involving some of the region's highest officials murphy who worked with. all the wall al-jazeera investigations diplomats for sale. al-jazeera. fully back to this is a news hour live from the headquarters in doha coming up in the next 60 minutes iraqi protesters set fire to the iranian consulate in the city of najaf blaming tehran for propping up a government they want to remove. another rebel attack in eastern democratic republic of congo fuels anger against un peacekeepers accused of failing to provide protection a grim task for flood survivors in kenya digging to find the remains of missing

loved ones and we are in a remote corner of the pacific where 75 years after world war 2 the search for fallen soldiers goes on. thank you for joining us in a dramatic escalation of iraq's anti-government protests crowds have torched the rainy and consulates in the holy city of najaf 100 surrounded the building lighting tires blankets and anything else they could find while chanting iran out they accuse tehran of propping up iraq's government which have been railing against for 2 months. not earlier we spoke to our reporter mommy job until an on the phone from baghdad he explained more about how suspicion and i'm sure about iran has played into the post. there's a good old eric here in the by by the thousands and our government demonstrators

that. is far too beholden to store in powers and among those foreign powers that are exerting too much influence in this country is the country which is their neighbor and that they will work extraordinary about what happened this evening is that the iranian consulate. in jest which is the. shia religious authority was attacked. majority city and they didn't like government demonstrators there are you know. showcasing their anger about the fact that they believe it is evolving with the dirty too much power in iraq by going and storming the compound where the iranian embassy is house so this is a very big signal the government there is growing discontent that iran is far too

much present in iraq internal affairs now this again all playing out against the anti-government movement that is growing you see several cities despite the specter of violence despite the clashes that continue to happen every time the ego out here square here in the capital of the epicenter of the anti that statement the protesters say they're going to continue to come out until they see the government actually responding to their demands. let's discuss this further now with not air shammy director of the center for middle east studies at the university of denver thank you so much for being with us iraqis have been taking to the streets in the thousands since october just how serious do you think an escalation is this attack on the iranian consulate in najaf what does it tell us about where the protest movement is heading. well it suggests an escalation and an expansion of these protests i mean the symbolic importance of the attack on the iranian

consulate in one show off you know cannot be understated this is the city where the ayatollah khomeini used to live it's considered to be you know the heart of the shia muslim world and iran thought that it had the population iraqi shia population on its side in terms of its you know regional policies clearly that's not the case and so i think this is a very important development as you say what you have is mostly shia protests is demonstrating against the violence perceived influence a do you see iran responding in many way after this. well it's very difficult to see how they can respond because the natural sort of constituency of supporters that iran has relied upon to expand its influence in the middle east has been in and among shia communities so if it responds with brutal force as it has responded recently within iran over the last week to crush very similar protests. that

runs the risk of you know losing in tehran support in in in iraq and throughout the broader region so it's unclear you know what options the government in iran has in response to these protests i don't think they have very good options and as i suspect right now there is deep panic and paranoia in terror on over what happened today in najaf how could these anti-government protests whether it's in iraq or lebanon and even within iran itself as you mentioned how could they impact iran's influence in the region could we see tehran's regional influence reduced in the long run if these demonstrations continue. well i think so because of you know iran is playing a very important role you know behind the scenes in terms of controlling iraqi politics last week there was this major leak of cables that the new york times and

the intercept published that effectively you know documented that you know you rock is a is a vassal state of the islamic republic of iran if iran chooses to clamp down hard and to crush protests by you know killing large numbers of people that effectively means that the the population will start to turn on the islamic republic of iran in turn on its allies in these capital cities of beirut and in any about died in that will you know undermine the broad sort of. soft power that iran has wielded among shia communities in the middle east for a very long time so the risks are very high i think it does represent a sea change because i don't see these protests you know stopping anytime soon they're rooted in court economic and political grievances that don't have easy solutions so this isn't mary in many ways a game changer in terms of iran's regional influence thank you so much for your insights and speaking to us about this not me from the from the university of denver joining us there live from denver thank you very much for your time and

