transponding soon consultation was up in the country as we close on the field struck a little bit on al jazeera. al-jazeera . hello bear welcome to this al-jazeera news i am alamo his senior coming to you live from doha coming up in the next 60 minutes 2 men a court says to the convicts it's one acquitted over 10 years or westgate shopping mall attack that left overseas almost 70 people dead. violence in greece after extreme far right parsi is ruled to be a criminal gang that brutally target migrants and apartments. cities come under

heavy bombardment since facing between armenia and azerbaijan class these subway falso gallery transporting commuters far beyond slums and sandals to get a new perspective on the world. and sport le bron james leads the l.a. lakers to victory in game 4 of the n.b.a. finals the lakers are now just one win away from securing the chance. but we begin in kenya where record stands convicted 2 men for their role in a shopping center attack 7 years ago a 3rd was acquitted know the men were charged with helping al shabaab fighters stormed nairobi's westgate mall back in 2013 killing 67 people during a sea. that lasted for 4 days the attack came 2 years after kenya sent troops into

neighboring somalia 5 nights catherine sawyer who is in nairobi catherine it's been 7 years but this verdict will finally give some crucial for the victims. yes finally and. the chief magistrate chief magistrate francis and i really summarize 70 is all of that trial that started right after the attack on westgate mall he summarized this trial in about 3 and a half hours where he talked about the witnesses 46 witnesses were used by the prosecution and really the prosecution lawyers relied quite heavily on call logs. 5 of conversations between the accused people and the 4 attackers were killed in the hour westgate attack they were killed by security forces so the prosecution

lawyers saying that the accused were in constant communication weave that attack and months and days before that attack in fact the lawyers say that one of their cues as. talk to one of the gunman a 109 times between june and september of 2030 in the prosecutor prosecutors also say that vehicle that was used transport. the attackers to the westgate mall that vehicle was the chased one of the accuse us today was involved in but changing of that vehicle prosecution lawyers also saying that a computer found in possession or one of the accused had a terrorism related material that was used to come in the commission of the crime now on the other hand defense lawyers say that all this is based on circumstantial

evidence they say that. they did the what the prosecutors are saying is the stories and fantasies and theories that really don't warrant a conviction then chief magistrate and i gave his verdict he acquitted a why. one of the 3 suspects maher who he said i had no the prosecution did not provide enough evidence to directly link him to any of what happened on the way scared but then he found that the 2 of the and hussein has him guilty of the terrorism related charges and in the in the last few days i've been speaking to survivors i spoke to one man called ben moore who was at the westgate mall during that attack and he said that even if the case has taken so long he's just happy that perhaps now that the vatican is how he will be able to move on going forward. and a friend were driving into the basement parking of the westgate mall when they had

the 1st blast then got shots from moment he thought it was a robbery what's a little more times it's going to swear i was right there is a security guard who was right next to me was shot in the head. and i didn't realize i was injured i'm too. risky to my right and as i was trying to get out that's when i realized i had a lot of blood that security guard was among the 67 people killed in a 4 day siege in september 7 years ago 4 gunmen stormed the market mall and will be seized by security forces the attackers were eventually killed in a government operation that some kenyans criticized as being on coordinated slowing response and clumsy. the armed group al-shabaab based in neighboring somalia say this man carried out their talk. 3 men suspected of helping coordinate the attack was charged with multiple offenses including conspiracy to commit

a terrorist act the judgment comes almost 7 years after the trial started some security analysts say it has taken too long if we have difficult laws the be more to allow us to expedite justice especially for to resume we need a mental small's and make them conform with our times because the times we are ina become tourism times to other major attacks in kenya have happened since westgate in 2015 gunmen killed more than a 100 people mostly students at a university in the northeast and in 21000 the luxurious hotel in nairobi was attacked and 21 people killed westgate mall was reopened 5 years ago but some survivors and families of the dead remain too traumatized to visit they say they want justice and hope the decision by the court will give them closure in some way benmore hopes that their judgment in the courtroom will help heal the wounds that still run deep. vasa guilty verdicts that spin.

