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this is al jazeera. i'm adrian from again this is the news live from al-jazeera headquarters in doha coming up in the next sixty minutes. until polls close in japan's prime minister. to become the country's longest serving leader since world war two. people this attack standing their ground hundreds of thousands of catalans protest against spain's move to take control of the region's government. and u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson is in saudi arabia for another bid to end the blockade against cattle. for the. yankees their first world series. and.

people in japan have braved the typhoon to vote in a snap general election prime minister shinzo called for the vote a year earlier than expected he faces opposition from former government spokesman and pacifist kind of that. seeking a fresh mandate for his agenda including makes it his trade policy and aims to revive japan's declining economy the stock market stands at a twenty one year high but its benefits of been felt outside major cities. defense has been a big issue for a who wants japan's military to play a more active role in conflicts it's a controversial point as japan has been constitutionally pacifist since the second world war but it's an idea that's gaining popular support because of missile threats from north korea is ruling l.d.p. party approved changes in its congress this year allowing leaders up to three

consecutive three year terms up from the previous two consecutive three year limit let's take you live now to tokyo al-jazeera sarah clarke is there so sarah we've got this typhoon bearing down on japan right now how has that affected voter turnout today. well we just had the latest numbers coming through in these the number the voter turnout at four p.m. saw a couple of hours ago three hours ago twenty six point three percent of the eligible voters have gone to the polls we're going to also include on top of that fifteen percent who voted before the official election day so we're still only looking about forty one percent now we've got a couple of hours or an hour at least before the polls close but since these results we've got two hours to see if those nuns numbers do bolter in any way but based on these numbers in the vote a trend so far it may fall to a little record low for the third consecutive lower house elections the last election fifty percent of eligible voters turned out i should state that voting

here is not compulsory but it looks like that the typhoon typhoon land has turned people off it has played havoc across the south coast we've looked at parts of the south and southwest where flooding has forced evacuations we've got islands i have experienced landslides and some islands are not even be able to vote simply because the ferries haven't been able to deliver the ballot boxes to those areas so certainly the typhoon has played havoc with regards to the number of people who turned out for this election so in the lead up to the election the opinion poll suggested that they would be returned to power with a super majority given that low voter turnout that you were talking about is is that going to affect his prospects. well sort of yes the poll did indicate that shinzo are they would be returned to become leader once again along with is a liberal democratic party but what everyone will be looking at will another one

the low voter turnout but some of suggested it could play into his hands. he's aiming to become the country's longest serving later but whatever we will be looking at is the numbers so he may not hold onto all secure that two thirds majority the super majority is what people been calling it but he may still be returned to power but the polls close as you mentioned at eight pm local time and that's less than an hour away and generally the broadcasters here the local broadcasters related very good exit poll results at that time so we'll know very soon what the result he writes about it thanks to tara clarke live for us there in tokyo. spain's foreign minister is urging people in catalonia not to listen to their regional leaders as madrid moves to take control of the region alphonso fastness says that the catalans no longer have legal authority to make any changes catalonia as president scholar's puerto montt has accused the spanish government of attacking the region's democracy and her simmons reports from barcelona. street

protest again in barcelona on a major scale shock instead of indignation now but defiance in the air. if you expected such severe moves from madrid aimed at removing the political leadership of this region and within the actions inside six months. anger was directed up above that spanish police helicopters repeatedly over flying the demonstration. occupation forces go out those shelters. early money are no real holy made history with a cabinet meeting of grim faces and the triggering of article one five five it's destined to take power away from catalonia in less than a week it will be. the government has had to trigger article one five five of the constitution that was not our wish or intention it never was i think that most of

spain society knows this article one five five is part of our constitution and it is only invoked in extremely extraordinary circumstances. back in barcelona president carlos pushed them all sacked by rome joined protesters and then moved on to make a television address. the people cannot accept this attack or these measures the spanish government is trying to one life in catalonia this is outside. the catalan parliament's president was even more damning about the action ability then. prime minister he has shown political recklessness and exceeded all limits he has announced a coup d'etat that imus to put in into catalan institutions and to our name this is an attack on democracy in the twenty first century what's happening here by no means represents everyone in the loonier but the numbers here and the sentiments

