sacrifices made. on al-jazeera. this is al jazeera. hello i'm still robin and you're watching the al-jazeera news our live from our headquarters here in doha coming up in the next sixty minutes the former u.n. secretary general and nobel peace laureate kofi annan has died at the age of eighty . also hundreds killed and tens of thousands displaced as the indian state of carola is hit by some of its worst flooding in a century. and a new leader at the helm in rome can take charge as pakistan's prime minister

promising a corruption free government. and these are live pictures as a state funeral is underway in italy for as more bodies are recovered from the site of a bridge that collapsed in genoa. dates sports news including this. capital jakarta prepares to welcome fourteen thousand athletes at the opening of the asian games. welcome to the program former u.n. secretary general kofi annan has died mr annan was eighty years old he served as the seventh secretary general from nineteen ninety seven to two thousand and six and was the first to rise to the top of the united nations from within the ranks of the organization itself he received the nobel peace prize jointly with the united

nations in two thousand and one for their work towards a more peaceful world. the kofi annan foundation issued this statement on twitter and it reads it is with men sadness at the unarmed family and the kofi annan foundation announce that kofi annan and former secretary general of the united nations and nobel peace laureate passed away peacefully on saturday the eighteenth of august after a short illness diplomatic editor james days joins me now on the telephone from london and nobody was really expecting this james it's being will be quite a shock to the whole of the international and diplomatic community absolutely a very big shock the loss of a towering figure on the diplomatic stage i certainly have not heard any reports of any illness in fact i've seen the former secretary general this year at that gathering of world leaders seem to have lost and he was very friendly chanting and

seemed very well at that moment the shock i think will tell all around the world but particularly in africa because he was the african continent first secretary general of the u.n. serving the maximum two terms in years as secretary general i think shock goldstone will be helped by u.n. staff because he was the first of the people to hold this top international civil service job to actually have come from the ranks of the u.n. he was the head of the u.n. peacekeeping force he became the u.n. secretary general having to deal with very difficult issues like rwanda before he even got the top job he often was quoted in several into the saying is that rwanda was one of his main regrets for our viewers who won't be too familiar perhaps with what happened in rwanda james just unlikeness. well it was it was the whole issue of the u.n. peacekeeping mission in rwanda and the un security council's decision not

reinforcing that mission which some say led to pulling genocide that took place in rwanda certainly something that scarred him and tested him but of course he had the test come when he took on the top job of u.n. secretary general for that ten year term because the thing that coincided with his secretary general was the bush administration's decision to go into afghanistan but then more importantly in two thousand and three in march two thousand and three to start desert storm the operation to invade iraq something that he'd worked tirelessly to avoid remember as weapons inspectors on the ground in baghdad trying to find out if there had been weapons of mass destruction it was a war that led among other things to a bombing at the u.n. compound killing many u.n.

staffers including. a special representative it was the war in iraq i think was the central moment of his secretary general and it provided the biggest controversy of his service sector general because there was a scandal around. and particularly around the involvement of his fun with an oil company jester and his son may have benefited from his role as secretary general one might look back at his career and look at it right now james as him being a towering diplomatic and international figure but at the time of his appointment as the secretary general he was pap seen as a compliant candidate a consensus candidate for the the security council itself his attitude and his position changed in north as he kept you might say being pushed into making the. especially when it came to the iran iraq war two thousand and three was

a pivotal year for him as a diplomat because he really was very unhappy with the way members of the security council especially the united states were acting in a rather shoddy way. one of the problems i think that you guess if you're secretary general of the united nations is to put. this in. syria for example is a big problem if the five members of the u.n. security council are divided on iraq they were divided the u.s. . the mention in iraq could of course prompt china and russia opposing it very very strongly it's a very difficult part for a u.n. secretary general when your five main boss does have different views on what you should take i think it's pretty clear that although he didn't speak out very strongly on it he did not support the idea of the war in iraq clearly

that is going to be remembered as one of the central points of his time as secretary general but it's also reminding viewers that he didn't end when he gave up the job secretary general he's been on the diplomatic stage recently he's been a member of the elders when the war in syria started even though he was involved he was then pretty much in retirement he decided to come out of retirement and become the first special envoy of the u.n. and of the arab league at the time trying to come up with a plan and come up with a plan the trouble is no one listened to that plan and complied with that plan and many years on we still have the war in syria raging there are other ways i think he'll be remembered i think after his death we're still going to be talking about the annan plan. for the return of the regime i think we're all going to be referring to the annan plan for cyprus because these are things he put in place and

