devoted to the. little bit to. the stories we don't often hear told by the people who live there mothers of rain could be this is europe on al-jazeera. this is al-jazeera. alarm has a seeker this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes the u.s. cuts off all funding to the un agency that provides schooling and health care to five million palestinian refugees. killed by a cafe bombing in ukraine the death of a russian rebel leader brings a sharp response from moscow. funeral services for the republican senator john mccain after becoming only the thirty first american to lie in state in the u.s.

congress. in sport asian games hosts indonesia an ounce their intentions a bid for the twenty thirty two olympics the country's just one is thirty first gold at this event their biggest ever medal haul out the gangs. 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's no longer willing to shoulder what it calls a disproportionate share of the burden the u.s. has accused united nations relief and works agency of being irredeemably flawed 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 nine hundred forty nine us president donald trump who has promised what he calls

a deal of the century to resolve the israeli palestinian conflict unilaterally declared jerusalem as israel's capital and more now from harry forsett in ramallah in the occupied west bank. well this is the jelas own refugee camp just outside ramallah in the occupied west bank it's in places like this where the impact of this u.s. decision will be felt most keenly already the united states this year only handed over sixty million dollars of its pledge three hundred sixty five million dollars contribution to the agency that sooner or have to look for extra money elsewhere from other donor countries or get donor countries to advance existing commitments that is something which has up until now still left it with a shortfall it says of more than two hundred million us dollars but as far as the palestinian leadership is concerned this is part of a political assault against the p.a. against the p.l.o. by the united states very much aligning itself with hardliners on the israeli side this is what the secretary general of the p.l.o.

side erekat had to say to us a little earlier today i think their decisions are the american recession as jerusalem as its capital and integrate the sources of support to our work and to is consider settlements legal as friedman specified and to that of the two state solution at least seven these have been the biggest gifts thugs and murderers of fighters have received from anyone. the u.s. may argue that it's taxpayers' money and there are free to do whatever they want to do with it yes but who give them the right garber of the stealing of my land my future my spirit and my hopes my capital maxim was my only sibling her church. they have no right whatsoever it was just a few days since the start of a new academic year and schools have reopened the agency provides education to more than half a million palestinian children in the region but it also provides medical services social services employment and particularly in gaza where there are more than

a million palestinian refugees it provides emergency food aid disrupting on roads activities has long been something that the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu for example as argued in favor of but there are those who are concerned not least in the israeli security establishment about the impact of a major cut in aid on the security situation in the occupied palestinian territories but turkey's ruling ak party says the u.s. decision would create chaos and worsen the situation in the region let's take a closer look at what is at stake here education health care and livelihoods for almost five million palestinian refugees and is critical in providing these services to refugees who are barred from returning to palestine and a forced to live in lebanon syria jordan the occupied west bank and the gaza strip the u.s. provides more than a third of honor was annual budget and has been the top down for decades but in january it only contributed sixty million dollars and withheld sixty five million more chris gunness is an aurora spokesman he's calling for other nations to help

fill the funding gap. already this year the company ministrations a cut three hundred five million dollars small budget and we certainly have been led to believe that there was a big question mark over anything more but this is nonetheless a regrettable decision we certainly reject any allegations about that have been made about our programs our programs are high impact and indeed it was the american ministration which recently the few months ago praise of operations we deliver to five hundred twenty six million children around the middle east a primary education adopted to nine million patient consultation a year we feed seven students your people that contribution to doing those things which is widely read by the donor community including by the u.s. military mission there have been accusations which i've not made directly but i think people are asking whether what we're seeing is the political instrumentalists gratian of a what you say is the two hundred minutes and the needs of the people are simply

too great what we're seeing now in a place like that after more than a decade of blockade what we're seeing in a place like the west bank after more than half a century of the it's where the occupation what we're seeing in a place like syria after more than seven years of one of the most brutal conflicts of our age is a sense of humanitarian desperation now already the political right that the refugees we have shrunken. narrowly to the death of the of the peace the cold what people are seeing around them is shrunken political horizons and this highly regrettable position is going to add to that sense of abandonment marginalization. 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 at stops in israel jordan and turkey his visit comes the speculation grows that russia and syria are planning

