it is. and yes i mean if you're intentionally targeting civilian areas that's a war crime and i know the commission even despite all of the publicity that these airstrikes is getting now she's concerned that this is falling off the international red out why do you think that is. well you know it is getting some attention and certainly you're highlighting it on this program but it tension span is shorter and shorter and it's taken you know many days this campaign's they to scam pain in syria has been going on for 3 months so it's really taken a lot of casualties a lot of really horrendous scenes like the ones you were showing earlier to bring any attention and this is not like it was you know in the 1st few years in the syria crisis people really were paying attention and it was constantly in the news there was a lot of in national political engagement and so on and we're just not seeing that now it's just like a sort of collective shrug about what's going on in syria and it's such a vast scale now hundreds of thousands of people killed many hundreds of thousands

more you know badly injured or maimed for life and really the outside world paid very very little attention and certainly not sustained attention and certainly attention that's not making any difference or bringing over that resolution any closer review this collective shrug this lack of international action to try to stop all of this do you think this is because of russia's veto powers on the security council or is or does it go beyond that. well certainly is security council's been you know effectively paralyzed on syria it's had 8 years to to try and sort out this this problem and it's failed and you know there are 5 states with the to the new year in takes one to be to block any kind of resolution so as curator council has not succeeded but i think it's not just the security council is really the powerful states you mentioned russia but the other powerful states also could have influence on the situation. and they simply haven't succeeded in making

that that count and what we're calling for now is a suspension of hostilities right now because civilians are dying every day these awful scenes of small children in being pulled out of rubble and dying and it is truly horrendous and it seems to be a war without end at the moment and something needs to change in serious negotiations a serious effort to stop the fighting in the killing and dado talking about a calling for a cessation of hostilities but i know you've also been documenting civilian casualties that are being caused by other groups the one so if i say fighting assad's forces do you think that we're seeing a military escalation at the stage where we're definitely seeing a military escalation in general but a particularly from the government forces and their allies over the past 3 months or so and just in the past 2 weeks i would say it's escalated even further with

daily attacks and multiple attacks daily when over and above what we were talking about this morning we were hearing of more as strikes last nights and some early today as well so it's ongoing it's relentless and the people suffering most of all i'm not the fighters on either side it's the civilians who are caught between them refit beyond a cessation of hostilities what does the commission actually want to see happen here. well i think that's the 1st and most important step you know stop the killing stop the fighting then you provide some space for negotiation for for a settlement to bring this war to an end 8 years is incredibly long time if you think back to other major crises in recent decades none of them have gone on this long on this scale and. that's you know i started my career in the u.n. when the balkans crisis was on a boat was near a core issue and so on and that was an awful episode but after 4 years there were

serious efforts to end it and it did come to an end. where in syria it just the you know the were efforts in the in the early years then they seem to have more or less petered out in there's really nothing very solid happening the supposed to be. you know deescalation agreement for it lives as opposed to be agreements on or you know semi cease fires if you like they're just not sticking and indeed one party or the other all sides seem to be trying to take advantage of the existence of agreements that they make and then the stick to reproach covell there from the united nations high commissioner for human rights thank you for joining us on out of there now israeli soldiers a 5 tear gas that palestinians protesting against the demolition of homes in occupied east jerusalem groups held friday prayers at what d.l. hamas where homes are and by palestinian families were destroyed on monday the houses are on land controlled by the palestinian authority various human rights

organizations and the u.n. have criticized the demolitions matheson has moved from that. just a few moments ago the prayers here in what a whole most ended and the violence began it started when a group of palestinian protesters who also been holding prayers further up the hill started to make their way down carrying palestinian flags the group on this side of the fence which is the occupied east jerusalem side of the fence started to make their way towards the fence as well in order to try to meet the opposing group in the middle as the security forces came down in the trenches to stop the 3 protesters from throwing rocks and stones into the road they number of rocks began to increase we saw some tear gas being fired further up the hill the whole process took place the demolitions has been improved bucketed since monday since the houses here in what he homes were destroyed by the israeli military and there has been