had become. things that will be remembered and attach to his name because of the diplomatic work that he did he didn't so those problems but he put a great deal of. that into the indeed there is news that will be coming to later in the program about their anger and of course the annan plan there in the recommendations that the capital may put on the government there have been suggested to take on board he was very much in the forefront of trying to make people's lives better perhaps from that decades of seeing the disenfranchised those trapped in a cycle of violence to try and stop that to make their lives better whether it be that firsthand experience from rwanda to what he actually saw for himself with the reading in me and bangladesh absolutely i think his experience as the head of peacekeeping certainly taught him then you've got problems at the u.n.

has to confront he had a very long career in the united nations he saw the peacekeeping so i also worked for example for the world health organization and for u.n.h.c.r. so he'd seen the humanitarian work of the u.n. as well during a long u.n. career which. resulted in make secretary-general let's make this clear that doesn't normally go to someone who works their way up the ranks that normally goes to someone very distinguished the current secretary general antonio good terence had worked as the head of your energy are. mainly i think because he's a former prime minister of portugal kofi annan wasn't a former prime minister. came from ghana in fact in the days before it was even. and of course much of the history of africa and the un has been about the colonial situation this is a diplomatic country called gold coast. for the moment james will leave it there

and of course come back to you through the day we get more reaction on the death of kofi annan let's join michael amoa he's a fellow at the london school of economics and he joins me from kent in the united kingdom and michael good to have you with us on the program james has given us really a broad brushstroke of kofi annan career but let's just focus in on garner and the impact he had on that country and the impact he had on his people by being the secretary general of the united nations and what they thought of him for that role india guy is thought very highly of he wants you one of the best schools in god's hands from school which i also want and will very proud of him as an old boy but said he was very good advice to a number of go and presidents does as president as well because he was actually head of the united nations he actually give them

a very good advice in terms of governance and role in the shipping out of electoral electoral disuse in the country how important was he as a figurehead for the african voice when it came to being secretary general and how that reflected back on the continent. now i'm very important for africa and in a number of situations for example where there was an electorate disputes in kenya and in zimbabwe i mean here was the man who actually broke at the power sharing deal after the in bout way election but our and grown and assoc sic i had he was actually seen as somebody who the go on with this boldness and some diplomacy to be able to actually negotiate between very difficult situations i mean he was a man of principle and he was known to be somebody who has talent principle as well

as make sure that the right thing were always done well in my tapes for the moment michael we will leave it there it's good to have you and your insight of course i'm sure we'll join you throughout the day as we get more reaction on the death of kofi annan thank you. thousands of stranded people are waiting to be rescued in the southern indian state of carola as heavy rain continues to batter the region more than one hundred ninety people have died in just over a week though much of the state is partially submerged in what's been described as the worst flooding in a century hiper morgan has the latest. homes nearly submerged in floodwaters. people forced to leave their properties behind in order to avoid the floods or landslides this has been the scene for over a week as the southern indian state of coraline battled heavy rains. the subsequent floods are being described as the worst in nearly one hundred years or more likely

going to be what the levels are rising since yesterday the rains have been heavy it's still ongoing people are worried. the floodwaters and mudslides have killed hundreds of people since the start of the monsoon season in june. some parts of the state have received nearly double the average annual rainfall. ordered three thousand people have been forced out of their homes. and that has not been easy as water's flood access points in many areas leaving air evacuation as the only option the language of. the rainfall has led to massive landslides where chunks of the mountain of come down blocking the entire stretch although the clearance team is working to open the road it's unlikely it will happen people have been shifted to camps in the nearby areas. where the forecasters say heavy rains will continue over the weekend but will ease afterwards but while that is good news for those affected in kerala the rains will likely be drifting to other states in the country people

morgan are just there. in the g eight is an actress and co-founder of the relief group. she joins me now via skype from coaching good to have you with us live on al-jazeera let's just begin with where you are and what's going on behind you. hello there i'm here in coachy and this place is called regional sports and it's an indoor stadium encouragement and we have been working out for all murder and what we today is an eight day we have been supplying relief all over the state and the group we. citizens we have got together. and we've joined hands with the government and we are working under them and we are helping the government to send across relieve stress relief stuff all over the cattle are ok and we are also getting help from outside the state so as of now we have we have been successfully we have been able to send grass successfully up to one hundred twenty five trucks out of. the.

