that's a strong possibility because iran has said that they welcome negotiation and dialogue that good gestures will be met and good gestures and pakistan is trying very hard to arrange some sort of mediator mediation because before iran concept tough for new york to the united nations general assembly here made a stopover in riyadh to meet saudi crown prince mohammed bin salon and he's going to be heading there next week again to speak to the crown prince so if the iranians agree and if saudi arabia are keen to have some sort of talks it could mean that pakistan facilitate that arrange or host these talks which could lead to some sort of stability in the region because tensions have been high especially since september 14th after that attack on the saudi aramco facility that the yemeni hutu rebels claimed responsibility for but saudi arabia blamed iran there's been tensions over or tankers attacks on oil tankers and the buildup of u.s.

military in the region and pakistan was very clear on khan was very clear that they do not want a conflict in the region he mentioned instability in syria you mentioned instability in afghanistan and the lives that pakistan has lost over the last 50 years and to the war on terror so buxton is very keen imran khan is very keen to make these talks happen to mediate aust facilitate and if saudi arabia and iran agree that's a very likely possibility. as i said big reporting live from tehran i submit thanks . saudi arabia and iran have been at odds for decades iran is largely a shia nation while saudi arabia sees itself as the leading sunni voice in the region iran's rising influence in iraq after the fall of saddam hussein in 2003 is seen as a threat by riyadh of tehran support for syria's president bashar al assad has worsened tensions and in yemen hooty rebels fighting the saudi u.a.e. coalition of claimed several attacks inside saudi arabia they're seen as being

supported by iran which iran denies abdullah booed is a visiting professor with the middle east institute at the national university of singapore he says there are high hopes for this diplomatic effort from pakistan. all of us in the region and also the global level. could ill afford to have another conflict. and in the gulf we know how costly this could be we know how wrong it could be and also what effect it could have on the global energy security and the global economy so i think the 2 sides seem to already fought it you know has only signaled that it is ready to talk and we have seen also a change in tone from some of you have at the out of my vehicle to talk so i think . the visit of i'm wrong could be an asset a saving arrangement for both sides to talk and i think all the holes are actually

pinned on this visit we could of of oil and other conflict in the region well get a weather update back say i was here and then a former prisoner of war a professor trinity had to deciding between 2 political newcomers for president and beginning a new chapter a government proposal in kyrgyzstan has religious schools they're worried. how iran places either the fog of war he has already been issued for thai food it's making its way away quite swiftly but of the rainfall totals that we've seen tokyo 210 millimeters of rain in space of 24 hours average for the entire month of october $198.00 millimeters further north ramos heaviest still in sendai $365.00 millimeters in 24 hours and just to the east of mount fuji we had over 900

millimeters of rain staggering amounts of rainfall making it japan 2nd 2nd wettest day on record the system the storm it's now already pulling out into the open water . kwacha weather coming back in behind and you may have seen from some of the pictures earlier on that it is now lossy dry still a chance of one or 2 showers into those central parts of honshu as we go on into monday come tuesday be a fair amount of sunshine bursting through once again tokyo with the top temperature then of around $21.00 celsius they were all across the korean peninsula getting up into the high teens here some of the temperatures too into northern parts of china come down into the southwest of china because some very heavy rain drifting in here hong kong should start to brighten up as we go on through the next 27 celsius here but very heavy rain pushing back to vietnam.

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that's important because and in short supply routes from turkey stay open as the operation goes forward. dozens of people affiliated with i sort of escape from a detention center in aisa in syria after the shelled by turkish forces detainee's also attacked security forces in alcohol camp in syria while trying to escape from pakistan's prime minister iran cardus met iran's president hassan rouhani in teheran card is reportedly working to defuse tensions between iran and its regional ally for saudi arabia. genesee and so casting their ballots in a presidential runoff vote between 2 political newcomers more than $7000000.00 people eligible to vote but previous polls have shown a low turnout media tycoon bill curry and retired law professor kai sigh. locked in a tight race for the presidency the new president will have to deal with pressing issues that include poverty and unemployment under serious reports now from

