business updates brought to you by qatar airways going places together. this is al-jazeera. when you're watching the al-jazeera news online from headquarters here in doha coming up in the next 60 minutes 7 people are sentenced to death for plotting a deadly siege on a bangladeshi cafe in 2016. also anger against u.n. peacekeepers in the democratic republic of congo grows protests spread across the east and rumbling into paris why french farmers have a beef with the government. or with the sports man just say owners become the

richest sports group in the world as a deal values them that almost $5000000000.00. welcome to the program a bunker that she called her son 7 people to death in connection with one of the worst attacks in the country's history 22 people mostly foreigners died in the siege of the holy office and cafe in dhaka in 26th and 8th person has been acquitted. is outside the court. one of the most important and sensational court case in bangladesh history that judge bell it took 20 minutes to hand out the sentence says the public reaction was positive most people were happy i spoke to one of the relatives he was happy with the outcome his brother was a police officer who was killed on that frightful day those who were. sentence

taken out by one of the prison vans some of them were shouting and reciting out a big verse says one of them was waving out and saying carry 'd on with our cause there was no justice carry on with our cause then went our way bangladesh has been very robust in tackling with militancy it has set up a special tribe and of course dealing with terrorism special forces and the police to tackle the things the holy august on that over 2 dozen militants were killed in an encounter with law enforcement agencies there is 0 tolerance according to the prime minister and the government in dealing with militancy. protests against you and peacekeepers in eastern democratic republic of congo spreading 6 people have died in the past 2 days in the city of beni they've also been demonstrations and. protests to say the peacekeepers on protecting them from groups including the allied democratic forces dozens of people have been killed in raids blamed on the

a.t.f. this month alone. protests have also spread from betty to the cities of. as we mentioned and that's where we join catherine saw catherine obviously a very tense situation at the moment seems to be spreading. and allowing the authorities really. showing the authorities the general frustration really that the public have. the. absolutely people are very angry here in goma there were protests this morning of the protesters was this fast by police using tear gas police also fired live bullets in there this process as we're trying to get to a u.n. mission logistics center that is not very far from this with our with saying and basically what they're saying is that money that the u.n. mission has done nothing to help protect civilians in this region that is so

volatile that has so many security challenges and just to take you then me and what's happening now there's a burial there's going to take place the burial of a protester who was shot dead by police on saturday the policeman who shot him was also killed on the same day by an angry mob so what the protesters are doing is going round the city of beni with the border hundreds of protesters we're being told are on the street and then they will go to the burial ceremonies people there extremely angry at the u.n. forces saying that some of these attacks that have been happening very close to u.n. bases but then there is sponsored by the peacekeepers is very very slow they're also very angry with government forces government troops saying that they are very disorganized because how come when an offensive is ongoing like right now there is an ongoing offensive rebels can still come out to the villages and kill people so

brutally saw a lot of anger in all these places it does seem catherine that the anger is vented at the u.n. as you touched upon the fact that there are government forces also in that location at the u.n. is that in a support role should be in the support roles or is the anger as equally pointed to the military of the d.r. see. well there are also angry with the military of the r.c. like i mentioned they said that the congolese soldiers that have been carrying out these operations have been told there are thousands of congolese soldiers in beni now in that ongoing operation the 3 generals who are taking charge of the operation yet we see these rebels coming to attack villages but the biggest anger is you mentioned the ease with the u.n. because they say the u.n. was brought here primarily to protect civilians but then and you know it's

a huge peacekeeping mission has spend billions of dollars throughout the years but then these people see these faces and then they witness rebels coming to us talk to them very close to these bases and they do not see any help coming out of what they're asking and that's why they hear they need to leave if they cannot protect a lot of people really don't understand the mandate that the u.n. have so this and and this frustration really is directed to the fact that this blue helmets cannot go and lease protect civilians who are being attacked so brutally. is the public themselves feel that the u.n. doesn't protect. the offices of the mandate or in support alongside the sea military that even if they do looks like they are out of the region catherine then where does the protection come from because of the case of who's going to protect them but where is it going to come from. well that's that's