regions from the center around three hundred tons have gone out hundred where he could small breakers who come for under pickups and then we have up to. full we have up to one thousand two thousand volunteers walking in the arts to help us around so one thing you have to know about this particular group is that we are just group of citizens and within the within ourselves we are trying to put our hands together and show along with the government and help our own people and understand totally just exactly the problems that people are facing because we have two scenarios people need to be rescued and brought to safety and also you're trying to help with the authorities to get supplies out how is that being cold war today in terms of how you're dealing with the local authorities because you have the local authorities then you have the federal the national authorities in terms of the military and the helicopters. right right so i want to tell you that along

with us we have we have the militaries in the helicopters and the army is also navy is also helping us so i'll just give you a quick gist of how we are working so we had a walk under the local authorities there the district collector and they are in fact so scared of the state authorities and that's how we are doing so whatever is coming outside the state they come directly to this relief center where multiple relief centers which is that all over the state that's right and that's what did the association dissociation which i'm working. on we understand the association work with me just to understand about the rescue operation in terms of the people that you're working with you're able to get aid to some people tell us where in the state do you understand where you called get aid to people what what is the situation like called the grow and well see just like i

would i would just want to say it's just like water water everywhere this is not just a drop to drink it's walked everywhere and the water level is raising in no time and you know catalyst and that's a coastal area that is very very few places out here that's not affected but because every single city every most of the area is covered with water just because of this one week continues rainfall and the dams being open there's water everywhere so it's very hard to send the relief stuff around because mobility factor remains a big question even though we have dropped and even though we have maybe you have to understand that we did not be cannot differentiate between what is road and what is a water body so the situation is really bad but by now two and a half a lot of people have been separated from their families that they had to that that that count as of three hundred just spy and now it's around one o'clock in the hour

. in court today right now and just at this time after about twenty people have been reported dead so that's just the situation is so bad that it's just beyond control and we this is just the odd when you want the national and international help to come forward and help us to put get i called our stuff up and move forward ok dirty obligation are the magnitude of this is not just what's coming up sorry we have to interrupt you we know there's a lot that you need to do keep focused for the moment thanks so much for joining us from coaching. let's go ahead here on the i was there a news hour including the u.s. threatens to impose more sanctions on turkey as the country faces further economic pressure. and in sport find out why jamaican sprint king you say involved is causing a fan frenzy in sydney. pakistan

where the former cricketer iran can't has been officially sworn in as prime minister of the country it was what has taken carr more than two decades to get the top job after retiring from sport and turning his attention to politics but he's elected prime minister in a vote in the national assembly on friday his three party won the most seats in elections last month. to our correspondent in islamabad and he certainly proved the fact that while he was a minority or head of a minority party what twenty years ago he's got the top job but he's also got some pretty huge tasks to try to solve. the small party. become the largest single party if you look

at the elections that are. on dec twenty fifth of july. made a lot of progress but as you correctly. face many challenges both on the internal front and on the external on the internal front. go against corruption and political stability. because the opposition. seems to be fractured now we. have to concentrate on the security situation on the political stability and of course why having the economy . the biggest challenge for emraan khan on the external front he. mentioned that he would like to improve relations with the neighboring countries the president had already. reached him.

two steps forward to make one step forward and tried to talk about all the outstanding issues including me so did it. by them ron had a huge talk i had to fame. how the new prime minister deals with the country and his borders for the betterment of all things. no man card has been a household name in pakistan for decades as captain of the national cricket team he led the country to the world cup trophy in one thousand nine hundred two he immediately retired from cricket to devote himself to social work in one thousand nine hundred sixty founded the p.t.i. the political party and promised to ensure justice for all it took six more years for the party to make it to the national assembly with karn winning a seat in two thousand and two can lead protests against what he called election fraud in twenty fourteen and demanded the resignation of the then government led by

no one's sure if carr has also called for the resolution of the kashmir dispute peace talks with the taliban and has criticized u.s. policy in afghanistan lots to talk about so let's bring in say that at least shine islamabad he's chairman of a think tank to think tank thanks very much for joining us sir i mean before you can talk foreign policy if we just focus on foreign policy for the moment with pakistan you have to acknowledge that with any civilian government they can't act independently without the thought of military interference will mr card have the same issues as well. in the form. of the executive. and of course.

