the military and the establishment in the capital bangkok know that it's very difficult for them to win support in parts of thailand like this. asia's largest catholic country is witnessing a dramatic rise in teenage pregnancy. when east investigates why so many filipino children are having babies. at this time on al-jazeera. this is al jazeera.

and i'm rob matheson this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes a race against time in the u.s. the senators try to prevent a looming government shutdown. a member of a cult of oil family accuses saudi arabia and the u.a.e. of creating the gulf crisis to seize doha's wealth. seeking reelection egypt's president and the speculation and says he's going to run for a second term. pope francis makes a plea to protect the amazon and its people during his trip to peru. well the countdown is on in the u.s. where the senate has just a few hours to prevent a government shutdown but still there's no deal the senate's a late night vote to decide on the way forward politicians must agree on a bill by midnight on friday to keep government agencies funded for the next month

earlier donald trump met top democrats in a bid to win their support but significant areas of disagreement remain white house correspondent kelly holcomb reports. a planned trip to florida to mark donald trump's first anniversary in office has been canceled at least for now instead america's republican president is reaching out to his democratic rival in this summit meeting with an invitation to the white house to try and avert a government shutdown we made some progress but we still have good numbers to support the discussions will continue republicans control congress but it's a crisis the white house blames on democrats it appears unfortunately that senate democrats are entrenched in forcing a shutdown unlike five years ago when the government shut down for sixteen days this time all u.s. national parks and post offices will remain open loys will not get paid and

just like five years ago the military border patrol and federal firefighters among others will remain on the job but they'll also not be paid right away as a thirty nine thousand one hundred seven the most is going on thursday lawmakers in the u.s. house of representatives passed a short term funding bill to keep the government open but it must also pass in the senate and democratic senators are refusing to approve any funding legislation without protections from deportation for thousands of illegal immigrants brought to the united states as children mr president come up here democrats believe they have few options given trump announced obama era protections for the illegal immigrants known as doctor recipients runs out in march based on what we have seen in terms of how the republicans have responded in the past i believe democrats simply do not trust that the republicans will actually to address the issue. despite

claims to the contrary given twenty eighteen is a congressional election year it appears trump sees political advantage in a government shutdown if the public places blame on democrats. on friday morning he tweeted shutdown coming we need more republican victories in twenty eighteen as donald trump prepares to mark his first year in office unless a deal is reached the anniversary of trump's inauguration is set to be celebrated much like the year started amid controversy kimberly hellcat al jazeera washington particle has joining us now from washington d.c. patty are we any clearer about what's going to be happening. well let's see in about an hour the senate republicans are going to try to hold a vote. called cloture and now it's very very arcane and it is basically saying let's cut off debate let's vote on the issue that's when we'll know if any

democrats are going to peel off and trying continue to fund the government you know keep in mind they've been doing this month after month they kick the can down the road so we just need another month to negotiate to actually have a budget they're not actually talking about the budget now they're just talking about whether or not they should keep the government open whether it be four days five days or four weeks so that's where these negotiations are at it to get it really does come down to whether or not democrats are simply going to insist on fixing the system the president donald trump broke him self it was a shrine that was part of regulations that these children who were brought to the country by their parents without documentation could basically be protected the president tore that up said as of march congress you fix it so now it's time for congress to pass the budget democrats see this is their opportunity so so far they seem to be holding out and saying fine shut down the government partially shut down the government it doesn't have a scary consequences as it sounds what they're saying go ahead and do that unless you're going to protect these children so now what we see the white house doing is

trying to sort of change the time frame so yes at midnight one minute after the clock strikes midnight the government does technically partially shut down but they're saying that won't really matter just yet listen to the budget director on that idea to be taking care of him and i actually that's why i just said i think that you think there's a leadership. that the work offers are you sure going on i think you're i mean for tomorrow. no i don't like it but i'm not leaving until the end of. that fever scrum that's just pretty much sum up the feeling in washington right now everybody is looking to the clock everyone's looking behind these closed doors there are negotiations going on we believe the white house is picking up the phone think about this the president of the united states does not want to see this happen even if he thinks it's going to be political politically advantage to him which it probably likely won't be this will mark the year anniversary of when he