being expressed could indicate there will be problems ahead from adriano role wholly in getting what he wants but at the midst of that we're here because the spanish government made a coup without weapons against the catalonian people and their government in the sense of living here in the twenty first century we have other problems we can't hold on to a constitution which is forty years old and that's what they did today we want to speak if we have to change it let's do it the brinkmanship in this crisis has reached an ultimate phase the stakes couldn't be much higher for either side the referendum asking residents of the region if they wanted to break away from spain took place on october the first but whether catalonia will declare independence they approved parliament here will be meeting soon a few people still think there could be a solution for their getting thinner on the ground under simmonds al jazeera

bustling. life out of al-jazeera paul brennan is there paul the morning after that huge demonstration what's the mood than now. well calm as far as demonstrations goes we've seen no large manifestations of of catalonian outrage this morning sunday morning here but i have to say that the media and the newspapers for example are off full of the reaction let me hold up a couple. headline liberty freedom and then it all the talk in small letters attack on autonomy it says we will never give up a legitimate government another newspaper pity other co has a plan was death allow that now that the flight the couple on your flight gives us a lot i with the star in the middle that just a lot of basically means axed so you can see that there are basically characterizing the removal of the actor or the likely removal of the council on leadership as being axed pace says more

a more measured response to the government restores constitutional order in catalonia is pace so you can see that the response of the catalonian centered media is one of outrage and extremely unhappy with the declaration by another hoyt and i have to say that some of the newspapers are predicting that the catalonian leadership will actually decide to press their own nuclear button declare a republic of catalonia you know the u.t.i. to coincide with mr hoyer senate meeting on friday and they will have a plenary meeting on friday here to play a u.t.i. . is there any prospect of a compromise. i'm not seeing any i mean the language is heartening if anything. mr hoyer in his in his address invoking article one five five yesterday

insisted that he wasn't intending on removing self-government or autonomy for catalonia he was simply removing the leadership which was leading catalonia down a illegal path but the response of people here in catalonia is to say look what is actually what it means in practicality is that they are going to be removed taken control of ministries from doing that from madrid the muscles the local police are going to have to have to work on the quality of seville. the national police is going to be supervising and so frankly if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck it's a duck and from their point of view it's a creative tat as far as the guts of the leadership go and attitudes i'm detecting really are heartening and it's coming for a showdown later this week al-jazeera is paul brennan reporting live from barcelona paul many thanks indeed. you're with the news hour from al-jazeera still to come on the program italy's rich northern regions feel shortchanged by the government's

economic policies and now they're fighting back we'll tell you more. about him to refugee children to escape violence and mayhem on face a new threat in bangladesh later in sport lewis hamilton edges closer to a fourth world championship title the details coming up with. the u.s. has renewed efforts to resolve the gulf diplomatic crisis but there's little hope of a breakthrough u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson is in saudi arabia for talks aimed at ending the blockade against cattle he's met saudi king solomon now it's been four months in saudi arabia the united arab emirates egypt and bahrain suspended ties with cata well apart from the gulf dispute tillerson will also discuss measures measures to counter iran's influence in the middle east iraq is also on the agenda with the secretary of state attending the first meeting of

a council aimed at boosting ties between saudi arabia and baghdad and after visiting doha later on sunday he'll travel to delhi for talks and then on to pakistan. i'll just probably go hey it is with me in the studio to listeners but in saudi arabia for coming up for twenty four hours no curious he was met at the airport yesterday in riyadh by the deputy head of protocol. you make of that the saudi deputy minister for protocol exactly when secretaries of state come to places like saudi arabia they expect to be met by their counterpart not by a deputy minister for protocol so that i think is being read in washington and around the world is the saudis sending a message to tell us in that they're not happy and the reason they're not happy is because he's trying a new tactic he tried to say everybody be nice everybody come to the table but before he took this trip he made a point of doing an interview with bloomberg news and this is not a secretary of state who does a lot of interviews he made

a point of saying this is being blocked by the saudi led coalition and they're the ones not willing to come to the table they need to come to the table so saudi i think clearly sending a message they're not happy so what can the us do what leverage does he have a saudi arabia to bring them to them say you know it's always interesting when you start looking at tillerson and thinking about what he might do now it's easier if you ask me what would secretary kerry do secretary clinton secretary rice because they were diplomats politicians tillerson is not that he's a business c.e.o. so you don't know how far he's willing to take it but i can tell you my sources say president donald trump is very annoyed that this kids can continue in he's angry with the secretary of state that they haven't been able to settle this this trip wasn't on his agenda i know when he's traveling months in advance this was added last minute so that begs the question is he willing to push more than he has been and he could do something as simple as say all right then everybody come to camp david come to the white house is the president offered we're going to negotiate and

