looking wayland go i also lost my but 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. oh is it a listen when they're on line we were in hurricane winds full almost like thirty six hours these are the things that you u.k. has to address or if you join us on set. but we struck up a relationship this is a dialogue tweet us with hash tag a.j. stream and one of your pitches might make the next show join the global conversation at this time on al-jazeera. the race to save survivors after a devastating earthquake along the iran iraq border more than four hundred thirty

people have died. and i'm joined in this is al jazeera live from doha was a coming up. what kind of it's clear from the nature of the steps taken and the rhetoric used by the blockaded countries that they don't want to solution to the crisis. such as i mean says there can be no compromise on his country's sovereignty is a saudi led economic blockade continues. been mas military as itself of committing any atrocities against they rang a minority in rakhine state plus on the reporter from austria on the return of the wouldn't all get to that podium but time on construction. a desperate search for survivors continues in. where thousands of people are

spending a second day without shelter after a powerful earthquake struck near the iraqi border rescuers workers have been digging through the rubble putting on bodies and isolated seventy thousand people have been displaced after their homes collapsed in the magnitude seven point three quake iran's president hassan rouhani has traveled to come onshore province touring the worst affected areas an estimated four hundred thirty eight people were killed and seven thousand injured sin and cos you'll get reports on the mean because near the quake's epicenter in northern iraq. they won after sunday's earthquake on the iraq iran border and the community which frees their dead from the rubble the loudest sounds of morning come from iran's can launch a province more than three hundred of the that lived here thousands more were injured. i was under the rubble of a destroyed wall it collapsed on my head infrastructure has been devastated so

medics improvised in a field iran's government has sent in twenty helicopters and created four field hospitals using trucks of medicine and buses to treat. those whose injuries were too severe were transferred to the capital to her on there were no facility has no access to electricity or water in the seconds the earthquake rolled through at nine eighteen on sunday night an estimated seventy thousand people became homeless iran is one of the most systemic and active countries in the world several major fault lines cross said. in iraq there are less common but this time the destruction across the border the corridor standard brenda hanna was also shaken by sunday's earthquake a few buildings have collapsed and many are badly damaged the government. is

warning people to stay away from them. the earthquake hurt i was lying in my bed because i wasn't feeling well my son started shouting mom wake up there's an earthquake we all went to the corridor and you could see the house collapsing behind us and hear the sound of things falling. it's played many people are still under the rubble communities in iran and iraq are scrambling optimistically to find out. the building was flattened by the earthquake that struck yesterday it fell on a seven member family we managed to rescue only five of them the other two were killed with the first time i've ever seen an earthquake to divine out that no one can prevent losses professionals have been brought in never to be late they work will see to death all right the area was already fragile economically and politically the earthquake has broken their independence. the turkish red

crescent has deployed fifty five cattle trucks of aid to kurdish held areas of iraq and iran tuesday has been declared a national day of mourning the true cost of the earthquake slowly becoming clear so you know i'm close although al-jazeera deboned the hun northern iraq. get is the director of iran red crescent society for international operations she says her teams of reach most of the affected areas and the priority is now sheltering people from the cold. the focus now on the actually emergency sheltering and food. but the and the solution of the food but the point is that because the wide area is reaching to the people it takes a little bit time so we are actually doing our best to accelerate this procedure and to send the items to all of the people we receive the items from our stark's from the sixteen provincial branches around the areas in order just to not to waste

the time so that i can say that all the needed items are now deployed. to the. province it is which is the main province of that severely damaged. and i can say that. our people. they do their most. to reach the people in the in different religious catalyze amir says his country's neighbors have no desire to end the gulf crisis try to member in the middle fun he says the blockade in countries underestimate the will of the cattery people saudi arabia the united arab emirates bahrain and egypt severed ties with cattle in june and imposed a land sea and air blockade has the latest. qatar's leader remains

