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honked at victoria falls despite the rainbow the world's largest waterfall is in some parts a slow trickle find out next how the worst drought in a century is affecting 45000000 people across 14 nations in southern africa. welcome to the program the anger against india's controversial new citizenship no shows no signs of easing but prime minister narendra modi has come to its defense he's blaming the opposition for stoking tensions huge rallies were held again in the capital new delhi and several other states on sunday the protests are now into their 2nd week rights groups are accusing police of using disproportionate force against the protesters to be distressed at a protest in the capital. it created. challenge india's prime minister narendra modi has faced since he came to

power 5 years ago dozens of people have been killed during protest against a citizenship law which many say discriminates against muslims addressing thousands of his supporters at an election rally in new delhi modi blamed the opposition for stoking the protests began by. brothers since this law has been passed some political parties have been spreading rumors these people are misleading the public they are inciting the public. you know our part of our i want to ask stein's and still getting paypal to and to police trying to do this what are you hoping to achieve the police is no one's enemy. the citizenship amendment act makes it easier for migrants from afghanistan bangladesh and pakistan who aren't muslim to become indian citizens critics say the law could lead to many muslims losing their citizenship. staging protests is all right

they should not be violent so i oppose that whatever the police are doing i request them not to do it they should also listen also indians like you we are also humans . i. as protests continued on sunday in the capital and other parts of the country the government insisted that law will not be repealed i protest has been ongoing since parliament passed the law earlier in december i was but a student protests and. university in the capital a week ago turned into a movement of hundreds of thousands of students and anti-government protesters nationwide people were angered after government forces fought with students and stormed the campus by tear gas into the library and classrooms.

the worst violence has been in the british where more than 5000 people have been detained at least 1500 have been arrested in other parts of india. some muslims can get so than ship under the citizenship amendment act but it is feared millions who are unable to provide proof could be rendered stateless even if their families have lived in india but generations to be out of the raw new delhi let's talk to someone and he is a resident fellow. at the american enterprise institute handel has written on modi's government he joins us via skype from washington d.c. . and the renter modi has defended the bill but critics say look at undermines india's secular constitution just how divisive is this bill but i would argue that this is the single most divisive thing there are in ramadi has done since he 1st came to bar in 2000 and 14 'd it has polarized the country not merely in terms

of into the north and so that's was as close as part of it but i think more importantly between those indians of all faiths including many hindus 'd who see this as challenge to india secular foundations and b.g.p. supporters who see this as a great humanitarian gesture to religious minorities in those 3 countries by the son of ghana's bangladesh and southern and many people say the bill allows modi to draw attention away from domestic issues like the worsening economy unemployment the crisis in the farming community do you think he's deflecting attention from his own domestic political issues no i think it does allow him to deflect attention but i don't think that you know any government would do something this major with sort of you know serious books and maalik and real consequences for the trajectory of the country without this really maverick to them the fact is that they care about

the culture agenda the fact that they have come back to power earlier this year with an in house majority and they see that as a green light to implement some of these policies that they would have wanted to implement earlier but were not able to do and modi has been holding his own rallies in new delhi and he's blamed the opposition for the protests accusing them of spreading lies and rumors so what are the opposition been saying. well you know the opposition has obviously sort of you know taken to this they have you know they have hit back at mali and pointed out that you know he has sort of for instance he has claimed that there is no plan to put in place a national registry of citizens which would be a kind of big list with you know everybody's name on it and if you're not on the list or you can't prove that you were sort of you have the right kind of documentation people fear that those people would be denied citizenship so he claimed that there was no such plan but that's actually you know ludicrous because

his own home minister has repeatedly said that that is precisely their plan and he said this on the floor of parliament so the opposition has sort of you know the you know they're feeling a little sort of you know when the details but i think what's more important is more these on comments it does not look like he is backing down it looks like he is trying to grab some of his own supporters so that i'm just a final thought from you i mean how do you gauge the international response to the deadly protests we've seen so far against the bill because currently and seems quite muted i mean does the international community care about this it just depends on which part you look at right if you're looking at it in terms of something that u.n. has spoken of the members of the house of representatives in the u.s. have spoken up there has 'd been extensive international media coverage i wrote a column in the wall street journal several others have written about this so i think the international community is certainly concerned it's true that the government reactions have been muted but that's not the same as saying that the