took office when he said he would fix washington proving that he in fact didn't fix washington facing a crowd of women thousands are expected to march in protest against his administration tomorrow in washington and he's supposed to be having a fundraiser in florida so he has a lot of incentive to get this done but he doesn't have a lot of goodwill with democrats to get them on board so that few more hours than will know for sure but i know we're going to be checking in with you for now thanks very much indeed joining us from washington d.c. is robert hunter he's director of the center for transatlantic security studies at the national dividing this university we appreciate your time sir do you think that the republican party and the trumpet ministration are aware of the potential political fallout that could result from this potential shutdown. well at this point with less than three hours to go that's all they're thinking about yes there are the issues as we've already heard the the so-called dreamers the

people who came here as children as with their parents who are illegal immigrants we have the question of building the wall between the united states and mexico we have the question of the extension of the so-called child. health insurance program these are all in the mix but it's really about politics and the polling same's to show that because the president is a republican at least nominally the house of representatives in the senate or both the republican hands it's very likely that the republicans are more going to get the blame if the government gets shutdown and a kind of a different angle came in earlier today this morning at the secretary of defense mr madison who is maybe the most popular person most trusted person at least in the entire administration came out and said yes my military people will continue to be able to do what they have to but the civilian component the contractors the support

all of this may go away and that will be had bad thing so i think that adds to the weight on the scale where mr mr trump the president will have to finally at the end if he can tell republicans come on at least push this off for five days let's push it over a month probably and then we'll figure out what the electoral math looks like again because this is about politics this is really not about issues on the basis of politics of course we're twenty eighteen we're facing the midterms do you think that people voters are going to carry this forward into how they vote in those midterms in twenty eighteen or is it all going to go away once this is all fixed. well politics is about short term things as well but this is kind of a test marketing for the masses or come out later and say nobody knows for sure how much the trump of fact where the man is highly unpopular with most americans

where he said serious medical personnel wondering whether he's entirely sane how much that will work against republicans now we've been seeing in the last couple of weeks that maybe just maybe it's not playing is negatively for the republicans is there were just as a feared so right now the democrats have to worry that if they push too hard maybe they won't actually be able to capitalize on this next november so if you buy another four weeks then the pollsters can do some more work and you can try to figure out again let me emphasize this is about domestic politics though it has significant implications including in the middle east where the support for american forces in the middle east shuts down at midnight if this doesn't get done which means a lot of the contractors a lot of civilians will just have to stay home robert hunter thank you very much for your time egypt's president of the father has announced he will run for

a second time the elections are scheduled for march the rose to power in twenty fourteen after leading the military in ousting his predecessor well how many reports. the announcement was widely expected now egyptian president is that data sisi has made it official and us that it got a lot of out info to collect a lot of been today as a to members of the size it moments we have gone through and think about as a serious challenges that face our home country and the huge expectations and the hopes that we have for our homeland i find myself standing confused before my national conscious as i speak to you was the honesty and transparency we have been used to in our dialogue and hope that you would accept me for the presidency of the republic. analysts are hardly surprised by his staying in power this way that way

i think of the elections as one source solve it is just a missile or a facade of this committee that would say that he won the elections fed and square and he has significant book to support. c.c. who swept to power in two thousand and thirteen after a military coup against former president mohammed morsi obtained ninety seven percent of the vote in the two thousand and fourteen election international observers question the credibility of the results saying the election fell short of international standards. campaign promises included rebuilding egypt reviving the country's economy and raising living conditions. but almost four years into his presidency many egyptians are disillusioned with his rule concern has grown that it has brought with it a return to the authoritarian security state that prevailed under former president hosni mubarak rendering the hater square revolution only a brief experiment in democracy. real opposition to sisi in the march election is

likely to be thin on the ground potential candidates have either already withdrawn or seen their candidacy blocked some have blamed an atmosphere of fear observers say c.c.'s tactic is a recognizable. one in the region to. help with lessons and saddam's regime has used it before they would tell the international and regional community that they won with ninety percent or ninety nine percent whatever the percentage but the same time there are no consequences for that one and it seems there's intimacy of the regimes on one and the other and you know there are no consequences for their actions. cc's rule has been marked by a brutal crackdown on freedom of expression and civil liberties economic turbulence and increasing attacks by armed groups human rights groups have been placed under severe restrictions and many critics in the media have been silenced. his allies however dismiss accusations of abuses saying his tactics are needed for security in

