circle of points on al-jazeera. indonesian president yoko widodo travels to the area hardest hit by an earthquake and tsunami that have killed more than four hundred people. on robotics and this is all just here on live from doha also coming up tens of thousands march in brazil against a presidential candidate who says he won't accept the results if he loses. and at the u.n. general assembly qatar refutes saudi and u.a.e. allegations that it supports terrorism. and on muska steps down as chairman of

tesla as part of a settlement with u.s. financial regulators. rescue efforts are ramping up in indonesia two days after an earthquake and tsunami devastated the island of soloway see more than four hundred people have been killed in the city of palu alone vice president's use of cholera said the toll could rise to thousands houses hospitals and bridges have collapsed with dozens of people thought to be trapped in the rubble of a hotel and a nearby mall in palo journalist told me so joins us now from jakarta so we understand as i say that the president's making his way to the area now what's he expected to do when he's there. yes in an interim president took over the other is now on his way here he is expected to arrive in provision for vista city of follow in about two hours from now and he'd be for boarding the plane he told

journalists that he will personally inspected two asian underground one he gets once he gets into power and the surrounding area is not clear where exactly in the surrounding areas that he is going to visit. but it is expected that with his vented it will help to smoothen the largest tickle process as well as the delivery of the eight the president is very intense to to show to the nation that he is in control of the situation. and this visit this visit this visit came after he had to cancel a scheduled event in his home town now we also received reports that according to local media the indonesian red cross today is planning to send two helicopters bringing medical aid to the how does hit city of tom gallagher now this represents

a major development because as we know we haven't heard any update in terms of casualties from dongola earlier a local t.v. showed an aerial view of the city of dongola now what we could see from the aerial view was the utter destruction of the city but and yet we still not hearing any official update in terms of casualties damages so we are expecting a rapid development today in terms of the rescue officials said and that's q. operation i mean this is an area of course that has suffered from this kind of event over several occasions previously is the government prepared for this kind of thing because the scale of it going by the pictures that we've been seeing is very very big. indeed because. the most recent earthquake in palo came just over a month before we were hit by another major earthquake in number which killed over

five hundred people there is a sense that the capacity and the result of the government is in this stretched to the limit because as we because the nation is still reeling from the aftermath of the lombok earthquake and the government insists the government insists that they are in control. from the from the first few hours their dispatching their dispatch the emergency officials by air and also by water but the most challenges is to actually get there there's no question about the rapid response but there's big question in terms of how strategy the how strategy the emergency response could reach the hardest hit area within critical hours for example this morning we received reports that after more than twenty four hours. the ground team from the provincial city of markers are finally finally arrayed

follow with of course help what you call that the emergency a process but. questions about. there's no question about the the the search and rescue officials from from the water routes we know that a military hospital ship the part of yesterday is still not clear whether the ship has responded or not and also questions again about the angle of questions are lingering why why until now more than forty eight hours we still not hearing any casualty updates from dongola tommy thank you very much indeed for now. voters in iraq's northern kurdish region are preparing to go to the polls for parliamentary elections the vote comes a year after a failed bid for independence that was rejected by baghdad plunging the region into economic and political turmoil security forces in the region voted earlier on friday let's go to charles stratford who's live for us from charles this is

a big change to the way that politics has been run in the region in the past what can we expect when the polls open today. well as you say this election comes off to what can only be described as a momentous year full the here in northern iraq following that failed referendum for secession attempt last year and then only a few weeks after that the withdrawal of kurdish forces from the area disputed areas around the oil rich city of kirkuk and that area being taken back control of by federal forces now the kurds have controlled that area since the iraqi army fled to eisele in two thousand and fourteen there is traditionally a delicate power balance here between the two main parties in the kurdish region of northern iraq the k d p and the p k one posts are trying to obviously capitalize.