defiant describing the blockade imposed as unfair and violating diplomatic norms checked i mean been hammered then he says qatar is willing to start talks but national sovereignty is a red line. as you are all aware has been subjected to an unjust and unlawful measures that violate all the values and norms established not only among friendly countries but also among enemy by nature of the measures taken and the rhetoric and conduct adopted it has become evident that the blockading countries are not aiming for a solution or settlement it's all started in june when saudi arabia the u.a.e. bihari in and egypt severed diplomatic ties with qatar and imposed a land sea and air blockade they accused qatar of promoting extremism accusations dismissed by the qatari leadership as fabricated lies kuwait and

the u.s. are trying to heal the diplomatic aware of it but saudi arabia and its allies say the sanctions against qatar will only be lifted when qatar meets a list of thirteen demands including shutting down the al-jazeera media network closing a turkish military base and downgrading ties with iran. the five month crisis continues but the i me are says the blockade in countries under estimate the will of the qatari people here with her to the series of measures to break the embargo such are starting new shipping routes to ensure food supplies continue well. qatar in the good tories are capable of thriving and progressing whether the siege ends or not we do not fear being boycotted by these countries we are far better off however vigilance is needed and they have not stopped the blockade but continue to interfere with our domestic affairs the emea made his speech at the opening session

of the parliamentary advisory body called the shura council for the first time i mean appointed for women to the forty five member council last week they will help draft laws approve the budget and monitor government performance the emea appoints one third of the council two thirds are elected plans for full elections to the council have been delayed for the past nine years cutters leader we to re to the gulf crisis won't deter his country from pursuing political and economic reforms. military it has cleared itself of committing any atrocities against the rehang a minority in rakhine state rangar refugees accuse me on mars security forces of massacres rape and burning of villages but the military says it carried out its own investigation and has found no wrongdoing the army crackdown forced more than six

hundred thousand people to flee to bangladesh got hired as more from a mass capital maybe. released on the myanmar commander in chief's facebook page late on monday the investigation an internal investigation carried out by the military here on its actions in the rakhine state over the last couple of months has exonerated itself saying that those who carried out this operation this anti-terrorist operation as they coined it in the western rakhine state say that they had of themselves within the rules of engagement now this is was met by human rights activists around the world as a white washing of what took place over the last several months in rakhine state that sent over six hundred thousand range into neighboring bangladesh now it's interesting that they say you know detailed that they didn't carry out any killings murders of innocent civilians no rapes and no torching of villages again this goes directly against what i witnessed as have been saying in neighboring bangladesh those who have fled now it will be on wednesday rex tillerson the u.s.

secretary of state will be visiting here neighbors or the capital will be meeting with top military officials rex tillerson already met on the sidelines of aussie on down in the philippines with on song suchi the civilian leader of this nation rex tillerson tomorrow on wednesday with meeting with the military leaders will be interesting to hear what comes out of that if anything we really haven't heard any schedule we haven't been notified of any public statements to come out of those meetings the u.s. president donald trump has flown home off to the carrying his twelve day trip to asia a success but some americans disagree on white house correspondent committee held good looks back on the president's longest far into it. he promised to speak frankly to the chinese reassure japan over is north korean fears and deliver a strong message on trade in the end president donald trump's messages were muddled at best. on his trip to tokyo trump checked all the right boxes on security in

north korea this ng with families of people abducted by the regime but will elaine japan's fears about a north korean attack. he later insulted kim jong un personally in a tweet even suggesting in the same tweet he may someday want to meet the north korean leader visiting china the president took no questions from the press at beijing's request something they always ask of u.s. presidents but are not always granted and well he talked tough on chinese trade it was this remark that got the most attention after all. who can blame a country for being able to take advantage of another country for the benefit of its citizens i give china great credit. indeed many analysts believe china not the united states emerged as an even bigger power following the trip will trump criticized asian trade practices she praised open

markets but he's got a lot of cash that he's throwing around asia and so a lot of countries they are wary but they also are beneficiaries of that cause another problem many presidents in the past have used foreign travel to downplay domestic trouble trump did the opposite he failed to press the issue again of russian meddling in the twenty sixteen u.s. election when meeting with russian president vladimir putin. every time he sees me he says i didn't do that and i believe i really believe that when he tells me that he means it that prompted widespread criticism forcing trump to clarify his remarks during a press conference i believe that he feels that he and russia did not meddle in the election as to whether i believe it or not i'm with our agencies in the philippines the trumpet ministration said it raised the issue first absence from the football

