a a deal a a deal through so there's lots of chicanery going on in the messaging departments but really he is up against it in an immense way and that pro doing that suspension can it be stopped because obviously there was a lot of opposition to it. but it's a lot of this a question a lot of people still asking the have been legal attempts to stop it in the high court in london and indeed the deborah in northern ireland now none of them have thought about injunctions to stop it at all that may well be appeals going through the system but no it cannot the simple answer the question is no there is no way of doing it short of a miracle with the queen intervening on a on a on a political affair like this no not possible so it will go through with lots of pomp and circumstance quite surreal it will be in such a crisis to see the grandiose way in which this part of it goes about its actions

broken isn't an unusual thing it's done at the end of sessions the beginning of sessions it's it's quite often it happens but not for a political purpose like this and that's what the opposition really angry disgraceful is what jeremy kolb and the labor leader had to say about it but the situation we're in now is really you've got boris johnson giving lots of political will spin if you forgive the term but getting no traction and so what happens next well that's the timetable let's see what happens let's see if there are any surprises there could well be. oh i think we're used to surprises andrew symonds with the latest on that thank you. peace talks underway in south sudan between the president and exiled rebel leader erectness shower landed in juba on monday to sit with president salva kiir amazing scene is an important step towards the implementation of a stalled peace deal at least 400000 people have died since the country's civil war

started in 2013 after a key removed as vice presidents will grab a break on al-jazeera when we come back it wouldn't have stopped any of the last few years worth of these mass shootings. when the u.s. congress begins debate on new gun laws this week they may find their biggest obstacle could be the president and the taliban wants the u.s. stands to lose the most stuff are called off talks aimed at ending the war in afghanistan. hello the right is gathering for a bit of a late season wetting in western china but the cloud is creeping ever eastwards and it certainly exists further south much of southeast asia's mainland is looking still fairly wet meum are being

a case in point north in townsville wet laos and vietnam and that's still the story in the forecast you might get a shower as far east as hong kong you might get some rain just if offshore from shanghai but much of the young sea valley is still looking drugger the headwaters are getting wet sugars got wet in the forecast the same is true of the northern philippines particularly luzon and that same line of last few takes you long to again active within the monsoon should be thinking about retreating it probably is you know what aspects we've had some huge downpours of rain in maharashtra still recently maje pradesh and for the reason this this west coast the western ghats have been really pounded particularly around mumbai. that still in the forecast for the next 2 days west of that and of course used to be flowing in we've had significant rain in the form of showers even around the calf of yemen in some nest in the forecast and the breeze is picked up there in the gulf hasn't affected temperatures there and humidity still.

be the cost of priceless results on the threats of the amazon rainforest is a blaze in its links to brazil's drive for the beach and soy production and look at that plus as he had always global ambitions which of left investors missing some big losses. counting the cost on al jazeera.

this is al jazeera and these are the top stories this hour at least 29 people been killed in 2 attacks and became a state of emergency is in place for the west african country more than 500 people have been killed by armed groups there in the last 4 years. britain's queen elizabeth has approved a law blocking a no deal exit from the european union at the end of october and during a visit to ireland prime minister barak johnson made a rare admission that had no deal breakers it would be a failure of focus a. plan in a surprise announcement to the controversial house of commons speaker john boehner code says he will stand down at the next election or on october 31st which. comes 1st speaking empowerment worker said his 10 year tenure has been a great honor and to preach. the taliban says the u.s. has the most to lose after president donald trump canceled a meeting with a group in the united states speaking to al-jazeera a taliban spokesman says they'll stop their attacks if the u.s.

ceases its military operations and goes ahead signs an agreement. signed an agreement with them then we have. not to attack them and provide them up a safe passage if he. they withdraw without any peace agreement signing with us then it is. our. consent order. our willing with that to attack them or not protect them it is then up to us because there is no agreement so we will attack them if we want if we see it in our interest our national interest our islamic interest. we see it not in our interest we will not. see it on our interests not to attack