from different institution including the. i think. all the institutions. but you can't dismiss the fact that historically you can't you can't dismiss the fact that historically in pakistan every time a democratically elected prime minister has tried to make. overtures towards new delhi the military have got involved the military were not very happy. on christmas day to meet. public knowledge they have a say say it's very important. yes i have told you that as far as that concerned we have a long history but. we have to be that bad and

i am hopeful that the new pm will be able to take along our such institutions while framing the policy and guardian principles of that policy peaceful coexistence with neighboring countries how do you expect him to deal with afghanistan now that an invitation has been expected extended from president. any. i think the. biggest challenges is focus has to be on human development then for that peace and security is very essential in this region. having concerted efforts. by the board in trees it would be difficult to use insecurity in the region and therefore. the new government. steps for

forging. cordie of relations with afghanistan on that front and that includes fighting against violent extremism we will see what they do certainly in the coming weeks for the moment thanks very much for joining us from islamabad. is accusing saudi arabia of blocking its citizens from performing the muslim hard pilgrimage the tory government says its nationals are unable to get permits to travel to mecca saudi arabia denies this saying an unspecified number of qataris have a ride for the pilgrimage the saudi arabia bahrain in egypt diplomatic ties with qatar more than a year ago now they accused of supporting terrorism claim the qatari government has strongly. now the asian games are about to get underway in the indonesian capital with the opening ceremonies starting very soon festivities were in full swing on thursday

when the ceremonial torch arrived in jakarta it's one of the world's biggest sports events second only to the olympics it's also the largest event indonesia has ever hosted with fourteen thousand competing for gold glory scott time joins us now from jakarta the capital so what's really going on right now in the stadium apparently is going to be quite a show. absolutely five hours of programs and athletes marching and speeches in the stadium behind me now the stadium was built fifty six years ago when this country indonesia hosted the first asian games back then in sixty one now what's going to be interesting as we go through you know there are a lot of events a lot of things going on right now in the pre-show then we'll see the athletes actually walk around the stadium to really kick off the opening ceremonies now because as we were just walking up here just up the street those athletes they were

starting to line up for that march just a couple of minutes ago right now we're seeing the pre-show think about the next ninety minutes that we expect the official opening ceremonies to kick off but again you know this started just within the last half hour it's going to go on until ten pm tonight so all in total it's going to be about five hours indeed huge issues about sort of the quality and environment for all the athletes what's it like today . today so it's not bad it's actually in the moderate range the air quality you know it's kind of vacillated bounce back and forth between unhealthy and moderate right now it's ok again though just a couple days ago it was pretty hazy and there's also some concerns about some pollution in the city that's not airborne where the athlete's village is there is a lake a river that's quite polluted and the way they dealt with it here the organizers they put a tarp over the top of it because they couldn't clean it out in time for the athletes arrival so that's something that's that's obviously been a concern but they you know we spoke to some organizers for this event very very

excited you can see this is kind of a village food and entertainment village it's set up outside the stadium and the mood here is actually very very festive you know and we'll hear probably a lot more music and things going on as we get closer to the official opening ceremonies probably in about ninety minutes from now so we'll be joining you that i'm sure scott for the moment thank you well in a few minutes we'll have the weather with kevin but still ahead here on al-jazeera the polls women to voice the fury of a proposal they say will reduce them to second class citizens. christiane rinaldo is set to make his italian that leap day before you vent just more coming up in sport. sky spy the time. or as the sun sets in the city of angels.

