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this is al jazeera. hello i'm rob matheson this is the news our live from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes donald trump's sweeping ban on refugees is replaced by tough new vetting but it's still unclear which countries are affected. me i screamed they strangled me in my mouth the u.n. is criticised for not prosecuting peacekeepers accused of sex abuse in central african republic. putting down their weapons card say they'll freeze the results of an independence vote and seek talks with iran plus. downtown atlanta georgia i'm one of the creators of pleasure to be here today. we'll show you medical wizardry in london virtual reality technology puts doctors from around the world in one

operating theater. donald trump signed an executive order introducing tough new measures on refugees going to the united states the president previously banned new entries for one hundred twenty days while as administration conducted a review that has now been lifted the new measures include more rigorous vetting and screening of all asylum seekers and for the next ninety days people from eleven countries considered high risk will only be allowed in on a case by case basis the administration hasn't named those countries. reports. for refugees around the world looking for a safe place to call home the doors to the united states are once again open but with limitations the trumpet ministration is technically resumed refugee admissions to the u.s.

but vetting will get tougher the stuff addresses phone numbers and emails will now be collected from not only refugee applicants but also potentially their family members the government will be asking for information dating back ten years social media accounts will also be scrutinized but for refugees from eleven what the administration has described as high risk countries another ninety day period has been put in place to further review the vetting process refugees from those countries not yet named will only be admitted on a strict case by case basis leaving many people in limbo. it's all just one part of president trump's controversial effort to limit immigration which is sparked protests and court challenges ministration says the new measures are to protect national security but opponents see the new betting procedures as a thinly guised effort to bar muslims from the country and sends

a message that you know they can go through the most difficult of circumstances they can endure incredible hardship and still be faced with this blanket kind of mission that they have to prove that they're worthy of being resettled and they deserve to be safe and secure. last month president trump lowered the number of refugees allowed into the country to forty five thousand the lowest number in decades the trumpet ministration says the new bedding percy gers are a way to protect america against terrorism but the fact remains that not one single person admitted to the united states as a refugee has ever been implicated in any act of terrorism gabriel's on the al-jazeera new york. well the president's been coming under fire from his own party two top republican members of congress have issued a blistering attack on donald trump the clash comes as the president tries to push

forward his legislative agenda and we all have reports from washington d.c. his promise to repeal obamacare has failed money to build a border wall with mexico remains in question so hoping for a legislative victory donald trump on tuesday went to capitol hill seeking support from fellow republicans for some of the steepest tax cuts in a generation this will be the lowest rate in more than eighty years so this would be just before leaving the white house he spoke to reporters to explain how his tax reform plan will ensure he's keeping a campaign promise to get americans back to work our plan can be summarized in three simple words jobs jobs jobs but what was supposed to be a serious day of policy discussion quickly devolved into a bitter fight with the governing republican party itself for months trump has been alienating some of the most senior members of his own party on tuesday it got even

more personal for two centers. senator bob corker who will leave the senate next year went on a blistering attack against trump before the president arrived on capitol hill i was one of those that hope that you know he would rise to the occasion as president and aspire to to lead our nation instead of dividing the worst of it is going to be just the whole the facing if you will of our nation's top reacted almost immediately tweeting multiple times lashing out at corker as a senator that couldn't get reelected not even for the position of dog catcher but it didn't end there late tuesday republican senator jeff flake announced he wouldn't run again in twenty eighteen for delivering a second attack against romney on the senate floor we were not made great as a country by indulging in or even exulting our worst impulses turning against

ourselves glorifying in the things that divide us and calling fake things true and true things fake the white house denied the infighting is a distraction from the president's agenda the president he's a fighter we've said it many times before the people of this country didn't elect somebody to be weak they elected somebody to be strong and when he gets hit he's going to hit back in fact that's exactly what the president promised on the campaign trail to rid washington of establishment politicians he believes do not deliver for america's middle class can really help get al jazeera washington well i've been sick for it as a political strategist and he says there are many republican officeholders who openly challenge trump. you have to ask yourself who else would have joined jeff flake and bob corker there really aren't other republicans willing to publicly go out and criticize the president at least there are none who are elected officials in the congress most of them believe that right now the republican party is in

