hundred or more are still expected to come on buses in the following days and that does certainly stress the resources that are available here and they may have to stay here for many days if not weeks if not months and the reason for that is although international law sanctions of a person to make an asylum claim once they reach the country's borders the u.s. government is the limiting how many people actually set foot on the u.s. daily to near trickle about thirty people a day and so these families with asylum seekers having traversed the continent have her i'm on on foot there now to america's doorstep so they're feeling they're putting their names on a wait list that is now at more than a thousand names long and it is going to take weeks if not months before they have a chance to submit their asylum claim. heidi thanks very much indeed for that how did you castro reporting that from the top one or. two former presidents of

madagascar will face each other in next month's runoff election. and mark arrival of manana came out on top in last week's presidential poll the second round was triggered when neither gained over fifty percent of the vote needed for an outright when the european union observer mission said despite some irregularities overall the election was well organized for war crimes suspect all for the record some has been extradited to the hague for his alleged role in the trustees against muslims in central african republic this comes just days after a warrant was issued against your khatami who is a sitting member of parliament he was the senior leader within the basically christian movement is five to systematically attacking the muslim population of to select a rebel seized power. al qaeda attacks in northern mali are increasing especially against the u.n. peacekeeping mission despite the challenges u.n. troops are trying to fill the gap left by eight inches who have fled the violence

as. the conflict in northern mali has caused hundreds of thousands of people to flee their homes and lose their livelihoods those who can't leave often leaving poverty facing hunger and violence their region is remote there are no public facilities or services and aid agencies are unable to gain access to most areas. of the u.n. mission in mali you start with stabilizing the country and supporting the population the mission of other foreign armies is to provide protection for people and their property but they have their limitations their mission is also to protect the flow of humanitarian aid but it's becoming extremely difficult now add to that the fact that relief workers themselves do not want to be escorted by men in arms. this may look like a un peacekeeping force but in fact these are al-qaeda fighters on their way to launch an attack the tactic shows how dangerous the situation has become for civilians and foreign armies in mali on qaeda attacks on the united nations mission

here and other foreign armies have become a daily occurrence and this despite the fact that the role of the un mission is not to participate in war but rather to keep the peace now added to its insecurity challenge the un is trying to fill the void left by aid organizations says our intervention in the area of the taj. but the thirty eastern today believe one of our largest projects which is to come to some here is a larger force chart green goblin well over three hundred people work and that's an important institution not only for the return of people who were displaced by events in two thousand but wasn't for me in the torso for the food security in the city. your own troops are also digging wells for biting solar power for education and helping schools in remote areas it's an attempt to win hearts and minds and prevent armed groups from gaining the loyalty of the population but insults are

visible but limited save the villages here. i am and if it had been a small has provided some water for us but it's not enough look at the plants they need water more water and we need it as well in order to drink and farm better. and others in his village may not be quite happy but they will surely and viewed by hundreds of other villages in more remote and vulnerable areas of northern mali combination of war lack of not to resources on neglect have made me a survivor of the number one concern here mama divide. the number of people killed by powerful cycling which barreled into the coast of southern india has now risen to thirty three cycling struck six districts of time on the two states on friday with heavy rains and winds that reach one hundred twenty kilometers per hour more than eighty two thousand people are in emergency shelters in four hundred state run comes authorities have sent drinking water food and paramedics to help the evacuees

in those camps even to him mohammed has been sworn in as president of the middle deaves he unexpectedly beat outgoing leader delay you mean in september the island nation has grown in strategic importance in recent years as china and india vie for influence in the region so that has promised an india first policy his team is also reviewing the millions of dollars of investment from china as well as related that its all its predecessor was considered close to beijing iranian president hassan rouhani says iran and iraq could raise their annual bilateral trade to twenty billion dollars despite u.s. sanctions it made the remarks following a meeting with visiting iraqi president. the visit comes just weeks after the u.s. re imposed sanctions on iran's key oil industry as well as its banking and shipping sectors washington says tehran is breaking the two thousand and fifteen international nuclear deal and interfering in regional conflicts. well let's get