a big question so hale i mean right now they're very angry they want the u.n. to leave and the big question as you mentioned is that even u.n. leave then watch because some want even need that saying that the u.n. has been ineffective you know the peacekeepers really have. made the situation less worse like it's not it's things are a little bit better if they would leave then the militia would overrun a lot of little towns so there's a question of that but people are saying that they need more from the u.n. they need more help from the u.n. the u.n. peacekeepers cannot just be in their bases and you know when they talk about protection by government forces i have to say government forces are also quite overwhelmed the resources a stretch because they're not just talking about. a.d.'s rebel groups this is a region that has dozens of rebel movements in this country controlling remote

villages of fighting for control of territories and a very feelies stretched congolese military that cannot reach everywhere so that's a big question that you're asking who will protect them if the u.n. lose by right now the frustration is so huge and people don't care they just want the u.n. to leave those people who are demonstrating in venue today are actually saying if you cannot protect these you you when you cannot protect this eve the congolese military cannot protect us let us protect ourselves that's what the chanting today . we will leave of course we'll continue to monitor events in the d.l.c. with you catherine thank you. or staying in the region in the western d r c at least 45 people have died in severe flooding in the capital kinshasa there was to wrenshaw rain overnight on tuesday that triggered landslides while people were sleeping the assays largest city has more than doubled its population in the last 2 decades and experts say poor infrastructure overcrowding makes it vulnerable

to floods 'd. well heavy rains have also brought misery to communities in northwestern kenya thousands of people are seeking refuge in makeshift camps after widespread flooding and landslides at least 65 people have died in the past 3 days with up to 120000 more affected relief teams have been slow to reach the area of west polka where some roads and bridges remain cut off. has the latest from book tunnel in the west of that county. we are. 2 thirds of the dissolved truck was called county this is the torch point village or some college shopping center which has largely been destroyed by the landslide and accompanying lighting that or caught here just a few days ago we are. told where the village used to be there well how this all

behind me now nothing except the huge rocks that came tumbling down from the heel behind me in the whole area is surrounded by hills and it is the landslide and the rocks that came gushing out of. the hills killed most of the people and destroyed their buildings their homes in the house that was just right you know where i am right now 11 people died and all for the 11 who died just 3 bodies have been recalled but government rescue workers are yet to reach here because of the swept away part of the roll down bridges leading to these parts of the west for holt county and the people here really not only striking but also say they would not get closure until they get the bodies of their loved ones. know where the coalition has announced it's

easing restrictions to allow some thought to be reopened the coalition says it will mean patients in need of medical care can be flown out from the rebel held area flights will be operated in cooperation with the world health organization the airport has been closed to commercial flights since 2016. more from some of. i have talked to senior officers here and the sun are but the they. told me that they have cared they have just heard this news about the reopening of the santa national airport but on the ground there is no complete mation and. many officers are hoping that the international airport will be open specially for those who are in need for urgent medical interventions. especially human. a lot of people have died because they haven't been able to travel outside yemen according to the

ministry of health. its report says that over 45000 people have died just. over the past year and the a lot over 200000 patients are on the last waiting for the chance to travel outside yemen. the situation is difficult for those who are in need of. medical interventions outside the human especially the more than 45 percent of the country's hospitals have been. have been paralyzed because of the war and also because of the direct attacks. you say behati is a pro who feature list and political commentator he says the move taken by saudi arabia cannot be considered as a step towards peace i think this is step from saudi arabia is clearly showing that saudi were the one who was blocking. from my leave in some airport to get an edge

in their medical help the most of the of those patients mainly that is told of the saudi war in yemen that's why i want to just to mention that their agreement was signed between sanaa and world health organization about 10 month ago allow patients. to only your inflight to get medical help abroad but it was as old the who refused to give to give a green light for those. that's why i don't think that we can consider this as like a step toward peace because to block a patient from. from going abroad to get medical help i think is a crime against all international laws. plenty more ahead here on the al jazeera news hour including a much needed investigation into years of political murders in guinea. and

a new report from amnesty international accuses egypt of abusing its counter-terrorism balls. just days before the start of the southeast asian games preparation delays leave some foreign teams sleeping on the floor that story coming up in sports with german. farmers tractors are blocking major roads in the french capital paris accusing the government of holding back their industry the 2 main farmers unions say the international trade agreements have caused unfair competition policy reforms or fail to boost things tractors all had to be famous shopping streets though the shelves and he said the touch of butler joins us now live from paris to and like most of what's going on by what seems to be happening right now. well right now behind me i mean there's there's not much because we're actually

waiting for these tractors to arrive here in central paris you can probably see the arc de triomphe behind me so right in the center of the city we understand the tractors are just on the outskirts and they're making their way in of course actors don't drive very far so it might be a little while yes they've chosen to gather here in the center of paris because it's a very visual symbol and it's also because it's so close to the least a palace and that is where the french presence about all my call of course resides and what the farmers want is to demand a meeting with a man because they say that the government is not doing enough to protect their livelihoods farmers in france say they struggle financially that their job is becoming more and more difficult and they say the government is making life even harder because it is doing things like signing up to trade deals recently the e.u. canada trade deal for example farmers are saying that means cheap food imports which increases competition for them already they say their lives are too difficult and it's simply not fair forms are also suffering from so far.