a polling station in the capital tunis this is a significant moment fortune is eons there will decide the next president who's going to be the 2nd democratically elected president in the history of tunisia after the 2011 revolution voters will have to decide between 2 candidates media mogul nembutal we hope presents himself as the man who is going to fix the economic problems of tunisia and corruption and poverty and you have a law professor paces i had her presents himself as a symbol of unity for the. the election campaign was timid because we was in jail for quite some time at that moment a place i decided to keep a low profile however they had both candidates took part in a debate and there's a growing sentiment here in tunisia that places i was more convincing more eloquent

during that debate once this is all over the next president will have to deal with man it challenges the country faces 1st of all the parliamentary elections resulted in a divided parliament and people are waiting to see whether the leading party of the conservative another will be able to form a coalition government if that doesn't happen there will be a political impasse and this explains why people are eager to see the next president of tunisia step in build bridges with the different political parties and work with them together and the political impasse because the biggest problem that the country faced over the last few years was basically political instability and economic problems to the point where people have grown completely frustrated and disillusioned with the political establishment saying that basically politicians have been telling us that everything is going to look better and different and that nothing in fact has changed. poland is holding parliamentary elections right now

the governing law and justice party is trying to tighten its grip on power that is widely expected to win the mandate would help it push through many of its conservative policies which include a strong anti immigration agenda a nationwide curfew has been declared in ecuador the government there imposed the measure after 11 days of protests against rising fuel prices troops have been ordered onto the streets of the capital quito to try to quell demonstrations acquittals president says that he's willing to reassess the policies and restore order as soon as possible talks between the government of protesters take place on sunday japan's military is deploying tens of thousands of troops to help rescue and cleanup efforts after a powerful typhoon swept along the east coast at least 23 people were killed many people are still missing the storm brought damaging winds and heavy rainfall causing floods and landslides zeros when hey is there. those living in the path of

typhoon were told to expect a short sharp burst of violent weather it soon became clear that the main feature of this storm was a huge amount of rainfall some areas saw around a meter of rain in 24 hours and waterways simply couldn't cope one of the worst hit areas was not good no prefecture west of japan's capital tokyo where a 70 meters stretch of the levee gave way many homes and businesses were flooded and japan's famous bullet trains were surrounded by water and going nowhere fast or slow all at the time who the major typhoon has caused extensive damage far and wide in eastern japan one point the special warning for heavy rain was issued for as many as 13 prefixes there's also been emergency relief from various dams and flooding of various rivers it turned out to be a record heavy rain coastal areas were battered by huge waves and winds exceeding 200 kilometers an hour or like them or not the building shook and the alec tricity

went off for a moment that was really scary as the typhoon approached a tornado made landfall in chiba prefecture destroying houses many communities here was still recovering from a typhoon that struck last month. for most in the path of the storm it came at night. the streets of tokyo were eerily quiet as businesses closed and people were urged to stay home by day it became easier to assess the damage and carry out search and rescue operations millions were ordered or advised to evacuate but some chose not to leave their homes or couldn't get out in time. the storm was compared in size and strength to a typhoon that struck tokyo in 1958 leaving more than 1200 people dead modern japan has become well drilled in dealing with the threat of natural disasters and it seems this time it was as well prepared as it could be. japan's 19th typhoon this

year but those who experienced it say this was one of the most intense in decades many are relieved it was relatively brief allowing the recovery to begin quickly wane hey al jazeera tokyo iran says it's discovered a new natural gas field that's the equivalent of about 2 percent of its current reserves the oil ministry says the discovery was made in the southern province of fars and has a reserve a bore than 530000000000 cubic meters iran has the world's 2nd largest reserves but it's not a major export due to international sanctions sudan is the world's main producer and exporter of gum arabic according to the un's food and agricultural organization it's used in many products from soft drinks to cosmetics and accounts for nearly 15 percent of sudan's income but farmers who plant and harvest the product so they're worried that that's about to change al-jazeera morgan reports from all.

