we given enough for the electoral commission to get its act together to make sure that there is a fairly reasonably credible election on sunday so let me just. could you speak to where we are right now as you mentioned those four million ballot papers meant for the are in the country now which is a big relief to many people the voting machine that had been recalled from the different province this we are told are already here technicians are reprogramming them now out of what the materials that were meant for other parts of the country are in the different regional headquarters they will be or are being transported to the various then and eventually the polling stations as well but that's another big problem logistically this is a country that has very poor infrastructure we are talking about places that you cannot get using of all or even a bicycle you have to walk on this is also the rainy season of some parts of the

country lauren as well and they've been a boy outbreak in the east so all these complications making it even more difficult for the electoral commission and it's also important to note that the government has refused all international help to call help financial help from the u.n. and other countries as well a lot of people really just watching to see how exactly this week is going to play out this is going to be a very difficult we could not had any word from the government or not had any what either from the president joseph kabila and this is causing a lot of concern here thanks very much indeed catherine sora live person contrast of that. so to come on al-jazeera. tributes former soldier turned politician paddy ashdown who went to uncover was crimes in yugoslavia. and revival of the greek railway offering a rant ticket to success for the country's economy.

hello there it is mostly dry across the southeast in parts of china at the moment with what they say area of cloud just nipping the far south east and that's giving one or two of us a few outbreaks of rain but even that begins to break up as we head into cheese day and with a bit more sunshine the temperatures will be rising as well so this time we should get to around twenty one degrees there will still recent rain to once the south air that will be every part of the philippines and stretching its way down towards positive viet-nam the coast here looks really quite wet we're also seeing a lot of wet weather over the southern parts of india and sri lanka you can see the showers on the satellite and here we're expecting plenty more as we head through the next few days so some pretty heavy downpours here it is usual at this time of year during the winter months see further north

a bit of cloud perhaps for the central belt but to the north of all of that is fine and dry with the temperatures dropping away now we are seeing quite a bit of fog and that's caused a bit of problems a few problems that in new delhi after the arabian peninsula here is pretty breezy at the moment so the temperatures there around twenty two degrees by day but dropping into the mid teens at nice which is fitting a bit cooler for us that when still going to stick around as we head through the next couple of days and further south when it will be a bit warmer forces a lot of the hops making it all the way to twenty seven. young african footballers are traveling to thailand in hopes of becoming professional players but they risk discrimination and exploitation. when one has the best of thailand's football factory on al-jazeera getting to the heart of the matter how can you be a refugee after a while it borders between five safe countries facing new realities the pain starts

from the very beginning of the school providing context housing is not just about four walls and a roof hear their story on talk to al-jazeera. or minor top stories on our syria at least two hundred twenty two people have been killed and hundreds more injured after a tsunami struck the indonesian islands of java and sumatra. thousands of protesters have taken to the streets across to don on the fifth consecutive day of protests over rising food and fuel prices. ballot papers from the democratic republic of congo's long awaited presidential election have arrived in the capital kinshasa a poll was written to show you up for sunday but was pushed back by

a week after voting material was destroyed by fire. it's been two years since i was there a journalist mahmoud hussein was arrested and detained in egypt he hasn't been charged with any crime is imprisonment has been repeatedly extended despite international calls for his immediate release alex could offer us reports. for two years my hoodoo same has been locked inside an egyptian prison his right to trial denied his legal rights rejected the al jazeera journalist flew to cairo in two thousand and sixteen to visit his family after he landed he was questioned the detained without being formally charged he suffered a broken arm and was refused proper medical treatment egyptian prosecutors accuse the kata based journalist of broadcasting what it describes as false news and receiving foreign funds to defame state institutions he strongly denies the allegations and so does al jazeera echoing international outrage the un has been

calling for his release rights groups have reported in our poll crackdown on egyptian journalists since the military deposed the first democratically elected president mohammed morsi in two thousand and thirteen the suppression has increased under former general now president of the federal sisi the committee to protect journalists say at least twenty media workers are being held in egyptian prisons hussein's detention has breached egypt's own penal code and since he's being held without trial for more than eighteen months the maximum period allowed for anyone being investigated for a crime he should have been released or taken to court neither has happened and two years in his family and others are waiting for justice alex to topless al-jazeera the french president emmanuel mccaw has been speaking about the u.s. decision to pull troops out of syria speaking in chad he also paid tribute to the u.s. defense secretary who resigned over the decision. i deeply regret