international community in general has given india a free bus on the contrary i think this is been the worst 2 weeks for them or the government in terms of international media coverage since they took office so on and to me thank you very much indeed for talking to al jazeera thanks for having me . pakistan says most has fired by indian troops have killed at least 3 people in pakistan had administered kashmir india's military has blamed islamabad for provoking the attack the border clashes came as thousands of supporters of pakistan's conservative jamaat islami party rallied in his name a bad they criticized the international community for not taking action against new delhi alleged human rights violations in indian administered kashmir it was at that rally a protest has pled solidarity with kashmir. if drawn short of the border by their right main. board. and out again here try to get being meted out by the indian figurative. and hear

their verdict or to read. for the purpose of the rally is to highlight the atrocities being committed by india against the kashmiris and to draw the world's attention to their plight under islam not of the young if modi is not stopped it will become a problem for the minorities in india and will also have dangerous consequences for the world. they were good to have come from all across the country. they did not make. women and. they did it back should. i not god why did maybe 200. 50 rally 2 after florida law get care about. living on the other guy on the line of know why. the 3 month wait for the results of ghana stands presidential election has ended with a provisional win for president ashraf ghani the electoral commission says he

secured a slim majority of just over 50 percent but supposes of his main rival abdullah abdullah have rejected the result calling for an investigation they were but the polls. afghanistan's independent election commission announce a result which potentially puts president ashraf ghani on course for a 2nd 5 year term mohammad ashraf ghani the votes for mohammed ashraf ghani and 923868 and the votes for abdullah abdullah 872-0900 90. although the results of the election in september is preliminary and may change in the final count ronnie says he's won with 51 percent of the vote. he can gradually the whole afghan nation from the bottom of my heart on the announcement we're going towards a national trust from division towards national unity. however voter turnout

was $1900000.00 ballots were counted from $9000000.00 registered voters in the $35000000.00 population than his nearest rival chief executive a dollar dollar came in 2nd he rejected the result was. asked to complain commission about 300000 disputed votes to fraudulent votes need to be separated from the final vote count. fraud allegations were also made in the last presidential election 5 years ago. ronnie and abdullah were locked in the election stalemate with each accusing the other of fraud that led to the u.s. intervening to negotiate a power sharing agreement. to help stamp out election fraud the government brought in machines to collect voters biometric data but many argue people whose biometric

data wasn't recorded won't have their votes counted there could very well be strong backlash among activists supporters many of whom house from holding power. and if we look at the past couple of months the last a card that has been used as very much featured works like for art project. it's been a very aggressive discourse the taliban increase attacks during the election campaign taliban leaders said the election was illegitimate and urged a boycott there were doubts about the election. results and all that i think the commission tickets time to make sure that the concerns are equally birth from all parties the afghan government just sidelined in the year long negotiations between the u.s. and the taliban aimed at ending the 18 year war with the taliban rejects the government as a puppet for the americans. while ashraf ghani kinds victory the

election commission hasn't announced a date for the final result nor about a manly al-jazeera saddam has opened an investigation into crimes committed in the darfur region by a former government members who served under ousted president omar al bashir. the conflict between pro-government forces and ethnic minority rebels began back in 2003 the u.n. says at least 300000 people were killed and more than 2000000 displaced bashir is already wanted by the international criminal court for crimes against humanity and genocide let's bring in the son of man bell though he's a policy advisor on sudan for the enough project that's a genocide prevention organization he joins us via skype from west orange new jersey so given how significant is this dar for crimes investigation and why do you think the government's doing this now it's very significant this isn't a a daily level it's a financial institution. and this is speaks to the genuine can in the country.

we now have an independent investigative arm which is not part of the if you look at it. we now have a liberal and that is going to look flawed. just for the names of machinery it's crimes in their food and crimes against the population to be using this you look at the mood of formerly so the latest example of such generally ellington actually sort of some of the key players like mohamed hamdan the galo known as mit who was in charge of the brutal jonjo wave militias in darfur and also people like both don't seem to be on this list of people who are being investigated so how is the prosecutor then going to hold those responsible for crimes and atrocities in darfur. that i'm ultimately mr geishas and her weight is one. that

has just started its investigations on the assault in the city of your 2019 and these peaceful protest of incompetent not rather an assault of the mind by multiple forces there is a strong presumptions of the more so and more harm and. damage to the commander of the office of forces where in commander sponsibility as members of the then direction and military counsel of these forces it was a large operation while the 1000 years now live from what is of the armed forces security and the pursuit of forces so we were meant to see the results of the counting the stations the yes that's. the months. when there are most men when more than enough will also 72000 fun let's all stay with him at it for a 2nd because he's reportedly being backed by some of the same darfur he arab politicians

