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a camp thousands of refugees are relocated on the greek island of less was but there are new fears for their health. and in sport patrick reid has a halfway lead at golf's u.s. help then the 20000 masters champion is a need to win his 2nd major title. she's been a pillar of the fight for women's rights a liberal icon in the us now the death of long serving supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg is poised to trigger a significant political battle just weeks ahead of the presidential election even as the 87 year old was dying from panda cam pantry pancreatic cancer she passed on a plea that there should be no rush to fill a vacancy at america's highest court. al-jazeera alan fischer looks at ginsburg's

legacy. they started to gather on the steps of the supreme court in washington as news of ruth bader ginsburg's death broke it brought flowers and candles the number swelled people marking a loss they felt personally. ruth bader ginsburg was physically small but her presence loomed large on the court she was a blunt talking liberal who often challenge her conservative colleagues on the bench born to jewish immigrants in brooklyn new york in 1033 ginsburg was a brilliant student she was one of only one woman to enroll in harvard university law school in 1956 later transferring to columbia university where she graduated at the top of her class the skin's book told one television interviewer no law firms wanted to hire a married mother i had 3 strikes against me when i was jewish. i was the mother of a 4 year old. but as the sixty's and seventy's launched the women's

movement ginsburg found a place in academia then as co-founder of a women's rights project for the american civil liberties union she wrote the 1st supreme court brief on gender discrimination after 12 years as an appeals court judge in washington d.c. president bill clinton appointed gives birth to the u.s. supreme court in 1993 ginsburg proved to be a consistent liberal voice on the increasingly conservative high court she supported abortion rights and gender equality she also advocated using international laws to shape u.s. laws there spoke in ginsburg fought several battles with cancer her dying wish was the vacancy her passing creates will not be filled until after the election. i'd say the court one trump supporter with a megaphone the president to move quickly he was joined by the chants of others the president has already unveiled a list of people he wants to put on the court if he wins a 2nd term but leaving a rally he only praised justice ginsburg. basically. what else can you

say she was an amazing woman. she was an amazing woman. and 2016 justice antonin scalia a republican choice passed before the presidential election the senate refused to confirm a democrat successor named by president obama democratic candidate this time around joe biden says there must be no decision until the election has passed voters should pick the president and the president should pick the justice for the senate to consider this was the position of the republican senate took in 2060. or almost 10 months to go before the election that's the position the state senate must take today ginsburg strive to maintain strong liberal voices on the supreme

court to balance the conservative wants now her own voice has been silenced that balance under threat. well as you heard in allan's report republican senate majority leader mitch mcconnell says that whoever president trump nominates as bader ginsburg replacement will receive a vote in the u.s. senate even with the election just 6 weeks away but that wasn't the case 4 years ago when a democratic president was in office in february 26th justice antonin scalia died he was 79 years old and it served on the court for 3 decades but it took just one hour for mitch mcconnell to then say that this vacancy shouldn't be filled until we have a new president at that stage the election to replace president obama was still 9 months away even so obama nominated merrick garland a moderate to full scale u.s. position but the republican led senate refused to hold any hearings or votes and

left his nomination to expire after donald trump won the election he nominated neil gore such a conservative the still vacant post who was easily confirmed by the senate trump went on to a nominate and to confirm another conservative supreme court judge in july 28th seen but was brett kavanaugh who faced allegations of sexual assault prior to his confirmation let's go live now to washington alan fischer is outside the supreme court as if the water enough controversy ahead of the embers election the vacant positions of the supreme court and who will fill it and when it's certain to add another layer to it isn't it. well it certainly mitch mcconnell who is the leader of the republicans in the senate he is intent on pushing ahead with the nominating process the difficulty of gold he's got of course is that it's not absolutely guaranteed that all republican senators will vote along the way that he wants them to vote because many of them have questioned the validity of putting

someone into office in the discipline court during an election year one of them is lindsey graham though he is facing a very tight senate race of course was a big critic of donald trump and then became one of his biggest supporters he is on record several times as saying save the tape you should not appoint a justice in an election year so would he vote to give donald trump a 3rd choice for the supreme court there's mitt romney who has been a critic of donald trump he might also not vote and then susan collins she's involved in a very tight race in maine another republican senator could she risk alienating people in her own state if she decided that she would back mitch mcconnell's idea so what could possibly happen well donald trump has already produced a list of people he would like to see on the supreme court if he was given a 2nd term he could take one of those names he could put it forward as a nomination it would then go to the judiciary committee in the senate they would hear and have hearings about that the justice would be questioned if he passed

a vote there or she passed there it would then go to the full senate where the republicans have a majority you know here's the difficulty there is the possibility that this process could be done before we get to november the 3rd but it's highly unlikely more likely what you're talking about is perhaps having someone who could take up the poorest by the time of the inauguration in january imagine that a republican justice is nominated they only get in place sometime after the election but before the inauguration and joe biden wins the election that is the basis. of a constitutional crisis here in the united states so while accusations of hypocrisy against senate republicans affect their chances of re-election could that impact upon the president's election campaign.

