this is al jazeera. hello from doha everyone i'm come all sons in the area and this is the news hour from al-jazeera. typhoon monkhood smashes into the philippines leaving destruction in its path it is now making its way towards hong kong and china also the two sons of egypt's former president hosni mubarak are arrested accused of insider trading. returning home from exile leaders of an ethiopian opposition party once considered a terrorist group by the government get a warm hug coming. and masses latest supercool mission to keep

a close eye on the earth's melting icecaps i'm paul race with the sports lewis hamilton produces a stunning performance in qualifying for the singapore grand prix the f one title leader spring a surprise to out ice his ferrari rivals and take all position. so the most powerful typhoon to hit the philippines this year has killed at least twelve people and left a trail of damage now it is storming across the south china sea towards hong kong and southern china it began as a super typhoon monkey that lost some of its sting after it landed on those on the largest on it in the philippines but still roofs were ripped off homes power lines were brought down thousands of people were moved from low lying areas jamila island has seen it all happen she is in northern province. we are in

a guy with one of the areas to first bear the brunt of the super typhoon this is about an hour from to get our city but access is really quite difficult communication and power lines have been cut off but on are we here we bumped into a truck of marine officers several have been seriously injured he saw them being brought to the city in ambulances by volunteers the situation in bugout was similar basically all across the region of luzon hours after the typhoon made landfall the government the national and local governments have yet to really assess the full impact of this typhoon that is because many of these areas are in rural areas such as this one we've spoken to civilians who have lost their homes or have lost their livelihoods and they know basically that life will set them back even further they already went through something similar two years ago and it's

taken them time to recover they say what they want right now is emergency relief help food medicine and power but we heard from richard gordon earlier chairman and c.e.o. of the philippines red cross who told us the storm will make it difficult to get aid to those in need. we're still early days here and yes we are very sick of focus of the driving force of the storm but. we're seeing a lot of percent of crime damage already and i'm not of the arms can't prosecute the a lot of groovy materials that there have to be replaced and a lot of was out of houses and they're not destroyed some totally i'm not partial to and of course there will be an awful requirements for. invariance of my religion in terms of markets are still closed so we will have to be supplied

with food with the meantime and we have begun a theater are to be loaded the knowledge that was going to make it difficult for us to supply you know materials about seven times. blocked by a landslides and flooding so i hope that we can. mitigate that right the way meanwhile we've got hurricane florence which is been downgraded actually to a tropical storm but there are still concerns of flooding as it moves across the carolinas in the united states dumping heavy amounts of rain some areas of order to people to leave their homes as the waters rise and more than half a million people are without power the storm is being blamed for at least seven deaths and as well we've heard from the north carolina governor roy cooper he's warning of major flooding the flood danger from this storm is more immediate today than when it was then when it made landfall just twenty four hours ago three face

walls of water at our coast along our rivers across formally in through in our city and in our towns more people now face imminent threat than when the storm was just offshore thank cannot overstate it. flood waters are rising if you aren't watching for them you are risking your life well kristen saloon is out in the think of it all now and fire ville in north carolina hi kristen how's it going out there. we want to hear from moss. tell us more about you've got the rain coming down but not always right and really governor. yeah absolutely governor cooper described the amount of rainfall as apic we've seen fifty centimeters in some areas with just as much to come perhaps one emergency

management official described the storm as being stalked by a turtle what's happened as the winds have died down the storm has just stalled dumping these epic amounts of rain. and that's really what officials are concerned about the flooding now i'm standing on the banks of the cape fear river and just in the last couple of hours we've seen it rise before our very eyes there was a sign on one of the posts on the bridge behind us that's a danger for both passing through can even read the sign now i'd say you know it's risen about a half a meter here just in the last couple of hours and that's why officials are so concerned and they've evacuated people that live within a mile of the river here because of the concerns of flooding even though some coastal areas are now allowing people to return back home. with the flooding they're also concerned about people you know getting complacent because it may

appear that the storm is not so intense certainly not the category four hurricane that was initially project predicted but because of the unpredictability of the flooding the worries about flash flooding even mudslides in some areas of north and south carolina they really want people to take precautions and listen to local officials one official was asked about what areas are the worst in whatever he said it's really too many to name this is during a conference with reporters it just gives you an idea of how widespread the area of impact is levels of preparedness though from people very christian very good i guess i don't know how much the carolinas get hit by hurricanes usually we think about florida but i'm wondering how prepared with people and did they get out the way enough. that's true actually the carolinas are not unfamiliar with storms this river flooded just a couple years ago with a similar low grade hurricane preparedness is good there was plenty of warning for