yes farmers in france of course traditionally have been very widely supported ringback they are seen as the fact of you know the french way of life people really cherish farmers they've often had a lot of clout when it comes to politics and parties courting the farmers vote but in recent times environmentalists have said that farmers are responsible for more and more pollution that farmers a damaging nature not looking after animals and using harmful pesticides or pharma say this is simply unfair that they're people that are actually very close to the land that they care a lot about the land and they say that the have perhaps been some instances of bad practices or harmful pesticides but they say that is the fault of consumers because consumers are putting more and more pressure on farmers to produce more and they're

under that pressure because if they don't meet the demand of consumers they simply will not be able to make the money they need to survive what will be interesting to see what does happen and what is. welcome back to you through the day thank you. rescue workers in albania are continuing the search for survivors fed trapped in buildings brought down by a powerful earthquake on tuesday at least $21.00 people have died and more than $600.00 are injured plus reports now from the port city of duress in western albania. rescue teams pull a dead man out of the rubble of this hotel hours earlier they brought out his dead brother on lookers see mesmerized by the prospect of life or death emerging from this tomb it's the same story across the street another collapsed hotel in this resort town at least one man believed trapped between concrete floors so tightly packed it's hard to believe anyone could have survived here as crews peel away the

destruction the death toll is likely to rise but it might have been much higher the earthquake that struck at 4 am on tuesday was heralded by earlier warning tremors i remember was that before you start shaking that bed to start to get in. there why did it open the door in my room and i jumped from balcony down and knock on the window with my dad and my mom because i was leaving the 1st. 35. kids and everything 7 multi-story buildings collapsed nationwide and hundreds of homes are rendered uninhabitable creating a displaced and terrified population prefer in the open air to any concrete shelter here at the daughter's football stadium hundreds of families are sleeping in army issued tents overnight with little protection against the chill weather but a blanket many of their houses are damaged or destroyed or they are simply afraid

to go back indoors. this woman's husband dashed out of the house with their 2 children before the house began to crumble around her they rescued her by demolishing the door because it wouldn't open now they're waiting for a tent and this man saw the wall. as of the building it took him 10 years to build with his own hands tear open he jumped out with his wife and son but has nowhere to live now on the beach a group of young men have little fire and plan to spend the night here their houses have all collapsed hopes a dwindling for survivors as the gruesome work of digging continues and people here are caught between fear of the indoors and the problems of rebuilding their lives john psaropoulos al-jazeera delicious. and the greek island of crete has been rattled by a powerful undersea earthquake early measurements suggest it could be as strong as magnitude 6 there have been no reports of injuries or damage so far. the

polls have opened in the b.b.s. in what's expected to be the toughest challenge yet for the ruling party president again gobble was among the 1st to cast his ballot his party won the last election with 87 percent of the vote but his term was plagued by recession and a corruption scandal and one of the maybe as worst ever droughts voters are choosing a new president and parliament how do we as more from johannesburg in neighboring south africa. this widely expected swapo is going to win this election the question of course is by how much they no longer as popular as they used to be the poor are frustrated this is a very rich country lots of mineral wealth and good luck because a lot of money from tourism more than or nearly a 1000000 tourists visit the country every year where the poor say this money isn't trickling down to them and employment to youth unemployment the gap between the rich and the poor is widening and people blame government mismanagement for this they say that the civil service is totally bloated the keys the president of

appointing to many government officials say all the money is going there and then of course the issue of corruption the latest scandal is in the fishing industry with some officials have been accused of taking bribes and in exchange they've given these lucrative contracts or fishing quotas to international fishing companies and so far 2 government ministers have resigned so opposition party is going to try and capitalize on all this anger and discontent and corruption to try and eat the ruling party of course it's not going to be easy as far has been in power since 1990 when it gained independence from south africa and then of course they've got 2 thirds majority in parliament one reason why may not be easy to unseat them is because like some other liberation movements in southern africa the black majority still see them as the only viable option in terms of representing black interests so that could be a major challenge the opposition parties but they're going to try to see if they use the issue of corruption and inequality to try and make some gains in this

