for twenty three years mohsin has collected objects he finds along the coast. enough to fill his museum enough to break a guinness world record armed with a story for every object he's become an environmental activist and inspired artist and a voice for the plight of countless migrants. such as this time on al-jazeera . a today then at least thirteen injured after a truck plows into cyclists in new york city.

hello i'm barbara so are you watching our designer live from london also coming up on the program a boy years for facebook twitter and google go before congress to explain how russia allegedly used them to influence the u.s. election caseloads the post president says he's staying in brussels for safety as spain starts processing rebellion charges against them and a top aide official visits for his camps in bangladesh describing it as the fastest growing refugee crisis in the world. at least eight people are dead after a pickup truck plowed down the cycle path in new york city in what officials are calling a terror attack police say they shot the driver after he got out of the vehicle holding imitation weapons the twenty nine year old is now in custody in hospital

the incident happened almost three hours ago close to the west side highway in lower manhattan. i definitely saw the car damage i heard i heard a loud bang the car was totalled at that point the guy coming trip was injured. when i heard. there was a big. he's got a gun and everything is running. rockaway park and i called the police well at a news conference a little earlier mayor bill de blasio described today as a painful day from new york let me be clear to based on the information we have at this moment this was an act of terror and a particularly cowardly act of terror. aimed at innocent civilians aimed at people going about their lives who had no idea what was about to hit them we at this moment based on the information we have we know of eight innocent people who have

lost their lives and over a dozen more injured. legislators gabrielle is on the joins us live now from the scene so gabriel in that news conference about half an hour ago a lot did come out with found that eight people have now died six died at the scene and two on the way to hospital around thirteen injured we got a bit of a chronology but we still don't really know anything about the perpetrator himself we know he's a twenty nine year old man or why he might have done this. yeah no motive whatsoever released by the police on what drove this twenty nine year old still unidentified male to drive this rented truck down the westside highway bicycle path according to police this incident took place a little after three p.m. here in new york city the suspect this twenty nine year old male appearing to police drove his truck down this bike path that is significant because that's one

of the most well used bike and running pass in all of the new york city he drove it about a block or two according to police ramming through people there and pedestrians that were on that bike path before exit ing back onto the street and at that point he hit a school bus shortly after that is when police say the suspect got out of the truck and started running through the streets and you might be so being some cell phone video of that right now suspect run through the streets of brandished two weapons according to police and that is when some other police officers arrived on the scene and started firing their weapons shot the suspect the suspect went down and they immediately took him into custody he was shot in the abdomen police say and he is now at a hospital police say that. at eleven people or maybe even a few more were seriously injured aside from the eight that died there in serious

but non-life threatening conditions i can tell you in the immediate aftermath out as this shooting transpired it was absolute chaos here in lower manhattan near the tri beca neighborhood of new york city as as soon as the word got out that there was this shooting it was a huge police presence not only regular police but anti terror police as well that all descended here in this area and media at lee to contain this situation this happened just about four or five blocks north of the world. trade center site where nine eleven happened this is it's an area that has a lot of office buildings it is also a high density for tourists as well but clearly indications that this could have been a lot worse if it wasn't for the officers that took this this man down in the immediate aftermath of this i will say that the governor of new york did say that while this is a terrorist incident or they're investigating it as such there is no indications of

any wider threat yeah he did say that the news conference a little earlier as we were mentioning this happened in broad daylight it was afternoon three p.m. a very busy time and people you know leaving work early schoolchildren leaving school now we can see dusk is forming there will be night soon and this is a very busy evening in new york across the united states because it's halloween so what kind of security precautions have you seen around the city right now and what have the n.y.p.d. said that they will do just i guess to reassure people even though they did mention they don't think that he that the attacker was part of a wider group. yeah it is following night here in the united states and that means that a lot of people are leaving work a little bit earlier this evening so at three three thirty right as this incident was taking place there were more people on the streets and there might have

normally been on a on a normal day there is actually a hollowing parade happening here actually in this very neighborhood near where the shooting took place this evening that's going to start in about an hour or so you know you see people behind me as might see some with costumes and some children out on the streets as well police say that that hollowing parade will go on as planned but they say they will there will be extensive police presence more than double of what their normally would be already new york city has a huge police presence on nights such as this when there are events going on such as this but now police say that there will be an even stronger presence at key areas of the city in and out of bridges and tunnels as well as of events taking place here in the city for hollowing so the governor mayor and also the police chief basically saying don't be alarmed there are going to be extensive heavily armed police all over the city but basically carry on with their day as new yorkers