this at one point some one point eight million people were asked to evacuate the numbers have fluctuated a bit since. but there are shelters that there are crews from the department of defense national guard utility workers thousands of them that have brought into the area and are standing by ready to assist with repairing those downed power lines vacuuming people who are trapped rescuing people who are trapped in the thaw in one community to the north of where i am here in fayetteville some three hundred or so people that thought they could ride out the storm and then ended up calling to be evacuated it took officials several hours to get to everybody but this is the kind of thing that they're worried about and that they're expecting more in the coming days all right kristen get yourself out of the rain kristen saloons and fire ville north carolina now the two sons of egypt's former president hosni mubarak have been

arrested now in prison facing charges of insider trading and moama barak along with at least seven other suspects are accused of making unlawful profits off to they allegedly broke financial trading rules it's related to the sale of a national bank deny any wrongdoing the thoughts now it's been a professor of is a professor of law school and a member of the egyptian american rule of law resuscitation she told us arresting and gamal mubarak could be a way for the government to keep them from getting back into politics. well the timing is not coincidental because in the last year and a half particularly in the run up to the two thousand and eighteen presidential elections. or seen multiple times in public in ways that made them appear very connected to the people and down to earth and at a time when the economy has been struggling and it's affected many egyptians from the upper middle class all the way to the poor because the subsidies are being

removed inflation is high wages are stagnant and so many egyptians reminisce and the man to the days of the work error from the economic perspective so when demand i let come out in public and are spotted and it's all over social media this signals to the regime that they may be seeking to get back into the limelight and to political life and if there's one thing that is clear about the failed revolution have two thousand and eleven is that although democracy didn't take root in egypt what did happen is that there was a change in the governance structure the old regime that was within the mubarak's inner circle including his sons is out. let's look at what's coming up for you on this news out ten years since the lehman brothers collapse triggered the worldwide financial crash well could it happen again also presidential pardons in rwanda as an opposition leader was among two thousand prisoners freed and spoke to the

world's press boxes gets a little bit up close and personal before the big title fight polls here with that story and more about ten to the hour. ethiopian allen members of the aroma liberation front an organization once banned in the country have been given a hero's welcome home the group's leader and fifteen hundred fine has returned to off to twenty six years in neighboring eritrea has more. jubilant crowd in the each open capital addis ababa on saturday supporters of the almighty variation from when completed out after years in exile in neighboring. island fifteen hundred or less fight has accompanied him among the welcoming party or left general secretary baker despite his condition. and he's

our fighters be unique. that's why we like it is that we aim for the past when you see only seven years and i don't know how well. heroes. saved a lot about. this very short that all. of them are just ethnic group each opiate but for decades they've been complaining of the look of marginalization. front says it represents the aspirations of the almost people it's militants took up arms against the central government for years they described the former regime. as an oppressive and demanded self-determination for the oromo the oil it's been banned for years leave it to the top of its organization by the open government. in july if your peers newly elected prime minister i'd be ahmed granted an amnesty to all dissidents if they denounced

violence and agree to talks involving government leaders from the ethnic to the political situation remains volatile there were violent confrontations earlier this week provoked by internal rivalries some fear groups that have seen their longstanding status undermined by the political changes are determined to disrupt that informed process. will the leaders of the left the aroma liberation front or just the latest opposition members to come home a week ago as the leaders of the gin but seven who had a homecoming they'd been in exile for more than ten years after their party was outlawed they were left involved in national liberation front they'd all been on the government's terror list for years but in july parliament voted to remove them and the new president invited them to come back to take part in ethiopian politics and if he's full manner unlike his predecessors prime minister ahmed is acknowledged his country has no option but to pursue multi party democracy we spoke

to john muhammad ali he is the executive director at only a media network who told us the return of the old f. marks a milestone for that country. historic day indeed of the most fifty years of struggle in the being followed some forty years ago come home. for million people are going to explore day everything is the more it in the american protest into the last four years have been the primary cause of the jane they brought to the. government under the great war and where in the past to transition to base even trolls single most don't what it was to learn the great consolation reconstruction in transition to democracy is the exact entire very special day you know i think it is the only way forward in our. star who has shown that. i've lost interest in transition the country to democracy in keeping the country together this is the