other world news at least 1000 people have been killed in another rebel attack in the east of the democratic republic of congo this is a volatile region where un peacekeepers have been targeted by locals who say they're failing to protect them from a group called the i lied to democratic forces are suspected of being behind the attack on a village near the city of they've been blamed for a string of recent massacres iran benny which sponsored the violent protests against the un and the congolese army catherine so he reports from the provincial capital goma. another tense day in bangor. a protest is shot dead by a policeman on saturday the policeman was later killed by an angry mob. they marched through the city with his body in a way to the area where he was shot in the head. body is one of 6 people who have been killed. over the weekend people here are not and their anger is directed to

the u.n. peacekeeping mission called one school they blame the peacekeepers for failing to protect them from a tox from an armed group in the area called democratic forces or. the un mission has also been accused of using excessive force of protest as one of our peacekeepers showed that a protester was throwing a. team at them at the peacekeepers so we are still in the process so very fine old socks and fact checking the ripples we have received in the midst of all base another tragedy happened and morning attack by a.t.f. on a village about 30 kilometers from benny more than a dozen people hopped to death with machetes some of them the copy tape had. gone the streets of benny is also being felt many kilometers south and north. was

protesters here have expressed their frustration police have been deployed to keep them from getting too important says this is just a small group of people who have a lot. of police. fired tear gas at protest of the all the blood libel that's in the air to the fact that they have $150.00 people much more all of what is going on in beni they think killing. although the united nations me called one move might leave the country. they told us no matter what force is used to remove them from the streets they'll keep coming back until the demands of the people of matt let's get it done a little funny we are tired i come from op people are being slaughtered. the u.n. and our soldiers are out there and doing nothing why then all this force is there

if not to protect our people. they finished their part of a police station. they paid their last tribute to here. and back in bed he was buried by family friends and hundreds of other protestants determined to keep the pressure on until the violence stops cathy zoi al jazeera. and the former vice president has lost his appeal against a one year sentence at the international criminal court bemba was convicted of bribing witnesses during his war crimes trial he was accused of commanding troops committed atrocities in neighboring central african republic member was ultimately acquitted in the trial and even though he lost the appeal to save his appeal he won't go to jail as the core deemed he had already spent enough time in custody. to kenya now where government recovery efforts have been stretched beyond their limits by devastating flooding and landslides that's left people trying to try to dig for

the remains of missing loved ones themselves mama dada reports from the village of tom kyle in west spoke caught county. the people of time called village in kenya sportsbook called county. mission days of the floods and landslides swept away the homes there such and for the bodies of the missing relatives william domi killer is looking for the body of his 5 year old daughter much somebody's gonna i found the body of my son who also died not far from here so i've asked my neighbors to help with the search for my daughter had body is under this rubble the flood some landslide in college followed days of torrential rain entire families were wiped out when a vast saga of water rocks and mud swept across the village the land that once held their homes is now covered by mud and rocks but if. lost his entire family lives that down by the lives of one it's hard to bear the loss of my sister who had

just finished school that day as well as my mother and 2 brothers i'm all alone in the world in all 21 people died in time called 11 bodies have been recovered the rest are still missing. william capello is yet to find the bodies of 7 of his 9 children who died he done you know was my appeal to the government is to help me raise and educate my only remaining son life will never be the same for us we also need machinery to move these rocks to check if there might be anybody's underneath . but government rescue workers are yet to reach this far flung village they've been hampered by the torrential rain and floods which also swept away bridges and roads in was the court that tried to do that took place here as part of a grim picture affecting many parts of west county and with continued rainfall there's a possibility of water repeats government officials have been appealing to people to move to safer ground but the people of this village say they conned do that

until they find the bodies of their loved ones locals say told the last disaster that witnessed and they dread and if for the most. life. we need the government to carry out some conservation work deforestation over farming has made the soil prone to sliding. most survivors and shelter in the local charge others have chosen to live in the open not sure when if their lives come to a time to end its sense of normality mohammed on the wall just some call in northwestern. rescue workers in albania still hoping to find people alive beneath the rubble after tuesday's powerful earthquake they and those who escaped are also dealing with aftershocks johnson after those reports from one of the wires. the day after albania's most powerful earthquake in decades rescue teams are still digging in search of survivors but their relatives are worried this man's daughter