following this full year of politics in this region during this election the k d p very much blame dippy u.k. and around kid cook for being complicit with the federal government in withdrawing from that area and basically giving that oil rich area back to the baghdad government there are also many people here who blame barzani the leader of the k d p for that failed referendum attempt that resulted in being punished so heavily by baghdad voters here so people are saying are very apathetic it's expected that there will be quite a low turnout here and we could see some of the traditional party certainly the p u k losing to some of the smaller polities here but what analysts are saying is it is vital that some sort of unity some sort of understanding comes out of this election between the k t p and the p u k in order for them to put more pressure on the baghdad government as baghdad struggles itself obviously to bring together some sort of coalition federal government in the capital thanks charles. brazil's far

right presidential candidates been released from hospital in salt paulo three weeks after being stabbed at a political rally sharples on auto flew back home to reserves in dinero on a commercial flight it was both cheered and cheered by fellow passengers on while he was tipped to win next month's election thousands of people have been protesting across brazil against him luck in america editor of the c n human has more. out of brazil's largest city and what you see here just a week before brazilians go to the polls is an anti and lecturing campaign it's against him and that these people believe would turn the clock back to the dark ages if he were elected. in every major city and town in brazil and even abroad opponents of ultra conservatives. are taking to the streets . campaign symbol is hash tag not him and this is why it was that

he spews hatred he's against minorities against blacks gays women in a world where that's not acceptable we can't allow him to turn the clock back. as the protests were taking place not a was released from a south hospital and flew back to his home in rio de janeiro twenty three days after he was stabbed in the stomach during a campaign rally. also noddle is leading in the polls tapping into widespread anger over corruption crime a deep recession and what many view as a loss of family values the former army captain says he'd rather his son die if he turned out to be gay. but it is women including celebrities like madonna who are his most vocal critics. he's homophobic xenophobia added special effects and he has no problem standing up in congress and telling

a woman opponent that she doesn't deserve to be raped. others are more concerned about his overtly pro military stance and his praise for brazil's former dictatorship or not or has vowed to fight crime and violence with. most people but it's going to support elsewhere. also not all is a least eight percentage points ahead of his nearest rival in the polls but he also has a forty six percent disapproval rating the highest of any candid it was almost a web page called everyone against. the worst and weeks. when it was hacked the battle for public opinion in this the rise campaign in recent brazilian memory could not be strong. syria's foreign minister has called on the us france and turkey to withdraw troops from his country he's called them

occupation forces during a speech at the un on saturday. syria's government is close to winning the country's seven year civil war and in his words defeating terrorism he says that syria is now ready for refugees who fled the fighting to return to their homes or you are see there two or three ladies and gentlemen today the situation on the ground is more stable and secure thanks to progress made in combating terrorism the government continues to rehabilitate the areas destroyed by terrorists to restore normalcy all conditions are now present for the voluntary return of syrian refugees to the country the country may have to leave because of terrorism and the unilateral economic measures that targeted their daily lives on their livelihoods chris doyle is the director of the council for are a british understanding and he says the syrian government's stance is nothing new. it was a really very well rehearsed playbook of all the syrian regime narratives that actually echoed exactly what he said last year you could have almost displayed that

speech to the u.n. general assembly to be honest it was about you know the regime is winning it's about sovereignty that musk trailer 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 for what has happened blaming the foreign forces i lost count the number of times that he mentioned the word terrorism you know 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 less but to deny the primary responsibility of the syrian regime for what's happening in syria of the last seven years there being strong words

between representatives from the united arab emirates bahrain and qatar the u.n. general assembly yammered secu scotto of sponsoring terrorism qatar's representative body has blamed the u.a.e. for spearheading instability in the region about a house more from new york. there have been heated exchanges between qatar and its neighbors saudi arabia the united arab emirates and behind accused qatar of sponsoring extremism and destabilizing the region accusations strongly dismissed by qatar which said that the emirates is and this are these are the last ones to preach about peace and stability referring to the past track record of saudi arabia and the united arab emirates when it comes to war in yemen and its ability in libya and also united states congress inquiry into nine eleven which