well within the bader ginsburg's passing mitch mcconnell had his explanation is clearly something he's been working on well known ruth bader ginsburg hasn't been well for a while and he was saying that in 2016 if you go back to the midterms and 24000 republicans were given the majority in the senate to act as a check and a balance on the dying days of the obama presidency that is why they were not going to as republicans give the democrats a choice for the supreme court he says it's different this time because they have a republican president and the republican majority you know people will accuse him of being duplicitous of saying one thing in 2016 when it suits his party and then saying another thing in 2020 when it suits his party again but that's not going to stop mitch mcconnell he stayed in power and the leader of the republicans in the senate for a long time because he had a very wily political operator the problem he's got is making sure he marshals all the votes why is this so important well if donald trump was to get his choice that

would put a $63.00 slant on the court 6 conservative voices 3 liberal voices that changes the whole face of jurisprudence in the united states not just for an election cycle but perhaps for a generation or 2 here's another thing if the election is a tall contested and there are 6 republican justices that would make people very uncomfortable here's another thing if donald trump is facing some sort of criminal procedures because of things that he's done during his time in office it is likely that any of those cases will end up in the supreme court and it's just possible that of the 9 justices 3 of them will have been appointed by donald trump and they might not recuse themselves from the case so you can see why this is very important you can see why democrats are very exercised by this you can see why this is going to take up a lot of column inches in the newspapers and a lot of time on the american t.v. networks in the coming days and weeks. alan fischer outside the supreme court in washington many thanks indeed allan tens of thousands of people are running against

the thai government in the capital bangkok the demonstrations began at the university where hundreds forced their way through the campus gates it's the latest and largest to happen in months of student that protests calling for a new election the constitution to be rewritten and for the monarchy to be reformed to serious way to hate is that. it's very much a festive atmosphere at the moment this is the largest political gathering we've seen in thailand since a military coup in 2014 this movement was started by students and certainly they are still at the center of it but it's gone way beyond just a student protest and certainly this crowd is the most diverse that we have seen in recent months there are reasons for that the demands that the students have been making for political change in thailand for political reforms are resonating in many different sectors of thai society and this is also the anniversary of the military coup in 2006 that saw the democratically elected government led by former

prime minister thaksin shinawatra removed from office and many supporters of him and his government have come out to join this protest that started at thomas thought university across the road even though the university said that they couldn't gather there the gates are eventually open and they were able to go into the university grounds and now they have spread their protest across the road here to a park known as someone it's a historic site used by many royal ceremonies over the centuries but in recent years it's been off limits to the public it's been fenced off the protest leaders say they want to take it back for the people and that's exactly what the. president has survived an impeachment version congress wanting this kata denied accusations of corruption and of interfering in an investigation into government contracts awarded to a friend to serious money on a sunday shows reports from lima. they voted against their own intentions one

week after a majority of lawmakers decided to impeach a president at the risk of a for moral incapacity many voted against unseating him legislators said it was for the benefit of the country but due in the impeachment proceedings many had accused the scott over interfering in an investigation into a government contract awarded to a friend the president denied any wrongdoing he said he did. why are we here what's the basis that motivates this congress to impeach me which is the justified cause that until now can't be proven i mean come on man but many lawmakers who voted to impeach didn't give him the benefit of the doubt blank yet manage his idea all politicians must be ethical and we must demand good behavior that's why we must penalize the behaviors that go against the dignity appropriate for the most important job in the country. there were many different opinions throughout the