most hopeful time this country has ever since it started there is a lot of excitement i came back here a month ago. have been lost in the. optimism in this country and it is intoxicating and there is negotiation there is no discussion go on all corners and the rows are showing that they need this country they can lead it they can wage this war struggle they can take power and they can control responsibly they can turn it into country democracy yes almost not only in degree but they will in the unite this country. meanwhile in rwanda two thousand prisoners have been released from prison after an order by president paul kagame a among them victoria better who was sentenced to fifteen years behind bars back in twenty thirteen for terrorism she'd been in detention since twenty ten when she

opposed in the presidential election i should have eloquent tanks see if anybody was supposed to me. andy. the president who gave me disability. to ask him if it is a placebo. for you to resign will stay here because if you see. did the election of your concert today you see that to take it election where day there is a hope that today it is see the opening of the political space well into various troubles began when she returned from exile in the netherlands to contest elections in august twenty ten just three months later she was arrested and charged with planning to overthrow the government and downplaying the rwandan genocide her supporters say the conviction was politically motivated the genocide of course was an eight hundred thousand tutsis were killed in one thousand nine hundred four by hutu extremists think about it said that many hutus also died protecting to seize

she wanted them remembered on a genocide memorial so let's talk to andrew wallace all for all of the book silent accomplice the untold story of the role of france and the rwandan genocide is joining us from skype in the on skype from the u.k. so something very interesting is going on in rwanda and in water africa at the moment you know there was a story from ethiopia as well political reconciliation political prisoners being freed why do you think all this is happening now. well actually i would take flight issue with that because i think this is happening const is the one that this isn't a big deal for the government. these really to happen but eventually and i think the important issue here was that in debating those in that. back. in which she sort of. can best you go the wrong she made mistakes and she wanted to move on but. doesn't believe.

to actually. to release the now just as i was reading the details about her and what she said and done in the past it sounds like she could be a sort of divisive figure to that and how do you think her return will be. released i should say will be received. well. she i think she is a divisive figure in many ways but i think that you know she is a much a goalkeeper i mean we won dogs my last few visits. you never hear. her or we wanted and the issues are very much health and education and moving forward with a lot and i'm really in good baby. in this country don't buy what media organizations cause actually in the country so you know fall big push to you know the government least we welcome president modi. and nothing's

a sign of a competent government accountable government is moving forward on so many different levels that actually in debating now is seen as someone or not going to both and in fact i think in the end with the grind of the battles the big news was really so posting a good. local singer who also was released at this time and i think that's good news. how good is all this for president fulton county he is now one year into this trying to my thing is i mean releasing two thousand political prisoners it seems like a very strong gesture on his part. well i think this is this is really a pretty regular gesture actually it does happen. i think if we had not been released this would have gone on the mark and no doubt this interview would not be

happening so i think for him you know he is now chair of the new union and. it's a running around africa in the world and indeed. very diplomatic to initiatives. and that is the sign you know where he wants to wanted to go and i think the question will be whether he wants to get on board with that and be part of the future which she said and left and huge she said she wants to be on. or is she going to try and go back. and take the country back to where it was numb to fall which is what she was sentenced. good to get some context for me there and her wallace joining us from wakefield in the u.k. thank you. and it's been ten years now since the global financial crisis began that trigger point lehman brothers one of the most famous investment banks in the world which filed for bankruptcy it was at that point that an already serious banking

crisis on wall street got a whole lot worse but remember this also became a global crisis and we want to look now at how far all that bad news spread start with greece and only just got out of austerity mode after ten years of hardship greece took three bailouts totalling three hundred fifty two billion dollars from the e.u. and the international monetary fund since two thousand and ten signed press fell hard because of its large exposure to greek debt it got a thirteen billion dollar bailout but in a controversial unprecedented move everybody with money deposited in a cypriot bank was made to pay for the bailout environment is one of the first european countries to enter recession and then depression by two thousand and nine thirty four and a half thousand people left ireland by two thousand and ten which was its largest net immigration since one thousand nine hundred nine across the water britain had its worst recession since one nine hundred eighty northern rock was the biggest casualty there that was the u.k.'s fifth largest lender went on to because of the mortgage crisis and then the curious case of iceland where in two thousand and

