i think this is the united states response in a way to china's continued insistence that the south china sea belongs to china remember china claim sovereignty almost over all this vast basin of water but the problem is that the united states is also carrying out what it says are freedom of navigation operations this means that its warships often come very close to some of these islands and a lot of analysts are saying that there's a dangerous game of brinkmanship now going on in the south china sea and the potential the potential for a miscalculation is really quite grave indeed adrian thank you very much for that for now that's how china correspondent seiji and brown live in beijing thank you. now a police officer in the u.s. state of pennsylvania has been charged with murder for shooting an unarmed black teenager the incident was captured on one of our fun video and led to widespread demonstrations in east pittsburgh kristen salumi reports. it's

a scene that's become all too common in the united states demonstrators pour into the streets to vent their outrage over the lease officers killing of an unarmed black man but in this case calls for justice have resulted in criminal homicide charges against a thirty year old east pittsburgh police officer it was michael ross fields first day on the job with the east pittsburgh police department when he shot an unarmed seventeen year old it's an intentional act instead recklessly. and there is no justification for the district attorney said there was no evidence the officers life was threatened cell phone footage from the scene showed and when rose was running away when the officer fired on him are assuming no mean feat a bullet hitting him in the back the officers lawyer says he acted reasonably given rose had been in a car that was used in a drive by shooting earlier that day another passenger in the car has been charged for that crime but rose's family said that was no excuse for officer ross field's actions he was a passenger in

a story comes up in the wrong place at the wrong. and in no way justified his murder why we were just going by the charges are exactly what protesters have been demanding he still has a long way to go to get the conviction they say anton rose deserves christianson the al-jazeera. political party is in mexico entering the final few days of campaigning ahead of sunday's presidential election the country's largest vote and modern history the anti-establishment candidate. as obrador is expected to when and become the country's first left wing media nine governorships and hundreds of county positions up and started being contested. now the leader of antipoverty protests in northern morocco has been jailed for twenty years for taking part in demonstrations two years ago dozens of political activists were also sent to prison they were all part of the so-called popular movement that they get off to the death

of a fish salah and the region mohamed jump during reports. protesters began chanting outside the court in casablanca as soon as the verdict was announced angered by the jailing of nasir as if zafira and fifty two others is exactly as the activist who led protests over economic and social issues in the reef region of northern morocco he was sentenced to twenty years in prison. in today's verdict is a test for the moroccan government and their records and the respect and commitment to international law and human rights even its respect to the constitution itself. judges in casa blanca sentenced dozens of activists all part of a movement known as head aka xabi in arabic for popular movement to jail tires supporters marched in solidarity with those they say are wrongfully imprisoned so that it would not it is a disgrace that they sentence them this way why not go after the thieves in this country want to go after the criminals. and also those exact he was arrested in may

last year and charged with among other things threatening national unity tensions have been simmering in morocco especially in the north since october two thousand and sixteen when a man was crushed to death in a garbage truck while trying to salvage fish which had been confiscated by police. since the death of thousands of taking part in anti-government protests in the reef region they say they've long been marginalized and are demanding better access to health services and jobs while the government accused some of the activists in the reef region of being separatists are not movement insists its demands to end injustice oppression and corruption are legitimate. the united states france and italy have expressed deep concern that libya's oil reserves and ports will not be returned to its internationally recognized government in tripoli on monday khalifa haftar said control would go to a national oil corporation set up in the country's east has also seized the oil

fields after a week of fighting earlier this month after has accused the government in tripoli of use an oil money to finance survival in the shows and the us court has sentenced a libyan national to twenty two years in prison for attacks on the american consulate in benghazi a u.s. ambassador and three american citizens were killed in the raids in september two thousand and twelve a jury acquitted. of murder and attempted murder. but he was convicted on charges including terrorism and conspiracy still ahead on the news hour signs of pace saddam's rival parties reach an agreement to end the five year civil war a star studded name in the music business has died the man behind the jackson dynasty and in sports. sweden on the start of the world cup peter will have all the details.

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through long book valley it should be generally draw and fine moving up through them in a pinch again we could see some heavy showers to singapore northwards tools kuala lumpur general looking too bad bangkok make pick up the odd shower but the heavier rain is further towards the north as we head into say here still plenty of showers down through the west and gas but the general impression is rain spreading further towards the north and the east looks of the monsoon for much of south asia as well and truly set in. the weather that's sponsored by qatar. demain the intersection of reality and comedy and post revolution tennessee at her mission to entertain educate and provoke debate through satire how weapon of choice theater. and internet look at what inspires one of today's year's most popular comedians to make people laugh. my turn is yeah hang