a fever and they're just waiting to have it end and waiting for it to break they won't stand up because they know that if they criticize the president they too will see their poll ratings plummet and face a primary challenge from the right any member of the house who does that steve bannon and his nationalist wing are ready to go in and pounds and take them out they believe that if they were to stand up then a lose their seat and somebody who is much more pro trump and much more of this type of or approving of this type of behavior by the president would be in there for years even after president trump is no longer in office so they're making a calculation that they can wait about john mccain also has nothing left to lose he was just reelected in two thousand and sixteen and with his brain cancer he is liberated to be able to do and say what he wants he knows the chances for him to be reelected in the u.s. senate in six years are minimal and that he probably won't be running for reelection or even be there and there aren't that many republican senators or congressmen who are in that unique position yes there are members of the senate

like ben sasse lisa murkowski and susan collins who will say from time to time something isn't right but we are hearing full throated attacks of the president from john mccain same with bob corker and now jeff flake however i don't think that there are many republicans who are willing to go out and join the i'm on the firing lines. you know passing legislation wasn't trumps only trouble on capitol hill a heckler taunted him and tossed russian flags. the protester was identified as ryan clayton he's a leader of a group called americans take action which wants trump to be reached a special prosecutor is investigating claims of collusion between russia and the trump campaign the u.n. secretary general has praised peacekeepers struggling to contain an increase in violence in central african republic. out of many in the capital bangui for troops who died in the conflict until you go tatars call their contribution. but the

fighting between religious groups could escalate into a genocide. human rights activists say the un is not doing enough to prosecute french soldiers and peacekeepers who've been accused of rape and sexual abuse in the central african republic and for many victims the wait for justice may never end nicholas reports. it was thirteen years old when her family took refuge by french military camp to escape the violence in her neighborhood. one of the soldiers to ask her to fetch some water inside the tent thinking she was safe she did as he asked. to bring soldiers grabbed me they forced themselves inside of me i screamed they strangled me and covered my mouth when they would die and they let me go. human rights organizations believe several children both boys and girls were raped by french soldiers who were there to protect them some were forced to have sex with dogs and even took pictures of the act friends

opened an investigation but prosecutors dropped the case is saying there was not enough evidence to charge the soldiers involved the french troops left in late two thousand and six since the violence and the displacement of people has intensified it's left. alone. country with one mandate protecting the civilian population. but a un investigation revealed that some peacekeepers in central african republic are violating their mandate and sexually abusing girls. not her real name says she was gang raped by three congolese peacekeepers in june. i don't feel good i feel guilty i'm scared to talk about it i don't trust them anymore. human rights groups fear there are many cases of sexual abuse by soldiers that go unreported the new secretary general says he has zero tolerance for abuse the un is investigating

cases and putting measures in place to prevent this from happening again but so far no one has been arrested or charged if countries old denies ations that claim to defend human rights and rights of women on able to bring justice the miss will bring irreversible damage and may break the trust people have in these organizations there's some comfort from it as from her father it's not your fault you're not to blame he says we love you some day we will get justice nicholas hawk . general is the force commander of u.n. peacekeepers and he says the u.n. has made progress tackling sexual abuse. you know i think that are not appropriate to happen here but the majority of the cases like you are referring to. two years ago one years ago so i mean why. did this mission taking you know the

allegation of sexual exploitation very seriously and we have. you know you know a number of measures to try to do to bring it to an end so we have preventive measures that we have put in place. we work we are working toward our soldiers and the direction of the population. we think that we have a very low number of care that has happened but we still need to do more so we know that this is not acceptable. in the mission you know the sexual exploitation and abuse is at the same level that we have to in the media in this mission the first enemy. group and the second one. sexual exploitation of abuse then we have preparing ourselves you know to fight those two

enemies we have the same commitment in the same dedication more ahead on the including china's president at the top of the communist party. decision making. their final. after a year of mourning take place on thursday. to visit. to make an apology. the government has suggested. of its independence referendum. which triggered a row with the ranks government the kurds now say they want a ceasefire on the ready for talks with baghdad the developments follow the fighting between kurdish peshmerga and iraqi government forces near a key oil pipeline close to iraq's border with syria and turkey seventy deca has