eight the banking system well there was no trust there inflation and interest rates were rising it was so bad the icelandic national currency the krona was with not much more than the zimbabwean dollar the difference though in iceland those that its banks were left to fail not on that list is germany of course that was an economy which managed to withstand the financial crisis mostly on the scale youth but there are those who accuse germany of being too strong certainly in its financial decision making which they say helped wreck the greek economy or it's the reports from berlin on how that stance is viewed now a decade later. in the corridors of power in berlin there are reasons to be cheerful ten years ago the german economy was so well insulated that the big crash was never going to cause a crisis so much has changed in other european countries but not here in the first six months of this year alone the german economy around a budget surplus of over fifty billion dollars that's almost three percent of germany's gross domestic product or annual wealth it's the kind of figure that

makes other countries either extremely jealous or absolutely furious it was the german government that demanded after the banks started to fall that the european commission impose new rules on countries like greece forcing them to adopt a hugely destructive tax raising powers in return for bailouts and loans a decade on stagnant economy is in huge unemployment levels of what's left the proceeds went to the banks not the people many economists hold germany directly responsible for bankrupting greece it is very anti democratic approach that is something that gives assurance to general politicians that there are rules and that they can be here too and that things will work out but and i think that kind of comfort is illusion it is defense germany would argue that if other countries have behaved in the right way in the first place then the wouldn't have been a problem most of the political class here bears few regrets about driving policies

which proved so controversial no absolutely not i think that was the only way the fact that we are successful in all these countries shows that this was the right way and it's like in the it's like in the private sphere. if you don't half debt you are a free man and if you have debt you have to listen to the persons who gave you the money. the one area which germany has suffered from. in recent years has been the rise of far right populism born partly from economics in poor areas but also from anger toward chancellor merkel's generous asylum policies for refugees this week though the german government announced it was devoting billions of euros to tackle long term unemployment a certain way of diffusing anger germany is able to make these choices in ways

others can only dream about lawrence li al jazeera beilin. jeff madrick the director of the century foundation is also the author of a book called age of greed we spoke to him earlier he says germany was rightfully cast as the villain due to its rigid call for austerity measures. they were unquestionably too harsh their view of international economics and their own economics is quite backward actually the idea that government should always be in surplus that they should have as little debt as possible is unrealistic and merciless frankly the proper action that should have been taken was debt forgiveness in this period that's how the world works when we didn't forgive those debts those people suffered badly and it took a long time for them to recover a more sensible policy helping greece would have enabled them to rise more rapidly they talk heartily about how people have to pay back their debts the german banks

were lending to greece and other smaller and slower growth countries they made enormous profits the lessons have not been entirely learned some lessons have been learned we had a bill here a broad piece of legislation as you well know called dodd frank which did reregulate much of the banking sector we are turning back on some of those regulations one of the bigger problems however is regulations of the non bag banks sectors the so-called shadow banking community which includes insurance companies hedge funds investment managers they are now making the sorts of loans that the banks made that led to the crisis. still ahead for you on this news hour one of europe's biggest refugee camps could be shut down if the government fails to improve the conditions there also show you this mind boggling why the people at the london design festival of piloting a weather balloon and sports holdings pull off

a huge upset to win the biggest torment in south asia. and other remains little to say whether wise about this part of the world the near middle east there are still showers in the very edge of your screen tempting tempting for afghanistan you'd like to see him and they're not far away but the more significant ones been around turkey the circulation of the still rest of the warm black sea enough will be repeated across the caucasus as well otherwise it's dry and hot forced to back down forty six down in kuwait doesn't show very much sign of changing we go forty seven in the forecast for q eight come monday and there's not much for prevailing breeze so given that it's fairly light humidity still quite high from southern kuwait down to the u.a.e.

which is to be expected it shows itself rather more encouragingly with the heavy still blowing unsettled i would she's months of cloud and drizzle and green on the ground a nice site and not repeated anywhere else in this peninsula now is the change of season takes effect in africa there's been some significant rain in angola recently in the sunday assy but this clown he said little bit more disappointing is just covering the scrotal bit in south africa doesn't show much promise from the point of view of dropping rain in that they you are over go on the computer model is gray which is clad not green which is right. it was a big problem because it was different people admired him in the center of nightlife in beirut in the married miss universe hugh was a buoyant character on the other hand a ruthless operative fighting for the palestinian cause some israeli intelligence