and granddaughter are under the rubble of this apartment building he spoke to them by mobile phone in the 1st few hours after the building collapsed but has since lost touch he is too distraught to talk to us the state machinery is our phones are still geared towards rescue of those people still trapped under the rubble and in this once 5 story apartment block behind me 2 families are said still to be trapped and rescue crews are trying to pull them out but one and a half days after the earthquake that leveled this building there is now only a hangover of hope that they may still be alive this woman's son and her family were lucky to be pulled alive from the rubble of their apartment building soon after the earthquake but they are now homeless and so is she a person being given in these a very busy mission of going on the street for 2 days i slept on the beach the 1st night i'm still lost in the streets i don't want charity i want food oh clothing i just want to know what's going to happen with my home the army has set up this tent

city in a football field and organizes food distribution but capacity is limited after the break and her neighbor would turn away like that like them even if we went to the camp in the soccer field and we gave them our names they told us there was no room and that we should go away and register with the municipality instead we have no way to go. the scale of the problem is enormous all over do this a coastal city of 200000 people there are cracked and broken buildings whose residents dare not enter them until engineers dick. i'm safe some homeowners and business owners are risking their safety to salvage what they can like the owners of this heating and cooling business who pulled files of dollars' worth of machinery from the basement albania's president says there must be a reckoning for the human suffering wrought here. do you think there are going to there's going to be an investigation about that for sure that we're sure. it's

clear that some of this instructions were totally out of the standard so she could eat it but it will take time the people of do this are still nervous a 5 point aftershock on the richter scale sends them running out into the streets fearing the collapse of already damaged buildings saving lives is what matters now and sheltering the homeless but this earthquake will likely leave economic and political scars as questions are raised about why so much of albania's prosperity was apparently built on sand jumps at all plus al-jazeera us. much more ahead on this news hour including out of the running in gimme the solace president loses in the 1st round of voting after an election he says was great bangladesh death sentence more on the course decision to punish 7 people in connection with one of these is worst attacks and in sport there is plenty of drama in the latest round of champions league matches be here to tell us who advised.

mexico's government has expressed anger about a u.s. malls that would designate mexican drug cartels as terrorist organizations present donald trump had promised earlier this month to take action against mexican cartels after 9 americans from the same family was shot dead mexico's president says he wants corporation not interventionism live to alan fischer in mexico city for as salaam bells ringing in mexico city and mexico in general allen how will the mexican government handle this while they try to stop the. well there is big concern here in mexico for a number of reasons 1st of all if the united states does go ahead and designate the cartels as terrorist organizations people here are worried that the united states may then launch attacks into mexican territory they could use

a drone strike to take out a cartel leader in the way that they've attacked senior terrorist figures in the middle east they are why they choose that americans might stop coming across the border on vacation who wants to go to a country where terrorist organizations control large parts but people also see this as donald trump appealing to his political base remember this was a man who launched his political campaign by saying that mexico sent rapists and criminals to america they think he is simply pandering to them and therefore they're going to see what they can do to try and stop donald trump taking a step that they think is ill considered and dangerous. the death of 9 americans in a cartel ambush earlier this month sparked widespread outrage the victims 3 women 6 children were traveling through a remote area in northern mexico when they were attacked jule u.s. mexican citizens the family the labatt ins demanded the white house designate mexican drug cartels as terrorist organizations you're going to do

a telephone interview with a right wing talk host president donald trump said the process is underway i've been working on that for the last name the day as you know designation is not that easy you know i don't go to a process. mexico's drug cartels are huge operations they control large chunks of the country and are involved in drug trafficking assassinations kidnapping and political corruption being designated a terrorist organization by america means it becomes illegal for anyone to knowingly support the groups if banks realize they handle any cartel funds they must block the money under and form the government a new members are banned from entering the u.s. and so taking this move while it might benefit the president in the united states it might make people feel righteous and justified in satisfied here that we're taking stronger steps ultimately may make it harder to do business with the mexicans and we need to be a team with them in order to get this problem solved mexico's policy on fighting