with a very heavy rain we're seeing here in southwestern parts of india we want to take a look at what's happening compared to other years across this particular same region i want to take you a little closer in across the careless state and show you what we have normally seen in this area now we are seeing a coastal community was mounds just towards the east of course in those mountains we have seen the flash flooding as well as mudslides but normally four months in a rain season we normally see two thousand and forty millimeters of rain but this isn't been the case over the last several years actually it two thousand and fifteen we saw only forty five percent of that rain actually forty five percent less of that rain in two thousand and sixteen it was only a third less rain there so it's been very dry over the last several years and just last year we only saw sixty three percent or so to be less than sixty percent of the rain across much of that region but we have seen of course much more rain just in the last weeks over the area actually in this area just last week compared to a normal time frame in that same time frame we have seen two hundred fifty five

percent more rain across that area of course is the one we have seen quite a bit of the activity in the area and just yesterday we have seen four hundred twenty four percent more rain than what will normally if you see on this particular day more heavy rain is expected of eros the region we do expect to see that continue of next few days. the weather sponsored by cattle and lays. al-jazeera travels to the this reaches of thailand to follow young local doctors who are providing lifesaving care to the real community that solving problems for others is very fulfilling you don't get this in any other profession. we charge the dramas and delights of their inspiring efforts to successfully deliver the people's health. on al-jazeera. full of struggles.

which i also. have a battery of. fun of pleasure the latest early in the morning in an intimate look at life in cuba today getting. a little more detail back every day from the attacks here this is my cuba on al-jazeera. welcome back you're watching the al-jazeera these arms a whole robin a reminder of our top stories the former u.n. secretary general kofi annan has died at the age of eighty he served as the seventh secretary general from one nine hundred ninety seven to two thousand and six i was

the first to rise to the top of the united nations from within its own ranks to receive the nobel peace prize jointly with the united nations in two thousand and one. also thousands of stranded people are waiting to be rescued in the southern indian state of carolina as heavy rain continues to bash in the region more than one hundred ninety people have died in just over a week bunch of the states. it is partially submerged in what's been described as the worst flooding in a century. and former cricket star in rome current has been sworn in as prime minister of pakistan it has taken car more than two decades to get the top job after retiring from sport and turning his attention to politics he was elected prime minister the vote of the national assembly on friday. no more top story the death of kofi annan he leaves a legacy of promoting peace with varying results in two thousand and eight he was able to get kenyan president and now we could barky kibaki and opposition leader

raila odinga to agree on a power sharing government but the deal eventually collapsed in two thousand and two he was named the u.n. arab league envoy to syria promoting a six point peace plan that the u.n. said president bashar al assad accepted in august that year he resigned saying syria had not fully complied with the terms of the cease fire he pushed for two years ago he began his work on the advisory commission looking into the humanitarian crisis and near mars rakhine state and his recommendations of the two a government appointed panel which the did its final report this week. is a sudanese a british business been and founder of the mo ibrahim prize for achievement in african leadership. and was part of the prize committee and this is a premier joins me now on the phone from london good to have you with a server a sad day i'm sure for you because you've lost both very very dear friend what type of man was he to work with. it is

day not only for me it is a day for africa i believe because we. are fighting. for democracy and development in africa what. what did he look for when you and he and the rest of the committee were looking for the next generation of leaders in africa or was that to inspire leadership that had you might say being the right path to transparency freedom democracy within their own countries absolutely we challenge. you that ship. was mandela. that's his idea we challenge him to really deliver to real people and we need to change in attitudes about africa leadership is wonderful people in africa who have cuba's abelard's but we really should

find our heroes and. he was part of this we work together not only in the course. of our prize committee. we were number of initiatives in africa. just four weeks ago in south africa. of. elections and of course. because he's. chairman of the elders. yeah indeed and.

as the world mourns his death in the tributes coming how do you think you would like his his legacy his persona to be remembered in terms of the work that he did for the african continent. i think he would like to be remembered as african boy never forgot his people will do anything in his capacity i mean this. is now going to africa. to peace justice. the locust. is. totally committed and. if it. did not get over it. and. indeed it is it is a great loss i'm sure for you as a personal friend and as a professional as well as a diplomat. very nice to talk to you thank you very much for joining us from london

