have been arrested. to build a coal power plant on a unesco world heritage site in kenya as parts fears about the impact on the environment and wildlife a consortium of multinational companies want to build the plants on the llama islands and as nicholas hock reports some locals are welcoming the project. a protected site under threat level was an ancient so he settlement built from coral in memory of timber. for centuries arab chinese and indian traders have come to these islands of exceptional beauty. while its beaches in ancient history attracts tourists its location facing the indian ocean is now attracting investors. who produce many simpson as 3 months old his farm to investors who want to transform this unesco world heritage site home to endangered lions and buffaloes into 1000000000 dollar coal plant we're excited because we see he said different up and

coming to a long long. time on the whole a lot you. know but young people who have been protesting against the project saying it will damage the environment kill animals and destroy their island we have a little bit you do have the right to say that 6 what we did community different than what we did not want this cleaned up a little that's what got him on till they took the government to court and won but the consortium are appealing the court's decision now we've reached out to this consortium to get an answer to our questions but to no avail this is a consortium made up of various multinational companies from the united states china and europe supported by the world bank in their appeal to the judge they say that the courts overlooked their efforts to mitigate the damage to the environment saying that this call plant would bring electricity to millions of people. damage to the environment has already started with the construction of this deep seaport

the coal plant would not only power it it would also bring electricity to $20000000.00 kenyans who live off grid despite the risk to the environment the state wants the project to go ahead and so this world heritage site unique in its history and wildlife sheltered from human intervention for centuries is about to be irreversibly damaged because hawk al jazeera archipelago. at least 50 people have been killed after days of heavy rain cos flash flooding in parts of northern india where you have camps have been set up to help take care of the thousands of people who had to flee their homes nicola gage reports. entire communities under water this is what remains of one home in the northern state of pradesh tarantula rain proving too much for some buildings now destroyed some say what is almost the biggest problem here is that day by day the water level is

rising the water has ended houses as you can see the police of. the powerful weather system drenched the state for more than 24 hours affecting close 260-0000 people schools were closed down and thousands of displaced families have been moved to relay for camps it's not knowing how long they'll be allowed to stay. and as the rain came down the death toll went up dozens have drowned while others were killed as buildings collapsed relief efforts are under way with authorities trying to drain floodwaters. we've set up temporary and permanent pumps there's a problem with water logging at 3 or 4 locations the water is being removed by cutting the road and creating channels. flooding isn't uncommon in these areas but the timing is india's monsoon season normally retreats at the start of september intense rainfall in many parts of the country has triggered floods that have swamped huge areas 11 people were killed when flash floods hit western india on

those day. called out cool the heavy rain can be said to be unprecedented because of this a large amount of water into low lying areas and caused a lot of damage there is the possibility that some people with swept away. as the cleanup continues many are trying to get on with daily life nicolas cage al jazeera and so i had an observation once all you know history was made at the world athletics championships as the action. rewind returns with a new series and grand. plans to come to serious documentary. money and having to undeceive the hard. rewriting to continue

to try to use a. percentage of india's 10000000 children brought in bondage by the victims of trafficking in one day other exemplars numbers a very very big number on al-jazeera. one of the really special things about working for al-jazeera is that even as a camera woman i get to have so much input and contribution to a story i feel we cover this region better than anyone else working with it is you know it's very challenging given the particulars because you have a lot of people that are divided on political issues we are we the people we live to tell the real story so i'll just mandate is to deliver in-depth journalism we don't feel in cuba good audiences across the globe.

again it is time for sports and. welcome back to the khalifa stadium where christian coleman is celebrating his 1st world championship title the american set the pace in the heats and the semifinals but saved his that's for the big race coleman winning gold in 9.76 seconds edging justin gatlin into the line with talent that is andre digraphs 3rd was only cleared to race 3 weeks ago after avoiding a ban for missing 3 drugs has inside a gear. our sports correspondent andy richardson was watching inside the clinton stadium. there are few more respected figures in world athletics than that of michael johnson the american sprinter who wants for olympic titles he says