then they'd be in a very difficult position to say no we know this is a president that doesn't like with anybody so there are risks in it to listen to trump doing that on a window we when we know. there's been any progress if rex tillerson has made any any progress on this trip he may be running behind schedule it's hard to tell because the the press that's traveling with him that i get their notes they seem to be he's behind schedule or they're just having trouble communicating so he is running behind we expect that any minute he's going to be able to count prince and then a couple of hours the first indications going to be he's going to do a press conference with the saudi foreign minister so all of the looking now is tellers and taking a harder tone but how is the saudi foreign minister reacting so we'll see what his strategy is in just a couple of hours gotta wait a little bit all right betty many thanks for you could i just i want to question i asked you about the risks if if. trump were going to say well i come to camp david i want to go see that there are risks for the u.s. in doing they were the huge risk right after all donald trump was elected because

he's a deal maker and he said would be simple they'd be solved very quickly if they just come here so if they all come together and he can't make a deal imagine how that goes over it totally would devastate his image as a deal maker when he thinks the political hay in central command is the u.s. military that handles all operations in the middle east and its h.q. is just outside of doha a senior official that was told i was there that the gulf diplomatic crisis isn't affecting coalition operations against eisel mahmood oaken reports. this is an order to her base in qatar some military personnel the most important u.s. base in. its revise u.s. central command with the facilities and equipment required. the base is home to several different types of aircraft used in missions across the region these tasks range from strategic bombing flights to just stick support such as the ones

provided by refuting turned her planes you date is truly the nerve center of all the operations that we execute across the central command responsibility from the planning execution and assessment of the every day operations that we operate throughout the region is done right here without this base without the capabilities that we bring every day we would not be able to orchestrate the fight that we're executing today against isis and also in afghanistan which is another important area that we provide support to there are no diplomatic issues that are impacting our ability to operate every day from here in our counter isis mission this is the sensitive operation room called the combined operations center al-jazeera is one of the few media networks allowed into this place some screens were blurred to protect sensitive information many countries have joined the

coalition to coordinate the complex operations in iraq syria and of guns drawn. when the screens we can see the busy trucks a coalition aircraft along with military and civilian planes for both the coalition and our field level operators they work back through the commander control system to provide us information we have near real time information where the aircraft are in operating and we can talk to a control agency who is able to talk directly to those aircraft and in many cases we can talk directly to the aircraft. more than twenty countries were here which is the command center called the k.l. . air base in qatar. u.s. backed syrian democratic forces have captured syria's largest oil fields from the kurdish led s.d.f. are in a race against russian backed syrian troops to seize parts of the oil rich debtors

or region yes you have already pushed eisel from the areas may natural gas fields and the city of raka after a four month campaign rocket was declared capital to turkey's border with syria. is that hash what's the significance of this. is quite significant because a lot is one of the vital lifelines for the economy of their own produces something like forty thousand barrels a day and all those always fields were under the control of isael since two thousand and fourteen now this means that this to another major oil field which is still under the control of eyes which is field right now with under the control of the as the this is going to give them more. power and independence in the near future it is then they will depend on the huge revenues coming from the oil fields

to finance their military operations recruits more fire fighters get more weapons in the near future to continue their fight indeed but however there's an. significant development because yesterday the syrian army said that you control the oil fields what happens is that we see both the syrian army coming from the east. coming from the north and both trying to gain more territory and i think you're just going to be a battle of days before they start fighting each other for supremacy in the us i was going to ask you that what happens when the russian backed syrian forces get there are they likely going to try to oust the s.t.'s by force. there was some sort of understanding in the past that the syrian army would stay south of the west of the euphrates who would never cross the euphrates into. this paved the way for the s.d.f. to be significant gains that we've seen over the last few weeks in different parts

of the. syria that has changed now the syrian army has. after. it took over after i saw for example in places like all the border with iraq what does this mean it means that from a military perspective both will definitely have to collapse because we see in the syrian military is about twenty kilometers. fields and the syrian military has said that it is determined to take about all the territory it lost to the the syrian opposition are the americans have been providing significant assistance of the but you know a lot when it comes to very well trained syrian army now with more troops with more backing from the russians and the iranians i think the potential for some fierce fighting. in the coming days in. action many thanks indeed hashem about of their lives in. russian opposition leader alexina valmy has been released from prison in