a possible military offensive in italy on friday secretary of state mike pompei o want an attack on the rebel held province would be a major escalation of the conflict the state department said jeffreys visit to the region will also underscore the united states will respond to any chemical weapons attack perpetrated by the syrian regime stephanie decker is live for us now from ray handley on the turkey syria border so stephanie what's happening with the live offensive among. what it's all down to talks at the moment diplomacy fiercely going on between the russians and the turks the syrian government also the turks talking to rebel forces inside it live province in the provinces just behind us has just how much a show you the scale of the humanitarian disaster really that this conflict is cause these tens of been here for years this is a tiny snapshot of what is a massive problem hundreds of thousands of these tents lined the border of course

that's inside syria what you're seeing that turkey border is closed turkey's nightmare has him is to have a whole nother influx of people desperately standing at this border trying to get in and that of course will happen if you have a massive escalation now syria and russia are saying that they are going to clean it province of terrorists they refer to the group for me known as the nusra front at the height of turkey's been talking to them to try and get some kind of a solution but interestingly last night friday night turkey declared them a terrorist organization it could be just a political message to put more pressure on them what is clear is that the syrian government fully intends to take back the province it is the last rebel held province inside syria it's different certainly than other areas why because this is been an area almost a gathering ground of rebels who didn't agree with the reconciliation deals that the government made as they took more and more territory back from the opposition

they are here with their families over a million internally displaced people who do not want to be under government control humanitarian corridors that are being spoken about if there is an offensive would mean people could only go to government held areas so a lot of questions a lot of fear also about what it may entail but there still intensive diplomatic efforts going on to try and find some kind of diplomatic political solution to it but of course when it comes to syria has them it's usually the military option that does the talking stephanie decker live for us there in right. and russia one of the keep 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 anti air and anti submarine defense systems let's bring in puddle felgenhauer he's a defense and military analyst and joins us live now from moscow thanks very much for being with us now the message we were getting from from the russian government was this this is essentially

a routine military drill that's been going on but is there is there more to it and that is there a message here about what it intends to do as far as syria well actually this is the biggest concentration of russian naval power in the mediterranean since the eighty's since the end of the cold war russia got. the surface ships battle ready you've almost from all fleets excluding only the pacific and the commander in chief of the russian navy is going to be in charge of this exercise and russia is demonstrating its increased the muscle in the area actually the entire russian operation in syria basically was to have such a capability to have a label operational base in the mediterranean and even more important we have our air base in khamenei and because this will be there were exercises and the ships

will be covered by the russian air force operating from the main ma'am so this russia shows what it can do and also important of course for the russian navy to show the kremlin that they are could do things that the investment in the navy could work brings results because of course there is always a confrontation between the russian navy and the russian army fighting for internally for funds and one message is it sending to to the united states and to the rest of the world. on that note we now are russia's now a middle eastern power to be reckoned with and it's not only in syria it can project from syria its neighbor. and military force through into the mediterranean primarily but those of possibly in other parts of the middle east that russia is important to many in the middle east now you can't really have any

solutions to anything without taking russia into account. pavel how felgenhauer good to get your thoughts on this joining us from moscow thanks very much for being with us. russia has warned that diplomatic talks to resolve the conflict in eastern ukraine are impossible after the assassination of the kremlin back separatist leader on friday moscow's accused ukraine of killing alexander chunk of he was killed in an explosion at a cafe in town yes well the challenge of course. this is the aftermath of the blast that killed at xander as a car chunk or a blackened body can be seen lying on a structure outside the cafe don't yet squint into lockdown after the killing with moscow and the russian backed breakaway republic itself calling this an act of international terrorism with. security measures in the republic are heightened all the borders are closed

a few people have already been detained they have already given evidence confirming that this was a ukrainian act of sabotage. the last pictures of her alive were from thursday laying flowers for the donbass born singer years of cubs one who died earlier in the day so i have been the prime minister of done yet since november two thousand and fourteen he was shuffled into the position at a time when attempts were being made to make the war in ukraine's east look less like a foreign operation run from moscow more like a homegrown independence movement as a disney esque native and rebel military commander who fit the bill. or was present both peace summits in minsk a negotiator at the first the d.n.r. representative and signatory had the second three potential theories springs to mind for who might have been behind this killing it could have been ukraine secret service the s.b.u. perhaps it was separatist infighting or maybe it was moscow doing some extreme

