotism being played out on football fields now the league is meeting to see if or how it can all be resolved. by reports from new york he's only twenty nine years old and widely considered still

in the prime of his playing career but he can't find a job former n.f.l. quarterback call and capper nick believes there's a good reason for that and he's filed a formal complaint accusing the national football league and the owners of the thirty two professional football teams of colluding to keep him off the playing field and it definitely is rattling for the league if this case goes through if he's able to prevail in this and prove that there was collusion among the owners to keep the league there is a very serious ramification for the n.f.l. kaepernick has been unemployed since opting out of his contract with the san francisco forty nine er's earlier this year last year he launched what has become a movement when he took a need during the national anthem to protest police brutality and racism this season some other players continue to do the same in solidarity this weekend's games were no exception and act of freedom of expression for them but not in the

eyes of president donald trump once monday again commented about it you're disrespecting our flag and you're disrespecting our country and the n.f.l. should a suspended. some of these players the n.f.l. brings in about nine billion dollars a year making it the most lucrative sports league in the world attendance and t.v. ratings were already in decline but there are signs that the controversy may be adding to the n.f.l. as wos average ratings for the first five weeks of the two thousand seven hundred season are just over fifteen million viewers that's a seven percent drop in the same period last season and in more worrying eighteen percent drop from the more than eighteen million viewers in two thousand and fifteen and that could all have a knock on effect for the amount t.v. companies and advertisers are willing to pay the n.f.l. the owners just don't like the distraction the more that it starts to threaten

their business model than of course the league is going to be upset now n.f.l. bosses and team owners are set to huddle in this new york hotel for two days to try to come up with a response to the growing controversy they wish would just go away gabriel is on doc new york. well head coach of n.b.a. team the cleveland cavaliers says he isn't expecting his players to take a knee before the league season opener on choose de le bron james and co will be taking on the boston celtics in the promise spoken of his admiration for captain x. handling of the situation n.b.a. rules explicitly state that players and coaches stand and line up in a dignified posture during the national anthem here's what the cavaliers coach had to say when asked if he thought his team would break that protocol. no i don't talk about a guy was going to come up through. all pre-season but i was excited to be here. being able to keep up all the first game of the n.b.a.

season i mean what a thing so we're excited about that i'm excited so it's ready to go. the l.a. dodgers have gone two up in their playoff series against defending world series champions the chicago cubs justin turner hit a three run homer in the bottom of the ninth inning to lead to a four one win for the dodgers are now just two wins away from watching their first world series in twenty nine years game three of the best of seven series takes place on tuesday in chicago. i had a ball pretty good center earlier in the game in our moral. center fielder has been taking hits away from us. every time we play him so i was just watching him hoping he was going to catch it and then when it did end up going over the fence obviously . i was fairly excited. now striker's cricket board has confirmed the country will send that same to pakistan for a t twenty international at the end of the month that will be the highest profile game in pakistan since the sri lankan team was attacked by gunman there in two

thousand and nine while the two countries are currently playing a one day series in the united arab emirates westra lanka's poor on a form continued a century from barbarism how to pakistan's with title of c. one hundred nineteen tonight in this second one day international. in reply sure lanka slumping to one hundred eighty seven all out to lose by thirty two runs. it is the ninth straight one day defeat at. the champions league group stages continue on tuesday with two time defending champions around madrid hosting tottenham royal haven't lost a home match in the group stages of the competition since two thousand and nine but there's nothing separating them from their english opposition at the moment both sides are unbeaten so far in group h. is then again has described the clash as a mini final. defeat for the english football is very different

very physical i want a team is more powerful they can win matches for me we are the best league in the world that's why it's going to be a very interesting match up between a spanish team and an english team we will see what happens it's going to be like a mini final we must play a good match and prove that leader is better english premier league leaders manchester city are at home to say we are leaders at napoli man city who put seven past on saturday also top their champions league group with two wins out of two but manager not underestimating napoli who are unbeaten in the italian league this season i like dorchin up only sitting there in my home. like i learned many many things about him so and. so. what i like i laid towards him to play him to morrow is a big does for us. for me a sell that the money would can do to be done brazilian football soccer cars played

his final home game for city in the m.l.s. before my favorite world player of the year who spent three years with orlando announced last week that he wouldn't be resigning with the club but he couldn't let the occasion with a go as alonzo lost one no to the columbus crew the thirty five year old hasn't confirmed before carry on playing else. that is only sport for not while. i was on the and that's it for me janus you know the.

arts. when the news breaks. and the story builds steam jobs much better marketeers building when people need to be heard they thought they were american until they broke the law now they're deported to cambodia al-jazeera has teams on the ground to bring you model and build winning documentaries and live news on air and online in india the mining

company is heading to australia to build one of the world's biggest mines will it be an economic bonanza or an ecological disaster. at this time when i visit. on counting the cost of scandal made in japan kobe steel admits that it fakes data on components used by the world's biggest makers of planes trains and automobiles. trouble why the i.m.f. is signaling danger ahead for the global economy even as growth to counting the cost at this time on al jazeera. celebrations as iraqi forces drive away kurds fighters to retake a company find out what this means for kurdish independence gone.