competition in sixty years. how i was saved the very when she whether making its way to the far north east of china is that saw me be able we do expect to see some wintry blast of course but you can see this little area of low pressure feeding its way through here's that cold front right the way down the spine of japan and behind that that's where the cold air has comyns produced a fair amount of snow in the process sapporo no one but in around five degrees celsius fifteen southeast that sendai and also for tokyo along with the sokha struggling to get above freezing there in pyongyang but we're going to about seven right in sold out also in beijing over the next couple of days but some places of cloud filtering their way back into that western side of japan by thursday but for

many there will be some braudis a little bit of sunshine coming through but the sunshine meanwhile across central and southern areas of china twenty seven celsius in hong kong two back here a few showers just filtering their way over towards the gulf of tonkin towards central and southern parts of vietnam as we go on through the next couple of days and southern areas of and already we'll see some very heavy downpours as we go on through wednesday and thursday the clouds gathering here showers continue to across a good part of malaysia singapore kuala lumpur also seeing some lively showers and more rain in the asia. everything you do is being analyzed it's being weighed it's been measured the island was bliss life. and it's not just i phones that i was laughing i mean most smartphones of the day at the moment we are in a state of the universe limits of where i would start and did something that was

growing act i would rather take the risks of democracy to the risks of the dictatorship digital dissidents at this time on al-jazeera. and again a quick look at the top stories the hunt for survivors continues in iran with thousands of people are spending a second day without shelter after sunday's earthquake and national day of mourning has been held for the estimated four hundred thirty rain ians who were killed near the iraqi border. the mayor of cateye says blockading countries have no desire to end the five month old gulf crisis and underestimating the will of the cattery

people. bynum adult finally says council is willing to start talks but it won't be dictated to or surrender sovereignty. military leaders and cleared soldiers of committing any atrocities against the minorities some of the six hundred thousand refugees who fled to bangladesh accuse security forces of burning villages carrying out massacres and rape. came to sponsibility for suicide blast outside a camp used by security forces in yemen a suicide bomber has detonated a car packed with explosives in the southern port city of aden at least six people were killed and several others injured in the attack the un humanitarian coordinator in yemen has called on the saudi led coalition to open all seaports into the country as a matter of urgency aid groups are preparing to send much needed supplies to yemen after the coalition said it will start reopening some of the air and sea ports

saudi arabia imposed a blockade a week ago after the rebels fired a missile at riyadh the u.n. is warning millions of people could die in the world's worst famine in decades unless the measures are lifted completely. well than sixty people have been killed in air strikes in a rebel held town in northern syria the syrian observatory for human rights says three strikes hit a market and the countryside town of utter red. it's inside one of the so-called deescalation zones which were agreed between turkey russia and iran who's responsible for the strikes some of binge of it is. near the turkish syrian border . activists are reporting that the death toll in the three airstrikes in northern town of atar of have risen sharply dozens of people have been killed and more than one hundred have been wounded activists suspect that these were russian or syrian government air strikes which targeted

a busy marketplace in the northern countryside of aleppo province which is also close to the positions that have been taken by turkish soldiers in the province that's only about thirty kilometers away from this place. it's not clear whether it was russian or syrian jets which carried out the strikes but activists are saying that they're taking the number of people who've been injured to various hospitals in aleppo and in the province it's interesting to note that these strikes happen as the two leaders who have guaranteed safe corridors and inside syria the escalation zone so to speak where civilians will be targeted will meeting president putin and russia pay a larger gun showed satisfaction over the progress in syria while these airstrikes happen to this are saying that the opposition fighters have alleged that the government jets and forces have been targeting their positions in southern and