moscow he was locked up for twenty days for organizing protests against president vladimir putin photos taken shortly after his release relaxing in his office he says he wants to stand against putin in the next presidential election but a criminal conviction which he claims is politically motivated him from taking part . walters government is offering a one point two million dollar reward for information over the murder of investigative investigative journalist daphne. was killed in a car bombing on monday she said she found links between multis prime minister joseph muscat and offshore accounts revealed in the panama papers league of families has refused to endorse the reward saying he would only do so if the prime minister resigned security forces in cameroon stopped the solidarity march in support of english speaking regions on saturday police ended the demonstration of

the port city of douala which was planned by the main political opposition group cameron is mainly french speaking but english speakers in the north west and southwest regions want greater autonomy aid agencies say that security forces have killed dozens of demonstrators in the past few weeks. the head of the world health organization is rethinking his appointment of zimbabwe's president robert mugabe as a goodwill ambassador the u.k. and the u.s. criticize the decision along with human rights activists and health groups they point to alleged rights abuses in zimbabwe the world health organizations chief had earlier said that the garbage deserve the honor because of his public health policies. here with the weather forecast but still to come on the news hour will be investigating whether turkey was the target of a massive bomb attack in somalia. in sport but united's upbeat and start to the english premier league season is over for here with the details in around twenty minutes.

from the waves. of the. let's check on typhoon lan twelve hours ago a super typhoon with a big visible down here in the last fall are going to have a cooler water has taught me pulled apart in the upper atmosphere so as to thai food it's much much weaker now since that time of course has been throwing up over japan and its main target area for about two days so we've had at least two hundred thirty millimeters in a few places on the south coast this is home she would talk about. and beyond that rain is going to continue to fall the potential actually is to make up about five hundred so you can see the same again in the next twenty four hours given it's been

a big storm it will bring a storm surge with it about one point two meters which is the amount above which a normal tide will flow so some coastal flooding a potential but it's the amount of rain that officially is getting an extreme landslide risk in a couple of prefectures this is to the west of to self will be hit directly by this thing as it moves through currently it's winds are about one hundred gusting war has generated ways of twelve metres in height so it's a huge battering on these why this is the path in the next twenty four hours or so it should get to midnight local time disappears off for that still another day's worth of rain and strong winds. the weather sponsored by cattle and race. in a country beset by poverty and lack of infrastructure. sometimes we risk taking. saving lives is a dangerous job. twenty four hours there are patients waiting for his mother who

must be a lifesaver through this. a week ago one of the gang stops on the cause of the road at that kenya with weapons risking it all guinea at this time on al jazeera. we're here to do covered israeli palestinian affairs we cover the story with intimate. that. in and out of the story we have a presence here all the time apart from being a cameraman it's also very important to be a journalist to know the story very well before going into the fields covering the united nations and global the policy for al-jazeera english is pretty incredible this is where talks happen and what happens there matters.

it is good to have you with us adrian for going to here in doha with the news from al-jazeera the top stories this hour just a little over thirty minutes of voting left in japan people are voting today in a snap general election they braved the typhoon to cost them ballots by the sins of others hoping that a win would give him a clear mandate to take action against north korea. spain's foreign minister is urging people in catalonia not to listen to their regional leaders as madrid moves to take control of the region catalonia as president has accused the spanish government of attacking the region's democracy. and u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson is in saudi arabia as part of renewed efforts to end the gulf diplomatic crisis between its neighbors but he's indicated that the breakthrough is unlikely. to have the richest regions in northern italy of voting

for a bigger say in who controls their affairs and how much tax they pay venice is the jew in the crown of the venita region which along with neighboring one body account for thirty percent of its least g.d.p. but when. tax payers in the north resent subsidizing the relatively poor south of the country. reports. that survived throughout the centuries reflecting at a time when venice was a prosperous suffering state that thrive for over a millennium before becoming part of. a bygone era some hoping to revive. the future is a europe one of many different people we're not the only ones everyone has a right to decide it's only administration a culture has been forgotten children are not taught the history of the republic of venice but a history that was never ours. this is

a strong sense of identity among the nations but ask anyone and they will say the region is not getting much in return and it's time for a better financial one they hope will come after taking part in a non-binding referendum that was approved by the constitutional court if you look around here you'd be hard pressed to know there's a referendum taking place now the question voters will have to answer is not about independence but rather whether they want. from the central government during the night there was a market does hope to vote will help save the murano glass industry a cultural flagship of venice that has decreased by nearly ninety percent over the past three decades his family business is one of the few still surviving. the bullet. they've invented the region they come from. dry the best. of the glass.