. let's head to south asia where it's almost two years since me and miles military crackdown targeting. aid agencies say seven thousand have been killed and seven hundred thousand forced to leave the country un investigators suspect a campaign of rape murder and arson was organized at the very highest level but near maher says it's on track for pay peace and reconciliation well its government appointed panel has submitted its final report this was set up to implement recommendations of another commission which was led by the former and late to un secretary-general kofi annan that commission had called for concrete steps to ensure the rights of. and to hold violators unaccountable but the u.n. and rights groups say none of this has been done these security council debate the issue this month the fact finders will present their report in september they speak to ronan li he's in london he's

a ring go researcher at deakin university good to have you with us live. it seems. coincidental or just incredibly sad that this report is being submitted based on the fact of recommendations given by kofi annan and what wonders that whether his legacy might actually be extended if needed or actually takes on board the recommendations themselves because they've barred haven't they have they not the setting up of a sort of permanent office conducting meetings online to try and get more information about what went on. well the memo authorities have prevented any independent outside investigators from accessing northern rakhine state they've prevented the un human rights council's fact finding mission on me in my from entering the country and they've prevented the un special repertory and human rights in me and my yankee leave from investigating fully what has occurred in

northern rakhine state but what we know is that seven hundred thousand disparate. refugees have fled across of the international front here in terre and that happened coincidentally this week one year ago so this day one year ago coffee and then would have been in me and maher preparing to present the findings of his yearlong investigation into the situation in northern rakhine state and central to the recommendations that the late coffee and then made to the me and more authorities was concrete steps and those concrete steps ought to have would have included citizenship rights for the world's largest stateless group the wrecking of muslims there are hundreds of thousands of who today will be praying that the recommendations coffee and then made one year ago will someday be implemented because this situation would be significantly improved if that was the case with

the fact that representatives of the me and me have refused really to meet the board one wonders what really has been achieved because the current chair says that the fact that the medium our government have reengaged with the un and that there is a memorandum of understanding which would hopefully bring some of those refugees barrick to rakhine state is underway but again the larger problem is whether those rohingya would ever want to go back having experienced what they heard of. well the riches that i've spoken to in the camps in bangladesh were very clear they were they consider me and not their home but they want to return with rights they want to return in a situation of safety they don't want to return to face the same threats from him as military that they faced many times before there are obviously seven hundred thousand fled over the course of the last twelve months but this is not the first time that a military program against the regime has sent hundreds of thousands of people

across that border so central to any outcome that would be positive there has to be citizenship rights for groups like the and that requires political will in myanmar there is absolutely no political will to do that on the part of me and mars' military and there is it seems very little will to do that on the part of the civilian authorities that are led by on sense suchi i mean i think her optimism is very misplaced we've progressed the time has gone by by one more year and people are no closer to not being stateless than they were one year ago though we will have to leave it really good speech here thanks for joining us from london thank you. credit rating has been led by two financial agencies moody's and standard and poor's now saying it's become more difficult for turkey to make payments on its debts the country's already struggling with a financial crisis and sanctions from the united states alexander has more from new

york. for the turkish lira it was a week that could not in soon enough he week that started with the lira sliding to a record low of seven point two against the us dollar the currency has lost nearly forty percent of its value against the dollar this year alone as a full fledged economic crisis continues to simmer the trump administration this week threatened to impose additional economic sanctions on turkey over the country's continued house arrest of a u.s. pastor on terrorism charges the diplomatic standoff led trump on friday to again say sanctions are justified turkey has in my opinion acted very very badly so we haven't seen the last of that we are not going to take it sitting down they can take our face but some analysts say the u.s. is being overly aggressive with the sanctions and use them too much and use them to recklessly if you don't have allies on board when you use the. you erode their

effectiveness over time however there are some signs of potential relief on wednesday qatar's emir tahmima bin hamad out funny visited ankara bringing with him promises of an investment package worth fifteen billion dollars that money will mainly be injected into turkey's financial markets and banks turkey also promised to inject more money into the economy here on wall street they're watching the events in turkey very closely but most analysts say they have not seen any significant signs yet that events there are objecting the u.s. stock market but elsewhere that's not the case markets in asia remain mixed and european stocks were mostly down primarily because many european countries remain heavily exposed to turkey's debt while the list of grievances between these two nato allies is substantial this crisis ultimately boils down to

a battle of wills between two leader. the big question now which one of them will blink first until then how far will the lira fall in the meantime gabriel designed zero zero new york. now the remains of a house and wife and their nine year old daughter has been recovered from the rubble of a bridge that collapsed in italy on tuesday this brings the number of dad to more than forty with hundreds more injured a state funeral is taking place for victims of the disaster these are live pictures from genoa president surgery is among those attending and it's being presided by over the archbishop of genoa but some families blame the government for the disaster at the ceremony. of course these are the live pictures. and it is archbishop angelo back nassir who's also conducting that service of course many hundreds of people have gathered maybe between six to a thousand we were told originally for that service it is also