northern aleppo to try and consolidate their positions as deeds the escalation zones have come into effect obviously these areas fall out of the deescalation zones and opposition fighters are saying that this is an excuse by the regime to consolidate its position as the syrian government says it will continue. after what it calls terrorists kenya supreme court is hearing a challenge against the results of last month's presidential election rerun it's opening the door to potential legal challenges to present his reelection as for me the malays planes from nairobi. this is the second time in three months that the supreme court is hearing petitions against the results of a presidential election back in all ghost it had ruled this should be new elections because the electoral commission paired according to the court committed irregularities in telling the final result it then called for fish elections this time around petitioners are again laying the fault or the blame of irregularities

at the feet of the electoral commission around a number of issues but the two most important is one that british nominations were not held before the elections took place and they say without fresh nominations the main candidate standing in the election incumbent president working out of was not a valid contender and the election shouldn't have been held in the other issue is around the withdrawal of the main contender one of the other main contenders raila odinga in the election once he was through the election should have been cancelled now this wasn't the case and the petitioners are saying that the electoral commission hasn't fulfilled its constitutional mandate the electoral commission as well as incumbent president are a canard to say that these petitions are a waste of time and that to the final results of from the october twenty sixth election should be upheld the scales should be strode out and who can or to should be sworn in before the end of the month that of lebanon's maronite church has met

his country's prime minister saad hariri in the saudi capital patriarch bashar arrives the first lebanese official to visit the kingdom since hariri unexpectedly and nonstick his resignation there more than a week ago chinese president xi jinping zimbra infrastructure project is facing some serious hurdles the plan aims to revive ancient trade routes to connect asia europe and africa but in indonesia the construction of the first chinese high speed rail where has been stalled for more than two years said person reports. traveling from beijing to london in just a few days might be a bit too optimistic the ambitious chinese plan to connect and re feisty old silk road is facing some serious delays the so-called one belle's one road initiative is the crown jewel of president xi change things presidency and the plan to call next china to africa europe and out of parts of asia is even adopted in the country's

constitution during the last communist party congress it's part of president she's a mission to expense chinese influence in the world that believe phife the glowing days of trade of seven hundred fifty years ago by the modern day silk road is facing some serious bombs insurgencies corrupt politicians and local villages a delay in projects in indonesia laos thailand and pakistan the hifi strain in indonesia connected in jakarta but the london as yet still be built because of problems with permits and land issues in pakistan insurgents attacked trades and chinese workers and in laos the train is being built amid huge controversy about the pricing although china's fast all countries will benefit from the one bout on the road initiative many conferees are wondering what they have to gain although camel caravans are a thing of the past it will take some time before a model acknowledged she is in place. as delegates meet for the cup twenty three

climate summit in germany much of the focus is on ways to implement the paris climate accord and reduce greenhouse gas emissions the concrete jungles of the world's cities are huge sources of c o two emissions during part of a construction and not some architects are reverting to one of the oldest forms of building material which is cheaper faster and more sustainable. in australia. in the austrians a little they've been building houses out of wood for as long as anybody can remember but now the global demand for timber construction is soaring business is booming at the bin to hold sawmill every day twenty thousand trees go through the system six million trees a year the scale of production is staggering it's not a trained it's a mainstream and i think that the mainstream arrives because we have

a big change worldwide of back to the nature absolutely everyone is talking about green living much of the wood is compressed into products no that's cross laminated timber or c l.t. incredibly strong and durable and surprisingly fire resistant. it is the material of choice of more and more architects around the world especially in the u.k. like this residential development in and in london it's faster to put up than traditional construction materials and five times lighter we don't tend to think of the carbon footprint of our buildings but concrete and steel production is actually responsible for up to eighty percent of global emissions. suck in c o two and when the timber is used for construction read the carbon remains the way.

