on your own initiative take that decision away from the american people floods in southeastern brazil have killed at least 30 people in 2 days of record rainfall and minas guys states more downpours pores are expected and thousands have been left homeless a scarce and southeast turkey are searching for survivors from friday's earthquake which killed 31 people and injured more than a 1000. and protests are being held in australia calling for a national day to be changed or just scrapped altogether so called invasion day events are commemorating indigenous people who died in conflict with white settlers as well as others who have recently died in police custody. as of the headlines keep it here on al-jazeera and other bolton at the top of the hour in the meantime risking it all. americans live side by side in 2 parallel universes the trouble parts of america are getting in trouble here there is

a poll out a few weeks ago that you had almost 30 percent americans believing they were on the cusp of civil war both sides accuse each other of doing things that are so blatantly wrong the bottom line on u.s. politics and policies and their effect on the world. thank. god thank god. thank you. thank you. thank. god.

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are. probably on the my way. up to you my contact with the duo you allow me to. thank you. for. all. the labor is just over a dollar a day cutting and transporting the bamboo. but the bravest among them can make 10 times that much transporting the goods. review no body id. be off home with me to

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. you the old i stood you level old boy old me would be on me helping all my all but i'm going to be weak you'll be on the ground and i can go if they go south warning me that you'll be on the detail the help when you all can. go. you know if . we have. the men know well the dangers of the long river. up ahead the cave ghost passage will test. thank the legendary mekong river old mother of waters is vietnam's main waterway. it nourishes the 6 countries through which it flows

including laos which borders vietnam. after travelling 5000 kilometers from its source in the himalayas this is where the river vent sits right. over time it's carved out the cone fulls one of the widest waterfalls in the world . yet allow fisherman jump into the water without fear. are for me and before that they're right one mile for one rule for a credit card card for proper care and comfort to you if you are going to your didn't call our number but not god what if. some new knowing is 52. he says it's no coincidence he's never had an accident in 40 years. oh he got shot don't know if you need one but pull back out that about what would you buy out by

a guy that had set up to be why we're here it would be at that by what those would do what. the full stretch over nearly 10 kilometers. allowed cool this region see found don't the full 1000 on. land jumps out from the folds and countless waterways of the mekong. this is a familiar hunting ground for. getting there takes good balance and steady nerves.

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each has its own fishing take i hope. noya and his colleagues catch up to 100 kilos pradesh using a remarkable method. i. love it not about. what i. feel but. the current pushes the fish into their ingenious wooden ramps all they have to do is pick the fish out of the woods.

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slowly the fish are disappearing. pesticides as well as a series of dams a largely to blame. in vietnam on the long river the bamboo raft as in smooth the world has the men take advantage of the calm to reinforce it. cuts as usually belong to the moment ethnic group. allies of the french and then the americans in the 2 wars that have shaken vietnam the hmong are still discriminated against. it's hard work for some of the lowest wages for you and me talk and when we where. does the we go to the bottom going to look like i don't need it yet and that. you're not going to

do a lot of what you want but don't go to congress i'm told by my local one to one that i'm going to go by normally. as the watch has become agitated the raft scene begins its mad rush. bought one. for. turning a run nearly 50 meters long it's. no easy task. in the distance lies the infamous ghost cave one of the most feared turns in the river

. this time the ghost was leaving. on their last trip the raft was ranked against the wall. and its bamboo cargoes scattered into the river.

one song the song. a motor boat comes to help. the riverbank marks the end of the trip. anybody. can give me a born again. and again one young. gal go to what i know like you have to be if i get oh i don't know if i can lead. you down to our day though i can love you.

back on land the bamboo must travel another 30 kilometers through rain and mud before reaching the processing plant. the jungle roads are slippery and the driver than lead can only take a portion of the goods. being car. been mounted him in the night out back and have been flooded accurately when manatee how often are you name enough i need a hand with you but you know that call buddy in the morgue and i share my baby like you knew i wouldn't go in the car knew you needed me that needed a beacon to do not go and the little that i knew what. you think you did a deal is struck but for twice the price of $1.00 slip or wrong turn and van

leak could be crushed under his vehicle. santa going to high level joe pa time i decide that i know what i need to do and now when i'm going to pull out will be all who are allowed to tell them you know that's all the fucking i love it off the top of the i'm a little young to have. always had only took my money with love. but when the bell bottom was a joy we hope i can easily monday night i wind up and i want to have a much. needed to allow all my love all to fall out. of. the vehicle plug. along at the speed of an ox cart.

after 5 hours the bamboo finally reaches the processing plant. dirt tracks may well become a thing of the past in vienna. as one of the last communist countries to join the free market the country is thriving. this bamboo is near the end of its journey. seen consumers across vietnam will put it to a variety of uses and the hard work of harvesting and transporting it will begin

again. it's a tough time for the afghan security forces taliban attacks have increased their suffering heavy casualties and the prospect of a withdrawal of u.s. forces hangs over them yet young men are still joining up some for reasons for others is the only way to get a job despite the risks. an army bomb disposal engineer in helmand province he knew the risks he was blinded in both eyes and lost a leg when a roadside device exploded as he try to defuse it always aware of the danger of seeing friends wounded while working on mines i wasn't scared to lose an arm or a leg is to sacrifice we have to mike to serve this country talk to al jazeera we talk about 2 of the biggest problems facing and they are the endemic corruption. i

am the guy we listen so if you really put place china as an enemy of the west and that's really that we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter although just 0 india a nation of 1300000000 people deeply religious desperately divided i think good you know the action which is potentially catastrophic what's causing this crisis of identity is making the get back up but releases off his ancestors and why is it getting was showing me are just us here on my journey in search of india's so. coming soon on al-jazeera. well this last time you were out on the streets protesting whether on line you feel the weight of the system we do walk through each and every love with or layer further and further into the jail or if you join us on saying retention has to start from day one whether again melinda tension or your own parser this is a dialogue everyone has

a voice for the northeast 36 o'clock are called the it will be varying accounts but i want to give people the reason for joining the global conversation amount is iraq . china's president warns his country is facing a grave situation as more people die of a coronavirus. member shall carry this intelligence or life and also coming up all chops approval rating at its highest since becoming president as his defense team argues this case that its impeachment trial. the evidence structure are overwhelming. that the president did nothing wrong refusing to back down and defiant protesters in lebanon gather

outside beirut central government building to denounce the new cabinet. a celebration for some.