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you're on the news hour here at al-jazeera and these are the top stories the most powerful typhoon to hit the philippines this year has killed at least twelve people and left a trail of damage typhoon banquet is now heading toward southern china and hong kong. and that seven people have been killed as tropical storm florence continues to drench the east coast of the united states been downgraded from a harken to tropical storm but forecasters warn of flash flooding across the carolinas and virginia. and two sons of egypt's former president hosni mubarak are in prison facing charges of insider trading and gamal mubarak and seven others. denied breaking financial trading rules and making unlawful profits from the sale of a national bank. iraq's parliament elected the speaker paving the way for a government to be formed this is after months of uncertainty about the country's

political direction after the disputed elections in may mohammad is backed by the programming in fact a bloc which is led by former prime minister nouri al maliki his election indicates the group is likely to have enough votes to form a government coalition. the leader of the regional bloc in south america isn't ruling out military intervention to overthrow venezuela's president your organization of american states the secretary general has been speaking to venezuelan migrants in colombia at least one point five million have fled the political economic crisis at home putting additional strain on resources in nearby countries alessandra has a report from on the colombia venezuela border. the secretary general of the oas. it's warmed by venezuelan migrants and photographers as he tries to make his way through the simone bolivar bridge. migrants shout freedom for venezuela as others

to shake his hand and cry for help. we need them to do something anything we need countries to unite to help democracy and food to return to venezuela. the visit to the colombian border town of kuta is the first stop of a series of meetings in countries across south america strained by the growing exodus of venezuelans a newly formed work group has been tasked to design a more coordinated regional response to this unprecedented mass migration. at a press conference and said only restoring democracy in venezuela can solve the crisis and that a military intervention can't be ruled out. as for military intervention to overthrow them in dural regime i think that we should not rule out any option because the finity of leader nicolas maduro regime is perpetrating crimes against humanity towards its population and violations of human

rights the suffering of the people in this in joost exit as it is driving means that the promise he remains the first option but we can't exclude any action. these are asking for financial aid and want the united nations to appoint a special representative to coordinate the international response almost a million venezuelan so currently living in colombia but the real number is likely higher as a story to make it more difficult for venezuelans to cross legally new unofficial and often dangerous routes open up as migrants make their way to countries as far as ecuador and through. this is the scene repeating itself they're after day here at the border we've been here just ten minutes and we've seen dozens and dozens of venezuelan migrants trying to cross illegally into colombia many of them carry bags try to smuggle me or scrap metal or truly anything they can sell for real money to

continue their journey remember we haven't had anything to eat for four days we bring metal and plastic i don't know how much i will make with this but at least enough for a piece of bread a more structured regional response to the crisis might help struggling receiving countries like colombia but no one believes that unless there is real change in minister that the flood can be stopped alison the m.p.'s. are flooding in eastern sudan's displaced more than five thousand people and destroyed sixty five thousand acres of farmland dozens of villages are submerged many people don't have anywhere to shelter in one of the bar with the arguments over who's to blame for a cholera epidemic are growing and so is the number of disease victims twenty five people have died three thousand of fallen sick just in harare. the raw sewage from blocked and burst pipes flows through glenview

a poor suburb of harare rubbish piles up nearby and now the source of disease the mob is government recently declared a cholera emergency in the capital norman has lived here for nearly fifteen years in that time he says the abnormal is becoming normal every year people get sick over very worried because the dreaded should be should be cleaned. the combo and big issue do come. in. some households in harare haven't had running water for years people who live here say it's been like this for months you can smell there also urging the houses are really close by they save us a city council to do something about it but despite the cholera outbreak nothing has been done. politicians are blaming each other for the crisis the new health minister of a dime oil has the opposition run city council is mismanaged and corrupt the

opposition says the government should provide more money for water and sanitation harari city council workers say they need nearly ten billion dollars to repair water sewers and roads the funding is going to be in so much for coming also partly because the customers will use the infrastructure do not pay their bills the city's inches of seven hundred eighty million by its customers which money if it did come could have gone towards the end of the with. this latest cholera outbreak is present investment in god was first a major challenge since he won the election in july residents representatives complain of corruption even the pipes that have been laid underground through corruption they are looking the. companies companies with the relationship with the council of the show's council managers councillors and government to lay down some of the pipes in these pipes the huge population that we know we have but they took