more from the hook. tensions remain high between the two forces the kurdish peshmerga and the iraqi forces which are backed by the shia militias been two incidents one earlier on at the close of the border with syria in an area called mahmoudiyah there was an exchange of fire this is around thirty kilometers south of a border crossing called fish now this area is a border crossing between iraq and syria it's also an area that will pipeline it heads through to turkey then for this it will to be exported so it's a significant area and there are rumblings and rumors that the iraqi army wants to take that but there's also been an incident in mahmud this is southwest of revealed between fresh matter and some more we understand the hatch to a shabby with a few fatalities on the side and also reports of the first marriage to have the arrested some of them there is

a pool for dialogue between both sides they've both accepted it but it hasn't happened yet and of course what we're seeing now is the maneuvering when it comes to holding and taking territory that is disputed some areas as the u.s. secretary of state said he said perhaps receiving maneuverings but we are seeing maneuverings to the two thousand and fourteen positions before the fight against eisel starts about what the iraqi army seems to be doing is pushing into areas that were held earlier on two thousand and three even as far back as that so it's not clear what exactly is going on but it is clear that the situation certainly militarily remains tense and those pools of dialogue at the moment officially not going on. saudi arabia appears to be trying to break away from its ultra conservative. image with the crown prince pledging a more moderate and open country mohamed bin solomon says he wants a society that accepts all religions and moves on from its strict past and destructive ideas his comments are likely to rattle the kingdom's staunch

conservatives seventy percent of the population is under the age of thirty the kingdom recently decided to let women drive for the middle of next year. in the next few hours china's communist party will unveil new members of the top decision making body the politburo standing committee president xi jinping cemented his grip on power at the national congress is expected to lead the six members of the standing committee many analysts see its new composition as the ultimate indication of she's power and it'll show whether he plans to hold on to the top job longer than expected. don't worry. the chinese people in the chinese nation embrace brilliant prospects and a bright future living in such a great era we are all the more confident and proud and also feel the heavy weight of responsibility upon us so we must have the courage and resolve to build on the historic achievements made by the chinese people on the leadership of the chinese

communists generation after generation and create a new accomplishments befitting of this great stride forward to an ever promising future well joining me now is joseph chang he's a political scientist and a retired professor of social sciences at the city university of hong kong thank you very much for being with us and the last couple of days we've seen she's name an ideology enshrined in china's constitution and embedded in the ethos of the communist party why does the communist party feel the need to strengthen she even further. there is probably believe in the need for strong leadership and his campaign against corruption is also seen as popular among the people with the retirement of the more elderly leaders see easily emerge as the prominent leader of china instead

of just the first among equals he was in fact earlier already designated as the core of the party leadership and he probably will exploit his ideas of a. strong nation exploiting the ideas of nationalism and put your autism to provide a strong foundation for their legitimacy of the party now that the economy is slowing down as the economy becomes more mature i find it interesting that as you mentioned in previous iterations the communist. marty worked on our first among equals process with regards to the list of those in the senior level but this change in the structure is really quite significant does it tell us anything about the structure of power within the communist party in china. years in the past five years see managed to consolidate power in his

hands through having many so-called leadership groups of the party headquarters and appointing his proteges to head the office to work in offices of the. central leadership groups at the same time he has recently been able to reshuffle the military. again promoting his own people and in the past five years instead of leaving the economy to the premier alone he has also been are taking a lead enjoying the enjoying are the five year you can nominate programme for example for the nation so he is consolidating power through various means it is not expected that any leader and the faction can challenge him but of course

and suring that the and party and state machinery faithfully implementing his policy programs remains a formidable challenge in the years ahead one of the key questions that is being asked at the moment is how long he intends to stay in power is there any indication that she is likely to put forward a successor. well we don't know a good indicator will be whether or not there will be a velour to the young person even the. pulley standing committee soon to be and monks there is of course quite a bit of speculation that instead of limiting his tenure to two terms ten years he may seek a third term by the year of twenty twenty two so there are young people at least one or two young members within the police and incumbent he is