the face of an insurgency in the north sinai region that has expanded to include civilian targets mohammed jim groom and dizzy other former armed forces chief of staff sami ananda says he'll also run has called for state institutions to be neutral towards all candidates. or of thought or story if i am elected to this historic position to save egypt that belongs to the people i call on all citizens to do their part in their responsibility to the nation. the whole martha sat down icon the country's institutions both private and military to remain neutral towards all who have announcer candidacy and to not take sides of the current president this is against the constitution he is merely a candidate among other candidates. plenty more ahead on the news hour including turkey escalates tension along the border with syria after days of threats against kurdish fighters plus. an paul brennan at the institute for cancer research looking

at the possibility of a blood test which could be a breakthrough in cancer diagnosis and in sports the heat is on of the astray and open as the world's best tennis players struggle to keep their cool. but only royal who was at one time a close ally of saudi arabia says the gulf diplomatic crisis has been manufactured in an audio recording obtained by al-jazeera shake up dollar been any accuses saudi arabia and the u.a.e. of fabricating the rift with qatar as a way to seize their neighbor's wealth he also says he was under so much pressure from the two countries that he wanted to end his life to reports the man saudi arabia and the u.a.e. were presenting as an alternative to qatar leadership stepped up his attacks on the

blockading countries in a new audiotape shake of the lebanon thani a member of qatar while your family says the gulf's biggest diplomatic best was triggered by saudi and immaturity crum princes whom he accuses of plotting to take the towers wealth by force amounts most as well as. this one and. also one of the. two who will. come on. the table. in the old you're recording the shea says he was under so much pressure from saudi arabia and the u.a.e. that he considered taking his own life he also appeared in a video posted online on sunday where he says he was detained against his will in

the u.a.e. a claim which the night but two days later when ali left the u.a.e. this is the only picture taken of him when he arrived in kuwait his family said his health deteriorated during his alleged detention in the u.a.e. he was told that he can leave the saudi arabia but not to. the end of the day he was allowed. to leave. and he has two daughters with him and it was about twelve o'clock at night that. the told them that they have to go to the airport and then the information changed that you are not allowed to go to the u.k. the u.k. refuses your entry and that is false. and that your daughters can live and you must still stay in the. the little known shape became

a central figure during the gulf cooperation council crisis when he was first received by king solomon but of that as he's of saudi arabia media affiliated with saudi arabia and the u.a.e. portrayed him as the had of the opposition to the qatari government but soon the shay has nowhere to be seen except for tweets attributed to him the recent statements of the shed more light on the g.c.c. crisis that started in june when saadi arabia the u.a.e. and egypt cut off diplomatic ties and imposed a sea land and embargo on qatar the post from shekau the lebanon early support qatar stands the other west catered and politically motivated has. turkey is mobilizing thousands of free syrian army rebels on its border with syria they were ferried in a convoy of buses as part of a military operation against syrian kurdish fighters known as the wiping of gene in

the town of our fleet in turkey classifies them as a terrorist organization and could have fears the establishment of a kurdish commodore along its border the army has intensified shelling on nothing in recent days and says a ground assault could happen soon russia has accused the us of trying to undermine efforts to end the war in syria washington's denied setting up of force along the turkey syria border made up of the kurdish led syrian democratic forces but turkey is not satisfied by those assurances and warns it could split syria now sergey lavrov has weighed in on your list of city use a new mood for you is trying to alternative bodies of authority on the parts of the syrian territories that is a fact and that does contradict their obligations now they have even more far reaching plains and we'll have to keep that in mind and try to find ways that would prevent them from undercutting the sovereignty of the syrian state but just ok

let's bring you more on that news out of egypt the president. is planning to seek reelection when joining is now is best mamani she's a professor of political science at the university of waterloo in canada thank you very much indeed for your time the former armed forces chief of staff sami on and has said that he's also going to run he's called for state institutions to be neutral towards all candidates do you think that that's an indication that there is an element of democracy that's going to happen in this election you know. well i'm sorry about that we appear to have lost our link to besmirch mani will try and get her back later in the program in the meantime let's me tell you about pope francis who's matt's peru's president. wraps up his south american tour and earlier the pope's called for the protection of indigenous people

