any prime minister had also requested that j.k.r. left another question media groups shortish train because otherwise they said it may play into the hands of the indians but as you can see emotions are running high it is also concern for their leader yeah seen my legs always said to be in very for health he has been arrested by the end they're not going to be along with all of the media and now they. should be understood as wang full freedom boat from pakistan and india. is on the i think every human being has the right to freedom but unfortunately both india and pakistan the treating us as slaves we want an independent kashmir and we want freedom from both countries we very much concerned about our brothers and sisters on the other side of the line of control before we all get freedom more my wanted the united nations the biggest institution of the 21st century has failed in providing justice for the people of kashmir despite the fact that the un has passed several resolutions for the plebiscite

according to the wishes of the people of kashmir but unfortunately that hasn't happened so far which raises question on the role of united nations as mediator and godfather for human rights they want an independent crush me as a reporter the other groups who want to join august on so indeed a political movement which has trained a lot of young people are in this march and they're adamant that they will cross the line of control my dad of course will represent problem for the pakistani security forces who will be trying to stop these people the pakistani prime minister has made in their feet saying their day sure nor do so otherwise it will play into the indian narrative. in the news ahead on al-jazeera france is bracing for more protests this time over access to i.v.'s look at why new lawrence goes into. creating art from rubbish here in doha round the acclaimed. work made from

recycled material. hello there we've had some rain showers across southern sections of iran over the last couple days pushing on into pakistan and also you see these bright massive cloud here bringing some rather heavy downpours into those the northern sections of oman now there's more rain in the 4 calls a lot of clouds certainly into pakistan as we head on into sunday it's been cooler in afghanistan just 17 in kabul on sunday and also cooler up into northern turkey 18 degrees in ankara and those are all the rainy skies draw a monday a little bit milder to 20 degrees celsius and very nice in beirut 28 degrees not. for the saudi arabian peninsula we've got to again a mix of cattle as we could to see want to see more rain showers along the east

coast in oman a temperature wise sunday in doha 36 degrees celsius but still really feeling quite humid same temperature on monday and that is certainly what we could see more rain showers really quite scott a bit maybe anywhere from abu dhabi across into muscat and then down into southern africa some rain showers have been in the forecast i've also been scouting out south coast it's been very warm of the last few days into it and john is that the no real changes that mean on sunday could see some rain showers then into cape town 18 is the high they clear through on monday with a high of 19. planet to speak with a climate of ecological emergency meeting scientists of one of the ads. sense of crisis in the face of it reversible changes to the us climate all be with you throughout as well on violent crimes fondant make we'll have reports from the frontlines of the crisis and showcase new solutions to help combat stress

al-jazeera brings you a new weekly climax s.o.s. what sets up the facts on the science behind the issues affecting our planet's. top stories on al-jazeera this hour on the number of people killed in protests in iraq has risen to at least 98. police opened fire in baghdad after a 2 day curfew was lifted an emergency session of parliament also failed to take off to 2 deficiency among political groups. protesters out on the streets of hong calling again despite a rail shutdown and calls to actually council demonstrations many cover their faces in defiance of a ban on mosques imposed by the city's leader kerry lamb. and the u.s.

has warned turkey against any illegal drilling in the east mediterranean sea secretary of state my campaign made the comment for the visit to greece where he signed a new defense agreement. we've just got news that north korea's chief nuclear negotiator has said the country's broken off nuclear talks with the united states kim myong gil and the u.s. president's special envoy there had been meeting. on an island off stockholm and it is unclear at this stage why the talks were actually called off this was going to be the 1st time they've been official meeting since donald trump and kim jong in met in june but north korea's chief negotiator has just announced that north korea at least has broken off the nuclear talks with the united states now a syrian rebel group backed by the united states is warning of all out war should turkey go through with a threat to strike an area east of the euphrates river turkey's president reject

type word on earlier said the military operation would clear the region of what he called terrorists and an air and ground assault was imminent the mostly kurdish group syrian democratic forces responded saying it will defend the area from any unprovoked attack. we have made our preparations we've completed our operation plans we have given the necessary orders the decision has been made and the process has begun for the springs of peace and now opening up their path is as near as may be today maybe tomorrow we will conduct this from the ground and from the air. president omar trump has signed a proclamation preventing immigrants who cannot afford healthcare from entering the united states those relocating to the united states will now have to prove they can afford medical costs all get health insurance within 30 days of their arrival more on this from the in washington. the drug administration once again making it clear that it's not just going off to undocumented migration to the united states but

