100000 people from china visited taiwan so this decision will certainly have an economic impact and that seems to be the motivation behind it to apply pressure on the government in taiwan led by president sighing when who very much opposes the one china principle we have the election to coming up in january next year and there's no doubt that the government in china would prefer to see a more pro beijing person in office in taipei the decision also comes after some fairly provocative events recently we had the latest sale announced by the united states to taiwan worth more than $2000000000.00 that certainly angered beijing there was a visit also by president sighing when to some caribbean nation some of the few countries that still have diplomatic relations with taiwan on her way there and back she stopped off in the united states woods which also angered the government in china and the government in taiwan is also offered to provide sanctuary to

protesters in hong kong who have been rallying against their own government and also increasing influence from beijing. several crowded frontrunner joe biden has come under fire in the 2nd round of debate from rivals are hoping to become the party's presidential candidate the former vice president was repeatedly forced to defend his record on health immigration and the race among other things john hendren has been following that debate for us in detroit so john as we were saying joe biden in the spotlight in the 1st round of the debate his performance was described as lackluster how to do he did this time. well he was a front runner again this time and as often happens to front runners he might as well have a target on his back because several of the other candidates were gunning for him

joe biden was the 1st actually to launch an attack before coming out you may remember in the 1st debate connally harris the california senator attacked him on his civil rights record he ended up looking bad in that debate so this time as they walked in he embraced harris and he said take it easy on me kid but then in the 1st question it was biden who took the 1st shot criticizing her on her plan for publicly funded health care she shot back and said that biden's much more conservative plant simply was inadequate and then there came an avalanche of attacks on biden who leon castro the former secretary of housing and urban development attacked him on immigration. because the obama administration actually has deported more people than the trump administration and then cory booker attacked him he's the new jersey senator attacked him on civil justice on on criminal justice because biden was behind some very tough legislation in the

ninety's on crime and jay inslee the governor of the state of washington a very big climate change guy he attacked biden saying that his climate control plan was simply not good enough and i talked to him afterwards and he said he was personally offended that biden seemed to think that climate change was something you could take on later but each time biden was hit he struck back in the end the polls will determine whether those attacks the repeated attacks left a lasting mark but in the end he seems pretty rattled he gave his own fund raising phone number wrongly it seemed like it was a bit shaken in the end and so out of were there any standout performances that could give these candidates traction was there any one in particular that would come out ahead on this. absolutely cory booker is the new jersey senator he was below the top 4 in the polls and he really needed

a breakout performance and a lot of people say that he gave it a night he was he was hard on biden here and there but really he evoked a positive message and there seemed to be a really positive response to that among democrats in the room and outside and on the internet but overall what i'm hearing from critics by and large were political experts is that elizabeth warren is the one last night who really made the biggest dent in this series of debates and she was already number 2 but she's number 2 behind biden whether this makes her the front runner is not clear but she certainly didn't do herself any harm in these debates thank you very much john hendren in detroit for us. and still ahead and there are. more protests are planned against iran's military rulers after students are killed

in police car. hello there we've been telling you about the rain into pakistan a bit of a break for the next couple of days assume. it could see of course the afternoon thunderstorm sunny not as heavy as it has been elsewhere it is a fairly quiet picture of how much is warm as usual for this time of year 41 celsius in toronto 36 degrees across in kabul another warm day in ankara with a high of 33 degrees one of the showers to the north of that what their way across into western sections of georgia as we head through friday time which is not what you moving a warm danelectro on friday with a high the over 35 degrees celsius and we had downed tools here baby and it is the same story the last few days you got to look out across the southern portions and this really is all paul so this monsoon rains coming across the south indian ocean but a clear day for most of all thursday in muscat with

a high of 33 or me up again in doha the breeze also a little bit stronger the winds just picking up a little bit but still feeling very whole very humid as well and you can see no break really in this cloud it reaches along all of these coastal areas and we had down into southern africa now we have got some rain pushing across into mozambique in the next couple of days cooling off to into them we might just see a show there 18 degrees celsius in cape and then it warms up dramatically on friday with a high of 27. take the words the possible material eurabia grounded into dust comparable to flour and make a whole lot of folks and put it into a place where people live these are causing a loss in the grand idea as well and so many people are thinking this is the file in cuba or does it make you feel nice you feel like a murderer we have created an enormous normal mental disaster. and investigation