while visiting the heart approves imus and forest the pope condemned the exploitation of timber gas and gold in the area he said made to peruvians have never been more threatened and urged the government to recognize their culture montana sunshades has this update from lima. well the pope visited one of the most devastated areas in the region in the amazon in the southern region of the. southern. a region where gold miners have devastated this area by doing gold mining in this area but the the pope who was also very critical not only of gold miners but he said that larger interests meaning companies are contributing to the devastation of an area of the environment that he said large interests want to lay their hands on gas and petroleum. and gold and he said

he urged these communities to protect the environment and he also condemned the evil gold mining is contributing to the human trafficking in that area there are thousands of girls that are being forced into prostitution there are slave labor also there so the whole urged the native communities to defend the their culture which in the end means they will be protecting their land they will be protecting. the environment with the pope and will be. until sunday here in beirut he will be holding mass. just celebration in the northern city of tokyo on sunday before he holds a massive everything just immigration where a million and a half people are expected to left hand there will be a protest of critics of the pope who say that the pope and the vatican are not doing enough especially the pope not doing enough to stop their sex abuses and we

among their demand in the church germany says it will no longer export on mr countries involved in the war in yemen the move will affect the sale of military equipment to the saudi led coalition that's been fighting hooty rebels in the country since twenty fifteen the conflict has left over ten thousand people dead with millions on the brink of famine. u.s. vice president mike pence is on his way to the middle east for a three day trip to discuss moving the american embassy in israel to jerusalem the decision has provoked international anger pens will go to egypt jordan and spend two days in israel where he will address the parliament the palestinians have made it clear he's not welcome alan fischer reports from washington d.c. . america's vice president flies to the middle east with the country still facing international anger over its controversial decision to declare jerusalem israel's

capital and all the protests may not be as furious or widespread mike pence will find there is still deep seated resentment at the american position typically these trips are about. trying to demonstrate support for u.s. priorities in prerogatives in the region and you know demonstrate how close we are with our allies and demonstrate how close we are with israel and demonstrate that we can come to some kind of compromise with the palestinians it's a big show these trips are ostentatious for a reason but the practical kind of nuts and bolts of the trouble ministrations approach on this issue is a known failure donald trump made his controversial announcement last month it is time to officially recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel. a more number of sites had previously been identified it could still

take several years for the switch to go through pence will first go to egypt where he'll meet with president. other senior figures of told them they're not interested in seeing him from there it's on to jordan and the face to face with king abdullah finally he'll be in israel for two days where he will meet prime minister benjamin netanyahu and president reagan revelent the palestinians have snubbed the vice president's visit you cannot meet people when they're insult you when humiliate you when they ignore you when they sided with your enemy you have to particular the message we are angry we don't accept this and this is cannot continue should not be hypocrisy this is hypocrisy if we meet you we are not on a star on something mike pence is traveling to the middle east to convince everyone the u.s. can still be an honest broker in the peace process that donald trump believes as a self-proclaimed deal maker he can still pull something together pence's visit will test the new waters alan fischer al-jazeera washington. still ahead on al-jazeera concerns raised over the plan to repatriate hundreds of thousands of

a hinge of refugees to me and mine set to begin in a few days time. and in sports golf's world number one hits form of the abu dhabi championship and he's here with that story. but it's springtime flowers of a mountain lake. the way to the first snowfall on a winter's day. right at the depths of winter sir of course it's warming up in the village shina not quite what you might expect in the forecast of eleven degrees in shanghai fifteen hundred twenty one in hong kong it shouldn't really get any warmer but it proposal will in for example hong kong twenty two degrees an onshore breeze humidity that's enough to lift the cloud into producing rain in some parts in the middle of china is just not quite how you might expect it to be a problem or normal weather is is the showers around both malaysia and more

especially into these you occasionally big shasta touching the philippines still and there's a massive cloud that's just walking towards southern vietnam but even catch sudden thailand and certainly we're talking about in the lazy here that you do get rain this time the a bit thailand should really be looking at dryish weather and except for the south i suppose that's true so in indonesia or in bali expectorant whether it is that easter rising this time the bone dry though in india and indeed in sri lanka not much is moving we see some clouds rolling across the hindu kush that might stir the atmosphere i do hope so but i don't think it will still poor air quality in the northern plain of india of course as you might expect it to be temperature wise up to twenty one by day in delhi it gets cold at night but for the sas and you are in the thirty's just. the weather sponsored by cattle and nice. and this is a good. it's busy. young liver tree it's. neither

read nor write but they tell their let's bring the truth. i guess that there. will be anything just look risking it all to destroy an al-jazeera. america's controversial president continues to polarize opinions donald trump do solemnly swear marking one year since he was sworn into office al-jazeera brings you a special program about the impact president trump has had at home and around the globe trump's first year on al-jazeera.

