nicholas jacobson helped make the metal cages that create the reefs and volunteered to help place them in the water the oyster slide in like a file cabinet so in the city there's not many options to really connect with nature it's mostly asphalt concrete and steel. but this really gives an opportunity within the city to kind of connect with nature and i guess just give back to the environment because we do take a lot and when it comes to the health of new york's waterways cultivating that connection may be just as important as cultivating oysters kristen salumi al-jazeera brooklyn new york. and there's still to come this hour of news. i'm sorry for it one of the last places you might expect to find high level showjumping right here in the gaza strip. and then support defending us have been shunned. because the law states in new york will have the details but.

september on al-jazeera the fourth eastern economic forum is to be held in the city of blood as russian looks to expand its influence in the asia pacific region on television and online the stream continues to talk into the extraordinary potential of social media to disseminate news the presidents of russia turkey and iran will meet in tehran 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 hold the seventy third session what action will it take on atrocities in me in march and we'll bring you all the news september on al-jazeera. asia's largest count the country is witnessing a dramatic rise in teenage pregnancy. when it when used investigates why so many

filipino children are having babies. on al-jazeera. for more than ten years the headlines coming out of gaza have been relentlessly grim three wars a worsening humanitarian crisis political division all playing out on under the restrictive israeli siege but there are pockets of normal life where people especially children can escape the chaos a false it's been to visit one such place for competition discipline and a love of phantom all this is giving some young palestinians cost for hope. as the

fierce heat of the day starts to ebb it's time to get ready last minute grooming final checks on saddles and stirrups. and then out into the arena here in northern gaza given the territories recent history of conflict blockade and economic crisis it's perhaps a surprise to find young people here competing in what around the world is viewed as an elitist sport. ahmed are zazi is aiming himself to be an elite showjumper taking advantage of the recent opening of gaza's southern crossing with egypt he traveled to jordan and then germany excelling in two five nation tournaments and i struggled for all of my ambition is to compete internationally in the recent tournaments i won first and second places some competitions allow us to qualify for the world cup but we've missed out on so many because of the siege and the closure of the crossings this is final training for a garza wide competition unlike many sports in this conservative society here girls

and boys train and compete together the contests a split according to the heights of the jumps not the competitors gender if event. there's no difference we like brothers and sisters and i'm ready to compete society does ban women from doing a few things that contradict additions but i didn't catch all continue. but the egalitarian ism only goes so far this is an activity reserved for the very few in gaza who can afford it stabling costs about two hundred dollars a month some of the horses imported from israel even europe are worth thousands. most of gaza's horses are used to heavy labor not sport unemployment stands at forty four percent more than half the population relies on food aid all around the world this is a sport that carries connotations of elite isn't and wealth but here in gaza more than most places the contrast between scenes like this and the realities of daily life for so many is particularly stark. trainer ahmed ramsey says working

with horses helps children who no matter their relative wealth have had childhoods marred by conflict and siege but he says the costs are becoming harder to sustain. so it has more even well our families are now reducing their expenses including on this port many will send their son to get trained but when they reach a certain level with competition and fees and so on then they stop. well a few days later and it's competition time relatives friends nervous parents lined the side of the arena star ryder our maid is finding his horse covered gold a bit hot to handle he places third this is the day you didn't know. i did my best and i trained very well and i hope next time to win a better place it's the kind of attitude required of young athletes around the world but perhaps especially of those growing up in garza harry forsett garza. all right tatiana is here with the sports and. thank you very much the asian games

is the second largest multi-sport event in the wild as this year's games and the closing ceremony into katar on sunday how distant a nation has already turned its attention to launching a bid for the olympics in twenty thirty two to report. with a ceremony described as a tribute to the athletes the two thousand eight hundred asian games drew to a close after sixteen days of more than forty competitions as expected team china takes home the most gold at one hundred and thirty two and most overall medals a two hundred eighty nine japan won the last gold of the games in the mixed triathlon and came in second in gold and overall medals south korea came in third post team indonesia came in a surprising fourth hoping for sixteen gold medals the final tally was almost double that at thirty one but the pride here also coming from how the games were organized and presented. and i feel like we are now very trusted by the