on al-jazeera. the nature of music as it breaks although thousands of women have reported for other sexual atrocities in south sudan's word rats are going to vicious face this figure is likely much higher with detailed coverage nearly fifty schools took part in the drive each one responsible for collecting a different school supplies clothing from around the world very cool for all it's still very new here but these players are very confident they won't be able to leave maybe you will want to avoid all the introductions but. it's good to have you with us on al-jazeera these are our top stories more than two

hundred refugees and migrants who've been stuck at sea european leaders argued about their fate have reached land after a six day stalemate the charity ship lifeline has docked among eighteen you countries have agreed to take a share of the my cards u.s. president donald trump says he is now searching for someone to replace supreme court justice anthony kennedy who's announced his retirement after three decades of service that paves the way for trying to find someone more conservative and aligned with his fuse and attacks by pro civilian government forces on for medical sentence and the rebel control problems of that are have killed thirty two people including ten children a russian backed forces are trying to recapture the region. to the united kingdom now with the military is being called in to help fight a huge fire in the manchester the blaze began on sunday and has swept across thousands of acres forcing the evacuation of dozens of homes holmgren reports from

saddleworth more and northern england. an unusual heat wave tender dry undergrowth and gusting wind created all the conditions for an inferno on the green hills of saddleworth have been turned black by the flames with the smoke affecting the city of manchester ten miles away the more has burned before but not as badly as this well really smoky dry windy because there's pockets of fire everywhere wind direction change is dangerous why is it so difficult to fight this particular fire . because the it just keeps popping up in different areas so you think you've got it and then it comes in the retreat. on tuesday night the blaze was officially designated a major incident in the nearby housing estate evacuated you never seen no. twenty say for flames coming straight toward squealy area this back we were going to leave because this was really really set of dents and there you could hardly breathe

pleasure eyes were burning as well some people believe we were just giving must away to help others to bring more than one hundred firefighters from across the north of england have been called in all in all some two thousand acres of the moore has been destroyed by this fire and you can see that the wind is blowing the smoke across and causing this kind of thing look down here another outbreak of fire just where the firefighters have already put much of it out. emergency services expected to take at least a week to extinguish the fire for certain paul brennan arches zero saddleworth. your leaders will gather in brussels on thursday for a summit on the migration crisis the main issue is how to handle new arrivals some a you countries are particularly the emergence of a new route through the balkans including montenegro lawrence live reports from the capital podhoretz there where politicians and aid workers fear an explosion and

numbers. all these people are about to find out that the chance of getting to the rich countries of western europe is vanishing over the horizon never mind if you're from baghdad or bill and have taken your children over land for months compassion is in short supply at this center in montenegro they can come and go as they please not much choice then but to keep moving. we go and put a bus. to the you're going to try to go to those here. it's really difficult. the border between albania and montenegro is fearsome and it's a crucial part of the new balkan routes smugglers guide refugees and migrants through these high hills the police who didn't want to be identified said they'd caught seventeen people on the morning we were filming sliding down the side of the rocks separating the two countries clearly the numbers of refugees and migrants

trying this new balkan route aren't anything like the same as the old one but there is a principle which is the same and that is country after country simply allowing them to slip through and make them somebody else's problem and that's put montenegro in a situation where he's having to answer to austria and germany about what is doing to stop them and at least one solution being promoted is the idea of building yet another fence this time between albania and montenegro the most uneven governments has apparently been advise on how to make a fence by hungary which in twenty fifteen decided to set its own agenda on the crisis the european union one so critical is now adopting similar strategies across the block and so it isn't hard to find politicians in montenegro enthusiastic about the fence the new very big route and because that absolutely understand concerns of the government. slovenia out through germany but do you know what's brought them in

malta negra which is first most important part of this nobody discuss about it no discussion of parliament no discussion in the media for a statement about this issue was my. so you think building the fence is a good start and you know of course austria claims there are eighty thousand people across the balkans attempting this route it's italy and part of the german governments are now driving the wrong after of measures at this summit either to prevent new arrivals or expel people more quickly to prevent what they call an invasion it's the opposite of what the united nations wants montenegro to do. that there's exactly the message of of you in a c.r. seized astonishment of the asylum system montenegro back in two thousand and sixteen to now sixty were the person that were granted so he's far from an invasion he's a member that montenegro has a capacity to absorb one european plan under discussion is to hold and process

migrants in albania before they get anywhere near e.u. territory both albania and montenegro are proving increasingly important to enforce the new hostile environments in western europe lawrence li al-jazeera on the albania montenegro border. two women accused of poisoning the north korean leader's half brother have reappeared in court in malaysia for the closing arguments of their trial they're charged with smearing a banned nerve agent on kevin john noms face at kuala lumpur airport last year they pleaded not guilty saying they thought they were taking part in a harmless prank for a hidden camera show their face the death penalty if convicted. the united nations envoy to myanmar has called for the dismantling of what she says is a system of discrimination against muslims yankee leaders speaking at the un human rights council in geneva and responds myanmar's and best accord for her to be replaced. i have been consistently informed by roha refugees that it is futile to