will not attack them that will be up to us but to be ignorant yes we would have obligation not to attack them this is 2 things different. protesters in the occupied west bank have held a demonstration over the death of a palestinian prisoner activists. who'd been detained on murder charges was terminally ill they're accusing israeli authorities of medical negligence after he passed away on sunday rights groups have been calling for an investigation into the case. the lebanese armed group hezbollah says it shot down an israeli drone outside the border town of it's fine to say they now have the aircraft and israel and hezbollah exchanged fire along the lebanese border just over a week ago. and the syrian government has condemned joint u.s. and turkish patrols in the northwest as a flagrant violation of its sovereignty 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 but america's support of the kurdish why p.g. has been a source of tension with turkey which sees the group as terrorists. now 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 the hurrican flattened entire neighborhoods and destroyed pia's roads and runways which is making it difficult to distribute the 8 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. in the bahamas that don't show a great deal of damage and then there are clusters in communities that were devastated almost as though nuclear bombs were dropped on them that so great the

suffering is of the devastation is. many survivors now being relocated to shelters in the capital of the bahamas from. our 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 for lost their loved ones. we have people who don't know where their loved ones are saw until they where 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 dorian was a katrina i know the people of new orleans were totally on i'm prepared for. we didn't expect it. but pedants some ways but 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 to sleep 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. and you know. not only that one. this

shelter is caring for more than 200 people the building is at past city but donations have been forthcoming guaranteeing everyone 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. in the united states a congressional committee wants to restart efforts to mimic the under schip the issue has happened congress for more than 2 decades following a series of mass shootings as a white house correspondent. one of the biggest obstacles could be the president himself. 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 committee will be. 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 will 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 as 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 trying says he will only support gun laws that ensure public safety well also up holding the constitutional right to gun ownership in the united states can really help get al jazeera the white house. strong point british airways pilot says causing major disruption for passengers worldwide the

1st day of a 48 hour walkout it's grounding nearly all of the airlines $850.00 daily flights on around 150000 travelers union leaders for b.a.'s a 4300 pilots want a bigger share of the profits airline manages they say the pilots already receive world class stuff salaries and benefits. president vladimir putin's united russia party has lost a 3rd of its seats in moscow's regional election it does retain its majority but the communist party more than doubled its number of seats in sunday's election dozens of position and independent candidates were banned from running which provoked some of the largest anti kremlin protests for years. funny conference been held close to the heavily fortified border separating north and south korea japan the peace it is a year after improving ties were marked by that summit between the 2 neighbors relations since those who have been a bit chilly mcbride reports. performing in the name of peace

an eclectic mix of musical styles and performers and topping the bill world renowned cellist yo-yo ma. this is part of a global project by ma a series of concerts to promote harmony through culture. in the body project research 1st conceived the very 1st dream i had. to come to the border between china and north korea i don't know why but what i can say today is said that dream is now going to be a reality staged at the symbolic door a sound railway station just south of the demilitarized zone separating the 2 koreas this is as far north as trains can go but it's hoped one day rail links will be reconnected. the concert marks the 1st anniversary of the high points into korean relations a landmark visit by south korean president moon j.n.

to north korea. it concluded with the pyongyang declaration with his counterpart kim jong un. as part of the agreement measures have been implemented to reduce tensions in the d.m.z. removing guard posts and weapons and opening up the border area to visitors as a symbol of peace instead of hostility on on. north korea's leader kim jong un expressed his wish that he wanted to complete denuclearization quickly and focus on economic development one year on into korean relations look very different rail links across the d.m.z. remain disconnected and with the north return. inning in recent months too short range missile testing and open criticism of the south it's hard enough just to keep the reconciliation process on track. attending the concert members of families separated by the korean war nearly 70 years ago. we came to the south when we were

very young most of the 1st generation of passed away and we're the 2nd generation and we are alive so we hope they are as well. this concert comes as the 2 koreas prepare to celebrate the 2 suck autumn festival a time for families to come together. for many separated families the d.m.z. will be as close as they come to that for another year at least. bright al-jazeera to south korea. with al-jazeera and these are the top stories at least 29 people killed and 6 others injured in 2 attacks in bikini fast so a state of emergency is in place in parts of the west african country more than 500 people have been killed by armed groups in the last 4 years britain's queen elizabeth has approved a law blocking

a no deal exit from the european union at the end of october and during a visit to ireland prime minister boris johnson made a rare admission that a no deal breaks it would be on his part a failure of diplomacy and in the last hour or so a surprise announcement with the controversial house of commons speaker john bercow announcing he will be stepping down at the next election speaking in parliament bercow said his 10 year tenure had been a great honor and privilege. i have concluded that the least disruptive. and most democratic course of action. would be for me to stand down and the close of business. thursday october 31st. the taliban has said the us has the most to lose after president donald trump canceled amazing that the group in the united states a spokesman told al-jazeera they will stop their attacks if the u.s.