outside world we have been very successful we are ready to host the olympics as a nation we are becoming more advanced encouraged by the record breaking performance of team indonesia on the pitch the mood of the people here has been growing steadily more enthusiastic throughout the sixteen days of the games culminating here at the closing ceremony despite the rainfall the man who led the team to put on the games says streamlining was the key we really got a lot of. being that we were very efficient we need. to have a bigger games because all the faith in us that we be in a lot of. people has been at they we cannot stop now. and a day before the asian games came to a close he showed that they were not stopping officially announcing their bid for the twenty thirty two olympics a journalist who covers most a sports event sees this year's games proved it. can be an international host

country but the olympics are a long shot i think specifically with with indonesia there is a couple problems that wall seriously hamper any potential bid indonesians don't come to anything that's not badminton that war that is a serious issue the traffic is a serious issue the venues while good for an asian games would almost assuredly need a lot of renovation and a lot of work another issue the high price and difficulty getting tickets to the big events the dawn how the connection if you don't know the right people. i don't think you'd be able to get that they could afford the marquee event but even with those challenges indonesia as this year's asian games host is mostly viewed as a success both on and off the pitch the games and torch are now in china's court host for the twenty twenty two asian games it's got harder al-jazeera to partner.

than to stay united have returned to winning ways thanks to a ten zero when i was a burnley in the english premier league on sunday and strike i remember lucaya hit the back of the net twice before half time to ensure the win for joe as a marine is man the only blemish was a second half red card to marcus rash hit a marine you know how to go some of the journalists post match. i am innocent some of you must be disappointed. because would be would be much better. would be a much better that if you lose. a single performance was very good and the jury would since since the first ball with which also on sunday off will to be honest in a five goal thriller against cardiff city and after beating money united a few days ago tottenham came crashing back down to earth with a defeat to what foot. they say you should never upset the world's most devastating athletes well that's exactly what newly promoted league club west did on sunday

they took a surprising one no lead against current spanish champions barcelona well that in take too kindly to that botha responded fiercely showing no mercy in hammering in aid to goals two goals each for leno methley and luis suarez in an eight two rout at the nou camp celtic of beaten ranges in one of the fiercest football darby's in the world the old firm darby the two scottish clubs had an added twist to their long historical saga on sunday rangers the now managed by former liverpool captain steven gerrard celtic's bosses gerard's former manager at liverpool brendan rodgers thanks to the chance it was rodgers who were celebrating a one will when. you know all too when we know that a good scene here we know they will have periods of possession but i've seen and also going seen enough today to feel if we can get bodies back. get new

signings up to speed believe we can be a match for sense of city in the next diction. twenty three time grand slam champion serena williams has reached the quarterfinals of the u.s. open serena needed a fax that to defeat chi a canopy of a stony a six love four six and six three defending u.s. open men's champion rafa nadal has reached the u.s. open quarters as well it looked as though his own adar would take the matches straight that the funny to his fourth were fourth by an seated opponent nicholas the best the lashley six three six three six seven six four was the final score. waiting for an italian the last dates is austrian dominic tame he progress to the quarters in new york after overcoming south africa number five fifty seven and the fifth straight. and i think nobody came really images on well with he since when he saw the successful and no

matter what that song was really tough to play against him and as i said i'm really looking forward to to see how it is on a different surface than clearly reigning formula one world champion lewis hamilton has extended his lead in the championship standings after taking victory at the italian grand prix on sunday the race began in controversial fashion with hamilton and title rival sebastian vettel touching on the first lap it required a change of nose for the four time world champion from germany the germans ferrari teammate kemi reichen and himself a former f one world champion left the race for large portions bought with a nine loves to go hamilton overtook the finn he stayed ahead to cross the line first as vettel had to settle for fourth how to now equals michael schumacher the record of five wins at the monza circuit next stop on the formula one calendar is the singapore grand prix. this year we give it up. to ferrari who put up a great challenge this weekend they really did amazing job and they giving us such

a great fight and basically i just want to thank you thank you to these guys they've won back home because without their support without their continued efforts this would be possible today. confirmation there of hamilton's position at the top of the drivers' championship standings he leads vettel by thirty points reichen and is sixty two points behind his ferrari teammate battery brought us all in the sadie's is fourth england have won their five match test series against india with one match still to play the english added just eleven to the out of the night toto to set india a victory target of two hundred forty five to win marion ali took four wickets to go with his five in the first innings to help dismissed the indians for only one hundred eighty for england when by sixty runs and houghton unassailable three one series lead ahead of the final test in london at the eifel that is all this for fernandez more later right before we go remember you can always find much more on

