illegitimate foreign troops according to him was he talking about here. he's referring to basically two things first of all his head as far as the agreement on it is concerned it's going to be time frame and therefore the heia to hear the sham which the. which the international community considers a terrorist organizations organization does not pull out from from the air you have therefore we're going to go ahead with the military offensive number two he's saying that the presence of turkey turkish soldiers. in the northern part of the country american and french soldiers in the eastern part of the country providing assistance to the kurds is unacceptable and if they don't pull out from those areas then the syrian army has all the legitimate authority to go ahead and to liberate those areas we know that when it comes to the french and american presence is absolutely no way the syrian army is going into mr confrontation because that's going to lead for a massive backlash from the americans but i think in

a way or another he's trying to tell the americans it's almost over because we're left with one area which is it's just a matter of time before we take over that area it's better for the international community to come along you go she it with president bashar assad. the future of the country or the completely losing the war however i have to say that the international community and says this particular moment that if the syrian army backed by russia decides to go after their bubbles in it and use weapons of mass destruction then the americans made it quite clear that they would interfere and that they will use force the french foreign minister joy of locally on that. no matter what i said he seems to be winning the war but his not winning peace as if someone does not win peace but does not necessarily mean that he won the war you know where one another we all recognize that assad has emerged as the when they in this particular battle but the future is not guaranteed for any spotty in syria it

seems that we have to wait for wind some time before we can see an end to this war that has claimed the lives of four hundred thousand people according to moderate and that's sixteen million syrians in need of help six million syrians internally displaced and five million syrians effected out of their homes quite a disastrous situation for the people that have to go through eighty years of chaos war bloodshed and death ok hashem had about a reporter from the united nations thank you let's cross over to london this week to chris story he's the director of the council for arab british understanding thanks for speaking to us you're listening in what was the message that he was sending out to the international community. it was a rope very well rehearsed playbook of all the syrian regime narratives that actually echoed exactly what he said last year you could have almost just played that speech to the u.n. general assembly to be honest it was about you know the regime is winning it's about control over and borders that all from forces must leave except for etc now i

think if you're a syrian. living in hope that somehow there's going to be some sort of political solution they're going to be some sort of exit from the crisis that they're in you're not going to find out any sort of plan coming out of this speech it was a blame everybody else but asked for what has happened is blaming the foreign forces i lost count of the number of times that you mention the word terrorism you know that the regime somehow is the innocent victim of everything that has happened you know to syria that it's other people have used chemical weapons it's others who have adopted terrorism for sure there are you know other parties within syria who have committed crimes who are not good players but to deny the primary responsibility of the syrian regime for what's happening while he did so on the issue of this issue of terrorism he did say that the country's battle against terrorism is almost over what do you make of that point. well we know that not

long after the end of this u.n. general assembly like that is that we're going to see the escalation of the war on it lip and you know you can take your pick as to the estimates of the number of fighters that are linked to. the offshoot of al qaida and other other forces maybe ten thousand maybe twenty thousand depending on who you believe so this is the argument of the russians and the syrian regime that they need to be cleared out but to do that would involve yet another bloody chapter of suffering for civilians or three million people who live in it looked a million of them are children and you know if the syrian regime and the russians adopt the same sort of approach of you know mass bombing of civilian infrastructure hospitals and schools what ones they haven't already bombed then it's going to be

carnage once again you know in all of this the regime might appear very very confident it might say that they have won but the harsh reality is that the syrian regime is now holding two expects tunnel patrons iran and and russia in particular and is also running the remnants of a country that has been smashed much of which actually destroyed its own hands so it's a very hollow very pyrrhic victory if anything we're talking about and if if it is going to deny and try to stop other members of the international community getting involved in the reconstruction process if it is going to thwart any real meaningful political change in syria then it's offering its people very little going forward. ok we'll leave it there kristoffer we thank you for speaking to us from london. you're the news hour on al-jazeera thanks for joining us rescuers in indonesia

still don't know exactly how disastrous the tsunami and earthquake have been on the central indonesian island of so the west see nearly four hundred people have been killed in the city of palo alone hospitals are struggling to treat hundreds of injured people and communication as well as power lines are cut off and coastal areas are so job are reports. bodies lie on the ground outside a hospital in the city of palo as the reality of the devastating earthquake and tsunami begins to become clear survivors looking for their loved ones among body bags on saturday. waves of up to six meters search through apollo on friday evening triggered by a magnitude seven point five earthquake video on social media show the panic as people try to flee palu is home to more than three hundred thousand people but even more alarming now could be what emerges from the nearby city of dongola home to