basically play in saudi arabia and the united arab emirates for lax finest regulations and also for for avoiding safe havens for extremist let's listen to what the qatari diplomat had to say about the allegations made by the united arab emirates saudi arabia and bahrain and then with you know listed on our and the net net you do unfortunately what is cause for suspicion is that we find these states target allegations of us and they don't practice what they preach we do not practice respect for state sovereignty and interfere in affairs of other states in fact they terrorize civilians and violate human rights and interfere in domestic affairs of other states in a manner that undermined international and regional peace and security and this has become evident in the repeated attempts by these states to destabilize security and stability in qatar they have plotted and finance an unsuccessful coup attempt in qatar the u.a.e. is representative has accused qatar of fabricating information. god that

is deplorable and that kata as usual has adopted political maneuvers and order to exacerbate the crisis instead of respecting its international obligations and settling the crisis has added an international dimension by discussing legal matters that were taken by the united arab emirates and cooperation with behind saudi arabia and egypt is trying to disseminate false information about the measures taken by our countries these measures were in response to the destabilizing attitudes of the decades and still ahead on al-jazeera turkey's president opens one of europe's biggest mosques in germany despite protests against his visit. to teachers in morocco debate which language is most suitable for students.

hello again it's good have you back well this hour we're going to start here in the eastern med and the reason being is there is a system that's bringing a lot of rain across parts of greece that is going to start to make its way towards turkey and bring some heavy rain to parts of istanbul as well as uncorrupt you can see that circulation out there so as we go from sunday to monday notice that system is making its way slowly to the north so that could bring some potential flooding across much of the area also a lot of clouds here across much of the middle east here across parts of syria down through jordan even over here towards egypt that could potentially have a few showers in it as well temperature wise quite city where we're looking at you at about thirty eight degrees here on monday and then across much of the gulf things not looking too bad for most of us here we are seeing doha about thirty degrees thirty seven here on sunday but a little bit cooler as we go towards monday miska is going to be quite nice as well with a temperature few of thirty three and then as we make a way down here towards the southern parts of africa we are seeing very dry

conditions across much of the area that's a nice change for many of us and the rain appears towards harare but for cape town a dry day field winds are coming out of the north a twenty four and as we go towards monday well more clouds in your forecasts with a temperature of about nineteen. in recent years the song hell of north africa has witnessed the so-called war on terror. but is this official narrative. masking a larger battle. a battle for the earth's natural resources. shadow war in the sahara on algis.

you watching all this here a reminder of our top stories indonesia's president is heading to the island of seoul always a which has been hit by an earthquake and tsunami rescue efforts are ramping up after more than four hundred people died in the city of part of alone dozens of thought to be trapped in the rubble of a hotel i don't hear by mall. voters in iraq's northern kurdish region are preparing to go to the polls in the region's parliamentary elections the vote comes a year after a failed bid for independence it was rejected by baghdad plunging the region into economic and political turmoil. brazil's far right presidential candidates out of also not all has returned to rio de janeiro after being released from hospital that have been nationwide protests against his candidacy also not as known for his

comments about gays a woman and black people. the u.s. securities and exchange commission has announced on saturday that musk founder and c.e.o. of tesla motors has agreed to pay a hefty fine and stepped down as the company's chairman all because of a tweet obviously it is highly jocasta has more. forty million dollars is the dear price for these two hundred eighty characters mosques aug seventh tweet may go down in history as the world's most expensive it announced he was considering taking tesla private at four hundred twenty dollars a share funding secured turns out according to federal investigators that was a lie within minutes of the first tweet tesla's own head of investor relations questioned whether the communication was even legitimate investors and journalists contacted tesla and asked whether the tweet was a joke and it was

a joke according to the government's lawsuit meant to amuse musk's girlfriend the four hundred twenty dollars price and apparent reference to marijuana culture musk was seen smoking marijuana on a live you tube stream earlier this month i mean it's legal right it's all legal ok i'm going to text messages for from her address and saying what the hell are you doing so i can read the display didn't break california law but did send tesla stocks tumbling. now for the august tweet musk and tesla will each pay twenty million dollars to investors who suffered harm musk will also step down as chairman of the board for at least the next three years neither celebrity status nor reputation as a technological innovator provide an exemption from the federal securities laws one must a nice he ever intended to swindle investors will remain tesla c.e.o. but under the oversight of new independent directors the f.c.c.