ceases military operations if we sign an agreement with them then we have nation not out there and provide them up a safe passage if he. they would draw without any peace agreement signing with us then it is. our. constant our. our willing with that to our tag them or not. and protesters in the occupied west bank held a demonstration over the death of a palestinian prisoner activists a bus some else who'd been detained on murder charges was terminally ill they were accusing israeli authorities of medical negligence after he passed away on sunday rights groups are calling for an investigation into the case we're up to date with

the headlines on al-jazeera i'm back in a moment with this week's edition of counting the cost. hello i'm come on santa maria this is counting the cost on al-jazeera your weekly look at the world of business and economics this week the amazon rainforest is on fire and a priceless resource is under threat but behind the headlines is a push by brazil's president to use the app for more farming and agriculture so is it time to offset the damage and stop buying brazilian beef and soy old so this

week as he had global ambitions of left investors losses we look at the deal that wouldn't have got off the ground without some help from goldman sachs and whoever said a trade war is bad for business well we will need one garlic farmer in california is laughing all the way to the bank. one forest fire however large might be considered a natural disaster something that unfortunately happens. but $80000.00 in a year in the one place something else is surely going on we're of course talking about the amazon rain forest where right now every minute an area the size of a football pitch has been wiped out the problem it seems stems from the top brazil's job campaigned on a promise to open up the m is into farming and logging and mining to strip native amazonian tribes of their land and now he's president he's defunding the bodies

responsible for environmental enforcement his argument and that of some rather brazilians is that their economic growth is being held back because they can't exploit the amazon but how do you put a price and where do you even start when you consider the amazon produces about 6 percent of the world's oxygen and is home to a 5th of the world's fresh water supply it also provides you may not know key ingredients to some of the pharmaceuticals in your medicine cabinet like your aspirin and even heart medications and cancer treatments so there's 2 scenarios here one is to leave the amazon as it is and in fact a study in the science journal nature suggested the economic benefit of leaving the rainforest in its current state would be $8200000000.00 a year and includes all the existing sustainable businesses like nut farming and rubber tree timber but option to deforestation would lead to a fall in rainwater and lead to agricultural losses of $422000000.00 plus

there's the social and the economic damage from the migration of indigenous tribes to cities from the loss of river water and food security over a 30 year period that could be as much as 3 and a half trillion dollars the cost of saving the amazon that'll be $50.00 times less $64000000000.00 could help restore the landscape and to change agricultural practices. heart of the forest clearances is both an hour's desire to increase as you heard their beef and soya production brazil is the largest exporter of beef to the world it provides a 5th of the global supply with over 6 and a half $1000000000.00 in 2018 so we're going to discuss all of this with our guest in a moment but there's one other economic elements to these fires brazil's handling of the situation it has strained its relationship with the e.u. in fact at least 2 european countries are frozen their donations to what is called

the amazon fund a move that could impact dozens of environmental projects to raise about has our report now from it's a poor in brazil. every day the his who somebody see there goes into the mit national park to look for seeds he's trying to preserve the rain forest and the dozens of species that live in it. the threat of deforestation has become a major problem and then goes like this there are fighting back and what do we. what we are seeing is really bad and they're burning the forest so our work looks into encouraging farmers to enroll in economic alternatives i don't destroy the forests have environmental impact or killed over. there is growing fountains of trees every year and help locals make a living while also caring for the environment the ngos funded by what's called the amazon fund handled by the government the fundraising is donations to help fight

deforestation in amazonia deforestation and the fires have already destroyed large sectors of the amazon rain forest but there are projects like this one that are trying to preserve and reforest the areas that have been already devastated there are more than 40 species here of trees and crops the problem is that projects like this one are now at risk germany and norway are crucial sponsors of the fund that helps over 100 projects like this one but they have halted all payments to condemn president jade also now those environmental policies. well we are better has managed to reforest $800.00 hectares of trees this year. alexander gatos fears a drop in donations will impact there was still we are very concerned but we've been working on our projects through the amazon fund and petrobras for a long time that being said sir t.g. clee we're already looking for other sources of funding we want to find ways so