these fields of acacia trees have been tended by family for generations for 30 years he's been planting harvesting and tapping them for their stamp. the liquid flows slowly for days before drying into gum arabic it's been the main source of income for his family for decades but he's concerned that's may not continue much longer. the elusive the one still involved in the gum arabic business most of those harvest another bum 13 while the youth no longer have any interest they prefer quickening means like mining gold or construction but those holding on to the trade. and kneels farm in north korea the fine is one of hundreds in the state involved income arabic production which accounts for nearly 15 percent of sudan's income the product has many uses from food emulsifiers to cosmetic products to herbal medical treatments but due to a lack of processing facilities in sudan the material is exported wrong and at

a lower price. because of its importance internationally gum arabic was the only product exempted from the u.s. trade sanctions list imposed on sudan in 1907 so dam produces more than 70 percent of the world's gum arabic and more than half of the 3000000 population here in north korea from parents from it but the business is changing and people moving away from farming there are other challenges. authorities say because gum arabic can't be processed in sudan up to 30 percent of what is produced is smuggled out of the country and education experts say those involved in the business of gum arabic aren't necessarily following the best farming practices climate change has a direct effect on the production. of the farmers may be the. most drought cesar's in the us the effect of the 3. most of the present for that benefits for all of this so also to increase their incomes

so-called sending. they are using the tubs at the during the off season for the. authorities also say that out of the 11000 square kilometers available to plant and harvest acacia in the state less than half is being used and. as a government we're planning in the next 3 years to increase the trees in the gum arabic build working to distribute young acacia trees to farmers here so that they can farm in areas that haven't been tapped yet and we've proposed building factories so that harvest is in trade as can profit from the added value to process gum arabic. says he's going to wait to see the changes that he's told will improve his earnings he hopes that will also attract younger people into the business otherwise he fears there will soon be only elderly farmers who may not be around to see how farms have improved he will morgan on to 08 not scored a fan. kyrgyzstan wants to change the way that religious schools operate it plans

to introduce laws to regulate studies in an effort to increase state control of the faith schools. reports from bishkek. evening class at the green she kept down school one of the nearly 130 religious schools in institutions in kyrgyzstan some of the students like cannot come from remote areas he joined the school 6 years ago i finished my normal school and i have. said. that i can use this school and now i study in when your city and here together we're here. we're here you think we're here. and we're here and it's our 2nd 2nd class students have to be at least 16 years old before they can apply to come here. that are you the constitution guarantees freedom of education and religion under the system whoever wants to learn about

religion has the right after finishing secondary school. religious education is supervised by institutions that are mostly funded by charities both local and international kyrgyzstan being a secular state did occasional system doesn't include any religious studies whatsoever for that district in must go to the privately run religious schools but now the government says it will introduce reform to bring them more in line with the national education system religious education was banned during the soviet rule the government says it recognizes that interest in religion as increases to fall of the soviet union. but after a few 100 cure citizens joined the ranks of i sell in iraq and syria the government has national security concerns sudden them because they don't know where this charity or this financial come from and where the main ideas are these financial support of the religious of the occasion should be this teaching program

why this should be the teaching plan and what kind of subjects it will be in the kitchen or prolonged use of the teacher. doesn't. have the sufficient indication of religious fear critics say students who only go to religious schools are ill prepared to enter the workforce and the less says is what he learns in the religious school combined with his general studies in financial accounting that will make him successful in life the government is promising students like him they didn't you build will merely provide the framework for religious education one that will be in tune with the secular identity of the country but at the for me. in kyrgyzstan. it's good to be with us hello adrian for going to here in doha the headlines and i

was here a turkish forces and the syrian allies said. captured large parts of the town of so look and that's important because it will ensure supply routes from turkey as their operation goes forward dozens of people affiliated with i saw an escape from a detention center in i need isa in northern syria our troops shelled by turkish forces detainees also attacked security forces in our whole camp while trying to escape pakistan's prime minister imran khan has made him iran's president has done rouhani in tehran khan is hoping to act as a mediator between iran and saudi arabia and says he'll do what he can to avoid conflict in the region. iran is a neighbor. with iran go along way back. saudi arabia. has been one of our closest friends. help us when we have needed them when we have been in need and so the reason for this trip that we do not