election while staying on the continent 1st results are expected in the election in guinea where much of the focus has been on hundreds of political killings decades ago in the 10 years since the truth and reconciliation commission was set up the government has failed to investigate a single candidate saying it's time for national unity nicholas reports from the capital. an uncomfortable past lee's hidden in retired general what analyzed closet these are pictures of men he commanded some of whom killed political opponents he says i'm not ashamed of what i've done this was part of our struggle. after a failed attempted coup in 1907 it was released from prison and put in charge of the military in the early 2000 during that period there were multiple political assassinations and another coup. as a commander of course i ordered to kill do you know that i have not lost any

soldiers and want all my medals and of course we killed some of our people because they were collaborating with the enemy the guinea and human rights league says hundreds have died from political violence since independence but no one has ever been prosecuted both presidential candidates morrow and bellow says soco and domingo see more spirit or are calling for national unity we have to bring unions. in bridgeport something important if we keep looking back through the mistakes made . chances are we going to be that we have to live from the experience but. among the dead is a means guard the founding father of getting peace out 25 years after his death capriles daughter says it's too soon for justice. program to state is not functional and before we can have justice we need to rebuild the state 10 years after setting up a truth and reconciliation commission no investigations have taken place and the

bodies of many of those who were killed are still missing. you know what a lie says those who have been killed were buried in mass graves somewhere outside the capital and in the countryside yet none of these sites have been unearthed and while the aim of this commission is to bring things to face the families of the victims and perpetrators there are those who want to keep going to be troubled history buried in the past 10 military commanders are under u.n. sanction for their involvement in coups. general what an ally says the killings were in the name of the nation there is hope that with a new president the country will be able to come to terms with its past so that the people of guinea-bissau can finally move forward. because hawke al-jazeera be so. now the standoff between police and pro-democracy protests at a hong kong university looks to have ended the polytechnic university says search

teams found one woman early on wednesday but she appears to be the last protesters had barricaded themselves inside the campus almost 2 weeks ago but have been violent demonstrations on the roads outside the university as they try to shut down and the tunnel that since been reopened sarah clarke has more from hong kong. c around $100.00 people from the university management team spent several hours searching the polytechnic campus looking for any protesters who mind on side but they found no one where the $1100.00 have left the university since police sealed it more than 10 days ago those over 18 could be charged with writing those under 18 years of age were released without charge the search team says large parts of the university have been trashed. we also see that a number of facilities at the school including science rooms and experiment rooms have been damaged in various ways the cross harbor tunnel was reopened on wednesday

after being shot for 2 weeks much of the area has now returned to normal but the cleanup at the university campus is yet to begin. in a few moments we'll have the weather with rob but still ahead here on al-jazeera the campaign trail in scotland where conservative candidates are selling something somebody just they want to buy and 75 years on the how japan is still seeking the remains of soldiers killed in battle on the remote pacific island. and it's called the asian champions making less than perfect start to the gulf cup joe will have that story in spanish. how the european weather story this autumn has not been a pretty one with floods in italy in france some storm damage and snow falling

aplenty there they're well used to in the swiss alps for example in the italian alps and they cover the roads but coming out of the top of this cover i mean significant launch it looks like a waterfall of snow they say they used to these weaknesses doesn't mean they don't happen the cloud has moved on it's being replaced by yet another system so there is clearly more to come to the picture that the whole winding picture is one of having blogged in the atlantic it's a nice knowing all the tops of the highs piles the else today the rain is back in italy in southern france and the snow is falling in the swiss italian the austrian alps the driving system is still there of the british isles all bigger not really so we keep in temps seps a low teens and we're spreading rain and that's true for the next 24 hours the next 48 hours the next 60 hours in fact you cumulation of snow over the ouse is likely to be of the order of one if you want a half days of next 3 days where's rain of course is elsewhere the last system has

