innovative solutions to global health care problems that didn't make a difference maybe all the old days were good it sure was solved the cure on al-jazeera. this is zero. alarm has i'm sick of this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes. a desperate search for survivors after indonesia's earthquake and tsunami more than eight hundred confirmed dead but the final death toll likely to be in the thousands. what's in a name for macedonians at the ballot box a name change could be the admission fee to nato. polls close elections in iraq skirt ish region one year after a failed bid for independence. and another

a month from the u.s. president for judge brett kavanaugh as the f.b.i. begins its investigation into sexual assault allegations i'm joining with the sports in europe closing in on the ryder cup title over the usa and lewis hamilton wins the russian grand prix that only after his teammate is orders to give way. to . the indonesians are being warned to prepare for a death toll in the thousands off to friday's earthquake and tsunami on the island of soloway see it stands just now at eight hundred thirty two but it's expected to rise dramatically powerful aftershocks still being felt more rescue teams are arriving on the which is about three hours flying time from the capital jakarta most of the confirmed dead are in the city of palu where six metre high waves

crashing ashore were filmed on mobile phones but there's been no word yet from the city of dongola thirty kilometers to the north which has a population of more than a quarter of a million people tommy so gypped two reports from jakarta. the difficult task of looking for survivors this is what is left in the city of after friday's method to seven point five earthquake and tsunami rescue workers frantically trying to find those who may still be a life search efforts are being hampered by block roads and the collapse periods rescue teams stuck by hand to free twenty four people trapped in the rubble of this hotel the owner told local media people could still be heard crying for help but no heavy lifting equipment was available. dozens remain missing in the city of over three hundred thousand those who did survive the quake and tsunami that follow now have to try to lift off anything they can find things like this of people looting

local shops and siphoning petrol from cars are becoming the norm. is very slowly coming in many injured are being evacuated but the red cross estimates that more than one point six million people have been affected but the killer concerns about the nearby town of dongarra where the impact is still unclear don't go is home to over two hundred seventy thousand people but there has been no communication with anyone in since friday afternoon the indonesian president is visiting to assess the damage and reach a so the people more help is on the way but for now bodies continue to field the streets of. anxious survivors being one not to return to their homes as aftershocks continue. to cut. thomas howes the director of program implementation for save the children he joins us on skype now from jakarta thanks very much for being with us so based on the reports that we're getting and i'm sure

there are of course the you you're getting as well what is your biggest concern right now as far as the situation there. i think the report explain the situation very well and obviously it's a save the children we are concerned about the situation for children specifically amongst all of those problems of being outlined you also mentioned very clearly the town of dangler we're very concerned you know we have when you go from there we have teams in the ways you believe not been able to access the affected locations so. right now our main concerns are you know for those who have been severely affected in all of the so one point five million in the general area that my in some way be affected we believe that you know around seven hundred thousand of those could be moderate to severe affected and within that obviously we're concerned about children specifically as well and you mentioned the your teams are

having trouble getting access to those affected regions and we're just showing showing our viewers some of the pictures right now of the aftermath and you know whole areas and roads submerged there's collapsed bridges as well i mean how challenging is it going to be to get the aid to those in need. yeah it's very challenging though there's been a good development today with the year for a little reopening for humanitarian flights which is a big thing that will allow agencies in the government to really start to bring in the much needed stocks and equipment. that we need to kind of. make things make things work essential and yet there's a lot of roads a need to be cleared so this cracks in the road there's also a landslides and you know you you're showing the pictures now as we're talking so it's very very challenging in an earthquake of seven point four seven point five magnitude it's quite area event with and for that to be followed by

a tsunami obviously that's particularly challenging and it's not you know not something that can really be prepared for to this extent yeah and how does this compare with previous. challenges like this previous disasters in this region. so i mean six weeks to two months ago we have also a very large earthquake nearly seven magnitude in the island of lombok. you know it was a similar situation in terms of the amount of people who were potentially affected you know over a million and i think what we're seeing on the pictures unfortunately you know the about people died. in dongarra although we don't have much information from the gullible already i'm a little we're you know we're talking about eight hundred twenty three people you know that's around more of those who died in lombok just under that so it's obviously significantly more impactful earthquake than the lombok earthquake