over two hundred seventy seven thousand people it has gone completely silent while rescue operations are underway in palo there's been no contact with them since the tsunami wave searched in. valuations is the long going and identifying the disease is also still in progress and we estimate the number of accumulated casualties from both the quake and tsunami will increase further and. we also received reports that the tsunami waves reached as high as six meters and some people saved their lives by climbing six metre trees that's more than you indonesia's president joe cole we don't do is so. to visit paolo on sunday some eight along with military reinforcements has been flown in but officials fear the worst is yet to come. indonesia is prone to earthquakes as it lies on the ring the fire the line of frequent quakes and volcanic eruptions that circles virtually the

entire pacific rim door such apart al-jazeera so earthquakes are common in indonesia because it lies on the so-called ring of fire that we were just mentioning it's the line of frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions that circles nearly the entire pacific rim friday's tsunami happened less than a month after the southern island of lombok was hit by a series of powerful earthquakes more than four hundred fifty people were killed and fourteen years ago one hundred twenty thousand people were killed after a magnitude nine point one earthquake off the island of sumatra triggered a tsunami with swept away entire communities around the indian ocean john gelfand is head of the indonesia office of the international federation of the red cross and red crescent societies he talks about the challenges rescue workers are facing right now you know basically. whilst we hope that there will be no more it's not uncommon for those numbers to grow to ari's and there's

a rescue teams going to be more of the collapsed buildings or are searched they're going to be going to only a few areas you are going to. cross the coast. getting into some more remote areas when you have an. an earthquake that is that high a seven point seven in that shallow or ten kilometers it does significant damage i would not be surprised unfortunately and sadly not to see that those numbers go up who are related we have people who don't work for me. we're having to travel ten to twelve hours one vehicle or more of those. water trucks. shelter you know tarpaulins all the cases and we're going to need and we're hopefully the faster we can clear some a better way everyone in the humanitarian. stuff to be korean workers should

there's been criticism against antony's yes meteorological geophysics agency which issued a tsunami warning but lifted it thirty four minutes later all lines of communication and power supply collapsed leading to confusion and the first few hours this is the scene in jakarta airport that's where anguished relatives and passengers are still stranded pollo airport has partially reopened but only for humanitarian aid and some broke down hoft are not being able to hear about their loved ones the record ok nothing like that of course my nephew hasn't been found yet and we don't know where he's taken his mother in japan nearly two hundred thousand homes are without electricity power after a powerful typhoon at the southern island of okinawa dozens of flights have been counseled and hundreds of people have been evacuated typhoon trami has made landfall on saturday and is expected to reach the mainland in twenty four hours western japan is recovering after typhoon gebbie which tore through the country

earlier this month. turkey's president rest of tell you berta on is in the german city you of colo and for the opening of one of europe's largest mosques it's day two off his first state visit to germany since becoming president in twenty four. met the german chancellor angela merkel on friday and the two agreed to work to mend the relationship that's been strained in recent year years that is let's get the latest from join a whole joining us from cologne so there are lots of protests going on against visit but let's talk about the mosque opening first and why it's generated strong feelings in cologne. well he's inside the mosque behind me during as you mentioned giving a speech as we speak about three hours late giving an official opening to this mosque called the biggest mosque in europe there are

a lot of pro dirda one supporters gathered outside here and around this quiet liberal city of cologne where many muslims live where many indeed turkish ex-pats live there are a lot of other protests going on people are very unhappy with their government for extending the invitation for this state visit unhappy about humanitarian issues human rights about freedom of the press about the backsliding of democracy and the treatment of minorities like the kurds and so on it was said that mr erdogan was going to give a speech he's as i said giving it now we don't know what he's saying as we speak but it was going to be a conciliatory speech he was going to talk about friendly ties between turkey and germany and make mention of the fact that many muslims are worried about the rise of the far right here in germany but that issue of conciliation has been supposedly anyway at the focus of this two day state visit although it has to be said it hasn't gone all smoothly and the disagreements and there are many of them between the two countries have been pretty much on display as they are on the streets of

cologne today so they're not much progress has been made jonah when it comes to mending the strained relationship between germany and turkey. well i mean to an extent some progress has been made on a sort of probably pragmatic front they recognize i think the point of this trip was recognizing that relations had slid to such a point over the last two years since that failed coup in turkey in two thousand and sixty that these two countries with huge common interests would no longer really making those common interests work and so there was going to be this effort to try and bridge ties they've decided to cooperate on issues like syria they've announced a new initiative there and there are exist. undertakings which have been reinforced to do with refugees and migrants and they've put up a good show economic cooperation as well to try and help mr erdogan out of his economic crisis but look there are a major major differences on democracy on human rights on the detention of german