proceedings some lawmakers condemned the president others said he was morally unfit to govern but the consensus was that he must be investigated but the law protects presidents from prosecution until the end of their term recommission. i will not accept the accusations against me by a biased i ask what is the crime i'm not saying things shouldn't be investigated on the contrary i'm the 1st to be interested that the truth is known. since he took over the presidency met these cover confronted political enemies 7 cabinets ousted more than 60 ministers resigned he deserved congress last year despite surviving the impeachment the 57 year old leader has only a few allies in the legislature with little support he must rely on popular support from peruvians and with 10 months to go until his term ends 79 percent said he should stay and yes i'm just i'm just. this is the news hour from al-jazeera still

to come on the program calls for years for sudan's government to do more to prevent future disasters as it tackles the worst flooding in a century. and in the u.k. as the government there fails to meet demand for coronavirus testing leading to long delays. and in sports n.b.a. superstar le bron james isn't happy about a rare 2nd place finish far will be able to add to the rest of the day's action little ace. alexina valmy is walking again after emerging from a coma a few days ago the russian opposition leader says that his recovery is going well but it will take a long time he's being treated in germany is don't to say that he was poisoned with the russian nerve agent nor the chalk last month the kremlin denies involvement but

speaks to alex teves off who's a specialist on russia at a lecture in modern european history at queen's university belfast good to have you with us next election of ali says that he wants to return to russia eventually how much will this situation of of help to standing in the country or perhaps hollande it. well it's very do if you could to tell in the moment but i think there's a very big gap between khalid street in the west his his boys in how it's received in russia and in russia it's old been tied up in various conspiracy theories as you would expect but also additional fact is the very heavy western crush on russia to investigate and threats over a sanctions but if you're from the u.n. the recent announcement by the european parliament of calls for so-called no on the sanctions i think this will impact the law as he is standing with the with the public if those sanctions were implemented and were named after him so it's it's

a double edged sword his supporters are still committed and. enthusiastic about him bots the wider public the hops who have a different pinball who having left the country he was very sick obviously unconscious when he was flown to germany had little choice in the matter those around it made the decision for him to be able to return to the country. well i mean it so the russian authorities will be very. kind of faced with a very hard dynamic in a sense that. he's returned if he returns and he resumes he has to just be sure there was don't like the we've got much less room for them to do anything about it because they'll be such so much more. international attention paid to whatever they do the kind of paint him on the regular basis as they used to of the guns which in the jail in certain of the companies in him again if it was then we did it but at the same time the laws on the vine need self yes to kind of tread very careful

line in a sense that he doesn't want to be a bit too long but realistic you know russian the russian public and there is weston calls the sanctions imposed in russia on individuals but also on. the gas pipeline which is being built and so forth really make make he's situation within russia a little bit more precarious as well i would say with the public as well as the thought that he has a long road to recovery as he himself has as admitted if and when he is fit enough to resume his political campaigning will he be a strong as he as he once was is his political career over do you think now because of everything that's happened to some extent those who set out to kill him didn't kill him but they may well have ended up ending his political career. well in the north he's but if you're korea is will be just told but as i think what we can say

to show is that it's not going to be the same as it was before because for all the factors because of the poisoning because of the international pressure and sanctions. and because of the him now the 3rd just basically how it treats him as they used to treat him before so it's a difficult one and i'm a i'm still not 100 percent sure that they would actually let him return to russia the could be a pressure for him just to stay away a whole you know legally the count to beat the russians that is and to return to russia but if you look at the got tickets bottles cases. because the there is some mom and son something for them to to try to prevent his return so we will see what happens if they actually 1st thing for him to do is actually physically return to russia and then. to see what happens then but i don't think it will be the same as it was before could so to an extent a thanks indeed eryxias off there in belfast. thousands of women have joined the

latest anti-government protest in bella reuss demonstrations that show no sign of slowing despite increasingly violent crackdowns by police thousands of people have been arrested the protesters are demanding the resignation of president alexander lukashenko saying that a recent election was rigged let's go live now to minsk step costner's the step where you what's happening. live live live right here here at this rally that joined by around 2000 women at the moment there were just before a few detentions so bikers who are joining this crowd on the road with their motorbikes police came asked police came and if you take these people women are very angry they were surrounding these policemen but they didn't manage to have freedom these women are still on the street despite massive the time since that we saw last week tens of women were then picked up by must man and brought to the

detention center they stayed there for a couple of nights we saw women who were released just a couple of days ago and they're back here in this rally because they say this is a marathon not a sprint and we will have to keep this pressure go away and in terms of size how does this turn a straight compared to others that we've seen of late where where is the security presence. the security forces are now a little bit further on way you describe a significant group of women i'm really what you're also into in the last couple of weeks if the group grows bigger than the security forces sort of step aside but if the group is small enough then they come and they surround a group of $4050.00 people and they will pick them all up and put them in the detention of field goals so that's basically the strategy of the government so when women and also my men are gathering they always make sure that they wear the.

