talking of all smooshed. this is zero. alarm has i'm speaking of this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes the u.s. cuts off all funding to the u.n. agency that provides schooling and health care to five million palestinian refugee . wargames russia conducts a large military exercise in the mediterranean as tensions heat up in syria. and anti immigrant sentiment in peru angry peruvians lashing out at venezuelans trying to make a living on the streets and i'm far as small have all the latest sporting clearing for melange to arrive at

a market ericsson survives the high speed crash in italy more on that story coming up later this hour. after nearly seventy years the united states has halted all funding to a key u.n. agency that supports millions of palestinian refugees it says it is no longer willing to shoulder what it calls a distro portion a share of the burden the u.s. has accused the united nations relief and works agency of being irredeemably floored the palestinian leadership is calling it a flagrant assault on palestinians and in violation of a un resolution which led to the creation of the un agency in one thousand nine hundred forty nine us president donald trump whose promise what he calls a deal of the century to resolve the israeli palestinian conflict has unilaterally declared jerusalem as israel's capital let's talk now to harry force live in

ramallah in the occupied west bank so harry what's been the reaction to this in palestine. well for the powers in leadership this hasn't come as a surprise the fact that the united states had already withheld the vast majority of its funding for an rather see a three hundred five million of the three hundred sixty five million dollars pledge was never forthcoming has been trailing of a move like this with increasing increasing volume in recent days and the statement itself as you say talks about the organization being irredeemably flawed it also talks about the endlessly and exponentially expanding numbers of palestine refugees the number now more than five million because it's not just those who fled historic palestine or forced out during the creation of the state of israel nine hundred forty eight it's also their descendants as well so it's clear that without saying that it is redefining the status of palestine refugees from the u.s. perspective that is very much in the language of the statement and very much behind

this and so the palestinians themselves are responding in kind saying that this is an entirely political assault by the united states using a refugee agency and its funding as blackmail we've heard from the senior p.l.o. executive committee member. this morning saying that it's cruel and irresponsible we went to speak to cyber the second generation of the organization and he said that this was against international law that they could not target a u.n. organization in this way as if it was some kind of elements of the palestinian authority and he said that taken together with what you were talking about donald trump's removal of jerusalem from the table as he sees it by declaring it israel's capital by really backing up settlement expansion and with this move defunding or trying to clear the decks now of the key palestinian demands that should only be settled now the negotiating table between the palestinians and the israelis and

harry were these cuts likely to hit hardest. well they could hit in all sorts of ways as you were saying there are more than half a million palestinian children across the region in the five areas of operation of who rely on schools for their education there are more than one point one million palestinian refugees in gaza many of them rely on the emergency food aid there are medical services there is employment and already this year on russia has had to be looking for extra funding getting other donor countries to try to advance their funding or make new commitments we've heard from germany the foreign minister there saying that they will be preparing more significant money for an era but obviously they will need some kind of permanent solution in terms of the israeli reaction we haven't heard anything yet from the government of benjamin netanyahu it is the israeli sabbath the jewish sabbath rather and so he will presume we continue to observe that we have heard from a secular party an opposition party which is welcomed this saying that the

expanding number of palestine refugees is part of the problem not something that benjamin netanyahu has said in the past as well so it's likely very likely that he will welcome this but there are those in the israeli security establishment who are concerned and they've been leaking to or making explicit their concerns in the israeli media in recent days about the potential security implications of deep cuts to aid that millions of palestinians rely on harry thank you harry force of life for us in ramallah now let's take a closer look at what is at stake here education and health care and livelihoods for almost five million palestinian refugees on or what is critical in providing these services to refugees who are barred from returning to palestine and are forced to live in lebanon syria jordan the occupied west bank and the gaza strip the u.s. provides more than a third of under always annual budget and has been the top donor for decades but in january it only contribute to sixty eight million dollars and withheld sixty five

million more chris gunness is underway a spokesman he's calling for other nations to help fill the funding gap. we certainly reject any allegations about that have been made about our programs our program of high impact on the it was the american minutes ration which recently the few months ago praised our operations we deliver to five hundred twenty six million children around the middle east a primary education to do nine million patients consultations a year we feed seven students people. doing those things which is widely read by the day in the community including by the u.s. . let's bring in the stuff about hootie and ramallah he is the secretary general of the palestinian national initiative thanks so much for being with us so what is your reaction to this do you fear i mean what do you fear may be the effect of this cutting funding. first of all let's agree that this is not just an