when will the sentence. well the chief magistrate said that he will deliver his sentence of the 22nd of october and that was after the prosecution came out and said that before the sentencing that they want the some of the survivors and those who lost their loved ones to give their testimonies the defense also say that they need some pre-sentencing report from security forces they need to be assured also for example that the man who has been acquitted who was a refugee is going to be handed over to the u.n. refugee agency unit 7. the defense also say that they need to be assured of the status of another of the accused 3 the man one of the men who was convicted who was

also a refugee who status was revoked so they need to know the status ahead of sentencing we did speak to the prosecution lawyers as well who are saying that they are happy broadly about the conviction and they're going to be pushing for the maximum sentence of 20 as. catherine sorry that life is in for no thank you. and greece leaders of the far right golden dawn party have been found guilty of running a criminal gang police firing tear gas at their supporters who began attacking by the protesters and police after the virtex over the safe verdicts effectively bans golden dawn which was once greece's 3rd largest political force the american trial assessed 4 cases at once 1st the killing of the rapper pavlos faces in the 23rd scene a golden dawn supporter was found guilty along with 15 accomplices then there was

the attempted murder of immigrant fisherman in $2125.00 golden dawn members were convicted of that charge for more members or friend guilty over attacks on communist trade unionists that happened the same year and finally as you mentioned the ruling that golden dawn itself is a criminal organization and its leader and 18 former members of parliament were among those convicts is greece's prime minister has welcomed the end of what he called a traumatic cycle of public life. to remember with today's decision by the remember criminal court of appeals on the actions of color in tone from arctic circle in the public life of the country comes to a close is political dimension his fortunately been charged by the secret of the republic. to be not information from parliament now the independent judiciary give its own answer. well petrus for so this is

a political analyst from greece and european affairs he joins us now by skype from brussels gets talked a year on the news we just heard the greek prime minister saying the varitek and the traumatic cycle in the country's public life. we're seeing prove violent process of seeing on the streets of athens as we speak. i think the verdict handed down today certainly a welcome development in the effort to push back on the advance of the season but it's certainly not the end of sauces them in country in the country not least because the underlying reasons that brought to prominence called them dawn and ball didn't just elements within their greece haven't disappeared they are so sure kaname as well as political conditions of the have allowed them to gain seats in the european parliament national parliament but also don't need to anyways for so long are still there we conducted an appeal to our taking part as it needs it's

a cut you off there but that's an interesting point that you may get mean there are so we can't forget that there is a lot of people did supports this organization in greece at one point more the efforts are being made to try and kinds of the elements that rule schools and so on to such prominence and to gain such support from a march chunk of the greek population at one stage. in the it after almost 10 years old for staring at the financial crises and in the context of the migration crises the country is currently facing in the government and other stakeholders in greece but also of course the european you know must address those root causes the vast majority of greeks really only and made it about 63 percent of the ceiling but that is around but in a polity in that voice doesn't sound doesn't count 59 percent of greeks believe

that politicians don't listen to that. 79 percent of good experience that corruption is strong in the country those kind of sentiments have been exploited by the golden dawn and other far right movements and politicians to push air and none to stop message that resonated with these people that excluded them and desperate and as it is aren't allowed. if i. don't do it again prominent the same watch with migration a lot of people feel greece would be better off if it wasn't for migration although 60 percent of people in fact think short and as a result the. far right golden dawn in particular have used that sentiment is enough for big sentiment has gained it a lot of world until we address those 'd that sense of our nation and that sense of fear for migration those felt by many greeks the danger of resurfacing of fascism

will always be there and so so who do you think that's to be stepping up here to tackle this because this migration problem is something that the european union has grappled with for years and that there seems to be no progress being made certainly the financial situation in greece and they are sterritt see that many greeks live under isn't going away any time soon where does the concerted effort need to come from in a bid to tackle these problems. we need to have a. approach on migration from the european union are a much more comprehensive one the one we currently have in place one based actually directly and the equal searing was their responsibility of dealing with it the desperate people who are flocking to the border of europe running away from war and environmental disaster and fear we are able to do that the pressure will always fall on the weakest link and as

a result this will be felt hardest on those countries that are on the song or dealing with a migration crisis european commission has made a proposal for a new migration that will call some way to address those common challenges but we truly core more european migration policy we will not be able to solve the problem is much bigger than any of the member states indeed petra's us agreed to get your thoughts thank you so much for joining us on the from brussels more opposition led process are being held in kyrgyzstan despite the resignation of the prime minister and promises of a new election but there's going confusion over who is running the country a presence protesters of taking control of government buildings the prime minister has been replaced by an opposition politician he was freed from jail just the day