substantial. grouped together so they can have this this force and they also say that they have to keep walking because as soon as they stand still they are all there now shouting against police because police is over there the police is also filming everyone in the crowd it's also a way of like scaring women away but these women are not scared they go even up to mass produce been dropped the mass to make sure that their identities are being revealed and they can be possibly brought to court and held accountable later for the filings they have committed or said many thanks indeed i was there a steadfast reporting live from bits. a growing number of corona virus cases among refugees on the greek island of less boss is causing concern at least 214 infections of been confirmed thousands of refugees are being moved into a new camp after the previous one to europe's largest bond down 10 days ago let's go now i have found less post serious stuff need is the staff how many people are

living at this camp now is it ready for so many of the. it doesn't seem to be ready we understand around 9000 people are now in this camp you can see it behind us it's very much open to the ottomans it's a very windy day today. you can see people still carrying some of the aid handouts to put into their tents what is interesting what we've seen today is that people are being allowed to leave they were very concerned that they would be locked in here we have seen people walking down the street there is one of the large supermarkets being able to buy groceries and come back but certainly also a lot of stories we're hearing from people inside that the conditions are still very harsh one meal a day we've seen some videos of the toilets aged which are you know overflowing with human gc's so certainly challenges ahead i think and we're still going to have to wait and see how things pan out this amount of people that have been housed in

such a short amount of time but this is all the result of a police operation the last 2 days of trying to push people off the streets where they'd been sheltering and living since the camp burnt down morea camp and this is how that a lot of foldit. it's a crush of broken hopes the suffocating heat not making their weight any easier on the 2nd day of a greek police operation to move refugees into the new camp on the island of les voss we saw them rounding up hundreds of people in various areas making them wait before joining the long queues and. the situation is bad run fortunately affected by problems created by for example the afghans they do awful things who were put in the same basket there's no justice now the police came to our tents and kick us out what can we do as the day went on this road once packed with refugees and migrants almost empty. some try to argue but there is no point the last few

finally making their way to the new camp they prefer to sleep on the streets rather than move into the new facility aid agencies are concerned it is problems with the conditions. especially today where the camp is not ready for the people 10012002 be taken to it what is it for are we talking about 2nd morea with the people piling up the terrible conditions or talking about a reception camp for transit of the population on their way to other places but we're extremely worried that in fact it's just a containment policy that's going to be maintained that is just going to keep people there for months on that or even years and conditions are going to be worsening usually this would be an ideal location nestled on the shores of a greek island but these tents are a symbol of broken policies of delayed bureaucracy as well as broken spirits and

lives on hold. stuff with coronaviruses cases on the rise among refugees how concerned for the safety of people. yes of course the coronaviruses nation i think so that's why you saw those huge queues going into that cabin are important because everyone is being tested but they're doing a rapid test results come out in about 15 minutes or so but on the flip side of that the doctors tell us that you know the reliability of those are not always 100 percent and it is our test is usually needed to follow the law but again we're going to have to wait and see if the early days of age we're trying to but certainly it's a lot of people that are very short about the toy that they're be house for what the people here want is to get off the island this is the bottom line betty been waiting here for over a year now the european union say that they're going to reassess their migration policy we're expecting some kind of talk about that at the end of this month but i think what's going to be interesting is how is that going to translate to the

people here we've been talking to people throughout the last couple of days saying that they feel forgotten you know what not telling us tell us just yes or no we just need an alternative living in limbo for over a year is certainly something that nobody wants so i think massive challenges still ahead a.j. when it comes to these people yes are being temporarily housed but this is a temporary solution certainly not a long term 10 stuff they do occur reporting live from a very windy less boresome in greece left many thanks indeed let's go to weather for costs just as in folks here a forecast that has everything in it but the kitchen sink yeah that's right says it's very much a title of 2 seasons so we've got no sign of the hurricane season ending in the alliance you can the caribbean. winter weather down in south american incidentally that snowy weather that we saw in that windy weather that we saw in greece that's the back edge of the storm that we saw the medication that we've had very close to greece that's not with the wintry weather that we have in south america unusually