specifically in terms of the epicenter and in terms of the impact of the tsunami that followed it so it is not a normal event extraordinary event and the challenges are also extraordinary. good to speak we're appreciate you talking to us thomas howells there from a save the children now it is all about the name and whether to change it a referendum is taking place in the former yugoslav republic of macedonia the aim is to try to end a longstanding dispute with neighboring greece which has its own province called yes macedonia so voters in the country macedonia are being asked to decide whether to add the word north making it the republic of north macedonia to keep the greeks happy. smarmy is the republic of macedonia as deputy prime minister for european affairs he said macedonians understand there is no alternative to a yes vote. the decision is between black and white here is not about me answers of

more good or or less good it's a logical that it's behind this question of e.u. and nato membership because the reason why we have signed this agreement and why we have made these negotiations are to open and to pave the way for our nato and e.u. membership so the question is quite logical people today will also whether we want to join nato in e.u. by implementation of the agreement signed greece do you accept this is a huge test for the country and for the voters given that just what two decades ago ethnic albanians in your country took up arms against the government. while a much shorter deal fog people in the all polls we had in the recent period more than eighty percent are in favor in the till and do you also but the problem is that we are living also in the world of fake news and populist propaganda so people

are under this attack of fake news that actually they are changing their identity and everything will be different after signing this agreement of course it is a challenge it is one of the most important decision the people of this country had made in the recent twenty five years after independence but is a decision that for certain will open a new chapter in this country that will provide the security and peace for the hundred years to come but also economical wellbeing through nato membership and through human wish it was so there is no alternative actually for macedonia in terms of geo political orientation there are small parties n.g.o.s opinion makers that actually are exposing all reflecting the mosco view in the country they are small in number but they are trying to manipulate people through as i said fake

news and populist propaganda and i am sure that today people will know to make the distinction and make the right decision. macedonia's deputy prime minister for european affairs there talking to my colleague peter dobby earlier one of the machine is a political analyst and host of a national television political show called program two hundred he joins us via skype now from sculpey a thanks very much for being with us so first of all how significant is this for macedonia if it happens absolutely very important for the country and the future of the country. has been said before with this referendum macedonia should get the deadlock out of the way and get easily into your atlantic family if the referendum goes as it sees expected then all the international leaders secretary-general need

to representative said that the road to macedonia for integration needs really really open and how how strong is the sentiment right now for joining nato. well actually if you ask the people all the or everybody almost everybody or majority said it was a significant majority said that they are willing their country macedonia to be part of nato but for the moment all the focus he said the referendum and the numbers as. you may as well know it is important that more of fifty percent of the population should go out and vote and majority of them then should vote for this referendum and then. everything will be much easier for macedonia for a public of macedonia as it's called here in macedonia right now to be member of nato or e.u.

institutions for the moment everybody's anticipating and to see what is going to be the turnout after a couple of hours until seven o'clock pm here scorpio time all right so let's see if the yes for wins and it's a big enough turn out to more than fifty percent what's the next step. well after that the parliament did will have a very big important role because some constitutional changes should happen that means that the m.p.'s in the parliament to should vote. or actually change the name and accept that macedonia world be called after their republic of north macedonia this is the big. change that will happen in our country after this then in greece also the parliament of greece should to ratify the

agreement between two countries and when this happened the door let's say if you gradually to nato will be opened a very very soon later on the access and talks with macedonia with european union also will be. they started by there will be much easier to go forwards into. integration so basically if the referendum goes on the parliament will have a key role to make changes in the constitution get to speak with you know seen. in skokie thanks very much now us president donald trump has once again publicly backed his nominee for the supreme court he's ordered an f.b.i. investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct by brett kavanaugh that means a confirmation vote by the full senate will be delayed for at least another week. they have we re going to do whatever they have to do whatever it is they do they'll be doing things that we've never even thought of. everything

will be fine but i don't know you never know. what the hell. do i think he's great i don't think has ever been any person that's been under scrutiny like he has been i think it's been a very tough process but he's a good man he's a great great. highly respected for many many years at the top of the list and i hope everything works out great. well let's cross live now to kimberly how kids in washington so kimberly what what's the scope of the s f b i's investigation here and is a week really long enough over. well typically these do take longer but these are exceptional circumstances and the senate judiciary committee mandated that this be limited in scope lasting only one week what we're learning more in terms of the probe is that there will be two investigations or rather two there's one of best

a geisha but it is in looking at two different claims made against judge kavanagh the first of course by dr christine blazin forward the second by deborah ramirez a yale classmate when he was in law school there so those are the two that will be focused on there is a third allegation against judge cavanagh and at this time it does not appear that the white house is authorized for the looking into the claims by a woman by the name of julie sweating certainly this is going to cause some controversy in the united states but at the same time this debate overall is particularly partisan republicans saying that they still are defending their nominee as we've seen from white house officials on the sunday morning chat shows saying that they still believe that he is credible and compelling at the same time democrats raising concerns about if judge kavanagh is confirmed to the highest court right now it doesn't appear there are the votes in the senate to do that but that could change with the results of this f.b.i.