a tremendous concern that what have up until now being peaceful protests against these demolitions is going to turn into a situation like this. it. is observing 7 days of mourning for its president. who died on thursday aged 92 he'll be remembered for guiding china's here into a new era of democracy has more from the capital to. the body of president but it's being taken back to his official residence in carthage as tributes to his role in establishing democracy in tunisia followed in his wake the french president emanuel and the german chancellor angela merkel both praised him for his courage. a new phase introduces government is now on the way the speaker of parliament mohamed el nasser sworn in to serve as

the country's president he will take over for up to 90 days while elections organized. i swear by god almighty to protect the independence of tunisia and the safety of its lands to respect the constitution and law and fully take care of the people's interests and be loyal to tunisia. in such a young democracy the vacant post of the country's leader could spark a power struggle among chooses political parties there for not for candidates who are considered to be quite popular and quite strong but also very controversial who have been barred from running the presidential elections by parson parliament not too long ago this law has not yet been signed by. before he passed away and i think we'll hear a lot more about this controversy next couple of days. the president spent the last few weeks of his life in and out of hospital he was a leading figure in what was known as the arab spring uprising as prime minister

and then tunisia's 1st democratically elected president he helped draft a new constitution guaranteeing freedom of speech. and then have his accomplishments were often overshadowed by a weak economy and a high unemployment rate oh no worries though he started his mission on a positive note and he finished that the same way may he rest in peace his predecessors hurt the country but he was a good man who served his country no one did that before him no one saw it he we hope the next president will be even better we hope our country will be stable and safe we have some terrorism but the country doesn't blame him 7 days of national mourning have been declared as the country on as its for them president no front runner as of yet emerged from the candidate standing for the presidency elections are in september but all sides of the political spectrum here believe and hope the

transition of power will be smooth and stable david chaytor al-jazeera to news. now years of sanctions on north korea appear to be having a devastating impact and so kaname is spiraling downward slipping by 4 point one percent and 2018 that's estimated to be the worst drop in 21 years the sanctions were meant to force north korea to abandon its nuclear ambitions but on thursday pyongyang tested a new ballistic missile saying it was a warning to south korea which is planning more joint military drills with the united states while u.s. secretary of state mike pompei with his new talks on denuclearization of the korean peninsula could still start within weeks from mcbride reports from cell. 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 seem calculated not to jeopardize the chance of a further summit with the us 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. but earlier we spoke to aiden foster caso he's an honorary thing here is that fellow and socialist in modern career at leeds university in the u.k. he says those hurting the most every day western cost people the burden of paying is very on even especially the 1st thing to say is that the missile program the weapons of mass destruction which is proceeding even if president trump it isn't

the testing that we've seen i mean resources for that apply the elite in pyongyang this far as we can see the capital something of a showpiece city becomes slightly more like other cities or more comments in recent years this is a very strange disconnect in the puzzle for us who on the lies it's i mean you can't see the hurting that so the burden as ever is being born in the countryside by ordinary people workers miners particular the mining sector is suffering a lot and psalmists frankly the regime doesn't care very much about them we do know from international u.n. agencies and others how they are hurting so but the idea that sanctions will bring those korea to the conference table i think is it's out of the un true if they are talking a little fits it's for other reasons so a mixed picture but definitely suffered even as the state continues to with its weapons program now the riaa isn't prescription drug costs in america sending diabetics across the border into canada to buy medication

a herring is currently underway in washington d.c. you're watching live pictures from that now they're examining the devastating impact the cost is having on patients the so-called intil and caravans designed to draw attention to their financial burden our correspondent daniel lak joined one of those groups on their journey to canada. activist quinn nystrom shares the good news with fellow u.s. diabetics a drug that they need to survive is available at the local wal-mart store for less than a 10th of what they pay in the united states their caravan crossed 3 u.s. states to make a purchase i decided to bring this today because this kind of shows what my everyday life the diabetes looks sight and this is kind of basically one or 2 months like survival for me also along for the ride nicole smith holt who doesn't have the disease but she's here for a very special and personal reason i am part of this caravan in memory of my son