moved further east is kermie of the black sea but was too is running through greece it was spectacularly sundry is just one quick view. weather sponsored by qatar. oh ouch is there a world meets to the arabs. left the middle east but for successful careers and other parts of the while. the lebanese kind of want to just turn on to brazil. rocking the norwegian oil industry. unusual in chinese leading to unexpected. talked about and what will move on al-jazeera. the latest news as it breaks new polling shows 70 percent of americans believe president did something wrong we're starting with detailed coverage for the $4000000.00 followers of the movie brotherhood this isn't just

a full the city it's a ritual capital from around the world a yellow ribbon became a symbol of the full. politician's. dishing last. book about you're watching all jews are with me as a whole romney reminder of our top stories on this news hour a court in bangladesh was sentenced 7 people to death for all of the worst attacks in the country's history 22 people mostly foreigners died in the siege of the holy awesome cafe in the capital dhaka in 2016. also protests against the un

peacekeepers and democratic republic of congo is spreading 6 people have died in the past 2 days in the eastern city of benghazi and they're all protesting goma. these are the u.a.e. led coalition has also announced its easing restrictions to allow our son our airport to reopen the coalition says it's to allow patients in need of medical care to be flown out on the rebel held area flights will be operated in cooperation with the world health organization. now a new report from amnesty international is accusing egypt of misusing counter-terrorism laws to instead detain peaceful protesters and journalists the rights group says a special security agency comprising of hand-picked judges has tripled its prosecutions since president bill for el-sisi came to power the report says the detentions have been renewed for years without evidence or chance to appeal or denied these accusations in the past in september security forces the rest of

thousands during anti government protests hussein bowie is amnesty international's research and author of the report he joins me via skype from tunis it's good to have you with us on the programs i mean the report does focus on the supreme state security prosecution department s s s p and that the way terrorism charges can tie a person up in prison without charge or legal representation for years. yes a little after noon so. board looks specifically on 0 loose as is an interesting sounds of the detainees thousands of critics one ns. and bystanders that were arrested by security forces and since you are in the danger for months or sometimes for years not only based on evidence but based on police secret police investigations it's a nice set of lawyers nor. defendants are able to examine at all and.

these police investigations general evidence even according and it's not true according to amnesty but even according to a ship's in court highest court in egypt which rules in d.c. in distributions zenith from astute evidence in any way to the court also looks at several moves the prosecution in predicting. officers who are involved in to enforce its appearances and doorstep as as a speech if uses to investigate allegations of torture if used to investigate allegations in course insincere and therefore. people who committed crimes so how are our long term sort of detentions being criticized within egypt to take out because we see that the public. protests when these sorts of incidents happen in the government quickly shut things protests down. yeah so we see that

arbitrary prongy detention be tried attention as being used quite commonly in egypt we have seen is that people actually says mr burke is a guinness that he's visiting the fans and soaps involved in 2 similarly super similar charges 2 for example is a lot of the protests in september we found said that he says he has been a sponsor for detaining sow's and over $4000.00 individuals over accusations or aiding a terrorist group and basically he found themselves in the same fate and this not wanting to criticize that but even lawyers who attempt to defend victims of arbitrary detention we found that even lawyers are targeted and detained over similar charges. as if they were to be sending for example muhammad and bogard maneuver must be those were arrested while going to work in this is and he found themselves accused of the same charges it was just defending victims of arbitrary

detention from if one of the charges is you know you might say supporting terrorism what are the sorts of statements or criticism or actions can actually get you into trouble in egypt under these laws. so it can be really anything we have found that if you are waving a flag for example i reamed flag in our concerts will find yourself accused of from members of an interest group if you're doing a video on sexual harassment as was a mccartney for you will find yourself a used to going there is to group if you are a lift this to put additional wants to run for elections like that letting you know someone is simple and you would be arrested and you'll find yourself as well accused of terrorism related charges if you are protesting over anything the mental price if you're protesting or water. for example me so just a couple of days ago we saw a football fan who we. see a flag in

a games there existed and accused of similar sort just christian activist activists that is active one. reason or another human rights violations you will find yourself that used there is inserted as you can as a whole list to actually mull over the international community obviously things that that as well it is fully aware of the situation in egypt yet do you see any criticism of the government level internationally of egypt's actions and if not why all the international community so quiet. so we have been seeing some limited statements perhaps most recently yesterday and in the days after them to shut down matter musters and basically on any independent media that remains in egypt so we have also seen criticism of egypt's human rights record as a verse or particular view there are years 6 months however over all criticism to zation source it is very limited globally and this is partially because. that been