legal migration to the united states it's thought that this rule will affect those who want to drawing their relatives in the u.s. for example spouses or parents of those who are legally in the united states and will not affect children of those legally in the united states but someone will have to prove that within 30 days of arrival their medical costs if they have some sort of medical issue will be covered either through their own means that the amount of money that they have all because they're covered by medical insurance i would suggest they would need to have a job some sort of employment based insurance or that the person of joining medical insurance will cover them it's once again a sign that we've seen so often from the administration they're saying look if you want to move to the united states you better have money conservative and religious groups are expected to protest in paris on sunday against the french government's plan to open up access to i.v.'s singling gay women currently under french law only women in the heterosexual couple relationship can access the medically assisted

reproductive treatment the talk about the has the story. when she reached her mid thirty's benedict a wanted to become a mother she was single and wanted to try i've yet fixed set that in france i v.f. is illegal for single or gay women so benedict travel to denmark and portugal with the treatment is legally available to all women i fell out low in my own country because i just wanted a baby. that's right it was ok other european countries but not in france benedick son is now 14 months old he doesn't have father say although that mother in law and though the fact that he was wanted cases like benedix where she had to travel abroad for treatment may soon be a thing of the past in france the french government's proposed a new bioethics law that would give all women the right to i.d.f. treatment not just those in a heterosexual couple the new law would fulfill one of

a man or might cross presidential campaign promises but is very divisive its supporters say it would be a victory for equality but its opponents say it would do raise the role of the father and destroy the moral fabric of french society in september french m.p.'s approve the new bill but only after a fiery debate over the report of this is you don't get. how dare you decide to inscribe into law that a child be deprived of a father this shocks me yes i'm emotional you're playing with fire the new law also covers other controversial issues such as stem cell research and some conservative groups worry it could be expanded in the future. it's a slippery slope 1st you give old women the right to a child then it will be for all men and then we'll have legalized surrogacy senators are now examining the bill if it becomes law it will be a huge blow for those who say it erodes traditional family values but it will

create hope and possibility for single and gay women who dream of becoming a parent. al-jazeera paris. the dutch prime minister has told boris johnson his new brags that plan is unacceptable his concern is reportedly about the creation of a possible customs border meantime the european union rejected holding any weekend negotiations on johnson's views riposte saying there's not enough in it that would actually lead to a deal despite the stall mr johnson insists britain will leave deal or no deal and he won't seek a delay the e.u. and u.k. officials due to resume their talks on monday a prominent cameroonian opposition leader has been released from prison as part of an amnesty ordered by president will be maurice come to was jailed in january for guys in protests now people are celebrating his release which was a day after the end of a national dialogue aimed at resolving a separatist conflict cameroon's english speaking regions have been fighting for 3

years to break away from the french majority. tennesseans a vote on sunday in their 2nd general election since the revolution the conservative party is competing against the newly launched secular heart of tunisia but as hash reports the winner faces the difficult task of fixing an economy that's been in trouble for he. was it's likely to be a tight race and candidates are taking no chances and i shouldn't wonder she the leader of another party is a running for the 1st time in a bid to rally support for his party the conservative in the other has been a driving force in politics since the 2011 revolution but now its rival the secular heart of tunisia is gaining ground citizens should vote for another to consolidate democracy because we need strong parliament and a strong party to lead the country it's been wyvil the heart of the party was

established by media magnate. just 3 months ago how do we is currently in jail accused of money laundering and tax evasion accusations his lawyers deny his party is promising radical economic reforms if it comes to power. has a real vision for the country. you know they want to see down the road a real modern country they want to build a nation of they want to do with poverty they want to abolish poverty but no party is expected to secure an absolute majority in the parliament and with both another and heart of. running out forming a coalition there are rising concerns of a political impasse and as the political divide widens voters are growing frustrated with the political elite for failing to rein in inflation and

unemployment. we hope politicians would tackle unemployment but. they failed us the candidates won't change anything and we shouldn't expect anything from fallin i feel bad for the current situation in my country there is no security the price of commodities is on the rise and politicians repeat the same promises again and again as the 2014 constitution gives the prime minister a bigger say in domestic issues while the president controls defense and foreign affairs whoever wins in sunday's vote was shaped in his years political and economic agenda for the next 5 years tennesseans had high hopes the 2011 revolution would bring democracy equality and better living conditions 80 years later economic problems and political instability have a shot of those hopes for a better future and fueled