is requiring tesla add to the board the settlement is still subject to court approval but is a dramatic marker in musk's recent decline once admired as a maverick and brilliant thinker must also founded pay pal and space x. now the american billionaire is mental stability is in question and so to the future of his company's. castro al-jazeera washington polls have opened in macedonia voters are going to decide whether to accept a deal with greece to change their name into the republic of north macedonia greek macedonia and prime ministers have agreed to the change in june after decades of negotiations greece has always maintained that only its northern province of macedonia can claim the name if not civilians indorse the name change it could pave the way for nato and e.u. membership. turkish president. has ended a three day state visit to germany by opening europe's largest mosque in the

cathedral city of cologne it was a visit intended to mend ties but it's also exposed the deep disagreements between the two countries john holl census report. it's said to be the biggest mosque in europe shaped like a flower to signify openness kark funded by turkey. but openness is not what turkey represents to many germans and the visit by president wretch a time early one to inaugurate the mosque in cologne at the end of his state visit was not welcomed by all in this liberal town on the banks of the rhine germans joined kurds in protest. he was going to love it. when i heard earlier one will receive a state reception i it was appalled a slaughter of kurds a warrior who invaded syria with the help of german weapons were imprisoned hundreds of thousands without court orders that someone like that is being invited with the state reception made me get up and come here. the third or when supporters

were delighted to have him there were. all my alien i emphasize that we should focus on our common interests with germany aside from recent diverters as opinion. this is being no ordinary state visit undertaken grudgingly it seems by both sides the invitation made to president who won by a german government realizing perhaps that relations between these two countries with significant common interests had deteriorated simply too far since the failed coup in turkey two years ago but while they reinforced economic ties and agreed on a new initiative to end fighting in parts of syria there were no promises given to release german citizens in jail in turkey nor undertakings made. to extradite the considers his enemies living in germany they will work together they will tolerate

one another but this was not as it was sometimes billed beforehand the coming together of old friends jonah hill al-jazeera cologne egypt has sentenced a female activists to two years in jail for a video she posted on social media area this year complained online about the egyptian government's failure to protect women against sexual harassment it was a member of the band april sixth group which demonstrated during the twenty eleven protests she was convicted of spreading false news that threatened national security a lawyer says she will appeal the ruling north korea's foreign minister says continue to u.s. sanctions are deepening its mistrust of america three young whole address the united nations general assembly on saturday he said pyongyang has taken significant goodwill measures without a corresponding response from the trumpet ministration she has a chance he's got more from the united nations the north korean foreign minister

picked up on a theme that we also heard from the chinese and russian foreign ministers of the u.n. general assembly but the north koreans have shown their goodwill their commitment to denuclearization by dismantling that test site by ending the testing of nuclear weapons and missiles so it's time for the u.s. to take reciprocal action either using sanctions or declaring an end to the korean war the north korean foreign minister pointing out that north korea has more reason to mistrust the u.s. than the other way around the u.s. after all is the only country in the world to actually use nuclear weapons against another country and has consistently threatened to annihilate north korea using nuclear weapons it was time for the u.s. now to act. digital books could sit down with iran was on the idea that sanctions can bring us on our knees is a pipe dream of people who are ignorant about us but the problem is that the continued sanctions are deepening our mistrust the reason behind the recent deadlock is because the us relies on chorus of measures which are lethal to trust building without any trust in the us will be no confidence in our national security