alex smith who passed away on june 27th of 2017 from diabetic ketoacidosis as a result of rationing because he cannot afford it the group came to canada to buy cheaper insulin but mostly this is a gesture aimed at u.s. political leaders in the pharmaceutical industry insulin prices are so high that one in 4 diabetics in the u.s. has to ration the insulin they can afford putting their lives in danger. we need a long term solution this just isn't isn't the solution this isn't the fixes to what's going on in america but if it's temporary prices for life saving drugs in canada are regulated by a government appointed body organizers of the caravan say that should happen in the us too we are from a developed country. we are from a great country but we are not taking care of our citizens after buying their lifesaving drugs the diabetics from the united states will come to the home of

frederick banting 1920 came up with the idea that lead to man made insulin. banting sold the patent for insulin for a dollar intending it never be used to earn a profit but that hasn't happened and diabetics from the united states say it's time to honor the wishes of the man who helped make sure they could survive a disease that used to be a death sentence daniel lak al-jazeera london ontario. white house correspondent candy how trains us now live from washington d.c. kimberly we're seeing this hearing take place today on capitol hill and trump has been making a big deal about this all throughout his presidency and we know that health care is still a contentious subject with the democratic field and all those debates coming up so just how significant an issue is this expected to be in next year's election. it's a major issue because it's a major issue for u.s. consumers it's not just diabetic drugs like insulin it's also for an effect of shock it's asthma drugs americans across the border being hit hard by this in fact

according to 2016 numbers americans paid 129000000000 for prescription drugs so not only is he talked about by democratic candidates is it being talked about on capitol hill as we see in that hearing going on but it's also being talked about by the white house there's a fundamental difference when it comes to how to resolve this depending on whether you're conservative or a liberal now democrats seem to say that the best way to do this would be socialized medicine such as you see in canada and then the government can negotiate with the drug companies to lower prices republicans or conservatives believe that that would swap of ation could kill competitiveness the way to do this is to reform the patent system that is allowing drug companies right now to profit on the backs of consumers why is the white house wading into all of this will donald trump is considering an executive order to lower drug prices which is really counter to the sort of free market republican conservative idea but this is because it's

a major campaign promise that he's yet to deliver on from 2016 so we're going to see this on the campaign trail but we're also seeing donald trump potentially putting in place this executive order i just talked to hogan gidley the deputy white house press secretary about this he said the president's passionate about this not just because he needs to make good on a campaign promise there's also an element of donald trump's america 1st in all of this namely that he feels in his words exactly that other countries right now are global free loading quickly what he means by that is what other nations that do have socialized medicine have been able to negotiate with the drug companies it is the american consumer that is paying for research and development and in turn the high drug prices he wants to try and that if congress can't convey how could they without analysis for us from washington d.c. thanks candy. still ahead on out as they're.

nearing a point of no over 10 the destruction of brazil's amazon rain forest could soon have a path that could soon have a profound effect on the whole while. and it'll home comfort we look at how people are fairing now that the economy is improving in northern iraq. and in sports well hear what 5th sprint legend has planned for next year that. how do we got plenty of cars on town across the middle east that moment i want to show is up around the coaxes a little bit of cloud that just billing outs of to keep pushing towards the caspian sea out of the black sea and that's about the only rain that we do have on a child's for the time being far eastern corner of afghanistan could see want to send showers kabul $34.00 celsius 30 celsius there for beirut lots of sunshine into

the mid forty's once again. at 42 celsius for who a city said not as hot as it has been raised in late as the hot enough but you hate to across the river potential attempt just edging up a notch here in doha perhaps a little less humid but a little hotter in the process $43.00 degrees and want to see showers just around the southern end of the red sea western parts of yemen could see the odd shower sas day looks a little dry as you go on into sunday as is the case across much of the race but a 38 and humid 38 once again here in doha not too much right on the forecast the full cost for southern africa over the next day a lot of sunshine coming through $18.00 celsius in capetown so warm sunshine at that we have got increasing cloud just spinning in across the southern oceans as we go on through the next couple of days but across the region this windy dry and fine .