a growing disillusionment with the political elite al-jazeera turnus. their ethiopia's community is celebrating its annual spring season festival but for the 1st time in 150 years the celebrations being held in the capital the city many of our leaders argue is actually part of the territory the move has raised concerns of reigniting ethnic tensions as robyn kriel reports from. some traveled for days through dozens of security checkpoints for this quote. a festival of thanksgiving marked by if the o.p.'s or roma community signaling the end of the rainy season coming from australia and it is a long journey 20 hours on the trip on the plane this is really a very special moment but amid the celebrations there are concerns tensions and ethnic rivalries have heightened across the country since prime minister abu ahmed

came to power in 2018 some hardliners in the orrible community believed. region that includes the capital at a sabbath should full under their jurisdiction while allowing the celebration to be held back here in addison for the 1st time in more than a century could be seen as an olive branch from the government. international observers worry that it could serve to incite more nationalist sentiments and further divide the o.p.'s some regional flags flew high despite calls to avoid politics during the celebrations in china. a rich is about celebrating our country's peace and prosperity it's not about ethnicity or gender it's about tolerance recent to reach a celebrations held outside the capital have been mobbed by protests after a stampede in 2016 where the government says 50 people were killed but opposition leaders and human rights watch had put that figure in the hundreds the main part of

this year's event however ended according to its name peacefully it continues into sunday at a popular lake resort near by robyn kriel al jazeera at a sad about. finding one of africa's most acclaimed artist. held his 1st exhibition here in the middle east the gun an artist has won many awards for his work that's made predominately from rubbish mammy met him at the museum of contemporary art not many artists want their work to be rubbish but that's what. constructs his arts from. he source as much of his material like bottle tops and cans for alcoholic drinks for recycling stations in african countries you know drinks. to link the 3 continents of africa europe and america. and the. drinks were brought for us to africa.

and then they. took part in the. transcend. entitled triumphant scale the artist says this exhibition in doha reflects his body of work on a large scale in both space and time its work that spans his rich 5 decade long career and that's why his bottle cap series is that the heart of this walk made entirely from bottle tops it's difficult to describe the share size of this pace inspired by 15th century story about a king who imprisoned the artist migrant ancestors who then destroyed the city walls to escape. he is collecting bottles you know tips and

covers so by saying that this is part of the colonize ation there is a political message and it's about building bridges state of building walls and how also from africa or from the middle east from different places in the world. artists produce work that makes sense to the entire world and that's he says his work doesn't begin with any political motives it's only once he's put together they're open to interpretation laura by the monthly al-jazeera doha. this is these are the headlines the number of people killed in protests in iraq has risen to at least 98 police open fire in baghdad after a 2 day curfew was lifted parliament's also holding an emergency session on the on the wrist but some politicians boycotted it and so the speaker announced a series of plans including loans for farmers. loans will be given in the

form of credits bank credits for the purposes of a stablish in factories and providing of course this will enable us to steer away from any corruption so there will be no cash loans and instead it will be given for the establishment of factories protesters have been back on the streets of hong kong many covered their faces in defiance of a ban on mosques imposed by hong kong's chief executive the demonstrations were called off after the city's rail network was closed because of what authorities called malicious vandalism crowds are expected on sunday otoh like it did why. the right is extreme acts made hong kong enjoy a dark day last night it is made hong kong paralyzed everyone is worried anxious and even scat the hong kong government has the greatest temptation to suppress violence i appeal to everyone to support the government to stop violence in a legal way the u.s.

has warned turkey against any illegal drilling in the east mediterranean sea secretary state my comp am made the comment says he visited greece where he signed a new defense agreement tensions been building between athens and ankara over the rights to gas exploration in the mediterranean at least 10 people have been injured in a grenade attack in indian administers kashmir it happened near a government office in the city. a police officer and a journalist are among those hurt and separatist fighters are being blamed. that attack comes as people in pakistani administered kashmir marked 2 months since india ended the special status of the party in delhi administers hundreds of people are marching towards the line of control which separates the 2 countries territories. ok we're back with more news in half an hour but next on al-jazeera our new weekly environmental and climate show planet s.o.s.

