yes and the world that risks of piracy and kidnapping and no longer the only problems mariners face now there's an increasing number of sunken and abandoned ships obstructing traffic in the region but address reports from lagos on the coast of the gulf of guinea. one of the many graveyards for all the retired chips found along the nigerian coast. in the middle of this shipping lane the bridge of a sunken ship sticks out of the water and weighing down on it is another abundant vessel on its way to the bottom. approaches say the shipping routes here keep getting shallower and narrow and that's a problem for not only sailors but also the economies of countries in the region. is this not the bits you know which your ships in to chart to watch this fall where they have rates the losses caused by the presence of these abundant ships in the gulf of guinea continue to mount nobody's going to the best in any

part in any industry if it's all secured to this specific. money you could you please talk to you when you lose one night you it's. very time officials ike knowledge the enormity of the problem and i've warned anyone against dumping ships in the area published adequate minorities and that's fine those that have their vessels along the routes abundant in the areas i join in operation are out to remove their wittiness that's impeded the ones that request or didn't i think on those ones are beautiful right now as we speak. rich in oil and fishery sources the gulf of guinea attracts heavy shipping traffic but maritime experts say that could change unless they are thought to stop their waterways from becoming dumping grounds. these few breaks have laid here for many years then argued in maritime administration and safety agency. so recently removed from my those are

a few of the many of the abundant ship that litter the waterways of the gulf of guinea and as traffic increases so do the risks they produce to ships and humans. but what some consider a problem others see an opportunity like these crack dealers who strip their own chips of what metals they can get government agencies in charge of maritime safety in the region need money without adequate funding these wrecks will be here for some time along with the dangers they pose comedy al-jazeera lagos nigeria. and indeed his president has named his election rival as the defense minister. of a new government cabinet with one. contested vote against rebel with. a 2nd to this week the cabinet appointments include the co-founder of

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thank you. it's time to sport with joe and you're starting with a story that we've also been covering a news job absolutely it's kind of a sports news story really because china's state broke t.v. did not show the opening games of the n.b.a. basketball season amid the ongoing row over tweets supporting the hong kong

protests we'll have more on the blackout shortly but 1st we will show you the action as the toronto raptors got that title defense off and running. thank you thank. you thank you before their game against the new orleans pelicans the raptors received the biggest champions trophies ever handed out in the n.b.a. as for the game itself fred van fleet's schooled a career high 34 points for the raptors and called lowry added 22 as they did the pelicans by 8 points in overtime. the raptors lost and repeat while led to the clippers in the off season and he was on top form with his new team and choose days of the game then it's called 30 points to leave the clippers to a 10 point victory over le bron james and the l.a. lakers. but as we mentioned china's main channel refused to show any of the action

the media blackout shows the n.b.a.'s lucrative chinese broadcast and sponsorship deals remain vulnerable florence louis has more from beijing. politics is still casting its shadow over basketball here in china state broadcaster c.c.t.v. which holds exclusive rights to n.b.a. games did not to broadcast the season's opening matches on when states and when we checked sports showed you for the weekend no gains when the state now earlier this month c.c.t.v. had said it was reviewing its relationship with n.b.a. after the general manager for the houston rockets daryl morey treated in support of antigovernment protests in hong kong and even though more a deleted in street and said it did not represent the n.b.a.'s views or his team's feelies his actions have angered not just the chinese government but also fans and business partners of the rockets who had severed all suspended ties with the n.b.a. no this controversy doesn't even look like it's going to end any time soon

basketball legend shaquille o'neal has become the latest person to wade into the feud he spoke out in support of daryl morey when he spoke to t.n.t. an american paid television network basically saying that anyone should have the right to speak out when they see something wrong going on anywhere in the world or you can only imagine how his comments are going to go down here in china but basketball fans were still able to catch one of the 2 matches live on chinese digital platforms and then which holds the right to live streams the n.b.a. is changed down some people however were not in favor of $0.10 decision calling for a boycott of the n.b.a. and some even branding tencent a traitor but the company 3rd at least $20000000.00 people tuned in to watch proving that basketball hasn't lost its appeal. the washington nationals are taking game one of baseball's world series against the houston astros despite falling behind early on a 20 year old played

a starring role in helping washington with what was their 1st ever world series game pizza summit reports. to g. scenes with very different histories the nationals looking for their 1st ever world series title i think the astros on home soil in houston when one so-so was struck out by garrett cole he had no idea what impact he was still to have on this game. easton were to nothing up early on and it looked like a great start for the team aiming for a 2nd championship in 3 seasons jelly fish that's solo home run from ryan zimmerman brought the nationals back into the game and then it was soto's turn to shine 1st the 20 year old hit this home run to little schools at minute maid park in houston and then he hit a 2 run double as the nationals opened up an unassailable 52 lead not bad for a man 3 days shy of these 21st birthday and everybody was

a little bit down but after the homer everybody thing they got a chance that they will hit a home or against a guy like that everybody think they've got a chance now face has been doing really well but they make a mistake so we're going to make it again and we've got to got it again. final score 54 to washington eastern left to wonder what might have been we had a little bit of bad luck we did chase a little bit as you're going to you know you keep preaching like give yourself as many opportunities as you can that the big hit eluded us a couple times a couple kinds of didn't. the astros won't have to wait too long for a chance to level masses again to takes place on wednesday night. peter stammered al-jazeera to football now in the el classico clash between boston and our real madrid has been given its new date the match will be played on the 18th of december it was just be held on saturday but was called off because of protests in catalonia spain's football federation made the decision that the league are expected to