economic act it's political or. clearly they're american administration is or brain and implementing what netanyahu is dictating the prime minister of israel the right to liquidate the issue of jerusalem by saying that they're removing it from the table of negotiations and now they want to can only war with the aim of killing the right of the palestinian refugees to return to the homes they were displaced from in one nine hundred forty eight these are actions that are clearly liquidating the palestinian issue completely while trying to normalize the relations of countries and it will not work i think what is really what the americans have done will make us even more determined to stick to the right of palestinian refugees especially after the israeli collaboration of its new nationalistic law which is nothing but a system of apartheid but from economy perspective what has happened is. a crime

who meditate in crime because these three hundred sixty five million dollars or so will be cut from the needs of of palestinian sick people who need treatment of palestinian students who need to do creation and this is adding insult to injury because the same american administration has decided week ago to cut two hundred twenty million dollars from other services that are provided to palestinians in the field of health and their culture and we heard there from chris gunness the owner of a spokesman saying that he hopes other nations will step in to to to to fill this funding gap so that what we're talking about there may not happen to you are you hopeful that others can step in here and provide help where it's needed. yes of course we will do our best and let me here. say how grateful we are as

palestinians to the governments of sweden and germany who have already decided to increase their contribution to an ottawa budget and said they might increase it even further we do hope and we direct our. demand to the arab countries and i think the arab countries can easily fulfill their god. especially those who have a good income and this where we can utilize the american effort to liquidate the palestinian issues including the right of palestinian refugees to return let me here also remind you that the american decision is a violation of the decisions of the united nations general assembly because the establishment of the one thousand nine hundred forty nine was specifically linked to the issue of the right of return which was implemented which was declared by the united nations in its one hundred ninety four resolution it means that should

continue to exist and continue to support palestinian refugees till they have the right to return to their homes that is the international law and that these are the international resolutions that the united states is violating today. if as you say this this is a violation of. u.n. resolutions what recourse to the palestinians all their backers have for challenging this. i do believe that the palestinian leadership has to understand is probably in the process of understanding that what we are talking here is a complete change in the whole atmosphere and not just tactical moves in the sense that what we see here is the elimination of those low agreement of. so-called peace processes and that has to be encountered with a new strategy a strategy that is based on enhanced in popular nonviolent palestinian resistance

and enhanced in the boycott divestment sanctions against apartheid policy of the israeli government and eliminating the issue of internal division trying to get us all unified in one unified leadership the challenges are huge and they are very extreme and we need to fight palestinian position today to be able to stand up to all these challenges that are clearly directed by the most extreme government in the history of israel good to speak with you. joining us from ramallah thanks so much. now a newly appointed u.s. representative to syria is making his first trip to the region james jeffrey is expected to talk about the syrian conflict during stops in israel jordan and turkey is visit comes as speculation grows that russia and syria are planning a possible military offensive in italy on friday secretary of state u.s.

secular state marcum player warned that an attack on the rebel held province would be a major escalation of the conflict the state department also said jeffreys visit to the region will underscore the united states will respond to any chemical weapons attack perpetrated by the syrian regime of rebels in italy have blown up two bridges to try and stop government forces from reaching their they've been demonstrations against what would be decided a decisive battle in the syrian conflict turkey which backs a section in of the syrian opposition has declared it one of the most powerful armed groups the higher to hariri share formerly known as the front as terrorists stephanie decker is live for us from a harley on the turkey syria border so stephanie what is happening with the offensive as far as we know. lot of behind the scenes diplomacy going home going on has

a you know russia talking to turkey you've had the syrian foreign minister in moscow yesterday a lot of ongoing talks because they want to try and prevent an all out escalation let me just step out a shot to show you where we are i'll continue talking about the politics just to give you an indication behind us is a province the the wall you see is a separation between turkey and syria and this is one of those camps for internally displaced this is under the control of that group you just mentioned the who formerly known as the mr front well we can tell you that the estimate of tents along this border is around eight hundred thousand so the humanitarian situation when it comes to this looming military offensive is a huge concern now some people will tell you that perhaps what's being negotiated behind the scenes is a limited offensive what is clear here is that the syrian government says it is going to take back this province it's left it to the last moment if you will in the sense that it has taken back other areas that were under rebel control what is different here in lib is that this is the place where the rebels and their families