with amanda barrel with a record number of nominations the world waits to see 2019 nobel peace prize the nobel committee when announced the winner on finding out easier and has been awarded exclusive international rights to him to be the winner to the award ceremony december the nobel prize announces era. i'm a man's apparel and welcome to planet. the most comprehensive study into life on earth says the natural world is in decline in ecosystems that collapsing more plants and animals face extinction than at any other time in history. i'm going to see in human in the amazonian state of play where until not so long ago every centimeter

you see behind me was covered by rain forest now it's been cleared by fire and by i saw in the name of progress. we'll look at what we're doing to the planet and what we can do about it new ideas a new technology to help revive some of the world's most endangered species. the momentum is growing around the world to keep our warming planet crawl from the top levels of government to grassroots initiatives on the front lines people are stepping up to address a global climate crisis but we face an ecological crisis too from the destruction of natural habitats to pollution overfishing to climate change earth's rich biodiversity is in decline and this is why we're devoting this episode of planet teso west to efforts to revive the natural world. in may the un published the most comprehensive study of life on earth 450 experts analyzed thousands of documents

over 3 years they found 1000000 species face extinction that's more than 12 percent of known life on earth we're on track to destroy the natural infrastructure on which our world depends and less this radical change the report identifies the 5 main drivers of this ecological crisis in order of importance and humanity looms over them all 1st the way we use and abuse our pilots resources 75 percent of the land and 2 thirds of the marine environment have been severely altered by human activity then exploitation of species through over fishing and hunting climate change caused by our greenhouse gas emissions pollution the water and land and finally the house creaked on local ecosystems by invasive species the report's authors say the decline can be slowed even stopped in some cases but to do that we

must transform our relationship with earth and life upon it this report says we have a serious problem if we continue to reduce our food and our energy in the same way as we do today we will lose biodiversity and change earth's climate but our report also say there are solutions we can produce food more sustainably we can choose to use our energy more sustained so there is hope but we need political action for governments and the private sector and the public to die one solution is to create legally protected areas but when the land and sea hold valuable resources we can be torn between protection and prosperity in june asia's government allowance plans to open up access to its oil reserves within a protected national park al-jazeera traveled to the termit and. to see what's at stake. the drive from the nearest city in asia to africa's largest nature reserve

takes 2 days in 40 degree heat. the termit massive antin tumor reserve covers 100000 square kilometers the size of south korea and was once home to unique wildlife much of which has disappeared. media design was a was in the labs even 2 years ago there were thousands of animals in the bush but now they have very few we've been here now for 24 hours we haven't seen anything everything is destroyed in 2012 after years of pressure by scientists these years government granted the reserve protection and development and hunting. but environmental groups say that hasn't stopped poachers. the only tracks al-jazeera saw during a recent visit were from 2 protected species a single newbie in blue started birds and a camera shy damaged as well. as well as the motorcycles of suspected poachers.

there was no sign of the reserves most critically endangered animal the addicks antelope 200 roamed this area a decade ago but 6 years later only 3 were found scientists believe 90 percent or more have been killed by poachers another treasure lies below the sand oil exploration threatens the reserve itself in june the government said it would redraw the park's borders to allow more oil development after striking a deal with one of the world's largest energy companies china's national petroleum corporation. 3 months later new jersey president mohamed inaugurated the construction of an oil pipeline running through it is the function the objectives of the reserve hasn't changed the geographic because it hasn't changed this is just a redefinition of the limits to optimize the usage of our natural resources because we want to use them to the benefit of the population. for animal conservation groups have called on the government to reverse its decision to remap the reserve

in a bid to save the addicks technology is improving all the time and we have ways and means of breeding species well it's too late when they've all gone but so long as there's one or 2 still alive it's not too late the new map of the reserve has yet to be released but in the nearest city the trucks lined up for with oil connecting the distant animal reserve to a world thirsty for its energy riches collin baker al jazeera another unique environment that's under pressure is the amazon it's the world's largest rain forest and one of the most biologically diverse places on earth 2 thirds the size of the u.s. it spans 8 countries and has homes one in every $10000.00 species is often described as the lungs of the planets but that function along with its exceptional by the 1st is under threats and nowhere is that more clearly seen than in brazil the been over $60000.00 wildfires in the amazon and this year alone many are

reported to be in started deliberately to clear land for agriculture and then there's the problem of illegal logging latin america to tell you see a new man travel to unapproved in northern brazil where people are risking their lives to save the forests. the amazonian state of is in the heart of the brazilian rain forest it's 3 times the size of california. and like 19th century california it's witnessing a gold rush of sorts. except instead of gold this is the attraction this tree was more than 500 years old one of the latest victims of a lumber mafia that operates here. the illegal activities that impact the environment such as mining and logging are done in the most remote areas and regions with little infrastructure no police and where the power structure is linked to the criminals. but there are people who are resisting and who are setting

an example by showing it's possible to live from the forest without destroying it. has been a pseudo scientists and his family had been living here for more than 10 years on 20 hectares of forest land they share another far larger area with other members of the p.d.s. or sustainable development project. the project is a new model for a settlement in amazonia to see if it can inhibit and diminish the 4 station before 80 percent of the land was allowed to be cleared and 20 percent preserved later changed to $5050.00 now you must preserve 80 percent and can the forest only 20 percent. the community is allowed to obtain oil from a limited amount of select trees and sell the world. enough to live on but at the same time leave the forest standing. wild mccall's and parrots have become the

