place in the capital harare because of cholera the health minister has said least twenty people have died and thousands of others are infective live now to the capital harare correspondent. bring us up to date then with what is being experienced by the people of harare zimbabwe more widely. all this latest outbreak started last week monday in glenview it's a poor suburb in harare it's overcrowded and many houses have had running water for many many years it seems some people had visited the area area travel to other parts of the country and that's why the outbreak has spread government officials have currently set up areas where people who are infected have been quarantined they also sealing s.m.s. is to zimbabweans telling them how to stay safe and also it's a feeling sick to report to the nearest health facilities officials who work for the urban council say part of the problem is that for many many years there's been a lack of money because of the economic crisis or they say they haven't been able

to for example buy the chemicals needed to treat the water that has been able to clean running water to most households in harare and had been able to fix the broken pipes with some people are saying is the cause for this current outbreak. it's a highly infectious diseases and as you say this usually cholera outbreaks usually are the result of a failure of sanitation systems is an indication of how far zimbabwe has fallen because this is something that happens on a regular basis. exactly harare used to be called the sunshine city things used to work but in the past twenty years or so things of really gone downhill in terms of service delivery the government says it's because of a lack of money that they've not been able to provide for zimbabweans the biggest outbreak was in two thousand and eight when more than four thousand people died from cholera and back then hospitals were inundated with patients those who couldn't fit in hospitals were put up. shelters like. so you saw people lying on

stretchers they were really really thin really really sick and health officials say the only way you're going to stop this problem from happening every single year is that the government puts more focus on health and sanitation they suggest for example spending so much money on defense spending so much money in agriculture put some of that money into health and sanitation then maybe you can start to address the issue of typhoid and the cholera outbreak but right now official telling people to be calm they say they're trying to contain the matter but naturally a lot of people are concerned because many people don't have clean running water in poor areas and of course the broken pipes still haven't been fixed in some parts of harare all right harris thank you very much indeed. live in harare. lots more to come on this al-jazeera news hour including a prominent ugandan opposition m.p.'s calling on the u.s. to stop funding his country's military also. on the banks of the mekong river

in northern thailand just across the river is laos and downstream from here the lao government is building another big dam we'll tell you why many people on this side of the river wanted stopped. and diego maradona says drunks calls him to waste away but he's now moving on with his life at a new club in the heart of mexico's drug lands peter will have the details. the delegations from russia iran and turkey a meeting in geneva for a second day of talks on syria these talks come amid concerns over the looming battle of the rebel held on klaver. the u.n. says thousands of people have been displaced in the province already because of syrian government and russian airstrikes in the past week or so and aid organizations warn any military campaign to retake the province will spark a humanitarian crisis stephanie decker is our correspondent in here on the turkish

border with syria. it live is the place where people went in the end whether it was internally displaced civilians who were displaced from from city to city to village and ending up in it or the rebel fighters the different opposition groups who didn't want to stay under government control under these so-called reconciliation deals and came with their families to this is why you've seen the population swell so much so at the moment the displacement that we've seen as a part of this latest offensive and it is an escalation in the south of of the provinces sort of more country area open land a couple of thousand people displaced they have gone to various places but mostly close to the border with turkey because that's where they feel safest we've been speaking to people who left and one man telling us that he didn't feel safe anywhere because people expect this offensive to move into the cities into all areas because you know the rhetoric is that the entire province will be taken back by the government backed by russia the truth is there remain intensive diplomatic

talks behind the scenes to try and resolve this somehow i think it's clear we will see some form of operation how much of that will be military how much of it will be negotiated remains to be seen but certainly those talks are proving to be very very complicated indeed. so it is director of the center for conflict and humanitarian studies of the doha institution we're lucky enough to have him in the studio now so let's look at first of all what's going on in geneva because there is something of an effort towards a political at least looking forward to a political solution for post conflict syria do you think they're too soon to be talking about a new constitution for a country when bombs are still dropping on the well what's going on at the moment is a very much a continuation of the us time the process means the process that's been led by russia iran turkey they are the three parts has now been meeting with the u.n.

envoy in the. efforts to constitute a new commission hopefully with the right people from the opposition to try and work out a new constitution for syria now this would consider we would consider as a win for the. bloc if that's the right way of putting it and. but it has its own problems it's been a problem at the moment is what's going on on the ground in it because the action in and threatens to split that block turkey is not very is not comfortable at all with that sickeningly reaction against absolutely turkey because it was at the meeting in tehran just last week wasn't it when the three leaders of a mess and and president added one stood out from the other two because he actually wanted a ceasefire that was it will pretty much the other two putin and rouhani agreed that military action was necessary in order to deliver it labe back to the syrian government well i suspect from the very beginning two years ago they must have