something that everybody is watching for and it is a bit uncertain instead of leaving the leadership succession issue to his. convention he may well take control of the planning of his own political successes well we'll be watching with interest just a chance thank you very much indeed for your time thank you. ma'am are in bangladesh have agreed to work together to repatriate hundreds of thousands of ranger who fled violence in memoirs northern rock state more than six hundred thousand crossed into bangladesh in the last two months but as far as little reports from young gone it's very little detail on how the reports relations will take place. the end of one journey but the start of another struggle hundreds

of thousands of rohingya refugees have been making their way to bangladesh since the myanmar military launched a brutal crackdown in august the rohingya say they had no choice but to leave. we left our homeland because the people in rakhine were killing us they shot at us they took out hassle and burnt our houses so we have come here they're safe here but life in bangladesh is difficult the camps are overflowing people here are entirely dependent on eight the country and humanitarian agencies are feeling the strain bangladesh and myanmar have now taken the first step towards repatterning recent arrivals they've signed a memorandum of understanding but there's very little detail about how the process of returning rohingya to me and ma will take place myanmar leader aung san suu kyi in an address to the nation last month said myanmar was ready to start a very for cation process following the same principles as the nine hundred ninety three agreement with bangladesh under that deal right when you could return if they

could prove their residency and had national identity cards or other relevant documents issued by the authorities but the myanmar military still a very powerful institution here said in a statement that the verification process would also have to be in accordance with the nineteen eighty two citizenship law a law that's been used to deny citizenship to the arabiya. but after what they've lived through and many refugees have been given consistent accounts of murder and rape at the hands of myanmar military and buddhist mobs many were would choose not to return to a country that seems intent on keeping them out florence. yangon. it's not more than twelve months since thailand's king died and after a year of national mourning he'll finally become ated in an elaborate ceremony on thursday he'll be seen by many as the father of all thais after he helped shape the country after the second world war these are live pictures from bangkok of people

arriving for those. celebrations scott hiver looks at the preparations in the capital bangkok. a member of the national theatre. perform for the late king. day many time but thursday's performance will be like none before she's rehearsing for a play written by the late king on the day the nation will say its final goodbye after a year of mourning. before it was about pride but this time it is totally different i realized this time is did lost opportunity and work for him. as as well. millions of thais around the country are preparing for thursday for the last year tens of millions of the center would flowers have been crafted they've been used in world cremation ceremonies since ancient times

throughout the country replicas of the world crematorium have been built on thursday these are where ties will place the flowers their way of participating in the king's funeral at fifty meters high the ornate crematorium took eight months to complete. directed by the country's fine arts department it symbolizes a sacred mountain in hindu mythology thailand is overwhelmingly buddhist but has deep hindu roots with the reign of over seventy years king will be historic but not just because of its size it's considered to be the most important in contemporary history that men on. this time the feelings of people about the loss of our beloved king a different he was big part of everyday lives we can even say that more than three quarters of ties were born under the reign of king rama nine that's about sixty three million. but this is the saddest thomas my life and for our nation

it is our greatest loss since he passed away a year ago there has not been a single day of happiness for me. this is. most of us were born and at the end of king on my knee i'm so sad to be born and to face test. the preparations and rehearsals for the funeral will continue right up until thursday. those involved want it to be perfect as they say goodbye to their kids got harder al-jazeera bangkok. still ahead on al-jazeera a warning that climate change comes with a huge financial cost for future generations to have the details plus the sicilian beaches that were once a paradise but are now reminders of the perils of migrants face in the mediterranean. and in sports venus williams survives an epic encounter at the w t a

five. from the waves of the self. to the contours of the east. welcome back across southern and eastern parts of china weather conditions are looking pretty good at the moment lots of sunshine around nice day in the hong kong that with temperatures in the upper twenty's simmers or temperatures and annoy and vietnam we have got some showers coming through in this flow into northern parts of the philippines certainly on to the eastern side of luzon manila probably not faring too badly with the recent sunshine at times across the rest of indo china we have a few showers for but generally it's an improved situation here heading into thursday again a few showers around but otherwise a largely fine paycheck across this region so let's head on down into southeastern parts of asia where we've got

a line to precipitate in really across parts of thailand south vietnam and cambodia through towards the philippines further south it's looking largely dry across the island of borneo java a few showers around but still a large c. drive as you move out through the night for both singapore and kuala lumpur the risk of showers is that well so i think both cities will get away with a lot of draw a bright weather into south asia the monsoon still high on. if an area says some showers are likely here chad i could see want to downpours but otherwise hyderabad is dry final by north towards delhi we expect a high here of thirty two degree celsius. the weather sponsored by cattle and race . in a country beset by poverty and lack of infrastructure. sometimes we risk our lives in taking these roads let's gather saving lives is a dangerous job the vaccine talks on a good twenty four hours there are patients waiting because mothers who must be in