the decision taken in syria i would like to pay tribute to general mattis and to the remarks which accompanied his decision over the past year and a half i and the french minister of armed forces know he was a reliable representative and constantly reminded us of the importance of what being allies means on the ground in syria the impact of troops decision is being felt turkey is sending military reinforcements to its border with northern syria including one hundred vehicles and tanks mounted with weaponry machine guns and commanders a deal agreed between ankara and washington in june has meant technician u.s. troops have been holding joint patrols in the west of the euphrates river to he wants the city cleared the fight has sent a hundred reports from the turkish syrian border. turkish military reinforcements are being sent deep into syria to the front lines north of the city of mumbai the message turkey is sending is that it's ready to use force if members has not handed over to what it calls its rightful owners the turkish deployment followed reports

that the syrian army planned to move in there will be a vacuum once the u.s. begins with drawing its troops from areas across northeastern syria controlled by the syrian kurdish armed groups the white p.g. . people are afraid after reports of a possible military operation another reports that the regime was to capture the city were preparing to escape if the regime enters or if there is military action. the u.s. military in what is known as the members' military council are the forces on the ground but the turkish government and the syrian opposition say the council is a front for the white p g a group they consider terrorists and separatists who have exploited the fight against eisel to carve out a state of their own members is among predominantly arab areas under why peachey control over i don't mask this has been making its position known state media has

been broadcasting images from the white b.g. controlled region of what it says are protests against a possible turkish offensive the government has accused turkey of territorial ambitions turkey's main objective in syria is to prevent the establishment of a kurdish state along its borders so as not to inflame separatist sentiment among its own kurdish population it's not clear if turkey will accept why petey's rule to be replaced by that of the syrian government but if it does its will demand guarantees that the y.t.d. is rendered ineffective. turkey's president has promised to dr eisold and the chief from syria his military has changed its posture strengthening turkey's hand a serious players likely engage in backdoor negotiations to prevent what could be a new conflict that occurred on the turkey syria border. french authorities have defended aggressive police actions during saturday's yellow vest demonstrations in

paris a video of a police officer pulling out a gun on protesters near the shore new has been widely shared online critics say it was disproportionate the police say they were acting in self-defense meanwhile president in one year back home is warning protesters will face the most severe legal rip repercussions possible benefit reports from paris. with just a few hundred yellow vest protesters on the shelves elisei on saturday night a small number sparked a violent confrontation with police. as the policeman scrambled to save their bikes pulled a gun. the whole incident lasted about three minutes but is an indication of how quickly a quiet protest can turn ugly the. yellow vest protesters described as act six began peacefully on saturday and became a nonstop march through the streets of paris the aim is always to reach the elisei

palace on the front door of president emanuel macro but with police blocking roads leading to his official residence the yellow vests just kept walking and walking. you need if you don't it is clear that the response including judicial would be the most severe possible no it is calm and harmony that must prevail. many people here that we've spoken to not at all interested in the concessions present manual drawn up to make they say they don't go far enough but too little too late and they will keep protesting right into the new year. for six weeks yellow vest protesters have been demanding relief from high taxes and more help for france's poorest the numbers of fallen from around three hundred thousand nationwide in the first week to about forty thousand this weekend. but it's with al-jazeera paris. two people arrested in connection with the drone disruption and britain. second largest airport have been released without charge flights were suspended for more than thirty six hours at gatwick on wednesday night after the trains were spotted close

to the runway around a thousand flights were diverted or canceled and hundred forty thousand passengers affected tributes have been paid to the former leader of britain's and it will democrat party paddy ashdown who has died aged seventy seven for a short illness he served as a soldier before turning to politics and also worked to uncover war crimes committed during the conflict in yugoslavia catchin of us were on reports that. he was a towering force and british politics credited with making the liberal democrats britain's third biggest party to have is the ashdown a conviction politician he devoted himself tirelessly to centrist politics for more than a decade and was admired across the political spectrum for his powerful oratory is it not now perfectly clear that what the government has to offer the country is not a continuation of the cure it's more of

a boy born in india and raised in northern ireland he later served in the royal marines and special services his influence went beyond britain becoming the un's high representative for bosnia and herzegovina in two thousand and two where he investigated war crimes including the massacre of more than eight thousand men and boys in the town of seventy two during the conflict in yugoslavia he was a forceful advocate for international intervention he would later give evidence at the trial of the former serbian leader slobodan milosevic he retired from politics in two thousand and one but remained a prominent voice campaigning vigorously against bracks it it's not my job to be popular he once said i'm goal driven my job is to get results. llopis of the yuan al-jazeera. the partial u.s. government shutdown except to continue through christmas after no make has failed to break over budget spending the shutdown began midnight on friday after democrats