the cartels has changed under the new president and today's man well as obrador who's been in office almost exactly a year he believes in hugs not bullets and that social conditions need to change to make the cartels less economically powerful got bit as young see cooperation yes interventionism no. but one expert says if the u.s. president follows through on his threat to clear out the cartels and uses military action there could be significant mexican backlash with this they do a side it can stay in mexico and organize who are one attack or something against the mexican cartels in mexico. and this is the problem because mexico is. that because of their country and that's it any difference of that. so it's not as if the mexicans haven't had threats like this before from donald

trump you remember when he threatened to close down the border and then had to backtrack from that they will make preparations of course they well but they're hoping that talks with the state department and with other people enter own the white house might talk donald trump away from the edge in this because they seriously consider this to be ill thought out and something that could seriously damage relations between mexico and the united states thank you for that alan fischer reporting there live from mexico city. now reports out of the united states say president donald trump was aware of a whistle blowers complaint against him when he unfroze military aid to ukraine trump is facing an impeachment inquiry over allegations he withheld the money to force ukraine into investigating his political rival joe biden the new york times white house. before they told congress

a white house correspondent can be hockett says the reports are a boost for the democrats case for impeachment the new york times is quoting 2 unnamed sources that have familiarity with this case and say that it was the president releasing that aid but only after he had been briefed that there was a whistle blower complaint that that briefing took place in august but we know that $391000000.00 in aid to ukraine military assistance not released until september we're also learning that that hold on a came the very same day that the president had a very pivotal phone call with the ukrainian president vladimir is a lengthy that that is the day july 25th the transcript of that call being released where the president requests of selenski that the ukrainian government do us a favor it is those words that democrats have been seizing on as

a foundation for their impeachment inquiry now apparently the withhold on this aide so upset in to at least 2 staff members in the office of management and budget that they in fact resign so significant revelations that only bolster the democrats' case that the president leverage his political powers for political purposes. they saudi iraqi coalition fighting in yemen says it will release some who see prisoners and allow limited strikes from their rebel held capital and i have forces been close to commercial side since 2016 the coalition says patients needing medical care can be flown out in corporation with the world health organization as for the prisoners the coalition announced a release of 200 who the fight has in a swap the developments appear to be part of efforts and the 5 year conflict this is a rare glimpse of hope in a desperate war situation. for years we've asked for airport to be

reopened for these medical flights but also for other commercial and civilian flights this is is a place where we always had to send patients out of the country because they couldn't care for the worst and most complicated medical treatments then the airport was closed at the same time he let me systems in yemen core lapsed so for years we've seen thousands die and are necessary for those who opens over but for many patients there is now hope that they can get abroad and get treatment world health organization will now be coordinating this with the government of of yemen and i hope that this air of medical experts will start you know imminently but of course the whole medical system needs to be

rebuilt half of hospitals and clinics and so on or inoperable at the moment. guinea's guinea-bissau president. of the race to stay in office is former prime minister. and. no one now battling it out in a runoff next month. for some the capital base. outside the party headquarters are going to be sounds presidential candidate tomorrow she should go and bellow hundreds of his supporters gathered here they didn't expect him to get through to the 2nd round but he did with 20 percent of the vote for his movement for democratic alternative party because the muslim we are tired of 50 years of the ruling party who are duping people selling drugs nepotism and corruption the people have come to say no calling for a new generation of leadership. many of them both supporters are pouring in from

the countryside and felt ignored by political rivals in particular the african party for the independence of going to be sound in cow bird also known as the ph d. c. the party has been in power since independence its candidates domingo's spira who campaigned as a modernizer fell short of a clear majority to win outright of a professional i've been involved i have some records show them all nor need to work for itself and who might at last count of the post in the way i look after itself and being able to look at the full. para appeal to voters in the capital b. so in those be so guinea and now living in other countries. most of the voters live in the countryside many villages have 5 no running water no outlet electricity and school all the medical centers are shut down the state is outside and so much