wintry weather here a little area of cloud there just around bolivia and this is where it has been affected a good dusting of snow here we will see temperatures picking up quite nicely by day over the next couple of days but by night those temperatures really falling away quite sharply and they are again getting close to freezing you see some wet weather wintry weather by night making its way across the past pushing a little further north was this push up further north still into the caribbean then and his is where we have a tropical storm beta that's making its way towards stex us at the moment it's making a northerly path is pushing further north as winds around 95 kilometers per hour it is expected to intensify as we go on through the next 24 to 48 hours and sometime on sunday will probably be upgraded to a hurricane as it does it will push a lot of very wet weather lot of windy weather up towards northern parts of western parts of the gulf of mexico so that's the remainder of sas as

a there we go on into sunday in the outer bands starting to lash the shores of southern texas and it's really sunday going on into monday we can expect it to make landfall and by that stage it will be a hurricane adrian out of it and many things. still to come here on the news as the world's largest wetland burns at an unprecedented rate brazil's president says that his government should be congratulated for plus. i'm charlie and on the river otter in southwest england for an animal hunted to extinction 400 years ago is making a comeback attract new tourists and helping to reduce flooding. out of sport after 6 months away rafael nadal looks to be enjoying his return to competitive action. corruption it is there invisible behind

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well it's great to have you with us adrian for going to here but the news hour from al-jazeera the headlines liberal u.s. supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg has died at the age of $87.00 republican leaders want president trump to decide on her replacement democrats say the choice should be made by the winner of november's election. tens of thousands of tires are running against the government in the capital bangkok a student led movement is demanding new elections agree written constitution and reforms to the. russian opposition figure alexina valmy is walking again after unloading from a coma a few days ago he's talked to say that he was poisoned with a russian nerve agent last month the kremlin denies involved.

britain's government is facing increasing criticism over the lack of testing available for people with covert 19 symptoms many say they're being forced to wait for days because the system can't cope with demand for the 2nd wave of the virus emerging the government is considering introducing new restrictions are going to go joins us now from outside the testing facility in london tell us about what's happening where you are sania out in the wider u.k. . but we're outside a mobile testing one of the ones that has been set up this week where. all the calls coming in to get tested speaking to people that we've they've said that they have been pretty busy but we have seen say anything like long lines stretching on that but part of the problem is the fact that people wanting to get

tested china book in simply because the labs which process the tests on able to meet that capacity say you caught that one but one because of. that's a glass of testing that's occurring there as well so what they're having to do is to slow that right down to happen complaints across the country or people who've had to try and hack the system to try and get a test somewhere and failing to do so there has been considerable criticism of the government for not being prepared enough for this and of course it was going to be an anticipation of tests needed as that families people coming back from someone holidays children going back to school and of course that colliding with the seasonal bouts of flus and colds you know both raising sort of says similar symptoms to that of coronavirus so while the government is trying to figure out exactly how it's going to tackle this next 2nd wave the prime minister is in

downing street this weekend to try and see exactly how it's going to go on further now previously prime minister blair is just has said that to do it now but the actual lockdown would be a disaster but he said that has to be some kind of curtailing and that could include local lockdowns as well but also include some of the social constraints such as the the time zones on the hospitality venues such as pubs and restaurants and also preventing further measures preventing households from mixing. numbers not only on the rise in the u.k. but across the wider point of. well that's right sense the world health organization regional director hansen said has raised the alarm on this saying that it's very worrying looking up the numbers that it certainly there has been quite an op take in certain areas more so than the peak of that had been seen in march and primarily we're seeing these instruments

and in spain in france the red zones being the cities of the nice and special measures for to be put in there as well the majority as well that was also one of the senses oh. the peak in march is well some have had to know cuts the constraints there as well but also the czech republic and poland both of those countries have seen the highest spikes since the time demick began in poland in up to about a 1000 a day in the czech republic some 2000 cases a day being reported also in the netherlands as well of course very densely populated as well the major cities such saps the da. the hague and russia they are having to face a new series of constraints such as hospitality zones being restricted and having to close early and of course. in those areas as well any gathering up which is more than 50 people involved what they're going to have to see special permission from

local authorities if they're able to continue with those. gago standing right next to the north circular road in north london that it sounds like many thanks indeed sonia indonesia's reporting a wreck or daily increase in new coronavirus cases more than 4000 infections were recorded in the last day indonesia has the highest number of covert 19 related fatalities in southeast asia almost my into the hof 1000 people have died in russia a new corona virus infections have risen above 6000 today for the 1st time in 2 months the government says that it's increasing production of the the vaccine russia reported more than $1000000.00 infections so far guatemala's president has tested positive for covert 964 year old bro. is urging his entire cabinet to get tested he's the 4th last american leader to contracts the coronavirus.