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you're watching out is there and here's her mind of her top stories this hour the united states has imposed sanctions on iran's foreign minister mohammad job adare the us what it calls the reckless agenda of iran's supreme leader back saying it's all because he's considered a threat to washington's agenda. a 2nd round of debate between the u.s. democratic presidential hopeful says and it was renewed focus on the frontrunner joe biden the former vice president has repeatedly forced to defend his record on health immigration and wary. of the u.s. national security adviser says north korea's recent. pledge it made to stop testing long range weapons. for the multiple rocket launchers system on wednesday. the u.s. central bank has cut interest rates by a quarter point its the 1st reduction in a decade the head of the federal reserve cited signs of a global slowdown as

a reason for the move but u.s. president to donald trump tweeted his disappointment saying he was expecting a bigger drop. more from washington d.c. . the chairman of the federal reserve cited 3 main factors for the rate cut the weakening global economic outlook the weakening outlook for u.s. trade around the world as a result and we conflation in the united states his argument seems to be look the u.s. economic indicators are humming along why don't just give them a little bit of a boost with this quarter percent rate cut he denied any political pressure but we do know the dollar trump has been pushing for rate cuts from the fed larger than this one that is because clearly don't trust once the economy to keep on expanding into the 2020 economic cycle drone pilot 1st saying that he didn't see this is a long succession of rate cuts but then he clarified that suggested that there may be more rate cuts to come perhaps altro will get hit more rate cuts simply because

of his economic policy the only certainty over trade as a result of his trade wars and trade rhetoric but also the economic policy that prioritized enormous cuts for the wealthy and corporations and not sustainable investments into the u.s. economy itself so he he may get his his rate cuts but he won't so much. for as johnson is facing its 1st test as the u.k.'s prime minister with a by election in wales on thursday is just finished a tour of the nations that make up the united kingdom and he's promising to keep the union together this by the possibility of a no deal breakers it would be but now reports from belfast the northern island. 7 grabbing the attention of the prime minister or trying to these belfast shipyard workers are set to lose their jobs their predicament just one of the challenges northern ireland's devolved government here at stormont could be addressing if it were up and running. for its johnson promise to spend no effort to make that happen it's great to be to be here in northern ireland and. clearly the people know that

out of giving without a government without stormont for 2 years and 6 months so by my present focus this morning is to do everything i can to help that get up and running again the 5 political parties here have been talking since may about how to get the northern irish assembly back in business it was set up in 1980 as part of a peace deal that gave this part of the u.k. a degree of autonomy but issues including irish language rights and access to abortion remain divisive on top of that politicians have wildly differing views on brics it and specifically boris johnson's insistence that the e.u. scraps the so-called irish backstop keeping the whole of the u.k. closely aligned with the u. rules until there's a trade deal in place and it's very clear that the end is the backstop that has caused all of the difficulties with the winter olympics and therefore that needs to be the subject of focus negotiation and therefore we will support the prime minister and other party say that backstop is essential to prevent

a hard border they're worried what they call the prime minister's hardline strategy will backfire and see the u.k. leave the e.u. without a deal but in their view would inevitably lead to physical checks at the border between northern ireland and the republic of ireland. and fish in fein the main nationalist party it could even mean a push for a referendum on uniting north and south we've made it clear to him that the extensive planning that he tells us he is carrying ios in respect of a potential crash ranks as hostile includes the constitutional question and the issue of a border poll here in ireland. sinn fein's ultimate is and always has been achieving a united ireland and a clear warning to the prime minister is the way he's going about bricks it could make up prospects a great deal more likely for now the action at stormont is outside the parliament not in sight even if the assembly does against all expectations resume its work in

the near future the challenge of protecting the good friday agreement that created it could make delivering any kind of bricks it an uphill struggle barbara al-jazeera belfast. doctors in the democratic republic of congo have quarantined 15 people in south kivu province over fears that they've been invective by a bola at least all 50 all 15 members of the same family and they recently returned from the provincial capital city of goma where a man died of ebola on wednesday catherine sort of force from nairobi. this is the clinic in goma where the man sought help before he died he fell sick days after returning home from an infected area where he was working in a mining area the clinic is now closed some clinicians have been vaccinated and health workers are trying to trace people the victim made contact with. more than a 1000000 people live in this city on the border with rwanda. we did not know what