probe that is expected by the end of the week but there are questions about whether or not he would be viewed by americans as being objective and impartial given the seriousness of the allegations against him and how that might play out linger in americans minds. and of course everyone who watched it remembers those the hearing that took place on friday you know many americans were riveted by the whole thing the testimony from from brett kavanaugh from his accuser christine clancy for to what extent was that kind of a window on the mood of the country right now and how divided use. i think what was most striking for many americans particularly myself as i watched a lot of this is that. in the u.s. congress it has always been known that the house of representatives or committees on the house can be particularly rockets that there is quite a boisterous debate that will take place there it is strongly partisan but the

senate was always seem sort of to be and give the appearance of holding the statesman a much more measured and polite discourse but we didn't see that during the senate judiciary committee hearings in fact it was quite strong in terms of the language that was used it was deeply partisan and we saw that as a result of the vote coming out of the senate judiciary committee that it went to the floor only on the condition of this f.b.i. probe so certainly it seems that this is another issue yet another issue that has divided americans even if judge kavanagh is confirmed in the u.s. senate and appears before the high court we should point out that that term begins october first this is certainly going to be an election issue for not only democrats but as well as republicans the midterm elections will not only be a referendum on the agenda of donald trump but also on the conduct of those lawmakers that are currently making this very important decision this is something that will be watched very closely in november and we should point out that if

americans are feeling particularly like they're left with a bad taste in their mouth over this issue it's very very likely that the democrats could not only take control of the house but there is the potential that they could also take over the senate in november so what's the political calculation here for for the republicans then because they're the ones in control of this process and if . judge kavanaugh is indeed confirmed and the republicans take a beating in in the midterms. it doesn't really matter for them because i mean the argument goes elections come and go but the supreme court appointment is for life. exactly and you hit the nail on the head right there with that question i think that there is the calculation among republicans and particularly donald trump who came into office very much with the support of conservative republicans and particularly even christians who strongly believe that the the ideology of the

highest court in the united states was shifting further and further to the left and in order for there to be balance they needed a president who would make these lifetime appointments that they believe would balance the high court decisions so certainly this is something that republicans have factored into their minds knowing that there is a risk of losing not only the house but potentially the senate in november they are pushing hard for this nomination of judge kavanaugh to be confirmed kind of recognizing that this may be the only opportunity because of democrats get control of u.s. congress this potentially could be a nomination the vacancy on the high court that could be left open indefinitely we saw republicans do this under barack obama with the appointment of merrick garland and it's there's very very much an off opportunity here a possibility that it could happen again. kimberly how can live there in washington thanks kelly. plenty more ahead on this news out how broken promises an economic

mismanagement leaving millions of brazilians struggling to make ends meet. and a victory for south africa's a rustic varying community as the top court rules it is no longer illegal to smoke cannabis in private. plus joe will have all the sports including a furious final at tennis is changed to open that's coming up. so unless they have a first britain's prime minister says those who refused to back her so-called checkers plan for braggs it are in her words playing politics to race amaze critics say our plans would compromise britain's sovereignty a conservative party is holding its annual conference in the city of birmingham and with just six months to go until the u.k. leaves the european union it is still not clear if a deal is even possible well before the conference to race in may said if we leave

with no deal we as the united kingdom government are still committed to doing everything we can to ensure there's no hard border between northern ireland and arlen. so what is the checkers plan all about well it calls for maintaining freedom of trade but seeks restrictions on movement of people from the european union into recent days plan the british government regains control of borders britain will stop sending billions of dollars every year to the e.u. but how much britain will pay for its divorce is unclear some estimate around fifty billion dollars a major stumbling block as well as what happens to that border between ireland which is in the european union and northern ireland which is part of the united kingdom and many don't want a so-called hard border sagna going to go is live for us in birmingham for that conservative party conference so sonia just what is