citizens there and what mr erdogan sees as the free running around here in germany of hundreds and thousands of his own opponents who go prevented by the german government they've certainly made no progress on those issues and they certainly don't go away new friends or having resumed an old friendship all right john howard thank you plenty more ahead on the al-jazeera news hour including gaza in mourning funerals are held for a palestinian protesters killed by israeli forces on friday. why senegal's government is considering legalizing witchcraft and rick classifying it as a traditional medicine and europe continue to lead the way of golf's ryder cup but the u.s. are threatening to fight back joe we'll have all the details in sports. so funerals have been held for the seven palestinians including two children who were killed by israeli forces in gaza on friday thousands of people were rallying along

barrier fence with israel as part of protests that began in march demonstrators have been demanding the right of return of palestinian refugees and an end to the israeli blockade more than a hundred and ninety two palestinians have been killed so far iran has more from. according to the gaza ministry of health at least seven palestinians have been killed and some five hundred six have been injured all that two hundred ten have to go to hospital and of that at least one remains in critical condition of the israeli army of also reacted they say that nothing was known none of their soldiers to sorry were killed or injured and no damage had been caused by the israeli army has come under a sermon this amount of criticism from not only palestinians but the international community itself what's been called the heavy handed use of dispersal techniques what israeli army doing is when they protested come to there come towards the

border what they do is they use drones we take acid attach them they fly over the part of the palestinian protesters heads and drop they use large fire and they use tear gas fired from jeeps as well what they really army of finding very difficult is the kites that the palestinians are flying which are very basic devices oftentimes they go in the air they have a condom filled with some sort of flammable liquid that's on fire when the clouds fly up and then they cut the string and they flammable liquid falls to the ground causing tremendous amount of damage to crops on these really side of the border palestinians there say well actually this is just all revenge for the fact that towards the border these ratings have been long very long time been using pesticides against all crops and so these protests will continue for as the bohun who is the hamas spokesman issued a statement also on friday saying they would not stop until the end of the siege of gaza and that's really the key demand now that the funeral is all taking place for

the people that died on saturday expect to hear very strong language reiterating what hamas have said saying that these protests will continue and they will continue until the siege of gaza comes to an end. well the state of palestine has filed a lawsuit against the u.s. with the international court of justice over the relocation of its embassy in december that the trumpet ministration officially recognized jerusalem as israel's capital and move the u.s. embassy there from tel aviv that was in may the palestinian foreign minister says that move breached international law and have asked the i.c.j. to order the u.s. to move it back ralph wilders an international lawyer based that the university college london he says the case will partly hinge on the question of palestinian statehood. that has never been before the international court of justice however the un general assembly. made an important decision to recognize palestine

as a norm member state which then the court will have to address in this decision since the court's jurisdiction in this case will only be possible if it can conclude that palestine meets the international law test to full statehood as far as the court's jurisdiction relates to that there is a parallel situation with the nicaragua case that was brought against the u.s. in the one nine hundred eighty s. and in that case as perhaps will happen here the u.s. argued that the i.c.j. didn't have jurisdiction and when the court found that it did have jurisdiction the u.s. then withdrew from one of the particular ways that the court can exercise jurisdiction but what we might see is the u.s. arguing against this and it may take further steps as it did in the nick or argue

a case for example within the u.n. security council to try to impede any decision of the i.c.j. against it toyota has joined several companies warning it will suspend operations in its u.k. plant in the event of a no deal breck's it with just six months left for britain's exit from the european union the two sides are nowhere near a deal prime minister to resign may well get a taste of just how factual is the issue is as her conservative party's annual conference gets underway on sunday and barker has more. britain's on the final strait of breaks it but negotiations are in deadlock the use explicitly rejected britain's latest plan their suggested framework for comic operation will not work we will never accept a deal which will damage z. european union to resume

a proposal was hammered out at her country retreat checkers in july it was the result of months of work the plan calls for u.k. e.u. free trade area and a common rule book for industrial agricultural goods to prevent exports and imports from getting stuck a borders. with the e.u. and u.k. can't agree on what will happen here on the border between northern ireland a part of the u.k. and the republic of ireland an e.u. member the government promised there will be no return to a hard border but it's rejected the e.u. so-called backstop plan to keep the region aligned with its trading rules. to reason may says no prime minister would ever agree to it because it would lead effectively to a border between great britain and northern ireland possibly here down the middle of the irish sea unifying the island of ireland in one a u. custom area so far the government's failed to suggest any viable alternative some breaks it is favored the use of advanced technology to ensure seamless customs