when the news breaks. when people need to be heard and the story needs to be told pretty remarkable due to that or we had died last week and crossing from mexico to the united states with exclusive interviews and in-depth reports we commit according to their traditions and life it is exceptionally al-jazeera has teams on the ground to bring you more award winning documentaries and live news. in south korea around 2000000 dogs are eaten every year but no animal rights groups won the ancient tradition taken off the menu when no one east investigates dogs friend. 0. 000 every.

hello again i'm mr. top stories this hour more than 100 civilians have been killed in syria in the past 10 days 26 of them children youngsters are increasingly becoming the victims of a government and the russian assault on the rebel held province of. 40 bodies have been pulled from the water off the west mediterranean tragedy. as many as $150.00 refugees and migrants are feared to have drowned off the coast of libya. israeli soldiers a 5 tear gas of palestinians protesting against the demolition of permits and

occupied east jerusalem groups held friday prayers it was the outcome of where houses are owned by palestinian families were destroyed on monday. now destruction of the amazon rain forest is fast approaching a level from which it may not recover according to satellite data from brazil's our government has the forest in 2001 that's a millions of square kilometers responsible for helping to stabilize the global climate now just watch the right hand side 17 years later here's the damage that's been done take a look at all. all of this pink shaded area now last year alone 120000 square kilometers were wiped out and out stringing even faster already this month more than 1300 square kilometers of rain forest has been cleared a large scale farming president both an hour has been accused of dismantling protections for the forest he's called his own government's figure of lies and says the amazon is brazil's business researchers say with deforestation getting worse we

may soon reach a point of no return now earlier we spoke to one m o o 2 is a campaign coordinator for found and viral mental and social justice organization she told us about some positive steps being taken to protect the amazon this week on tuesday the e.u. published an action plan which sees the e.u. for the 1st time opening the door to regulator measures that would set standards on the goods that imports to ensure they're not associated with deforestation over a secret asian. it wants this to be a partnership approach so the e.u. is not going to impose its standards on other countries but the e.u. does have a duty to respond to the increasing concern among you consumers about the impact that their consumption is having on forests on the people who depend on those forests and with this communication with this action plan that it published this week it shows that you is for the 1st time willing to bring in new options that could be regulates or that would ensure that products that are being placed on the

market from countries such as brazil would not be linked to human rights abuses. or different station. now hundreds of activists remain packed inside the main terminal of hong kong's airport as they continue their call for greater democracy now it's just gone $1130.00 at night and this is the scene in the main arrivals area you're watching live pictures from there way crowds have been sitting for more than 12 hours pushing their message to international businesses they're angry at what they see is china's growing influence on hong kong's affairs and the government response to weeks of mass rallies protests began over a planned extradition laws that have grown into some of the largest in decades. our south african businesses have been have begun paying a carbon tax as it tries to fight climate change africa's 2nd largest economy is hoping the move or help to force a big polluters to change her image has more from iraq lenny and rangar province.

south africa is a continent of most industrialized economy and one of africa's worst polluters its economy relies heavily on coal a dirty fossil fuel to produce electricity environment groups say the towering coal fired power stations released dangerous carbon emissions every day into the atmosphere the government introduced a carbon tax law earlier this month requiring big polluting companies to pay tax each time they emit greenhouse gases those in favor of the tax hope it will be enough of a deterrent and they must remember that the more they pollute there's a concoction of pollutants in the atmosphere you can do business in a did climate a message they get in there they shouldn't do things possible. to that because emissions are marked $8.00 times per person every year the world bank says that's among the highest in the developing world it's ranked among the dirtiest energy producers in the world number 16 on the global emissions list surfer care sign the paris agreement on climate change and committed to an emission reduction of 34

