flights that will affect nearly 150000 people each day union leaders for b.s. 4300 pilots want to bigger share of the profits airline managers describe staff salaries and benefits as well class let's talk about this more now with that i need a partner in port louis mauritians he is the head of aviation studies at the university of west london thanks very much for being with us so why why are the pilots b.a. going on strike and why now. well the main reason is the pilots for many many years have been working to be they have seen british airways make profits and they feel that that probably should be shared with them more than it currently is and basically they would like. now that i think be a lot of it about 11 and a half over the next 3 years and the pilots and the unions are not happy with that

which is why they're on strike and the reason they're on strike now well is the back end of the summer is still a fairly busy period for british airways for aviation in europe in general and so have the strike now has a bigger impact on. and profits than it would be later on in the what sort of effect is this going to have. on flights on travel because we're talking about. london one of the busiest airports in the world and then there's of course the knock on effect that the cancellation of all of these flights will will have elsewhere around the world. you know yeah it's sure ways is business model means that it operates a fairly complex operation throughout the day of its goal many many flights shortall regional flights that fly in from europe into heathrow and then passengers essentially connected heathrow to then fly on to be a lawful network across the states and around the world. the challenge here is that

when you have such a complex operation all constrained within a couple of airports in london you have to make sure that the pilots are in the right place that the aircraft is in the right place and so on and that the passengers are communicated correctly and so the impact operation is quite significant that unlucky obviously the they've had a beautiful pre-warning about the strikes they've had about 14 days notification from the pilots that the pilot the flights will be canceled the stress will take place and therefore be a have been able to do some pre-planning around that but not an impact is quite significant and financially i think many industry experts are estimating some of the region of about 14000000 impounds for each day that the strike goes on and from it from the travelers point of view are 2 there are there other options then i mean are there are there other carries out there who could perhaps pick up the slack yeah well that's one of the strengths of heathrow is that almost many of the

world's internet airlines fly into heathrow to locations around the world and further many passengers. they have taken a refund from british airways and then rebooked with some of these other airlines so you actually get to a place that you want to go to probably was a little bit easier than if the strike was with another airline and another location the challenge of course is that when other airlines begin to see a greater demand for passengers as they begin to put prices up and that has a negative impact on passengers looking to rebook elsewhere it. good to speak. joining us there from port louis militias. are you now lebanese armed group hezbollah says it's shot down israeli drone outside the border town of its fighters say they now have the aircraft israel and hezbollah exchange far along the lebanese border just over a week then a hata has more from beirut. this is the 1st time since 2006 that hezbollah says

it's down to an israeli drone over lebanese territory in 2006 israel and hezbollah went to war it was a month long war that ended with a cease fire but according to hezbollah secretary general has on the stroller we are now in a new phase this followed what hezbollah says is an israeli attempt to target a babe ruths southern suburbs a stronghold of hezbollah 2 armed drones approximately 2 weeks ago one crashed one exploded in the middle of the night so hezbollah really imposing new red lines creating some sort of at the terence because even the secretary general himself said we do not want israel to feel that it can do whatever it wants and act with impunity in lebanon because in neighboring syria what israel has been doing over the past few years is a targeting what it says are iranian bases and bases belonging to iranian backed groups and this has been happening for years now because israel wants to contain

iran's growing influence in the region and just overnight there have been reports of airstrikes close to the iraqi border in the syrian town of book come out of an area which has really a heavy presence of iranian backed fighters according to reports a base being built by the iranians was hit and some more monitors are reporting at least 18 iranian backed fighters were killed there's been no confirmation as of yet from syrian state media but clearly israel expanding its scope of operations against iran and its allies in the region like we mentioned syria over the past 2 weeks there have been attacks mysterious attacks which nobody has claimed targeting iraqi backed iranian groups in iraq and of course there's a recent drone strike as though the drone incident in beirut so tensions lebannon in the eye of the storm as tensions rise between iran and the united the united