christian coleman has no right to be the new face of athletics in the post you're saying but that is because in the build up to the championships coleman missed 3 out of competition. in both contests and in theory should have seen him banned from this event as it was he managed to escape that suspension g to effectively a paperwork technicality. you know you say it is the moon you know crystal coleman you know it is just. arlo's an incredible feeling to come out here in the am on a 2 a list of guys you know listen to our you know world samples 'd and now you say that on the world champ will miss an incredible feeling something will dedicate an entire life to the past couple years or so it's a humbling feeling about the dive into a big ice bath told right now we do in a myself between 20 olympics i'll be back the planes come back stronger and better my son has put my feet to the fire i promised him a couple years ago and i'll take him to one of the olympics for retire so this is

my be my last one so as a stay true to that spins been a couple years so definitely just fight a lot of ever city trying to stay positive throughout the years but i'm definitely i'm happy i'm grateful to be back on the podium and i think is a step in the right direction for me for next year ahead of world athletics sebastian coe has been more diplomatic than johnson saying the legal loophole that coleman was able to jump through is now being reviewed and the coleman does have every right to be at the championships it's important to point out the coleman has never tested positive and has always said he is running clean said it's easy for people to play fast and loose with the reputations of athletes people need to be careful the reputation coleman now has is that of a world champion. i'll swear on the track history was made in the women's 10000 meters final from her son became the 1st dutch runner to win the world title a terrific burst on the final lap saw her take gold in a time of 30 minutes 17.62 seconds. in the field events jamaican taja

gaeltacht the men's long jump hold his effort 8.69 meters was enough to see off the challenge of american jeff henderson. and there was a new world champion and the women's hammer american deanna price taking gold with her throw 77.54 meters it's her 1st medal at international level. well we also got our 1st look at the top women sprinters and their 100 meter heats shelley and frazier prize top the timing 'd of their winning and 10 quaint 8000 a 2nd they jamaican is looking to win this title for the 4th time. and as always it's now in the studio of our what can we look forward to on sunday yeah a few more of what we've seen earlier today was a really exciting 100 meter final obviously highlights and the action on palm

sunday will finish with the the women's 100 meter final 2 time defending champion definite shift as she was really good in the aids as did all the main contenders a lot of european eyes also on the not the king of spain or russia smith who's an up and coming young sprinter before it's really interesting carrots will be on the track for the 1st time the americans who meets runa know a lot as we get to see him for the 1st time in the heats of the 200 meters now he's someone who said he studied you sign but not just the way runs but also how he performs off the track as well in front of a camera how he celebrates he's a real character and his truck on the field looks to move beyond bolts liles is one of those guys they're really hoping can can really transcend the sports and reach out to that new audience he's the 4th fastest of all time i would sooner meet says at the tokyo olympics it's likely he'll run in the $1200.00 on the 4 by 100 meter he's putting all his efforts institue and your mates is here in doha we've also got

the the really interesting race that really got a great reaction in the stadium today the mixed 400 meter reader why have 2 men and sue women we still hates today the finals for more of it's never been done before in the world athletics championships. everyone still working out really the best tight 6 there's no specific order you have to go in so you can that's the working out of it's best to have the man at the front or the man and kringle is out the women and crying so all these things apply it's also going to. in the olympics for the 1st time next year as well so that's things to look forward so and again it's part of this track and field look into the future looking to reach out to a female audience looking to reach out for younger audience the hoping that events like that can do it's one of the events that is going to tell you about is the triple jump we have christians who are in the in the studio a couple of days ago never before has a jumper wants for world championships he has the chance to do that having said it's not in the best form this year. his main rival is another american called will

clay who actually wants it to college with so they've known each other since that would seem ages clay is never worn a major outdoor side will always come silver always comes 2nd this year though he's the world's leading jumper so maybe this will be used on ok great stuff and good to talk to you now to the rugby world cup and japan have pulled off another massive upsets the hosts beat the world 2nd best ranked team by ireland by 19 points to 12 the brave blossoms far from behind to win and this was the key try late in the in the game by can see. it's yet another famous upset following their win over south africa in 2015 tournaments are getting also got their world cup campaign back on track on saturday with a bonus point win over tong or in poor c. ochre julian montoya was the standout player for the pillows with a hat trick of tries in a $2812.00 victory at south africa have their 1st win of the term meant they scored