of this election results reflect that anger among the people with their politicians that have failed the. incumbent president who stood for the independent. marty came 3rd in the election with only 12 percent of the vote it's been an expensive election and some are wondering where the money came from to finance it the country's law enforcement agency suggests some could have been drug money $22.00 tons of cocaine was seized over the past 5 years worth billions of dollars that in a country where most of the people live on less than $2.00 a day. the choice down for voters is between ferrera and umbrello one calls himself the man of the moment the other the general of the people both believe they can solve going to be sales problems and offer new hope and a new direction for its people nicholas hawke the south. in the news ahead to britain's main opposition party says it has proof that the government has talked about selling off the u.k.'s national health system and french farmers drive

their tractors into central paris furious about what they call ivory bashing and in school again another upset that the arabian gulf caught by saudi arabia beaten by kuwait a team ranked 87 places b don't have details great britain. it is a very mixed picture across much of the united states google some very heavy rain in the south and we've got some pretty strong snow storms look at all the massive cloud working its way up to the upper midwest and then out across the west we've also got another may just snow still now already the impact has been felt certainly into denver hundreds of flights council on shoes day and you can see why because of all this snow but it will snow cools just to the the roads very dangerous visibility very low because of the snow here but elsewhere it's

a case of rain so as we go through this is thanksgiving in the united states people will still be traveling and it is still very unpleasant across much of the south pretty good in the southeast not too bad really at the eastern seaboard but out across the west it's a very mixed picture it's a better picture across the pacific northwest is cool in seattle it is 5 degrees but then by friday everything just rewinds that father so out across much of the west across the plains side of the central plains and it's a mix of rain and snow so quite dangerous conditions and also very dangerous certainly out on the roads but throughout all of that not too bad across the southeast 17 celsius in atlanta a fairly mixed picture across the caribbean we've got some showers to the north and heavy rains across southern areas of central america.

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you're watching the news hour on al-jazeera with me fully back t. ball a reminder of our top stories the iraqi protesters have stone the ring in consummating the city of not just setting it on fire protestors blame iran for propping up a government they've spent 2 months demonstrating again at least 1000 people have been killed in another rebel attack near the village of china in the east of the democratic republic of congo is growing anger in the region at the united nations for failing to protect civilians which has one of the world's biggest peak peacekeeping operations there people in mexico are reacting with anger to a u.s. move that could designate mexican drug gangs as terrorist organizations it would

give the u.s. a wider scope of action against cartel members mexico's president has said he wants a corporation not interventionist. britain's opposition leader has accused the prime minister of offering up the country's national health service during trade talks with the us jeremy corbyn released several documents which he says proves the government wants to open up the n.h.s. to us pharmaceutical companies the boy's johnson dismissed the allegations as a complete diversion paul brennan explains. public services and the n.h.s. in particular are the central theme in labour's election campaign in a post written with the u.k.'s free health service be undermined by predatory trade deals with us pharmaceutical companies president trump this year said the n.h.s. was on the table so n.h.s. are to girls your lot a lot more than but still he later backtracks labor says it now has the proof 451

pages of it these uncensored documents leave forest johnson's to noise in absolute terms of the. voters need to ask themselves and very serious questions is the n.h.s. safe in boris johnson's hands we've now got evidence that under boris johnson the n.h.s. is on the table and will be up for sale labor says renegotiated patent rules could add an extra $640000000.00 a week to the n.h.s. drugs bill the documents show that in november 27 seen the u.k.'s lead negotiator wrote the impact of some patent issues raised on n.h.s. access to generic drugs i.e. cheaper drugs will be a key consideration going forward the following march the minutes of the meeting notes the u.s. approach makes total market access the baseline assumption of the trade negotiations the prime minister has dismissed labor's claims as a complete diversion and flatly denied them we are absolutely resolved that there