normally would and as you can see we're only a few blocks from where the incident took place three to be exact and he's you can see there's still a lot of people milling about going on with their evening here in the city people going to events getting off work going home so it's kind of speaks to the resilience of this city that's had to deal with such was situation such as this past i think it was the mayor bill de blasio said you're in that news conference that new yorkers will just be new yorkers and that's how they will handle this said that rielle is on the with the latest there from the scene for a moment. lawyers for social media giants facebook twitter and google have been testifying at a congressional hearing in washington d.c. it's part of the investigation into whether russia used the social media to influence last year's u.s. election the three companies have revealed that they found more evidence of russian

activity on their sites well facebook says russia based operatives published eighty thousand posts during and after the election it estimates that one hundred twenty six million americans could have seen those posts that's about half of the voting age population of the u.s. twitter found russian linked accounts generated one point four million election related tweets between september and november last year half of them were automated and google says pro russian groups uploaded more than a thousand videos to its you tube service well all three media companies confirmed to the senate that evidence of a russian interference in the election i take it that we can all agree that the russians did in fact interfere and meddle in the two thousand and sixteen elections your observations on that are consistent with what our intelligence community reports is that correct the stretch that's correct senator.

that's correct that's true ok. now in his opening address the lawyer for facebook said the company is striving to do better we have found that foreign actors used fake accounts to place ads on facebook and instagram that reached millions of americans over a two year period and that those ads were used to promote pages which in turn posted more content people shared these posts spreading them still further many of these ads and posts are inflammatory some are downright offensive. the teshekpuk who is a senior writer for the tech magazine wired she says this is a major wake up call for the three companies involved and they have a long way to go to fully safeguard their tech platforms i think that there is a genuine desire from people inside the company who are very disturbed to see how their platform was abused but of course they are for profit companies and so any

solution that they suggest has to take their shareholders and their interest and growth in mind so one suggestion that they've kept making over and over is to be able to police themselves using machine learning and artificial intelligence and i think that you know the the hearings show how how many holes there are in that approach there are some things that you know only humans might be able to detect and perhaps they weren't even looking for the right things if if the goal is to have as many advertisers as possible reach as many people as possible that's what made it such an effective tool for for people who wanted to interfere. or meanwhile u.s. president donald trump has this miss the importance of a former campaign aide indicted in the russian inquiry branding him a liar on twitter it was revealed on monday that george bush papadopoulos has pleaded guilty to lying to the f.b.i. about his russian contacts the president once described the thirty year old as an

excellent guy kimberly halkett reports from washington. it is a white house claiming it has nothing to hide yet it is on the defensive with donald trump's former campaign manager paul man of course and his close associates under house arrest awaiting their next court appearance the white house is working hard to distance itself from the third man but perhaps the most significant george papadopoulos you guys seem completely obsessed with this while there are a lot of other things happening around the country and frankly a lot of other things that people care a lot more about the former foreign policy adviser has pleaded guilty to lying to f.b.i. investigators tuesday on twitter he was characterized by the president as being a liar and nothing more than a campaign volunteer but photographs released in march twenty sixth by donald trump's own campaign show papadopoulos says association was not low level he's

pictured at a national security meeting seated at the table with then candidate trump the same month in an interview with the washington post he praised papadopoulos as a real live energy consultant actually as part of the special counsel's indictment against papadopoulos he's listed as a proactive cooperator that suggests he's working with the f.b.i. gathering evidence in robert muller's collusion investigation he was working with the special counsel's office perhaps doing something like wearing a wire talking to other members of the trump campaign and that's the information that we can expect to see laid out in future indictments mahler's indictment states papadopoulos sent e-mails trying to set up meetings between a female russian national and members of the tribe campaign court documents suggest the goal was to gather information to harm tribes democratic opponent hillary clinton the twenty sixteen u.s.

election the indictments against papadopoulos show that muller's team is why. working with thought a cli to show that the trunk campaign at least entertained getting help from russia president trump has repeatedly denied colluding with russia in the lead up to the election speaking at the white house he tried to focus attention on his tax reform agenda will dodging reporters' questions about the investigation. thank you i thank you the standard play from the political playbook in the face of a creased scrutiny attempt to divert attention something increasingly difficult for the trump white house kimberley health get al-jazeera washington the u.s. says it will vote against the u.n. resolution calling for the lifting of its embargo on cuba the us passed a resolution criticizing the embargo every year since one nine hundred ninety two when the u.s. always voted against it but it abstained last year as relations improved tensions

have increased recently though president trump says he thinks the cuban government is responsible for a series of attacks on u.s. the platts in heaven. was thought to come on the program. and. in opposition leader rollo dingo calls for the presidential rerun vote he boycotted to be unknown and we'll show you the crowd funded structure that's just one of the u.k.'s most prestigious architectural. however we've got some quieter weather into eastern parts of australia after a recent spell of fun very shallow as had some big hail as well here's a barrier of low pressure that brought the east this disturbed weather that's now