family's voluntary pets it's a life that christiane need loves. for the boys you produce what you consume it's the calm life it's easy to educate your children because you don't have so much negative influence from the media and internet. but it'll be nice you know another community leaders are being targeted by illegal loggers covet their land and see their project as a threat one of its founders an american nun was murdered in broad daylight and the community center was recently burnt down these trees were abandoned here by illegal longers when environmental institute officers just happened to come by here by chance in fact in the last 3 months alone more than 1000 trees have been cut down here by the illegal loggers and there is nothing the people in the community here can do about it. threaten invasions by lange grabbers are intensifying. of course we feel afraid. who are free to leave their family they managed to kill

sister dorothy that they thought if they killed the rest would flee but thank god it hasn't happened and i don't think it will hurt. the government offers them no protection but a nice shot and the others insist they will stay put to defend this for a strong play in brazil's most ravaged region. you see in human and approved brazil for planet is so as. now there are some success stories in costa rica deforestation is kept at bay through government programs and eco tourism initiatives returns constitution requires at least 60 percent of the land there to be covered in forest and the bone has just become the 1st african country to be rewarded with international funds $150000000.00 for preserving its forests in brazil some of accuse the country's leader jiah polson r.-o.

not just a failing to act but of denying the science to in order to fulfill his development agenda he took power in january but in june when brazil space research agency said deforestation had gone up more than 80 percent in the previous year he sacked the agency's head and called the statistic alarming and his remained defiant even after afternoon skies darkened over the city of san paolo in august due to smoke from fires burning thousands of kilometers away. they. say you know. it is a fallacy to say that the amazon is the heritage of mankind and a misconception to earn by scientists that amazonian forests are the lungs of the world it needs to be highlighted that there are burnings done by indians and local populations as part of their respective conscious and means of livelihood often some of these leaders such as tribal chief roney have been used as maneuvering

tools manipulated by governments of foreign governments in the information war to promote their interests in the amazon or the tribal leader polson are was or fairings who in that speech said this in response government pulled no bullshit or i said that i'm not a leader it is he who is not a leader and he has to leave before something serious happens i also know i must leave for the good of everyone well to speak more about the fight to defend the amazonian rain forest i'm joined by curry candy from the nina amarin communed in the ecuadorian amazon his 6 was from london where he's now living curry candy i understand you are able to return home because of your campaigning against the old companies who are trying to encroach on your tribes territory i was suggesting a strongly the nec or their own were saying indigenous people we're not really with the oil company so when i was in the u.k. i up there one muscle a month take up to go. and they receive

a message saying i can't go there because. the government puts on one waiting for me to order to take me and send the place and that was how i missed that in the u.k. and what were you campaigning against what are the old companies wanting to do in your territory so indigenous people we said the rain forest is our home or garden and our pharmacy people want to go to the rain forest 234. they're all you so it's affecting everything a life in the rainforest when they were a company people arrive there arrive with i'll call technology on this explode team on the team on the plating the genus people cutting the harm on the cow will leave their contaminate in the what the law with the toxic things they are killing insects on the months sometimes people say there is nothing cup in. my experience

and i know what it's cupping in the rainforest with the ocean manik few of the world's what do you how do you see climate change what is going on from mother nature's point of view among who who walk with the dreams of walk with a vision what with a message so when i was very young i knew what is cupping in the planet we have the the fire in brazil and people ask me what do you think about that and they said it's all we it's only a starting it's many many many fight is going to go up in the planet so it's very important to said we did over the on this to leaders goban men have to go with a hard up to understand what this too low you know if we if we lope my doctor you've all or my contre you follow my brain for this i'm going to love everything in the in the planet in the same way i'm not going to the bite my love is there

a message that you want to convey to us and you is if the program if you could say it in your language we. wouldn't be new contour so our new country we are you were in my. new country the much got them on the way young to communal 91 to me the war when i was new countries to marcos at the turn in go at me my thought was very much of what e.g. . it's not just the amazon that's burning as our planet warms forests around the world are being lost to fires you can get more information on where they are on nasa's observation site the maps show the locations of active fires detected by satellites on a monthly basis and those fires are releasing ever more carbon and other greenhouse gases like me saying here's how our data tracker looks this week you've got the global temperature rise their levels of c o 2 in the atmosphere and sea level rise so some of the big numbers to help us