a national day of mourning across italy for the victims of the disaster of course we'll continue to follow events in genoa as the day progresses. so head here on al-jazeera you can beat michael phelps at the olympics the object of schooling is referring to defend gold at the asian games we'll hear from him in sport with joe do stay with us. look certainly it sounds ugly. scares people from america's high streets to mexico's on the wild side and who controls the other side people in power follows the smuggling route and test the ease of acquiring untraceable weapons on american soil the weapon that was designed for war and it took you about five minutes to buy at least america's guns are arming mexico's cartel on al-jazeera congressman are

you interested in stopping crime. on the streets of greece anti immigrant violence is on the rise you have to go for. us or something and increasingly migrant farm workers are victims of vicious beatings. is helping the pakistani community to find a voice the stories we don't often hear told by the people who live them undocumented and under attack this is iraq on al-jazeera. welcome back to one of our top stories that funeral service for the victims of the

bridge collapse david chase is our correspondent following events for us and david we're seeing pictures now of an islamic cleric also conducting presence is a multi-faith service. yes so it's good to remember that it's there was so many victims from all across the world if i can just tell you a story that we have found one of those people one of the families who have lost their loved ones we spoke to them two brothers who were going on the day of the tragedy to the airport they were saying goodbye to each other one was heading off to columbia the other one headed back into the city he died as the bridge collapse and his brother only got to hear about it when he landed in colombia he actually watched the coverage the first footage and he saw his brother's car amongst the wreckage that just shows you what people are having to deal with here at the moment it's deeply deeply emotional and deeply somber and there are victims not

just from general but from all over the world and of all religions and all faiths and this is a time for them at least to share in that grief to try and lessen that briefing in some way to know that people understand what they're going through and this might help them seek what we always now call closure some way to close down get out of the grief and try and start a normal life again but to grieve here without those for those ones who died in that collapse and it will leave it there david and follow events of course through the day thank you david chase are in italy. first time sport not history so hail thank you well the stage is set in just a few hours the indonesian capital jakarta will host the opening ceremony of the asian games fourteen thousand athletes and forty five countries will compete in four hundred sixty two medal events it's the second biggest sporting event in the world behind the olympics organizers a promising

a colossal ceremony taking. asian games well james dorsey is a senior fellow at singapore's nanyang technological university and author of the turbulent world of middle east soccer he joins me now live on skype from singapore james how important is it for indonesia to be hosting such a big event i think it's very important obviously companies can come here illegally. organize well they've got events and it's also a way for a country like india vigo we know our. number we know it but also we cannot really . want a country spend money hosting something so i complex and expensive as the asian gangs i think they do so because nothing of what would be a very. long here just many coattail on board even if we have been talking to get there it's called public but with the public on the beat and companies one of the

way to compete growing is how they perform both in the organisation and the ability . to hold they got events and how they perform in the vote for the bottom in terms of diplomacy north and south korea fielding unified teams in chicago why both countries bring so much emphasis on sporting ties. force is often the way to try and build bridges if you think that we can build diplomatic relations with. sports played a major role in the. more between north and south. the problem with sports in and of the snow will not create an environment conducive to the problem but if there is an environment and the political will to do that. and sport can be quite divisive as well

a spade because like in the example that comes to mind of china and chinese taipei tell us about that because that's not a very comfortable to promote a situation. i would argue that more often than not for devices to go back to world war one. like the fourteen britain and germany stop you have a ceasefire for twenty four hours to play a game of football and then before you go on to kill billions of people and the same repeated itself. with the football. competition going to the rafa one and again twenty four hours of all of that and religious driving while the street to gather and the day they do then we believe that there is only really words it. is a political will and an environment that is trying to be both problems all right so that's the side of diplomacy but also you mentioned earlier cultural heritage and