making its way across the tasman sea winds coming in from of a northerly direction it's not out on the temperatures twenty celsius there as we go on through wednesday at this stage still looking at those winds coming in from the southwest but it will change as we go on through the next day or so but skies push their way back into melbourne fifteen degrees here just a little bit of cloud just making its way through the by twenty six celsius for warm sunshine for alice temperatures getting up to around thirty degrees some warm sunshine too into new zealand over the next day or so our area of low pressure that's been affecting that eastern side of new south wales and queensland that's now making its way through the tasman sea heading towards new zealand but it will take a couple of days to get there where to stay promises to be a fine dry and bright day twenty celsius in christchurch that's not too bad increasing cloud spilling in by thursday the twenty one celsius head of that cloud and rain sheltered by the mountains not too bad in christchurch but eighteen degrees there for oakley to get on a largely sunny day from out of sunshine to into bad over the next couple of days

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welcome back here's a reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera at least eight people have died and thirteen are injured after a pickup truck drove down a psychopath in new york city police say they shot the driver who is now in custody they are treating this as a terror attack the lawyers of social media companies facebook twitter and google have told a u.s. senate hearing they have evidence of russian interference in last year's presidential election. and u.s. president donald trump has dismissed the importance of a former campaign aide indicted in the russian choir rebranding him a liar on twitter. that they pose leader of catalonia has agreed to a snap election called by spain's government but says the fight for independence will go on speaking in brussels he said he is there to act in freedom and safety not to seek political asylum

a top spanish court is preparing rebellion and sedition charges against him and thirteen members of his sac the inspiration they've been called to testify later this week and to simmons reports from barcelona. is almost a mission trying to get international support while at the same time justifying why he left his homeland after charges were filed against him by the spanish prosecutor i'm not here. because. of. the people of europe. this is a. new relationship. i'm here. to act with freedom and safety. pushed him all says he needs guarantees if he comes back and he wouldn't say how long he'll be away in the organization that's involved in

all the big process session demonstrations the mood lifts a little i think it only makes sense that at least part of the government can remain operative outside the country because it would not be safe for them to stay in spain pushed him on spent a low profile weekend apart from a call for peaceful support then came the heat on monday with charges filed and he was nowhere to be seen when he emerged in belgium his supporters have a range of emotions from outright anger to dissent what's the mood like now and has pushed the mall's decision to go to brussels done damage personally i think. it did but it's something that we can only. analyze with time if he hadn't speak today it has been it would have been a problem for us because you cannot do that on a friday then go out like have a weekend of and we don't know if we are

a republic of we have we are still part of spain and his missing christine and athena has paved secession for the past seven years she thinks pushed them all is right to leave the us consulate but. i thought he was in political exile or that he wanted to internationalize the conflict both things good to me initially we were this concerted but now we see it clearly but nothing is clear over what's in store for sacked ministers who have stayed in catalonia vanished from their offices there arrive for work at the dissolve parliament instead insisting their government is still the g eight summit and drew simmons al-jazeera barcelona now does it has the latest now from barcelona. is the judge to summon carlist for jim own and thirteen other members of the regional government to appear in court in madrid on thursday and friday now she did say that if karl is

bridgeable and didn't make the quarter make the court appearance then she will issue an arrest warrant against him now bear in mind that on the same day in another court in the high court you have also the speaker of the dissolved. parliament and five other members who are jews here as well all of these people actually regardless of which court that period facing sedition charges of sedition rebellion embezzlement of public funds. kenya's opposition leader raila odinga has called for the result of the presidential election rerun to be an old president a hurricane yet there was the clear winner but the election was widely boycotted by supporters of the opposition and that of taking ninety point two percent of the vote but the turnout was below forty percent i think i made no mention of

a legal challenge but warned of the election result will undermine the public's faith in democracy mohamed and though has more now from nairobi. raila odinga say's he will not accept the results of the election but were released on monday evening and the president who can is in office he says he has now embarked on what he calls a complete for electro justice and he says he will achieve that by calling on his supporters to come out and protest picket the court goods and services along to companies of the president's family and also other people allied to his dibley party this is what reloading had to say this illusion. must know stunt if the largest turns really make a complete mockery of a listers and might well be the end of the boat as

a means of instituting a government in kenya. will completely destroy the public confidence in the vote. people who will not turn out to vote in elections with the term and outcomes. comments will not come as any consolation to many kenyans who want to move forward and leave the whole process behind them it's been a long electoral process we've been hearing of this election since june this year and it's been a process marked with violent protests attacks on the ideas and threats to the electoral commission staff all the signs of a country on the brink and it promises to be even a longer process and more painful one if raila continues with his uncompromising stand. at least five people have been killed in a bomb blast and near the u.s. embassy in kabul afghanistan the fence ministry says at least fifteen others were

injured in the suicide attack that happened in an area where many embassies and government departments of base comes as a quarterly report to the u.s. congress highlights how much the situation is the teary orating in afghanistan it says armed groups are increasing their control and territory across the country and civilian casualties are up fifty two percent last year. the e.u. commissioner for humanitarian aid and crisis management is in bangladesh assessing the. refugee crisis christos is still a need this is trip comes a week after the e.u. and member states pledged to half of the three hundred three hundred forty four million dollars needed to help or hinder muslims he described as the fastest growing refugee crisis in the world then called on the international community to dig deep. water playing host. to visit these.

