in iran in the coming days she ever times. we hear from a south african. as the country's president unveils an emergency plan to deal with what's being called a national crisis. and fighting to stay above the breadline in argentina the desperate measures to keep. the country by economic crisis. and then. for the rugby world cup with organizers. only a generation of. 26 children have died in a far at an islamic school on the outskirts of the liberian capital of monrovia the

cause is still unknown charlotte reports. camouflaged by the so stunned wolves these girls wanted to see how students many a similar age had died in the night i don't believe this was an islamic school the children were learning the koran boys between 10 and 20 years old had been sleeping in the school dormitory when the fire broke out a police spokesman speculated an electrical fault could be to blame but i'm not 15 feet we we're here in north outside everyone i'm wondering if the i think of the fire around the fire that is going on my wife's been fighting for a lot of smoke i mean. crowd swelled as the bodies of the children were removed the neighbors said they tried to help but there was only one entry point to the building they were balls on the windows the fire made it too hot to into they said by the time firefighters arrived they got the blaze under control but it was too

late. the children recounted publicly before they were swiftly buried in a collective ceremony. also allowed in the. summer for the almost clinical death. and i had to follow was food for. our son and i still walking lodging. in the outskirts of the capital monrovia painesville is a suburb of president george where you wouldn't usually have cause to visit residents lined the streets here arrived in an attempt to calm crowds and officer cool. those here we sat down with that. guy you know 5 times he said. i thought you said.

we. just. you know i would never tell them that. islam is a minority religion in liberia here in painesville support a strong gun not grumble acknowledge wave. of the people we get up to do. their best in now we've got to not be as a lone wolf or. an outpouring of grief for innocent lives lost ballasts al-jazeera. israel's 2nd election this year has again failed to produce a clear winner weeks of coalition talks are now like a before new government can be formed with more than 99 percent of the votes counted the center right blue and white party led by bennett benny gantz us. prime

minister benjamin netanyahu is look at party behind with 31 are a force that has more details from tel aviv. benjamin netanyahu might be down but he's not out not yet before a meeting with senior members of his likud party he said he'd agreed to form a bloc of right wing and ultra orthodox religious parties along with likud as a basis for a new government under his leadership. there are one or 2 options either a government headed by me or a dangerous government that's leaning on the arab parties at this moment more than any other and in the face of the security and political challenges that are on ahead it's forbidden that a government will be formed that is leaning on the and he zionist arab parties the bloc in question would give him $55.00 seats in the israeli parliament or knesset still 6 short of the 61 needed to form a majority coalition it's a rebuke to netanyahu ally avigdor lieberman who's insisted that his party israel they tend to likud and the opposition blue and white combined to form

a secular unity government yes sure conclusion is clear all that we have said during the election campaign is coming true there is only one option a national unity government a liberal broad government we will not join any other option. but if netanyahu is refusing as he clearly is now to join that option where does he get the 6 seats he needs for a government i mean operettas left wing labor alliance temptingly has just that number but he refused again on wednesday to sit with netanyahu benny gantz has said his blue and white alliance with $32.00 seats will stay together and his secularist partner peed would be unlikely to serve with netanyahu ultra-orthodox allies will they with him if he is going well we will wait another day or 2 and wish the people of is. good necessary unity government so that the system will calm down a little bit and we will move along. john says old prospects could be improved if the mainly palestinian israeli joint list now the 3rd biggest party in the knesset

recommends him for prime minister it could even be a step on the road toward its leader i'm an order he says he wants to head the official opposition netanyahu supposed election play is certainly mid term to carry on making the political weather but a sign that this is a crisis for a man who in just 2 weeks faces his 1st pre indictment corruption hearing he's also canceled his appearance at next week's united nations general assembly in new york staying home no doubt to focus on coalition building but also perhaps to ensure that his likud party stays in line behind in our forces al-jazeera westerners. canada's prime minister has apologised after furtive emerged of him wearing brown face make up a picture which dates back to 2001 was published in a school yearbook while justin trudeau worked as a teacher it was taken at the school's annual dinner which had an airy been nights theme she says it was a mistake and a dumb thing to do is facing a tough reelection fight as canadians go to the poll on october the 21st i attended