our website to find that go to our just zero dot com it's certainly worth a look. and that is it for me to be gopalan for this news hour but don't forget i will be back in just a moment. for thousands of years farmers and shepherds lived off this land. but such a traditional way of life is on the increase in fact. al-jazeera world travels to the jordan valley where illegal settlements are expanding and the israeli military

cordons off more of them now. what will become of the palestinian families and does the palestinian authority have any power to help shepherds of the jordan valley on al-jazeera. the new poll ranks mexico city is the pull for worst in the world for sexual violence many women are attacked while moving in the crowded spaces of the metro buses and even at the hands of taxi drivers hear the conversation starts with do you have a boyfriend to your very pretty and young you feel unsafe threatened i think about how to react what do i do if this gets worse now mahdi army uses a new service it's called lal drive it's for women passages only and drawn by women drivers the apple for some extra features like a panic button and twenty four seven monitoring of drivers at night in a stalking somali moms patrolled streets police are not going to hide our lack of.

tired of gang violence they use the maternal approach to prevent crimes. they don't have. a do. but a bit by. the stories we don't often hear told by the people who live them mothers of wrinkle this is europe on al-jazeera. livia's here and back government declares a state of emergency as rival armed groups battle for control of its capital tripoli. hello and welcome i'm giving up holiday you're watching are just there live from london also coming up. the u.s. plans to cut three hundred million dollars in military aid to pakistan and blaming

a lack of action against armed groups in the region. at least six people are dead after a large bomb explodes in the somali capital of mogadishu. and russians celebrate the ninetieth birthday of a much loved do a system the heart of oscar's urban jungle. libya's u.n. backed government has declared a state of emergency in the capital tripoli after five days of fighting between rival armed groups at least thirty nine people have died in the violence and more than one hundred others have been injured forces backed by the government of national accord are also said to have lost several strategic locations adding to the chaos some four hundred detainees are said to have escaped after a riot at

a prison and the father and suburbs of the capital a un brokered cease fire collapsed on saturday and civilians are getting caught in the crossfire of indiscriminate shelling mom with abdullah head has been to the side of one rocket attack. this is supposed to kill could. it to be two hours since the beginning of the clashes the. week ago. many civilians were killed by ugandan rockets as the minister you don't see us as a family members tell us here the rocket when it landed here and killed their two songs and you can also see you know their. names. because it was. given this was. a team that the market was the explosion was very strong that. was hard

to watch here was also destroyed by the explosion. it is a state of panic among civilians especially with random rockets play rockets landing in densely populated areas and it seems that the government of national quality is not a strong enough to put in to this conflict people here and so many people in tripoli. are blaming the government for not doing enough to stop this conflict. the united states is counseling three hundred million dollars in military aid to pakistan because of its failure to take action against on groups the u.s. accuses islam about of failing to deal with the violent networks operating on its soil and includes the haqqani network and the afghan taliban president trying to pass in the past accuse pakistan of taking thirty three billion dollars in aid and giving nothing in return by the sun insists it spent billions of dollars in aid on

the battle against. collider has this update from the capital. the us moving likely to affect the. start happening and it's peril will be meeting the pakistani prime minister amer on khan who had been elected recently the new government and already said that it warns a new direction. in. the united states. to improve relations over here and all forward. training of military concern coming off to the u.s. a similar program which has been in place for decades the u.s. will be interested to discuss ideas on and of the americans are already talking to the taliban directly and it will be important to see what kind of expectation they bring forward as far as bug astonished concern but the new government is likely to

tell the americans that the new relationship between the two countries has to be based on mutual respect by august on has already rejected. administration. and bugger to. be taking dictation from the united states any more. at least six people including two children have died in a suicide bomb attack in somalia's capital. the bomber detonated his vehicle by a checkpoint outside a local government headquarters as i'm a big job it has. the loud explosion was heard across the somali capital mogadishu soldiers stationed near the entrance of district headquarters tried to stop the suicide bomber. tried to enter the compound with an explosive laden car and when the security tried to stop it the car exploded killing three of the soldiers the deputy commissioner for security and politics was also injured in

the attack children were among those killed and injured as a nearby school collapsed. i saw bodies scattered on the ground after the explosion before the ambulances and the paramedics reached there and the whole scene was very . the roof was blown of a mosque and homes in the area were also damaged. as you can see the explosion caused a lot of destruction there are mosques and islamic schools next to the district compound. by the link hardline group says it was behind the attack a statement says the meeting in the district office was the target. has been carrying out attacks for more than a decade that includes a deadly truck attack last year which can more than five hundred people the un backed government which took charge in twenty twelve has not been able to control much territory beyond look at issues. from mali is devastated health infrastructure has struggled to do the casualties in the past. and as the war regarding the one