clearances but a similar system in canada took decades to develop and needed billions of dollars in investment there's a big issue over ireland they've got to solve that in the next few weeks but it shouldn't be beyond the wit of man for them to do that if both sides back to me but in the end the the the other option of a no deal is just so catastrophic take it britain but also really bad for the. to resume a's checkers plans also being rejected by hard line breaks it is within her own party former foreign secretary boris johnson a former breaks it secretary david davis both resigned over it johnson said the u.k. would become an e.u. colony if it makes further concessions to brussels. the government also under pressure from political opponents to commit to a new brakes at referendum a so-called people's vote on a final deal to resume a keen nobody voted for job losses nobody voted for a cause in public service for losing their rights which is why now there is more

clearly it will be more clear what exactly is on the table it wishes to be able to look at it again see if they cover their promise and say yes or no we're saying or even. so wants next well there are two e.u. summits before the end of the year one in october and an emergency brake six summit in november both are opportunities to finalize the divorce bill early next year the british parliament must approve whatever deal to reason may agrees in brussels the agreement then needs to be ratified by a super majority of e.u. member states. and approved by the european parliament at midnight brussels time the twenty ninth of next year britain will make history but at any stage hopes of a deal could unravel the road to breaks it is anything but smooth. a coalition of opposition figures in the democratic republic of congo are holding a rally in the capital kinshasa twenty one candidates have been approved to take

part in the december election but the exclusion of some key figures has thrown the votes fairness into doubt and now some of the opposition are looking to agree on a consensus candidate. the congolese who want. we know that side moving they are working to divide us but we'll try to keep one unity that's what we're talking about today unity of the opposition. looking machine sick electoral. vote this ten million have to be removed from the electorate is just let's get more from catherine soren joining us from what options does i beg your pardon actually let me ask about the electronic voting system what are the main concerns catherine of the opposition when it comes to the electronic voting system and cannot be sorted ahead of elections in december. by the

opposition daryn is that the vote in the electronic voting machines that are going to be used for the first time in the election are not secure that they're not provided for in the law and they and they can be they can be happy and can be used to read the result so they want that change that's why i think all this joint opposition political rally basically to put more pressure on the election come electoral commission to leave then and. address that demand they say the message has been on message all the political leaders and presidential candidates who've been speaking out say that they will not go to the paul with the electronic machine. while it's a big too late in the day to make any changes on this question that they must use the. day we all. live here in the copy call constructed to get their views.

and. are on their way to bond in the west of democratic republic of congo three strange is sharing these parts with many others on a two day journey home along the congo river. is the only way for them to travel cheaply in a country with crumbling infrastructure in december they go to the polls hoping that whoever the elect really improved their lives they will for the first time use electronic voting machines. i do not know anything about this machine. the only thing i have is my vote. opposition leaders and other civil society groups say the new system is not secure enough the technology was created by a south korean company which built similar machines while actions in argentina last

year but the devices were then rejected because of security issues that made the call to hackers for russian votes is not. right because in i will we we speak. about. electoral commission officials deny suggestions the machines could be used for wreaking and say changing the system means delaying the election they have the support of members of the ruling coalition. every michel's been taken by the electoral commission to ensure that the process is secure opposition politicians like it is this system are afraid they will lose. about one hundred thousand machines will be distributed across this vast nation the second largest in africa to be used by forty six million registered voters most people. in rural areas of

this sport in the copy. but they are worried about the election in the new voting system but don't many also say that they are more concerned about the basics food shelter security and better ways of getting home than this. in the country. with less than three months to go before the polls changing the system seems highly unlikely but opposition leaders are standing their ground. and. so another big issue that has come out of this. opposition unity and backing one hundred meters to compete effectively. a diary who is at

the president joseph kabila many. opposition. candidate here saying that this is necessary if there's going to be any chance of winning the election have been going on but it's going to be interesting to see how all this started because we have in previous efforts in previous elections. we'll. have over the years been divided and weak and everybody wants to be the. opposition movements are going to be interesting to see how this goes forward but i did speak to presidential candidates who told me that they are still at this because this is what the congolese people want he. feel very early stages in that conversation and a priority. now if you make sure that the election into them by the craigavon it's me and betty all right it's a catherine thank you for that update still ahead on the al-jazeera news our teachers in morocco debate on which language is most suitable for students. and