i loved. the percent. but opponents see this vote as a shrewd political move by the northern league the regional ruling party which had called for independence in the past and. the real issues are hidden the myth of us providing for the rest of italy is not true we already have other regions. so each region calls for autonomy then there will be a clash a more chaos it will snowball by saying no we try to put up a wall to stop this avalanche. if the yes vote succeeds it will give a popular mandate to do an orderly ahead of national elections next year and coming on the back of the catalan vote. venator referendums are yet another signal of european separatist movements picking up steam. and hala joins us now live from

venice so what happens next. well first thing i think will be to look closely at the figures of this referendum when the polls close we'll have to find out whether the yes vote order no vote one but also you have to look at the turnout specially here in the venator region where we do need when it comes to do the turnout of fifty percent plus one otherwise the vote will be actually and void in this region the situation is quite different in nearby long by d. they don't have that but then what happens next is that you have basically the regional political powers who are stronger to go to rome and to discuss with the central government there. however you have ironically they actually do need to go through that referendum to do that because it. allows them to discuss autonomy with the

central government regardless of holding a vote or not now joining me is here is. he was actually one of the campaigners behind an unofficial referendum back in two thousand and fourteen about independence where there was an overwhelming yes now you. say you know very happy about today's vote yes of course. i have to say people want to say we want more power we want our money back but on the other side you have to say that. because after. the government go to the italian parliament where venetians are only and so it's very difficult to achieve something but what is. you personally you would like to see an independent republic. do you think most of the people here one that they just want to go. and present

danger from wrong yeah probably there would be people who. want to be. there is one factor that you can't have out on a me. without approval of the parliament. on the other side that we can say if we want our independence we have only to exercise our right to self-determination so we need only. of course since we were. in agreement with italian government that. this comes at the back of the referenda. referendums here do you hear the calls for example in the south of it and he had said well if the north can have a referendum why can't we have a referendum year that in belgium as well. which you see the future of europe in

all of that are we going to something of a small little more people wanting self-determination what's happening. something. like. for the road system like i don't know the u.s. or other countries like. i say fifty states. fifty regions independent region that is not a problem for governor. in the direction that people are wrong and also i suppose a better direction from an economic point of view thank you very much now for this actually to happen we have to wait for the results. something autonomy is something but when you talk around when you speak to people here around they tell you that independence is something that many on. where we about we heard them saying we are italians after all we do want to do think that the way things are

going in rome have to change but independence i think is a way. because of the difficulties of it but also because. a lot of popular support for that part of many thanks. reporting live from venice. a rightwing billionaire businessman has been compared to donald trump looks set to become the czech republic's new prime minister on euro skeptic and no party won around thirty percent of votes in saturday's parliamentary election he's beginning talks to form a coalition government he's been critical of the view in the past that he is against the czech republic joining the eurozone but now he says he wants to take an active role in shaping e.u. policy. voting is underway in slovenia as presidential elections opinion polls are predicting an easy reelection for the incumbent. has been nicknamed severely as

king of instagram for his frequent presence on social media is made up. of former comedian of local there the presidency is a largely ceremonial post somali intelligence says that turkey a turkish military base was the real target of a twin attack in the capital mogadishu last week more than three hundred fifty people lost their lives and many more were injured as mohammed atta reports now on turkey's involvement in somalia. on a prime piece of land in the somali capital mogadishu is the newly open turkish military base it's the biggest turkey military has outside turkey itself and a key plank. to help the somali government. and restore order in the country. at least ten thousand somali troops will be trained here in the coming months. nearly

a year and force i think in the near future. b. r m e. s this is. news that these base was the real target of last week's massive bombing in mogadishu officials. say the turkish ambassador in mogadishu says their. fight is well in the past. threats. but despite all this. we will continue. the biggest recipient of turkish aid in the world it all began in august two thousand and eleven when the then prime minister now president. visited