a stake here for to recently over the next few days. will ensure them it's her leadership that's at stake as well as as breck said she's found herself prime minister recently in a very very tough position and despite strong words and a tough stance and her determination to stay the course there is absolutely no guarantee of doing that just as there isn't necessarily a guarantee that there will be a deal on bracks six in the next six months to come but it's really a very tough position she's found ourselves just looking at the side who can contend with bricks that in a pro breaks it there are these two factions there is the faction which rallied behind the checkers deal themselves who heeded the call of the prime minister and there are the others who say that checkers is in effect. basically betraying what bracks it was all about they want to see

a more severe divorce from the european union and they are willing to take it to no deal something that business leaders and other politicians have really warned against saying that it would cause chaos there now most. and all of these extreme bricks it use these hard bricks it call there is boris johnson the former foreign minister he has been very vocal about his dismissal of checkers he has also try to come up with a kind of vision as he sees it on brics it but yet really scant on details in the interview that he gave to a newspaper he talked about even building a bridge between the british mainland and a northern island something which has even been lost well sort of dismissed really by his allies even there but don't forget also that this is an opportunity for boris johnson to try and play for leadership because the reasoning is in a weakened position and boris johnson's perceived as

a very ambitious politician who will try and grab for a leadership challenge if it's possible we don't know which there remain aside there's also a warning from those pro remain and peace within the party who say that if mrs may does not come back with a decent deal that will minimize the damage or breaks it in there would be in their words a polite rebellion. all right sonya go live for us in birmingham thanks five after five days waiting at sea fifty eight migrants have been transferred off a charity ship and handed over to authorities in malta a deal was struck on tuesday to relocate migrants from malta to four other european countries aquarius is the last non-government rescue ship operating in the mediterranean sea. oppose of just closed in iraq's northern semi autonomous kurdish region for parliamentary elections the vote comes a year after a failed bid for independence it was rejected by the baghdad government plunging

the region into economic and political turmoil security forces in the region voted earlier on friday let's take a closer look at this parliamentary election more than three million people were eligible to vote in the kurdish region with more than seven hundred candidates competing for a hundred and eleven seats and that includes five seats allocated for turkmen five for christians and one for armenians but the election is being seen as a test of kurdish unity and public trust in the main parties let's go to charles strafford who's live for us from there bill so charles. just how much of a factor is the economy in all of this. because you say the economy has suffered hugely as a result of the failed referendum last year the baghdad government coming down hard on the goods you pulled out of bed but instead to say that the economy had been

suffering for years that the policy would fall that referendum only exacerbated it has did to force withdrawal of kurdish forces from kirkuk which they controlled since two thousand and fourteen when the iraqi military fled and leisel offensive to kirkuk was hugely important for the kurds because of the oil revenue that they were getting from there in those disputed areas i mean government statistics all sorts or the authority statistics here say they move the ninety percent of households having to survive on less than a thousand dollars a month so we saw a big drop in the salaries of civil service but of course the baghdad government in march also reduced the. of the federal budget that allocates to this region the politicians have been promising change post the two main parties the cavy ph and the p u k as well as

a lot of these new fledgling small apologies as to whether they're going to make any inroads any real danger in will can only be described as a fairly entrenched political landscape a with those two parties still managing so much whether in fact it will make any difference the economy obviously remains to be seen and what implications is all of this going to have for getting a working government in baghdad given that the president of iraq has to be an iraqi kurd. let's right we've seen those negotiations in trying to fool a national government in iraq come stuck for four months now after that after that recount in that controversial election what we understand though is that there are two main blocs that have appeared what's interesting though is that thus far the kurds who won forty five seats in that election have yet to commit to either of the blocks so they are being very much described as potential king makers in any

coalition national government iraqi government and as you rightly say the president of iraq has to be a kurd now traditionally that has been a p u k member. but this year we have seen all these elections we've now seen the k d p putting forward their own candidate as well something that both sides have rejected and indeed the. politicians in baghdad saying that that is not a good idea when it highlights. these widening seemingly these widening divisions between the k.t. pay and the p u k and it also highlights just how important a selection is here these column entry elections in terms of you know the future of political stability not only of iraq but of course the want to reach and. charles thank you charles traffic in be it. now in brazil the outgoing president michelle