that the funds don't go through the government. a long time skeptic of environmental concerns wants to open the amazon to more agriculture and mining yes even a dig out of those who has been working to protect indigenous groups living in london for years she has been threatened by loggers and miners but international funding has allowed her to do her work there's a few of them we have much more work now because the local environmental authorities are committed to the cause but feel alone threatened and without support from the government so we are trying at least to show the world there are people who care about the environment but we don't have any support instead we are being weakened by the government's narrative and she'll say they're ready to fight attempt to commercialise the rain forest but need international aid to do so they say they can protect what brazil's president will not joining us now on skype from

stockholm is toby gati toby is a senior research fellow at the stockholm environment institute also director of the supply chain transparency initiative called try so it's good to have you with us. is very simple argument is well it's our land and we should be able to exploit it we should be able to do what we want with it and maximise it and on the face of that kind of makes sense but there's nothing else like the amazon out there is there yes sure thanks very much for having me on the program again there's no question brazil is a sovereign nation and it has the right. to exploit its natural. losses in a way the wishes but the key point here is the question logic that the clearance of the arm of the or the buyer is necessarily a precondition for sustainable economic development one clear fact that is that it's important to keep in mind in this whole debate this whole discussion is the

area of land that has already been cleared in the amazon the vast majority about land is not currently on there any economically viable productive use in fact the majority of it is in very extensive low productivity cattle pasture often making making a loss economically and also a huge area of it has been abandoned so it's clear the evidence is in front of a lot of this land wasn't clear it with a clear economic rationale in the 1st place so what brazil has the opportunity to do is to both make make much better use of the land that's already being cleared which there is a huge stock available and the agribusiness community of brazil is the 1st to say that they have enough land to expand and satisfy their needs while also protecting the remaining areas and other native existence of the so vital as well to the economy brazil the wellbeing of brazilian people and of course the wellbeing of people across the planet for those people out there who are conscious about such

things and maybe don't want to be part of of an angry business which is destroying parts of the amazon i know i've simplified it there but for those people like that is there a way to sort of track the supply chain than to know what's coming from where so that lendl who you are the individual consumer you orion the shot it's incredibly hard at the moment to have confidence if you're wanting to buy a product take so it sort of for a start bedded countless products that were buying on supermarket shelves and were often were often very ignorant blissfully ignorant about where it found most so in the world it used to feed animals. and you're not thinking actually when you're eating chicken for example. you're also eating soy that may come from the brazilian emma's not the president's out there so there's an individual consumer it's extremely hard to know where you can do there is an increasing number of monitoring systems and school cards that rank and assess the major brands of the world

the major companies that produce and processed food and sell it on to retailers and the major logistics companies that transport and operate that middle part of the supply chain the cargill in the bungie glen cause of the world there are an increasing number of system this is one of the things that we're trying to do trist transparent sustainable economy is and it's to fair that c.r.m. with partners is to give some truth to how we judge the relative levels of impact the different companies different buyers are exposed to and if they are in for political pressure as well the e.u. is about to sign a. trade agreement with latin america with with with brazil as part of that has as well president macron in france has been trying to help out shall we say and that hasn't gone too well is it is is there room for political pressure there's always room for political pressure and i think that political pressure needs to come in a number of different ways it is important i'm saying that the that the due diligence legislation i think quite can really try and expedite accelerate catalyze

change on the ground through the actions of buying companies the political pressure also needs to come in other fora needs to come through environmental diplomacy it needs to come through packages of incentives that are actually commensurate with the scale of the challenge i think one of the problems for example with this recent stats between macron and both are that we witnessed. the g 7 apparently one of the most powerful gatherings. of global players of world leaders they tabled this is. the most generous him and came at the end of a $20000000.00 package now that's problematic on 2 levels one it's an almost offensively small amount of money when you think about the challenge so it's bound to stoke the fires of xenophobia resentment or a pleasant fear in brazil's sovereignty and secondly it's targeted at the symptoms

of the problem so putting out fires if you qualify you posted put it out that far more importantly when you think about ways to avoid those fires being led to the scraping into the forest in the 1st place and all of the systems and the understanding the technology needed to do that is all in place we just need resources to be able to implement it better and to ensure that the rules that brazil already have has really ready were world class environmental legislation that isn't fought and if it wasn't forced and if founders were properly supported especially ready farmers who have no choice of which is not the main source of the problem but they need support as well in order to ensure that their practices can continue insisting the way to be gotten a joining us from stockholm to i thank you so much for your time thank you very much for having me on the emergency in the amazon of course stretches beyond brazil nearly one and a half 1000000 hectares of tropical rainforest in blue.