away money this is a bit b.s. money if they need to be held accountable. the government has banned stores selling street food in harare some vendors are growing the order saying is the only way they can look after the families housework is worn if nothing is done about harare sanitation crisis the number of dead from color and other water borne diseases or continue to rise. his or her eye. one of europe's biggest refugee camps in greece could be closed by the end of this month if the government fails to improve the living conditions there the camp is supposed to house about three thousand people but it's currently home to nine thousand asylum seekers john set up in a summit some of the people still staying there this is a bus room in morea camp there's a laboratory for every seventy two people and the water doesn't always run the streets between the tents and housing units smell of fetid waste water this iranian woman shares a tent with an afghan family and gives the children lessons in first since there is

no education for some three thousand children in the camp the government provides one doctor for moreas nine thousand residents but doctors without borders have set up a surgery outside the camp for women and children the government could move sick and vulnerable populations off the island but this year hasn't done so we had a must of them. netiquette that that's part of the problems somebody said have been problems. about the use what he had even when they have betty some months ago a medical report from there must be that because they need the me so we move on and in the tent city beside the official camp the aid group movement on the ground has built terracing and drainage and provided wife. but new arrivals are spilling beyond this into the olive groves surgeries can provide them with only a top pole and the rope about twenty thousand asylum applicants have arrived on

greek shows this year all of them forced to remain on stage in islands while their applications are processed at the moment new arrivals are looking at waiting periods of fourteen months before their first interview. because like others here this afghan family has stripped all of trees to cook forced to forage refugees create problems for local farmers one of them shows me his carpentry workshop looted and burned his house was stripped of plywood refugees used for shelter he no longer picks the olives that used to give him half his income. i come every day and i catch them inside i call the police there is nothing they can do greece cannot protect us greece is like a vineyard without a fence but the refugees don't want this any more than he does lisa judd is here because the taliban nearly killed him he just wants to finish his degree in psychology this country don't anything. we don't want hot water we

don't want anything we don't want their feet we just want to let us leave if i could lift this camp to be ok you know if i could find the chops i could i could already a house ok no problem. because we're living on. the scorpions yet this is the foreseeable future for us and eleven thousand refugees on the island. al-jazeera lesbos. the funeral of a top separatist commander has been held in indian at minutes to kashmir. and four other fighters died after a gun battle with the. officers surrounding the village of friday searching for fighters from his image i had seen just the group that. don't advance space laser has been blasted into orbit with a cool mission to measure how much ice remains down here on earth now his latest launch is keeping a closer eye on the shrinking glassie is

a welcome success for the u.s. space agency following the cancellation of other climate change projects morgan has the details three to one. nasa is calling its most advanced space laser three launch on saturday i said to have time faster light will are based on a billion dollar mission to find out how much of the earth's ice is melting as the climate warms i said it was all about measuring elevation and a natural question is how do you know you're getting the right answer or go out collect a reference data so i will be ready to compare and evaluate the green laser light from the satellite and bounces off of this thing goes right back up to the satellite again super reflective so these things is up in data with altimeters like i said two i said two is the first mission in nearly a decade that will be measuring ice levels. its predecessor i sat launched in two thousand and three operated for six years the new satellites will use an advanced

laser and camera system known as atlas to measure how long it takes individual particles of light to leave the satellite bounce off earth and return these tests will be repeated four times a year providing scientists with a continuous record detailing changes in the ice its will also help them better understand the relationship between the melting ice sheets and the rising sea scientists have been warning for a number of years that the global average temperature is rising the four hottest years on record have been the last four and the constant reliance on fossil fuels for energy means levels of greenhouse gases continue to mount but the u.s. administration and the president donald trump seems intent on slashing projects that aim to study and curb climate change the i said to mission should last three years but has enough fuel to continue for ten if the mission manages decide to extend its life but that will depend not on the scientists but some politicians

people morgan al-jazeera which will draw on richard's about us as a senior policy analyst with the left leaning think tank center for american progress told us this mission will provide invaluable information. one really key issue to point out here is that what this satellite is monitoring is the symptoms of climate change how fast ice is melting we're seeing attacks on science the trump administration in various parts of the government and i think that a lot of the focus is not so much on this sort of monitoring what the symptoms of climate change are but really trying to interfere with data that explains to us what the causes are which is human emissions and how more carbon in earth in the atmosphere is going to change the way that that the whole world behaves you know in the short term it's really uncertain because there are other projects on the horizon that are again fairly far along in the development phase i