who created the jonjo we demand now he's the deputy head of sudan's military council so do you have a serious scenario where the new 70 and government that you were just talking about could effectively try and disarm the jonjo in. well the army cid our forces are running out out today when i was telling everyone. in the public and then that they lit up a support for us as part of the sudanese army and by law you know the numbingly and those are those army but clearly that apparel army i don't expect they would be aware of why the civilian government listen we don't get it however there are provisions in the constitution and jot them in the government transition to islam the security sector in that case when the you know the clamor cares it's expected that there are only one sudanese national army rather than to put our hands of the

situation is kind of cinema let me get a final thought from you despite numerous codes for his extradition has still not been handed over to the international criminal court so is this investigation being seen perhaps as an alternative mechanism to bypass the i.c.c. i would really attention it to the statement of the security in the realm of the international criminal court before the security guards alas create in misuse interests to acknowledge that there have been generally changes so that on that it was a curator office of the i.c.c. is willing to give sudan some time but watching very carefully when the house was done handles the. crimes against humanity what crimes and genocide thought was i.c.c. has dumped bashir and for which she was wanted by the i.c.c. i believe that the isis uni's seeing if this persecution that's just a mansion that would be serious and indicative of an ok.

investigation machine that i'm doris of the officials of say you're responsible for that so women bother thank you for talking to al jazeera essential having me. lots more still to come here on the news hour including a conservative president and a former prime minister for a runoff in croatia presidential vote. as tens of thousands flee another bombardment in syria turkey ones that can't bear the brunt of a new wave of refugees and support. every defeat in 20 years someone will have the typical. at least 17 people have been killed in airstrikes by syrian government forces on their russian allies in the latest attack on. syrian troops are advancing on the last rebel held areas they say they've captured more than 20 villages in the recent

fighting and in the past 48 hours at least 25000 civilians have been displaced because of the government's air campaign the u.n. has called for an immediate halt in the fighting and warned of further mass displacement if the violence continues hundreds of families are making their way to the turkish border president russia has warned that turkey cannot cope with a new wave of refugees. from running from the bombs have started migrate into which. if the violence towards the people of it does not stop this number will increase even in no case turkey will not carry such a market burden on its own pressure we will be subjected to all european nations especially greece. a sunday deadline for iraq's president to name a new interim prime minister has now passed with no announcement on who's been chosen earlier thousands of protesters blocked roads in baghdad and basra demanding

the appointment of an independent prime minister they say one of the nominees is closely linked to iran protesters say they're fed up with corruption poor services and a lack of jobs hundreds have been killed since anti-government rallies began in october . we want to topple the political regime we want to change the constitution these people have been destroying us 15 years we don't want them we want to. more protests in lebanon's capital beirut but the numbers are smaller than previous weeks it's a sign many seem prepared to give the new prime minister designate a chance to form a new government from beirut is tony but. for the 67th day lebanese gathered in beirut smarter square to make a stand against the economic and political crisis that on sunday was more like a carnival than a protest. the lebanese capital have witnessed some of the

worst violence seen for years as security forces clash with supporters on either side of the political divide numbers will go down and in marked contrast the anger and violence of previous gatherings is perhaps an indication that some at least are prepared to give the designated prime minister. a chance. if he. be a big problem and. fail in this. hour we being pessimistic we should be optimistic the new prime minister is decent in is not corrupt and he seems to be the man for the job and if it doesn't work we'll find another solution which. was nominated by a weak majority parliament comprising of iran backed hezbollah and its allies the shia amal movement and president michel ounds christian free movement has promised to appoint a new government filled with technocrats and experts within 6 weeks tension may

have reduced but for some within the sunni community there is still anger that their leader side hariri has not been chosen as prime minister and there are fears that some are seeking to cause a rift between the sunni and shia communities. as. it seems like some are seek really trying to incite secretary in strength and in reality we are far away from that we took to the streets because of the economy and not religion. that is the priority the need for. the government to solve the economic crisis lebanon is running out of short term choices the country has one of the world's biggest debt burdens and in march is due to repay a one and a half $1000000000.00 euro bonds load which is likely to default and that can only worsen the guy economic situation here david hale the u.s. undersecretary of state for political affairs is in beirut meeting with various political leaders he is key to delivering $11000000000.00 in international aid which has been locked until economic and political reforms are implemented. as an