understand what's going on with our planet now we promise solutions on planet earth the west and people are already doing a lot to try to turn nature's decline around and we'll have some of the stories in upcoming episodes including the scientists and activists out in the open seas who are working to understand our oceans and protect life within them will be in guatemala where indigenous practices are enabling communities to build an economic base and preserve the rain forests and will meet the people trying to steer us away from meat produced on an industrial scale and towards food items they insist are a hit with burger lovers. but now to central africa where mountain gorillas are among the most threatened creatures on al-jazeera stephanie decker travel to the very rugged mountains in rwanda where cafe controlled tourism is slowly reversing the fortunes of these great apes what you didn't talk to but were at the foot of

the very good mountains and getting a briefing on how to behave around the mountain gorilla that's what everyone here has come to see and they've paid 1005 $100.00 each to spend one hour with the great apes in their habitat you excited i am beyond excited this is international treasure that is being protected in rwanda and i'm so lucky to be able to experience it i can't wait we trekked uphill for over an hour and then. right in front of us a family babies mothers and the impressive great big family man the silverback. the young ones are curious we have to move back not to get too close. others seem almost bored by our presence but. then a display of power that if. we walk around to get another view

it's incredible close to be hard to spot right there bad acts just really watching us watch these great apes face extinction just a couple of decades ago their surprise could use the page numbers increase. before we know it the hour is up and it's time to track back down to see. the. pace. rwanda's tourism policy we're told is one of low volume high value visitor numbers are restricted and the prices high translates to $25.00 per minute for the hours spent with the gorillas tourists actually who come to see the girl as i understand why we've done that i was trying to do has actually proven to be the right way to do this we've seen

a 26 percent increase in the number of individual born in the us so it's working it's a fragile success story critically endangered for years and now their status has been adjusted to endangered the latest census shows or just over a 1000 gorillas up from just around 200 a few decades ago but that still doesn't seem a large number when you think that it's the whole world's entire population of these incredible animals stephanie decker al-jazeera in the video of rwanda while to another more high tech solution now a robot that could help save the critically endangered northern whites right now rob reynolds is in san diego where scientists are working on a new technology that's already given them cause for celebration. meet edward the littlest southern white rhino in the san diego zoo safari park. fantastic we are so rotten to be able to have him adorable little eddie is the 1st

southern white rhino born through artificial insemination in the north america that's an important step toward bringing back another rhino subspecies from the brink of extinction the animals have been hunted to obliteration in the wild and today there are only 2 northern white rhinos left in the entire world both elderly females living in captivity so the subspecies seems do or maybe not part of biologist barbara durant's job involves giving ultrasound exams to pregnant rhinos. duran is leading an effort to bring back the northern white rhino with a precious clutch of the animal stem cells and land. a stem cell is a cell that has a potential to be any other cell in the body eventually they want we want to

differentiate him all the way to sperm eggs but there's a big catch female rhino anatomy it turns out is complicated the cervix which you have to go through to deposit the semen is very convoluted it looks like a series of rings like this so we're going to have to have something that is very flexible that can go around all those curves and that's where engineering professor mike comes in he wasn't thinking about impregnating rhinos when he developed this flexible robotic catheter for microsurgery but it turns out it's perfect for the job we've developed the robotic tool that is very thin long flexible device that we can very accurately steer through these narrow channels the ultimate goal of this project is to produce a self-sustaining herd of northern white rhinos 1st in captivity and then return to the wild in africa that goal is decades away and direct says she may not live to

see it happen but that's ok what we're doing now is extremely important for the long game for the long haul dedicated scientists and a bold plan to save one of the world's rarest creatures rob reynolds al-jazeera escondido california. i'm joined now by mariana haun's our science and technology editor marianne of the northern white rhino was doomed to extinction only 5 or so years ago this is an incredible advance in the technology used in the speed of these advances gives us hope but the end game is about survival in the wild and this is still going to be challenging scientists in conservation biology will talk about a minimum viable population now this is the estimate of the smallest number of individuals of a species for there to be a healthy and viable population in the wild now one species may bounce back from a single breeding peer but another may require hundreds of individuals for it to

survive there are a number of factors at play like the habitat whether it still exists how easily they can reproduce and we know that that's difficult for the northern white rhino and whether those 3 still exist with these poaching other environmental hazards so a long road ahead. but these are promising and very exciting developments in the science and the technology and there are a 1000000 species that are facing extinction of absolutely massive number what can we do to turn around the the why did the climb so many species facing extinction. well it can start in our own backyard avoiding the use of hay besides i'm pissed decides which pollute and stay in the soil developing local ecosystems around us regenerating local landscapes making planet friendly choices such as avoiding products that might have been cultivated on d. forested land cutting down what we consume is getting serious about pollution