reached an agreement that will be the last point to be resolved because they've been evacuating fighters insurgents from around syria into you know one siege after the other they started with. damascus recently and there are so there's a huge mix of opposition in it and clearly they must have agreed all that will delay. would provide the solution for now and we will delay the discussion for later on i suspect this came out a surprise for. that they can only now consider military action from the russian perspective it is about protecting if not. checking over if not all of it certain areas of it that the potential of threatening the mandrel between. moscow and attack what do you make of this suggestion that came from stephan to mr

when he was addressing this acuity council. as rick. he thinking that he and his group had been doing about the problem of and he suggested that civil society be empowered and they must request the feiss leave their midst midst and leave them and separate themselves away from civilians as it sounds the question little it doesn't really take too little to go where this is the last corner in the syrian battle is finished now where would they go originally these fighters many of them were on the moderate opposition side and they got evacuated from those various areas and syria into where they happen to be pro and pro-al qaida. groups there already so they all know got mixed up and they if anything went to the other extreme of being too radical in certain areas now i think without a proper political process that talks about what is the future of those there we're talking about hundreds and thousands of young men and women and their families we

have to keep in mind that those families many of them who have been displaced in the past are totally traumatized you know with the least gesture of aggression they might also move on and become refugees in turkey and this is why turkey is not very comfortable with the situation this is what most all the possible turn that is and that's what i just mentioned the stefan de mistura suggestion which just strikes me as being pretty whimsical and not workable on the ground is there any other consideration because talks are going on all the time out there in a way it labor has been governed by local councils and local community leaders for the last few years and they probably are able to talk some of the fighters out of confrontation but i think again they have to provide them with alternatives what is the alternative and international media has got to consider this are we going to export those fighters elsewhere or is there going to be a review of the accusation programs the mobilization programs the sitra and this is what i think or began is keen on he wants to find

a sustainable solution to the. problem is of the rightful time baraka thank you very much indeed. now there have been there has been a suicide attack which targeted a large gathering in afghanistan in the eastern province of longer haar very close to jalalabad the capital about eight hundred people were gathered to demonstrate against the local police at least ten people were killed forty others were injured . now china's president xi jinping is meeting russian president vladimir putin in flood event stop during the eastern economic forum the three day meeting brings together the leaders of russia china japan and south korea as well as five thousand delegates from sixty countries it'll be the two leaders third meeting and it comes at a time when there's an escalating u.s. china trade war and u.s. led sanctions against russia challenges our correspondent in the blood of us don't . opening his meeting with cheating paying putin said that the two countries were

working together in a spirit of trust and that they had much that they call could cooperate on politically economically and militarily as well now there is good strategic sense in russia and china getting closer together at the moment they're both eurasian neighbors with each other they share a border there are huge countries china has a vast economy that it needs to keep fed with resources and russia has lots of natural resources now they are working together in the military sphere as well as groups in painted out there the stock two thousand and eighteen military drills just starting in russia's far east and china has been invited to take part in that now that's a sensible move from the russian part because it shows to china that any fears that beijing might have that these drills are actually focused on china are untrue and

it also gives russia and china two countries that are trying to modernize and strengthen their armies navies and air forces at the moment via valuable experience at working together with each other now the chinese commitments is in huge say three thousand two hundred troops and thirty aircraft parts it does perhaps show them that they can work together that they could at some point integrate weapon systems and command structures and of course it sends a message to the west as well russia and china both have an increasingly antagonistic relationship with the united states and. if it's a push came to shove and there was any future conflict or the russian trying to don't have nato levels of alliance or coordination perhaps they might fight alongside each other you know if donald try. penne power relationship with kim jong

un ever gets boring for the u.s. president and he decides to consider seriously a military strike against north korea and these sorts of games are just the kind of thing that military planners in washington d.c. will be taking into account right now it has been to see even his chief diplomatic correspondent for the new york times he's joining us via skype from brussels good to talk to you all we witnessing a significant to your political shift would you say with the this display of unity incorporation coming from president xi and putin. well there is an effort and a signal sent. the relationship between russia and china. as the birthplace of communism china as well as the sort of little brother that relationship is very much reversed now a very different conclusions both governments true about how to try to communism

both of them are struggling assert themselves china regional or. russia are also regional or you know where their superpowers but essentially only in. regional terms united states and still the world's hyper power but there is that effort to send a message. absolutely and i was just get ask you whether they where each of them are being aided and assisted by the current policy emanating from the white house insofar as donald trump seems pretty comfortable taking america off the world stage in so many instances. well yes or no i mean i think. would like donald trump to pay less attention to china right about now thank you very much it is the worries about trade war. or are quite severe china is