area in deep trouble financially i think at a certain stage within the next week or so will there will be even more constraints on the banking sector. people will take to the streets. some are still singing about revolution but many are praying for a solution for now the people of lebanon can only wait and hope. tony girty al jazeera beirut votes are being counted in stands parliamentary election observers say there were no genuine opposition choices 5 parties were in the running but they're all the oil to the president. shafqat magazine yes it was the 1st election since the death of longtime leader more than 2016 but syria opened up the country since taking charge and posing a series of reforms and in years of isolation human rights groups say thousands remain imprisoned on false charges made in the capital and she says the vote was

more than just an actual reform. well certainly there is a different atmosphere and you could really feel it each time you spoke to any one of the voters there they were coming in with a lot of hope elderly people for example told me that they're taken part in many previous parliamentary elections in the past but this one was completely different that to some extent because of these television they've bates' that unfolded live over the past 3 months they got to know some of the candidates better they got to her to hear what each party represented better even though across the board there is not much difference in all these parties still they did feel those i spoke to said they did they feel that this stance could mark the beginning of a change now certainly reform has been unfolding over the past 3 years in this country where do we talk about for example

a discussion about reforming the education system child labor and forced labor has been abolished in the cotton fields the exchange market has been regularized so there's been a lot of reform and the most important of them all is what people told me across the board is that they feel they can talk freely now without any fear of repercussion but more than one told me you know your foreign journalist 3 years ago i would have never stood in the street and had a conversation read you let alone being filmed so there is a change whether this will bring a full fledged democracy it is really too early to say. croatia's presidential elections headed for a runoff as the country prepares to get its 1st turn at leading the european union from a left wing prime minister's all run milankovitch got just under 30 percent of sunday's vote to head of the current president going in the rubber kit that overage who's been in the job the 5 years the 2nd round to be held in 2 weeks the results were

close with the nationalists focusing on 2 points behind let's talk to i want to premier she's live for us in the creation capital zagreb so i said just focus to the results i do want to so far and what they actually mean. that means the zone. is a frontrunner only in this for us from and so on milan of which is not only former left leaning prime minister he's also former president of the main opposition party in this country social democratic party he is open and so would say he is also former leftist a former hole because he flirted with nationalism trying to appeal to ride with vultures and losing the more realistic one on the left he was prime minister from 2000 the 11 to 2015 he realize heavily on his rhetorical

skills and yes this today's swards was he is chance for a great comeback after he made a few years pause in his political career but the difference between him and incumbent. but a keitaro which is very slim less than 3 percent that means that he's chances in a presidential runoff are also very slim simply because he cannot count of on arriving water and here we have miroslav or are sitting to day on the church plays with 24 percent of the vaults he is a right wing populist and so to milan to reach cannot come out on these boards in a presidential runoff that is for sure. and how closely will croatia's neighbors be following this election. or

croatia is a parliamentary democracy where the main power lies inside the hands of the prime minister while president is in charge with foreign policy and security and neighbors are not quite happy i can tell you that especially bosnia and herzegovina in her survey in a hair around 500 tarzan cross sleeve inside that country 90000 of them are illegible to war with that country is always important to topic during election campaign in croatia but relations with that country further deteriorated last year during the general election in bosnia and herzegovina when left leaning. ethnically cried answered the presidency for some is not crossed enough for croatian. politicians he won the presidency he won the

seat inside the presidency with bosniaks not cross forwards that is of course impossible to prove but statement like that one alongside some other statements coming from incumbent president calling that of a guitar which the relations on a very low level are doing a pretty of their lives for us in zagreb thank you. most of the coming or not is here including even more home the last of bushfires in eastern and southern australia is the promise to find that knowledge is a link to climate change. and please help us the desperate message found in a christmas card made in a chinese factory in sports close in on an historic test victory center will have those details after the break more on that stay with us.