think that the current administration's attitude toward science their proposed budget cuts i think that they have overall tried to reduce in their requests to congress budgets for climate science by almost twenty percent and billions of dollars of money that they're trying to cut out what that's going to affect our projects that are still on the drawing board now the kinds of data that we know we need to be collecting as the climate starts to change in the future so afraid that there's going to be probably a bit of a hangover in what we see with regard to satellites being launched to investments being made to new technological advances being uncovered that's going to last possibly into the next decade. now volunteers across the planet have come together to clean up lisette washed ashore this is to muck will clean up day the rubbish collected will be used to decorate beaches and raise awareness about the amount of plastic being dumped into the oceans every day nicholas hawkins a report from senegal its capital dhaka. it is a big operation in this small beach instead they've got to clean up the shoreline

it is not just happening here it's happening across the world it started thirty years ago across the atlantic in the united states where a few volunteers started picking up litter on the beach but the litter has multiplied since we find car batteries being washed ashore tires mattresses syringes baby diapers and a lot of plastic the sewage from this city of one point five million people is poured into the ocean it's as if a hurricane had hit the coast and destroyed hundreds of homes but make no mistake this isn't a tropical storm it's humans using the ocean to dump site out of sight further into the atlantic and the pacific are large garbage patch

three times the size of france. right now is a boat trawling and equipment that will start cleaning up those areas but it's still a long way to go now here back on the beach people are trying to recycle whatever they find. we need to be united to get rid of plastic from the ocean every day we dump five million tons of plastic bags we need to change our habits. scientists say the oceans are the lungs of our planet's just like trees it transforms the c o two into oxygen except it's an organism that suffocating there are species that are disappearing because of the pollution here at stake it isn't just a cleaning operation it's about changing public perception of the ocean seeing it as a living organism that deserves to be both protected and cared for. sport coming up

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al-jazeera. and. where every. by directors secu the key way. you had to start with this one didn't you pull yeah i'm psycho once it's not a good day the way before we start with a result that has given other teams hope that new zealand's rugby union players can be bates and the all blacks lost to south africa and the rigby championship on saturday their first. home defeat against the springboks in nine years south africa

were on a six game losing streak against the world champions going into the match in wellington but they went twenty four seventeen up off time the most that new zealand have ever conceded in a first half at home a thirty six thirty four defeat for them just a second loss in fifty eight home test matches well the result really shaking up the table with south africa now a threat to the all blacks at the top another shock on saturday australia losing its home to argentina twenty three nineteen in that one the pimas first win on australian soil in thirty five years well formula one world title leader lewis hamilton is in pole position for the singapore grand prix after a stunning performance in qualifying. louis if it were up. the street circuit was expected to favor the ferrari of hamilton's title royal sebastian vettel but the miss

a driver was able to climb the seventy ninth pole of his career while vettel finished down in third red bull's marks for stop and will start sunday's race second on the great. wow wow that was a hard core of my vision. that felt like magic. i don't really know where it came from but it all came together. naturally want to say thank you to so the feed back in a factory you know i was working so hard really really so hard to pull out all the extra bits and today i just can't manage just get out one lap just to get it right . but i feel it was the one to get hold we didn't think yeah i mean last it was a bit of a miss the qualifying session but did you know there was too much time missing so. you know better than to. spanish champions boss lyon have kept up their one hundred percent record at the start of the league a season they want to go down to rail suss it out on saturday r.t. the elliston though scoring for the basques side but goals from luis suarez and.

got boss all three points they lead the table real madrid could draw level if they beat athletic bilbao liverpool have made it five wins out of five in the english premier league they taught them to one at wembley goals from geneal them and roberto from a no complaint continued liverpool's perfect start to the season erik lamela scored a late consolation for spurs it's liverpool's best start to a campaign since one nine hundred ninety it was a very good performance maybe all best against tottenham helps so all in all the years since i'm in. well i imagine only five percent less and probably would have lost probably so that's really hard and told them it's probably not have been a moment with the result in up with the performance but because we brought that good it was so difficult for top them today i don't think the problem. reigning champions manchester city beat fullam three nil what for the last one hundred percent record after two one home defeat to manchester united chelsea