will be no sale of the n.h.s. no privatisation the n.h.s. is not on the table in any way not quite true according to this former trade negotiator it doesn't appear that for example the n.h.s. or food senate have been red lines as far as we can tell we haven't seen anywhere in the text saying the u.k. site said this was not on the table and could not be covered in a trade deal if it doesn't say that then it's on the table. the scottish national party has reiterated its proposal for new legislation to definitively exclude the n.h.s. from future trade talks this will get in t. the c. deals will not under maine the fainting principles of the n.h.s. nor open it up to profit driven exploitation of documents don't commit a johnson government to actually agree a deal involving the n.h.s. but they do seem to show that the issues have been discussed. labor's general election campaign has been buffeted by headwinds in the past 48 hours and the

release of this massive trove of documents is an attempt by the labor party to get back on solid ground the n.h.s. the question is is there enough mud in here to stick to the conservatives on an al-jazeera central london or less speak now to robert scott who's a senior international economist with the economic policy institute he joins us from north potomac in the u.s. state of maryland thank you very much for being with us if indeed discussions have taken place wate king place about putting britain's n.h.s. up for sale in in the u.s. trade talks what would american 80 miles like to do with it. well i think. it's already clear is that they're. putting a foot in the door by putting forward a u.s. patent and copyright standards which can dramatically increase the cost of drugs in the british health care system i think it's also been mentioned that there may be

interest and hoping up access to some of the non-emergency services that are provided by the get it in a n h s such things as a and b. and hip replacements so i think that this is really a way to get the camel's nose under the tent as we put it here sometimes to stick to us. private health insurance sector into the national health service in great britain and i think the great concern there is a devil tremendously raise costs and reduce access for pretty consumers but it's not that u.s. companies are going to on british hospitals is it. i haven't seen evidence of that what i've seen is evidence that the united states wants to use this trade deal to increase special protection for us and us investors in particular sectors this is the way to go about it step by step what they focus on 1st and foremost pharmaceuticals that is probably the most profitable sector in the u.s.

health care sector we spend enormous amounts of money in the united states on health care specifically for pharmaceuticals for example there's a drug that's a trick comes disease in great britain it costs about $1700.00 pounds a year for i'm sorry 17 pounds a 100 pounds a packet to obtain that drug in the united states prescription that medicine costs over 8500 pounds or more than 5 times as much so that's the kind of thing it's a state if us law is applied in great britain so that you know tell us a bit more about how these plans would impact on the n.h.s. and the millions of britain who rely on it and could other european countries with song national health systems also be at risk if such a day or a superhero. well i think the plan here is that boris johnson wants to execute a brags that he wants to get out of the european union so he that he can negotiate

an independent trade deal with the united states however we have to remember that the united states and european union were already in the process of negotiating a free trade and investment deal under the obama administration trump has set that aside and he's trying to focus more narrowly on cars and so on but many of the candidates in both roles for the democratic nomination have talked about bringing back more a traditional trade negotiations that is recess attending the obama agenda i think that said that that agenda has failed sale working people the united states but i have great concern that it could come back to haunt us again i thank you so much for talking to us about this robert scott from the economic policy institute joining us today from outside washington d.c. thank you for your time a poet in bangladesh has sentenced 7 members of an to death for their role in

a 2016 attack on a cafe which left 22 people dead the men say they will appeal the charges which include training the attackers and supplying on's explosives and funds on their child or has a report from dhaka. crowds packed the cold precinct many queuing outside the building to hear the verdict security forces sell the entire area inside an antiterrorism tribunals specially created to hear this case handing down that sentences to 7 men on july 1st $2165.00 men armed with guns and grenades stormed the holy orders and bakery in dockers diplomatic zone taking diners hostage 18 foreigners to bangladeshi and 2 policemen were killed for army commandos but the 12 hour siege to an end all the taxes were killed the man sentenced on the witness they were charged with training them supplying weapons explosives and finds a packed courtroom and a very swift verdict by the bell it took 20 minutes and the public reaction was