housekeeping amongst the rebels plenty of other separatist commanders have met similar fates like the man with the nom de guerre give killed last year and motorola who died in two thousand and sixteen but this ukraine analyst thinks one theory of a psychotic is death stands out as the most likely to me it looks like this was an internal operation for the past few weeks and months. has been critical of some of its colleagues other deputies and that's the. an argument i he controlled the t.v. station which pretty much humiliated and their colleagues so i think come kind of the writing was on the wall. or were numbered moscow and kiev are both accusing each other of having a hand in a culture because death is the most significant yet of the many murky deaths that have been ongoing feature in this murky war alive to rory now from moscow summary

to what it what extent does the killing of alexander as a chunk of put a dent in hopes for a diplomatic end to what's happening in ukraine. well it certainly raises tensions doesn't it i mean this is a conflict has been simmering for four years we have had two rounds of the the minsk peace process the last in two thousand and fifteen has not really made much headway and we've got basically deadlock between kiev and moscow now moscow has been saying the the assassination the killing. basically threatens the whole minsk peace process itself now these are comments that have come today from a lover of the russian foreign minister the same he says that this is an open provocation aimed at hindering implementation of the minsk agreements that have not

been implemented according to moscow by the kiev authorities he says under current circumstances it is of course impossible to speak about upcoming meetings in the normandy format as many european partners wanted this is a serious situation which must be analyzed so the russians certainly are saying that minsk as a way of settling this this crisis is ongoing conflict is in trouble. and what's been happening in eastern ukraine is as been off to the international headlines for the most part. the last few months what is the feeling in russia about it at the moment and the support for continuing to support russian separatists there. it's a it's a murky issue this and it's always difficult to tell quite what the mood is in moscow about what's going on in eastern ukraine you will hear reports if you listen

to russian t.v. channels or read russian newspapers which suggest certain times that perhaps moscow is going to kohls on the whole project the c.e.o. it's got its eyes focused on on syria now and its projects in the middle east and you know as long as the situation in donbass is unresolved as long as kiev is kind of kept busy with this grinding conflict then that basically suits moscow now you know you will always hear warnings from moscow that that kira is about to launch some fresh assault that it is essentially stalling things trying to grind the minsk peace process down not fulfilling its part of the minsk peace process meanwhile you know the fighting goes on and there isn't really

a week that goes by without more deaths being reported you don't hear much from the separatists side of casualties but you frequently hear that on any day might get two three four five ukrainian servicemen or personnel killed on the front line so this conflict is still going on and it's still a huge point of difficulty a huge point of contention between ukraine and moscow two countries ukraine and russia i should say two countries of course which previously consider themselves brotherly nations thanks for that roy chalons live for us in moscow. are staying with russia where at least one person has died after a passenger plane crashed in source she airport the jet fell off the runway during landing and crashed into a river bed and caught fire one of the rescue workers died of a heart attack you're in the operation out of one hundred seventy people on board

eighteen were injured because of the crash still on the united states italy france and the u.k. are all condemning an increase in violence in and around libya's capital tripoli at least forty people were killed and more than one hundred injured after several days of fighting most of the casualties are civilians gun battles and shelling of course serious damage to areas around with tiger airport near tripoli flights have been diverted to misrata the groups are officially aligned to the un recognized government of national accord but to more ahead on this news hour now a chance to start over charities give yemen's women an opportunity to earn a living. later in sport things are a little one sided in the williams sisters showdown at the u.s. open. told us they have a first former u.s. president barack obama and george w.