before by protesters since he follows the and moments of sunday's parliamentary election that many say was rigged let's get more now from charles stratford's he joins us live from. the opposition or refusing to recognize this new prime minister he's been sworn in and they've got their own man instead. that's right certainly a group of 13 opposition parties calling themselves the coordination council there but council was full yesterday they've come out with a statement this evening saying indeed that they call them entry session that voted for the new prime minister yesterday they described as invalid they have put their own man forward and they want or trying to organize a session of parliament to be held to the secret location so a vote can be taken on the issue. we've been standing outside the prime minister's

said cool to us here in bishkek for a few hours quite dramatic scenes actually a lot of the new prime minister support is here. the fear is that we could be witnessing the beginnings of a standoff between the vast amount of supporters for the new prime minister and opposition groups that the don't want him in power and in nominating their own person their own man that is a concern. as an indication of just how rough the list's this country feels at the moment the president has come out in the last. president jeenbekov he's given a fairly out of dion statement he said he's called on all policies to come together for negotiations but he said i'm waiting for concrete action from all qualities in a poll certainly speaking to people here that it hasn't had much impact so they're

. not very impressed that's all there is this this great sense of uncertainty continues in this country it's been in a 3 days since those elections we've seen massive protests we've seen violence and we still don't have any strong leadership or any serious indication of a plan on how to go forward it's going to be very interesting to see what happens at this parliamentary session. and who indeed is greed will become the new prime minister a. very chaotic situation in kyrgyzstan after nightfall stratford impish can't thank you. so the cartoon on the news are excellent mate said compulsories wear masks in public after a surge in corona virus infections. that ability to cut the d.n.a. where you've gone pastor evolution iced the life sciences to women are awarded the

nobel prize for chemistry for their work on genome editing and in sports best to tie in wimbledon champion is close again one of the 1st ever title at the french open. the foreign ministers of armenia and azerbaijan will meet officials from russia france and the u.s. in the coming days it's not clear if the warring sides will hold direct talks the 2 you have been facing over the disputed territory of nagorno-karabakh which has forced some residents to leave their who both sides other of targeting civilians these are pictures from the armenian sides that shoe damage from what's said to be as areas shell and in a sense a step parent carrots and this video shows a missile attack on us or by sharon's 2nd largest city of ganja these areas say or

mean it has launched attacks and several of its cities resulting in more than 20 civilian deaths. well russia's president vladimir putin is among those calling for a ceasefire despite being a military ally of armenia he's ruled they are in the conflicts on their side. on the company or on us as is well known as a member of the collective security treaty organization we have certain commitments with armenia within the strategic military actions continue up to now much to our great but they aren't conducted on the territory of armenia concerning fulfillment of our treaty obligations we have always filled and always will fulfill our commitments within this treaty. will ban its method as in greece in armenia bernard pitons comments in just a moment but there's also been some reaction from the french should what are they saying. well the french have said that there are going

to be talks on thursday in geneva and on monday in moscow of the minsk group this is france russia and the u.s. the group there was set up to try and work out a solution for nagorno karabakh after the end of the war in 1994 it hasn't done the last 30 years now al-jazeera understands that in fact it was an idea a suggestion to have these talks about 23 weeks ago and they were going to set a date up before the fighting started well now up those 2 dates has been set up and al jazeera also understands that the foreign ministers of azerbaijan and armenia will go to these talks one of the foreign ministers will go to geneva and the other one will go to moscow we don't know which way round it's going to be there obviously that won't meet each other but they will meet the minsk group leaders now what's also interesting is about what johnny le drian had to say about tookie he

said the novelty with this conflict is that there is a military involvement of turkey which risks fueling the internationalize ation of the conflict and that's interesting because turkey has dismissed the minsk group talks over the last 30 years it says they've achieved nothing there how to resolve the situation of nagorno-karabakh and turkey thinks there should be a different way forward so of course there's been no invites from the french to turkey to take part in these group talks. and burn advancing or putin says he's reiterated his pledge to honor the security pacts with our many at once does this mean. well this is making clear that the security pact with that russia has with armenia like it has with other some other former soviet republics is to protect the integrity of the republic of armenia nagorno-karabakh is not part of the republic of armenia and

enclave and is recognized as azeri territory so as long as the conflict stays within the goal no karabakh and azerbaijan and vladimir putin is not getting involved but he has reiterated his support for armenia and defending its the integrity of its republic and of course the suggestion is that turkey and its support for john is taking the gamble that as long as it keeps the conflict like but between hours of undergone or care about and russia is not going to get dragged in but other regional leaders fear that could happen iran's leader has said something similar he feels this could spread out into a wider regional conflict so it's all a bit tense at the mo it certainly is bernard smith there live for us in greece in armenia thank you. iran has registered the highest number of deaths from corona virus since the outbreak began 239 people have died in the last 24 hours