very positive most people were happy with the verdict including some of the relatives we spoke to. accuse were taken in a prison van like some of them were reciting arabic verse. as the condemned men were taken to prison then somewhere heard shouting. 3 authorities have denied any involvement of vises in that attack and this is. the observation of the court is that those accused were trying to undermine the government destabilized the country and were trying to spread militancy in the country they were trying to conspire to establish an islamic state. in a phone interview the man's liar told i'll just say they'll file an appeal with the high court for those whose loved ones were killed there's some sense of justice done. out of. this verdict was not just the desire for my family but for the whole

of bangladesh also it was that he saw an expectation for many around the world many families were killed all the families had high expectations for property justice and i think that it's been served. the verdict may have been a milestone but for most people lost their loved ones the pain and loss remains hard to overcome chaudhry al-jazeera dhaka bangladesh. palestinians are holding a sit in protest against unpaid prisoner salaries from the palestinian authority the money is meant to assist those who spend more than 5 years in israeli jails need a brain has more from ramallah those palestinians are rotting themselves in coffins they are protesting at this is written by the palestinian authority for over a decade now usually the palestinian authority pays salaries monthly salaries to palestinians who spent more than 5 years in israeli jails no since the split the internal palestinian split between the west bank and the gaza strip this west

indians i don't 35 of them say that their salaries have been cut off. but moment in the remember all those this issue might sound personal it's about our rights as citizens here we are being punished not for something we've done but because of our affiliation on a political level they're using it to punish hamas and gaza broadcasters have been staying here for more than 40 days some started the hunger strike and others have been refusing water for more than 2 days on tuesday the palestinian prime minister visited the site and promised to resolve the issue after they say the security forces cracked down on their sit and. some protesters here came with their families and organizers here say that 3 of them have been sent to the hospital due to the hunger strike and they're saying that they're going to continue until their issue is resolved. hundreds of tractors rolled into the french capital on wednesday to protest against government policies resentment has been growing among farmers over

what they call agree bashing they say they're being unfairly blamed for environmental and animal welfare issues. from power. swapping their fields for the highway hundreds of french farmers drove their tractors to paris on the city's main ring road they disrupted traffic to protest against french government policies and international trade deals that they say make their lives harder and create unfair competition new food in a more the former president doesn't recognize our hard work we have one of the most regulated farming industries in the world yet you allows the import of unregulated goods it's unfair this is one of the main access routes to paris this is really been cruel a very fast moving traffic with this convoy of practices stopped here and they are completely blocking the road on the city's most famous avenue the shell's leads a pharmacy straw on to the pavement demanded

a meeting with french president emmanuel mccall to discuss their grievances seattle somewhere out of work with a new we really fired up and i agree culture is dying off seriously in all of the different sectors last week and once again i had a colleague who killed himself this can't go on. traditionally people in france have had a positive image of farmers but in recent years it's changed some environmentalists accuse farmers of creating pollution using harmful pesticides and damaging nature pharma say they're fed up of what they call a grid rushing. for years the professional has been badly treated criticised by certain people who imply that we are not doing the job the way we shoot and that we are poisoning people for us farmers that's on a step towards a professionally this parish. france's agricultural minister said he supported the demonstration and heard people's frustrations but protesters dismissed his comments

they said they wanted actions not words that they wouldn't give up their protest until there was change natasha butler al-jazeera paris. spanish police have seized a homemade submarine they believe was used to smuggle 3 tons of cocaine across the atlantic the 20 meter long vessel was intercepted off spain's northern coast before its crew deliberately sank it 2 ecuadorians have been arrested and now the suspect is on the run submarines are often used to smuggle drugs in south america but this is a 1st to be discovered in europe now the remote specific island of peleliu was a scene of a brutal world war 2 battle between u.s. and japanese soldiers it was expected to last for days but drowned on much longer killing about $13000.00 troops 75 years on the grim task of identifying and repatriating remains continues nic reports from peleliu. some of the sleepy piece of pellet meat 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. spot battle 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 they met heavy japanese resistance that 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 with thousands of japanese soldiers took refuge a 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 does 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 it is waiting bolt on tools as your friends government to. do. with the deceased is 5 times that you so it's about his dedication common to to make sybase. about $45.00 suits. while funked. to ship out the morial to both sides done sentinel on the shores of poland you know 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. for a ride home we'll tell us about a huge upset in the world of college basketball.