bush will lead mourners at a final public sendoff for john mccain in washington the long time arizona senator will be eulogized by the two men who defeated him in each of his bids for the presidency but the current commander in chief president donald trump has not been invited to the nationally televised summit that's not talk now to get real elizondo live outside the cathedral where those funeral services are about to begin so gabled this a chance for the nation's capital to honor john mccain. it really isn't this really is a major event not only in the united states but particularly here in washington d.c. the capitol where john mccain spent so many decades as a senator here and you can really see by the amount of people that are going to be at this private. funeral here at the national cathedral it'll be over two thousand three hundred invited guests most of them are already here it's

a long list of dignitaries and senators lawmakers. vice president joe biden the former vice president just arrived here a few minutes ago we expect bill clinton the former president to be here as well the list is so long of people that are here and it's international as well there are several heads of states that have been are here as well as defense ministers and foreign ministers from numerous countries gives you an idea of how much impact john mccain made not only here in the united states but around the world really this is being held here at this famous national cathedral it's over one hundred years old right now the casket carrying john mccain is in a procession that should arrive here in the next fifteen or twenty minutes or so say it's a funeral. ceremony or or a memorial that should last about three to four hours or so and i can tell you one of the big highlights or at least what

a lot of people are waiting for is the eulogies that will be given by former president george w. bush and barack obama the democrat and the republican and that is by no mistake they were both personally invited by john mccain before he passed away to give the eulogy it was sort of john mccain's the last wish that two of the biggest politicians from the two major parties in the united states would give his eulogy pretty much wrapped up with spent almost a week long remembrance of the life of john mccain on sunday there will be a small private burial. at the u.s. naval academy in annapolis maryland and as he said take a real x. president's among those paying tribute to john mccain on this day but the current u.s. president conspicuous by his absence. is this is this is by mccain's wish specifically asked that the current president

donald trump not take part in any of the events all week not be here donald trump in and john mccain have a pretty contentious history that dates back for many years but primarily to the last presidential election when. donald trump made some pretty derogatory comments about john mccain the mccain family quite frankly this not really like donald trump that well that's why he's being asked to stay away vice president mike pence is expected to be here however but in terms of the current president donald trump he is nowhere to be seen nowhere to be heard from presumably watching this on t.v. back at the white house but that's exactly how john mccain wanted it he wanted this to be a bipartisan. gathering a celebration of his life and donald trump respecting his wishes and not being anywhere around here it's really unprecedented quite frankly to have so many heads

of states here have so many foreign former presidents here but not have the current president just unprecedented but just gives you an idea of how politically divided this current u.s. administration is. live for us there in washington thank you. it was a deal allie is a political analyst and author of the struggle for iraq's future he joins us live now from tunis thanks very much for being with us now many critics of u.s. foreign policy. pointed out mccain steadfast support for the wars in iraq and afghanistan and it's been felt by people like yourself i assume that not enough mention has been made of that over the last few days what are your thoughts on that. you know thanks very much for having me so i mean i don't want to take away from senator mccain's record in in the united states and from from his record in vietnam i've read accounts of his peers in detention it sounds horrific so i

mean any comments they make i don't want to be true to to suggest that takes away from his record elsewhere but in relation to his positions on iraq or specifically he was broadly speaking very off the mark most of the time if not even all the time i mean first of all he really bought into the narrative about weapons of mass destruction when the bush administration back in two thousand and two in two thousand and three was making its case people like me and others could clearly see that there were huge problems with the narrative about weapons of mass destruction of so many holes in the story that were simply not credible but senator mccain bought into it completely and defended it. to his last breath at the time so that was that was really surprising and the other thing about his record in iraq is that whenever things got wrong in the country when violence got out of control or were there other problems his solutions were always a same which was or suggested solutions were always more bombs more soldiers and more of them sectarianism and gaging with very corrupt ethno sectarian parties

sending in more bombers and more soldiers was the only way in which he could see that things could improve in iraq and in the last his last problem in terms of his policies or suggested policies in iraq and his attitude towards iraq was are broadly speaking he used iraq as a backdrop for his personal ambitions in the united states there is this notorious example back in two thousand and seven after the surge where an entire neighborhood of baghdad was emptied so that senator mccain could go on a joyride in the country just in time for his presidential campaign as it was gearing up towards the two thousand and eight presidential elections and that was designed to show that his support for the surge was or could be qualified as a success for u.s. domestic consumption and that didn't really sit very well with a lot of iraqis simply because for us we were just. backdrop for his attitude towards military campaigns around the world where his attitude was basically soldiers and bombs were always a solution and also the fact that broadly speaking iraq was