an individuality or being was arabian nights. dressed up in a live in costume and put makeup on. i should have been. should have known better but i didn't. remember this story. stephen chase is a national correspondent for the globe and mail newspaper and is covering the election campaign and joins us from the canadian capital also on skype gets a heavy on the program so as we're as we had a head to those elections to those polls how much is this going to affect his chances or have any impact at all as he carries on with his campaigning. that's a good question it's a bit of a bombshell just exploded a few hours ago and so it's created a. moment of political crisis for that for the leader and it sort of has basically

thrown his campaign planes off track of the moment this is a country of immigrants we bring in $300000.00 immigrants every year mr trudeau in what he what he faces here is something that suggests he's not who he says he is he's been very politically correct leader who is a master of. political correctness and of shifting diversity and you know and also suggesting that is opponents are racists so this this instance where he talked about. this miss this most unfortunate conduct this wasn't something that happened when he was a child or when he was a teenager or when he was in college this is when he was 29 years old so he's got it's a bit of a challenge to his brand and voters who are undecided and there are a lot of undecided voters in the selection he's going to have to convince them that this is just a blip in his past that is known to give them more widespread sort of hypocrisy on his part is

a very political correctness always given the appearance of someone who is down the line straight and working for the people but at the same time has precedence he has been clouded by allegations that he tried to pressure an attorney general to drop corruption charges against a big company and there have been other feibel is how did the canadian public view him now. well right now he's running neck and neck with the lead the lead rival for the job which is the conservative candidate the conservative leader he's got about the support of about 33 percent of the electorate in the conservatives have the support of about another 30 percent of the electorate and then there's further sort of divisions after that but you know he's he's running neck and neck with the opposition and there's no i'm not i'm certain the majority of canadians who supported him so. he's going to how do you convince them that he's he's ready for their mandate and that he's he is who he says he is as you know as you

know pocketbook issues and the economy are always the forefront of these people's concerns these are the type of the issues that may have well may undermine his brand and also may undermine the his ability to reach out to underside of voters we certainly need to put him over the top and broadly speaking how how has he been viewed with regards to his sensitivity towards racism issues our ethnicity to say you know as you say canada is a land of immigrants has he had people felt that he is representative of them he has not there's not been raises incidents from mr trudeau in the past we know of he was perhaps most famous for welcoming 300-252-3000 extension 0 syrian refugees early in his mandate and he's made a big effort inclusion in the party bringing in various ethnic groups who form the sort of mosaic can bring them into cabinet so this is certainly something that goes

against his brand what people have come to expect. stephen hayes from the globe and mail good to speak to you thank you. president donald trump has tripped california's authority to set its own vehicle emissions standards which are tougher than the national once it was also banned other states from setting similar rules the current law requires automakers to build cleaner from the coast then federal requirements demand president trump says the move will lower car prices that are likely to impact emissions but california's governor disagrees and the state has vowed to fight this action. it's about the oil industry period full stop it's not about the car manufacturers not about consumers it's not about the health it's not about our economy. it's about oil companies in our news that final words here we are precipice more unrest in the middle east a time when we've yet again been exposed for our deep dependence on foreign oil

that now has a trajectory to get us back into conflict in the middle east well california has been able to set its own emissions standards since a waiver by congress in 1970 the states has long pushed automakers to build more fuel efficient vehicles earlier the obama administration required new vehicles to average about 16 kilometers 2 liter by 2025 president trump has favored freezing a fuel efficiency requirements at the current standard of about 11 kilometers per liter that would make new vehicles cheaper although motorists would have to pay more at the pump which is also mean that fuel consumption would jump up by 5 percent or $500000.00 barrels a day paul court is a staff attorney with earth justice a public interest environmental organization and he joins us from san francisco thank you for coming on the program so as we said that california will have this

well they will fight it but if they had to drop these stricter regulations they are put in place how much of a difference will it really make for for the environment and for california's air pollution. well it makes a huge difference because these standards while they target climate emissions are really about transitioning transportation away from combustion altogether california when they look at what they need to do to meet basic health standards like smog standards or such standards when they crunch those numbers they came to the conclusion that they need to end combustion in virtually all transportation state that's the only way we're going to meet healthy air standards here right and in the short term does president trump have a valid argument he says that they impact on emissions will be minimal but this is

