to return to its natural state sheila bair a who's overseeing the project says the dismantling the 35 metre high structure is a huge challenge we all played through for him or for us to drain the water we had to destroy this building because it was in the way we made holes at the bottom of the down to prevent flooding then we started working on dismantling these pillars of the was the saloon river flows into the picturesque bag of the world famous small semi shell site some environmentalists say that fish including salmon and eels will return to the river for the 1st time in decades once the dam and a smaller one nearby are removed you see the xin back on the environment of these 2 dams on the river was i and getting rid of them allows biodiversity to return to dams were expensive to maintain produced many more electricity and they were out of step with european regulations not everyone believes that destroying the pheasant dam is a good idea people have told us in this area there for them it's possible the landscape

is part of their history and they worry that removing this barrier will lead to a greater risk of flooding in the future the banks of the saloon are dotted with charming stone cottages the mayor of this local village campaigned for a decade for the dam to be saved he says restoring it would be more ecological than destroying it. dams are part of a network of possible sustainable energy sources that we should be maintaining and developing it makes no sense to deprive ourselves of that when you ability that these dams have always provided even the quantities of small this expert says the removing the dam is controversial but people living in the area will benefit of out with the. people will rediscover a landscape that had disappeared for decades local people will have to get used to it but they will be able to enjoy the beauty of a living river bizarre is the biggest dam to be demolished in the european union to date it's part of wide. european legislation to restore the bloke's rivers and by

diversity its removal highlights the challenges of environmental policy and while it will raise a chapter of history it will restore a link to the past natasha al-jazeera moment france said to central america now in a cracker's plan to build a waterway to rival the panama canal appears to have stalled the project was announced 6 years ago as a partnership between the government and a chinese billionaire was john hendren reports from the city of leave us a little sign of progress he can blow it out. it was meant to be the culmination of a century of nicaraguan dreams the country's very own great canal linking the pacific and atlantic oceans when doing it by chinese billionaire handed a generous concession by the government in 2013 everyone was talking about it we found not a stone's been laid a bit point there was a big ceremony too in or great the building of the canal but as you can see 6 years

later there's nothing here but a dusty road. why has the canal failed to materialize the short story the billionaire lost most of his billions before work could get started but the ripples still being felt particularly in the form of a law passed especially for the project that says any properties needed can be exported predated that law is still on the books. there are still other risks that thousands of campus senos could have their land expropriated and occupied by private interests that's why the citizens demand that the law be struck down. it's a poem and a worry for custody lynn north and her family when the canal was 1st planned workers showed up to measure out the house when they protested things turned nasty . not that the almost broke our heads the national guard had as lying down on the

motorway and if we lifted our heads they stomped on they swore to us hit us with sticks they broke my brother's ribs. just a full state of white a state repression in the country when police run sacked and then occupied her office monica lopez fled to costa rica custer lenore's family still fears that we targeted again. they will yet while this government is in power we are not safe everyone that big rob them putting in jail is at risk and the government still budgeting for the canal authority it set up despite the lack of progress we went from office to office looking for the man who heads it money well coronel but couldn't find him or interview requests to the government also went unanswered. to all intents and purposes it seems this is now a ghost project but while it exists at least on paper it's still hanging over those who never wanted it in the 1st place john home and. well still had

hailed the news our difference in opinion between 2 baseball players generates into let's roll around all of those details after the break.

look like it's time for the weather not the weather sort of the weather with full. worked out so that was about an issue. don't worry about it here the weather around ahead of that 1st ashes test between england and australia speaking of which australia's head coach says the upcoming series against england isn't about key players restoring their reputations just

a nag insists the sole focus is on beating his country faces rivals while the former captain steve smith as well as captain david warner and cameron bancroft are back in the test scores for the 1st time since being banned for bowl time praying before a test series starts in birmingham on thursday with australia targeting a 1st series win in england since 2001. i know what their reception is going to vail think we all do but. it is what it is honestly it is really there's nothing we can do about that and. it is 100 percent out of their control i said they control there's nothing we can do without it and that's like i. buy into lots of ashes every ashes series the signing an assignment i come to a strike it's really tough if it was the other way around and we've got outsourced right i'm pretty sure we'd hear a lot about it. as to what we're the crowd decides to do i'm sure. the aussies might hear a little bit about. throughout the series. so yeah i can't really comment on on

how they're going to be fit in but after a few beers i'm sure that. the aussies market a little bit stick. well the ashes is one of the world's oldest sporting contest with 7 see previous series stretching back over 130 is we've picked out far above what we think are some of its biggest moments it all started in $1882.00 with this joke published in the times newspaper after a particularly painful loss for england to australia it stated the body of english cricket would be cremated and the ashes returned to australia and the ashes were fast forward to $93233.00 in the infamous bodyline series where australia almost cut off diplomatic relations with the u.k. in protest of what they felt were the unsportsmanlike tactics of the english team well to $9091.00 now which began with all round in both being sacked as the england captain it ended him as a national hero after he single handedly helped england win the series or by 2005

the ashes was now a global sporting event found some all over the world and they saw andrew flintoff inspired england one of the greatest australian teams of all time and finally we have mitchell johnson the australian farmers ball it really was a figure of fun for english fans for years previously but he came back in 201314 taking 37 wickets and in the process the end of the careers of several english batsman actually starts tomorrow our can't wait for many it will not defend her 800 metre world title in september after the double olympic champion suffered a legal setback in her challenge to rules affecting female runners assist tribe you know how temporarily allow the south african to race while awaiting a court appeal only to reverse its decision on tuesday the case is complex as are the rules so many is fighting against the new regulations brought in by athletics