tanner had promised to lift latin america's largest economy from a deep recession although unemployment rates a fall in the cuts in social programs have affected poor brazilians mariana sanchez reports from the state of go yes in central brazil. they're back in business but barely one of the largest construction steel providers in the city of gori anya is beginning to supply the national market again just over a year ago. he had to file for bankruptcy most g.m. bankruptcy was the only option to survive it was really sad i thought to feed it we have managed to recover part of our loss but we still have to work hard to pay two million dollars in debts and perhaps he says hire back the seventy workers he had to lay off. in this highly industrialized region in the heart of brazil nearly three hundred fifty thousand people have lost their jobs as

a result of the economic crisis thirty million more brazilians are unemployed. although the country statistic agency says the unemployment rate has been consistently falling now it's more than twelve percent it warns it's because millions of brazilians gave up looking for jobs and joined the informal market to survive professor dyson is one of them her father i've worked as a teacher for more than twenty years but lost my job four years ago i managed to get temporary positions but that isn't sustainable when you need to pay your bills i have children and grandchildren so i decided to work selling food on the streets . one of the greatest challenges for the next president will be to help these worthily and to try to make ends meet with. forty percent of those work for d.l.c. don't contribute to social security and who work without benefit of the national institute of statistics says the pressure on the government is growing. forty

million are underemployed for example street vendors in formality has helped people survive the crisis that began in two thousand and thirteen but in formality is dangerous when people need to use the public services who pays for it in. this economy crisis is in its fifth year the vice president of the state's industrial federation says recovery will depend on the measures the next president takes this is a vest he made up of investors will only come back if they trust in the new president we expect a president with strength to negotiate with the congress to put in practice all the promises made during the campaign that is the way investors will return. back at the steel factory the employees say they are counting their blessings for being in work of the political and economic instability continues and that means at any time they could lose their jobs in the sun just just going on here but as you. all right still ahead on c.n.n.

the changing face of afghanistan's election more women candidates than ever before and biometric machines for the upcoming poll. powerful typhoon in japan forces a quarter of a million people from their homes. and in sport major league baseball's playoff lineup is sacked we'll tell you who claims to last but. we still have some really lively shall is affecting. our recent storm in the mediterranean the medication it's been become known as that cycling spinning area of very wet weather storms possibility the tornadoes i will next day old say so some rain showers that pulling away from greece now yes but they are going to

affect a good parts of turkey as we go on through the next couple of days still a little bit of cloud to just around that the suicide of the medicine the a few showers as we go through tuesday we think should start to quieten down but still the possibility of some really really heavy rain and some flash flooding we'll see temperatures getting up around forty forty one left for baghdad but too far off that full kuwait city thirty four therefore karate warm dry and sunny will join sunny to across the ripest as well would expect to get into thirty eight thirty seven thirty eight. of the mist as a twenty nine that force a lot of picking up a little as we go on. that western side of yemen and just around the gulf of aden the bylaws dry and settle sums it up don't settle too across much of southern africa want to see a sow's in existence you much see the two angola but otherwise says plenty of sunshine for all.

we're. i have dedicated almost my entire professional life to the devotion and fight against corruption and what i have learned is that we need champions we need also to shine the light on those shampoos and this award bridges that gap that existed in this. nominate your own for us from here on shine the light on what they do and to have not shine a light on your hero with your nomination for the international space award two thousand and eighteen for more information go to ace award dot com.

hello again you're watching al-jazeera a reminder of our top stories this hour the death toll from an earthquake and tsunami in indonesia has risen to more than twelve hundred people most of the confirmed dead are in power who on the island of rescuers are still trying to make contact with people in the town of. polls are closed for parliamentary elections in northern iraq is kurdish region the vote comes a year after a failed bid for independence that was rejected by baghdad plunging the region into economic and political turmoil. and that's just an hour and

a half left before polls close in the former republic former yugoslav republic of macedonia a referendum on whether or not to change the country's name the aim is to try to end a dispute with neighboring greece voters to decide whether to accept an agreement to stop calling their nation the republic of macedonia. campaigning is underway in afghanistan for next month's parliamentary elections the vote is more than three years overdue and is seen as a test for presidential elections next april tony berkley is in comp. they can never be described as boring conflicts corruption intimidation and fraud afghan elections have it all but the parliamentary elections due to take place on october twentieth are at least promising something different new government measures hope to put an end to the problems of previous elections election fraud is now a criminal offense voting systems will be cited in public buildings monitored by professional people and