and under such circumstances there is no way we'll unilaterally sells first but the u.s. position here at the u.n. general assembly was consistent might compare nikki haley both saying but maximum pressure still needs to be applied on north korea before new craze ation and only then would north korea see the rewards however donald trump was very upbeat here in new york saying a great deal of progress has been going on behind the scenes that will be revealed shortly that he's not worried about timeframes so it will be interesting to see whether this latest appeal makes donald trump who after all is the most invested in this process in the white house think again about whether it's time for the u.s. to take reciprocal action. india and pakistan have used the un general assembly to accuse each other of backing terrorists they were due to hold talks on the sidelines of the un event but india called off the meeting after the killing of a border guard in the disputed region of kashmir i've been pakistan time and again pakistan accuses india of human rights violations who can be

a greater transgressor of human rights than a terrorist those who take innocent human lives in pursuit of war by other means are defenders of inhumane behavior not of human rights pakistan glorifies killers it refuses to see the blood of the innocent my god being but. the line of control we secrets aleutian of disputes through a serious and comprehensive dialogue that covers all issues of concerns we were to meet on the sidelines of this u.n.g.a. session to talk about all issues with india from india called off dialogue the time for the modi government each time on flimsy grounds they preferred politics over peace. when some of the powerful typhoon trami are battering japan's southern islands as it churns northward towards the mainland dozens of people have been injured by strong gusts of wind and nearly three hundred thousand homes don't have any power flights are suspended and people are being warned to staying inside

western japan still recovering from last month's typhoon gebbie which was its most powerful storm in twenty five years. teachers in morocco are pushing the government to make a firm decision on what language is taught in their schools a heated debate taking place between those who prefer traditional arabic and advocates of a more local moroccan dialect have a modern reports. the academy here has begun in morocco 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 first half and the locally spoken arabic known as that each on. the city's 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. more commonly 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. 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 and. those who defend the arabic language have to tell us what is the outcome of arab biasing 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 there is now in education. the debates may be all the language even older but it's feared if the government doesn't act more students will drop out without an education he will morgan al-jazeera. this is our desire these are the top stories indonesia's president is heading to the island of soloway zee which has been hit by an earthquake and a tsunami rescue efforts are ramping up after more than four hundred people died in the city of pollo alone dozens of thought to be trapped in the rubble of a hotel and a nearby mall polls have opened in iraq's semi autonomous kurdish region for local parliamentary elections the vote comes a year after a failed bid for independence which was rejected by baghdad plunging the area into

economic and political turmoil. brazil's far right presidential candidate a giant also noddle has returned to rio de janeiro after being released from hospital that are being large nationwide protests against his candidacy also now is known for his comments about gays women and black people manning say his views are offensive. syria's foreign minister has called on the u.s. france and turkey to withdraw troops from his country is called them occupation forces during the speech at the u.n. on saturday mall and says the city is governments close to winning the country's seven year civil war and in his words defeating terrorism he says syria is now ready for refugees who fled the fighting to return to their homes that have been strong words between representatives from the united arab emirates back again and qatar at the un general assembly in response to a u.a.e. speech accusing cutout of sponsoring terrorism a representative for qatar said the u.a.e. is spearheading instability in the region. tesla c.e.o. elon musk and the u.s.

securities and exchange commission have reached a settlement over fraud charges under the deal musk will remain c.e.o. pay a twenty million dollar fine and step down as chairman of the company musk's accused of misleading investors after tweeting that he secured funding to take the electric car maker private last month. polls are now open in macedonia voters will decide whether to accept a deal with greece to change their name to the republic of north macedonia greece has always maintained that only its northern province of macedonia can claim the name if it's endorsed it could pave the way for nato and e.u. membership those are the headlines the news is going to continue here on al-jazeera in about twenty five minutes after fault lines by for now. they live in a country plagued by poverty. billionaire mike is all about glamour. and.

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