presenting messages that those who are detained political opponents but there is and this is done susie for example by accusing all owners and critics of there is grief charges but also due to considerations that relate to migration counterterrorism which really falls in line was a lot of interest that we have seen was right when governments in europe and in say us however we are still scenes of these growing criticism into its human rights records and it's serious or important for the states to continue pushing egypt on its on its human rights record otherwise the situation when 20 deteriorate to really understand duran's eleven's even needs one in history while he's saying boy me from amnesty international thanks for clarifying your report for us like you do . now donald trump is planning to designate the mexican drug cartels as terror

groups in the united states the president called for war on the cartels after an american family was attacked in mexico earlier this month president trump says the decision has been in the works for the past 3 months mexico's foreign minister is calling for an urgent meeting with the u.s. secretary of state and its officials on the issue. us democrats are moving into the next phase of the impeachment proceedings against president trump the house judiciary committee will hold its 1st hearing next week committee chairman general nadler has written to the president inviting him to attend the session the impeachment probe centers on occasions that trump abused his power by withholding aid to force ukraine into investigating a political rival particle hain is in washington d.c. with more on how the impeachment process will unfold so we now know the next step in the impeachment inquiry will get underway next week that will be when the judiciary committee has its 1st hearing the intelligence committee basically did

the investigation they called in all the witnesses they're now writing a report that they will send over to judiciary and the judiciary will host a panel of constitutional experts to ask was what the president did an impeachable offense it's not really defined in the constitution it talks about high crimes and misdemeanors and bribery so they're going to want to question these experts as to whether or holding back military aid to the ukraine in exchange for investigations is political rival raises to that level of impeachable offense now the committee has sent a letter to the white house saying the president can come his lawyers can come they can question the witnesses in this letter arguing that he can either take part or he can stop complaining about the process they've given him till this coming sunday to let them know if he is going to participate he's given no indication of whether or not he or his lawyers will take part in this next step. but scotland is turning into one of the key battlegrounds in the u.k.

election the conservative party is desperately trying to hang on to parliamentary seats that are pushing hard for bricks it against another referendum old independence from the united kingdom lawrence lee reports now from aberdeenshire. this election is being fought in the dark literally as it's the depths of winter but metaphorically too as voters a switching allegiance is all over the place and predicting the outcome is a fool's game micro targeting individuals going for every single vote is crucial sometimes you win ok very good what's going to be close here is our life and sometimes you not so sure and i start with you myself in the liberal ok this conservative is trying to hang on to what should be a safe seat but he's trying to convince people to support something he didn't himself in right now the prospect of 2 referendums one of scotland and one on the european union does not fill the stands to put the exodus on the street while

millions cast their vote for bricks that well you know that i could i was i would remain i was working in the european parliament at the time of the of the that referendum in the daylight merk aberdeenshire reveals itself as elegant and rich parts of the countryside owned by the royal family and the towns steeped in tradition this is the part of scotland the conservatives usually do best in but these are not normal times this is a hard hard thing to sell north of the border even for someone as enthusiastic about it as boris johnson he's not personally popular among scots are nor is brecht's it or nor is the opinion polling suggesting that indonesia conservatives are prepared to let scotland go independent as a price to pay for delivering breck's it's all in all it's not difficult to imagine some scottish conservatives feeling a bit betrayed that idea of london's politicians betraying scotland is what the nationalists are banking on in their push for another independence referendum if

the press doesn't. know a lot of support. from the mood with disapproval. perhaps more what you're looking at right now is being just one of the symptoms from westminster system. scotland's. an interesting side length right. here this isn't the 1st example of. scotland being ignored or sidelined him in constitution hall the politics down the road is aberdeen city rich in oil and usually strongly opposed to scottish independence but the projections are the nationalists will take the city so you are seeing the can approve independence versus pro-union debate there remain versus leave to be and it's really a case of which of these becomes a more serious to voters what is the most important thing for there is a very hard for traditional conservatives is there to make that decision it absolutely absolutely is the full facts is that if the conservatives win the

election they could push at risk the united kingdom because boris johnson cannot take scotland with him through his vision the brics it's the next year could be very turbulent indeed enormously al-jazeera bunkering aberdeenshire. america's top diplomat has again criticized china for its treatment of ethnic minorities including we can muslims u.s. secretary of state might be seized on leaks government documents which case start details about how a 1000000 people have been detained in she province the papers also outlined the way artificial intelligence is used to predict who should be locked up china denies this and insists the centers are used to educate and train people we've all seen the shin john papers released in recent days they detail the chinese party's brutal detention and systematic repression of wiggers and members of other muslim minority groups and. these reports are consistent with an overwhelming and growing body of evidence that the chinese communist party is committing human rights violations and