speak about this a fallen terry dignified and sustainable returns unless the root cause of the exodus a properly addressed in that it is paramount that the minimal government dismantle this system of discrimination against the revenge of by law policy and practice that continues to exist and guarantee fundamental human rights to the rohingya muslims including by restoring their citizenship rights and property we remain committed to continue to work with the men of the special reporter but the people of myanmar consider that it would no longer be productive to continue to extend corporation with the current special reporter because of her leg of objectivity and noncompliance with the code of conduct as such we have requested counsel for the replacement of her for the reason suspension above after listening attentively to her assessment we reaffirm our position lex the value of an independent

reporter which valens impartiality and. the leaders of south sudan's long parties have signed a peace agreement aimed at ending the four and a half year civil war a ceasefire is due to begin within seventy two alice have a morgan has more more than forty eight hours of meetings behind closed doors and finally south sudan's president salva kiir and opposition leader rick machar reached a deal to end more than four years of civil war many has it defied this agreement is the beginning for the return of peace and stability in south sudan from now on all guns will fall silent and there will be a permanent cease fire. degree meant was brokered by the president of neighboring sudan and includes a ceasefire by saturday the forming of a transitional government within four months and the release of all political prisoners the civil war started in twenty thirteen less than three years after south sudan gained independence from sudan salva kiir accused his former vice

president riek machar of attempting a coup tens of thousands have been killed and a third of the country's twelve million population displaced creating the world's third largest refugee crisis the war has been marred by ethnic killings and sexual violence it's left more than seven million people relying on aid the opposition leader says the deal is a new start for the country first the war should come to it and in this declaration of ceasefire i believe. our people in south sudan would be the most happiest secondly this agreement to me. is a start of a new phase. it's not the first agreement to be signed during the war at least nine

have been signed in the past only to be broken sometimes within twenty four hours south sudan's president says this time he is committed i'm committed. to respect. the document that i have signed. and will abide. by the name of god will follow. agreements that if they last would mean an end to the war and maybe the beginning of reconciliation in the world and this nation people morgan al-jazeera. saudi arabia has arrested another prominent female activists and what human rights groups have cordoned unrelenting crackdown hotter than elf assays a professor who's long campaign for women's right to drive authorities say nine of the seventeen people detained so far remain behind bars they're accused of aiding enemies of the state they were targeted despite the driving ban being lifted on

sunday. now prince william the second in line to the bush throne has called occupied palestine a country while meeting president mahmoud abbas as part of the first official visit by u.k. of oil to the region the prince met israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and west jerusalem on tuesday the british monarchy has historically avoided the israeli palestinian issue version govern the territory before israel was created in one nine hundred forty eight while afterwards prince william visited a refugee camp in the occupied west bank he met families living at the un's jalazone refugee camp and towards health clinic the presence reassured palestinians they have not been forgotten the facilities are run by the un relief agency that's facing a funding crisis after the u.s. slashed its support. joe jackson the head of the jackson musical family dynasty has died of cancer at the age of eighty nine he was the mastermind behind the jackson

five who achieved global fame to signing with motown records of nine hundred sixty nine the lead singer michael jackson went on to become one of the most popular entertainers and history his sister janet as also an international superstar joe jackson face criticism after his children revealed he had physically abused them for one thing is the jackson family friend and she says joe jackson should be remembered for his musical legacy. i remember joe jackson as a wonderful man today yes he was a strong disciplinary and but this was an african-american father of nine children who in the in had six boys on the road you had to be a disciplinary and those of us who were born in the fifty's we were members you know our parents being tough on us i mean that's why if parents were tough now you wouldn't have all these murders and things that are going on this is a man that some musical genius in his sons and he took them out of gary indiana and

as you just said made in the world's greatest musical art and he gave us michael jackson i mean this is a wonderful thing and i just want him to be remembered that way it's it's hard when you've got african-american young men and to raise them in the way that he did and they're all were very nice guys and i don't want even in jay's legacy to be that he lived a sad life he didn't live a sad life you know he was very happy most of the time he was a prankster a great jokester he had a lot of fun so i i don't think that it's fair to leave his legacy that way either . the way. japanese.

scientists are hoping of a moment asteroid can provide clues about the origins of the solar system and unmanned probe called hive birds has reached the review asteroid after a journey of three and a half years and two hundred eighty million kilometers scientists plan to connect rock samples and return them to and twenty twenty on mars johnson space analyst and author of when men walk the moon and he says the team will now look for a safe place for the craft to lead and it's very challenging because the asteroid

is very irregular in shape and it's to write in and it's partly a question of finding a safe place to land but it's also a question of saying well which type of to write in which type of surface and which type of materials do you want to sample for the returns who worth and so there's always a bit of a conflict between what the scientists want in terms of this samples and what the engineers want in terms of policy in the spacecraft as straight such as the one that high abuse of who is visiting do have the potential to endanger life on earth if they get too close and crash into the earth and we do know that several asteroids do make close approaches from time to time to the us and so studying near earth asteroids is helping us to understand they composition and also how we could deflect them or possibly defend the earth throughout the methods against an impact in the future.