you're watching all jazeera a reminder of our top stories this hour the u.s. senate has shadowed a late night vote to decide on the way forward politician politicians must agree on a bill by midnight on fighting to keep government agencies funded for the next months earlier donald trump and that top democrats in a bid to win their support but significant areas of disagreement remain. ages president abdel fatah sisi has announced he will run for a second time in the march and actions and former forces chief of staff sami on has adopted his. names to list all the for state institutions to be mutual towards all candidates. a qatari royal who was at one time a close ally of saudi arabia says the gulf diplomatic crisis has been manufactured

in an audio recording obtained by al-jazeera shake up the love ben ali autonomy accuses saudi arabia and the u.a.e. of fabricating the rift with qatar to seize the neighbor's wealth well let's hear more now on what the shaikh had to say. and i'm glad. i'm starting. out i mean this is. and it's to them the. machine and. it. got. them. and. i think.

i just thought that. i could trust. our national. political. as well as. i talk with him. on. this one and i thought. well. let's have a little while. the u.s. defense secretary says the focus for his nation's national security has moved away

from terrorism to competition between the great powers james mattis has said the focus will be on countering china and russia is expanding military it's the latest sign of shifting priorities in america's defense strategy while in his first year in power president donald trump has stripped away many obama era environmental policies last june that the u.s. would pull out of the palace agreement in two thousand and twenty met with a worldwide disapproval and left the u.s. isolated and is now clark reports from paris it was followed by a series of climate related disasters in the united states from devastating hurricanes to wildfires. want to thank you december two thousand and fifty the paris agreement is forged a historic moment twenty years in the making. that final

a quarter greet here in paris was a momentous achievement and a unanimous global effort. then things changed. the united states will cease all implementation of the non-binding paris accord donald trump's efforts to strip away the environmental policies of his predecessor did not end that he's pushed to bring back mining jobs with as he put it beautiful clean coal he's opened the way for offshore oil exploration and his means to dismantle the u.s. . but then climate disasters have career it across the united states residents of california where rico and texas will need a reminder that two thousand and seventeen was unusually cruel property and livelihoods destroyed on a massive scale. from harkens to wildfires the u.s.

was struck by sixteen climate and weather disasters in one year with losses according to one report exceeding three hundred six billion dollars we need to be careful not to attribute any one of these events to climate change per se it's pretty clear that climate change is increasing the odds of extreme weather and events like those we've seen recently hurricanes wildfires etc i've not seen any real indication that the president is necessarily cognizant of that as cities and states have stepped into the federal void in the us to say we're still in the paris agreement we're here where we're not going away on the international stage and president macro affronts make planet great again. just this week macro ceded to the demands of a long standing environmental protest and abandon plans for a new airport and western fronts in december he has to the one planet summit to raise finance to fight climate change donald trump is looking at this climate

change issue as much more of a domestic politics issue than an actual scientific and national security problem which he should be but in mandarin my coin is definitely filling that void since the united states is now not a leader on climate change anymore donald trump has recently said he may yet stay in the paris agreement should the deal become more favorable but many say that he's never been able to articulate a criticism of the agreement that she reflects what it says there would no doubt be huge relief should the u.s. decide to stay within the paris accord but who knows which way the white house wind may blow the al-jazeera parts. randi refugees who escaped to bangladesh are due to start returning to me in march from next week more than six hundred fifty thousand and living in camps after fleeing violence and persecution in the past five months but the u.n. and rights groups are raising grave concerns about the repatriation process charles

stratford has more. these really enjoy men women and children just some of the new arrivals they fled myanmar into bangladesh in recent days and now being provided shelter in the refugee camps close to the border to hurry begum says she paid a boat with around seventy dollars to ferry her family across the river into bangladesh. but she and her three sons then got separated from her husband's sixteen year old daughter and the boy's grandmother she doesn't know where they are my son is a. little the me and my soldiers were demanding girls they said give us girls and save yourselves they have been giving there are hidden cards that say we are from bangladesh was that the myanmar government considers the really just legal immigrants and they've suffered decades of persecution the latest crackdown began after reinjure rebel group attacked police posts killing a number of security forces in or was last year hundreds of thousands of regime joe