9 tries a thrashing in the maybe a $57.00 points to 3 in 4 b. and in formula one for his charlotte player has secured his 4th poll position in a row he'll start from the front of the grid at a sunday's russian grand prix in sochi championship leader lewis hamilton qualified in 2nd place. at liverpool have made it 7 wins at a 7 in the english premier league genuine album got the only goal of their match at sheffield united on saturday liverpool stay 5 points clear of the top nearest rivals manchester city won 31 at everton. and spain around madrid topped the table after a goal a strong city of rivals let it go on saturday barcelona finished with 10 men but still beat had tough 8. and italy eventis were 2 no winners at home to. a piano with the pick of the poles he remained behind in turmoil and in the table

after the leaders won 31 at sampdoria. amounts all your support for now will have more for you from khalifa stadium later on. from the news our team but don't go ahead we have plenty more news and just about. in a country beset by poverty and lack of infrastructure. sometimes we risk our lives in taking these roads. saving lives is a dangerous job it's a vaccine so it's only good 24 hours there are patients waiting because mother said to most of the things life's worth risking a week ago one of the gang stops some vehicles on the road but that is good luck with. risking it all guinea on al-jazeera.

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children learned to play dangerous games they said if i throw stones that destroy the house and take me worn down by frustration and broken promises young men living under the constant threat of imprisonment think took me to the cheap and blindfolded me the time for them to regain control of their lives is when the boys returned prison my finding out at this time on al-jazeera. demonstrates the rebels thousands of saudi backed fighters have surrendered during a military campaign in the disputed border problems. that i'm starting at home this is our life and also coming up. the taliban carries out a series of attacks but afghans come out and vote to choose

a new leader plus. hong kong's police fired tear gas and water cannon as thousands turned up to mark the 5th anniversary of the pro-democracy umbrella movement. and we'll tell you about a controversial project that promises to bring jobs but threatens the nest go wild heritage sites in kenya. yemen through the rebel safe thousands of saudi backed fighters have surrendered during a month long military campaign that he's have been targeting the southern saudi region of now run a spokesman says they've also captured several saudi army offices the saudi u.a.e. coalition and yemen has been fighting that he's for more than 4 years will go all out meanwhile to log thousands of people to be forces have been captured as prisoners others were killed from among the prisoners is

a large number of high ranking officers and soldiers of saudi citizenship in syria to 2 hours from the launch of the operation they have been destroyed imprisoned and captured. a lot of has the latest from sanaa. the whole of these spokespersons the they will reveal tomorrow afternoon on the the all the details about this operation that they will show to the to the media also the followers of those who have been arrested in their thousands also that we will show some of the operations that are being being carried out by the whole of these inside saudi territories and specially in iran they have been carrying all these operations for over nearly 5 months they have been trying to put sage on these brigades of that have been. captured by the whole of these. just within the 72 hours though we have for the

tightened their sage on the. brigades and to these around the whole of the fighters this is according to the military spokesperson this is part of the saudi and intensive air strikes on these positions of the whole it is also some of the. war of prisoners have been also killed in the saudi along with all of the fighters in these operations and speaking at the u.n. general assembly the foreign minister of yemen's internationally backed government blamed iran for the conflict in his country tara has been accused of arming the rebels mohamed. thanks saudi arabia for its role in helping to fight the rebels. iran exploit the resources of its people in order to wage war proxy war using militias capable of the most heinous forms of destruction and sabotage since 24 saying the who the militias with support from iran have been destroying everything

most beautiful and most valuable in my country on a bill curry is a former u.s. diplomat and deputy chief of mission to yemen he says that it is a capturing enemy forces so they can use them to leverage. they. are strong on the ground and they have done this before in 2009 in november when the saudis 1st struck against them they went inside saudi border is near that measure on area and they capture about 100 border guards then they use them for a bargain so i imagine after the solid b. this big not unconditionally accept their peace offer that they once again want to show. they're not capable of inflicting harm. and then again invite the prisoner swap and peace talks while i mean they occupied.

the capital of yemen and so they describe themselves as has no official government of yemen right now in competition or swith president be was in solidarity again militarily they have close to $100000.00. men to the heart of the soldiers and they have demonstrated their followers elsewhere. a series of attacks communication failures and delays but despite these challenges afghans came out to vote in the 4th presidential election since the taliban's downfall now the armed group did carry out their threat to disrupt the votes there were nearly 70 attacks in several parts of the country which killed 5 people including a police officer hundreds of others were injured well several other issues have also been reported the independent election commission lost contact with hundreds of polling stations and there were long delays due to problems with the biometric