states and iran and israel. the syrian government has condemned joint us and turkish patrols in the northwest as a flagrant violation of its sovereignty our vehicles returned to turkey on sunday after entering an area that used to be controlled by u.s. backed kurdish forces the u.s. and turkey want to establish a so-called safe zone in the area american support of the kurdish white b.g. has been a source of tension with its nato ally which sees the group as terrorists. and the u.s. says it's delivered enough emergency supplies for 44000 people after hurricane dorian hit the bahamas but the u.n. says 70000 need food and shelter as conditions on the worst affected islands are rapidly deteriorating hurrican flattened neighborhoods and destroyed piers roads and runways making it difficult to distribute aid i had a chance earlier today to tour the damage from the air and i have a call and what i was struck by was. the the

focus nature of the devastation so there are parts of our baco in the bahamas that don't show a great deal of damage and then there are klosters in communities that were devastated almost as though nuclear bombs were dropped on them that so great the suffering is of the devastation is a many survivors are being relocated to shelters in the capital of the bahamas nassau from their manual rappler reports. at this community center in nassau dozens of volunteers are sorting through donations for support from the international community for survivors of hurricane dorian has been immense . despite relief efforts however many continue to suffer the psychological effects of the devastation we have a lot of people over lost their loved ones. we have people who don't know where their loved ones are sonically they are with the kids stress disorder people

have a lot of. i most likely will be experimenting post-traumatic stress disorder as well . behaving in government says that as many as 3500 evacuees have arrived in nassau most of the displaced are from the islands of abaco and grand bahama the areas worst affected by hurricane dorian. in all it's estimated that more than 70000 people have been left without food and shelter that's nearly one 5th of the bahamian population darrien was a katrina i know the people of new orleans were totally on i'm prepared for the train and we didn't expect it. but ted in some ways by the not for the magnitude and so when these people come they have been traumatized i do is make life for them it's normal as possible. nassau has become a final stop for many hurricane survivors with no place else to go some here seem

dazed and unsure of what they'll do next is my house destroyed i don't see everything no clothes and i get the slippers and from here you know and they bring some clothes for us and you know what i need some stuff for a little. you know. i mean how. did this shelter is caring for more than 200 people the building is active passive but donations have been forthcoming guaranteeing. and a safe place to rest a decent meal and medical attention for those who need it we're at the fox hill community center in nassau where volunteers in some cases are up to their waists in donations but the need here in the bahamas is so great that any donations of food water medicine hygiene kits like these donated by the red cross are all very much welcome. shelters for the displaced can be found all around nassau which is home to 70 percent of the country's total population but as more evacuees arrive space

becomes limited relief workers have begun setting up tents ahead of the arrival of even more evacuees the concern now is that nassau may not be prepared for the long term care of the thousands whose communities have been destroyed many will rob lowe al jazeera nassau bahamas. a powerful typhoon has led to one person dying and more than 10530 flights being canceled in tokyo strong winds smashed the woman against the building in japan's capital typhoon was one of the strongest to hit tokyo in recent years more the 900000 homes lost power record winds 207 kilometers an hour recorded in nearby city of chiba. president vladimir putin's ruling united russia party has lost a 3rd of its seats in moscow's regional election but it still holds a majority the opposition communist party nearly doubled its seats on sunday road

led to some of the largest protests in the country in years after dozens of opposition candidates were banned from running low seen as a test for national elections in 2 years time across now to step vasant who is live for us in moscow so step are not a good day for vladimir putin and. him are not really everything and everyone here is actually still trying to make sense of what exactly has happened because it's quite a complicated political scheme that has played out but for sure his party the ruling party united russia has lost more seats than ever before in the moscow duma they had a monopoly for all those years they have been in power for the nearly 20 years and now they have lost one of their own but that doesn't mean. they have lost their majority they still have a majority so it's a psychological loss for

a party that this not used to losing at all but it also doesn't mean that the independent opposition is now also present in moscow to work because they were banned simply from running in these elections in the 1st place but has brought the communist. back in moscow duma the communist have never been really a strong opposition party so policies are not likely to change much but it does mean that this is a signal to president putin that some cracks are appearing in his regime and also that this opposition is not as easily crushed as he might have thought. so where is where does president putin go from here then with national elections coming up in in 2 years. well that's a very interesting question because everyone will now be watching what he will do with united russia of course united russia is not under him anymore it's now were locked by the. prime minister sorry. so he is now