hello again or welcome back we're here across the southeastern part of the united states we're watching a flooding event going on right now about 10 new people are under flood watches across florida georgia and also into alabama so over the next few days it is going to be quite wet across much of that area will finally start to see a little bit of relief as that low makes its way more towards the east here on monday you can see a most of that rain is starting to push off the coast and by the time we do get towards tuesday we are seeing finally the rain ending maybe some coastal showers there for parts of south carolina as well as georgia but the temp is also coming up from atlanta to about $1000.00 degrees miami though you are going to be a little bit cooler with $22.00 degrees there while that same weather system the trailing end of the front is going to be extending down here across the bahamas into cuba as well as down towards guatemala on that line we could be seeing some thunderstorms as well but by the time we do get towards tuesday the front starts to really sticks a pe

a few showers are going to be left but behind the system it is going to be drier it's going to be a little bit cooler too with have a missing a temperature of 25 degrees but the temperature is on its way up here for one is plenty of sun in the forecast of the next few days 29 here on monday but by the time we get towards tuesday expect to see $32.00 degrees. day one on the new era in television news we badly need at this moment leadership and values this encampment that we're in today it didn't exist 3 weeks ago now there's at least 20000 or hinder refugees who live here on al-jazeera i got to commend you all more i'm hearing is good journalism tends to pull back as reside off the old lines the attempts of cover ups jamal khashoggi is loved ones what some form of closure people suffering and dying in tiny school systems

collapsing willing to giving up immense. still lives are still are blacklisted in the city the state for the. love it's a good cinema subsequent to the beach play for the public but some of the big. leagues. welcome back a quick amount of our top stories here on the news hour thousands of indians have once again defied a government ban to protest against a controversial citizenship law which they say discriminates against muslims and

islam modi has banned the opposition for fueling the west. early results from afghanistan's presidential election a shine combin ashraf ghani has secured a slim majority officials for his main rival abdullah abdullah say they don't accept the results and when the field. sadan has opened an investigation into crimes committed in the darfur region by former government members who served on the ousted president omar al bashir the conflict back at least 300000 people displaced more than 2000000. mexico is dealing with its highest murder rate on record with most of the weapons use muggles from the united states in the 1st of a 2 part investigation into arms trafficking across the border john holdren talks to members of a cartel and the gun smugglers. that shocked to mexico the 17th of october 2019 the davison low a cult turned out like an army with a devastating great fire power they subjugated the miss camilla treat self and took over the streets of coolie

a crime that he would be good at this man says he was there fighting with the cartel we're talking about their weapons well most of the people there in on the side of the cartel with american guns the 2 clubs yes of course because all of the arms that we use here are from the other side of the border. what you got to go he's a hit man a soldier through organized crime one of the many across mexico responsible for record murder right how difficult would it be to do your job. if there wasn't this free flow coming from the united states. it would be hard because the u.s. is the chief supplier that's where we get the new explosive guns we need going to support all of the guns that have been seized in mexico and traced 70 percent come from the united states there's a reason it's hard to get a gun legally in mexico but the regulations are extremely strict not so in the u.s. and cartels you struggle by as gun shop scene shows to get glocks

a k 47 off if things and even machine guns it's this man's job to smuggle them across the border with. the truth is that it's very easy to get them across we do hide them in the upholstery or where we can but the customs agents here don't really focus on that on searching and they never search the car. we saw that for us selves when we made the journey from the u.s. into mexico on a busy thursday night there were no possible controls we saw no border offices and just to customs officials checked to see of cars that were already free where internets could. a lack of vigilance which is hard to reconcile with mexico's concerns to let myself up over the last year the most worrying issue in mexico are the guns the guns that we saw on coulier khan were impressive i want to propose again but using the latest technology from both countries we can stop the arms trafficking at the border. we asked for an interview with mexico's foreign ministry and its customs agency too to discuss those border security plans we didn't hear

back. meanwhile quantities of weapons continue to be brought across the stashed in a multitude of safe houses on arrival the gun run is in charge of this one in a suburb of the border town where he calmly. when we come back with guns they can stay here a day or 2 and then our people come to get them when everything is ready take them away they distributed throughout the country being caught with one should mean jail time but if the government is get stopped by local police there's a simple solution. as they say here with money the dog dances sort it all out with cash and we each coraline way i don't know you and you don't know me with the guns make their way to the cartel soldiers the same ones that battle to be commits can authorities on the 17th of october this confrontation between the cartel and the government. that wouldn't have happened if the

scene of. this easy access to weapons. through a process so yes it would happen but obviously as you say it would have been hard for us without that number of weapons i mean we probably wouldn't have beaten them if it wasn't so easy to get hold of the guns. in the mix can foresee humiliation then and in direct consequence of leaving us gun regulations and this country's insufficient border security but there are other consequences to more intimate ones for the thousands of victims of mexico's shootings in part 2 will tell their stories john homan al jazeera make ali. an internal report by the roman catholic church says $175.00 miners were sexually abused in mexico by a group of priests run like a cult the legionnaires was founded by father marcial muscle is reported of abuse that the 60 boys themselves some as young as 12 wassail died in 20082 years after