wildfires are continuing to burn through brazil's amazon rain forest on the part of perm tomorrow wetlands with historic force president jaya bulsara says the brazil is an example for the war and its handling of the environment one aka the other care of ports the front than on the world's largest wetland and not a drop of water in sight fires have been blazing year since july leaving a trail of destruction so far there have been more than 15000 fires triple the number than the same period last year it's the worst record since 1998 when the government national institute for spatial research started measuring them so it's a really strange combination. of drought. with with bad boys from our government's lack of control. in running discourse in

the media are all the time kind of. legal crash destroyed environment because they think it's hardly coaches or mining in the teachers like they're trying to a huge mistake. it was all the fire to get into the now and nazi germany. it does have an effect on what the cycles that irrigate our agricultural in. flames have already incinerated animal sanctuaries and also farms like this one. didn't mean it's we saw it all come to and then including the animals it's very sad because we couldn't do anything and then there is the blinding smoke which experts say will soon darken the skies in cities like some powerful more than a 1000 kilometers away from the. present. has been downplaying the

fires are being exaggerated by environmentalists the press and foreign governments but the smoke almost cut short his visit to the author not a plane was forced to abort a perfect time to land in my state in the heart of the region also natto didn't go near the fires he visited farmers rode a tractor and dismissed criticisms from abroad like those made by the european union. being largely criticised and attacked by countries who compete with us exporting agricultural goods they don't have problems with fires because they've already burnt all their forests. but investors both in brazil in abroad have done more than criticizable sinatra's policy they're threatening to stop buying products from a country that doesn't take the environment seriously meineke an active al-jazeera

rio de janeiro u.s. marines have been called in to help fight wildfires in california dozens of been trying to help emergency crews but being stretched to the limit by unprecedented 5 along the west coast at least 25 wildfires are being forced in california alone and in oregon and washington state at least 35 people have died a huge areas of land destroyed. sudan's government is being urged to prevent more damage from loss of life from flooding for a 1000000 people have been forced from their homes 100 have died people living close to the river nile so the authorities must monitor river levels more closely they're calling on the government to address the poor planning of buildings and roads in flood prone areas of zeros hippa morgan reports now from courtroom where the government is calling for help from the international community this of course is the worst floods it's been seen in more than a century and the water levels of the nile river is receding. and in the north and

in the southern part of the country in the northern part of the country especially river now state however the story is still very much the same the state is still witnessing devastation from the floods the level is still very high and that's because there is another river that is contributing to the nile that also comes from the highlands that's the odd but a river and because of heavy rains and if you've been high lands more water has been flowing down that river downstream to the nile so people there still remain displaced still suffering from the devastating effects of this never before never seen before floods the number of those who've been displaced has risen to 650000 over the past week and the government is warning that there will be more floods as more rains are expected on the if you can highlight so people are saying that they're concerned because they're already seeing rises in the number of cases of water borne diseases they saying that they're reporting what's very diarrhea they're reporting but they're worried about what would happen when the water goes

down and the water inside the villages and towns remain stagnant that's when they're going to see cases of malaria coming up and they say that they are already suffering from the losses of their homes off their properties in a country that is going through a very harsh economic crisis where the currency of the sudanese pound continues to devalue so they're saying that even affording treatment if this crisis continues will be very hard for them so they urging the government to respond. ivory coast's governing party is holding an election campaign rally in abidjan ahead of next month's general election tension is running high there off the country's top court bardot position leaders. of laurent gbagbo from contesting the poll president alassane ouattara is seeking a 3rd term in office even though the constitution forbids it without a says he has no choice following the certain death of his chosen successor in july let's bring in money russia below up from cameroon she's in africa affairs analyst and president of the african international media group good to have you with us how

credible is the president's claim that he has no other choice here. well you know it's a matter of interpretation and also what we consume bodybags is not not she knew he had one short of his a comeback to a back to the new under the new competition he's allowed to run it did that before running for the 2nd. so i ask that he run for the perfect job he say's you know actually i'm allowed to run but i don't i'm not sure i want to do that because i want to hand over power to a new generation but i could do that if this were like. the former president calderon but he wants to because he's all of a generation is and he supposed to we withdraw like i will do. now i think one of these men which is issue was for us to maintain sort of accretion

within his own body which you would believe would probably explode under the ambitions as possible successors and the 2nd reason is that. what you've lot is is still hating wi-fi but fast wave form uprising in previous crises and that we have back to a big it was economy. with private sort of and it isn't the be the result. of crazies even if they've recently by right back around and they are doing very well actually is like maybe i should say that bit better before i leave power so how do you see the list coming out but i've already been protests will the election itself a mob of violence. where. is this in the at risk of violence for sure. dion saw awards that have been excluded it.

