far from over for many people here this feels like a brand new day one that stingy with hope and concern remember the next governor will inherit 74000000000 dollars worth of debt on an island still recovering from 2 major hurricanes committed than anything else the future leadership of this country will have to win its people's trust and now it's maybe the biggest challenge and again approaches syria san juan puerto rico. there's optimism in the kurdish region of northern iraq the economy is improving off to the formation of a new government many people are now hoping for a more positive future with a shovel name or false image of being. that when we 1st met the hussein ismail family last year they were worrying about how they would pay their bills each month after their salaries were slashed kahar works for the government and bacall teaches the government owes them even more money $15000.00 in unpaid wages but at least

now they're getting paid their full salary. and a good salary still feeling secure we're getting our full cellar is now ok but we can't be sure that will be the case next month there are 1400000 people working for the government and public sector in the semi-autonomous region of northern iraq they watch their paychecks shrink or disappear beginning in 2014 that's when the war with ice will began the price of oil plummeted and the federal government in baghdad cut budget payments to the kurdistan regional government austerity measures were implemented and workers paid the price with reduced salary. the dispute has been resolved the new prime minister who came to power this year says the estimated $10000000000.00 that's owed to public sector employees will be paid although he's not given a timeframe the government says unemployment has dropped from 14 percent in 2016 to

9 percent so far this year there's more confidence among people like businessmen come out aga he develops residential and commercial buildings he says when i saw began terrorizing the region he was forced to put 20 percent of his construction projects on hold. on them and i lost between $14.00 and $16000000.00 now i have a belief with the stability of the situation in the kurdish region the wheels of the economy will be back on track will earn money again and business will be fine with the freedom to think beyond meeting their minimum expenses because all is focusing on the family's future. and. we have plans in our heads the 1st one is to visit the doctor so we can pay for fertility treatments to have a 2nd child if we keep getting our salaries as we are not all will be able to fulfil our dreams for their 4 and

a half year old daughter to knock the hope of having a sibling to play with can't come quickly enough natasha going to. the governor of hawaii is to negotiate with protestors over the construction of a giant telescope the $1400000000.00 project being built on a mountain sacred to indigenous hawaiians well some of them have been blocking access to the site from most 2 weeks as mike hanna reports to gather for the mob after more than a week of protests by native hawaiians and activists the government in honolulu was forced to act this week the state's governor visited the controversial construction site of the 30 meter telescope project pledging to listen to the concerns of the protesters the demonstrators say the project would disagree the sacred ground supply hawaiian mountain. and the governor now recognizes the grievances saying

he's willing to work with the protesters and we are committed to. finding a weak or. in a peaceful more concerned mood most important to harbor dialogue and much opposition will be required. as we move forward i don't want to see anyone suffer and we will see people get sick and die if they're forced to spend 3 weeks 3 months or god forbid 3 years blocking this road i'm heartened by his presence i'm glad he's here i think he will experience what we've been saying about what this place looks and feels like about our conduct about. the passion of all the people who are willing to withstand these these cold temperatures and i should conditions many native hawaiians have long been angered by the presence of a number of pubs of a trees on the mountain they know as mana chaos but the $1500000000.00 project also

has supporters who are expected to rally at the state capital on thursday among their many native hawaiians insisting the project will create jobs the international attention over the mountain protest has drawn star power actor dwayne the rock johnson is samoan but grew up and how why and understands the pain of protestors at what they view as sacrilege some of us not to have a perspective a culture of respecting people and doing things the right way american people but underlying the debate an argument that his about more than a sacred mountain it's also about the state's economic interests being given priority. over native hawaiian cultural rights a concern that resonates far beyond the big island mike hanna al-jazeera. still ahead on al-jazeera spalled this spring legend drops in on some unsuspecting

marathon runners in new york for the whole be here with that story.