preserving that the asian games features events the lympics but also some that you wouldn't that are unique to asia what do you make of that makes. you know in some ways that's one of the things that makes the asian games if you're unique because you not only have defeat in the olympic discipline but also a clear number of competition in europe the age of your even if the book. again pardon the complete day is called your very good it is both a. long standing power of knocking over the but is also a way of of exact of different feeling of. all right james dorsey senior fellow singapore's nanyang technological university thank you live here so as we mentioned that the asian games features some unique sports that rarely get

global exposure but a historically important parts of asia like pentax which is making its debut at these games the term covers hundreds of indigenous combat styles fighters can use weapons like knives and machetes but in competition they stick to stick to punches and kicks now legend has it that the ancient martial arts came about after a woman watched a tiger do battle with a hawk then this chorus which is another traditional martial art this time from a spec is done it's similar to wrestling but the main aim is for one athlete to throw the other to the ground if they land on their back victory is declared if it's on a side then points are awarded and one of most spectacular is step back touch gravity defying form a foot volley ball players acrobatically twist their bodies to help launch a rattan ball over a net using their fate. one of the stars of this he is asian games could well be singapore swimmer joseph schooling he shot to fame at the two thousand and fourteen

games in south korea why he won gold in the one hundred meter butterfly and then strong to gold in the same discipline at the rio olympics beating michael phelps in his last race before retirement schooling says he's ready to defend his title this time in jakarta. yeah no asian games always. it's a i might say it's you know up there with what championships. did under the olympics and so you know it's always nice to come back and embracing the crowd like this and excited to see what i can do i've been feeling good leading up to this and yeah it's it's always a stage from comfortable performing so i'd say you know i don't really think about medals right you think about receiver self it's i coming to the speed just trying to race myself trying to reach my limitations and that's all i can focus on and that's the best thing to do well from one of them pick start to another the same boat has been causing

a fan frenzy in sydney ahead of his football trial at aig sorry to the central coast mariners fans cheered him posed for selfies with the eight time elin picked gold medalist sprinter at sydney airport felt he retired from the athletics world at the world championships in london last year has trained with germany's boris it all went south africa's mobility sundowns annoys strums called sets as he pursues a career in football something he said is one of history its. citizens out of my last season start to feel that i want to play football. i knew what i'm capable of far i know what i can do some. sort of minus all giving me the opportunity to show people are running the on the other side of some might be to call the serial. so they add champions event to splash more than one hundred million dollars on crissy on a rinaldo and on saturday he'll make his set. davey the portuguese star scored twice in a friendly last week now is the new manager will hope you can do the same in their

opening league game against you over a no. true or not this will be his very first match playing the tallinn league and this is something new and he's very curious to know they'll be better and how the teams play here it's the beginning of a brand new season and to be a new challenge for us. we only thought about christiane over naldo we would lose sight of the whole you venters squad the immense quality they have we must think of you ventas as a great teams and think of ourselves as a top teams a true team a solid group who rate their chances against reynaldo and all the rest england cricket. has returned to action after being cleared of a fray in a british court england captain joe root says that the all rounder is desperate to move on from his trial after being found not guilty he was picked for the starting eleven for the third test against india and that match got underway

a short time ago with england winning the toss and choosing to field a short time ago india forty one without loss. well tennis some of federer has edged himself closer to an eighth title in cincinnati after beating argentina in his first match on friday the thirty seven year old beat stanford prng kurds who set to one in a back to back match to reach the semifinals tomans players been forced to play more than one match in a day because of heavy rain interrupting the schedule. and that is a sport for now one hundred at thanks very much joe let's just take you back to each other way italy and these are live pictures coming from the memorial service being conducted by archbishop angela darkness he's greeting and consoling those that have lost loved ones in the morrill service that's being watched by its leader and around the world and

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the sam's in archaeology graduate from iraq he's also a part time going to pergamon museum which includes a reconstruction of the famous ishtar gate in babylon most of the people he's showing around came to germany as refugees this is just one of several billion museums taking part in the project called a meeting point and as well as bringing people together one of its aims is to emphasise the contribution of migrants right up to the present day to western culture. because i've been here for some time i can help them with lots of things but mrs ford to me the great thing is it's not just about museums about forming a new life is part of life it's culture every weekly news cycle brings a series of breaking story this happened was in the truck didn't happen on the boy told through the eyes of the world journalists images matter a lot international politics joining the listening post as we turn the cameras on the media and focus on how they report on the stories that matter the most third if

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