the vatican at knowledge the allegations against him are dismissing them for decades 33 priests are implicated in the report. at least 9 people have been killed in spain and portugal are the 2 storms struck in quick succession spain's civil defense agency is warning of winds up 140 kilometers an hour and waves up to 9 meters high is really challenged. to rescue the crew the helicopter had to come down low so low it was being sprayed by huge waves crashing on the vessel but italian coast guards managed to lift 12 people to safety after their cargo ship was blown on to saddam years rocky coastline. across spain portugal and france more than 118000 households are without electricity in portugal storm surge flooding has forced the evacuation of 250 people many houses have been left underwater here except for those homes build hire up. islanders on corsica are

being warned to stay away from the seaside. as far as rainfall is concerned we are seeing the end of the crisis with regards the wind we are still in a crisis that could last a dozen or so hours 15 or so more in. it is very important to advise the population not to go to the beaches in the coastline because it can be potentially dangerous. on western spain's atlantic tip is no stranger to storms but sites like this is still remarkable a coastal promenade a warship with sea foam topped by the pounding of countless waves and blown assured by storm fabian's full force. and nature's power always fascinates people and some get as close as they do. it's unpredictable and it's dangerous but it's impressively beautiful to reach islands al-jazeera to bombings in the southern philippines have killed more than a dozen people one exploded and caught

a battered city killing at least 8 soldiers and 4 civilians at around the same time another bomb exploded just north in liberal gun killing 5 the philippines armed forces as the bangsamoro islamic freedom fighters group could be behind the attacks there and more violent scenes in hong kong as police used tear gas to disperse crowds at a rally in support of china's we got minority more than a 1000 people gathered for the demonstration police arrested 2 protesters who attempted to burn a chinese flag one of the drug runners protesters threw bottles and rocks rights groups say at least a 1000000 we girls and members of other large muslim groups have been detained in chinese camps. for u.k.'s biggest supermarket chain tesco has suspended production at a factory in shanghai after an appeal for help was found in a christmas card a 6 year old girl found the message which was supposedly written by foreign prisoners in china it said they're being forced to work against their will and asked whether found the card to contact peter humphrey

a british journalist imprisoned in the same jail 4 years ago tesco says it would never allow prison labor in the company's supply chain. or what for say cooking in france is actually at this table here just going through the cards and watching to friends and sharpen one up and started laughing and said almost look somebody is already written in this card isn't that funny and when called it's of course said what it did which is that that the call to come from somebody imprisoned in shanghai and was raising human rights concerns and asked whoever found the note to posset on to peter humphries north korea's leader kim jong un has held a party meeting about strengthening the military state news agency released these images though it's unclear when the where the meeting actually took place tensions between pyongyang and the u.s. a heightened right now north korea is threatening to take new measures if the u.s. doesn't submit

a proposal on denuclearization by the end of the year talks between the 2 remain stalled after collapsing in february at least 6 people have been killed and 5 others kidnapped by fighters aligned with isolate northeast nigeria they seize control of a highway near gaza a village about 100 kilometers north of my degree the capital of borno state 3 felony has been among the dead. donald trump's election promise to build a border wall of mexico is now taking shape construction crews out of business in arizona but environmentalists fear every damage is being done to one of the most biologically diverse regions of the united states supports from some noise that in mexico. president donald trump's border barrier is under construction in southern arizona. crews with heavy weapons are carving a path through the desert the wall will go along the southern edge of the organ pipe cactus national monument an area of exceptional beauty the u.s.

national park service says the 1340 square kilometer monument preserves one of the earth's major ecosystems in nearly unspoiled condition. the united nations designated organ pipe national monument as an international biosphere reserve environmentalists say a wall construction threat these this pristine environment we've got endangered. pup fish also known as the sonoita fish right here in this stream you can see him swim around over there are they an endangered species they are a lot of 4 endangered species here workers will pump water from underground to mix concrete for the barriers base possibly drying out this desert always says which is just a few 100 meters from the border. the barrier will block the normal migration routes of rare animal species like puma and antelope the human experience will also change