ready his popularity is also already going down united russia was already decreasing in popularity in recent years there is some speculation that he might change the party on my goal as he also did in his old presidential elections completely independent and look for a different power base but a question of course is what will he do after this term finishes this is his last term which answer in 2024 will he need to stay do miles these elections are indeed in 2 years to get some kind of regulation approved that he can continue his rule after his last last term house has finished so that's going to be the main thing to look at what what will his maneuver be. right step thank you. thousands of school students has formed human chains around hong kong in solidarity

with the protesters there the government there is condemning what they call the illegal behavior of radicals and i've warned demonstrators to stop and that's after sunday's protests ended in violence police fired tear gas to disperse crowds of the some demonstrators blocked roads set barricades on fire and vandalized the metro station launch crowds also rallied without incident at the u.s. consulate some held signs calling on president trump to liberate the chinese controlled territory. a protest leader joshua walang has been released after being held for breaching his bail conditions efface charges for allegedly being involved in violence in august but he says police at picked him up again accusing him of being involved in more unrest on sunday. friends for support of the legal team so unfortunately with the political prosecution no one would love it would happen but the chaos happened yesterday i've been detained for 24 hours and i urge

international company realize the political prosecution just race so in white terror and become a common law. all right in a few moments we'll have the weather ways rob and also ahead on i just you know it wouldn't have stopped any of the last few years worth of these mass shootings when the when the u.s. congress begins debate on new gun laws this week they may find their biggest obstacle could be the president. and step inside a museum honoring the german artistic movement that helped shape the 20th century. was on the road to qatar 2022 to tell you which african teams through to the next round up to qualify as in sport.

well as you may have just heard the typhoon. went over the top of tokyo but it was going so quickly that that was the saving grace because it did indeed break records particularly for when the ice disappeared the storm still just a typhoon is still offshore not the wind gusts near tokyo or the. 157 that wasn't a record but sustained winds that brought it was smaller when you had over 200 kilometers through here so the fact that it was moving quickly to say was the saving grace brief bit of damage and then it's gone but of course flooding was also fairly extensive this is to the north of the city so you've got the floods you've got wind damage what a storm surge again because it moved quickly much of that was escape but the damage is there to be seen by all the rainfall not record $200.00 plus been the

beaches again helped by the rapid movement but because you still got that rain falling in fukushima province which is north of tokyo there is still a heavy rainfall or landslide risk with waves still battering the shores at 11 meters so that is the current situation but by tomorrow it will be gone it will be quiet. with my face. with. algorithmic measurements of. the. patient. and. come across most crucially. in the 4th of a 5 part series addresses the appropriation personal characteristics. of the. 3 months of protests on an unprecedented scale that would virtually paralyzed.

what began. to an extradition or escalated into a broader pro-democracy movement so how and why did this crisis develop and more trauma in the 2nd of 2 special reports people in power examines the cool susan possible consequences of home summer of defiance on al-jazeera. and again you're watching it is it a reminder of our top stories this u.k. prime minister boris johnson is expected back in parliament in a few hours to push again for an early election he's now in dublin meeting with the

irish prime minister there seeking a way to maintain a seamless border between the countries off the brakes the. lebanese armed group hezbollah says it's shot down an israeli drone outside the border town of rami up it's fine to say they now have the aircraft israel and hezbollah exchange far along the lebanese border just over a week ago. the u.s. says it's delivered enough emergency supplies for 44000 people in the bahamas affected by hurricane dorian but tens of thousands more are still looking for help the u.n. says 70000 storm victims the food and shelter. now the taliban says the u.s. has the most to lose to off the president donald trump canceled a meeting with the group in the united states u.s. special envoy zalmay khalilzad has also been recalled he'd been negotiating with the taliban in qatar for nearly a year the afghan government says peace will only be possible if the taliban stops killing people and holds talks with the country's leaders tony brooklier reports