want a conflict between saudi arabia and iran we recognize that it's a complex issue we recognize that. but we feel. that this can be resolved through dialogue jenna's ins are voting today in a presidential runoff between 2 political newcomers or than 7000000 people are eligible to vote but previous polls have shown a low turnout media tycoon the beal and retired law professor siad looking rather in a tight race for the presidency. and people in poland vote today in parliamentary elections the governing law and justice party there is trying to tighten its grip on power that is widely expected to win a mandate would help it push through many of its conservative policies which include a strong anti immigration agenda and a nationwide curfew has been declared in ecuador the government imposed the measure after 11 days of protest against rising fuel prices talks to end the crisis

a few to begin later on saturday morning is fear on al-jazeera after planet s.o.s. next. i know on well bring you a plan it's as a rest bestial from iceland where leaders of the northern maize regions of the planet joining delegations from around the world to discuss the future of the outfit it is a pristine landscape with friend john ecosystems

a vos region that helps regulate our planet's weather and climate but as the ice and glasses melt once inaccessible land and walters in the arctic opening up. a calamity for some and opportunity for others the arctic circle assembly is meaty and iceland's capital of reykjavik trying to navigate the very different views on the way forward for this critical part of the world. and as a sense comment outside cause all planets will stay with us for the scientists working to see if we challenge this natural process to capture carbon at it's in the genes of plonks so they can draw in most c o 2 and store it deep underground. welcome to planet s.o.s. in iceland right now by a glacial lagoon and that new york national park which is a huge ask a world heritage site lates it will be in the capital reykjavik where the assembly

is taking place it's the biggest summits taken is important not just because of what's going on politically in the region but also because of climate change issues which is striking the very halls. of life hit in the north temperatures they soared in the arctic this summer and that's not a novelty it's becoming a disconcerting trend greenland's ice sheet lost a staggering 12 and a half 1000000000 tons of ice in one day more than any other day since records began in 1950 and is when does get warmer and drier the loss will only get worse tick sea ice dropped to the 2nd lowest amount on rec old this year and this is something you don't see very often lightning near the north pole you need a combination of woman and cool to make lightning and there isn't usually enough of the form until this year and forest fires have burned in greater numbers and with more intensity as temperatures rise fish stocks are moving as a freshwater ice melt pours into seas that it getting warmer and the shrinking sea

ice is threatening creatures that depend on it and then as the region's glass is like many glasses all around the world the shrinking rapidly and in many cases disappearing altogether and that's the story we're seeing right here in iceland. this is an island of elemental power shape to reshape by natural forces where the landscape is constantly forged by seepage challenged geology. big glasses sweep eva active volcanoes ash from previous eruptions carpets the ice through the millennia the glasses have advanced and retreated but never has a retreat to be distressed because now. classic ironic only takes me towards the solheim you could last year in the speed of retreat is very apparent so this and the case we're in the glass here was back in 2010 and this is an arch of the very

front of the place here this is where we would walk onto it stretched across this entire valley and now 9 years later there it is there's the front right back and it's continuing to melt at the exact same speed. this is one of the fastest disappearing glasses in iceland but its rate of loss is pretty much replicated wherever you go. we enter the national you know a world heritage site covering 14 percent of iceland tourists come here in the hundreds every day to see the sights but the sights slowly disappearing what was the class here 20 years ago is now a raging torrent muddy eisman. it is a very dramatic and very visible in the strafing of the impacts of climate change and it's happening not only to the world glasses but also for the polar icecaps and the thing is that even if we do think nif it could leak missions more than a 3rd of the world's glasses will disappear by the end of this century. 3 years

old or cigarettes and it's a geologist he's been charting place the last few decades and he's well aware of the global implications the glaciers will melt the multiple to runs down to those shim and the ocean surface rises i told my friends in america just no past week the. refugees would not only be coming from mexico and central america they would become front proto and battle on the coast and the gulf coast of america of the united states. that have businesses that rely on the tourist dollars preparing for an uncertain future or living in sin runs a guest house on the farm where he's lived pretty much all his life he has seen what's difference. the last couple yes and just for maybe 30 years ago then resold 3 clicks of thanks from this site but now we only see to all those and to one of