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you're watching al-jazeera a reminder of our top stories this hour the u.s. is to accept refugees again but with tougher vetting measures trump administration has ended a ban on new arrivals but people from in levon countries regarded as high risk will be restricted to a case by case basis donald trump and two top republican senators have clashed ahead of a meeting on tax reform the president is pushing for progress on his legislative agenda which has stalled in congress. the u.n. secretary general has praised peacekeepers in the central african republic who are struggling to contain violence between religious groups human rights activists say the u.n. isn't doing enough to address accusations that troops have sexually abused children . kenya's top court is going to hear a lot to minute demands to suspend thursday's rerun of august presidential election the opposition says there haven't been the electoral reforms necessary to hold

a clean vote after the main opposition leader withdrew from the race and voters are divided has more from nairobi. dolfin and young go makes and sells jewelry which on a good day earns about twenty dollars but she says political tensions after august an old presidential election mean customers most of them taurus are few and far between following a petition from the opposition which lost the election the supreme court ruled that the electoral commission had committed irregularities and illegalities in tallying the votes dolfin is one of six million people who voted for the opposition the national super alliance and the courts nearly fide elections and pinpointed the mistakes that i see indeed there which up to date of the of not stated it down and walk or need. there was a problem in transmission of the results and up to date done nothing

about it so dolfin won't be voting after a call from opposition leader raila odinga for his supporters to stay away from this rerun he says he won't take part in the vote until the electoral commission reforms people here say the votes that named american yards when i was read kibera is a significant support base for the opposition many people here won't vote in the rerun now the school should serve as a polling station on election day but opposition supporters say electoral officials won't be allowed in. the spite the uncertainty and security concerns others like i do nor says they will vote and i'm sure the vote of course i will vote it's my democratic right and the government should provide security for i b c officials and voters like me you want to go and vote. just

a week before the election an electoral commission chairperson. said he could not ensure they would be free and fair under current conditions president. the elections should go ahead but there are a number of concerns first has been essentially vitriolic and toxic campaigns that have led to you know candidates abusing each other on public podiums and in public rallies the second really has been around the issue of respect for public institutions the supreme court and the electoral commission have been routinely abused attacked and even legally challenged while the opposition is promising demonstrations on election day the government says it won't allow thursday's vote to be jeopardized. criminologists in cuba investigating complaints of sonic attacks against u.s. embassy staff say the accusations are science fiction the u.s.

expelled cuban diplomats in washington and recalled more than half of its representatives in the. u.s. says its diplomats have hearing loss and dizziness after the strikes cuba denies that it's got weapons the calls that. well the u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson is now in india it's the latest stop on a tour that's taken him to saudi arabia qatar afghanistan iraq and pakistan article hand reports during his time in office president donald trump has had his fair share of visits with foreign leaders some one better than others. but he reserved a special honor for india's prime minister dream o.t. the first to have a private dinner with him in the white house just the first sign that the troubled ministration would take a different tact in the region that was laid out in the u.s. secretary of state speech previewing his trip where he only had a few passing comments about pakistan pakistan two is an important u.s. partners south asia our relationships in the region stand on their own merits we

expect pakistan to take decisive action against terrorist groups based within their own borders that threaten their own people and the broader region. the u.s. has long claimed both relationships are basically equally important but when tillerson spoke about india his was a noticeably different tone casting it as a critical economic and military alliance in this period of uncertainty and somewhat i just india needs a reliable partner in the world stage i want to make clear that our shared values and vision for global stability peace and prosperity the united states is that pardner. it with india is you it's optimism which powerful democratic example and it's increasing stature on the world stage it makes perfect sense that the united states at this time should seek to build on the strong foundation of our years of cooperation with india in india to visit a cultural site. have