corresponds franzen's catch up with a game with followers thank you so much sammy ireland's 1st test match against england has turned into a nightmare they were bowled out for 38 in their 2nd innings to lose by a 143 runs at lord's arlin bowled in lead out for 303 year early on day 3 it meant they required 182 to win but instead they were blown away by the english bowlers chris woakes taking 6 for $1738.00 is the 6th lowest score in test

history meanwhile australia have recalled cameron bancroft for the 1st time since he was banned for ball tampering the batsman is part of the 17 man squad for the upcoming ashes series against england former captain steve smith and opener david warner are set to play their 1st test after serving long year long suspensions for their role in the scandal another cricketer who was once found guilty of corruption is pox on fast bowler mohammad the mere 27 year old has announced his retirement from test cricket he played a total of $36.00 matches taking $119.00 wickets amir will continue to play one day and t 20 matches football's governing body have announced that the final this year's club world cup will be played in caps are on december the 21st the 17 tournaments will begin on december the 11th with european champions liverpool one of the confirmed participants liverpool will enter the tournaments at the semifinal

stage on the 18th catarrh is hosting the next 2 editions of the tournaments as preparation for the 2022 world cup. police in london are investigating an attempted carjacking involving 2 players from english premier league side arsenal both mesut ozil and saeed a cholesky act were left and hurt following the incident on thursday c.c.t.v. footage shows the cholesky axion here wearing a black baseball cap confronting a man carrying a knife both attackers eventually sped away on the moped ozil who was in the car at the time and kolesnik back were not injured the pair had just returned from the united states where arsenal had been on a pre-season tour. one of the teams that arsenal played all mad to around the dread the 13 time european cup winners are still in the u.s. wants friday they'll take on athletico in the 1st madrid darby to be played in the america's rail are coming off the back of this win over arsenal and maryland one

player that won't be featuring is marco asensio the 23 year old forward with a score in the match but later suffered a serious knee injury he could be out for 9 months but the real manager has refused to say whether the club will be forced to buy a replacement. so. you believe that i'm thinking about that right now the player that will replace marco we're disappointed we're told by markos injury but we have a match on friday are we going to deal with than play a good match and later we'll see we'll return home and see what will happen but we have a squad about as a squad we have right here a group of female amateurs arriving every stage of the tour de france ahead of the male pros they're trying to push for a women's version of cycling's biggest race but the organizers of the tourist say it isn't possible for now it's up there reports. the spectacular peaks of the french alps still dotted with patches of snow despite the summer heat there is no

our mountain passes more than 2300 meters high for these riders it's a tantalizing test of strength and part of a campaign for women's tour de france the world's most famous bike race is exclusively for men we want a women's race equal to the men's because the tour de force is monuments it's the race for the best way to encourage young women to cycle is with media coverage of a big women's race 5 years ago this group of women set out to raise awareness about the inequalities in professional cycling each july they ride all 21 stages of the tour it's a challenging route of nearly 3500 kilometers but they do so in conditions. far less comfortable than the men's with traffic a modest support team no prize money or funfair. this year these international really does have joined them where every day guys have got full time jobs and if we can do it anybody can do it we've got

a lot fatigue in the legs it's live in nations all over the place as well because it's quite draining mentally as well as physically because we don't have the support that the professionals have in the 1980s the organizers of the tour de france experimented with the women's race but they said that it failed to attract enough public and media attention but times have changed women's sport is popular and now the organizers are saying that they are considering an equivalent women's race. the a.s.o. company that runs the tour has yet to provide details of a future race but it's expected to be longer than they one day a women's event these tour enthusiastic say it would be a welcome addition to the cycling calendar. woman's world cup team had lots of coverage so why not a women's tour de france at the end of the 18th stage the galley be a pass is a grueling climb but the prospect of a women's tour makes the effort worthwhile to just move you forward at the idea

that the organizers of the tour think it is possible to create a big stage race in france for women riders on the really deserve it. reaching the top is overwhelming for some but the sense of achievement is clear and with only days until the end of the 3 week challenge these women are riding high natasha butler the galbi pass the alps france. and retired sprint champion the same ball dropped in on some unsuspecting runners in new york city the jamaican surprised a small group that organized marathons in the city the 33 year old 32 year old then joined them on an evening run through central park won't be competing at the tokyo olympics next year but says he'll still be there. do i want to just experience sort of pick for the 1st time just as a regular person go to the stadium to watch you know i mean go watch all the sports because i've never really got no watch a lot of support so for me it's something that i would really talk about and i've