a 50 kilometer and 9 meter tall wall equipped with floodlights that are on all night long that's what's being proposed here and it's it's insane are nice guys are going to be destroyed we're not going to see the stars anymore from the campground and it's going to be an eyesore this is a place that's designated wilderness it's supposed to look pristine and now it's going to look like 50 kilometer prison wall in order to build the wall president trump declared a state of national emergency here on the border now that together with other legal loopholes has allowed the government to completely disregard numerous laws designed to protect environmentally sensitive areas like this environmentalists have taken the administration to court in an effort to slow or halt construction but for now the wall marches relentlessly forward. robert oulds al-jazeera near

solenoid mexico. australia's prime minister has finally acknowledged the link between wildfires and global warming scott morrison returned from holiday and why to deal with the crisis the bushfire season has started 7 months earlier than usual with conditions made worse by 2 years of severe drought on the chappelle. he's long been criticised for failing to directly link climate change to the bushfires in australia but his prime minister scott morrison visited areas affected by fires on sunday that changed our government is a wise and i have always acknowledged the connection between those weather events in these broader far against and the impacts globally of climate change but his critics say he's let australia fall behind and then there's his decision to take a family vacation in hawaii as a stray burnt morrison cut short the trip after 2 volunteer firefighters died in new south wales the worst hit state. or weather over the weekend has given

firefighters some relief but the situation is still out of control more than a 5th of the blue mountains world heritage site has been burnt by fire while some towns including balmoral have been ravaged twice in 3 days the fires have burned an area the size of belgium and destroyed more than $800.00 homes it's devastating not knowing where they your property standing on unfortunately we have to save bad news is not much left in. some survivors say the sound of the fire terrified them the most as winds blew flames over mountains like a. river of all i would cry try to think current you could hear the trees exploiting. thousands of firefighters many of them volunteers are also tiring as they try to contain about 60 fires that are out of control we've got fawaz spreading from north face new south wales a queensland border down to the south coast of new south wales those logistical

challenges transport and. and accommodation challenges spreading and moving people right across such a broad geographic area all add to the challenges of for to increase rotation lower temperatures have helped the fight but there's no rain forecast for the days ahead and temperatures will soon rise again enter chapelle al-jazeera and it's not just australia suffering from a lack of rain southern africa is going through its worst drought in decades with 45000000 people affected across 14 countries it's also taking a toll on precious wildlife nicholas hogg has a story now from zimbabwe are the worst affected countries. deep in zimbabwe's multi-billionaire and people are dying of hunger margaret my gunday in her 5 grandchildren are picking what will be their 1st and last meal of the day for the pumpkin leaves weekend by months of this diet by gunday worries the worst is yet to come. what do you and your wife they smell

food in the end we asked songkran that tend to go on sometimes i think long to underneath called cleanup in. the united nations says southern africa is experiencing the worst drought in a century 45000000 people across 14 countries are in need of urgent assistance while food distribution is taking place in some areas my gunday has not received any help. a 3 hour drive away there is food at the market but at a price my gunday in most cannot afford the $10.00 a kilo from 8 or the $5.00 pack of rice cashing in from the desperation are traders looking to make a profit will this is true guy present going up for everyone and still i want to get the best but i was possible we are all suffering here we're all trying to make ends meet. zimbabwe needs more rainfall for food to grow in november traditional

healers invoked the spirits of the mighty is an easy river to release the rains but they have yet to come and so the world's largest waterfall that separates involve way from zambia doesn't quite look the same with tourists asking where has the water gone this isn't just a tourist attraction it's a lifeline for millions of people beyond zimbabwe's border because the water is used both for food and power but look at it now. gone is the thunderous sound of falling water left the lower hungry animals dying of thirst after travelling for hundreds of kilometers in search of water a hippopotamus experiences the slow painful death from hunger $200.00 elephants have died since the summer there could be more with endangered species especially vulnerable to those alive both animals and humans are left to graze on whatever they can and so dulled by hunger margaret and

a 10 day in her grandchildren share their meal today treat a portion of maize tomorrow is uncertain nicholas hawke al-jazeera a land zimbabwe. time for another short break and i'll just say i want to come back but i will a sport the champions return liverpool like home with a club world cup so i will have that top of the break more and stay with. a football tournament like no other in the at the beginning we used to play football in the street using a soccer ball al-jazeera world meets a group of sudanese boy is determined to win against a backdrop of conflict and uncertainty. when i walk in the street people stop me oh man it's because a. door for football for peace on al-jazeera.