cannot run is a former rebel leader and he had sort of a connection but. but but i would say to counter shock of that i bring in people are. fed up with. it's not very likable that is likely likely that they will follow and that they will. do i think violence just because politicians want to separate. because that's what is about. it is not really running deep in the country as that's why it's the right match their leader this one to take over after what they are and. try and do. a lot of people into a violent cycle ok but i think there's a chance that it will not quite. good still too many thanks for being with us many

russia but the other. britain france and germany say the u.n. sanctions relief for iran will continue despite american pressure the u.s. triggered a 30 day process of the u.n. security council last month pressing for the reimposition of sanctions on sunday the european nations say that's illegal because the u.s. withdrew from the iran nuclear deal 2 years ago. for a 2nd day taiwan says that it scrambled jets in response to an approach made by chinese aircraft taiwan's defense ministry says the aircraft crossed the mid line of the taiwan straits and had a fence missile system has been deployed the military tension coincides with a visit by a senior u.s. official to taiwan will dignitaries from taiwan japan and the u.s. are among dozens of officials paying tribute to 4 taiwanese president lee teng quaid at

a memorial service in new taipei city lee passed away in july at the age of 97 taiwanese president saying when praised leave the building a morton country. home that castle sums he done as everyone is familiar with former president lee was an outstanding politician he was an agriculture expert a philosopher and a devoted christian the contributions he accumulated during his life built up to taiwan and we are now living in a place in romania have recovered read books stolen in london 3 years ago they include 1st editions of works by isaac newton and galileo the rarities which are worth more than 3000000 dollars were found buried under a house in rural romania. just ahead here on the news hour in sports conditions get tough for the players at the u.s. open far ahead with that latest from golf's 2nd major championship of the.

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as we bring you the latest developments from across the globe coronavirus funded special coverage on a. war the war or. so on. that i get type support his foreign agent thank you so much patrick reid has the half way lead at the u.s. open the 2018 masters champion is aiming to win his 2nd major title day 2 of the competition so many high profile players falling out of contention and the richardson reports this was the day when new york's winged foot calls bad its claws . with the wind blowing and greens quickening rory mcilroy it was just one play

it's a struggle. the full time major champion started the day just 2 shots off the lead he finished round 2 on 3 over 7 shots adrift. tiger woods won't be around for the final 2 days of competition he missed the halfway cuts feels like the way the golf courses changing is turning into. and by who makes the cut has as opportunity to to win the championship and. don't give myself that opportunity. 2018 masters champion patrick reid is at the top of the leaderboard on 4 under par . he too had a far from easy day his level par round included as many bogeys as it did birdies at this venue only want to 5 men's u.s. open when as this finished under par i feel like the games were need to be feel good i just need to tighten a few things up here and there but the short game sharpen when you play around

plays like this and that's what you need. japan's hideki matsui ahmet was one of the few plays to hit an underpowered around he's well placed on even par for the tournament. bryson december has spent the last year gaining weight and muscle and the americans power game is well suited to these conditions he's on 300 just one shot behind reed i feel great i mean confidence is at an all time high right now driving it well i am plays fantastic wedging is getting better each and every day and i'm putting it like i know i can so very very happy also still in seattle consumption is 1st round leader justin thomas will start house on saturday on 2 under par. on the rich it's an al-jazeera. of the l.a. lakers chris to victory over the denver nuggets to clinch game one of the western conference finals the top seeds don't waste any time opening up a double digit lead in the 1st half after me davis started with 37 points and 10 rebounds lebron james out in 15 more as the lakers it will pass the nuggets