a news conference and actually sleep in india he didn't do any of those things in pakistan the u.s. might deny it but with this visit it is sending a clear message to both pakistan and india that it does in fact have a favorite political gain. russia has blocked the u.n. from extending an investigation into one of syria's deadliest chemical attacks at least eighty three people including children were killed in a suspected chemical attack on the rebel held town of qana in northwestern syria in april u.n. war crimes investigators say they have evidence that syrian government forces were behind the attack mike hanna has more from the u.n. headquarters in new york. the annual mandate of the joint investigative mechanism of the u.n. which is investigating chemical weapons attack in syria expires on the seventeenth of november the us wanted to renew that mandate now however russia together with

bolivia and the security council argued strongly that they wanted to wait until the next report of the gym comes out and that's in two days' time u.s. insisting that russia is holding off on extending the mandate for another year because it wants to see the contents of that jim report before deciding whether it will russia insisting that it doesn't want to politicize everything but it does need to hear the report before it commits itself to granting jim another year's access to investigate syria's chemical weapons use so the situation now it does not mean that the body investigating keppel call weapons attacks will be ended that vote will still be coming book all november the seventeenth what it does mean though is that we will wait for the release of the next report of the joint investigative mechanism on thursday and see then russia's reaction to the report

see whether the u.s. claims that russia would decide whether or not to continue to back jim on the basis of that report important to note too that this security council meeting is the ninth time russia has a veto a resolution involving syria since the civil war began in two thousand and eleven france's president says it's not his place to lecture other world leaders emanuel markhor has been meeting egypt's president of the father l.c.c. in paris rights groups have demanded macron raises allegations of torture and political repression in egypt they refer to reports from paris. the egyptian and french president spent two hours talking over lunch at the lease a palace but lessons on human rights were not on the menu the fight against terrorism was the main course aides did say though individual cases of imprisoned activists were raised during the course of a private discussion between the two leaders but both men were challenged on human

rights in egypt when it came to the press conference. i believe in the states and so in the same way that i want to accept lessons from any other leader on the heart to govern my country i do not give lessons to others. that digit some people refuse all violent practices dictatorship and disrespect for human rights but i'm responsible for a hundred million egyptians citizens in this unstable context which i'm talking about extremist ideology won't accept living with others in peace but it is very important to know that we do not make use of torture practices and human rights very. widely. and far from the. liberation of paris they are creating. radicalizing. egypt is the biggest market in the middle east for france's weapons industry but some analysts believe it's the wrong approach to bring back stability to the region

. if we can fit it in the short term we will fight against terrorism but in a second phase there is a risk for destabilizing egypt people will naturally ask for more democracy. the human rights group reporters without borders staged a demonstration outside the hotel where digits of president is staying in the french capital their cues dim of wanting to mummify journalists to gag them and blindfold the head of the group said it was impossible today to be independent and free journalist in egypt david chaytor al-jazeera. al-jazeera is demanding the release of its journalist mahmoud hussein has now been in prison in egypt for more than three hundred days he's accused of broadcasting false news to spread chaos which he and al jazeera strongly deny saying has repeatedly complained of mistreatment in jail he was arrested in december while visiting his family

a two day conference in sicily is focusing on what's being described as the world's deadliest migrant crossing the organization for security and cooperation in europe is trying to stop refugees crossing the mediterranean on overcrowded boats to get to europe around one hundred fifty thousand people have made the journey this year with a migrant crisis has transformed some areas in the italian island are a reminder of the risks people face trying to reach europe as hard as reports. the landscape of some of sicily's most secluded beaches is changing since the middle of the summer there are more and more abandoned boats coming from across the mediterranean. there is an environmentalist who now spends his time documenting the arrivals of these migrant birds. change ninety nine percent of the boats arrive continues here those on board are mainly north africans so they are economic migrants who have no chance of getting residency that's why they

arrive in this way that it want to be recognized we know little about them and they have total freedom here. eighty boats are now stranded here including this one that could have never made it across the sea alone authorities suspect a larger mothership somewhere to see this patching migrants in smaller numbers people here call these the ghost boats it takes twenty four hours from the minute they leave tunisia to when they're arriving here in sicily and during that time these boats go undetected the minute they're arriving on shore the people on board dispersed as quickly as possible and nobody knows how many they are who they are where they come from or where they're going to. this is the usual pattern running along the beach towards the mules and from there onward to the mainland all this trying to evade security forces but with little or no this is i still could be