abuses against individuals in mass detention we call on the chinese government to immediate release all those who are arbitrarily detained and to end its draconian policies that have terrorized its own citizens and should join. forward bolivian president evo morales says he's received information that the u.s. does not want him to return from exile in mexico his comments come as bolivia's interim leader appointed an ambassador to washington for the 1st time in 11 years brawlers says he wishes to return but only to participate in the elections. i have information from high levels that the u.s. doesn't want me to return just like the coup mongering bolivian right wing i'm asking for guarantees from our return i have every right to return to believe yet i repeat again i am not returning to seek the presidency that's definite but like any bolivian citizen i have to be in bolivia to participate in the elections but

protesters in bolivia have dismantled the roadblocks and a peace deal has been agreed after a month of unrest a disputed election in october followed by the forced resignation of even through the country into turmoil people are looking ahead to the next election sanchez reports from. after nearly a month of turmoil here in. getting back to normal there are still roadblocks in the area. where the farmers are the supporters of former president. here in the capital. getting back to normal shops are open food is in the markets gas stations and all of this deal. between the government and the mass party the party of. the process to call the elections has begun and the electoral tribunal members are being appointed. the electoral

tribunal must carefully preserve its independence autonomy and impartiality the conduct the contravenes the rectitude of the norms unleashes political and social tensions violence and threatens the fundamentals of democracy things are back to normal here in the capital many. anxious because they want to know the exact date when the elections will be held and who the candidates will be. now the remote pacific island of pelee lou was the scene of a brutal world war 2 battle involving u.s. and japanese soldiers 75 years old and the grim task of identifying and repaired treating remains continues dick clark has more from. some of the sleepy piece a penny is almost too much to bad and when you know the story you understand why the 75 years ago this small corner of the pacific was a small corner of. the marine corps the 1st division had on the reputation of drawing operations which entailed easy landing. budget battles you'll distribution

of good luck was dissipated it was at 8 30 in the morning on september the 15th 1944 when wave after wave of american troops began to pour into the beaches it heavy japanese resistance there were gun emplacements at either end of the beach and many us soldiers died but the battle had barely begun. 11000 japanese were facing 18000 u.s. marines and the fighting was intense the island their field was quickly taken by the marines the japanese i didn't found which they had this natural ridge that around 3 quarters life of the whole island and its highest point which is where we're at right now is about 100 meters above sea level and within this ridge the japanese forces had honeycombed with hundreds of caves with and for defensive purposes. the battle to flush the japanese soldiers out raged for weeks

hundreds of tons of munitions were used millions of rounds of ammunition. thousands of men died. still today wreckage of war life strewn around the iron and tights rusting where they were blasted to a standstill in the dense forest what's left of a japanese plane a poignant reminder to a dreadful time. the network of tunnels where thousands of japanese soldiers took refuge still that even the drinks bottles that sustain them survive old mess tins and the remains of what looks like part of a gas mask and i scouted their caves like this just honeycombed throughout the ridge where the japanese took refuge and amazingly the americans just gave up trying to flush them out. and eventually they barricaded the japanese in in their thousands and here they died in the end around 1600 u.s. soldiers died but the toll for the japanese was catastrophic out of 11000 only 100

survived. still today remains are found and treated to japan's. government to. do news. for the deceased 5 times that you so it's about his dedication common to to make. a show. about $45.00 sits. down. to ship out the morial to both sides stunned sentinel on the shores of poland . looking out across the wide expanse of the pacific ocean in memory of the men of 2 countries who died in battle thousands of kilometers from. al-jazeera helen. still ahead in sports i'll be telling us why this old baseball bat could be worth

more than a $1000000.00. in sports. thank

. you. thanks about type of sport is to thank you very much when we start with a big sports business news manchester city's owners have agreed to sell a stake which values them at about about 50 5000000000 8 dollars which is a record for a sports group the abu dhabi controlled city football group is selling to the u.s. private equity firm silver lake they originally invested in technology but of now moved into entertainment more recently investing in things like the ultimate