mogadishu. he met starving somalis in displaced people's camps and help the hungry . he came at the height of the country's famine since one thousand nine hundred two and was the first african head of state in two decades what i see particularly as a business at the time they were the first to respond of course a lot of international community. came for what could be many many countries but. they are always in and out of meat and it's out of kindness and humanity. talk you also haas its biggest embassy in the world in somalia the question of somalia much of that struck to fall for him and interests in the horn of africa region yet turkish officials argue that their presence is somebody has more to do with the interests of this country than their. turkey may help prevent to be

a strong ally in somalia. but it's also known to seek mutually look at the interests with the war. but for now many don't seem to mind that mohamed atta well just mogadishu somalia in egypt funerals have been held for policemen who were killed in a desert ambush the egyptian government says that sixteen officers died in a gun battle with faces on friday other sources though say that fifty five men were killed during the raid on the fighters hideout no one has yet claimed responsibility. iran is opening a clinic for drug addict mothers and their children and the country has at least two and a half million documented drugs uses the new clinic is seen as a side of the government's changing policy is used as a given help instead of being treated as criminals same bus ravi reports from tehran. began smoking crystal meth when she was seventeen and ten years later she says she wants a better life for herself and her baby. it was

a very bad situation before i came here when my daughter was born i was addicted we had no money her father said let's leave her in hospital but i took her and we without paying we had no money for work clothes we were both addicted. because of her mother's drug use this is little girl may have to deal with problems of her own while she seems healthy using meth during pregnancy can cause long term neurological and developmental problems in children. my daughter got taken away because of me when i quit and could get an identity card for her i was able to get her back it's been almost six months we've been living together. the clinic into her name to rebirth has offered both mother and daughter a new lease of life. in the morning i take her. we have a normal life like a normal person at least my daughter can play with her friends and grow up in

a proper manner nerdiest doesn't want to show her face or use her real name because in iran drug addicts are seen as a source of shame but her story is so common you know the ration of this government run clinic was a publicized event among the v.i.p.'s were a government minister a vice president and a gaggle of t.v. news crews a sign perhaps of the changing attitudes towards the country's major drug problem. you kind of addictions show that it's not just about poverty and unemployment lack of psychological security is the main reason for being addicted in urban society this is true all around the world including our country and a message to iranians that the government has started treating drug use less like a crime and more like a public health problem that has a cure. you know media should spread information so you can be informed and choose the right path many young people say they didn't

know about impacts and harms of drugs we have to inform them that it is something that will hurt their future. house in a municipal building next to a park in the old part of the city the clinic gives parents a chance to get better and reunite with their kids. there's even an ambulance that patrols the streets in search of drug users to help. the women receive support from social workers and they're able to help each other. it's a chance for these kids to retain their innocence and for their mothers to reclaim a little bit of theirs is in basra. to her on. the un says that more than fourteen thousand refugee children at risk of dying of malnutrition more than six hundred thousand have fled rakhine state since late august and bangladesh al-jazeera has visited

a mobile clinic in the refugee camp reports. already and your child's peers into a health clinic and the camp inside side occurred to a mother of three teens to her youngest the little girl fell ill islay fled violence in the end i think it was my child got sick with diarrhea and is also suffering from malnutrition so i brought her to this clinic for treatment several times that's been providing her with in a traditional pack she's getting better but isn't fully well yet. the u.n. says more than fourteen thousand children could die in these camps from malnutrition side his daughter can only manage a week cry she's been why. thirteen thousand children have been screened and unicef has discovered there are high levels of severe malnutrition. at least

a dozen mobile health clinics have popped up treating children under five with nutritional packs and nuff to bring back the hands of a smile for a toy fish. in. my child has been sick since we escaped from miami two weeks ago this clinic is treating her with nutrition a medicine but she's still sick so i have to keep bringing it here. myanmar's military began its systematic campaign of what the u.n. describes as ethnic cleansing in neighboring rakhine state in august since then nearly six hundred thousand mainly muslim or hendra have fled to bangladesh more than sixty percent are children this is the staggering sprawl of the camp from above unicef has labelled its residents outcast and desperate it's the sense that these children just feel so abandoned so completely remote and without.