a new advanced voting system will be used even so doubts still linger the afghan government has bought more than twenty thousand biometric devices for facial recognition and fingerprinting to prevent voter fraud but only four thousand have so far arrived in the country and operators have not yet been trained many believe there is insufficient time to get the system up and running meaning a return to manual counting and the possibility of irregularities we are able to post election crisis in candidates will not accept that and the political parties will use as a force to rescue and also to. chart the government voters disheartened by past elections see the biometric system as a big step towards a transparent election process just very thick some did have a biometric system is good because many national i.d.'s are fake and there is fraud votes can be bought the elections are three and a half years overdue but because of the uncertainty over the new technology there

are concerns that it could be postponed yet again with of action is being seen of the next april presidential election then as now the main issue will not just be transparency but it will also be think curity and that is a very delicate situation of the moment with the taliban controlling much a rural afghanistan. the taliban doesn't take part in elections and in the past has had fingers cut off people who have voted the group is making almost daily attacks against the security forces this trend of the taliban is. in the weakness within the afghan government in this is certainly something that emboldened it all about the in the past couple of years. most of afghanistan's population is a literate these men waiting for poorly paid daily work in kabul don't care who is elected they care about survival. right now if i still came here with

a truck of work all of it would go with them all of those because we don't have money and we need food. politics can often be seen is about power and money but for the poor life can be defined by the food on their plate and in afghanistan today many people are hungry tony berkeley al-jazeera kabul. are more than two hundred forty thousand people have been ordered to leave their homes in western japan as a powerful typhoon bears down storm is already injured dozens of people and brought heavy rain to parts of the country south forecasters are warning typhoon trannie will bring record breaking winds possible landslides and floods storms forced airlines to cancel more than a thousand flights and many train services have been suspended that have made reports from tokyo. diven tram is expected to transit over tokyo and the great me to fall into an area throughout the night authorities have been warning people to stay indoors shops and businesses have closed earlier than usual and also the radio

system has shut down since eight pm local time now authorities have warned that in some area they could be rainfall that have been been seen in about fifty years people have taken that advice serious the. streets here would be bustling at this time well most of the people and businesses all around i doubt people bracing themselves for the very strong and storm throughout the night. more on the storm from al-jazeera and meteorologist and it's on fox the typhoon try me is now making its way further north east was and it really is moving so quickly you can see the position of the stall. easing up on that gen ne the direction has already made landfall of rainfall totals we're looking at two hundred forty seven millimeters of rain in only twenty four hours now thankfully i suspect the numbers

should start to decrease because the pace of the storm has been tracking along at around forty five kilometers per hour so really really really quick moving system this one by the time we come to monday you can see how it's clear three broad skies to come back in behind just not just a little further south as this is the next one to keep an eye on this is calm right that's going to continue making its way further north which over the next couple of days looks like a law as you try week four of japan when this does finally move out and i've been trying he does move out of the way but by the weekend this next system will move through and i think we could see further was for disruption across the good parts of the main islands. in the democratic republic of congo there been calls to reject the use of electronic voting machines in december stener election a coalition of opposition leaders says the devices aren't secure and can be tampered with they're also trying to put their weight behind a consensus candidate to take on the ruling party catherine sawyer reports from the

capital kinshasa. it's rare in the democratic republic of congo to see supporters of some of the country's most popular opposition parties together like this but here they are mobilized by key opposition presidential candidates and others who have been disqualified from running by the electoral commission the message in this joint trial is clear they do not want or trust a new electronic voting system to be used for the first time in the country in the election in december. i know they have only one plated deceased them to use in discussions and head the dubious voters who just but if we are together. will. they also question the validity of some sixteen million voters registered without their fingerprints taken electoral commission officials have said taking fingerprints during voter registration is not

a legal requirement that the voting devices are foolproof and changing the system means delaying the paul it's not too late because in the calendar there is no where it mentioned that we have to use electronic vote but we still are. not. we are on what the last thing. those were attended the rally called for a united position this has been difficult in the past because of political differences and pass no interests that twenty one presidential candidates and opposition leaders are beaten. king about backing one against presidential the be less success a man wants a diary but he also said the priority now is to make sure that this electronic voting machines are not used in the election and that the paul will be free and credible many supporters here say this is the beginning of something.