a well to cut the costs of cars and help stimulate the auto industry. no he does not have a valid argument. he's in fact e.p.a. has delayed the rollout of the proposed federal standards in part because they can't get the math to work out and in the meantime they see that the auto manufacturers are lining up to voluntarily meet california standards and so in sort of a reaction to that they're rushing out this action with that they're going to announce tomorrow to take away california's authority to require cleaner cars because they see they're losing that sort of battle of ideas right now but can you really see automakers switch to less fuel efficient less fuel efficiency given that they have to compete to the global markets also i mean is this just symbolic or is

this actually a real threat to the environment and through moving towards renewables said cleaner fuel. well you're absolutely right these automakers have all announced plans to move to electric vehicles and what this action does is it's an attempt to ensure that those clean vehicles don't come here so here in california we will absolutely feel the effect of that in more not only greenhouse gas emissions but also other tailpipe emissions that affect air quality in places like l.a. in the central valley so how much would you really say this is if we had to look at the bigger picture here is it about president trying trying to assert his mark our power over a state that is clearly liberal and the democratic leanings or is it really about

his fight for the auto industry well it's certainly not a fight for the auto industry this is a fight for the oil industry the auto manufacturers again are lining up saying you know they they see the path ahead and that you know cleaner vehicles and and more 0 emission vehicles this really is a fight with california a fight with the obama administration to you know try and undo you know everything that the prior administration did paul carts with earth justice thank you very much great to get your insight thank you. the global demand for thought to be one of factors behind the ongoing forest fires in indonesia the blame for the widespread fars is being directed at plantation companies many of whom produced palm oil regular mohamed has more from jakarta. i hate blankets the

streets of peckham bars city on the island of sumatra. fires have been burning here in riyadh province for more than a month many started deliberately by farmers and plantation companies to clear land for planting most of the haze is smoke rising from this land which is credible peat below the surface what it looks like the fires have been put out there smoldering underground firefighters are trying to contain the spread but the annual dry season is making things even more difficult. to find water wherever they can from creeks rivers and lakes all those schools have been closed for more than a week market trade is in reality open but say the choking haze is bad for business . i'm worried we want to solution to this problem i wanted to stop happening every year. and it's causing breathing problems hospitals are filled with a growing number of patients providing we've seen an increase in the number of

patients percent of them have acute respiratory infections some have asked and pneumonia. protesters have taken their frustrations to the governor's office. we want the companies responsible for the fires to be punished and find a solution to help the hailstorm the government should let volunteers help with firefighting efforts but we also want the hits of police and the military to step down president joker we doto stress that fire prevention is essential he's calling on the local government to take more responsibility by boosting reinforcements of firefighters and increasing cloud seeding operations to induce rain. we'll find out if this is internationally organized or if it was done by ordinary people to clear land from what we can see this is massive and organized. and thick smog has crossed borders into malaysia and singapore causing diplomatic disputes with both since the last major fires here 4 years ago government has promised that

anyone found in liberty setting fires would face consequences and has compiled a list of more than $300.00 companies suspected of setting fires some links to malaysia and singapore thousands of so-called fire hotspots have been identified in indonesia while many wait for rain to bring some respondents the fires are still burning and it will take months for the land to recover. mohammed al jazeera jakarta. and. one commander wanted for war crimes is killed in the democratic republic of congo. president trump visits the building site of his border wall makes more promises ahead of next year's presidential election. and in spore the double grand slam champion aiming to make a. when it starts at our hometown tournament.