percent by 2020 and 42 percent by 2025 but industry experts warn in a country where the official unemployment rate is more than 27 percent carbon taxes and to growth and jobs and anti investment the problem is the cost increases and the uncertainty around how. much will be applied because the government budget regulations have not been published and. the carbon offset regulations. it could still be years if was their focus is a significant reduction in carbon emissions and that's only if the carbon tax law proves to be effective south africans who support carbon tax say the money must be used to benefit poor communities. like helping pay for programs or provide cleaner and safer energy for low income households. people living near coal fired power stations are concerned about the health club i'm tampa is one of millions of south africans who are unemployed and don't have access to electricity he cliff just got

a call from nearby mines so that is time we can cook and keep warm in winter there's of course it's not the victor uprooting i think of the chemical they used to us that's making us sick but we have to live with it what else can we do until coal is one day replaced by a greener energy sources of gas emissions are drastically reduced for mining communities will continue to be polluted air every day. al-jazeera in my little amy south africa now staying in south africa and thousands of miners there who've suffered from potentially deadly diseases have reached a historic legal settlement where $350000000.00 in a class action lawyers for the mine workers sued 10 major companies for compensation now 6 of the companies had already accepted a deal which has now been approved by a court in johannesburg up 210-0000 miners or their dependents could benefit many miners were affected by lung disease or other illnesses as a result of their work richard s'pore is

a human rights lawyer who's been working on the case for many years and he says the court's decision is a landmark in the history of miners rights in south africa. before then there was no such rot in south africa and there was no civil accountability on the part of employers towards workmen who suffered from occupational diseases so that was the big bright $32011.00 but the last 78 years of the in spain litigating against the mining companies and the last several years in parallel with at the suggestion proces. set of negotiations that culminated in the settlement that was approved today we had a migrant labor system for many many decades the majority of the most living in deep religious in south africa and in neighboring countries like mozambique to see to in swaziland where they really don't have access to medical facilities to screen

and examined him so we don't know the status of the vast majority of formal mineworkers up there and step one is rolling out. a program to get medical facilities to them for chicks it just it strays learn french and tastes and generally physical exams. to a 6 whether or not they are suffering from lung disease and qualified to be compensated there's optimism in the kurdish region of northern iraq that the economy is improving 5 years after the defeat of i feel since the formation of a new government before and many people are hoping from a positive that's going to reports from at all. when we 1st met the hussein is my family last year they were worrying about how they would pay their bills each month after their salaries were slashed the hard work 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 salaries. are 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 salaries the dispute has been resolved the new prime minister who came to power this year says the estimated 10000000000 dollars 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. 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

fulfill our dreams for their 4 and a half year old daughter to noack the hope of having a sibling to play with can't come quickly enough natasha going to aim. now celebrations are continuing and after the resignation of governor recut he will leave office following 2 weeks of protests they were sparked by the release of offensive messages between and his aides adding to the frustration of a government corruption and gallagher reports from the capital found while. dancing in the streets of san juan celebrating what's being called a people's revolution demonstrators have for days demanded governor ricardo rajjo step down after text messages revealed a leader who spoke poorly of his own people and used sexist and homophobic language the young puerto ricans who spearheaded the marches it's a limit to speak truth i mean i bet you were here when you saw

a 1000000 people on the street and that's amazing that that's. almost a zen more so. beautiful man there's no words for that i have 22 sons one is 10 and the other is 8 so i do this for them and for my future maybe grandsons you know and for the people of puerto rico they didn't want to be there we just simply the no one there because they were facts that he wasn't a good governor so we just had to do something the demonstrations began almost 2 weeks ago these were some of the biggest marches in the island's history from a population tired of accusations of corruption and mismanagement later on wednesday night governor ricardo rajjo announced he would step down on august the 2nd oh the streets of san juan erupted in celebrations that continued for hours puerto rico secretary of justice one device is likely to replace ross aoe but she's in