from the al-jazeera london broadcasts and tack to special guests in conversation this is the chance to start the revolution unprompted uninterrupted we need to do away with the way evil because it stops a conversation where should we get our land to proton meets i.e.c. at can be this is the beginning of friendship this is the beginning of love great like we're getting somewhere we can really break through the barrier studio it be unscripted on al-jazeera. talk about now a new on man's buy stocks he has returned to worth off it failed to reach the

international space station boeing stollen a spacecraft was forced to land in new mexico a few days earlier than planned the company says there was a software problem with the vehicles internal clock that means it didn't reach the orbit required to dock with the space station boeing wants to start counting nasa arsenals to the station next year all right time for a quick check on the sport his son thank you very much a star with english premier league frankly got the better of his old manager. but chelsea's to an era when not talking them on sunday was marred by allegations of crowd racism 1st half goals a form within a one a penalty put chelsea in control of the match it got worse so for spurs one song you know ming was given a red card ofter of tech for kicking out. ridiculous after that incident stadium announcements were made a warning about the racist behavior. oh now is the time you were going to.

ration braces challenge him comment of course i'll support tommy. as we support any of our prize fights any opposition plies whatever it is happens while i was fighting happens at least to be dealt with i hate racism in society i have a dressing room in football i'm disappointed that. seems like like that too can happen but the referee stopped again he spoke to the players spoke to the captain spoke with the coaches. i was losing i don't own the game to be stopped but immediately when i knew the reason why the game was stopped obviously and the students accepted it. bad day 2 for former club manchester united beaten to a nail by a bottom of the table what foot 7 hoff goals from a smile and troy any penalty sold them a win for only the 2nd time this season but today on this moment i'm very

disappointed because we have to come to these stadiums and. get more points against teams like today i'm sure they were low in confidence because they must be looked at when you're bottom of the table we were confident because we've done well lately but it just wasn't there was no intent the route. to make was this to win the game liverpool returned to the premier league duty is still with a 10 point lead in the title race that the team have arrived back up from their successful trip to doha where they won the fifa club world cup club's a side that beat flamengo one nail in the final to take the trophy for the 1st time in their history. ac milan are going into the winter break in italy off the back of their heaviest defeat in syria for over 20 years their home to 5 nil by atalanta on sunday i'll hunt obama's with a stunning individual goal and 2 from. for the home side in and find

themselves in the table 21 points behind the leaders walk the line to climb to 5th place as you beat event is 31 to win the italian super cup in saudi arabia you they also finished with 10 men. at the trophy for the 5th time. german champions by a munich have awarded interior coach. after staging a coverage from their difficult start to the season he's been put in charge of for the rest of the campaign buy and go into the winter break in the league are 4 points behind leaders in place champions i.x. head into the winter break in the dutch league in confident mood they were 61 winners over struggling then on sunday i can see it with the pick of the goals. father sons cricket is need just 3 more wickets on the final day against sri lanka

in karate 2 in the 1st test series on home soil for a decade. both made centuries on day 4 as pakistan declared their 2nd innings on 5553 that set the tourists an unlikely target to 476 a sri lanka 221247 at the close with nesta taking 3 wickets. australian golfer adam scott the has ended his 4 year wait for a title the former masters champion that won the australian p.g.a. championship sat row clients on the gold coast up by 2 shots on sunday scott winning this title for the 2nd time and claiming the 30th victory of his career there's opportunities for everyone who wanted to come to him and started this is a long time coming but i'm really having to win another p.g.a. here with the cancellation of may just being events in europe due to excess snow

the sport of snowboard cross a has been stepping into the spotlight this has been in the olympic sport and since 2006 and its world cup season is well on the way it was a photo finish here at the men's final on its ear and it was the home hope laurens of so madiba who wanted to head of another italian so not too tense in the end. the women's cross country world cup in slovenia went ahead despite the heavy snow has proved too much for other events sweden's 2nd pairing thrived in the conditions winning this one the head of none other than sweden's 1st pairing great day for sweden. and also useful for me we'll have more later on. sam i thank you very much well that's it for me down in jordan for this news hour don't go away because out of that amendment with much more of the days.

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tens of thousands of indians say it discriminates but promising to run for modi is defending a new citizenship law that excludes muslims. but i'm daryn jordan this is a dive from doha also coming up 10 years out the international calls for a genocide trial saddam's new government says it would investigate what happened and for. russian backed syrian forces pushed deep into it labor after a week long a soul that's forced a mass exodus.