fled to violence the un has accused me of ethnic cleansing it's estimated that the army killed at least six thousand seven hundred range in the first few weeks of the crackdown on someone no. we don't want to go back my brother in law and my nephew were slaughtered as my children are still so young they are safe but the i don't see killed our city and. carrying what few belongings they have to here and songs are taken to collect their shelter kits. the distribution center is a twenty minute walk through the camp where more than six hundred fifty thousand rahimtoola refugees leave now. the families are handed bags containing basic household goods and healthcare like tombs although the number of ranger crossing from myanmar to bangladesh in recent weeks has dropped considerably. according to the international organization for migration around two thousand four hundred

people crossed in december alone. now the plan put forward by the myanmar the bangladesh governments to stop repacked ranger that wants to go back to myanmar is due to start in a couple of days but it's new arrivals like these that highlight just how vulnerable unafraid the regime germy and remain. the u.n. and international aid organizations say it's too early for refugees to return when the security cannot be guaranteed i.o.m. is not involved in trees she lease talks are happening file actually between the two governments but as you can see today we are still having people there writing on a regular basis in desperate need of humanitarian support to here and the boys are taken to the place where aid workers a building the shelter this tiny bamboo and tall pull in heart will be home for the full see will future i hope my husband daughter and grandmother can find us here

she says stratford al-jazeera the refugee camp on the dish let's talk to you more about it u.s. president donald trump's first year in office is about to mark that in just a few hours' time john nichols is a national affairs correspondent with became magazine the nation he's joining us live from madison thank you very much for being with us we were hearing earlier on from our climate correspondent vironment correspondent nick log about trump pulling the u.s. out of the paris accords by twenty twenty he's also pulled the u.s. out of the t p p agreement but in both cases other countries have stepped in to take over and rearrange those agreements are we reaching a point do you think well the world is actually going to just carry on without the u.s. . i think there's no question of that and of course it has to the reality is that through most of the twentieth century the united states was the

essential country. it wasn't necessarily always the most powerful country but usually in addition to that it was a country that accepted its role as a responsible leader on a host of issues that's not to paint the u.s. as a perfect player made plenty of mistakes but there was still this sense that it had some duty under donald trump the united states has adopted a very very different course it's become very inward looking very focused on domestic affairs and really seeing its role in the world as primarily to assert its domestic interests that's a huge break from previous presidents especially from barack obama who seemed in many ways to be transitioning the u.s. into a much more internationalist focus is that inward looking focus by the trumpet ministration in the u.s. government reflected in the voters in the america and the americas themselves are

the people in the u.s. actually. feeling that inward looking sense themselves or are they aware of america's position in the world. i think that's a separate question there are some folks in the united states who are are very as you as we suggest here inward looking there's always been an american first quote unquote tendency among conservatives in the u.s. and even some moderate folks so that's their there's no question but overall i would say that the american people if we look at the polls would like to be like to be seen as more responsible like to see their country be a more responsible player and so trump is at odds i think with a lot of american sentiment but the deeper part of your question and perhaps a more important one is how aware are americans of this change in our place in the world and that the real answer to that is most people are probably unaware and that

is because trump's first year has been so incredibly chaotic so dramatic at many turns and also driven by things like trump's tweets and by his often outrageous actions that there's much less attention to the world than there has historically been in u.s. news media and frankly in the u.s. domestic debate on the causes national affairs correspondent with the weekly magazine the nation we appreciate your time thank you very much so i insist in the u.s. have developed a universal blood test capable of detecting eight different types of cancer of the test which is called cancer seek to catch the disease early and save lives while experts around the world are helping the test as an exciting development they do say that more research needs to be carried out called rennet reports. the scientists here at john hopkins university in baltimore analyzed more than a thousand patients who chose symptoms of cancer to see whether this new test would