governing body shape and other athletes with differences in sexual development must take medication to reduce their holder and levels if not they'd have to change to longer distances all compete or. against men also money has said she would not take drugs in may she lost her case to have the rules are overturned the court of arbitration for sport or rather is still awaiting the outcome of her appeal but tuesday decision means she can't defend her 100 metre title while she waits the carriage who guarded the usa to victory at this year's women's football world cup is stepping down from the role british born jill ellis is the 1st courage to win 2 women's world cup titles the 52 year old will officially step down after a 5 game victory tour of friendlies around the united states. are not in charge the words of talking. to tino following his team's victory of around madrid in a play season game in munich pitino watched his side be trial one nil in the allianz

arena thanks to this hurricane go however afterwards he seemed to betray his frustration at the talk with chairman daniel levy about the lack of control he has a transfer. i am not in charge i don't know nothing about the situation of. my players i am only go chin them today i think i am the coach if you don't change in that story as it did but every. no no but that is not a question for me going on. maybe you have some question that i can no answer you know. like really surely the money too must have some say in which players are right and which players leave them i think it's on stock question but so if it's not a day thing i think i will spew is not my. is difficult don't know this but i think it's not in my hands it's not in my hands or this player was not involved in the match kind of didn't travel with the real

madrid squad it comes a few days after his proposed move to china collapsed. no no not for a carrot didn't travel with us because he didn't feel that well and i talked to the doctors and they said that the best thing is for him to stay in madrid he trains individually there in madrid so that's a decision that we made all together with the doctors with me and with garrett as well that's a baseball teams with a history of bad failing roll live down to expectations cincinnati reds pitcher down it's making a bold decision to take on the entire pittsburgh pirates dugout pledge manager david delphi see this is a special offer to join him despite having already been ejected. same a down price so if paul thanks a lot more news after the break watching the news alerts what is up next stay with us.

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own muslim neighbors this is the least you home in overcrowded refugee camp of 23000 people surrounded by armed militia groups celine wants answers she says she wants to be asking the questions and so we traded places inch took the microphone will we find peace how can we make the violence stop when will i be able to return home 80 percent of the visually impaired could be cured without access to treatment . where there is a will there is a way a strong a state of the altaf spittle covering over 77 countries how many of these patients to be seen today everybody and in pakistan one man's passion provides flea treatment for over 1000000 patients and yet the cure revisited al-jazeera.

an emergency meeting held and so often north korea conducted its 2nd missile test within a week. hello and welcome to al-jazeera live from our headquarters in doha with me elizabeth prada also ahead another bowl of death and one of the largest city spock's fears that outbreak could worsen plus you don't know that the. world today a bell. and a fireworks during round 2 of the debates between democratic candidates for president. and japan shuts down all nuclear reactors in the region devastated by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

the south korean government has held an emergency meeting after the north to ballistic missiles the 2nd weapons test in less than a week was launched from the town of one song military commanders in the south said the missiles flew around 250 could have made has before crashing into the sea from the bra it has moved from seoul. this latest missile firing is being viewed with deep concern here in south korea it's the 2nd double launching of short range ballistic missiles in less than a week and the 3rd missile launch to take place since may in direct contravention of the landmark military agreement signed between north and south korea last september during the period of improving relations that was meant to have put an end to testings like this one south korea's defense minister has said that

if the north continues with threats and provocations like this then it would have to be considered an enemy so there has been some very strong words used by south korea contrasting with all of the period of reconciliation that we've had over the past year and a half or so north korea said when it launched missiles last week that that should be considered to be a solemn warning to south korea being very careful not to direct any of its anger all ready wrath at the americans and that u.s. president donald trump in particular but this does seem to be a reminder from them about the size of their nuclear and missile arsenal that yes this is only a short range missile but it is a reminder that they are serious about getting the u.s. back to the negotiating table and eventually getting some relief from the crippling sanctions now graham on the web as a research fellow at the now yeah and technological university and 2nd point and he

says it's likely the tests will continue it. this is not the 1st time it's happened it's going to happen again and i think it's going to be real the prospect of discussion is clearly the regime in pyongyang is getting very frustrated and very impatient with the lack of progress and so here once again. like in the last few years we're going to joint military exercises south korean military and u.s. military once again north korea is crying for attention and the u.s. cannot do it all has what constitutes to the united nations security council but i think it is in time it west. but sanctions are having a crippling effect because all the terms of the sanctions mean a lot of the a lot of the. capital inflows into north korea which i've been blocked is due to

the u.s. efforts in making a strong conditions of financial institutions are not doing business with with your so i think you know you're going to press for these cuts to open again that and that's quite critical in north korea's ability to continue to resume trading with a lot of its which look. let's move on to other news now iran is one further reduce had its commitments to the nuclear deal unless europe does more to protect the equipment foreign minister mohammad jalen survey forms the remaining sigma trains to shelter from from u.s. sanctions and allow to sell its oil head on has already begun rolling back some commitments by breaking a lever to on and vetch to raney and agreed in the 2015 a.