and the people who didn't want to be part of this reconciliation deal so cold in those areas that the government took back they didn't want to stay there so they were shipped to adlib so the question now is if there is an offensive here which there will be and it once the government takes it back where these people going to go they're terrified of what repercussions of the government so this is this is a big question of course this border remains closed and turkey says they're not going to open it because they're already housing three million syrian refugees here inside turkey stephanie deca lifeless in re homily thanks stephanie. and russia one of the key backers of syrian president bashar al assad is flexing its military muscle with a week of drills in the mediterranean sea it says the exercises will focus on empty on empty air an empty submarine defense systems a lot of worry chalons now in moscow so really what's going on here is is there a message behind this or is this kind of standard military drills

or the official narrative from the russian ministry of defense is that these are standard drills not connected with what's going on in syria not connected with what's going on in italy particularly a slightly different take though from the kremlin when dmitri peskov the kremlin spokesman was asked about a possible connection with syria earlier in the week he said this the syria situation has substantial escalation potential so extra precautions are quite justified and grounded though he did add that all questions about these exercises should be directed to the ministry of defense now. it is unlikely that the operations are for purely offensive reasons because if the russians choose to supports militarily a syrian government offensive on it live they have all the means to do so currently

at the maim him air base in syria they have plenty of planes there which have been flying sorties for a many many months now two years of bombs august on the ground and back up their allies in the syrian government the syrian military they don't need a flotilla as off the mediterranean coast to do that what the russians are worried about though the moments are reports and messages coming out of the united states now these are saying essentially that the u.s. is preparing to strike targets in syria if there is another chemical weapons attack and the some reports of in saying that a list of targets is already being drawn up so it's more logical and more likely the these military exercises off the coast of the mediterranean of the coast of syria are basically terence against that basically trying to say to the

united states by throwing extra military hardware into the area think twice about anything that you might be planning inside syria attacking syrian targets rory sounds live for us in moscow now more novel no one is a military analyst and retired jordanian air force general he joins us live now from our man to talk more about this thanks so much for being with us so what do you think is going to happen here is this is just a matter of days or weeks. when this offensive happens when i mean what's what's likely to happen next. i think all the situation on the ground suggests that they made up their mind to do to go ahead with such attack to regain some part of its libro vants means a limited operation mainly satele the. distance sure this area.

a big threat to the russian and to the regime of. this written law i mean to say there so they want to get this area back to protect themselves from mainly. by drones which the rebel do that but i think that our bills have a slim chance to. i mean just to stand for a long time against the supremacy of the russian air power which they would wave and would see wave after wave of air strike on them besieged surrender or you will be killed there is no place this is it is different from other places previous operations because there is no place to go especially if the turkish government close the border and they were attacking this as a big defeat scam attacking get it is really

a human catastrophe and it's an atrocity for these people but i showed the solve it. and just melted away this is the best i think. so lucian for such they need but i think the regime broacha is made up their mind to go ahead for it as for the russian naval exercise i could yes sir i do so just want to jump in for a moment ask if the diplomatic efforts to try and end this failed do you fear that we may see another another siege like what happened with aleppo and other towns in syria that's exactly what's going to happen but it's going to be a very limited operation a massive operation there will be a little bit. of human catastrophe things i don't

think the word will just go or what we're going to happen for such a massive. diversion trying to say we control this see we control this guy by doing these exercises and all this happened before and visit to iran. and i think diplomacy is now it's too late i think they made up their mind to go out for the attack but when remains to be seen of course and we're in your view does the united states fit into this we heard the state department saying earlier that they will. that they will respond to any chemical weapons attack that they fear that the syrian regime might or might try to perpetrate. yes and. also of this naval attack you've got a lot of radars here and they will discover and such if the u.s.