ninety percent of the world's fish stocks are being fish to. limit its growing demand an industrial fishing techniques are pushing some populations of cod and china to the brink of collapse while millions of tons of other less marketable species are being used as

a fish food simply discard it i'm so we are rightly in london u.k. where marine scientists are working together with local fisherman to get consumers hooked on sustainable seafood. based in east london a tiny startup by the name of sol shah is hoping to change london his relationship with fish. first. order no. income. it's a bit like a budget but let's say. we work with a couple of fisherman we bought and then handed out to us it's a really good way of just getting a home for the use of the fish trying things that maybe you haven't tried before and also supporting the got a call to. one of the three and a half thousand small scale fishermen working in english waters but unlike many. this family's been in the business but generally sions he used to come to the trade

a decade to get lost in my fishing let's go to my boys out a little more than a toy before the darts and share of the skill set you know for the stronger for a living take that i want to play provincetown so that lots of the next months the trick they say slides. you're an economist nothing that they have a market for you know it's a tie you are the reason. they start she's the bigger fish. the alternate still side big fish but some of the actual small fish israel which are on the only thing you know. by the way and. the son told you could avoid every bit of that. unlike industrial bottom two minutes which tried to along the sea floor and can kill a wide array of three night. stay still in the world and the notch holes means he's

not undermining feature fish hooks by catching up some juveniles. those he does like standing that come in and i. see that's legal soley because the wife and i work for backyards but. not. how much would you get say for. a place if you send it three don't rub it in just sort of also jack is a writer for the cage on. the house side of the market mail to marto for a crate for for the son plights says quite a bit different that is yeah so share members help keep martin in business by giving him a good price and buying a set wait each week of whatever he brings in he also going to fish mungo i seldom i still get a break simon called from provence and churn out over the fall for things i sell more than anything else and they're also some of the nicest kind of. this fish

exactly. every one of someone's office i would. just go all day because i had to accept whatever turns up and have a car or different spaces and a spanking first figure given a child. who got into congress is going to quote cruise last war hero made significant this meant that for we end up in boy. the business is not just missing from a lot of the ways that we know we eat today you know it is such a big disconnect between what's on our plates the merits come from. i sat people want to buy didn't that there's something about it we're not so sure i started in twenty thirteen and now has eighteen members in london who buy from martin and a few up a small scale fishing. from a boat to icebox in a matter of minutes the race is now on to get today's fresh catch straight up to social members in london so it's about finding people that care about where the

fish come from and linking them with the called the fishermen that can have because isis. with bureaus spanning six continents across the dude. al-jazeera has correspondents living brings the story straight to have this was not a good novel not the letters. were at the mercy of the russian camp for palestinian al-jazeera fluent in world news one of the really special things about working for al-jazeera is that even as a camera woman i get to have so much empathy and contribution to a story i feel we cover this region better than anyone else would be what it is you know it's very challenging they believe but the good because you have

a lot of people that are divided over political issues we are we the people we live to tell the real story so i'll just mend it is to deliver individualism we don't feel inferior we're good audiences across the globe. we understand the differences. and the similarities of cultures across the world so no matter how you take it al-jazeera will bring in the news and current affairs that matter to you al-jazeera. and this is different not just whether someone's going for someone's favorites. i think it's how you approach an official and that's what it is a certain way of doing you can't just inject a story and fly out. the

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global could we see here is the winning programs take you on a journey around the globe. only she's here getting to the heart of the matter if will stuff i can do that so just approved the bill calls you today and says let's have talks would you accept facing realities what do you think reunification would look like there's a lot of people think the peaceful unification is the only option for prosperity you. hear their story on talk to al jazeera. it was just ten years old when a devastating earthquake struck mexico city in one thousand nine hundred five the quake damaged her family's apartment and the government moved them to distant shack around seventy families who lost their homes in that earthquake still live in this camp say i'm going to be up at the gallop the government raised our hopes and then abandon us politicians have promised that they won't allow

a repeat of what happened after the earthquake in one thousand eight hundred five but the cost and complexity of housing hundreds of people living in camps is a major task and one that many people here think the government failed. finally dog to a rescue ship with more than two hundred refugees and migrants arrives in. six days at sea. i'm sammy's a damn this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up setting up a summit the white house and the kremlin agree to a meeting between donald trump and lot of men. from the south china sea to north

korea nuclear talks a busy agenda as the u.s. defense secretary visits asia.