told my team that i haven't made up my mind what i want to do so through the process of law figure out and what they're showing or walked away we're going to end up at the olympics where i'm definitely going ok that is all your sport and i was sorry back to you thanks so much for a well that's it for this news hour i'll be back though in a couple of minutes with another full bulles and so stay with us. bogost and i just. want to want to use to investigate how illegal loggers a plundering some of cambodia's last remaining foreigners marking 2 years since the start of myanmar's military campaign that schools hundreds of thousands of the hinge of muslims into exile how you look in countries and billions of you supplying arms used in the gamble resulting in the world's worst humanitarian crisis another bid to preserve multilateralism within

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pakistan is a than this is out there a line from the house so coming up a week of record breaking temperatures in europe but there's a risk the heat could further melt the world's 2nd largest ice cap. historic court ruling for gold miners in south africa worth more than $350000000.00 cost of medication in the u.s. is sending diabetics across the border into canada. more children are becoming victims of the government and russian assaults in syria's rebel held it live province the un civil rights chief has condemned. what she calls international indifference to the rising death toll michelle bachelet a says those targeting civilians should be charged with war crimes that's one of us you may find some of the pictures in zona hold this report to be this being their

images that have shocked many a tragedies like this are happening nearly every day in northwest syria where the government's assault is it likes. a loved one desperately trying to save his daughters as they dangled from the edge of a building destroyed in a syrian or russian airstrike that's the 5 year old we have held on to our 3 year old sister program for as long as she could. but then they fell to the ground i died. well one is struggling for life in hospital. the high number of people killed and injured here particularly children reflects the scale of the humanitarian situation war monitors say there have been at least 800 civilian deaths 200 of them children since the russian backed syrian government offensive began in april in the past months at least 33 children were killed

according to save the children that's more than in the whole of 2018. they are linked all with it and most of all it's the places they live in that are being hit marketplace is hospitals not the facility is schools no one and nothing it is the thing more and then. these scenes have become all too familiar rescue workers at times dig for hours to find survivors and remove the dead civilian infrastructure schools hospitals. and help the syrians are protected under international humanitarian law they're meant to be spared and yet they're being impacted more than anything else so there has to be outrage. the latest offensive is no different from previous ones during the 8 year war they are carried out with impunity and little accountability. the pope sent a letter to syria's president bashar assad asking him to protect the lives of

civilians the european union says attacks on critical civilian infrastructure must stop the united states and the u.k. renewed calls for a cease fire an adlib but the international community statements have not been backed with action. the bombardment hasn't stopped it's intensifying the u.n. describes what is unfolding in islam as a worsening nightmare for the civilians they are not players in this conflict but international humanitarian rights organizations say they are being targeted. istanbul. the past 10 days have been particularly violent in the southern countryside of diddler province in that period the united nations says at least 103 civilians have been killed in air strikes of those deaths 26 were children the u.n. blames the syrian government and its russian ally schools hospitals or markets and businesses have all been the targets u.n.

adds with the frequency of the attacks unlikely they were hit by accident it's estimated that 400000 syrians were displaced in the past 3 months but one couple are and is the head of policy analysis at the arab center for research and policy studies and he says targeting civilians is a government tactic to punish rebel fighters in the fighters are on the front they are not in the residential areas which are being targeted these days. but this is the usual tactic that is being used by the russians and the syrian regime all along in order to put pressure on the fighters by actually targeting their civilian. the civilian was eventually areas they are trying actually to force them to war submission because you couldn't actually advance on the ground they had been fighting for the past 3 months right now and they couldn't make real progress. on the ground this is why actually they are trying to punish them by targeting the

civilians in order to put pressure on them so that they can actually. have some sort of. submission by them through this way. the un is demanding immediate action off of the worst moments throwing in tragedy so far this year as many as $150.00 refugees and migrants feared to have drowned off the coast of libya around $300.00 people were on board 2 boats that left the town of homs east of the capsule under our faults. put her children on a wooden boat she was trying to make it to europe by any means possible instead the journey became the worst tragedy this year in the mediterranean sea nearly 150 passengers were rescued by local fishermen her son wasn't one of them she's blaming international organizations for a lack of support and most of the animals that i lost my 7 year old child i don't