using this route to infiltrate you know i think it's. quite possible that these fighters will go somewhere either they will go home or they will go elsewhere i think the better be attentive law enforcement agents will have to cope with this specific challenge and that. security is also a concern for people like you. who lives near to beach and often sees groups of migrant walk by her own and most of it it's very worrying there are more and more people should be doing background checks to identify them. the revival of the tunisian rout came after italy and libya reach an agreement to stem departures from the libyan coast underlying the challenge for us to face smugglers who continuously adapt to new realities on the ground but at the. sicily. the u.s.

senate's passed a bill setting aside more than thirty six billion dollars to cover the cost of rebuilding after disasters large parts of the country have recovering from hearkens wildfires and floods now a government watchdog says climate change will see the cost of damage skyrocketing years to come and gallacher reports from miami. over the past few months the us has witnessed the most powerful atlantic hurricane season in history hurricane harvey devastated parts of texas a few weeks later hurricane slammed into florida and the u.s. territory of puerto rico continues to make a slow recovery following hurricane maria scientists say these catastrophic events like the ongoing wildfires in california and made worse by global warming going to the government accountability office or g.a.o. over the past decade alone climate change has cost the u.s. government three hundred fifty billion dollars the figure set to rise dramatically in coming years all of the climate related of weather events that have happened

over twenty seventeen have actually cost a billion dollars each and damages that was before hurricanes harvey and maria the report which took two years to complete paints a bleak picture of the environmental challenges ahead coastal flooding droughts and water shortages are just some of the issues highlighted by twenty fifty dealing with climate change could cost the u.s. thirty five billion dollars a year we need to reduce costs we need to look at these impacts and make sure that we as a nation are putting every resource into this or otherwise we really will be spending a trillion. dollars the report calls for the u.s. government to recognize the fiscal challenges climate change will bring president trump has called global warming a hoax and the head of the environmental protection agency is a climate change skeptic let me say to you science tells us that the climate is changing and then human activity in some manner impacts that change the ability to

measure with precision the degree and extent of that impact and what to do about it are subject to continuing debate and dialogue and well it should be much of the report focuses on the financial cost of climate change but even if the most conservative predictions are true the human cost is unimaginable here in miami millions of been spent dealing with rising ocean levels but environmentalist say floods storms and fires will become more frequent and more intense making climate change a threat to millions of people and gallacher al-jazeera miami florida well bad weather is also hit global wine production it's dropped to a fifty year low and that means drinking could cost more the international organization of vine and wine says conditions have had a severe effect on the world's top three wine producing countries the italy france and spain total world output is projected to fall eight percent from last year and that mean prices could go up. still ahead on al-jazeera and sports the country

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an international team of doctors as worked together to carry out surgery on a woman in a london hospital but only one of the medics was in the room at the time virtual reality technology means doctors around the world have been able to share the consultation as many baba reports it could soon become common practice. have now fled to the virtual space with my colleagues from around the world to discuss

a case which is going on behind me in theatres some real time advice about the case preparing keyhole surgery on a patient in a london hospital and four surgeons are sharing their expertise but only one of them is actually here the others represented by blue avatars a colleagues in india in the us and us another london hospital they're all using the same type of virtual reality headset as the man leading the operation shafi ahmed joining for everybody i'm going to go to the patient record i'm going to just open up the plow that's what's called mental reality we can see things in that space so for example we can see the patients x. ray of the three thousand scans the. filings from endoscopy for example one of that this is spend it in front of you can actually pick them up and turn them around actually walk or they round things objects which actually get information i find it really adding to the interaction among those group individuals across the globe

after the virtual consultation professor homage team successfully remove a tumor from the patient an elderly woman and. this lady needs a scope it worked in a collective me where the technology is clearly impressive and has major implications for the way surgery is carried out but this headset isn't cheap it costs around three thousand dollars the hope is that eventually it will be affordable around the world but it's going to come down and become cheaper and cheaper and accessible to everyone around the globe and that's the hope that we will have to make sure that we can share these technologies to make what a better place this head mounted next reality meeting and as the new prince here computing that over the next five or ten years is going to transform the world quite frankly in ways that the smartphone could never touch professor ahmed also hopes that this kind of technology will allow students in other countries to access first class training by a smartphone or computer this is