challenge it they want much to be played on december the 4th all 7. champions league title holders liver poor hoping mohamed salah will make it onto the pitch against gangs later salar has been recovering from an ankle injury but travelled with the team to belgium for wednesday's champions league match. looks promising to be honest. just go around true today and look good so we have to wait how you react when i we don't but not go any risk but it's they look really good liverpool sit 2nd to napoli who placed sulzberger in the other group a match on wednesday barcelona face slavia prague the spaniards currently sit behind dortmund a group f. in group h. the top 2 i.x. and chelsea go head to head argentinian club river plate and through to the couple about doris final on aggregate despite losing tuesday semifinal 2nd leg to book a genius the build up to the game was arguably bigger than wednesday's one the result a year ago the book of genius boss was attacked by river plate fans leading to the

final being moved to spain this time there was a huge security operation around both teams at lebombo net or in one of cyrus the match was still delayed though but this time it was because too much confetti on the pitch. colombian footballers of call the strike to start on the 3rd of november as they continue to protest against working conditions in the national league of players want fewer games a collective health plan and a new disciplinary code on saturday some teams protested during games by sitting on the ground all slowly kicking the ball between them talks failed when the league and the football federation didn't show up to a meeting on monday. players in brazil have also been protesting this time of an oil spill that they say isn't being cleaned up fast enough by the government by a players were jersey with what looked like black oil spilled all over it all opponents said or had black gloves on during the anthem in honor of the brazilian who are cleaning up the spill with their bare hands the spill along the northeast

coast has washed up on at least 200 beaches in 9 states environmental groups are criticizing the government's response a slow and ineffective and out of the rugby world cup where whales have been given some royal supports for the semifinal against south africa the prince of wales this to their training camp in tokyo prince charles is in the country for the in 3 minutes of the new japanese emperor nero he took he spent time chatting to the players and was given a whale by captain alan jones wales are aiming to win a well cup for the 1st time all right that is now i have the feeling joe thank you very much for that and that does it for this al-jazeera news hour but do stay with us michelle carey is here with another full of news bulletins in just a couple of minutes and as always you can keep up to date for the news on our web site al-jazeera dot com thank you for watching.

it's a tough time for the afghan security forces taliban attacks have increased suffering heavy casualties and the prospect of a withdrawal of u.s.

forces hangs over them yet young men are still joining up some for reasons for others is the only way to get a job despite the risks. he was an army bomb disposal engineer in helmand province he knew the risks he was blinded in both eyes and lost a leg when a roadside device exploded as you try to defuse it always aware of the danger of seeing friends wounded while working on mines i wasn't scared to lose and legace to sacrifice we have to mike to serve this country strangers from across new york with a claim in common abuse at the hands of a prominent priest. back to grab hopefully handles blood to stop just so does an inch faultlines gains exclusive access to the accusers and questions the accused how long do you think the cardinal dolan will continue to protect you as more men come out in the latest chapter in a scandal that shaken the catholic church to its foundations in bad faith on

a. grim discovery place in the u.k. find 39 bodies and a truck that arrived in england from bulgaria. i shall carry this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up a warning from russia kurdish fighters can expect more bombings by turkey's army if they don't withdraw from syria's border. egypt accept an offer by the u.s. to help break a dangerous deadlock with ethiopia over a controversial dam project. emergency services in the u.k. have found 39 bodies in

a container truck in southeast england this is cover it was made on an industrial state in gray's essex which is just east of london early on wednesday morning police have arrested a 25 year old man from northern ireland on suspicion of murder prime minister boris johnson says he is appalled by this incident police say they are working to identify the victims. shortly before 1 40 am today we received reports that a number of people have been found inside the lorries container at the wall to plait industrial park on easton avenue in gray's we believe the lorry is from pogue area and came into the u.k. through holly head on the 19th of october. emergency services attended but sadly all 39 people inside the container who died. early indications suggest that one of these people was a teenager the rest are believed to be adults. a murder investigation was launched and the lorry driver a 25 year old man from northern ireland was arrested on suspicion of murder and

remains in place custody. at this stage we have not tried densified where the victims are from or their identities and we anticipate this could be a lengthy process this is an absolute tragedy and very sad day for essex pace place in the local community we will continue to work alongside many other partner agencies to find out what led to these deaths i'd like to pilfer anyone who has any information to contact my offices of the major investigation tape on 1010 by visiting our essex police website. and more losses go to paul brennan who joins us from grayson essex what else are we learning about this horrific incident. well it's an unusual route for a lorry to come from both garia to the u.k. via dublin by the dublin holyhead route it would be more conventional for such a lorry to come in via col

a and then across to dover read into that what you will was the driver intending to try to avoid the very stringent security measures that are in place on the dover kalai crossing it seems that the route if you want to take the long way around would be shareable goal 'd of interoffice lair in southern ireland and then by road up to dublin and then by double from by sea across the irish sea from dublin into the port of holyhead in north wales and then down here to london it would add at least a day on to that journey the scene and i would step out and i like the camera around just show you this is eastern avenue you the police cordon is blocking the end of the road there are police cars and plain unmarked police cars as well that the green fence that you can see the screen masks to the area where the lorry is which is about another 100 meters behind that screen and there is a 2nd screen. between the lorry and us so 2 screens between before the lorry

we can see through the gap there are police forensics experts operating in that area but as far as the detect sorry deputy chief constable that we heard from in that news conference pippa mills it's going to be a lengthly job to 1st of all identify who it was that was in the back of that container with $39.00 victims of this tragedy and also to try and work out exactly what the cause of death was what led to the deaths as a result of this this crossing this terrible incident ok from essex thanks paul russian military police have started patrols in northeast syria as part of a new deal with turkey according to russian news agency a convoy has crossed the euphrates river and is heading to the border town of bani under this deal agreed.