want anything now except to go back to my country sudan to die there. survivors were returned to libya a primary departure point for people fleeing poverty and war in africa and the middle east one person drowns in the mediterranean for every 6 that successfully reach europe's shores we've now had more than 700 deaths on the mediterranean this year if current trends for this year continue but will see us past more than 1000 deaths on the mediterranean for the 6th year in a row it's a really bleak milestone the really bad is thinking about it comes just weeks after more than 50 people lost their lives in a detention center following an ass strike into jura and really once again stress is the edge and see if it was needed of a need for a shift in approach to the situation in libya in the mediterranean. libya's coast guard continues to take migrants to 2 jura the detention center holding mostly

african migrants that was bombed 3 weeks ago by air forces believed to be loyal to the warlord khalifa haftar it's near the front line of fighting as have to our tries to take the capital the u.n. says the current model which is by. by the e.u. must change one where libya's coast guard intercepts and forcibly returns people caught trying to cross the sea. there's a conflict going on and in my view simply come on in. there used to make money for people who have to pay their passage quite often by being indentured servitude in effect a little bit will notice these is not a happy situation. turning away from it or banning books from rescuing people are certainly not the way to go the u.n. refugee agency estimates that 6000 other refugees and migrants are being held in libyan detention centers even though they haven't committed a crime yet they remain highly at risk of getting caught in the conflict or dying at sea and are schapelle al-jazeera. sanctions on north korea or face of a having

a devastating effect on the economy it's shrunk by the most in 21 the years according to figures compiled by south korea's central bank but it doesn't appear to be having an impact on north korea's military ambitions coming out and says missile tests this week were a warning to its neighbor private force from seoul. the figures provide the stark is devore dense yet of how sanctions against north korea are hurting it economically last year the economy contract did by 4 point one percent that's on top of a 3 and a half percent contraction the year before at the height of the nuclear and missile testing crisis when the tougher sanctions were introduced compare that with 2016 when the north korean economy grew at nearly 4 percent better even than south korea in the same year figures released earlier this month in seoul also show how sanctions have cut north korea's trade with its neighbors by nearly half with

a staggering 86 percent drop in exports especially affected has been its mining sector with a complete ban on one of its biggest exports coal it shows the extent to which kim jong un stated ambition to develop his country's economy rather than the military is being frustrated but state run media is reporting that thursday's launch was overseen personally by kim and that the missiles were a new type of guided weapon much harder for anti missile systems to detect and intercept the north says there were a warning to the war mongers of south korea but seemed calculated not to jeopardize the chance of a further summit with u.s. president donald trump they haven't done nuclear testing they really haven't tested missiles other than you know the moral ones. the which is something that just

came seems to be following the same strategy of using his country's advances in military technology to build pressure for crippling sanctions to eventually be lifted rob mcbride al-jazeera sole. hundreds of activists remain packed inside the main terminal of hong kong's airport as they continue their call for greater democracy it's gone 9 pm there and this is the scene in the main arrivals area crowds have been gathering since friday morning trying to take their message to international visitors angry at what they see as china's growing influence in hong kong affairs and the government's response to weeks of mass rallies protests began over a planned extradition will but have now grown some of the biggest in decades. thousands of mine is in south africa who have suffered potentially deadly diseases have reached a historic legal settlement worth $350000000.00 in

a class action lawyers for the mine workers sued 10 major companies for compensation of what became known as the silicosis saga 6 of the companies accepted a deal which is now being approved by court in johannesburg up to $100000.00 miners all their dependents could benefit many miners were affected by lung disease or other illnesses as a result of their work which is for is a human rights lawyer who's been working on the case for many years he says the court's decision sets a landmark in the history of minors rights in south africa before then there was no such right in south africa and there was no sort of accountability on the part of employers towards workman who shouted from occupational diseases so that was the big breakthrough retreat you live in. but the last 78 years have been spent litigating against the mining companies.