accurately confirm the diagnosis and they were excited to discover that for certain tumors the council's seek test was up to ninety eight percent accuracy and the same test was effective for eight different types of cancer fluting five which no early screening currently exists here's how it works as a chuma forms and grows the cancerous cells within it change reproduce and die sometimes cierra shed cells that can get into the bloodstream and when cancer cells die they can also release d.n.a. and other fragments that also get into the blood cancer seek is described as a liquid biopsy and analyzes a patient's blood sample for traces of that cancer d.n.a. and identifying which genes and mutations are most active can identify the type of cancer and the best treatment the importance of early diagnosis of cancer can't be understated for example in the case of brow counts ovarian cancer and breast cancer

ninety percent of those diagnosed early will continue to live for more than five years but the survival rate if it's caught at an advanced stage is much lower in the case of a variant cancer is just five percent in the u.k. cancer specialists are giving a cautious welcome to the findings this is a very exciting first step along the way to such a blood test they've shown that you can pick up a toy any traces of the cancer in the blood. but potentially has the ability to pick up cancers early on and identify patients for surgery but it is a first step another specialist though wants to see the test accuracy improved stage one when we want to diagnose these cancers this is. white glue it's just about what to put so that is something. that might hold this test back.

when we try to think about. the baltimore study worked with patients who had already shown symptoms of cancer the true breakthrough will happen if this test can identify cancer before the symptoms a match that could really make a massive impact on survival rates this test is one step closer to the. paul brennan al-jazeera london. martin is a radiation oncologist and an associate professor at the university of newcastle in astray he's joining us now i thank you very much indeed for being with us on the face of it to those of us obviously who are on the sidelines of the of this kind of research this sounds like a significant step but it does sound as though there are many more tests yet to be done before this can be declared effective is that correct. yes absolutely it's completely not ready for prime time yet but there is a huge amount of enthusiasm to get promised this private office because really one

of the holy grails on the whole and you know all health care is to be out to take it disease really wouldn't it be it she's going to get that. but didn't really avoid all the patients that we see day to day you know unfortunate presumably very fast it's you know it's the diseases that cause the symptoms and one of the great things about this particular to this is that it's quite simple nurses the blood testing actually is wouldn't you rather than a whole range scans and also takes only bus approached looks at eight different types chances and then include some really some cases a really poor prognosis like in the area and. if you don't cancers. and some of these cases even as a good chance of picking them up in early sends a lot of promising signs then as you know as yet on your quote is also still work to be done to elevate this much of a license and make sure it's not going to pick up a lot of false alarms by finding well people telling the got cancer and then and

then really looking at cost effectiveness which at the moment the dangers aside it's going to be something about five hundred dollars. which is actually quite comparable to all the other street it is to actually ever minus and it's a lot of promise but as you said it was so much more work to be done over the next few years and it was already underway we should point out of course that detecting a cancer early as you say means that it can be treated fairly but sometimes the treatments for cancer can be so significant it's actually worse almost than having living with a council which doesn't threaten your life this is still an area that we have to be very careful about when it comes to saying that this is an answer to detecting cancers early that's correct isn't it. absolutely and just one of the problem examples there is prostate cancer we already have a test but it's sunday and we can't lose because of cumulus funding very slow growing to choose which annuity seem to split the problems and so that in just

means you get informed discussion people talk. about serious management options and sometimes the best thing to do is just keep people under surveillance and of course if we do actually do have an x. your advantage to do that we're going to chop what's going on with right on it stays it status quo that we just carried on it looks like it's changing. actually check again it's really work again keep in mind she engaged in forms out of iraq i didn't mention. martin's a radio on radiation oncologist and an associate professor at the university of newcastle in australia we appreciate your time thank you very much indeed ecuador consume withdraw the protection it offers wiki leaks founder julian assange and that's according to a rough. who was ecuador's president when his sons was offered asylum in two thousand and twelve sons has been living in the ecuadorian embassy in london for five years to avoid extradition to sweden over sexual assault allegations the two

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of the sports here's andy. thank you very much while australian open organizers have been defending their decision not to suspend play after a second straight day of extreme heat in melbourne players including say conditions are right on the limits with on court surface temperatures of close to seventy degrees being recorded so how mike reports. when does hot weather become dangerous for athletes is the question again being asked by players and organizers that the australian open. temperatures have been hitting forty degrees centigrade in melbourne croatia's petra markets that she had to take painkillers after the reflected heat from the playing surface gave her blisters. corney had her blood

pressure checked during her loss against marty the french player wants the events extreme weather rule to be reviewed playing in this condition is of course very dangerous for the health of the players and the limits of not playing the matches really high it's like it needs to be a five degrees in and. i think this should be a little bit lower tournament officials admit the conditions are tough they came close to suspending play button fist safeguards in place are appropriate tournament director craig tiley thing these are professional athletes we are at the end of the day and outdoor event we want to stay in outdoor event as long as possible but at the same time ensuring that the health and well being of players is taken care of. britain's haven't had to endure three and a half hour match in the heat of the day i know he one is much against nicklaus backlash and feels dealing with the conditions it's part of being an elite athlete

