time and even if some trees are cut down the bug could spread if the trees are not properly disposed of after discovering that trees in his backyard had been affected milton fryer developed an app to monitor the spread of the brutal beetle across south africa and the various interest groups have all been paying attention and collaborating. and certainly the people in the private space are working very aggressively to try to find solutions the institutions like the department of agriculture there were some really great people but they're under resourced and they're also dealing with other crisis some say the infestation is reaching crisis point and up to half a million trees could be lost in the next five years if nothing's done and experts are worried that the pissed if not stopped could hit farm crops next for me to miller al-jazeera johannesburg. moscow is celebrating the ninetieth anniversary of one of its most beloved places gorky park zoo as worry chalis takes

a look at the landmarks role in shaping the city and its history. ninety years old and looking pretty good for its age gorky park has firmly reclaimed its position as one of moscow's most popular attractions like the city is part of gorky has been reinvented numerous times through communism and post soviet decay to its current sleeker more modern face but it is. the park appeared and nine hundred twenty eight it was designed for their proletariat the new and young state need in a new and young place where their protests could relax there was an idea to create a park of culture and leisure where people could get educated and take arrest. it's energetic director betty glam invited the u.s.s.r. most talented artists and architects to shake the park even during world war two the park stayed open but when the soviet union collapsed in the early ninety's

parts crowned slipped to it hosted some of russia's first raves and metal concerts but it's fair ground rides became shabby he developed a reputation for crime that's all being swept away now beginning in twenty eleven a radical overhaul brought wife i she cafes labrat playgrounds and more these days gorky park is alive with visitors park's modern refit was the shape of things to come moscow it was the first major project of a huge of an regeneration program that has been rolled out across the russian capital at a cost of billions of dollars. now much of modern moscow gleams to with riverside viewing platforms roadside swings and cycle paths the capital needed to revamp. but some of those who've watched moscow's transformation say it's no coincidence this all followed the anti-government protests of twenty eleven and

twelve analyst alexander bound of things or thora he's chose to ignore calls for political freedoms but grants the urban classes a more livable city they try to isolate and by nish they're there protest activists but they made a lot of we can call it concessions we can call it improvements eliminated almost completely at their low level corruption and in the improvement of the city environment and their gorky park was the first project in the west stepped in this direction down or says the opposition is now split about whether to accept such gifts from the authorities everyone else meanwhile is down in the park were chalons al-jazeera moscow. now take a look at this dead also hold fire balls at each other as part of a unique festival in all salvador every year people in the town in the capital so rags petrol set the lights and throw them at each other commemorates

a volcanic eruption ninety years ago but some christians believe that it also symbolizes assailants fight with the devil. just ahead here although he is out in sport watch a fedorov of the step closer to his first u.s. open title in a decade. this is life on the streets of and out. from the discovery of theater is an opportunity to escape and become some a man for the tuition of a plane and perhaps a lifetime. later princess part of the viewfinder latin american series at this time. when people need to be heard.

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a bid for the twenty thirty two olympics i.o.c. president some us back is in jakarta ahead of the closing ceremony and says the success of these games will provide the country with a strong foundation to answer the process indonesia there is on the move. do you see the enthusiasm of the people you see the volunteers delivering there with the organizing committee of a very good organization and it's a very young country. this of course makes it all too very interesting for the i.o.c. or the formal selection procedure for twenty thirty two is yet to begin with germany and india also expressing an interest all cross from scott hyder is in indonesia as its current hosting responsibilities come to an end. 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 a 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 the team internees 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 and they said they wanted 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 track to 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 funds really help things out for the

athletes here in these during the asian games scores mentioning the hosts of easily surpass their sporting targets at these games in the knees is the latest gold medal coming in sepak takraw the same beach in japan to be won in the men's quadrant final the last games indonesia one just four gold medals the now up to thirty one and fourth in the overall medalist able. south korea have won gold in the men's football they beat japan so you want to go is coming in extra time the title win means south korea's players including tom struck a son young men will be granted an exemption from up to two years of nutrition. was very heavy i didn't expect so of eva. three great. believable amazing so very happy tonight. china tonight unified korea a special moment beating them to claim the gold medal in the women's basketball career it also failed joint teams in rowing and canoeing winning

a gold and two provinces. japan won gold the hard way in the men's hockey final against malaysia after being five two down japan four back to level the match at six all there they then held their nerve to win the penalty shoot outs three one. is now just one gold medal left to win at these asian games that's in the mixed relay triathlon on sunday just before the closing ceremony china well clear the top of the medals table with one hundred and thirty two goals although that is down on the one hundred fifty one they won four years ago. ferrari's drivers put on quite a show in final qualifying at the homegrown prix in italy kimi reichen and set the fastest lap in f one history with teammates sebastian vettel not far behind reichen and so paul position at the monza circuit and his last lap of the session it was the fins first pole since monaco last year champ should lead to lewis hamilton was third quickest in his my savings was a surprise for tomorrow but there's only