more and main story there is reports from the us that the cia has concluded that the saudi crown prince was behind the murder of jamal soji lets me not only who is an expert on side of political affairs and the director of the think tank the gulf institute joins us from washington d.c. welcome to the program i'm curious first of all to get your assessment of what the mood must be like at the top level in saudi arabia we're not hearing a great deal from the crown prince and his team but what's your assessment of how they will be viewing the situation i mean this is a mixture of defiant and. extreme where i think the the monarchy the government is set to make a big announcement next week maybe by tuesday during a. cabinet minister the weekly cabinet minister regarding this issue and i think it

will be both domestic and regional and maybe even beyond that because now the danger is coming closer to the man in charge of a medicine man who is in charge of the country and he needs to make some steps to prevent any escalation of the of the situation because it indeed what steps can he make. i think it is there are people talking about opening the mystic scene by freeing thousands of political prisoners so he can have domestic support maybe even basically pushing his father out and becoming a king and that's very possible because that will shield him as a head of state from a lot of criticism that people are thrown at him at the moment and i think there is also some policy change in the region. maybe the relationship with iran or. the war in yemen so well and also his situation over the

blockade against qatar so these things could could be reevaluated to to have some support from the regional powers that i think iran would be the first when he would be looking at at this moment this is the thing is the you have nations like the united states they just like turkey and others who will use this crisis to their advantage of course again as i think the iranians advantage is not to occur yet he has over the the iranians will see this view this is an opportunity to have improve the relationship with the saudis and they honestly they have been trying but the saudis have been turning him down and this is an opportunity also to to a sickly in the war in yemen and focus on on and basically protecting and preserving the monarchy or a medicine man himself from being isolated and turn into

a rogue actor in the international scene so it's very important major step will be taken but it's not going to include they would draw or removal of mohamed is a man because he cannot remove himself he is the man who has the power the only the only man in fact who has power in saudi arabia at the moment and it seems he has a pretty powerful ally in total trump. yes but even of donald trump turn against him he must calculate for that possibility that doubt cannot be trusted as. he would turn against mr muhammad has had a month to model we don't know i mean it's a great to get your perspective on this do appreciate it thanks very much indeed speaking to us from washington thank you for having me thank you are coming up in just a moment ago sport reigning champion became a different a get four legged prizewinning the ski season opener in finland.

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but the emotions are known to all still relevant and entertaining across countries cultures and centuries jessica baldwin al-jazeera london. strode over to poland got support nic thank you very much roger federer's hopes of facing novak djokovic and the season ending a.t.p. tour final have come to an end he's been beaten by alexander's vera in the semifinals there in london but as so hell mark reports the twenty one year old german's victory didn't come without controversy a shot to a one hundred singles title was on the line for roger federer in his tall final semi against a very game alexander's very the german himself was looking to win his biggest title and he started well winning a close first seven five. and while the second was even closer it will likely be remembered for a moment of controversy. out for three down in

a tie break vera stopped the rally because the ball boy dropped a ball and despite the london crowd not being impressed with the umpire ordered the point to be replayed. that the federal ultimately paid the price for an unforced error made by somebody else. the german would win three pay point and go on to seal the match and a spot in the final with thank the but the founds would not let him enjoy his moment while played zac said that was such an exciting match an exciting time break a fantastic atmosphere i hear how did you get the win i thought the with the polish i saw roger it and that already he told me to come in and that's ok you know it's obvious in the rules like that i want to apologise to the crowd as well i mean obviously there's a lot of roger friends here and you know if he deserves it i should. know

what he's achieved and what kind of guy is whether the fans like it or not bad results and if there are through so he'll malik al-jazeera well federer atop the defeats in good grace and said there had been no need to build his opponent i was trying to think what would i have done in his position you know. bowled to stop the rally because i don't know if it's an umpire's decision or not and while you're hinting that might go through your head you know so i would have probably said i'll probably keep on playing generally these things happen i never like it we see it in other sports all the time in tennis it's rare so when it happens it's we feel it really is very personal and we take it very direct you know and i think it's unfortunate that this happened such a doesn't deserve it i'll chalk eventual be a big ask falls vera in the final this.