fighting championship also said to have approached other football clubs including chelsea attracted by the multi-billion dollar broadcasting rights deals let's break down the numbers city owners shakman saw a member of the abu dhabi royal family is selling a 10 percent stake in city football group for $500000000.00 the deal puts a record value of $4800000000.00 on the group which aside from its flagship man city owns parts of football clubs around the world not bad when you consider that shakman saw port city for just under $200000000.00 back in 2008 since then they've spent $1700000000.00 on players that's resulted in 4 premier league titles and that's led to revenue posted last month of $687000000.00 so you can see why silver lake would think this is a great investment well for more on this we spoke to sports marketing expert professor simon chadwick from sulphide university in manchester the industry in

general is converging with edge chainman and so we are beginning to see this in. linkage between all sports entertainment digital. so what has happened today i think with the silverlink investment is testament to the fact that we're looking at an industry that's going through a process of of rapid transformation it's very closely linked to entertainment to technology to film and what the new investment should enable city to do is to move forward much more quickly much more dynamically than many other clubs in the world we're already beginning to see. signs of of what 6 year is doing reflected in the clubs so they're the spate of for instance amazon documentaries connected to football clubs so for instance at tottenham hotspur is evidence that. football is no longer just football it's entertainment it's a source of content for digital platforms well if you wanted proof of football's

links to media companies whatever josie marine years interview coming up has taught them team are into the champions league knockout stage they would to know down inside 20 minutes of his 1st home game in charge but they fought back to win for 2 he was asked what he said to the players at half time a secure few it a few minutes it was a rule by the amazon know who. you will if you get it. the arabian gulf cup is underway but things didn't go to plan for host scatter in their opening match is in champions were beaten $21.00 by iraq kasim scoring a double for arc within the 1st half an hour absolute these had team got a goal back for cattle earlier and 2nd half but they can find they needed. as extra tension on this year's cup because 3 of the nation's blockading cata saudi arabia the u.a.e. and behind are all competing in yemen 3 male in their opening match saudi arabia

take on fuel 8 later on wednesday in play oman. the southeast asian games start in the philippines on saturday but organizes a dealing with complaints that athletes been forced to sleep on floors and go hungry he's the cambodian football coach now i was pretty upset when the 1st got here. we did you know 3 hours when they're bored and then 8 hours waiting to be in a rooms and sleeping on the floor and. you know that you try to be like this before more on this here's our correspondents are going from manila at a press conference here in manila organizers in charge coming from the government actually denied that they have been disorderly in their management of the sea games here in the philippines they even said that they will investigate reports that some athletes have suffered food poisoning have been brought to the hospital and there

is in adequate food for athletes and members of the changing team from different countries the even went as far as leaving journalists calls local international for what they described as exaggeration of reports coming in on social media and in publications but journalists errant the once reporting it out police themselves have complaining of management and they are they have been asking the government to basically fix it as soon as possible specially logistical and managerial operations like organizing hotels hotel rooms and bus transport system now president of the good authority himself already said that he wants an investigation into how the sea games is being managed by several factions of his government this isn't the only controversy that has surrounded the sea games last week there has already been an inquiry in the senate about whether the budget allocated and loan for this project is overpriced and whether the funds have been disbursed properly. it's the n.b.a.

now and dallas mavericks star showed he's human after all he was aiming to make it 5 games running with at least 30 points in tennis this however the l.a. clippers kept him down to just 22 points which still wasn't bad but it wasn't good enough to win the game berth teams were unbeaten in 5 and it was quite leonard who top scored with 28 for the clippers they want to comfortably by 15 to extend their winning streak to 6 games. but arguably the biggest drama on tuesday came in college basketball. for the 1st time in nearly 20 years the number one ranked duke lost at home to a non conference team with stephen f. austin lumberjacks scoring a buzzer beating layout right at the end to win the game by 2.8 m.

duke's 150 game home winning streak against non-conference team. and finally about belonging to baseball legend babe ruth is set to be auctioned off for over a $1000000.00 the bat was the one used to hit his $500.00 high run for the new york yankees back in august 929 over 90 years ago ruth was the 1st player ever to achieve the feat the bat is just the latest piece of babe ruth memorabilia to hit the market in the last few years in fact of the top 20 most expensive sports memorabilia items 9 of them a babe ruth collectibles in june a jersey worn by ruth sold for over $5000000.00 or from one to another thanks very much joe and i'll be passing the baton to marty we're all week you know folks and so watching that you. will see the few moments.

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