a popular choice among those who took to the streets organizers say they will watch closely what happens next with their demands for the future of puerto rico the simple so we just want good leaders true leaders people that are just looking for the you know well being of the people that's all we need really is not it's not. really that difficult to say they will continue to demonstrate if this u.s. territory fails to pick a governor they like the next few days or a c.e.o. successor will be announced but this political crisis may be far from over for many people here this feels like a brand new day the one that's with who can say remember the next governor will inherit 75000000000 dollars worth of debt on an island still recovering from 2 major hurricanes committed anything else the future leadership of this country will have to wind its people's trust and that may be the biggest challenge and again approaches 0 san juan puerto rico. an american rapper whose cases been taken up by a president on trump has been charged with assault in sweden asap rocky whose real

name is ricky may as well remain in a stockholm jail pending trial he was detained earlier this month after a fight with 2 men may as lawyers says he act as in self defense last week trump the swedish prime minister to free mayors and said he would personally vouch for his bail now the governor of hawaii has agreed to negotiate with protesters over the construction of a giant telescope the $1400000000.00 project is being built on a mountain that's considered one of the world's best viewing platforms but many indigenous hawaiians also consider it fate cred and if in blocking access to the site for almost 2 weeks mike hanna reports to get that for them all good 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 uncertain mood looking forward 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 here why and understands the pain of protesters at what they view as sacrilege some of us not play with a perspective a culture respecting people and doing the right way of making it 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.

now still ahead on al-jazeera.

and now it's time for sports so andy i'm hearing heat wave in paris but ice in the alps interfering with the flight yeah pretty freaky conditions some dramatic scenes in that sort of france where the 19th stage is called off 30 kilometers ahead of the finish line due to bad weather there was

a freak hail storm as you can see on the final descent will size triggered a small landslide there is now also a new overlay to columbus even but now has taken the yellow jersey from france is a fairly the race thomas was taken from the top of the day's panelled summit climbed island's 1st test match against england turned into a bit of a nightmare they were bowled out for 38 in a 2nd innings to lose by a 143 runs at lord's arland holding them out for 303 early on day 3 it meant a record 182 to win but instead really they were blown away by the english bowlers chris works taking 647. in the now turn our attention to the upcoming ashes series against australia the australians have recalled cameron bancroft for the 1st time since he was banned for ball tampering the batsman part of a 17 man squad from accounts in state smith and i've been to david warner also set supply their 1st tests after serving year long suspensions for their role in the scandal they will come back with open arms is no doubt about it. steve smith and

all of the very very good cricket is world class players obviously it was natural that we would include them there about going and cameron bankrupt of course quite a good summer playing county cricket. another character who was once found guilty of corruption is pakistan fast bowler mohammed amir the 27 year old is just announced his retirement from test cricket he will continue to fly one day and t 20 matches and in colombo receive mullingar has taken see wickets sort of 4 and what will be his last one day international for sri lanka bangladesh struggling as they chase a score of 350. now believe it or not cricket is the fastest growing sport in sweden its popularity is being driven by the arrival of migrants from across asia and as poor race reports from malmo the sport is helping refugees from afghanistan insecure writes into the new heart. the new world champions maybe england but

nowhere has a bigger influence on global cricket than the subcontinent indians pakistanis on sri lankans have been the catalysts in sweden where cricket is the fastest growing sport from a dozen or so clubs 5 years ago there are now more than 70 with the scandinavian born 2nd and 3rd generations ready to out sweden's 4000 players but it is a huge influx from one of asia's newest cricket contenders. that's responsible for the sudden big spike in numbers. afghan youngsters zakir to car we. were barely into their teens when they arrived among 160000 refugees 4 years ago. they and hundreds of others have found a home from home 3 cricket with zakir only waiting on a passport before he can make his debut for the swedish national team i remember when i came 1st to sweden i felt myself very alone i didn't have many of my friends