without a means of finding support or help and in a sense it's no surprise that they must truly see this place as the hell on earth there are hendra don't know where this road will lead where they will be able to call home until they do the sick children are fully dependent on their parents who are fully dependent on the charity of others charlotte bellus al-jazeera an american nuclear powered aircraft carrier has completed a week of exercises with warships from south korea but they've all drills proceed president donald trump's visit to asian allies in two weeks' time north korea is threatening to sink the u.s.s. ronald reagan our reporter greg leeson has been on board in the port of. the giant warships me a presence in buson port is a stark warning of the firepower of the forces ready to confront north korea.

the u.s.s. ronald reagan has played a leading role in a week of intense military exercises off the korean peninsula in what some see as a dangerous game of brinkmanship. above. and u.s. navy forces have by their actions demonstrate. our commitment result of an ability to defend the rock of korea and maintain security and stability on the korean peninsula the u.s.s. ronald reagan is a one hundred thousand ton nuclear powered aircraft carrier with five thousand sailors on board this week they perform nineteen f. eighteen super hornet saudis in the yellow sea and the sea of japan the mission here is almost complete but the message of these war exercises is loud and clear. my brother. north korea has condemned the exercises calling them

a rehearsal for war at a nuclear nonproliferation conference in moscow a north korean diplomat said the united states would have to put up with its nuclear status as for the d.p. this is the matter of life and death and the present situation for the strengthens our belief they we should strongly hold to the nuclear weapons to deter if possible u.s. attacks as the naval exercises wind up north korea's threat of what it called an unimaginable strike on the aircraft carrier appears for now at least to be more rhetoric propaganda always creates expectations on the part of the populace that the regime of the government is going to carry through on them to some extent so i would not be surprised at all if in the weeks ahead we do see a bill. ated north korean reaction to these exercises ironically enough they tend to act up more when they're sounding peaceful they're when they're making bellicose notion noises so i think the west should be on its alert as the standoff continues

the allies are again discussing a possible diplomatic resolution through back channels donald trump is scheduled to meet allies in asia early next month he's to include stops in japan south korea vietnam and the philippines craig leeson al-jazeera and south korea just ahead on the news in sport the l.a. clippers feel quite at home as they host the struggling critics some a story coming up the farm just. across the globe breathtaking efforts to clean up the planet say around the way in milan companies are turning to a radical solution biodynamics a man toxic pollution so this really is a living building that's constantly interacting with its environment earthrise trees it's the from two years of the battle for the environment trying to say here

in iceland a pioneering a new technique to reduce emissions earthrise looks at new ways of preventing air pollution at this time and i'll just zero. zero. with every.

well i guess now city life is becoming the norm for more and more people of us it's estimated that seven out of ten people on the planet will live in cities within the next thirty five years pressure is increasing on urban planners to design cities of the future rob reynolds reports now on the plan to revamp the holocene of los angeles. at the american landscape architects annual conference there is a focus on sustainability and designing for an era of global warming for example econ creek has developed a chemically unique waterfront building material that encourages growth of marine life in projects now underway from the middle east to new york harbor my creating a habit that that is actually counts and permanent base you creating a kind of a reef it's growing with time so it's becoming like and leaving water for the

plants and marine organisms clinging to them actually make waterfront structures stronger and more resilient and a time when warming oceans are spawning more frequent more intense storms los angeles is the site of one of the most ambitious landscape architecture and design projects underway in the country the revitalization of the l.a. river the river was in tuned in concrete in the one nine hundred thirty s. much of it is a lifeless ditch surrounded by industry full of trash and mostly off limits it's a gash the river is a gash and intractable corner. the channel rail and fences and you know it just was the kind of place that was invisible this is what the river looks like now but plans are afoot for a transformation to this a living corridor for wildlife a gathering place for people and environmentally sustainable green space planted

with indigenous grasses shrubs and trees in the heart of a city known for its freeways parking lots and strip malls there's biking jogging. there are pocket parks or smaller parts or you know apartment buildings with terraces overlooking the river it's basically a space that we can. use in a much more meaningful way to weave the city together the project will take decades and cost billions of dollars in public and private funding but with strong support from the state city government and businesses it is moving forward creating more grace in the city of angels robert oulds al jazeera los angeles. time now for sports has fara adrian thank you so much the houston astros have booked their tickets to l.a.