saying no to plastic for many of us this requires a real shift in now thinking from years of old behavior and making the planet and prioritizing life upon it for me the shift came when i took personal responsibility for what i was doing not anyone else and recognizing that combined millions of us billions of us even can make a change it's not easy it's challenging we won't always get it right but littering people about what they should or shouldn't do that's not helpful and what is helpful what's useful is leading by example thank you mariana well there are some striking images online which illustrate the extent of the biodiversity and climate crisis like some of the winning entries from the same women environmental photographer of the year this picture which is of homes being engulfed by flooding in mumbai took the top prize and would really like to hear your stories too and to see any photos you'd like to share how is your world changing we'd love to hear

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protesters in hong kong to find a ban on wearing face smiles as the city's rail system is shut down after violence overnight. and i'm far is small at the khalifa international stadium and finals are underway on day 9 at the world athletics championships with that many titles up for grabs and capped hours man at the moment more time by shame collect his medal after delivering gold in the high chair. so in the past hour north korea's chief nuclear negotiator says working level talks between pyongyang and washington have been broken off delegations from both countries were in stockholm for the denuclearization talks that's after on wednesday north korea test fired a new ballistic missile launched from a submarine just hours after saying it would resume the talks negotiations have

been stalled since the 108 summit between donald trump and kim jong un in february ended without any agreement the latest with shihab rattansi now in washington d.c. what's the official word on the shihab as to why the talks have been called off. now than from the u.s. yet all we have right now is what the north korean negotiators said quote the negotiations have not fulfilled our expectation and finally broke off he also accused the americans of coming empty handed to the negotiations or reports that kim jung il so said that a resumption of negotiations wouldn't occur to the end of the year at least any else the u.s. to to reconsider its position it's interesting there because earlier in the week we did get a leak about what the u.s. may have been offering at these talks the 1st high level talks to have occurred as you mentioned since trump and kim jong il actually met in june and since the

failure of the talks in february and that the suggestion was not confirmed by the u.s. but but it was all on good authority that the u.s. was offering a an end or a poison u.n. sanctions on north korea if they they dismantled the nuclear facility and that high enriched uranium the enrichment of a highly enriched uranium rather a process if they did if they if they stopped that that would be some sort of sanctions relief at the u.n. that's what we understood the u.s. may be offering that wall some hope as well because the whole trouble seemed happy to overlook the testing of a ballistic missile that short range submarine base ballistic missile that you mentioned it. for some sort of foreign policy went ahead of the 2020 election but apparently whatever the u.s. is offering it wasn't enough as far as the north koreans are concerned so in the big picture she has nothing's really been achieved has it we talked about the last talks in in hanoi which ended without success and there was singapore before that

which while donald trump said had been a success but really nothing concrete. well i mean that's all the trouble been astray should and would say that north korea has stopped testing nuclear weapons and that is a big deal as well as a troubled ministrations going to its concern to the north koreans talk about that too when there was a time when you would expect that to be. periodic nuclear tests by the north koreans which would scare everyone enormously those have stopped yes the missile testing has continued but the but but but that is a key a key point for the trouble in this ration would would would draw our attention towards in addition there is a bit more of a hope that some sort of agreement might be possible because john bolton's left enough of the former national security adviser to donald trump he was widely seen as someone who may have scope of the negotiations in february and as i said all from does wonder when we'll have to see where this goes from here because this isn't the 1st time that these negotiations appear to have broken down but they do

tend to sort of come back miraculously lazarus like at some point so we'll have to see it's very difficult to draw conclusions given how opaque this whole negotiating process is might compare the secretary of state today did express the hope that these negotiations would be the 1st of many negotiations many rounds of negotiations moving towards the denuclearization of north korea but meanwhile as grumbling away in washington saying that as far as he's concerned on from those as getting this all wrong of course that might even be an incentive for the trump to ship approvals for national security adviser wrong as well shepherd tansey with the update from washington thank you. to other news and more unrest and live fire in the iraqi capital baghdad after another 5 protesters were killed when the 2 day curfew was ended there is a heavy security presence on the streets and these 98 people have been killed and thousands injured over the last few days parliament's holding an emergency session to discuss the protests but politicians to decide to boycott that there is