decided to go out for the attacks they will discover this theory does the russian radars there will discover the tomahawk missile and other. cruise missile to where the target but i think the american there will launch their operation if this happens from there is see and the arabian gulf and some of the protests from the cyprus. we're using to nato so i think they didn't let from the. russian to the american that we can shoot down you or me side if you go ahead and you fabricate or you stage up the for any chemical chemical attack in the future but having said that they're medic and they will go ahead and they guard the some of the naval presence the russian never. meant to be in there i think they will go ahead with such an attack but this would not change

the type of the war or they. would be a simple ikhwan. not i mean i mean. they want to change the balance of the ground or whatever good to speak of you. joining us there from. plenty more ahead on this news hour. in northeast thailand where we'll tell you why some are blaming the emergence of a flesh eating disease on the big increase in sugar cane plantations giving women caught in yemen civil war a chance to earn a living. and later in sport things were a little one sided in the williams sisters showdown at the u.s. open. told us they have a first argentina's government says it will discuss a fifty billion dollar bailout with the international monetary fund on monday the

currency has lost half its value against the u.s. dollar this year all that's in america and it's an issue newman reports from one of . all eyes were on the city when the cytisus financial center. after losing another fifteen percent of its value thursday the government managed a modest recovery after infusing almost seven hundred million dollars into the currency market to stop the hemorrhaging but that didn't diminish the long queues of people seeking refuge in the u.s. dollar. these abrupt and deep explosions in the currency such strong valuations concern me because they symbolize an unstable country an unstable economy. arjen times think and save in dollars and with good reason given their economies history of boom and bust and when the dollar goes up so do prices while the value of people's wages starts tunneling down and that is exactly what is happening today

a waitress for example told me that back in april she was making the equivalent of six hundred dollars a month today she is making three hundred or only half that much and that's just in the last four months. the devaluation of the peso increases inflation already one of the world's highest the government says it will announce new economic measures on monday before going to the i.m.f. to negotiate terms for speeding up the release of a fifty billion dollar bailout loan they include further austerity measures. but many economists warn that the cost of turning to the i.m.f. is too high the i.m.f. lends money but as we all know there are a series of very stringent conditions which and up sinking the economy explain to me how you come out of that on top. and you don't basically so we're headed for another crisis i mean we are in a crisis but we're heading for another major crisis. and if that's true not only

could south america's second largest economy risk a new default but also major social unrest like the kind that brought down the government in two thousand and one. see in mulan al-jazeera when a situs. of the economic crisis in venezuela has sent hundreds of thousands into neighboring countries in peru they've been met with racial slurs but some of them say that's still easier to deal with than conditions back home marianna sanchez reports from peru's capital lima. thirty eight year old the bush man keeps an eye on municipal police well selling a traditional rice string from venezuela he still doesn't have a street vendor permit trying to make a living far away from home it's hard he says but worse is here in slurs against and swings. especially to people like me

a street vendor people tell me move get out of here go back to your country. an armed assault mainly perpetrated by even assailants and caught on security cameras sparked a wave of anti been astroland feeling in. this honest compatriots are paying the price. people have to understand we are not all the same the great majority is here to work and send money to our families to get them out of the inferno that venezuela has become a. business many top textile employee and say the number of in a swill is working here a school with a peruvians save in a sweet lunch are taking their jobs and. some businessmen here have laid off peruvians because they say venezuelans charge them less the anti immigration sentiment among many was fueled by a conservative candidate. mayoral race in october he gained popularity by same venice will answer threatening security and jobs. but government officials have

condemned cinephile big slurs produce open border policy has let more than four hundred thousand this will save the country nearly seventy thousand have already been granted work permits were again official say the presses are going to swell and just have an impact in the us health and education says that there are nearly thirty thousand in israel and children in schools but they also say the impact is positive and it is workforce as many venezuelans doing the job or against don't want to take. any peruvians reacted against growing scene a fabric sentiment by opening their homes to shelter migrants and refugees twenty one year old alexander torrealba is sleeping with fifteen other venezuelans in one room where. i feel lucky to have been offered the shelter but it's a pity many compatriots have been mistreated you know here because we want to be but because we need to be. however the majority of us will say they

feel will come in be to escaping from inflation and food and medicine shortages back home make them choose to endure almost anything for a better future in a sun just. all right in a few moments we'll have the weather with empty box but still advantages here are. a step towards gender equality how the venice film festival is doing its part to try and reform the entertainment industry. in sport tempers flare at the asian games as the gold medal is decided in the men's handball competition. through tranquil raveena can you. can free routines and if going to. japan has been affected by no fewer than six typhoon