hello again it's good to have you back over here across parts of asia we are watching one tropical system that is making its way towards the hugo islands so you can see the clouds almost on the edge of our map right there but you will see the circulation on our forecast map and that is going to be a big problem as we go towards the end of the week towards the real islands as storm is going to be really increasing in intensity we do expect to see a typhoon and by the end of the weekend that will be a big factor for mainland japan but for china though not looking too bad out here towards the east it's going to be fairly dry all the way from shanghai down towards hong kong lower humid as well so it's going to feel quite nice there well across the philippines the rain is still going to be a big problem as we go towards the end of the week notice clouds pushing across manila those clouds are going to bring some heavy rain and we are expecting flooding particularly for luzon as we go from thursday as well as into friday down

towards the south though it is going to be a haze that we're dealing with across parts of java for bali things are looking quite nice with attempt a few into the low thirty's and then very quickly for new delhi it's been quite clear for you over the next few days and that is going to continue as we go towards thursday most of the rain is receding down here towards the southeast and so for new delhi expect to see attempt a few of 31 and for karate a very nice day for you but tempers a little bit warm at 36. the weather sponsored by can't own a. team of chinese scientists in botswana gehring. searching for rare results and the one who went to reveals china's underwater and how does the earth. i mean this is different whether someone is going or someone is very rich doesn't matter when you think it's how you approach a fictional i mean that's it is a certain way of doing it you can't just buy

a story and find out. singapore is being accused of expanding its coastline and illegally dredged some of the islands off the coast of indonesia literally it's a big business. one that will take the system there in the sand is there you see this beautiful beach but behind it is something that's not so plentiful tragedy is that people are just not aware and ecological investigation into a global emergency. at this time on al jazeera. again what your knowledge is there and here is remind of her top stories. saudi

arabia has presented what it says is undeniable evidence of iran sponsored attacks on the oil facility. denies involvement with the rebels who are fighting a saudi m.r. coalition there say they were behind the strikes and the u.s. says it will impose more sanctions against iran. at least 27 people mostly children have been killed in a far at an islamic school in liberia happened in the dormitory as students were sleeping police believe it was most likely caused by an electrical fault. and canada's prime minister has apologized after a photo of him wearing brown face makeup to a party in 2001 that was published in the school yearbook while justin trudeau worked as a teacher is facing a tough reelection. the army the democratic republic of congo says its soldiers have killed a rebel leader from rwanda. so that's where the camorra was wanted by the international criminal court since 2012 for war crimes is hitting rebel group is

accused of killing hundreds of civilians in the east of the d.r. see. simon adams is the executive director of the global center for responsibility to protect and he says when to come or i had a long history of committing atrocities he was part of that genocidal regime which then basically attempted to move itself into the congo and set itself up as a kind of not just a government in exile but a kind of country in exile taking as many of the people from the hutu population is they could and being responsible of course for ongoing atrocities in the democratic republic of the congo in the group that he's been a leader of if the law as i said has a long long history of trustees he was an unrepentant genocide year and i think you know i personally would have loved to have seen him in handcuffs and to face international justice in a courtroom but unfortunately he chose the path that led him to his death last

night it was the one outstanding fugitive of the current indictments the one outstanding fugitive from international justice and so the matter has now resolved itself having said that there are of course other people within the f.b.i. law who many other people would be interested in prosecuting for crimes committed all the way back to 994 but more recently over the last decade or so in the democratic republic of the congo. argentina's senate has just passed a food emergency plan to help people cope with the economic crisis there in the fight for this initiative have been small cooperatives play a crucial role in the fight against poverty that as it has this report from the capital. cleaning this parking greater when a site is is the only way these women have of making a living they're part of a social movement that helps poor people around the country find a job. or

a co-operative that provides a service to the municipality we started 12 years ago it's the only jobs found there paid by the argentine government around $130.00 a month. some people call us lazy because we depend on the government but we work and we provide a service we also do courses and go to school. for the past several weeks the center of one aside as has been repeatedly paralyzed by organizations demanding more government help. devaluation of the peso currency has had a strong impact on the price of food and social movements say they do not have enough. social movements were born after the economic crisis in 2001 and they stayed and they play a role in keeping the streets active copy how labor unions operate in argentina and they are an example of what happens when politics reaches the streets immediate part of siegel is the leader of the movement named after the wife of argentina's former president juan but on he says he's organization is playing