126-2114 but it wasn't all good news for james he was voted the league's 2nd most valuable player losing out to the milwaukee boxes yanis and had a couple. of finished 2nd a lot in my career either from a championship now 4 times or the m.v.p. . you know like i say i never never came into his leagues and the me be m.v.p. be a champion i've always i just want to get better and better every single day and those things that kate take your a self. there's some things this is a lot of money and some things you can't control favre president says this year's club world cup will have to be postponed due coronavirus the competition was due to be held in catarrh this december for the 2nd straight years the country builds up to hosting the main world cup in 2 years' time and tino says he's confident the

2022 event will go ahead as planned. i hope. that by the end of 2022 we will not have this problem anymore at least not in the same shape or form as we have it now why i'm confident there will be a vaccine or there will be a medication that will make us come back to normal life and we're trying really champions liverpool have signed their 2nd player in as many days 23 year old portuguese striker diogo gilles is joining the club from wolves and a deal worth more than $50000000.00 on friday spanish international thiago alcantara officially completed his move from bahrain munich bahrain takes off there but his legal title defense with an emphatic victory on friday european champions be shocked at 8 no in the season opener search going to start on the night with a hat trick foreigner looking to win germany's top division for a 9th time in

a row i think it was a perfect start for us most important is the team performance obviously i'm happy to have scored 3 goals they were assisted great by the team mates and that's how we want to continue we know it's not going to be easy and we can rely on that game today on thursday we have another game which we have to win so as to focus on the. world number 2 simona halep is through to the semifinals of the italian open. save of kazakstan was forced to retire from their last 8 match with a back injury how it is building up to the final grand slam of the year that's the french open which starts next sunday. and the men's draw a rafael nadal looks to be enjoying his return to competitive action after 6 months away he has dropped just 6 games in his 1st 2 matches and is through to the port of . didn't travel to the recent us open due to concerns about corona virus and will never be able to deal with schwartzmann say you would always say that is ok and

that is all your support for now adrian back to you for a body thanks indeed that animal hunted to extinction in england 400 years ago is making a comeback beavers thriving in the county of devon and as charlie angela discovered that attracting tourists as well as improving water quality and reducing the risk of flooding. a family of beavers frolicking on the river otter hunted to extinction in the 17th century for their fur and meat eurasian beavers were discovered here 12 years ago no one knows where they came from the when the government threatened to remove them fearing they could carry disease there was local outcry the beavers were allowed to stay for 5 years as long as they were closely study scientists said the benefits they bring obvious there's a whole long list but 4 main ones are flood reduction so when they build dams they reduce flooding downstream water quality improvements those same dams capture pollutants receive carbon capture within the dams in the vegetation that grows in

the sediments behind them and then we see an explosion in the wall of life so much more wetland wildlife than losing it and after the beaver sort of for a columnist. 15 families now live here and the government has sanctioned their reintroduction across the country it's a groundbreaking decision returning a once extinct native species to england but not without problems beavers are brilliant architects cutting down trees to build dams which create deep pools of water to hide in and store their plant food you can see here free food is created it's funny i believe it and it's a welcome change for this land 1st on land then is a concern that some of the downs could flood their fields conservationists are urging the government to provide funds so that everyone can embrace their return. flooding and managing it is already costing the u.k. $2800000000.00 a year ecologist sikkim to point out that the work they believe is due has real

value far outweighing the costs of mine the floods to farm and these beaver dams store water they can slow the flow of water through catchments which can alleviate flooding and create more for resilient landscapes on the beavers slope water down as it moves through their territory and that has the impact on. sediment dropping out of the water and that can trap environmental pollution such as phosphate in the trades so a release of species to be introduced in england back on the rivers the numbers growth so his interest in them attracting tourists and boosting the local economy. this female has for spring will each go out to find their own river to build lodges and dams on spreading the benefits across the country al-jazeera southwest england . only on al-jazeera would you get such a variety of news stories fascinating in our next bulletin will take you live to the supreme court in washington and to minsk the capital of beit over syria just.

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it could be the biggest land grab in history. as powerful nations lay claim to territories under the ocean $21.00 geologists are secretly plotting new borders. as the struggle for resources intensifies some of the world's most powerful scientists speak out. oceans manakin on a. deported from the u.k. indoctrinated by somalia's and shambat how can a young man disillusioned by 5 rebuild his life as a mixed race going to make a good steak. and reunite his family africa's no not call me off my kid last warrior a witness documentary on a jesse. al-jazeera

. the loss of a powerful liberal voice a political battle broun's of a take ruth bader ginsburg's place in america's highest course. again i'm adrian finnegan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up back on his face a poisoned russian opposition leader alexina valmy says his work.