manchester united a call there at worst start to a premier league season joe we'll have all the details and sports. and i was warm and dry in baku at the moment but there are showers around the caspian and then rather more obvious chest no sister on her side of the mountains and the white house here is returning to the caucasus sourcing the sea redevelopment now in the next twenty four hours you know all the showers here and look further west was developing over turkey and that's the remains of the old well the active medicaid so just a deep blow in the gene but it's spilling shop attentional into the levant so it's lighter rain for a while in lebanon syria eastern side of turkey and of course

a lot of clouds touches down towards egypt and could probably to some still or to the east of that it remains draws not much of a breeze still hovering around the forty mark we've dropped six or seven degrees in the last two weeks so we have below forty for the most part rather arabian peninsula but the current is no longer there in somalia so it's just blue skies there and thirty degrees not overly humid and more in southern africa particular south africa we should see a bit more clouds and rain that certainly obvious in the eastern cape is moving out into southern mozambique it's a frontal system of sorts if you like so still a potential to keep going and bring some interesting rain to mozambique but to be honest at least behind sunshine. were. i have didn't get it almost my entire professional life

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hello again the top stories on the al-jazeera news hour to work quakes followed by a tsunami have devastated the central indonesian island of so the west sea nearly four hundred people have been killed in the city of alone rescue workers still haven't been able to reach many areas which are likely to be badly hit. turkey's president recipe burdwan is in the german city of cologne for the opening of one of europe's largest mosques it's day two of his first state visit to germany since becoming president in twenty four to. syria's foreign minister has called on all refugees to return home valen to free his country from what he calls illegitimate foreign troops when they demolish them has been addressing the united nations general assembly his comments come as more than half of the syrian population have become displaced since the war began in twenty eleven. there are growing concerns

into iran that fighters defeated by iranian forces during the syrian war well now regroup and target them at home it's been a week since twenty five people were killed in the city of gunmen opened fire during an event to commemorate the iran iraq war xandros ravi reports from to herat . a week after gunmen attacked a parade for veterans from the nineteen eighties a run or walk lure one of iran's most powerful men told the country exactly who was to blame for the friday prayer podium the second in command of iran's revolutionary guard corps took him at the united states israel and their goal followers. i'm telling the regime of the u.a.e. and saudi arabia who are the main perpetrators behind this direction in our country and wish to bring in security into our territories that you will not succeed in your attempts if you cross our red lines we will definitely cross your.

you. it was a speech designed to fire people up for the government approved public protest that followed the matter who the actual attackers on the ground may have been many iranians are already convinced of who is to blame for attacks in their country. the incident was funded by saudi arabia and planned by america with israeli support three of them were involved. america it was done by america the great satan. it was america israel and saudi arabia in the days after the attack the intelligence ministry said a network of suspects was in custody all signs investigators said pointed to the separatists while one group claimed the attack another denied it. i saw also claimed the attack and released videos of the men they said carried out but iranian leaders have remained vague about the exact identity of the attackers one former

revolutionary guard commander says a coordinated conspiracy involving all of iran's enemies is to blame for because that at all through the based on experience in iraq and syria palestine lebanon and yemen we know that there is a war who is really officers americans and out of countries and this war room is guiding the attackers different opposition groups are present in this room there is concern in tehran that pointing the finger at any number of outside threats takes focus away from dealing with more immediate ones like violent separatist groups and drug traffickers operating along iran's eastern borders but for now it seems that with every protest the list of names iranians rail against gets a little longer eisel israel the u.k. saudi arabia and of course the old favorite america. the former seen bus ravi olga's iraq to iran the qataris foreign minister says a proposed the u.s. and middle east security alliance won't be credible because of unresolved regional

tension last year in egypt saudi arabia the u.a.e. and enforce the blockade on cats are cutting diplomatic economic and political ties but the country's foreign ministers did meet on the sidelines of the un general assembly has some how about i reports from new york. where gathering of gold fry vel's this is the first time qatar's foreign minister has come face to face with his counterparts from saudi arabia the u.a.e. and egypt since the four countries imposed a land sea and. in june last year. no handshakes no smiles and no news conference at the end of the meeting that lasted almost one hour. two days ago saudi foreign minister. accused qatar of financing extremism adding that his country will be ok even if the