and this was his her home. thanks very much it's been a dramatic night in the u.a.e. for champions league much of that drama was in valencia as they drew 22 with

chelsea in group h. a result that means both teams will have to wait until the final round of matches to see if they qualify for the last 16 with a home side took the lead in this one through solid lead only for chelsea to equalise a minute later thanks to cover change the longer the flight took the lead off to the break christian politics to score a but with qualification beckoning for chelsea daniel vast scored an 82nd minute equaliser to deny frank lampard steyn the victory final score 22 in the other matches defending champions liverpool were held to a 11 draw at anfield in uruzgan plops 100th game in european football out against napoli of course through to the last 16 with a 31 win against dortmund and a 96 minute equaliser for leipzig was enough to see them go through in group g. police said liverpool arrested 5 napoli fans in a tweet they said 3 men were arrested for violent disorder and another for a friday following trouble before the game a 5th man was arrested for breach of the peace at the turnstiles there's been

a major upset in the arabian gulf cup here in doha with kuwait beating saudi arabia to a tour ranked $87.00 places below southeast scored twice in 3 minutes through the ferry and sunny out so now the final score $31.00 ceco right in the days of the game alone in bahrain. no. now the owner of manchester city is agreed to sell a 10 percent stake in his company for $500000000.00 which values them it all might fall even $1000000000.00 that's a record for a sports group the abu dhabi controlled city football group is selling to a us private equity firm they call silver lake and they originally invested in technology but have more recently moved into entertainment investing in things like the u.f.c. we have. a tremendous global organization over 1500 players around the world over 2000 think what a bill employees we played over 2005 and games across all our teams so this is

a. this is a huge organization with a footprint in many places around the world well let's break down those numbers for you there are a lot of them as i mentioned cities are in the shape one soul is selling a 10 percent stake in the city football group for $500000000.00 the deal puts a record value of $4800000000.00 on the group remember shakman saw bought city for just under 200000000 dollars back in 2008 and since 2008 they spent 1700000000 on the players and one very successful manager and that's resulted in 4 premier league titles and that's led to an annual revenue of $687000000.00 or for more on this we spoke to sports marketing expert professor simon chadwick. the industry in general is converging with entertainment and so we are beginning to see this in internet linkage between all sports entertainment digital and 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 it is to move forward much more quickly much more dynamic lee than many other clubs in the world we're already beginning to see. signs of what 6 years is doing reflected in other clubs so they're the state 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 belo said rick perry spike of for the 1st time since returning to his role of sprains head coach he had stepped down to care for his 9 year old daughter who died from cancer his former assistant robert moreno took charge of his absence but was controversially sacked to make way for enrique

for a turn still camera in the other for security i am the only reason why marino was not to my staff he came to my house and said he wanted to take charge of the team in the euros and then go back to being my number 2 i understand he's ambitious but for me that's also disloyal and a defect i would not have done that i don't want anybody with these characteristics in my staff or israel folau has upped his compensation claim against rugby australia to nearly $10000000.00 for loss of earnings he's searching for religious discrimination after being fact over anti-gay comments here originally wanted $7000000.00 but increase it because he says he could have become australia captain . the southeast starts in the philippines on saturday but organizes having to do with complaints that athletes have been forced to sleep on floors and some even going hungry remember i'm a doctor has more 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 an adequate food for athletes and members of the changing team from different countries the even went as far as leaving journalists local in 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 have 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 diego dared to himself already said that he wants an investigation into how the scene 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. plenty of drama in u.s. college basketball as the number one ranked juke lost at home to a non-conference team for the 1st time in almost 20 years. with stephen often lumberjacks scoring a beating layout to win the game by 2 points and ends just $150.00 game winning streak against norm conference 3. well all good things must come to an end much like the sports bulletin that's more like to have a sports that was forced rather with a raffle and that's where this news hour distain with more coming up

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