a backdrop for his personal ambitions to reach the white house and it's been pointed out that among many politicians not just in the u.s. but but anywhere who are the most in favor of war they are large they are often people who've lost they never been anywhere near one but john mccain is an exception to that in that he is he has experienced the effects of war firsthand did you find that perhaps surprising that despite his experience he remained. very much kind of gung ho when it when it came to us foreign policy and when it came to two international interventions. yeah it is it is surprising because you would expect him to be to be a bit a little bit more thoughtful about the impacts of bombing campaigns and more soldiers on the ground in terms of the impact on ordinary people but at the same time i have to say that it's consistent with with his his position over the past three decades i mean he's never to my knowledge ever question the wisdom

of military conflicts such as iraq or afghanistan the one thing that we can definitely say in his favor however is he certainly questioned the wisdom of torture right and there he had a lot of personal experience based on what we've read about his accounts or his his his time in detention in vietnam and there his position was broadly speaking i mean at least in terms of what it is that we were able to read and hear in the in the media was admirable whereas his his position relation to the conflict in iraq was very much in line with the position that the bush administration thought that at the time and that other people have never been close to conflict were recommending as well and to that extent it's surprising but at the same time consistent with his position that he's maintained over the past few decades good to get your perspective on this zayd al-isa joining us there from tunis thanks very much. time now for the weather his efforts in with news of flooding in pennsylvania yeah that's right has in the heat humidity has caused problems at the tennis of course

in new york not too far away in pennsylvania we've also had some flooding problems here so with that warm moist air being fed in from the gulf of mexico and the really high temperatures that has brought some really lively storms like how that's just been bulging away and in mount joy in pennsylvania where we saw some really a really heavy rain coming through looking at two hundred seventy millimeters of rain in only three hours a little wonder we have had widespread flooding as a result of the huge downpour and there will be further heavy downpours as we go on through the coming hours and the into where the next few days it does stay very disturbed so we continue to pull out that moisture from the south and with the high temperatures in place who may of course has more moisture than coal or we can see the clouds build and we get some massive storms as a result of that those big summer storms come through there we go with a southerly wind feeding up still going up to twenty six celsius there for new york

and also into ottawa and you see quite a rash of showers across the eastern half of the u.s. that eastern half of canada as well as we go on into our sunday while the winds if anything push those showers across the great plains up towards the northern plains and then we go on into monday and still very much in evidence perhaps a little dry around the eastern side but turning warmer for new york with a high of thirty as. thank seventeen now still ahead on i just. i'm wayne hay in northeast thailand where we'll tell you why some are blaming the emergence of a flesh eating disease on a big increase in sugarcane plantations later in sport tempers flare at the asian games as the gold medal is decided in a men's anabelle competition. has faded. blue counties elected leaders.

has cracked down. the targets the activists who fought for democracy. five year. plan china's democracy experiment on al-jazeera. ethiopia's economy. than any other african country. that sirens were heard here. just how close the fighting is groundbreaking documentary. discussion just six months ago we were at the brink of. war winning programs take you on a journey around the globe. only on. top

stories. the u.s. has cut all funding to the u.n. agency that supports five million palestinian refugees ministration says the agency is. flagrant assault on. russia's war and diplomatic talks to resolve the conflict in eastern ukraine are impossible after the killing of the kremlin backed separatist leader on friday moscow's accused ukraine of killing alexander he was killed in an explosion at a cafe in. for us president barack obama and george w. bush will lead mourners at a final public sendoff for john mccain in washington

a long time arizona senator will be eulogized by the two men who defeated him in each of his bids for the presidency the current commander in chief president donald trump has not been invited to the nationally televised. i uganda's 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 one 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. the economic crisis in venezuela has sent hundreds of thousands into neighboring countries in peru they're being met with racial slurs but some of them say that's still easier to deal with than conditions back home later on a sanchez reports from paris capital lima. thirty eight year old the bush man keeps an eye on municipal police all 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 ghana swain's a second warm. 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 a fearless and coddled security cameras sparked a wave of ministry and feeling in. this honest compatriots are paying the price thank. 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. businessmen you get to stop textile employee and say the number of innocent will is working here a school where they peruvians save in a swill and are taking their jobs and the baby though some businessmen here have