the most tourist attraction in iceland so of course it can have an effect on you know all the main pulling off the economic parting and iceland. this story is being repeated around the world just as the melting ice the sea level rise the water supply for hundreds of millions of people is disappearing before our very eyes. it is a bleak picture but there is no other way of telling it scientists say the focus must now be on trying to save what we can at this crucial part of the planetary system. the devastating effects of climate change on glasses around the world now we're in the capital reykjavik where the arctic circle assembly is taking place there are more than 2000 delegates here all trying to find a way forward for the arctic in these changing times we spoke to some of them about what they felt were the most pressing issues ahead. well most of what we're hearing up here is about climate change and it's a huge problem you can't look at the news any day and not see another story about

it it's real it's happening and we need to find ways to combat it felt weird to me sitting in there ok this all these people are interested in my homeland and that and how i began to wonder how i stepped in the whole process that is occurring here and so i've made a point to focus on the language and the problems that people. finally come to in terms of culture and education and language indigenous people small is the solution to a lot of the problems in the world is facing climate change sustainable development biodiversity loss and you think that the arctic could contribute a lot to solving these problems if we're going to put out of the after charcoal of course a lot of thinks of course but one thing which is the most important is sustainability now there are 8 technicians they are norway sweden finland denmark russia canada

the united states and iceland and they all are part of this separate organization called the arctic council which was set up to try and help resolve conflicts about the way forward for the region but laws may they couldn't even agree on a closing statement after meeting that was held on a whole and now reports on the conflicting agendas that assessing a confrontational tone in the arctic. meetings of the out to council have really generation front page headlines and then in may the united states did something that had never happened in the council's 23 year history threw at him a series of us 60 of states might come patio the u.s. refused to approve a joint statement because it included the woods climate change the refusal grabbed plenty of attention but something of arguably gracious significance for the future of the arctic national slipped by without much coming and that was compiled of speech the day before the our tickets at the forefront of opportunity and abundance

and houses 13 percent of the world's undiscovered oil 30 percent of its undiscovered gas and an abundance of uranium rare earth minerals gold diamonds and millions of square miles of untapped resources. the message was clear that the melting ice of the arctic was exposing a treasure trove of riches to be exploited and the united states claimed to take the lead to gain control of the pump aon even mention climate change once in his speech but a warming planet is what's made the scramble for resources possible the northern reaches of our planet are warming at almost twice the global average a region once considered too cold too dangerous plagued by too many storms and i slept for much of the year well it is now opening up steady reductions in sea ice or opening new passageways and new opportunities for trade this could potentially

slash the time it takes to travel between asia and the west the speech was unapologetic and provocative questioning the intentions of major powers russia and china both of which have been increasingly prison dick but then signaling the u.s. plane to bolster its presence particularly its military just in case others don't play by the rules pump air space signaled a new era of competition even potential conflict that could wreak havoc in the attic region but drill deeper and it has ramifications for us all exploiting the outtakes abundant oil and gas reserves more like the pitch the world's dependence on fossil fuels the more things we burn the more carbon pollution we emit and the higher global temperatures will go better extra hate my will make it easier to get to the arctic's resources but scientists say the consequences for people living for the self the hate waves the floods the rising seas the extreme weather now vets

they say will be catastrophic. as a result the arctic is creating all kinds of challenges and earlier we spoke to the chair of the alex actress emily and former president of iceland live regular grimm's. the arctic by its own effort. would be ok. and if the people of the arctic would have the same living conditions for centuries they would be hopping the problem asian to all over the world to. america africa. the americas the the energy system which was created to warm up $200.00 yesterday. is constitute in a fundamental threat to the future of the author so we are seeing for the fust time in human history the interlocking off the fate of the arctic on one

hand on the rushed of the world on the old. and the tissue really the core of the climate challenge dot the rest of the world it's called destroy the off to but the magical the ice in the arctic could also destroy the rest of the world because climate change is open up the boards ways it's opened up the region for exploitation of its vast resources and that is not forecast. to only be a temporary blessing if you want to call it that because if only up for the greenland ice sheet. it would lead to to meet in she level all over the world dr would mean that every cost of safety whether it is shared in florida where the united states or whether it is china korea japan or whether it is.