if you do come. i'm sure will be much. here today. i'm sure by. the. incredible city i'm sure. who all the. number of people. can vote is top court has ruled that opposition leader kim such i must remain in prison while here of awaits trial for treason he was arrested at the beginning of september and accused of working with the us to overthrow the ruling party one sends government has also taken steps to dissolve. national rescue party the only opposition party with seats in parliament . the cleanup well the contaminated fishing community in nigeria has finally started almost ten years after two or oil spills shells

a fifty five year old pipeline ruptured and spilled the millions of liters of crude oil reports now from near the niger delta. a devastated mangrove swamp is being prepared for restoration in nigeria's delta this used to be the breeding ground for fish and other marine creatures for months now these workers have been clearing sludge and other contaminants it's about trying to mop up that oil which is which is free within the environment within the mangroves on the water but i think more important than that phase one is about quantifying and designing the more robust phase two cleanup which will be about physically agitating cleaning flushing and where necessary execute treatment of the sediments mike was part of the united nations environment team that reported on the extent of the pollution progress is slow after removing the top soil and the

debris workers try to wash the oil from the mud and riverbed then the poaching is trapped by the booms installed right over there as the oil float the process will then move up river this needs to be defeated in some four thousand factors of money involved or one of the worst affected communities in the oil rich niger delta. without a focus on cleaning or restoring only one thousand hectares in bordeaux after four years of difficult to gauge with with the local community we have to break down those barriers and walls of. you know people who just didn't trust each other and. a lengthy process finally finally finally with lots of ups and downs years of inaction by all companies and government in addition to more spills only made the devastation worse but the bigger cleanup is still at the planning stage

and those who fought for it on to entirely excited by the current work are long up before like a life that would be known resumption or operation or going to land without first addressing the legit to make demands of why people are going to be no rights so if you ask me what i do going to be i would tell you no but shall try strongly these concerns there's a clear determination to make this work the impact to a clear not is not just from the spills we're talking about there's been lots of illegal activities around us because you know and all that and there's also one of the biggest concerns we have the illegal activities he's talking about include some of the pipelines and the theft of oil and that is still happening comedy grease al-jazeera bordereau in nigeria's delta appear in the british coastal town of hastings has won one of architecture's most prestigious awards the stirling prize

the peer is a collaboration between architects engineers and the local community who helped crowd fund the building every play says a nineteenth century pier that burnt down in two thousand and ten. the baseline is that it's great architecture it's beautiful detailing it's highly sustainable and it really uses a very big piece of victorian infrastructure but it's this combination of architectural expertise and a committed local group that have done something which is socially economically and environmentally sustainable aloof and important for the future of his things. more on that and everything else we've been covering on our website the address al-jazeera called. an hour reminder of our top stories at least eight people have died and thirteen

others have been injured after a man drove a pickup truck down a cycle path in new york city it happened close to the west side highway in lower manhattan near the world trade center site police say they shot the driver after he got out of the vehicle holding imitation weapons the twenty nine year old has not been named that is now in custody in hospital let me be clear that based on the information we have at this moment this was an act of terror and a particularly cowardly act of terror aimed at innocent civilians aimed at people going about their lives who had no idea what was about to hit them we at this moment based on the information we have we know of eight innocent people who have lost their lives and over a dozen more injured the lawyers of social media companies facebook twitter and google have testified to two u.s.

senators in washington it's part of the investigation into whether russia use the companies to interfere in last year's presidential election all three confirmed that they have evidence of russian meddling meanwhile u.s. president donald trump has this miss the importance of a former campaign aide indicted in the rushing why rebranding him a liar on twitter george papadopoulos has pleaded guilty to lying to the f.b.i. about his russian contacts the president once described the thirty year old as an excellent guy. spain's national court has called catalonia is the post president cardless pushed them on to testify on thursday as a process has rebellion and sedition charges against them for declaring independence from spain he says he's not in belgium to seek political asylum asylum but to act in freedom and safety kenya's opposition leader has called for the result of the presidential election rerun to be an old president to rural kenya

that was the clear the winner on monday with ninety eight point two percent of the vote the turnout though was below forty percent because the poll was boycotted by opposition supporters well those are your headlines this hour stay with us coming up next it's our surprise. it's. from. the cold to forge relationships and strengthen the resolve to confront the threat from north korea but what impact could this visit really we'll be live across to bring you the very latest coverage here on. the back.