they beat the new york yankees to reach major league baseball's world series for the first time in twelve years tatyana sanchez reports some other games it's just another game accused and had home field advantage in the deciding game seven of the american league championship series but the pressure was intense at the after as well hosting one of the most successful sports in the wild the new york yankees but they started strong from the beginning astra's pitcher charlie morton three five shutout innings allowing just two hits and striking out five but. there's a one one. already leading in the fifth inning has out over who helped houston ten six was in form again on saturday night as the scored a solo home run to give the ashtrays a two nothing lead. brian mccann also came through for the second straight game by hits here to run double pushing that lead to four nothing right there. with the way for the same game

seven of the yankees who were trying to reach the first series since two thousand and nine that way to losing and imitation game for the fast time this season and that was it the astros shutting out the yankees to reach the wild series for the first time since two thousand and five. really are connected because we all have a common goal is to win and i don't care whether you're old school new school analytical traditional it's about winning at this level and i think this organization gets it and i know people are you know we're going to talk about how we didn't win many games on the road you know there are some other teams that have won many games on the road either you know we just happen to run into you know a very good team that beat us. the astros have never won a world series game but they'll have the chance. when they meet the most anthony's dodge's game one of the best of seven series takes place on tuesday in l.a.

tatyana sanchez is there up triple formula one world champion lewis hamilton will start from pole position at sunday's us grand prix the mercedes driver was quickest in qualifying at the circuit of america in austin the briton finished a quarter of a second ahead and championship title contender sebastian vettel of ferrari hamilton currently standing by fifty nine points ahead of battle who's in second and could win the title with a victory on sunday. driver about terry bought his will line up third on the. track was very difficult today guys. with the wind picking up you go ahead with into turn one a tailwind out of someone through the first section the second one is tailwind and then you get a headwind in some nine and so it's shifting the whole way through that so you kind of gauging how hard you can push and how hard you know but that's why i love this track and moto g.p. world champion mark mark has also taken a giant leap in retaining his title by winning the australian grand prix bahama

rider won by one point eight seconds ahead of italy's valentino rossi and yamaha's a maverick of analysis finished and third mark has only challenger for the title on three different seo so finished down in their. football now and barcelona have maintained their four point lead at the top of the league they beat bottom club malaga to know. who opened the scoring just a couple of minutes and andreas iniesta got number two in the second half the catalans didn't increase their lead in the table with second place valencia beating sylvia for no. magister united's unbeaten start to the premier league season is over jos a merinos man losing to want to how does feel their first win over united since one thousand nine hundred fifty two after conceding just two goals in the league all season potter's field scored twice in the first half to set up this famous win huddersfield are back in the english top flight for the first time in

forty five years i feel really disappointed and if i was. a manchester united supporters are not the manager but but the traditional supporters would be really disappointed because i think you can play and lose football matches because the opponents have more quality than you you cannot lose football matches because the opponent had a better attitude than you. well here's how the table is looking man city are on top with twenty five points united though not too far behind just five points all of tottenham could go level on points we can united if they beat liverpool on sunday. in the n.b.a. the l.a. clippers cruised to victory over the phoenix suns to remain undefeated this season patrick beverley had fifteen points and six steals for the clippers but the star once again why is blake griffin who scored twenty nine points on the night i lay

easing to one hundred thirty two eighty eight victory in their home opener phoenix have now dropped all three of their games so far this season. and that's all your sport for now i'll have more later but for now it's back to you adrian sorry many thanks indeed polls about to close in the election in japan it's held in the midst of a typhoon we'll take a look at the impact the weather has had on. it and expose it here is here with pisa that it will be the news out to see if you're.

fired. the street is quiet the signal is given. out yet so it's safe to walk to school last year there are more than thirty metres in this community in one month the police say this area is a red cell one of several in some townships and children sometimes get caught in the crossfire when rival gangs fight so parents and grandparents have started what they call a walking bust to try to take. the go i also. there are more than one hundred fifty volunteers working for several walking

busses teachers say it is working class attendance has improved the volunteers also act as security guards. and. train as america struggles to contain its worst ever drunk crisis lines looks at the devastating impact it's having on the children left to pick up the pace in an. era when children of this time on. the polls close in japan as the prime minister shinzo up a six to become the country's longest serving leader since world war two.

hello again i'm peter w. watching al-jazeera lifeline headquarters here in doha also coming up past. the people cannot accept this attack but standing their ground hundreds of thousands of catalans protest against spain's move to take control of the regional government. the u.s. secretary of state rex to listens in saudi arabia in a second bid to end the gulf crisis without high hopes of a breakthrough. and we investigate what the turkey was the target of the massive bomb attack in somalia.