a hard job done and. i think i did good and be a better place to petition our home proper is from the heart of the project so hopefully tomorrow everything goes smoothly. where and up in a simple three five time you're a cycling champion roger federer has moved into the fourth round in new york the thirty seven year old second seed beating australia's nick curious in straight sets to progress better a faces john millman next on the start so low since two thousand and eight i last year's u.s. open finest madison case also into the last sixteen the american out of bits of a scare losing the first set against unseeded alexander creature of russia she then fought back to take the final see sets for the loss of just three games. former world number one julie kirby has been knocked out the german full seedings won the title two years ago going down to stay back in the many civil code would freeze its

number thirteen seed keep persons also out beaten by one seeded marquette of underside of the czech republic in three sets this already undersides best ever run at a grand slam. serina williams got the better of her sister venus to make it through to the fourth round it's more than a decade now since famous has beaten serena at a grand slam david starts reports say you know really it had the feel of a heavyweight title fight serino 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 three of the most dramatic moments 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 see it's going to be the second set didn't last much longer

a ruthless arena ticket six games to two to equal have biggest ever win over his sister i exactly a year after giving birth to rena says she's happy with where the game's at. 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 i probably was and 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 win a seventh u.s. open and equal margaret court record of twenty four grand slams next up she faces a stunning is connected david stokes al-jazeera. and christiane are all those white for goal as his new club goes on is now goalless in three league games for you

ventus but the italian champions all winning regardless this one picture of apollo and stating that perfect start to this. ok that is all sport for not more light. at the body thanks that is it for the news out to so we're out of here with the day's top stories just a few votes i'll see here again but. optimism has paid a. new kind. these elected leaders under. tension as the crackdown is imminent the targets the activists who fought for democracy divide and conquer. hot five of a six part series filmed five years. china's democracy experiment on al-jazeera.

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zero. and for your. view so do you in coalition in yemen admits that most. aches led to an airstrike on a school bus in which forty children died. following the whole robin this is after their life by headquarters here in doha coming up in the next thirty minutes the u.s. cuts three hundred million dollars of aid to pakistan accusing it of providing a safe haven for armed groups active in afghanistan. made us better prospects

just says he made this country back. washington's political elite say goodbye to the late u.s. senator john mccain but there's one noticeable absence. the new president a new congress and a new political era in mexico. talking to the program the saudi and a morality that coalition fighting in yemen has admitted mistakes before an airstrike on a school bus last month fifty one people forty of them children were killed in the attack in southern province the coalition investigated and says those responsible must be held accountable alan fischer has more from djibouti it was an attack which threw international condemnation and left appearance of forty children crying over their graves eleven others are also killed in the attack on

a crowded market in who the hell diane in the north of yemen in early august initially the saudi led coalition claimed the attack was a justified military operation it was targeting the leaders know it says it made mistakes. they are that the joint team based on the above information gathered is of the opinion that the coalition forces should take legal actions to try and penalize those responsible for these mistakes which cause collateral damage in that area these mistakes are as follows first delay in handling down the exact sheesh an order where the execution squadron should have been waiting for the target to approach a clear area free of civilians to avoid unjustified collateral damage in line with the approved rules of engagement in article fifty seven and fifty eight a political one of the geneva convention and the standard norms seventeen and nineteen the findings came just days after two reports critical of the saudi led efforts in yemen the u.n. panel of experts said that both sides in the conflict including the saudi coalition

could be guilty of war crimes and human rights watch because the saudi led coalition of failing to investigate allegations of possible war crimes it said too often their inquiries like transparency credibility and did little to stop strikes hitting civilians should be clear the report does not expressly condemn the killing of the children it. didn't need to be carried out when it was because they pose no immediate threat to coalition forces and he says whitehall information was not passed to the pilot who fired the. so the investigators see those responsible must be punished. the joint team is also of the opinion that the coalition forces should take necessary measures to immediately review and verify the rules of engagement approved by them to ensure the total compliance in all military operations in yemen there are suggestions the saudis and their allies have

come under u.s. pressure to do more to cut the number of civilian casualties the surprise admission of mistakes may go some way to improving relations. the peace talks are still planned to be hosted by the un later this month alan fischer obviously are pretty. we'll korea's a former u.s. diplomat and deputy chief of mission in yemen he says the coalition that nation for the strikes isn't credible there was an admission of an error but there wasn't aerial explanation supposedly there were some other target and they didn't want to wait until the target was in the clear and away from other civilians but they don't explain what the target was from all other reporting there doesn't seem to have been any other target. i think there there are different ways of targeting some of them depend on intelligence that is than you