devices voters could choose from 14 candidates though it's likely to come down to just 2 men incumbent president ashraf ghani and chief executive abdullah abdullah the turnout was low blows afghan officials praised those who braved the odds to cost about it's the taliban who came out against it and called it a foreign process and in. and out of the legitimacy in the shadow put it on the legitimacy of the elections people still came out to risk their lives it doesn't matter how many people came out whatever the number they risked their lives to to show that they want to be in control of their own future and have to be able to determine their next president correspondent tony betty reports from kabul. a city in lockdown the streets of kabul almost deserted on election day because polling

stations open the biggest and tightest security operation ever in the capital was under way the taliban had warned people not to vote and it didn't take long before the group carried out its threats. encounters there were attacks around the city aimed at disrupting voting roads were blocked and lines of communication cut a mortar round was fired into the grounds of the school used for polling hospital confirm civilians had been killed and a number were injured elsewhere the taliban launch more attacks to north of kabul one in helmand and one in one the hard province no casualties were reported but a number of people were injured in a blast at a kandahar polling station it didn't deter some others from voting a lot of despite all the hardships and violence we haven't lost hope we have to vote and think about future generations this is afghanistan's falls presidential election the government officials maintain the use of advanced technology and highly trained personnel are making these the freest elections to date but there

were reports of some polling stations failing to open and voters complaining that they hadn't been registered i came here to choose a person who can help the poor of this country but they say i'm not registered to vote it's not right at the last presidential election 5 years ago there were queues of people waiting to vote at this polling station in central kabul on saturday it was a trickle and voting had to be extended it's a very slow we'll have to see. has extended for couple of hours we hope that people . come out and make that choice but as well as in security people have also become disillusioned with politics in afghanistan and the broken promises in failure to tackle corruption poverty unemployment and security international aid agencies say the situation today is worse than 5 years ago though not everyone agrees. there is improvements being made we cannot deny that but there are some traits in our

taliban decrease increase their attacks. so there are other factors that affect it there are so many other factors that affect it more and bigger taliban attacks had been expected perhaps an indicator the group may be keeping its hardline element of peace while at the same time pushing a diplomatic strategy for peace talks with the u.s. they were abruptly canceled by president trump this month the election results will be announced on november the 7th but it's not just important who wins but whether the other candidates and all the other groups accept them and agree to work with them and in the fractured world of afghan politics that hasn't always been easy but in 2014 it only happened because of the strong arm tactics of the united states attorney berkeley al jazeera kabul. syria's deputy prime minister has used his address at the un general assembly to demands the immediate withdrawal of all foreign forces laid down while inside his country is open to international dialogue but not at the expense of its national integrity.

syria's deputy prime minister walid muallem again representing his country at the un general assembly hit out at 2 nato members for their military presence in syria . and. the united states and turkey maintain an illegal military presence inside northern syria they have been so arrogant to the point of holding discussions and reaching agreements on the creation of a so-called safe zone inside syria as if they were planning to establish the zone on american or turkish soil the u.n. believes this is an important moment for syria after 8 and a half years of war at the end of october 150 delegates comprised of 3 groups nominated by the assad government the opposition and representing civil society will meet here at u.n. headquarters in geneva under these terms of reference the committee will come up with a new constitution for syria the authority for the new committee is a u.n.

security council resolution from 2015 it also calls for free and fair elections something that hasn't happened in the country since half as an aside the current president bashar is father sees power in the 1970 s. can you guarantee to us now will be as that resolution says free and fair elections can i guarantee you that this will take place no but as the right to stated this is part of my mandate it's very clear to stamp that stated and it's also in for national consensus that stands for take place some diplomats on the u.n. security council are extremely cynical about the assad regime's decision to support the constitutional committee at this. age they believe that their main focus is still the military operation in a blip and they're trying to keep the constitutional committee busy until they can declare a military victory james pays out at the united nations. now the former egyptian

government contractor whose online videos helped to spark recent protests against president of the. says the rallies need to be stepped up and held every day people have been else on the streets for 2 fridays in a row this month demonstrators accused of corruption and of destroying the economy . most of them saw a lot today god willing i heard there is a game after the game we should go to the streets for one hour we would protest outside our homes if we see that there is a large number of protesters we should keep going if we see police stop and go back home we should exhaust c.c. and so police forces were just think every day. well protests have also been taking place outside the egyptian embassy in concert to demand the release of a sudanese student detained in cairo where he is hasan is accused of taking part and recent anti-government demonstrations and.