resisted a request from president don't trump the more than five billion dollars towards his mexico border will the senate which must pass a deal has now adjourned until thursday john hendren says the democrats a confident the government will be fully up and running in the new year. the u.s. partial government shutdown looks like it will go on for days democratic leaders say the two sides are very far apart and the incoming democratic leader of the house of representatives once the democrats take control of that body in january she says we have certainty we will end this the first week in january that is when democrats take over the republican leaders in the house and senate are more or less standing by it like manic and that's because the negotiations right now have to go on between the white house and president trump on the one hand and democrats in congress on the other because president trump wants more than five billion dollars

for a southern border wall along the border with mexico and democrats don't want to give that to him they know that once they take over the house of representatives on january third that they'll be able to block that measure it least in that one house but meanwhile the president says he is not going to his vacation home at mar a lago in florida that's where his wife already is she will come back and they will spend the christmas holiday here in washington d.c. hoping to hash this out but democratic leaders say that is unlikely to be resolved any day soon. a space x. rocket has successfully launched from florida's cape canaveral it's the first u.s. national security space mission. by the space transportation company and rocket is carrying a u.s. military navigation satellite worth around five hundred million dollars. grace's rail industry is the smallest in europe but it's been revived since the country's economic crisis which saw the government forced to give up its monopoly

in the sector and as press reports its about to you spectacular results. athens commuter railway was built ahead of the two thousand and four olympics and it changed the lives of outlying communities a journey into the city that used to take an hour by car now takes twenty minutes by train. it's very convenient i'm a cancer patient and had to go into hospital for surgery i used to go by taxi and bus but now i just take the train it's a feat grayle hopes to repeat by the end of this year when it fully electrifies the country's main rail line from athens to the northern port city of the seventy that'll have travel time to three hours and twenty minutes so the train will now compete with the airplane that line will help realize another ambition this train loaded with goods made in china is headed for budapest the rail yard here in the port of paris is part of china's new silk road to europe the idea is for this port

to become southeast europe's main supply line. these changes are happening as a result of greece's economic crisis port operations were sold to the china ocean shipping company the government rail monopoly was broken up there are now seven competing train operators and helena grayle was able to focus on one particular area upgrading track now the industry is trying to make up for lost time. is the smallest in the european union. one percent of passenger journeys by land and one of the half percent of overland freight transport compared to european average of eight percent that's because after greece joined the european union in one thousand eighty one most infrastructure spending went to rebuilding its motorways and rail was neglected so the trains currently move only a tiny fraction of these containers inland most leave by truck that is about to change this twenty five hector freight marshaling is the largest in southern europe

and hellenic rail has just taken over its management the shit on the graph look at this chart connects the container port with the rail network and beyond from asia will enter here and will be distributed across europe greece's economy will acquire a new dimension and greece will become one of the biggest freight rail hubs in europe. even though the greek market suffered during the crisis the country is now taking advantage of its geographical position to produce growth. and equipment you can catch up any time with all the stories we're covering or check out our website address or that. dot com. or mine and on the top stories on our jazeera at least two hundred twenty two people have been killed and hundreds more injured in a tsunami on the indonesian islands of java and sumatra it happened in the strait

between the two popular tourist islands scientists say it was triggered by an underwater landslide after the. ok no erupted on saturday or to crashed in land destroying homes and roads there is. on java island and said. and there are already hundreds of rescue workers in that disaster zone in parts because of how close is enormous hits to jakarta indonesia its capital where all the emergency services are based the fear malveaux is of a second tsunami if move all kind of activity causes more on the water landslides and that's why i'm here in chile going about five kilometers inland from the coast up with hill the authorities are saying that nobody should be along that coastline tonight in the dark in case another wave hits sudanese police are reportedly fired tear gas to disperse protesters thousands of taking to the streets across the country on the fifth consecutive day of demonstrations over rising food and fuel

prices the country's doctors say they'll go on an indefinite strike in the first of a series of work stoppages. papers for the democratic republic of congo's long awaited presidential election has arrived in the capital kinshasa up to four million papers were due by saturday to replace those destroyed by fire last week but they also damaged more than eight thousand voting machines the presidential poll which was origination usual for sunday has been pushed back by a week. it's been two years since understeer a journalist mahmood hussein was arrested and detained in egypt without being charged with a crime is imprisonment has been repeatedly extended despite international calls for his immediate release the white house is warning the partial u.s. government shutdown could stretch into the new year after lawmakers failed to break the stalemate over budget spending democrats are refusing to agree to president trump's demands for more than five billion dollars for his mexico border war the

senate which must pass a deal now joined until thursday. to stay with us on out of there if you can next up when i want east and more news after that by phone or. young list african footballers are leaving their homes and loved ones behind and heading to thailand. they arrive with nothing but their talent and a dream to make it as a professional player. but the competition to get on the field is intense and

discrimination and exploitation is all too common. i'm steve on this episode of one east we meet aspiring african footballers as they try to make it in time and big league. in london college of the english. continent. nothing other than a battle zone along with a man on the phone with authentic a bottle up razor thin and five days of doing all. over the. oppression making a. it was sort of. a it is a muffin love. and i got asked i think it's all or none of it are there is

that us off they it's not that they have one. job as you nobody. in this job uncle fred if i'm going to. seal up the initial up and. get him out of the alley easy if you wait that much and i'm coming to you made the soup and they've got to get on the club. was using me. as it was about due to technical news of the vehicle new to evade the fed may bring me a bias in. touch through first arrived in bangkok one month ago here he shares a room with fellow army to football is. very good if you do.