are from the ground or from command and control center and riyadh to the pilot and then it's all electronic but there are other targets that are targets of opportunity where the pilot sees something and may or may not see permission before bombing in this case the bus seemed to be in the clear and there was nothing else around it that it could have been mistaken for. so i'm afraid that. you know this sort of thing has happened so many times before and for them to admit a mistake now seems a bit fishy there wasn't even a genuine apology to the family is of the victims and to the yemeni people so i'm afraid it's politically motivated. now the united states is canceling three hundred million dollars in aid to pakistan because it says the country is providing

a safe haven for armed groups pakistan denies it's giving taliban linked fighters in afghanistan a place to regroup after launching offensives rob reynolds has more from washington d.c. . a pentagon spokesman cited lack of pakistani decisive action against two groups that the united states would like islam to crack down on hard one of them is the kani network which the united states says operates out of safe havens on pakistani soil and is an armed group that attacks both u.s. and coalition soldiers in afghanistan as well as civilian targets in afghanistan the other group is called. and that is a group also affiliated with pakistan which is fighting against indian rule over the disputed north province of kashmir so while the

spokesman lieutenant colonel conic faulkner says the pentagon continues to press pakistan to indiscriminately target all terrorist groups the united states is dissatisfied with pakistani progress in this area and in fact president trump himself earlier this year complained that years and years of u.s. support both diplomatic and financial to pakistan had been repaid with in his words only deceit and lies. jordan is warning of dangerous consequences up to the us controlled funding to the un agency full palestinian refugees and rubble provides health care education and food to millions of people israel's about the decision which the palestinians say is an attack on that people are the fools that has moved from the occupied west bank. just this week in the face of its funding crisis on row was celebrating the start of the academic year at the reopening but schools goes arriving for class in the refugee camp in the

occupied west bank welcomed by the agency's chief unruh has been scrambling all year to drum up the money to maintain its services after the us withheld more than three hundred million dollars in funding. now comes confirmation that those cuts permanent the u.s. state department saying the fundamental business model in fiscal practices that have marked an rougher years tied to an endlessly and exponentially expanding community of entitled beneficiaries is simply unsustainable the united states will no longer commit further funding to this irredeemably flawed operation for the palestinian leadership the decision is not about the specifics of a u.n. agency rather an attack on the palestinian cause the u.s. may argue that it's tax payers money and there are free to do whatever they want to do with it yes but will give them the right garber of the stealing of my land my future my spirit and my hopes my capital maxim was my holy subject our church

they have no right whatsoever the palestinians the final status of the more than five million refugees who assert a right of return to present day israel is like the status of jerusalem an issue to be settled by big o.c.a. ssion not by a preemptive u.s. position that position is referred to at least in the language used in the us statement when it talks about the exponentially expanding number of people who rely on that suggest this isn't just a move against one specific agency but also against the continued refugee status of millions of people with a sufi family home is the village of beit in a balance now in israel not the jailers own refugee camp where most of them were born and raised. well a human what can i did if i go back on my own a car to tend the land i want my children there before me we want them where the future is less and their children. user a sufi has seventy grandchildren and great grandchildren among israeli jews there is all but political consensus that allowing

all such families to return would destroy the jewish character of the state but there's also concern not least reported within the israeli security establishment about the effects of killing off their main provider of aid in order to disrupt the politics but i think people are asking whether what we're seeing is the political instrumental isolation or aid and what you say is that the wrong ability and the needs of the people are simply too great in the short term un role will continue to seek ways to plug its funding gap germany among the first donor nations to promise extra money warning of an uncontrollable chain reaction if we're forced to shut down our force it out zero refugee camp in the occupied west bank the politicians across the political divide have come together to remember u.s. senator john mccain who died last week at the age of eighty one former presidents brokered bomber george w. bush and bill clinton amongst those at the service in washington d.c.

a thrill is under his will. a farewell to a giant of american life a man who served his country in war and in politics for over a half century more than two thousand invited guests at the national cathedral at the memorial service of senator john mccain. some of the most powerful people of american political life were present to pay their respects president donald trump was not there mccain's family did not invite him at the memorial service nobody spoke trump's name but it was hard to miss the repudiation of his politics while channeling mccain's spirit the america of john mccain has no need to be made great again because america was always great thanks so much of our politics a public life or public discourse can seem small and mean

and petty it's a politics that pretends to be brave and tough but in fact is born of fear john called on us to be bigger than that george w. bush spoke of mccain's courage perhaps above all john detested the abuse of power could not abide bigots and swaggering despots there was something deep inside him that made him stand up for the little guy to speak for forgotten people in forgotten places outside the cathedral people gathered to watch and listen to the memorial service any way they could there was deep respect for mccain i think he's a great politician an american hero and a great person and i think that democrats and republicans should.