a right call and. al-jazeera. it's time for the sports here's andy. thank you very much well it's high in police are investigating allegations of anti semitic behavior bilat c.e.o. fans supporters of the rome club are accused of defacing their own stadium with anti-semitic graffiti a lot syria's club president has responded by visiting at rome's main synagogue to apologize stickers of holocaust victims and frank wearing the shirt of their rivals roma were also found at the stadium the it's how in football federation is set a passage from frank's diary will be read before all league matches this week. will grow more and latvia will promote an annual initiative by organizing for two hundred young like you to make a trip to auschwitz no one will get the chapter of history which should be a warning for the future. earlier on we spoke to mark doidge author of the book football it's highly and director of the antidiscrimination division of football

supporters in europe he said we shouldn't be surprised by the actions of these lots of fans. last year has a particularly interesting fan base. there's a small group there did she believe who have connections to far right politics nationalistic politics and there is a connection then to instruments of politics about say we are anti semitic but it's also historically linked with roma being seen as the club of the working class in the city and having connections to the local jewish population so it's about saying we're not roma we are different from the people of the city so they what's really surprising about this is just what the club has done in particular which is to offer credibility to taking a couple of players into the local cigarettes and dogs and talking to the local people and engaging with those communities i think is really symbolically very very important i think what's also important and i think is

a really good example of best practice is where they've said they will take some young that so founds to auschwitz this is something that's been done in germany doormen for example regularly take young people on education trips but what i would also recommend they do is they connect it to the local population because what doormen do is they link the nazi jails and dortmund to auschwitz so what they're showing is logical consequence consequence of if you treat someone and victimize and demonize the other then that the consequences could be something quite catastrophic like the holocaust. carolyn of course given has beaten wimbledon champion garbin to become the first player to qualify for the last four at the season ending finals tuesday's other much in singapore saw venus williams prevail in an epic encounters with prince charles when a plane it was to thank you williams coming through after moving three hours of action so first win in the group stages of the us. now the world

series is the focal point for baseball right now but the sport is also prospering away from north america the netherlands are twenty two time and european champions and to finish is just behind the traditional powers at the world baseball classic suggest that the dutch game is on the rise poor race reports from the netherlands. most stories in baseball may be on the world series but in this small town there the focus is firmly on the future. the netherlands is a successful outpost of this all-american sport the national team has a hard core of holland born players boosted by talent from dutch caribbean islands like curacao where baseball is in the blood we represent the netherlands but also we represent curacao i think. i have it as a mixed feelings because my dream was always to move to the major leagues since i've been the may get started thinking playing with the national team here and i've

been going into the olympics up with a world championship. i never dreamed of playing it so you don't have only to make it to the major leagues to live baseball but you can play for the national team here and also make it and i would like the loss of a limb pick baseball after two thousand and eight was a blow to countries like the netherlands it's reinstatement is a big chance for them to step up. now baseball isn't my just in the netherlands but they do have major league is in the national team the dutch have all sight batted well above their average with fourth place finishes and at the world baseball classic now when the sport back in the olympics they're hoping they can hit even higher heights at twenty twenty. the dutch may have the best chance in their history of a medal in japan with the pedigree of players like ken lee young son currently playing in the world series with the l.a. dodgers but this is a team that has learned to slug it out without stars. never known as we all can

get along. with each other for such a long time is feels like just being with the boys and those guys are very excited to play in the olympics as well and i feel we have a good team to make it happen and i think we can go a long ways in the olympics and transfer medal also if. not many ambitious teams would answer no to that question but performances suggest that for the dutch it may be more than just hits and. all race al-jazeera who've top in the netherlands. now when you think dog ping scandal you don't often think of canines but that's what's been going on at the world's largest dog sled rice organizers of the annual i did announce last week that for dogs had tested positive for a banned substance they've now named the handler of the dogs a full time race winner dallas seavey he denies the charges and has quit next year's race in protest ok that is always. a note written by

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