we are sure and believe if all of us and our leaders stand behind one candidate we will when we are already a step forward with this unity. the message was very clear to us that we should start. by the coalition it's not about big names it's less than three months to the election and efforts by the catholic church to get political parties and the electoral commission to talk have so far feels the stalemate complicates an already logistically difficult electoral process catherine soy al jazeera kinshasa. journalists in rwanda are raising concerns over a new law criminalizing anything that humiliates a government official those who break the law either with words or pictures like cartoons now face up to two years in prison and a fine but remains unclear exactly how the law will be policed human rights groups

have repeatedly criticized wonderful clamping down press freedom south africa ross the community says a court ruling on cannabis is a victory for their cultural rights the nation's top court says there they are allowed to grow and smoke the herb in private but experts say the new rules may be difficult to police for minimal or reports from cape town. well. gareth prince is a qualified lawyer he's also rust a foreign he says that he's been prevented from joining the law society because of his culture and daily use of cannabis for twenty years he's fought south african courts to get cannabis decriminalised saying that equality laws should also protect his way of life the greater victory is for the people of south africa in the sense that because rest of our us always advocated that cannabis is for the yelling of not just the south african people but for all people in the world and our

philosophy is that we must make use of what we have in order to get what we want and we have an abundance of cannabis. the rest of therion community in cape town says cannabis is a religious and cultural sacrament the people here say they were often victims of police raids in the past now they can smoke and grow what they call a religious. while it will take up to two years for laws to be officially changed it's now legal to grow cannabis and consume it privately but still illegal to sell or buy it this is a long street in cape town it's known for its vibrant nightlife and as a place to buy cannabis and other drugs if you're found with cannabis on you police conta wristy because possessing small amounts of cannabis is legal but because this is a public area you can smoke it here nor can you buy it south africa's police minister says the new cannabis laws will make policing more difficult. police minister becky

ellis' that if it were up to him cannabis or da as it's known in south africa would still be illegal what a molecule that you're supposed to keep focus on should and you well because into a restaurant because you have an extra amount in your in your house so those are the things that will have to work but is going to lead to work of the sort of the can produce absolutely difficult. but many in the rest of foreign community say the new law is just the beginning and that small backyard plantations should be expanded to allow for the proper farming and sale of cannabis they say it will help the economy cannabis is a source of life for thousands of people in the ghetto and we don't apologize for that we as a matter of fact are not the coal face of the drug industry no it's not it's tobacco and princes now but using cannabis is legal is nothing stopping him from practicing little. al-jazeera caped on it. it's the tweet

that caught the got the markets talking and will now cost the man who tweeted it millions tesla found in a lawn moscow has agreed to step down as company chairman and pay a huge fine i do jocasta reports. forty million dollars is the dear price for these two hundred eighty characters on 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 an apparent reference to marijuana culture was to

mask 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 for a manager and saying what the hell are you doing so if you 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 companies heidi joe castro al-jazeera washington. still ahead on al-jazeera. by terry distort the difficulty for you a difficult day for us let's discuss it after all to record a cup to get a little. extra. team orders make for an all white mercedes victory of the russian wrong joe will have details in sport. this powerful social network is sculpting a global cyber society and regulation is playing catch up but as scandals begin to

unfold they will witness is that we should not be in this position. they will live as much extreme content as they can get undercover to gauge how ethics weigh against profits and how the rules are being written. and signed facebook on al-jazeera. the latest news as it breaks because people are already some of the country's most vulnerable and now they say they need help with details coverage here in gaza more than most places the contrast between scenes like this and the realities of daily life for so many from around the world forty years ago it was all but impossible for a foreign man or woman to live in china let alone marry a chinese but today marriages like this are no longer exceptional.

time for sport now his job has been thank you breaking news in the last hour europe's golfers have beaten the united states to win the ryder cup in france it was its least francesco molinari pinched it for europe with a victory over phil mickelson at gulf national his fifth win of the week the americans had threatened to come back winning three of the first five singles matches but europe only needed four and a half points and they got there comfortably in the end. tiger woods told me on a listen beat george speight and in poulter beat while number one dustin johnson sergio garcia became europe's leading point scorer in ryder cup history by beating rickie fowler there is still one match to be completed but no matter what happens that the americans twenty five year wait for victory on european soil continues.