so far this year and would you believe there is yet another one on the way at the moment we've got this line of cloud that's been in place for the best part of a week we've had torrential downpours across south korea and across a good part of cuba and honshu just to the west of sendai we've had some flooding and this is ahead of our next system as you can see big downpours coming through some passing around two hundred millimeters of rain in just twenty four as hence the flooding that we do have here the saturated ground is going to become more saturated is gone through the next few days you can see we have also seen some mudslides in places say at least as we go on through sunday and indeed into monday dry weather starts to push its way back in that is just a brief respite because here comes and next typhoon it's currently out in the open waters clearly defined eye on this storm here is well organized is actually the strongest in the northwest pacific so far this year we are looking at some very nasty conditions sustained winds around two hundred fifty kilometers per hour so

that makes equivalent to a category four storm it will weaken further as it makes its way further north was monday looking largely dry become choose day it'll make landfall. the weather sponsored by cats are and always. optimism has faded. blue counties elected leaders under. tension as fears that a crackdown is imminent the targets the activists who call for democracy divide and conquer. a six part series filmed five year. plan china's democracy experiment on al-jazeera. one of our biggest strengths is that we talk to normal everyday people we get them to tell stories and doing that really reveals the truth people are still gathered outside these gates waiting for any information most of them don't know whether their loved

ones are alive or dead or miami really is a two worlds meet we can get to washington d.c. two hours to get on jurists in the rest of central america about the same time but more importantly two cultures north and south america to teach it's a very important place for al-jazeera to be. watching al-jazeera a reminder of our top stories this hour the u.s. has cut all funding to the kenya un agency supporting five million palestinian refugees around thirty percent of us funding has come from the u.s. administration says the agency is irredeemably floored palestinian president calls

the cut a flagrant assault on palestinians. russia one of the key backers of syrian president bashar flexing its military muscle with a week of drills in the mediterranean sea says the exercises will focus on air and submarine defense system. i was been allowed in fighting between armed groups in libya after several days of battles left almost forty people dead and more than one hundred injured most of the casualties of civilians gun battles and shelling of course serious damage to areas around me tag the airport in tripoli flights have been diverted to misrata the groups are officially aligned to the un recognized government of national accord let's get more now on this from. a head in tripoli suburbs mood what's the latest there. well it seems that the clashes have taken a heavy toll on civilians so many people have died because of random shelling in

the southern suburbs of the libyan capital tripoli now the health ministry in tripoli says that thirty nine people were killed and. around one hundred nineteen one dead and the majority of them are civilians now human rights watch also said that eighteen civilians have been killed by the rival armed groups since the clashes broke out in august to twenty six now also among the civilian the civilian the civilian losses. so many properties have been have been targeted by random shelling and also that includes that includes. airport that is the only as you know has him the only airport operational in the capital tripoli. vision has been halted in the airport and all the flights have

been diverted to misrata. that's of course temporarily according to the authorities . airport now so many people have been forced out of their homes in the southern suburbs of the libyan capital tripoli because of the clashes and they cannot get back to their houses because a state of panic in the whole capital because since last night random shelling have been landing in. nearby the central districts of the capital of tripoli that includes the area around the. airport has m m m a what is the government there doing to deal with this crisis. well so far the national accord the government that that's the tripoli based government seems to be it doesn't doesn't seem to be strong enough to. take an action to put

an end to this conflict the prime minister the. prime minister faces. three days ago he is called on an official force to intervene in the capital tripoli to put him into this conflict and maintain order but until this moment this falls has not started its mission yet but also we understand that this conflict that erupted last sunday is between is between a faction that claims to be a part of the presidential guard of himself that's the seventh infantry brigade that's an armed group from the city of thought who are that used to be part of the presidential guard but recently it has been this owned by himself now the conflict is on the other hand with armed groups in tripoli backed by. backed government of national called has i'm going to go ahead life first there in tripoli thank you now

uganda's pop star turned opposition politician bobby wine is on his way to the united states he boarded a flight on friday night after the government allowed him to leave the country wine is seeking medical care overseas for injuries he says he suffered while he was in detention he's been charged with treason for his alleged role in an incident where stones were thrown at the president's motorcade. of sexual violence and forced child marriages are among the many issues yemeni women have been dealing with some charities though i helping women try to earn a living sort of reports energy level but the beauty is in the details and these young women are determined to learn a new skill sewing the old traditional yemeni way. doesn't look like me that's one of the many skills this charity has been searching for the past fifteen years in the city of sanaa the war may have forced volunteer teachers from europe and the