crisis goes on for another fifty years but that can wait also but we have to address the challenges in our region first before we talk we talk about just working like this diplomacy in these communications meaning is engaging and this is why did you feel like you said i was doing was going to ask you a question thank you very much but the war of words between gulf rivals but the united states of america in a difficult position the trump administration is scrambling to put together a regional alliance of countries against iran which she sees as a growing threat in the middle east during the past few days the u.s. has ramped up its rhetoric describing to her as the world's leading sponsor of terrorism as far as america's concern is a sions dishonest by iran and saudi officials blame iran for destabilizing the

whole region and the whole how can she win to him and saudi arabia believes that in order to achieve peace and stability in the middle east what is needed is to deter iran in its subversive policies this is sectarianism and interference in the internal affairs of the region such aggressive conduct constitutes a glaring breach of all international laws and treaties with sergeant crown prince mohammed bin said and will meet on saturday with the i meet of kuwait who is trying to mediate in the gulf crisis but there's no indication of a breakthrough anytime soon. the u.s. wants to address major challenges in the middle east including eisen wars in yemen syria instability in iraq and what it sees as iran's growing into ones in the region but its chances of building a united front remain slim as long as the g.c.c. quo. this is going to do is. new york in a dramatic turnaround the us president donald trump has agreed to an f.b.i.

investigation into his supreme court nominee facing accusations of sexual assaults the limited probe was ordered after one republican senator jeff flake broke ranks in the senate judiciary committee and demanded an investigation before a full senate vote jordan reports from capitol hill to me to know what you're thinking another day of political drama intrigue and emotion on capitol hill only because a brett kavanaugh is nomination to become the next u.s. supreme court justice chief valuable true on friday morning two women who called themselves sexual assault survivors confronted arizona republican jeff flake a swing vote on cabinet they called on flake not to allow a man accused of sexual violence to sit on the supreme court after that flake voted to send kavanagh's nomination to the full senate and he insisted the vote be delayed by a week so that the f.b.i.

could investigate several sexual assault charges against the nominee we ought to do what we can to make sure. that we do all due diligence with a nomination this important. shockingly the republican party leadership agreed they had been stonewalling similar calls from democrats and survivor groups. what may have helped an apparent change of heart on friday from u.s. president donald trump who had also called such an investigation unnecessary i'm going to let the senate handle that they'll make their decisions and they've been doing a good job and very professional development comes at the end of a contentious hearing to recommend kavanagh's nomination with demonstrators getting arrested and senators walking out in protest the big argument whether the republican controlled panel was taking seriously christine glossy for delegate. that kavanagh tried to rape her in one thousand nine hundred two democrats said the panel was ignoring blazin ford because it wasn't demanding an f.b.i.

investigation when it came to these allegations they wanted to cut off that process and you have to ask why you have to ask that but republican said kavanagh's previous f.b.i. background checks never found any signs he sexually assaulted women and so there was no need for a new investigation all i can say about miss ford i feel sorry for her. and i do believe something happened to her and i don't know when and where but i don't believe it was brett kavanaugh congressional republicans and president donald trump say this new f.b.i. investigation can only focus on what they call credible allegations that certain set off a whole new world of arguments with rational democrats what is certain though is that public pressure to find out whether brett kavanaugh ever assaulted any woman has yielded results at least for now russell in jordan al-jazeera capitol hill

police in barcelona have cracked down on pro independence protesters in the city's downtown area local cattle and officers pushed back the group which gathered to demonstrate against another march by spanish police demanding better pay the violence was reportedly triggered when a protester threw paint on a man who was part of the police march tensions are high ahead of monday's anniversary of the independence referendum that was deemed illegal by madrid's. many u.s. communities are still dealing with severe flooding two weeks after hurricane florence made landfall more than forty deaths have been blamed on the storm and its aftermath many in the state of north carolina as andy gallagher reports from goldsboro some people are still waiting for help from the government hurricane florence has passed but the so-called storm of a lifetime is still being felt in the carolinas rivers continue to crest following record breaking rainfall north carolina the cleanup is under way but the worth is

of long term consequences toxic coal ash pits is scattered across north and south carolina the byproduct of the coal industry contains arsenic lead and mercury activists say storms like florence make contamination unavoidable but they still got a deal with a six million tons of poisonous cola and that's probably jones's long campaign to tighten laws around the coal industry and says every storm makes things worse i'm a christian so i do. i think sit back and let people be treated like this. and not say or do anything about and call myself a christian important communities there are concerns about the rate of recovery many residents couldn't afford to leave when the storm came but now that aid is here so being ignored there's not a lot of brought. a minority in the neighborhood another one of the problem here is that they're not getting the services that they me and hopefully the world again