was happening we just saw people looking like doctors carrying him away they said they will come back to approximate us. should we have gone by resident because we have seen how people are dying it would turn burn beni night and day. the 2nd outbreak in the country's history was declared a year ago and has since claimed the lives of 1700 people it's 2nd only to the outbreak in west africa that killed 11000 people 5 years ago health workers trying to combat the outbreak are having to deal with militia groups and communities both hostile to them as well as poor infrastructure in vast regions where villages are hard to reach. for to mark a humble isn't a born a survivor who spends her time taking care of children whose parents are the sick or dead she also talks to people and have believed in the town of benny about the importance of health care some congolese want to know about a new ball a vaccine they've hired out from other funds people are saying the new proposed

vaccine isn't good enough workers need to seem surprised people so they can understand because this virus needs to go away the proposal by the world health organization to use a vaccine for clinical trials is controversial critics say the drug is experimental and shouldn't be tested on congolese people w.h.o. says vaccination is important for such a short expect. very clear. clinical trial to get more information on the. effectiveness this is a lot of more concrete recommendations the best way because i will not break the law. for that assertion back in goma doctors try to work out how to stop the disease from spreading health workers in goma say the wall prepared to deal with this situation they've set up hand washing points in different parts of the city they say the treatment centers are well equipped and they have enough personnel but

they're also warning people to keep vigil avoid unnecessary contact with each other but not to worry but people that we've been speaking to in goma a telling us it's very difficult to keep calm at this moment catherine soy al-jazeera nairobi kenya. protest leaders called for a 1000000 man march on thursday to demand justice for the killing of at least 6 demonstrators the rallies have been taking place ever since security forces opened fire on a student protest on monday morgan is monitoring the situation from neighboring ethiopia. for the 3rd successive day students in various parts of sudan raise their voices calling for justice and accountability and trials for the soldiers who opened fire on fellow students on monday at least 6 were killed and dozens injured in north dakota fun as they protested about the cost of living the protesters calls for justice are repeated by the african union. in the lead how do you think the

african union case it directly denounces the killing of students taking pass in a peaceful protest and offer our condolences to the families of those who lost their lives we urge the quick arrest of those responsible for the killings and for them to stand trial and face punishments according to the laws in this country. monday's shooting happened at high school students complained about the lack of bread and the rising costs of fuel and transport as students took to the streets to mourn and voiced their anger at monday's killings the military council blamed the opposition put to death and ordered the closure of schools nationwide the opposition coalition known as the forces of freedom and change continues to negotiate with the military to form a transitional government oh it's aimed at replacing the military rule in place since longtime president already bashir was ousted in april the sudanese communist party one of the opposition parties which is part of the coalition and mounts that it wouldn't participate in talks to form a government. and we as

a party will not go down that path or play a role in the transitional authority communist party takes the side of the masses we will escalate the situation in the streets and continue efforts to achieve the hopes and aspirations of our people to bring about radical change. most of the protests have been led by the sudanese professional association it says the communist party is refusing to participate in tulsa negotiations and called for more protests to pressure the military to relinquish power plant was surely since it was toppled all the parties said there would not participate in any of the levels of the transitional authority so the communist party is no different but that does not mean that those parties will not take part in the future government and civilian government has been the demand of demonstrators ever since they took to the streets in december now they're also demanding justice and accountability for the rising number of protesters being killed while campaigning for change he

will morgan. if. you're watching all of this there and these are main stories the united states has imposed sanctions on iran's top diplomat it is accusing jobs every for promoting propaganda for iran's supreme leader it comes a month after the u.s. imposed sanctions on how many sorry for spawn did on twitter it and ridicule the measured. a 2nd round of debate between the us democratic presidential hopefuls has ended there was renewed focus on the frontrunner joe biden the former vice president was repeatedly forced to defend his record on health immigration and race on 100 has more from detroit. we started off in both a good position and a bad position a good position because he was the front runner in a bad position because that put a target on his back he fired the 1st shot attacking comolli harris's plan for

publicly funded health care but then an avalanche of attacks came back at him harris attacked him on that julian castro attacked him on immigration jay inslee the governor of washington state attacked him on climate change it was one after another and by his best firing back every time he was attacked he was clearly rattled by the end of the debate. in the democratic republic of congo have quarantined 15 people in south keep the province where fears that been infected by ebola a 3rd case has been confirmed a densely populated city more than 1600 people have died in the latest break to hit the country. britain's new prime minister boris johnson is facing his 1st electoral test on thursday with the by election and wales is finished a tour of the nations that make up the united kingdom and he's promising to keep

the union together despite the possibility of breaks it. witness says next stay with us. the wilderness of cambodia under threat. of a profit illegal timber trade. of cambodia's forests. 100 . that's true leadership.

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