u.s. to leave but the charity's founder returns from the u.k. to ensure its survival despite its building being hit in several air strikes. eliminate my team and i have been working under very harsh conditions missiles looming over our heads shelling and killing all around us despite that we open the doors to us under every day and our main concern is to help families with aid and medical supplies. women and children are the most vulnerable in yemen right now but learning new skills including computing have given them a boost the charity has seen many of its students go on to a steady income and i think that in that is that everything that we consider the center our second home we have all started from scratch amongst us are destitute females orphans and the majority are widows of the most unfairly treated segment of society simply without a source of income. self-sufficiency and empowerment are key here with

women becoming the breadwinners micro loans are also on offer or you've been trying to get in started outside the walls of the center oh my is double what we offer them an opportunity to work and earn an income to avoid the embarrassment of being handed donations to help them work we then market and sell their products so that you're creating these products is just the beginning although yemen's international airport shots and bank transfers near impossible their final products are finding their way abroad to kuwait and then on to europe. i recently joined the center yemeni woman are very creative given the opportunity history has proven that we are strong survivors and this is not a new situation for us we are braving through the wars harsh economic and psychological crisis. and despite the severe poverty the daily challenges these women face providing them with a lifelong skill not only helps puts a meal on the table that can benefit an entire family. but

a higher al-jazeera. the thai government is reconsidering the use of three toxic weed killers one of the chemicals paraquat is already banned in more than thirty countries it's been linked to flesh eating disease is in farmers in northern thailand winery has that story. in parts of rural thailand red marks the spot it's an indicator that farmers used to show that sprayed paraquat a toxic weed killer banned in many countries and the european union its use is blamed on a number of illnesses including a flesh eating bacteria disease which is emerged in northern thailand some farmers have died others have lost limbs in the province of. where researchers say contamination from agric emma cools is severe. i really want to see people stop using the chemicals last time i went to the provincial hospital the staff told me there were a lot of patients with similar symptoms as i had thailand's become one of the

world's biggest uses of paraquat partly because of its effectiveness on sugarcane plantations as the price of rice fell the government encouraged farmers to grow other crops like sugar which in turn increased demand for paraquat the health ministry recommended that it be banned along with two other chemicals but that was ignored and they continued use approved by a government appointed committee there are now allegations that some members of that committee had conflicts of interest with companies involved in importing the chemicals. to look at the members of the committee their position is not groundless but so far we have no impera kill evidence to accuse any of them thailand wants to become known as the so-called kitchen of the world but the largely unregulated use of toxic sprays is leading to concerns about food safety most of the world's paraquat is made in china which has also decided to ban its use

in thailand it's important mainly by foreign companies the biggest thai company dealing in it is c.p. group were johns among other things convenience stores it's also one of the world's largest food producers. al-jazeera contacted c.p. group and other companies involved but none would give an interview and none have ever been to see see to put to ask him what happened he says he can never farm again but hopes one day the fields here will be chemical free wayne hay al jazeera . thailand. all right still ahead on when we come back in sport it wasn't easy but the tennis world number one managed to pull through action at the u.s. open coming up. september up on al-jazeera the fourth eastern economic forum is to be held in the city of le divorce stock as russia looks to expand its influence in the asia

pacific region on television and online the stream continues to tap into the extraordinary potential of social media to disseminate news the president of russia turkey and iran will meet in teheran for another summit seeking an end to the war in syria we'll have extensive coverage people in power continues to examine the use and abuse of power around the world the united nations general assembly hall the seventy third session what action will it take on atrocities in me in march and yemen will bring you all the news of september on al-jazeera. asia's largest catholic country is witnessing a dramatic rise in teenage pregnancy. when used investigates why so many filipino children are having babies. on al-jazeera.

again now europeans may soon start moving their clocks forward by an hour for some of the e.u.'s proposing to end daylight saving to take advantage of more sunshine commission president john claudio says a recent survey revealed widespread support for the move sometimes scientists believe changing the clocks has a negative impact on people's health. our charity in britain is urging people to give up using social media for a month or at least cut down on using it the war society for public health says while the platform can help many of us feel connected it can sometimes lead to anxiety and depression isn't a hey will. sometimes it feels like we are constantly connected liking posting

uploading and updating social media is a big possible lives whether it's checking for the latest news on twitter watching the british prime minister dance or dog drive a speedboat i feel like most of us are addicted and if the people that say that they're not that just. don't let me that the campaign is in britain or urging people to take a break from personal social media for september or reduce usage to give them time to re-evaluate what makes us feel good and what makes a scale bad the balance of impact for most young people from research we've done does of the name seem to be a negative one where actually young people consider comparing themselves to a district budget idealism based real estate depictions of people's lives globally instagram has an estimated billion followers facebook more than two billion users and twitter hundreds of millions many of us around the world to have at least one