and will change but if this is the problem it's estimated that the cost of hurricane florence could reach fifty billion dollars it's a storm that will long be remembered here and is still lingering hurricane florence may have long since departed but the threat from the storm remains in neighboring south carolina rivers are expected to crest leading to yet more flooding more evacuations and more suffering and here is the waters recede they're exposing potential environmental problems and a long slow recovery for the poor and gallacher al-jazeera goldsboro north carolina or facebook says up to fifty million accounts including that of c.e.o. mark zuckerberg have been affected by security breach the social media giants has unknown attackers were able to take control of accounts through a vulnerability in a feature known as view as it allows users to see what their profile looks like to others facebook says the security flaws have now been fixed senegal's government is considering legalizing witchcraft as

a traditional medicine and politicians say the move will ease the burden on already overcrowded hospitals but doctors say the move is irresponsible and dangerous because hoc isn't a car with the latest on our series looking at witchcraft practices around the world. enters the syrian army like conses first patient. from this first hand shake the witchcraft tells him he can sense there's a bad spirit stuck inside his head no. there is not surprised he suffers from earaches and has gradually been losing his hearing. been hurting for four years he says what follows is a treatment that is both illegal and dangerous. it's normally done behind closed doors but const allows us to film it for twenty minutes the patient inhales fumes of an unknown substance dazed because then pours

a mix of herbes in his nose. for. a minute if only the government recognizes my work and the service i give to the community i could open a hospital and treat all people suffering in my country this practice is punishable with prison. and yet outside our queues of people waiting for treatment there were wouldn't allow us to film inside the waiting room where there are about eighty people inside a small room police officers in uniform men in suits women holding their babies all believing that their which. can do more to treat them than the medical doctor. with one doctor for fifteen thousand people hospitals are overwhelmed with patients there are not enough medical staff so the government wants to legalise witchcraft tree as traditional medicine the law will now be debated in parliament. you can use me but they come in laughing it's because it is so common that we need

to regulate it to protect citizens and alleviate hospitals. but conventional doctors like joseph many oppose the law in his surgery comes another patient suffering from complications from treatment administered by witch doctor those are the you know it's dangerous there will be more sickness more people with disabilities and the law will cause unnecessary death you can't have people with any medical knowledge treating ammons and yet people do advertises his services online promising healing furphy ranging from ten to five hundred dollars. for gary he made this hurdle. gives him a prayer wrapped in this belt. in eight days gary will regain his hearing he says telling him now go and tell your friends about me. still ahead on the al-jazeera news hour sadie's take the front row for the russian crew joe will

have all the formula one news coming up in sport in just a moment. twenty five years after the signing of zero world tells the behind the scenes story of norway's womb the oslo accords they wanted to have what they froze in the ability and reveals how secret negotiations were skewed. why you were told this revolution everything at our club and why they're still here to deliver on so much that was promised the prions of all is low on al-jazeera one of the really special things about working for al-jazeera is that even as a camera woman i get to have so much empathy and contribution to a story as well we cover this region better than anyone else working for us as you know it's very challenging liberally but declared because you have

a lot of people that are divided on political issues we are we the people we live to tell the real story so i'll just mandate is to do the work in-depth journalism we don't feel inferior to the audience across the globe. hello again time for the sports news here is joe thank you very much let's start with go off and europe on course to take a substantial lead into the final day of the ryder cup they continued where they left off on friday winning three of the first four matches on saturday to go eight four up against the united states that included a third straight win for the pairing of tommy fleetwood and francesco molinari and

they just made it for beating tiger woods and bryson to shambo in the afternoon foursomes justin rose and henry extensive also just one but the americans are up in the remaining two games if it stays that way europe will take a ten six lead is the final day singles remember that europe need fourteen and a half points to win the ryder cup while the u.s. only need fourteen to retain it now the pressure is building on jason marine year after his majesty united side were beaten for the second time this week darby knocked them out of the league cup on choose day and now west ham have beaten those three one in the premier league with strikes from philippe anderson marker now to bitch and an own goal from victor lindelof marine your did nothing to reduce speculation about his relationship with paul pogba when he substituted him midway through the second half is now four premier league defeats for united and with just ten points from their first seven games it equals their worst ever starts to a season to start losing after five minutes is not