now from kabul. president trump's early morning tweet canceling the meeting with the taliban surprised many including the afghan government but it has actually welcomed the decision the main goal of our piece is is a ceasefire and indicted negotiation with the taliban so these 2 components are very important. the taliban refuses to talk directly with the afghan government who she regards as illegitimate and corrupt but it did agree to negotiate with the u.s. these forces invaded afghanistan 18 years ago after the 911 attacks on america there have been 9 rounds of talks it's october last year but during that time taliban fighters have carried out numerous attacks and suicide bombings and america has also continued its air campaign who just hit the taliban but this year has also caused the biggest number of civilian casualties the latest taliban bombing was in kabul last thursday in which 12 people were killed including an american soldier 2

days later the u.s. president in a tweet ditched what he said was going to be a secret meeting at camp david even as the taliban was claiming responsibility for thursday's attack zalmay khalilzad the u.s. chief negotiator was on his way to katter for further talks that were later described as positive but the afghan government said the talks gave the taliban recognition the taliban has responded angrily to trump canceling the talks in a statement released on its website they said the agreement was finalized on saturday both sides agreed to all points they talked about intra afghan talks to begin on september the 23rd but warned that their struggle will continue and the u.s. would suffer more the u.s. has been criticized for offering the taliban too much for raising fears that the country could descend into civil war once the bulk of american forces withdraw if there is a new agreement between the problem in the united states government. supporting

foreign forces. that would be devoid of worth. not the only part of that would be the what he wants situation and the international community and that is something that troubles many afghans. we know the taliban is not trustworthy yet they do whatever they want and they misuse islamic laws in a terrifying way this country boy be better with them in the government. we are free of the taliban come out not only will women's rights be violated but also all human rights. all sides appear to agree that militarily they can be no winner in this conflict but also achieving a lasting peace is not going to be easy either where this leaves the peace process is anyone's guess it depends largely on what the taliban chooses to do next either escalate the violence or return to the negotiating table in a different frame of mind afghanistan waits to see which one it will be tony berkeley al-jazeera kabul. in the united states

a congressional committee wants to restart efforts to limit gun ownership the issue is hampered congress for more than 2 decades after a series of mass shootings and as white house correspondent kimberly how could tells us one of the biggest obstacles could be the president. in recent weeks dozens of americans have been killed in a series of mass shootings in the u.s. state of texas ohio and california. as many americans hold vigils for the victims mourning has turned to anger. and a demand for action from congressional lawmakers. the issue of gun control has languished in the u.s. congress for decades in part because of powerful pushback from the nation's largest pro-gun lobby the national rifle association but that's changing some lawmakers say there's now a new sense of urgency thank you we will now see that this week the house judiciary

. he will begin meeting to try and restart debate over limiting some types of gun ownership. the democrat controlled committee hopes to ultimately pass legislation in the u.s. house of representatives establishing so-called red flag laws that seize firearms from people deemed mentally unstable the committee also seeks to ban high capacity magazines and gun ownership for anyone convicted of a hate crime. or love or shatter. but the republican controlled senate needs to approve the house legislation the republican leader mitch mcconnell says they'll be no senate votes on gun measures unless u.s. president donald trump commits to signing that legislation into law trump has promised to work with congress to stop the mass shootings fied he's also questioned the benefits of background checks to stop the killings if you look at background

checks and if you look at some of even the more severe. and comprehensive ideas that are big put forward it wouldn't have stopped any of the last few years worth of these mass shootings but house democrats promise to keep pushing for background checks and the potential reinstatement of a ban on buying assault weapons more needs to be done but this is a story a consensus story a start that the overwhelming number of americans support democrats face a daunting challenge president trump says he will only support gun laws that ensure public safety well also up holding the constitutional right to governorship in the united states can really help at al-jazeera the white house. along as an cattle farmers in brazil are accused of destroying the rainforest in the amazon prosecutors say there aren't enough officials to stop the latin american and to the

sea newman went to a community where people's lifestyles are under threat. francisco. as he's called lives in the heart of brazil's amazon rain forest. he's $61.00 but can still climb up in a tree in the blink of an eye the fruit is too green he says so he slides down without. he also grows cola used to making chocolate many beans and resist chickens. were living in an era in which we don't need to think about wealth but about survival if you have enough to buy shoes you can produce food which are the essentials along with health you can live well chico is one of the founders of a sustainable development settlement here and on a pool there are $160.00 families who live off the forest without destroying it but