my family and all that and i didn't know about cricket that there is actually a game of cricket in sweden and i made it very empty for me being here together with many people you do you feel like home you feel like with your with your family you feel like you're with your brothers and sisters to play cricket in sweden and to maybe prepare present the country itself is going to be a very great honor for me these sessions for immigrant youngsters in mama run by sweden's under nineteen's coach who is enjoying a boost to the talent at his disposal the likes of zakir the courage to not just the under nineteen's but i think the future of cricket with in sweden largely due to the influx of refugees. afghanistan's as a massive massive contribution to the growth we're here. for the players it's a chance to break through social boundaries and speak they're already fluent swedish now from a script language cricket has been in sweden for a long time but they haven't been so many clubs until we came here it's not easy to

just go up to a swede and start talking in the street but through cricket they can approach us afghans and be part of the team it's much easier for everyone and there's a wider purpose to following the gains made by anti immigrant parties at last year's election the mass immigration of 2015 has hardened attitudes in sweden with those on the right complaining that refugees are failing to integrate but for many immigrants this most swedish of sports is helping them to do just that paul reese al-jazeera. of governing body fever has announced that the final of this year's club world cup will be played in qatar on december 21st the 7 teams formats will begin on the some of the 11th with european champions liverpool one of the confirmed participants of the full length of the tournament at the semifinal stage on the 18th qatar is hosting the next 2 editions of the tournament as preparation for the 2022 world cup. aston football side colossal and teammate mesut ozil were

left uninjured after they were the victims of an attempted carjacking in london c.c.t.v. footage showed a colossal knock seen a wearing a black baseball cap confronting a man carrying a knife both attackers sped away on a month. and retired sprint champion drops in on some unsuspecting runners in new york city that you make in surprising a small group that organize marston's in 60 to 32 year old then join them on an evening run through central park won't be competing it gets sochi olympics next year but says it will still be there. do i want to just experience sort of grief for the 1st time just as a regular person go to the stadium to watch you know i mean go watch other sports because i've never really got no want to participate so for me it's something that i've already talked about and i've told my team that i made up my mind what i want to do so through the process of months ago you know what there was we were going to end up at the olympics but i'm definitely going to be. ok sports throughout the

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as the struggle for resources intensifies some of the world's most powerful scientists speak out. on 00. 0000 this is the opportunity to understand the very different way where there. is a little lever. a desperate search for survivors the u.n. calls for war crimes charges as more syrian children die in government attacks. hello i'm the star of the italian this is al jazeera live from tire also coming up 14 bodies pulled from the mediterranean after

a wooden boat filled with refugees and migrants down off the coast of libya. and historic courtroom for gold miners in south africa with more than $350000000.00. and the cost of medication in the united states is sending diabetics across the border into canada to buy drugs we travel with $1.00 of the so-called insulin caravans. more children becoming victims of a government and russian assault on syria's rebel held province the un's human rights chief has condemned what she calls international indifference to the rising death toll michelle bash says there is targeting civilians should be charged with war crimes and warning viewers may find some of the pictures and santa has reported disturbing. they are images that have shocked many a tragedies like this are happening nearly every day in northwest syria where the

government's assault is it storage box. that's the kind of love the law desperately tried to save his daughters as they dangled from the edge of a building destroyed in a syrian or russian airstrike the 5 year old we have held on to our 3 year old sister drove one 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 monitor 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 place they live and that's our

heads marketplace is a hospital is not a facility is schools no one and nothing is safe anymore and. 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 book move hasn't stopped it's intensifying the u.n. describes what is unfolding in libya as a worsening nightmare for the civilians are not players of this conflict but international humanitarian rights organizations think they are being targeted so. istanbul. we have now just heard the young girl that you've just seen in that package has now passed away all the past 10 days have been particularly violent in the southern countryside of egypt province in that period the united nations says at least $103.00 civilians have been killed in airstrikes of those deaths $26.00 were children the u.n. blames the syrian government and its russian ally schools hospitals markets and businesses have been the targets and the u.n. adds with the frequency of the attacks it's unlikely they were hit by accident it's