it in office now then why are you for. such a nice because i'm a professor of welsh lapham and i did it in a much as your employer doesn't offer you a jumper one day and the next i'm going to isolate did shift it pushes gaza city they're going to new give it i'm decision because you're under thirty. it's someone have russian it's sad that after much as you do to live through them not this a process you tussle really took out to fifteen hundred euro for this trip and then to the country on a tourist visa. he has two months left to get signed by a club. tesser rue is one of several hundred foreign amateurs trying their luck in thailand the

country is on the cusp of becoming a major footballing nation in ten years it has created a homegrown footballing enterprise comprised of four professional divisions supported by around one hundred clubs. the salaries can be as high as ten thousand euros among. the youth has turned from boxing to embrace the beautiful game. for every inspiring success story there are plenty left behind. just north of the capital one team is fighting for survival. the lucky son. the lucky son isa's children is named as a tribute to the country's poorest region. after

being relegated to the fourth division between is now trained by foreign coach. bozeman shareef good. all. his spoken thai is perfect you know albeit with a give me an accent. shareef his next professional himself now turned asian football pioneer. i don't buy it to get long on my lazy it. when they're doing you know a good. sum in the book in their place and i think. it probably means that death is the more he knew. what. was going to. awning six hundred fifty euros a month push shareef a long way behind manchester united's manager. but he does lay claim to

the title of thailand's first professional coach of african descent of all like they don't sit there. going to thailand then my good even to the good of these ome known that. go memoirs and. before you. know man i say to these guys on the go team is actually going to go. see me long and then let them go. i low. long. legged heroes i see happening the lucky son have the smallest budget in the fourth division around one hundred fifty thousand euro which this pace is sonorous of twenty five players a mix of time and international talent as well as a coach and his staff limone along local. news.

in the flick of. him i found full enough liaison d'alessio does go up in front of them on the scene if. it can be done it's on they keep aslaksen. currently holding fifth place in the championship the team could still win promotion to the next division i am not a man of p.t. the team would propose a meal for the end of each training session. and. it's a welcome recreational break for the team of. the . national guard. and i mean did you know that why would. anybody in your article know.

even if you know. that. if they did more and more there would be no matter. how. thailand has a southeast asia's second biggest economic power and its business class have plowed investment into football. the national league is already listed at sixty million euros on the stock exchange. forty four year old. is a successful market speculators and has amassed considerable personal wealth.

and you get a. retreat if you are there and that you. feel you people if it. sits on the boards of several companies is also from the time to invest in a football club as the owner of the lucky sign they. are. well you have a model army back in the. hole did. it be done tom de lay the only other than paul good day there were clearly of the good it would. get arrogant. since its relegation to the fourth division the lookee san has lost all of its sponsors leaving to finance the club alone. god knows when kong will come on the phantom team the.

team. all of the team lead well which i you will mind being able man how line well . if a tie if a nickel but one thing that bought into down in that's online that been a lot longer than. that on high seed on to go up in some of the big behind the no one. despite these financial issues still managed to find the money to buy some form of stars of the first division a guinea and striker under defender from sierra leone. he also sends coach sharif to scout for fresh talent in the stadiums of bangkok. eat. and. drink make.

later that night in ram command and the tournament is underway shareef m.p.t. are on the lookout for a diamond in the rough. some just. on display is a mixture of both toy and foreign players. while its. players from the ivory coast cameroon and guinea are in abundance. to avoid oh no no no. i'm good from tunisia. but. coach sharif is known to most of the african players here to. save. big log in it. on loan yes i think.

any idea would. be if there. was. no. competition amongst the african players as tough. as those in the terraces weren't able to earn a place in the tournament like peter kenyon in a dire situation. having arrived in thailand on a tourist visa he was exploited by his club manages one thai gorge conducted we in the us house if i have it drug industry or the whole of the world with political her mood will be two o'clock in store again to do our much work without but i didn't leave for the five for the money there's no money and just made a. dozen trying to do it up in a beat it out to play because normally most affordable. is.