very anxious about it although for instance it was owned by the chinese decided not not not to go public because of insecurities about a trade war in trying shrinking population or spending both countries spending more money on defense but still far less than the united states and spending trump is annoying his allies and that by definition helps people that the united states has decided to russia and china are some in strategic competitors so this effort to to be pals i'm sorry on the part of washington has dropped away you know of it's i'm just wondering how far do you think this strategic partnership can actually get them between the chinese and the russians you said that they wanted to send a message is is that all it is or can it go deeper than that well at the moment

it's pretty nascent right i mean russia and china don't actually trust one another let's be fair the russian chinese border was the scene of fighting along the river thirty thirty five years ago they have always been rivals in terms of asian importance russia has this ideology of being a eurasian power and china has strengths and its wealth intimidates russia to be on this and there are a lot of chinese living along the border russia has what china needs which is energy gas and oil all russians of course and to china china i think is there is yes there is a basis for a kind of alliance there is also a basis for a great rivalry which has long historical roots indeed but also i was quite taken by the law. coming out between russia and japan with them seemingly

prepared to make peace after seventy years that they have been at loggerheads over particularly over the any ship of the korea islands so is president putin really out to make new friends particularly in the east. well i think you it would be great if they could settle that by the way but it is also true. in syria in the middle east russia player in a way that it hasn't been since the end of the soviet union i think russia. have interests certainly technology interests in a good relationship with with japan and other countries so yes you know i think that's absolutely right russia is looking for trading partners and sources of real technology in

a country. shrinking so i think that is important and it helps by the way. protect. every country in the world as a competitor and not an ally these are interesting times are they thank you very much steven erlanger of the new york times talking to us live from brussels. right it's time for the weather and kevin is going to be telling us about how people are preparing all nice case of the united states are afraid they definitely need to be prepared right now because we're about forty eight hours away from this storm right here making landfall in north carolina so this is from the space station international space station this is hurricane florence taken just a few hours ago in the area but i want to show you the big picture because florence is not the only one out there we also have one out here just past the cape verde islands we have one down to the south isaac is going to be making sway towards the caribbean but it is florence that we do have our main focus on category four storm

right now it is going to stay a category four storm until it makes landfall now this is going to be a historic storm because no category four storm has ever hit north carolina before the only other time was in one nine hundred fifty four where very close to wilmington was the other one but that actually made landfall in the northern part of south carolina and then went over into north carolina later on but this is what we have right now two hundred ten kilometer per hour winds it is moving to the west northwest at twenty four miles per hour kilometers per hour scuse me we do expect to see a landfall right there just to the north of wilmington probably early on friday morning at about two am once we have that it is not over we're going to be seeing days probably two to three more days of extremely heavy rain across much of their area we're talking flash flooding as well as historical winds in wind damage across that region. that looks grim but thank you anyway kevin still to come on this

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a long struggle and the system is constantly challenge. i know that some one medical treatment could lead to good death but on the other hand i also know that because of providing that treatment negative impact on the rest of society. brazil's real drugs war on the people. on al jazeera. take a look at the top stories here in the al-jazeera news one out of every nine people is now malnourished according to a new report by the un's food and agriculture organization it blames war and

climate change is the main reasons behind these alarming figures. negotiator has accused the u.s. of doing israel's bidding by allowing more illegal settlements and cutting desperately needed aid to palestinians. says the u.s. has left the negotiating table breaking its own commitments made by president trump himself last year. the russian president vladimir putin is holding talks with china's president xi jinping at the economic forum in vladivostok it'll be the two leaders meeting in comes amid an escalating trade war between the u.s. and china and u.s. led sanctions against russia. right this is the scene at the european parliament in strasburg watching the prime minister viktor orban let's listen to him. violates the treaty. in hungary democracy and liberty are not political issues but to morrow of arms and you want

to take and moral decision on the basis of majority in numbers and brand a country condemn a nation is shoulders serious responsibility when first in the history of the e.u. you want to exclude a nation from european decisions you would strip hungary of the right. to represent its interest in the european family where it belongs to. we do have contentious issues and we will have in the future we have a different picture about the nature of christianity in europe about the role of nations and national culture we think differently about the essence and purpose of the family and we do indorse radically different views on migration. if we mean that we want to unite to europe to be united in diversity that these

differences cannot be a reason to brand any of the countries and to for it to be excluded from joint decisions we would never go as far as silencing those who do not agree with us. president you want to exclude that country. which made clear decisions in the european elections in two thousand and nine. majority of fifty six percent in two thousand and fourteen a majority of fifty two percent voted for us we are the most successful party of the european parliament our opponents socialists and liberals are not happy to see our success this is understandable but to take revenge on hungary and because they did not choose them is not fair and is not worthy of europeans this report was

written by people who are not clear on basic facts. that report. except that there was no investigation of facts there was no more official delegation sent to hangry the report contains thirty seven serious factual misrepresentations of which we sent a document of one hundred eight pages to every member of this house or union is held together because we settle disputes in a regulated manner i have. entered into accords and compromise says the commission on the media law on the judicial system and passages of our constitution this report is a breach of agreements made years ago if you can do this and if you can breach these agreements what's the point in making agreements with any european