a top of the table on goal difference after a four one win over cardiff at an odd scoring a hat trick i think that we can improve. my he is to be depressed the. name game but not the whole month of the club's. maybe was season maybe a little more than a what is this. the maldives have beaten india to win south asian football suzuki cup it's the second time the country of less than half a million people has defeated india in the final the last time was ten years ago so a whole new generation are on the pitch in bangladesh's capital dhaka abraham the same put them on the up after ninety minutes and allan fels it doubled but with just over twenty minutes left late goal couldn't change things for india who have played an under twenty three taking the tournament they miss out on an eight trophy to want them all deaves in this final five time winners t.p.

mazembe a have drawn nil nil at angola as primero did in the first leg of their african champions league quarter final votes much as between chin is in teams as the holes and it's well do syal who are meeting each other and the last eight for the first time esperance the hosts in rather as just outside tunis as well the sile have never beaten esperance in this competition in four previous meetings canady goal of can and cannot go out for us had to be separated out the way ahead of their middleweight title fight the rematch between two of the best pound for pound boxes in the world takes place in las vegas later this saturday their first fight finished in a draw this one the should have happened in may but alvarez failed to drug tests for the steroid clenbuterol well former light welterweight world champion i'm in a can was beaten by alvarez two years ago khan told us earlier the alvarez's doping history may give goal of can an advantage in this fight. well it's not

a week not just because you know me he's a lot more leader now there's a lot more. in there than he used to be no escape so you know you don't know if maybe it was something that he was taking for a long long time now what a fight you is off thinking and some sort of substance like steroids the way out what mentally when that's taking away from your mental that's going to play a very big part in the game because it's going to seem power is going at the seams is going to be s.b. and stronger. so this is what's going to tell a little bit i mean look in the. queue for the best don't beat the best not get one out of the lucky. limb pick champion himself and i just think he might have the number for this fight again even though the first fight was very well i just being this fight i could see a lot of q. knocking out her mellow because maybe he is off all those.

french tennis player junior out benetton retired after the u.s. open this month but an injury crisis in his country the country's davis cup team and he got an emergency call up to france and has now seen them through to the final he teamed up with nicola as france took their two nil lead over spain into the doubles on saturday and showed that to hold they can do some new tricks and win a point with them to. spain's marcel granollers and flossy and i lopez unable to take a set off an unexpected dream ending to have been a tie his career barring another comeback for the final. the usa have taken their semifinal with croatia into a third day mike bryan and why did she win the doubles match against even. in a fifth set tie break crisis to leave the best of five tights he won. while i took command of a thank you for that poor finally an activity that gives new meaning to the saying

it's all in your mind imagine being able to pilot a balloon using only your mind while the london design festival is giving visit as a chance to try that out jessica baldwin went on that flight of fancy. seven meters in soaring in the atrium of the design museum all thanks to brain waves. the weather balloon is controlled by visitors minds their electric brain pulses power the robotics which ultimately control the textile airship and now we're going to. the emerging through virtual reality goggles the pilot sees the balloon lift inside the atrium go through the roof and soar over west london you see yourself sort of going out over kensington and yeah you just you just feel a bit like a balloon yourself very low in every so amazing but the trick is to relax the more relaxed your state's the more base balloon will will saw and rise so it's kind of

based on sort of metaphors around sort of breath and meditation and this idea of like subconsciously soaring and rising it's a fun activity for the london design festival but there are also practical applications that can help those with tense minds learn how to relax and it could revive soaring adventures for people who can't move it's also a way for the museum to attract a different audience new visitors who have no interest in sleek scandinavian design when you see believe you're like oh wow. memories i can i can connect with that it's cool it's fly on the mind pilot is also about a more inclusive future where people with varying physical abilities can become pilots using their thoughts to fly jessica baldwin al-jazeera london. and that's it from a news hour to him thanks for joining us maryam namazie is up next from london with more news on i'll just.

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homes ripped apart roads blocked in the northern philippines the most powerful storm of the year moves on toward southern china after a destructive twenty four hour as. a low i maryam namazie this is al jazeera life from london also coming up receiving a hero's welcome leaders of an ethiopian opposition policy once branded a terrorist group by the government a welcomed back from exile. we have a special report from greece's largest refugee camp overcrowded in facing closure because of its appalling conditions.