social media accounts here in britain more than forty million people now subscribe and teenagers are the biggest consumers of social media some are on it four hours a day scientists have warned about the dangers of becoming addicted to social media and link it to pull sleep and depression it is compulsive at the very least giving it up then or at least turning off the traffic even for a few days isn't an easy prospect site you mean it to get. to the kind of bring. great. stuff they hear peepers out of the news posse for your loss or what a. little much time to be honest. face to disconnect some people might need to be reminded that life is more than just you know showing other people what your life is closing. down social media thirty days may give some people a much needed break campaigners say companies and individuals who use it need to

think people they post about the impact the next tick might tap and they would which is their. skills will not his for them thank you so much for the asian games to wrap up on sunday but there's still lots of action to take place before the torch is handed to china the host for the next games let's go live now to our correspondent in jakarta scott. lots of gold medals to be won today scott what are some of the highlights for one of the favorites if you will is women's basketball final that's going on right now probably just seconds away from getting the final score on that that's because it's a combined korea team playing china now obviously because of the situation that we all saw the images of korea team marching together at the beginning of the opening

ceremonies just over two two weeks ago we saw that the olympics earlier in the year so obviously there's that that's kind of a favorite if you will because people like to see these these two nations playing together we know that there are nine south korean players and three north korean players they obviously were doing very well they made it to the gold medal game this afternoon here saturday in egypt but we believe that it's you know it's going to be a sin to see what happens with it obviously even if they don't win the goal it's something that so many people are focused on the when the silver medal so many people are focused on because it's such a big sport and there's so much attention to it anyway but obviously with the north and south teams playing together makes it so much more interesting for us and we've just heard that korea has unfortunately just lost to china but like you say they still won the fellows are but there is more than just a medal on the line for south korea's football team tell us about that. absolutely you know that's just about ninety minutes from now less than ninety minutes i should say and it's because they have a lot more riding on this gold medal max this evening saturday here in indonesia

and that's because if they win a gold they don't have to serve a mandatory twenty one months in the military now obviously that means a lot for some new men who's who's a footballer in those premier footballer who is worth millions of dollars he took off time to come here from tottenham because he wanted to play in this match because he wanted to play in this say in these games and this matches so very important to him this evening because he can go back and not have an. interrupted performance in the premier league because he would have to take that twenty one months away so if they win tonight he doesn't have to worry about that his team mates don't have to worry about that so obviously a lot more than the national pride riding on this evening's match and we've been talking a lot about indonesia wanting to be the host of the twenty thirty team. and i understand the president of the international olympic committee is there right now i tell us a bit about that. yeah he'll be met with the presidents here in indonesia

in jakarta the capital of indonesia today you know obviously as you said they've been angling internees to get position a bid to get those olympics in two thousand and thirty two you know we spoke with a lot of kind of observers those who kind of journalist who covered these types of events all over the world and he said it's very it's and when you look at indonesia and the way they manage these asian games he said that they've done it fairly successfully there is a lot of worry a lot of concern coming into the games that's because you don't need to have the very last minutes. bid to be the host for the games that's because vietnam withdrew so there was a lot of focus on that there's a lot of concern that if it came off ok it has come off ok but these observers say that they're not ready for the olympics just yet but obviously the the president internationally the committee is here it's kind of customary for him to go around the world and see these games his meeting with the president he met with the leadership of the organizing committee here so they're looking at that as you know possible laying the groundwork for this bid but again some observers observers

saying they're not quite ready for the olympics but right now because how successful these games have gone they are international host nation ok scott highly reporting live from jakarta touch a bit later tempers flared in the handball final asian games where cats are beat bahrain the game had been tight throughout with the scores deadlocked at twenty five each in regulation time bahrain were unhappy with the referee's decision to award a penalty in extra time cats are converted that chance and went on to win thirty two twenty seven it's cats are second string asian games title. now to the battle of the sisters at the u.s. open and it was a ruthless serena williams who got the better of venus to make it through to the fourth round it's more than a decade since venus has been staring at a grand slam david stokes reports so you know really it has the feel of a heavyweight title fight serino up against venus for the thirtieth time in their careers but in front of