widespread anger among the public against corruption and the lack of basic services . here is imran khan. actually we haven't got imran khan in baghdad but why don't we hear from the speaker of the parliament. loans will be given in the form of credits bank credits for the purposes of a stablish in factories and providing that this will enable us to steer away from any corruption so there will be no cash loans and instead but it will be given for the establishment of factories. and while we reestablish communications with baghdad will tell you about the protests in hong kong on saturday smaller than in recent days hundreds of people demonstrating against a ban on face masks despite them being canceled by the organizers it was called off after hong kong's rail network was closed because of what authorities called malicious vandalism on friday crowds set fire to metro stations during rallies

against the battle but the latest from hong kong. a march and some sporadic protests here in hong kong on saturday much less than what we've seen over the last 48 hours and much less than we've seen in previous weekends and peaceful for the most part on saturday that's what we saw a very different picture on friday night and part of the violence that took place on friday night after this mass ban was announced where the m.t.r. train systems they were shut down and that really kind of crippled this city what's in-sync through the malls most major malls will close as you can see small shops also shuttered that because they anticipated there to be violence on saturday but it didn't materialize because protest leaders cancelled all the events also on saturday kerry lamb the chief executive of hong kong issued a video statement where she looked at the violence on friday night as justification for this mass then she also said it was a very dark day here in hong kong protest leaders when they said things were going to be canceled on saturday pointed to sunday it's going to be a big day they hope they're planning a rally and a march that they say hopefully we peacefully but we have

a very large numbers compared to what we've seen over the last couple of days but obviously the police with this new law emergency law in place they will be looking to crack down on any illegal activity. as promised back to baghdad and the news out of iraq imran khan with us now in iran a political failure today it seems where the parliament hopes to convene but couldn't. yes that's right there was supposed to be an emergency session but they couldn't get what's known as a quorum what does actually mean enough that's just getting enough people in parliament to actually be able to do by iraqi local law requires a minimum number of m.p.'s to show up 3 major political blogs one that influential shia muslim cleric. that another one led by how that other body another one he's a former prime minister another one by a key politician asama on the j.v. all said that they were going to show up and they all gave the same almost the same reason they said that they didn't believe that the government had an agenda they

could implement the would meet the protesters divonne and provide security to iraq so they simply said we don't showing up so to speak of the palm and cold for the convening of this emergency session gave a press conference actually was a press conference he was surrounded by his party loyalists actually looked on television like it was a campaign rally and that was a manifesto he delivered he promised sweeping economic and political and social reforms saying that he would provide jobs in the agricultural sector in the industrial sector he would provide young people the opportunity to join the army to be able to get a job that felt like a campaign rally and gave lots of promises now that it's going to be interesting to see how the protest movement is going to react to that because they are fed up with their politicians i don't care whether it's this government or whether it's been previous governments what they say is the system of governance is the problem on

the same old faces keep popping up and we're not entirely sure whether we trust them so what we want is a radical reform of the system of governance within iraq imran khan with the latest from baghdad thank you. present is almost trump assigned an order preventing immigrants who can't afford health care from entering the united states those relocating to the u.s. will now have to prove they can afford medical costs or to get health insurance within 30 days of arrival the white house says the new rule won't apply to those claiming asylum or to children and says it only affects immigrants seeking visas what it means as if immigrants come to prove that be able to get health insurance then they would be denied a visa donald trump says the move will prevent financial burden on the health care system and it comes into effect on november the 3rd we're going to speak to leon fresco about this in washington d.c. previously a deputy assistant attorney general for the office of immigration and that again at the u.s. department of justice that was under president obama mr fresco thank you for your

time what do you make of this one 1st of all the timing seems a little bit like the idea of staking something on to the right while the as old as all this stuff going on to do with the impeachment well yes well 1st of all on that i mean there is a them. that whenever the new optimal. thing happened i mean my great and did not i don't think it in for them and i go but i think that they're vying. for that meeting for i think outrage from who are outraged by it and or by our reporting it and the i.b.a. it may be for me you can move on. but the. big one it will only have that our area you're hurt by go vote will have a very permanent and lasting effect probably a good immigrant be that they come and say right so this is the important thing this is not just the fact it's not at all the asylum seeking at the border which

has always been the focus of president trumps immigration this is about controlled immigration this is about anyone wanting to come through and having to prove that they've got the money to do it so in other words you can't count unless you got the money. correct this is for if a u.s. citizen wants to marry a foreign national which happens about $500000.00 times a year or of a u.s. citizen want to bring in their parent which happens about 200000 times a year or if a company wants to petition for a worker with top of the bought $120000.00 times a year all of those individuals are going to have health care when they go to the embassy in their view their visa and the problem isn't some of the categories there's no actual insurance that lng markets are like the 70 year old pairing of the u.s. and this is going to be quite costly mark.