a positive start but. that you knew it. was an offside was offside goal but. north. last tuesday. will be there's a lot. movie of the ones when movies made his mistake and. we were punished we got the ball and icing the felt it felt good. to arrive with a certain intention and. and to consider all of the five. now champions manchester city brighton to nil in the last few minutes of their game that will be enough to see them go top for the next few hours liverpool could take back the lead later if they'd be chelsea it's the team's second meeting in just four days after chelsea not livable out of the league cup. it's a formula one involved terry bought houses taken pole position for sunday's russian grand prix the finnish driver did it with

a record time at the sochi track why he celebrated his first victory last season it's his second pole of this season his mercedes team mate and championship leader lewis hamilton so monday to the first two qualifying sessions for mistakes in q three meant he had to settle for second he's in front of main rivals fast in vettel though time is running out for the german ferrari driver who's trying to make up a forty point deficit on hamilton in the standings with just six races left. here it is nice that in the end i may fall for improve a little bit and i don't know really well what happened i think you're part of the staff but. there appears to feel a little bit of x. you know it takes somebody very strong but. it's a great track and the weather's fantastic great crowd and it was just it was intense naturally as it always is that is my last three laps were not special so you can always get it right and you know at least we're still in the fight for the rest of the team did an amazing job. obviously it was important to get as close as

possible to them and then we see but it's true they've been very quick so we're suits more as a long race we've seen that the tires are very important for today i think yeah it should have been a bit closer the gap but not not enough to be a threat ahead of time we stayed in the last sector but i knew that i had to improve by half a second so i you know had to try didn't work but you know i'm quite quite happy. meanwhile russian driver daniel fat cats will make a surprise return to the sport in two thousand and nineteen he's joined toro rosso for the third time the team that dropped him last year period ghastly who is moving up to the main red bull team coutts has been working as a development driver for ferrari. the colorado rockies have clinched just spot in major league baseball's postseason with a win over the washington nationals the rockies beat the nationals five two to secure their eighth win in a row and consecutive playoff berth the first time in franchise history david dulls

scored a home run for his fifth straight game colorado is still one game ahead of the l.a. dodgers with two games remaining in the regular season we probably won't make the playoffs but sure here autonomy is close to capping off a remarkable season with the angels the japanese sensation helped his side to an eight five victory over the oakland a's on friday the twenty four year old also stole third base in the second inning giving him the third twenty homer ten stolen base rookie season in angel's history. now if you haven't heard of bell a russian tennis player. before then remember her name now the twenty year old was outside the top one hundred less than a year ago but she's had an incredible rise to the ranks and on saturday she beat and it comes of eight in the final of the open six three six three she lived up to work on the sixteenth in the new rankings released on monday. meanwhile world

number four patrick fitters beds to qualify for the season ending finals in singapore suffered a setback on saturday the two time wimbledon champion was knocked out of the china open in the first round by a straight gov real over world number thirty three government over dropped just three games in the victory that of a could still sealed one of the six remaining spots at the year end finals this week pending on results all right that is all useful for now entering thank you very much joe and teachers of morocco are asking which language ought to be taught in schools some say it's classical arabic while others prefer a more local version the mix of languages is also being blamed in part for high dropout rates and now educators want the government to make an official decision her morgan has more. academy here has begun in morrocco and students in the capital have returned to school to find words from the moroccan dialect added to

their courses the language update is reviving the debate on the status of the main spoken language arabic specifically classic arabic known as and the locally spoken arabic known as. the application of moroccan dialects and teaching at public institutions is a violation to the constitution and a violation of the requirements of the law that puts the process of change and development within the whole educational system such an application will lead to distorting the educational scene and the linguistic scene. moroka speak a language that mixes arabic also known as and foreign languages such as french and spanish arabic is one of the two official languages but for the past fifteen years or so diary which combines arabic words with local dialects has been increasingly introduced the languages debate is sparking another about the kingdom's education system morricone schools have

a high dropout rate only half of middle school students continue on to high school and less than fifty percent of them graduate the lack of trained teachers and low attendance rates are partly blamed and so is the conflict between director and classical arabic some say that reflects a confusion in the government's language policy alaeddin a deaf ear on a lot of those who defend the arabic language have to tell us what is the outcome of arab izing education since one thousand nine hundred eighty on the other hand what do we want from iraq and dialects in the field of education what is the function of foreign languages what is the function of the language that is now in education mostly that of italian the debates may be old the language even older but it's feared if the government doesn't act more students will drop out without an education people morgan al-jazeera thanks for watching news hour on al-jazeera back in just a moment with much more of the day's news same in a minute. fresh

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