nine hundred ninety s. goes on somali civilians continue to suffer. some of the job out of their. human rights watch is calling for an end to all weapons sales to saudi arabia following the bombing of a school bus in yemen last month the rights group is accusing the military coalition of committing war crimes in yemen on saturday the saudi an erotic coalition admitted the attack was unjustified fifty one people including forty children were killed. well yemeni president. hadi is preparing to travel to the united states for medical treatment hadi has been treated for a heart condition since two thousand and eleven and he's been living in exile in saudi arabia since the iran backed rebels took control of the capital sana and twenty fifteen. of a kind of corruption in guatemala in june is still having a knock on effect on farmers in the area they're struggling to rebuild their livelihood since a huge swathe of agricultural land was destroyed by well counted ash save it mercer

travel to go to visit the farmers in the region. the rich black soil on the side of this volcano in guatemala is normally the stuff of farmers' dreams but on the ground knows firsthand that what the volcano can provide in bountiful harvests it can just as quickly take away the flag of volcanoes deadly eruption in early june dumped tons of rocks an ash onto his field the twenty eight year old was counting on his corn harvest to feed his young family for the coming year but all was destroyed. a thought. that they'd think. there was a layer of ash or thirty centimeters deep that was super hard like cement so all of the folk liable to get. it soft now because we've tried our best to work the ground but this corn won't give us anything like this plant here no cob no nothing in the . direction of killed hundreds of people

a few kilometers north of the scene of the disaster ash and volcanic rocks not only damaged thousands of hectares of corn and beans but also cash crops such as vegetables coffee avocado and fruit trees ronald is just one of fourteen thousand smallholder farmers who lost their crops after june's volcanic eruption these people are already some of the country's most vulnerable and now they say they need help. in the highland town an hour away government help is starting to arrive guatemala's ministry of agriculture is providing shovels machetes and other tools to thousands of farmers official say that those who lost all their subsistence crops will also receive food assistance for up to three months. this is the agriculture ministry is first response but soon will be providing new coffee plants will also be giving away seed so farmers can replant their fields but these are medium term plans it will take two or three years to be able to recover these crops

. in the meantime family is relying on public donations in order to survive their year had begun with such promise his family rented extra land and planted all the seeds that saved from previous year's harvest in the hopes of getting ahead now they have nothing to show for their efforts. paying for corn means buying one hundred to two hundred pounds every month depending on the size of your family so you could be paying around fifty dollars a month for corn but often you only make twenty dollars and we both worked. the money doesn't go far enough. despite the setback ronald and his family are determined to get through the year ahead he and other farmers here have faith that the same volcanic ash that killed this year's harvest will help produce a bumper crop next year david mercer i'll just zero in the department of the one go

what i'm all. for months after iraq's contentious election progress is being made in forming a new government sixteen iraqi public political groups have merged to create the largest bloc in parliament most crucially lawmakers from blocs loyal to the shia cleric my father and prime minister. the have to join the coalition and police have used tear gas to disperse three thousand protesters in southern iraq as the un has continues over poor public service and corruption they also want the government to improve the water system saying it's currently unsafe to drink. and still to come on this program we'll tell you how new york scientists revived the city's dwindling all oyster population to twenty six million plus. i'm sorry for sit in one of the last places you might expect to find high level showjumping right here in the gaza strip.

the weather's lousy far to try across much of australia not all that we've got a little bit of cloud into the southeast and cold air pushing up towards new south wales and will be some showers coming in here we need the right so that bad thing one of two showers there just around sydney on monday seventeen celsius cool and breezy for tasmania radel safe melbourne fourteen degrees here sixteen there for adelaide but ninety in perth temperatures here falling back as we go on into tuesday of bits and pieces a cloud of rice started to push across the by and by choose day well temperatures no higher than about sixteen in sydney if anything was welcome shall us they will be a little more widespread they nuts their way up into the gulf coast into the sunshine coast nineteen celsius therefore bruce been no shortage of rain for new zealand over the next couple of days or so moving through pretty quickly having said that lots of cloud around as she can see and that wetter weather will make its way.