. i mean if people do start to become ill then it won't be a concern was from. just getting through. the weather has a knock the world number one out of his stride rafael nadal has opted to play in the lead with t. shirts throughout the tournament a smart move he then to the last sixteen playing tennis every bit as hot as the weather so al-jazeera. local favorite senate kerry also all sides through to the fourth round after beating his childhood hero frenchman joe wilford song for the seventeenth seed defeating song in four sets his best performance in melbourne is reaching for far as it was back in twenty fifty in the us hoping to become the first australian men's champion in full season years. i knew it was over incredibly tough match very nervous going. through there in the fourth quarter of getting ready for a few mentally. is how you got

a couple of you know i mean it was it was surreal. twenty fourteen u.s. open champion mansion which all sides through to the fourth round out work hard to beat american ryan harrison seven six six three seven six the crowd will play ten seed public or an impostor next. and the women's draw number two seed caroline wozniak e is safely through to the last sixteen after almost being knocked out in the second round the dane had a easier song of it in this match against katie persons of the netherlands the former world number one winning in straight sets was not easy yet to win a grand slam title. is close to being out and yes there was a nice day still feeling like throw a larger throw have you know an opportunity and today i walked out and i thought i started better and i imagine playing all better and she played well today served i think well and. yeah i'm just happy to be through. reigning french open

champion in your lane auster panko is out latvian eliminated by and that's consequence of a stone here on survivor taking it in three sets she will play. navarro in the last . manchester united manager joe is a marine who has confirmed the club are in source with arsenal about signing strike alexy sanchez the chilean will be out of contract at the end of the season not confident but also not. what your political. unconfident think you. just. relaxed and. we defeated the north slope there with a feeling that it can it can. but also with the feeling that. it can move in the few moves as a good over chose theo walcott is hoping to kickstart his club and international

career following a twenty eight million dollar move from asked not everton the forward hasn't represented his country for two years and is joining up with their former england manager sam our dice. i felt that with the manager seemed to get the best of players especially when first coming in and just the plans for the future of the club and i felt like i won't be part of that fantastic history and i want to make that history present and i want this club to push on and you know try to reach the levels that enough to like it can with the players particularly coming in belgium's thomas peters has a one shot lead at the halfway point in the abu dhabi championship agency want to record four points on his right a cup debut in twenty sixty seven birdies to reach twelve on the park and there are still some big names on the shoulders are after a poor first round well number one dustin johnson right back in contention after a round of sixty four and rory mcilroy is just three shots off the pace the four time major winner is back from injury after three months out of the game. thank you

very satisfying you know i've done quite a bit of work on the art you know over the offseason and worked a little bit on my swing and a couple little tweaks here and there and you know they seem to have paid off already you know and couple little swing thoughts that i still have but it's it's nice to see that the work that i've put in on the range can translate on the golf course and you know that's been a great thing to see for me over the last two days full time overall world cup champion lindsey vonn just missed out on another race when the american last time i meant some somewhat at this world cup event in italy when one of her skis kicked up in the air but von still managed to finish second after missing the twenty fourteen olympics because of a million jury the twenty ten downhill champion is set to return to the winter games in film chang next month. and another skiing great sign of her courage in some style about sign event medalist julia mancuso completing her final product

dressed as wonder woman the thirty three year old missed out on qualifying the next month's winter games but will retire as the most successful american female skier in the olympic history. ok that is i suppose something for now all lights are. on president donald trump is being reported as saying the chances of avoiding a u.s. government shutdown are not looking good doug jones going to be here in a couple of minutes with more on that some robot or some buy for now. it is the stuff of family tales the rain the snow the wonderful migration and generations of her desk good luck to mind altering the landscape mood is the stuff of mine. a stunning portrayal of life and

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