laid off peruvians because they say venezuelans charge them less the untimely gratian sentiment among many people who feel was fueled by a conservative candidate illness mayoral race in october he gained popularity by same venice will answer threatening security and jobs. but government officials have condemned seen a ford explorers produce open border policy has led more than four hundred thousand venice williams in the country nearly seventy thousand have already been granted work permits girl get official say the press is over this way let's just have it in fact there is help and it. patiences that's there nearly thirty thousand it is women children in schools but they also say the impact is positive and good news workforce for many venezuelans by doing the job through girls don't want to take. any peruvians reacted against growing scene of public 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. 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 do escaping from inflation and food and medicine shortages back home make them choose to endure almost anything for a better future for the innocent just. to. brazil's for president. lula da silva has been officially blocked from running in october's election majority of judges on the electoral court delivered a ruling banning his candidacy he's serving a twelve year prison sentence for corruption a people convicted of a crime car run for the presidency in brazil but lula's party registered him anyway it says it will keep up the fight to ensure he can stand guatemala's presidents has

shot down a un anti corruption commission in the country jimmy morale is says he won't renew its mandate when it expires next year the commission was behind many high profile investigations involving politicians and business people. mexico's congress is opening up its first legislative session under president elect and this man will lopez obrador of the morena party a new government is expected to tackle several new policies from anti corruption measures to energy reform john homan reports. over the years it's a historic new mexican congress for the first time since democracy the left has a clear majority. for your old party morena and its allies with the board giving populist president elect and his money well lopez obrador a legislative power not seen in twenty years it's used to promise a new austerity plan that would have the salaries of lawmakers and dramatically cut

their perks bodyguards teams of consultants and international travel they say something that a public tired of rich out of touch politicians needed to see where there can't be such a marked inequality in society so much poverty in the countryside and a group of privileged politicians with everything. there's another big shift for the first time they'll be almost as many female lawmakers as men in part the result of the quota system where. there could be a different vision with women involved in the country's direction not just to highlight the problems we have like them aside domestic and social violence but to do things differently with sensitivity honesty dedication those values are more prevalent in women but there's a challenge ahead say female lawmakers getting more access to big policy decisions rather than just being relegated to so-called women's issues we can't yet see how

this is all going to play out but congress is definitely opening with a real change of tone in particular the cuts to pay and perks of grab the attention but analysts say what's going to really make a difference is better oversight to how lawmakers are spending public money not just blanket cuts up until now there's been a real lack of checks and balances what a media change that should make politicians more willing to play the transparency game is reelection introduced for the first time i expect and i hope that this incentive structure will really focus on politicians to go more to their grassroots result in a virtuous circle of going more to the constituency and really tried to to get good results source saw us tour and bought this three years for the new lawmakers to prove all know that this time around they're prepared to put the country to food and sells john home and. mexico city. 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 fleshing diseases in farmers in northern thailand wednesday with 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 researches 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 should

became 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 imperial 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 its 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 port 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 al-jazeera in sport rafael nadal's efforts want to force the u.s. open title almost ends early b.c. with that still. desperate for a better life millions of people have sought refuge in europe sometimes their dreams of sanctuary are realized but sometimes disenchantment and hostility drive them home. in the second of two films on these contrasting experiences people and

power meets the returning migrants now determined to discourage others from following the same path. to gambia back home from al-jazeera. and under pointed world on. u.s. and british companies have announced the biggest discovery of natural gas in west africa but what to do with these untapped natural resources is already a source of heated debate nothing much has changed they still spend most of their days looking forward to for the dry riverbed like this one five years on the syrians still feel battered or even those who managed to escape their countries have been truly unable to escape the war.