nearly all been the holds to make comes from within one hundred kilometer radius all sustainably produced air is a felled off the fifty or sixty years of growth and then tree regenerate sorted by size and quality and logs are huge into planks to be used around the world and for more local projects. architect thomas uses e.l.t. for many of his designs. that it's in that the big advantage of it is that it presents new possibilities with the traditional way of building the carpenter creates an a three d. plan and sends it to the sales team machine for the parts to be made then it's all put together like a puzzle on site at the sawmill anything that is not turned into timber is burned to supply district heating for nearby communities and electricity to the national grid there is next to no waste in the whole process. they wouldn't yet but

mankind's original construction material is making a definitive come back the clock al-jazeera is a little austrian. for the first time in sixty years italy's football team has failed to qualify for the world cup the four time cup winners drew nel nel with sweden in a play off it was a game they had to win legendary goalkeeper. before and also announced his retirement ending a twenty year international career that included winning the two thousand and six world cup. you know. we are all tears this evening because we did our best and this will chase us forever it's incredible delusion even now we're struggling to realize us judges hold to the controversial sale of two paintings by the american artist norman rockwell at the heart of the matter is whether a museum has a right to sell of works that were donated to it for safe keeping for generations to come the museum says it needs the expected fifty million dollars sale to pay for

renovations kristen salumi has a story. the works of norman rockwell provide a window into america's past smalltown twentieth century life whether it's after hours fun scene here at shuffled his barber shop or the bustle of blacksmith's boy these paintings were donated by the artist to the berkshire museum in the one nine hundred fifty s. but the museum in the state of massachusetts where rockwell lived and worked for the last twenty five years of his life fell on hard times and decided to sell them my grandfather gave them to be viewed by the people the birchers probably in gratitude. to the director and to the museum i think the museum is losing its soul i think it's. you know it's very clear that it is a mission around science history an art and has decided to sell the art in order to invest in the other parts of the mission. norman rockwell's descendants

aren't the only ones upset about it but the museums board which turned down our request for an interview says it's been losing a million dollars a year and needs to raise money to revamp its site to attract new visitors. a massachusetts court has delayed the sale after the family of the state attorney general's office sued the state argued the sale also opposed by the association of art museum directors and the american alliance of museums may violate the museum's responsibility as a charitable trust or critically rosenbaum says the move would set a bad precedent allowing cash strapped institutions to potentially convert public treasures into liquid assets the metropolitan museum couldn't find the money for its expansion that it's planning to do but it didn't sell the rembrandts that's not the way to do it what you do is you poor as you postpone you make some cuts i mean laid off some people and you just wait until you can get the consensus and the

donors support that you need or risk the sale of iconic works such as those of norman rockwell to private collectors where the american public won't get a chance to see them kristen salumi al-jazeera. the and again the top stories on al-jazeera a desperate search for survivors continues in iran with thousands of people are spending a second day without shelter after a powerful earthquake struck near the iraqi border. because i've been digging through the rubble putting up bodies four hundred thirty people have died and seven thousand injured and seventy thousand people have been displaced after their homes collapsed in the magnitude seven point three quake iran's president hassan rouhani has traveled to come on shah province touring the worst affected. cuts as a man says his country's neighbors have no desire to end the gulf crisis said to me

in bynum a dolphin he says the blockade in countries underestimate the will of the country people saudi arabia the united arab emirates behind in egypt severed ties with cats on june and imposed on land sea and air blockade. i'm talking to you with all transparency we mean what we say when we say we are ready for agreements through dialogue based on mutual respect for sovereignty and shared commitments but on the other hand we know that the indications we receive say seach countries don't want to solution these countries with this attitude have opened a new stage in the relations between gulf countries we have benefited from this experience it brought out the best from this people we contributed to shaping its national identity and reinforced the national unity with the leadership. minute she has cleared itself of committing atrocities against the rangar muslim minority in rakhine state rangar refugees accuse me and my security forces of massacres rape and the burning of villages but the military says it carried out its own

investigation and has found no wrongdoing the army crackdown forced more than six hundred thousand people to flee to bangladesh they had eleven and maronite church has made his country's prime minister saad hariri and the saudi capital patriarch bashar ra is the first lebanese official to visit the kingdom sensory reality spectacle announced his resignation more than a week ago i suppose came to sponsor ability for a suicide blast outside a camp used by security forces in yemen at least six people were killed in the attack those are the headlines the news will continue here on al-jazeera but first it is inside story.

is this a massive breach of privacy in india government leaders want to expand the world's largest biometric database and link more than a billion id cards with global phones and bank accounts opponents are urging supreme court judges to say no.