institution what you are doing here is a slap in the face of the union and of constructive dialog. every nation every member state has the right to organize its life in its own country we will protect our borders and we will decide who to live together with we have built a fence we have stopped illegal migrants hundreds of thousands of them we have defended hungary and we have defended you are. this is the first case in the history of euro when a community condemns its own border guards president let's be straightforward video . hungary is going to be condemned because hungary and people have decided that this country is not going to be a country of migrants with all due respect but very firmly i have to

refuse this threats the blackmailing the defamation by forces supporting immigrants and migrants against hungary and hungary and people i must state that whatever your decision will be hunger we are not. to this blackmailing hunger we'll protect its borders stop illegal migration and we'll defend its rights if needed we were stand up to you to we stand ready for the elections next may where people can decide on the future of europe and restitute democracy two pm politics thank you very much to. write serve it to all of the prime minister of hungary. addressing the european parliament in strasburg listening to that with us is our correspondent natasha butler who is there

a very robust defense of the position as you parliamentarians consider taking quite dramatic action against his country. yes you heard that speech from viktor orban he was certainly defiant and he was defending his policies his reforms his leadership in the face of what one of his ministers called earlier an a witch hunt by the european union he said fix or in this speech before parliamentarians that he's not going to give in to blackmail from the e.u. that he will continue with his policies of trying to stop what he said was illegal migration refugees in his country said gerunds can choose who they want to live with and who they don't want to live with and that was their rights and as you say it comes in this context the speech was made during the debates by m.e.p. who are examining whether or not to punish to sanction hungry over what some here

call hungry breach of e.u. values and principles because they say that over the past few years victor all bounds government has basically been flouting these principles you know curtailing freedom of speech eroding human rights of minorities and of course of refugees and if you think back to twenty fifteen when the vote and he mentioned it in his speech decided to build a fence on the hung garin so been croatian border to stop more people coming in now what gave me peace are going to do is on wednesday after they've debated this is they going to actually vote on whether or not to actually sanction or ban and that could possibly lead to a hungry losing its e.u. voting rights in the council and it's going to be a big test for any peace here and also for those in the. p.p. which is the biggest parliamentary group a and victor all. parties own political parties part of that group it would be a big test because a really try and prove whether or not you have any peace here who are intent on

trying to hold these e.u. values and principles seen as being eroded by people like or. agree indeed natascha i'm just going to also if there were so there was a similar kind of debate surrounding poland wasn't there not that long ago with regard to the european union what happened there this is the first time there they are seriously considering trickling triggering what is known as article seven which as you already pointed out would deprive a member of its voting rights. that's right article seven was triggered by the european commission last december the european parliament considering trading it again sangria be the first time that they've used what they call here the nuclear option which just shows you how serious is taken the here it would strip hungry of its voting rights but you know although it would of course damage hungary's international standing what you need to understand as

well is that there are many people within the e.u. circles who say that perhaps it's not enough of a punishment because the vote to strip those rights could be vetoed by other countries and perhaps poland would be so such a photon hungry because hungary decided to do that for poland and also they say what's really needed financial sanctions because as long as you have e.u. member states benefiting from the e.u. funding while being able to flout the rules of the e.u. well that's never going to work out they say the only thing you could do is try and withdraw financial funding for these countries so be interesting to see what i mean peace vote for on wednesday ryan thank you for that natasha butler there live in strasbourg at the european parliament now the ugandan opposition m.p. bobby why is calling on the u.s. to stop. sought for his country's military in an interview with al jazeera he said the ugandan government uses american support to stifle dissent at her paper move

and has more to say he left his country to receive treatment in the u.s. after being arrested by the ugandan army and charged with treason but once doctors tended to him the musician turned opposition m.p. robert chad golani famously better known as the wind had a message for the u.s. government in exclusive interview with al jazeera he urged congress to stop the eight hundred million dollars support for the ugandan military which he accuses of torturing him during his recent detention it's important lack of say especially to the united states taxpayer to know that much of the military aid we get is actually used to oppress and brutalise the citizens of uganda not that the gun that killed my driver that could have probably killed me is an american gun. lobby wine is

a vocal opponent of long time president you are in with seventy he was arrested in late august while campaigning in a by election in the north of the country he was accused of throwing rocks at the president's convoy as it drove by then on the same day gunmen attacked his car killing his driver but bobby wine was not in the vehicle he says it was an assassination attempt his arrest and alleged torture led to police and military deployment across the country. people protested not just his arrest but the recent changes to the ugandan constitution which lifted the presidential age limit of seventy five years making it possible for seventy three year old miss seventy to run again in twenty twenty one he has been repeatedly accused by critics and rights groups of using security forces to silence those.