a crucial role in preventing the situation in the country from going out of control . social movements are part of the solution because we work where the state does not some people want to demonize us because we block a road but that's not everything we do we are the ones preventing people from running to supermarkets and looting. part of the movement she says she worked all her life even though she lived in a slum she's been able to buy a home but now she can. hardly pay the bills. i have to pay electricity and gas and we can barely buy food i have worked all my life and what's happening to us is humiliating. since taking office how does your market eliminated the subsidy and utility services in an attempt to regularize an economy that has been in the red for years people here tell us that the economic crisis in argentina has an enormous impact in their lives they also say that thanks to social movements

they at least have a drop the problem is that in the past they used to be able to feel the frege with food while now it's almost empty. and that's why many are on the streets these days demanding the government does not look away. and to see one of. the european parliament members have overwhelmingly voted in favor of another briggs's delay but only britain requests one and with conditions the u.k. parliament passed legislation last month forcing the prime minister boris johnson to ask for a delay if no agreement is reached with the e.u. despite that johnson is sticking to his promise that britain will leave on october 31st with or without a deal the case departure from the us already been delayed twice. but as well as opposition is celebrating the release of the deputy head of the country's national assembly. was freed from state custody on tuesday 4 months after

his arrest on treason charges he was deputy to one recognised by many nations as been as well as a legitimate leader why do is just been reaffirmed as the head of the opposition controlled national assembly. whereas a new man is one graders official representative in the u.k. and she says shouldn't have been arrested in the 1st place. what we're seeing in general is a lot of flailing about of a desperate regime trying to figure out how they can stay in power we welcome the release of a brown no he should never have been arrested in the 1st place there is no rule of law on that as well and that is one of the things we're trying to get back along with our democracy and our freedom is a rule of law it's completely arbitrary he was thrown in prison without any process any noise they didn't even say they had him now they've just released him. and now they're trying to use that to get us back into dialogue quite frankly it's entirely unacceptable also in venezuela the government has called on the u.s.

to restore diplomatic ties with caracas after it opened talks with french opposition parties top government officials met opposition party members to formally begin new negotiation talks relations between venezuela and the u.s. broke down off to washington this year recognized opposition leader why do as interim presidents president trump has visited the latest section of the border wall with mexico which is being built in california called it a world class security system that's being built at breakneck speed during his visit the president said a national emergency is still in place along the border and that mexico could face tariffs if it stopped helping stem the flow of migrants. it really is virtually impenetrable and the walls that were put up would get knocked down very quickly very easily this wall is not something that can be really knocked down i guess anything can but this is very tough and it goes down 6 feet it's 3 and 4 feet wide

the concrete you see it right here it's exposed. and an independent watchdog will investigate the u.s. government seizure of private land to build the border wall trump has authorized those involved in the project to seize land using declarations of a long known as eminent domain this gives the government the right to take private property for public use when it comes to national defense but trumpet administration has defended its use of the law and says all property owners will be fairly compensated the u.s. president is promising to complete more than 800 kilometers of fencing ahead of next year's presidential election but so far only about 96 kilometers has been constructed leon for us co is the former deputy assistant attorney general in charge of immigration at the u.s. department of justice and he says the independent watchdogs findings will be crucial. the many products are uncover by the report of the lost on

them those facts can be used in litigation if not the wife's noggin of the wealth will actually change anything happening with more wall but it can grease the ability of a right to live a day just to think the they can only increase by anything different wants the fines as the report was improper or was an advert for a. private property along furthermore i think the wall not only does the controversy police you problematic at all immigration protect the but from the local land ownership of in texas texas is a very libertarian and from the fan point of when the government wants to talk coming in and taking private owner land to build a wall if that far that happened in a way where private landowners feel that their rights are being trampled on this is going to lead to a major headache for the over all the good limiter. who will have to run like the

different perverts and situation even though for a living really it might be revivified popular in the general republican party to have a border wall this creates quite a conundrum and we will have to see moving forward whether this taking a private land could happen in a way that is still compatible with republican party value because usually because they've heard of africa the republican party. that construction companies in jordan are hoping that the end of the war neighboring syria when it eventually comes well be good for business but the threat of sanctions are dampening their hopes of restoring business ties which had been broken by a tierce a 4 and a chapell has the support from online. cement is in a sense.