yemen civil war has made life a lot harder for many vulnerable women but some charities are now helping them earn a living saddle height at has more on one of them. but you know what 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 work that you know it's one of the many skills this charity has been seeking 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 with 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 a steady income i said but 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. or with. self-sufficiency and empowerment all key here with women becoming the breadwinners micro loans are also on offer are you even trying to get in starts is outside the walls of the center oh my you start a little 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 along with that i recently joined the center yemeni woman are very creative if given the opportunity history has proven that we are strong survivors and this isn't 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 algis in. all right time for sport now has andy thank you so much has all asian games host indonesia have announced their insentient a bid for the twenty thirty two olympics i.o.c.

president thomas back is in jakarta ahead of sunday's closing ceremony said the success of these games would provide the country with a strong foundation to form a selection process for twenty thirty two though is yet to begin germany and india have also expressed an interest is the latest from our correspondent scott hyla. going into the last several hours of asia games two thousand and eighteen here in indonesia and the home team team indonesia is doing very well based on the benchmarks that they set for their athletes going into these two weeks of games they said they wanted to get at least sixteen goals they have more than thirty now they said they want to at least get into the top ten of overall medals on that chart they are now at number four so doing very well possibly part of the reason is we know that special funds were fast tracked just about eighteen months ago to help pay for the athletes pay for their training and pay for travel so that could have contributed to it actually required a special order from the president to get those funds through the bureaucracy as

quickly as they could and obviously those obviously funds really help things out for the athletes here in these during the asian games now also we know on saturday the the president of the international olympic committee is here in country he'll be attending the closing ceremonies on sunday he'll be meeting with the president of indonesia to koa here on saturday and this is something that underlines what indonesia is trying to do they are trying to position themselves in the international community to possibly host the olympics one day now it's not uncommon for the president of the i.o.c. to travel to different events like this around the world but obviously a lot is riding on this for indonesia now we've spoken with some observers of the olympics some journalist to cover these multi-sport events all over the world they say that yes internees it has really done a great job with the asian games but they believe because of infrastructure issues and overall the way things have been managed could be a challenge for them to get that bid and what they're aiming for are the olympics in two thousand and thirty two observers feel that they're not just ready yet. well

scores mentioning the hosts of easily surpass their sporting targets at these games in the latest title coming in some attack role hunting beating japan sue warne in the men's quadrant final the last games in the major one just four gold medals the now up to thirty one their fourth in the overall table. of tempers flare in the humble final workout of the bar rain game have been tight throughout with the schools deadlocked at twenty five each in regulation time bahrain was unhappy with the referee's decision to award a penalty in extra time. that's all converted that chance and one song to win thirty two twenty six. of the last gold medal events all sides taking place on sunday just ahead of the closing ceremony that's in the mixed relay triathlon china well clear the top of the medals table with one hundred twenty nine goals japan and south korea right now their men's football teams are playing each other in the final south korea two off and that one extra time being played at the

moments. serina williams got the better of her sister venus to make it through to the fourth round of the u.s. open it's more than a decade since phoenix has beaten serena as a grand slam they would start triples soon you know really it had the feel of a heavyweight title fight serina up against venus for the thirtieth time in their careers but in front of a semi crowd in new york it failed to live up to the hype so the most dramatic moment of the night came when serena twisted her ankle in the second game it was nothing serious though and after some treatment she wrapped up the acting set in just thirty one minutes. i think. i think it's going to be the second set didn't last much longer a ruthless serena took it six games to two to equal her biggest ever win over her sister i exactly a year after giving birth to rena says she's happy with where the games that. i

think is by far the best match i've ever played against her and for in forever. i don't know about ever ever but i probably wasn't played really. much better tonight than i have since i started this journey i think is the best match she's ever played against me i'm in and i think i did a lot wrong but. you know she's did everything right so obviously that that level is definitely where she is going to want to stay for serina remains on track to. in the seven u.s. open and equal margaret court record of twenty four grand slams next up she faces a stone years kaia kanepi david stokes al-jazeera. all men's world number one rafa nadal was taken to four sets in his third round match against karen catchin often and i was in big trouble early on against the russian he lost the first seven years of write down in the second as well that i was aiming for a fourth u.s.