estimated that 400000 syrians were displaced in just the past 3 months while last hour i spoke to rupert caldwell who's the spokesman for the united nations high commissioner for human rights he says government airstrikes are relentless and indiscriminate. well we're definitely seeing a military escalation in general but it particularly from the government forces and their allies over the past 3 months or so and just in the past 2 weeks i would say it's escalated even further with or daily attacks and multiple attacks daily i mean over and what we were talking about this morning we were hearing of more as strikes last night and some only today as well that ongoing it's relentless and the people suffering most of all i'm not the fighters on either side it's the civilians who are caught between them i mean just in the past 10 days alone we know of 10 different locations that have been hit by a strike some of them. more than once several times over 10 places where the been

civilian casualties have been other strikes whether it be not happened being casualties these tend strikes or along 2 main routes the m 4 the m 5 in lip and they're essentially civilian areas the civilians really have nowhere to go and bombs are falling in market square in bakeries and so on. now 40 bodies have been pulled from the mediterranean sea off to the deadliest tragedy there so far this year as many as $150.00 refugees and migrants a feared to have drowned off the coast of libya on thursday and the u.n. is demanding immediate changes in the way the waters up a troubled around 300 people were on board 2 boats that left the town of commons east of the capital tripoli and reports. 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 lack of support. the invisible 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 will return 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 really bad is thinking about it comes just weeks after more than 50 people lost their lives in a detention center following an asse strike into giora and really once again

stresses 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 are tries to take the capital the u.n. says the current model which is backed 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 all and the markets and become a pawn in this game they're used to make money from people who have to pay their passage. and then she served it in effect and then there was the not happy situation. turning away from her banning books from rescuing people are simply 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. thousands of mine is in south africa who are suffering from potentially deadly diseases have reached a historic legal fettle meant with $350000000.00 in a class action lawyers for the mine workers sued 10 major companies for compensation 6 of the coming days accepted a deal which has now been approved by a course in johanna's back up to 100000 minus all their dependents could benefit many miners were affected by lung disease or illness says as a result of that way rich in sport as a human rights while he's been working on this case for many as and he says the court's decision is a landmark in the history of minus rights in south africa before the there was no such rot in south africa and there was no civil accountability on the part of

employers towards workmen who suffered from occupational diseases so that was the big bright 32011 but the last 78 years of the in spades litigating against the mining companies and the last several years in parallel with at the suggestion proces. set of negotiations that culminated in the settlement that was approved today we've had a migrant labor system for many many decades the majority of them all of the deep religious in south africa and in neighboring countries like mozambique you see 2 in swaziland where they really don't have access to medical facilities to screen and examined him so we don't know the status of the vast majority of formal mineworkers up there and step one is rolling out. a program to get medical facilities to them for chicks it's just

a straight line from action and generally physical exams. to a 6 with a room not they're suffering from lung disease and qualified to be compensated. serving 7 days of mourning for its president. who died on thursday aged 92 he'll be laid to rest on saturday and said he will be remembered for guiding china's here and to a new era of democracy but his death could lead to a power struggle as david chase reports from. the body of president budgie is being taken back to his official residence in carthage as tributes to his role in establishing democracy in tunisia followed in his wake the french president emanuel and the german chancellor angela merkel both praised him for his courage. the new phase introduces government is now on the

way the speaker of parliament mohamed el nasser sworn in to search term purlieus the country's president he will take over for up to 90 days while elections organized. i swear by god almighty to protect the independence of tunisia and the safety of its lands to respect the constitution and law and fully take care of the people's interests and be loyal to tunisia. in such a young democracy the vacant post of the country's leader could spark a power struggle among chooses political parties definite candidates who are considered to be quite popular and quite strong but also very controversial who have been barred from running the presidential elections by parson parliament not too long ago this law has not yet been signed by missteps in before he passed away and i think we'll hear a lot more about this controversy next couple of days the president spent the last few weeks of his life in and out of hospital he was a leading figure in what was known as the arab spring uprising as prime minister.