it was hamilton is one the russian grown prayed to me fifty points clear of sebastian vettel in the race for the formula one title but only after a little help from his teammate for all terry bought us the finn was on pole in sochi he kept the lead at the start so and hamilton held on to second ahead a vettel. problems for how milton after the pit stops vettel managed to get past him but howled and didn't panic he came back and passed vettel to retake second place. then the controversial bit mercedes told bought us to move the site he did and how milton took the lead on lap twenty five he went on to clinch his eight victory of the season and fifth in the last six races. exulted in an awkward radio conversation between bought us and say he's boss toto wolff. by gerry distort the difficulty for you

a difficult day for us let's discuss it afterwards every quarter cup to get a little. space for. yet still no win for both us this season. yeah i mean about you did a fantastic job all weekend and it was a real gentleman too to let me buy a seat is now not fighting for the championship is where we are and. you know it's just been such a great weekend for the team the team of done such an exceptional job to have this advantage on ferrari and have a one two usually would be just elated but you know i i can understand how difficult it was about three but really it is untested talk today and it's up to two to win but. championship wise as a team we're trying to win both championships and. i think today it was a real team effort in all losers and all fighting for the championship. and we are fighting for the core structure so yeah we always have a plan but yeah today's you know it's always difficult to predict what's going to happen and there i was always kind of. i was going to go but. as far as.

on the podium it was russian president vladimir putin you handed hamilton the trophy is his seventieth career when twenty one behind the record of michael schumacher hamilton's fifty points claim with five races to go closing in on that fifth world title next stop is the japanese palm pre. tennis world number one simona halep was forced to pull out of the china open because of a back injury the romanian suffered the injury a week ago the wu han open the french open champion lost the first set to the one hundred thirteenth ranked on earth moved to his yes six one before retiring after just thirty one minutes. third seed angelica reach the second round in beijing the wimbledon champion easily beat france's christina in the benefits in straight sets six two six two the german only managed to reach the second round of the whip hand opened earlier this month. and there were plenty of fireworks in the final of the

chengdu open as bernard tomic to configure fanie me while tomic is usually the one who gets the bad press over his behavior this time as finney who lost his cool after losing a point in the second set the italian got a code violation for smashing his racquet and folding it in half he was also caught kicking it as he lost two sets to one for tomic this was his first a.t.p. title in three years. the l.a. dodgers have clinched major league baseball's final playoff spot manny meszaros r.b.i. triple broken eighth inning titles that are just to attend six win over the hosts the san francisco giants l.a. have reached the postseason for the sixth season in a row the dodgers are now level with colorado at the top of the national league west division after the rockies lost at home to washington. over in milwaukee the brewers tied to the chicago cubs to the lead in their division after beating the detroit tigers six five christian religious to run the home run in the third inning help the brewers to

a six straight win. by new zealand's have won the rugby championship for the sixth time in seven years the all blacks beat argentina thirty five to seventeen and born a side as on saturday they rebounded from a shock loss to south africa two weeks ago to seal the victory by five tries to two argentina have extended their winless streak against the all blacks to thirty two tests. knowing that you know they obviously beat us a couple weeks ago disappointing in their neighborhoods but i guess our major motivator is that we want to be better than we were the week before so the game that we just perform the. next week we don't improve on a well done tonight next week being. that that's failure for us like we need to be growing day to day week to week more on europe's ryder cup victory a little bit later but for now it is back to hasn't. thanks very much joe that is eight to four this news out for me has i'm sick of but i'll be back in

a moment with more of the day's news they would. travel often. by tranquil waters and purple forests and they provide long. safari. on cities. on sundry incentives. in the military. is that so. why icons landmark. valleys and scotland's. made place of glass. on top of the two. it's the places you've trained on. and with dreams come true. when you live for adventure. and discover it in chops when you're warm inside when it's warm on the outside because moments make memories of foreign places

closer than anything. going on says together these cats are always. i'm assuming city a city with a drug. neighborhood consumed by traffic. transforms the square into oak. street and it's. the street of the viewfinder latin america series. this is.

a desperate search for survivors after indonesia's earthquake and tsunami. a lot has i'm sick of this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up one of the leading parties in iraq's kurdish region says it will not recognize results of sunday's parliamentary elections. what's in a name for macedonians said the ballot box a name change could be the admission fee to nato. and another endorsement from the u.s. president for judge brack kava.