open title eventually came through this one after nearly four and a half hours of play it was in a down longest ever match at the tournament. for me personally i of course was a physical demanding. mentally demanding might and that's why we broke that we're going to play this kind of my two years on the grid i must feel in front of an amazing crowd. may have to do with through me having to have the turns to play again. twenty sixteen champion stanford was knocked out by the twenty fifth seed miss ryan it frank is on the comeback trail after really serious knee injury he was given a wildcard entry into dishes told him it's that big or go to me in the first round but ron is too good in this one winning in straight sets. third seed juan martin del potro is through the two thousand and nine champion beating fernando verdasco in straight sets but it's nearly three hours to close out the victory the patrol meets the court in the next round. liverpool of insane

a perfect start to the english premier league season they've just beaten less to see one in saturday's early kick off goals from a sadder man i. remain out of a police force strike when an injury time when a so i see one base in rome and italy's saria patrick to try and watching on see gonzalez pass its make the final score see one these are man's first points of the new season they lost in napoli in their opening game. are one of the world's best golfers are taking part in a fed ex play offs that made a four tournament with a ten million dollars first prize up for grabs the second leg is taking place in boston justin rose is in the lead on six under par tiger woods had a bit of a struggle he's on one over passed around of seventy two looking generally pretty good after returning from back surgery but says he still having to carefully manage his workload. i want to work on certain things but i. shouldn't do

it when i do work on things i've got to pick what we know what part of the em to work on you know i can't do it all what i used to pick certain parts and certain days to work on on different things really pace myself you know through this is a lot of golf here. and humans british open winner georgia hole is leading in the portland classic five holes in a row for a nine and a par round of sixty three. ok but of course looking for now has by so much now europeans may soon start moving their clocks forward by an hour for summer the e.u. is proposing to end daylight saving to take advantage of more sunshine commission president john claud younker says a recent survey revealed widespread support for the move some time says believe changing the clocks as a negative impact on people's health. i think it's a good idea to go back to normal on the countries of already done it changing the

clocks wasn't that helpful i would have thought it would have been worth it but actually we don't need it. so i think it's good changing the clocks is always bothered me and now with the children it's even worse they notice the time change and they struggle with it in this good i always like summer time i'd like to have a bit more time to ourselves and that sounds like so much science but in general you should worry more about things that are important to commend 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 royal society for public health says while the platform can help many of us feel connected it can sometimes lead to anxiety and depression is i'm ahead. 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 don't drive

a speed boat i feel like most of us are addicted and if the people that say that they're not that just. the way that the campaign is in britain or 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 the impacts for most young people from research we've done does of them i'm seem to be a negative one where actually young people consider comparing themselves to i'm going to stick but the ideals i'm just realistic 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 account herron person more than forty million people now subscribe and teenagers are the biggest consumers of social media some are on it but more than 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 barre least giving it up then or at least turning off the traffic even for a few days isn't an easy prospect like you mean it to get. to the kind of bring. rain. and such a day here beeper sound in his posse for your last one of 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. social media thirty days may give some people a much needed break campaigners say companies and individuals who use it need to think before they post about the impact the next click might top.

that is it for the news hour but i'll be back in and now it's with more of the day's news they will. travel often. by trying to use local forests broad liberal. blocks of orange. light icons. valleys and scotland's land to live for adventure. discover new jobs because faraway places close to the usa going just to get it. all to me is and has faded. blue counties elected leaders under. tension as fears that a crackdown is imminent the targets the activists who fought for democracy divide

and conquer. series five years of. china's democracy experiment on al-jazeera. we know the culture we know the problems that affect this part of the world very very well and that is something that we're trying to take to the rest of the world we have gone to places and reported on a story that it might take an international network for months to be able to do it united nations peacekeepers are out there blowing anti-riot. we are challenging the forces we're challenging companies who are going to places where nobody else is going.

the final stretch of. the u.s. cuts off all funding to the u.n. agency that provides schooling and health care to five million palestinian refugees . alarm has i'm sick of this is a live from doha also coming up killed by a cafe bombing in ukraine the death of a russian rebel leader was a shop response from moscow. and you're looking at a live shot inside the national cathedral in washington where a funeral service for the late us said.