this oasis is being increasingly ravaged this is what the untouched amazon rain forest looks like almost impenetrable and just across the road here is the perfect example of what brazil's president calls opening up the amazon for economic development and progress protecting the forests trim illegal loggers and cattle farmers is dangerous she could takes us to see the charred remains of what was the settlements community center. the land grabbers wanted to take our land and thought if they burned down our community area we wouldn't be able to rebuild again and leave. 1000 people have been murdered here in on a pool in killings related to land disputes she shows us where he was stabbed a few years ago the knife pierced his lung. with only 3 environmental agency officers assigned to an area larger than all of england it's almost impossible to protect the community or the forest says past a prosecutor will be that than

a set that. the legal activities that impact the environment such as mining and logging are done in the most remote areas where the local power structure is linked to criminals and now we have severe budget cuts for policing along with the government discourse that encourages illegal activities most of the members of the community would too afraid to appear on camera but she remains defiant even so you don't have to look far to see that at least for now he's losing the battle to preserve his rain forest. you see in human as just an apple brazil. now in chile riot police have fought with protesters demanding answers about the victims of former dictator augusto pinochet demonstrators marched in the capital santiago before the anniversary of pinochet's rise to power in 1973 thousands were killed or disappeared during his 17 years of ministry. before

a half years of war in yemen have forced millions of people to leave their homes but camp in the province of wire then houses more than 600 internally displaced families but they're becoming increasingly desperate. that. this is what passes for a classroom in the hour about how himself it has no tables no chairs and just a handful of books a 1000 school age children live in the camp but most don't turn up to class. we need to build a school we need cheers and to get for students because most of the students run away they want to work because of the living conditions here. are about camp in the province of aden opened last year since then more than 3000 yemenis from the cities of ho data unties have arrived they were forced to leave their homes because of

fighting between rebels and forces loyal to yemen's internationally recognized government backed by the saudi amorality coalition in recent weeks fighting around the port city of aden has caused a further 60000 people to leave their homes camps like this one and struggling to cope and people are feeling increasingly desperate. please stop the war after years of fighting we are starving the water has been cut off the temperature inside our tents is so high we have to sit under the trees. we've had enough. the camp provides basic health care but it doesn't have the resources to help yemenis with complex medical conditions oh my. god i have a hole in my heart so i want to sign up to get medical help but unfortunately i couldn't afford it it is too expensive i've been sick for the last 2 days i went to the hospital and they gave me temporary medicine i felt ok for

a while and then i relapsed again no one here can help me hunger thirst discomfort and distress a part of every day life in this camp for some it's all they've ever known victoria gates and be al jazeera coates leader has postponed a meeting with the us president donald trump after being admitted to hospital for medical tests 90 year old she. arrived in the us we should go here's your to meet president trump in washington on thursday last month kuwaiti media reported the emir had recovered from what he called a medical event. alleges riots in south africa and that migrants and foreign owned businesses have killed at least one person others were injured in johannesburg as police fired stun grenades and rubber bullets the attacks of provoke retaliation on shops in nigeria owned by south africans for me to miller has more now in johannesburg. tensions have escalated here in the johannesburg central business

district somebody has been injured people here say they've been shocked there's a high police presence people here are concerned about continuing attacks and this has only further angered people here there's great concern and that's. there's great concern that the spy lence is going to elicit escalate and much of the violence has also been fueled by rumors people are scared there for a straighted many say they want an end to this violence but there are those who say they're willing to retaliate. and people with. much in the who wanted to attack the you come to the street now. from. then you probably come this late reproductively hope now for these people the skillet you know their anger they want to tell you to them for the good the north

scared of them. miss the police have fired rubber bullets and they say they're trying to quell the tensions you're prevent an escape of violence and this has been going on for a number of days in the past week with have been clashes between foreign nationals and south africans shops have been looted many of these stores here remain closed today concerned the business owners are concerned about continued looting and wiped my tappan. more than 100 bush fires are burning in 2 states in eastern australia at least 20 homes have been destroyed in queensland and new south wales where there's an intense drought fire fighters there don't expect any relief from the hot windy weather until wednesday warnings are being issued of a severe fire season ahead as the southern hemisphere heads into summer or the record breaking heat waves in france killed 1435 people half of them 750.