a. some of the crowd in new york failed to live up to the hype so the most dramatic moments of the night came when serina twisted her ankle in the second game it was nothing serious and after some treatment she so set in just thirty minutes. seems to be the second set didn't last much longer a ruthless serenus took it six games to two so equal had biggest ever win over her sister. exactly a year after giving birth serina says she's happy with the games that. i think is by far the best match i've ever played against her for in forever. i don't know about ever ever but it probably was and played really. much better tonight than i. think is the best man she's ever played against me. and i think. you know

she's did everything right so obviously that was definitely. going to want to stay so serene a remains on track to win a seventh u.s. open and equal margaret court record of twenty four grand slams next up she faces a stunning news car kinetic david stokes al-jazeera. man's world number one rafa nadal had to battle past his russian opponent to reach the u.s. open fourth round to it looked as if the dow's campaign to defend its title was over as caring catching all took the first set the twenty seventh team kept up the pressure on the spaniard throughout the match but at dal after a four hour and twenty three minute and match in for long if that question that it was managed to seal a five seven seven five seven six seven six victory. of course was physical. and mentally demanding. and that's why we practice every day to play this kind of my tears on

a great atmosphere for an amazing crowd. may have to do with me having to have the time to play again. twenty sixteen champions stand the rank of was knocked out by number twenty five seen in the last round in the third round the swiss he was given a wildcard entry into this year's tournament eliminated grigor dimitrov in the first round this time he wasn't so lucky losing in straight sets to the canadians seven six six four six three. third seed one month potro is three into the fourth round the two thousand and nine champion beat fernando verdasco in straight sets but it took nearly three hours to close that victory means born a point in the next rounds. it was now a gulf now in england's justin rose leads after round one of the del technologies championship in boston it's the second leg to the fed ex cup playoffs than rose byrne three of his final four holes to finish six under par tiger woods struggled but shots like this helped him grind out

a one over par round of seventy two he looked good after returning from back surgery but says he's having to carefully manage his workload. i want to work on certain things but i. shouldn't do. what i do work on things i got to know which part of the him to work on can't do it all looks are used to pick certain parts and certain days to work on different things really nice ones so he goes through this is a lot of goals here. and one's british open winner georgia hall is leading the portland classic scene burning five holes in a row for a nine under par sixty three. final practice is underway for the italian grand prix and thankfully marcus erikson is back on track after a huge crush on friday. eriksson summer car had a technical fault affecting his ability to break this we took no further part in fashion with had to be stopped for twenty minutes with hamilton the fastest so far

on friday but will see who can claim pole position when qualifying takes place a little later and that's all your support for now be back with more later but for now it's back to thanks very much for the venice film festival has followed in the footsteps of canon signed a gender parity pledge but organizers have rejected claims of sexism and say the real problem lies elsewhere the embargo reports from venice. adjuster that some say years over due on friday the venice film festival signed an agreement promising greater transparency over how it selects films and gender equality across the organization followed similar moves by rivals like counted. before the festival started the european women's audiovisual network published an open letter to venice denouncing the fact only one film in the main competition here is directed by a woman and demanding changes to what they called a rigged system that favors mainly white males. now it seems change is on its way

but for the festival director actual quotas are a step too far as is something which is in the fair and right in politics for example. we can use the quote has been in our the only katie to talk for is the quality or the work is. presenting her first feature film of venice previously she directed a documentary on the french prison system. how long kos is showing outside the main competition it's about a young man looking for support when he comes out of jail his mother played by celine barnett has severe depression and he finds himself dragged into criminality the director says her gender hasn't been a problem when it comes to getting her work see. the complicated the judgment of previously to a staff but now there are more one more women directors in france there are plenty

and lots of women have paved the way like kathryn bigelow at the start it was hard for her because read there were no women directors in hollywood. and some industry watchers say the debate about how many women directed films screening festivals mosques a deeper problem what we need to be talking about is getting young school girls when they're in school to think i can be a director and when that happens they're going to get far more women directors are going to get better films coming from some of those women directors. less than a quarter of all film submitted to venice this year were by women there's clearly an imbalance when it comes to who makes the films audiences get to see here and in cinemas but changing that could mean reforming the industry about discussion is just starting to debug the al-jazeera tennis. and that is it for this news hour more news in a couple of minutes. a

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