4000 new cases have been confirmed for the 2nd day in a row restrictions are being tightened across the country. in france coronavirus patients no make up more than 40 percent of people in the intensive care units in the region surrounding paris some all specials started we shared chilling plans surgeries and signs units fill up live. in paris and sasha this would suggest that the health situation in paris is deteriorating. well it's clear that paris has become something of a coronavirus whole sport in europe as the infection rates in the city continue to climb the hospital beds as health officials are pointing out could be at 50 percent capacity in intensive care units in the next to 2 weeks now hospitals are under

a lot of pressure in march and april the peak of the pandemic here in france the government has said that there will be more intensive care unit beds this time around if we see infection rates go up but many hospital workers have been saying over the past few weeks that they are still a desperately under-resourced of asked for more beds and more staff now in terms of the city the french government have actually put paris on maximum alert this week because the infection rates continue to climb here in the city now maximum alert means that there are more restrictions on the city but ours have been shut universities have been asked to reduce the amount of students going to classes by 50 percent sports facilities pools also all shut off for about 2 weeks but of course they could be shut for a lot longer than that restaurants are allowed to stay open but with more restrictions in place what the french health minister says is that it seems that it's mostly young people in their twenty's and thirty's who are testing positive

for corona virus more than other age groups and so the strategy from the government is to try and target those places where young people are so people their twenty's and thirty's more likely to go out to bars more likely to have a few drinks and let their guard down at the end of the evening that is what the government's trying to do to minimize the amount of people in that category that might be out on the streets but it is of course a very worrying situation indeed in the french capital. live from paris thank you. italy is making masks mandatory outdoors to stem the rising number of covert 19 infections the government's also extending its state of emergency until the end of january there are more than 3600 new cases reported on wed in the state has the highest in over 5 months. more still to come

only news our including if you're a parent like me you're feeling the consequences of this president's failure to take this and to make seriously. i'm a faxes says former 1st lady michelle obama's attack on president donald trump. homeless and feeling abandoned hundreds of thousands of people in pakistan are struggling to recover after a monsoon rains destroy their homes. and in sports the canadian teenager already making history in the national hockey league. things remain pretty quiet across much of the middle east at the moment loss of hazy sunshine not quite the sunny up towards the caspian sea some think a cloud still in place here say we could still see

a few shall is just around the azerbaijan pushing down to wards northern parts of iran what the weather there for tommy rationally thin and bright more in the west sunshine than showers but the shadows still there nevertheless nature still wind just picking up around the gulf so him cause how we could well see a little lifted dust and sand temperatures no higher than around $35.00 celsius lots of dry weather the showers set just towards the western end of the peninsula but of course across central africa the already season take quite nicely now sinking a little further south with some pulses of heavy rain there coming into northern parts of the democratic republic of congo pushing across uganda some big downpours here once again central parts of angle also seeing some pretty wet weather in just notice some rain there now making their way into were a good part of zimbabwe we're seeing some showers race in the into southern parts of botswana northern areas of south africa they're still there as you go on through friday but fewer and further between once again southern areas of south africa the

getting a little colder and a whole wetter. there are people in the world who want all forms of verification to just go away so we need people fighting against that we're either trying to see if it's a fake video may be in syria but in a different time they risk a great deal to find out the truth in very complex situations that include major global players we've been told to fight cyber attacks from russia they're all dangerous and through this conflict kept. troops in the posters where on 00. the world's biggest economy was put on hold. deregulating industries of old delivered new growth for a president who promised greatness again. on the coronavirus pandemic has seen resurgence replaced with a recession as the world eagerly watches on to see how either presidential

candidate might revive the flagship u.s. economy. details coverage of the u.s. elections on al-jazeera. 40. i am. this is al jazeera a quick reminder of our top stories this hour 2 men have been found guilty for their role in a shopping center attack in kenya 7 years ago a third's was acquitted they were charged with helping al-shabaab fighters stall nairobi's westgate mall in 23rd scene killing 67 people. leaders of

the greek for rights golden dawn party have been found guilty of running a criminal group that is a protesters gathered outside the courts to hear the verdicts police fired tear gas to break up the 10 stray shoots. and foreign ministers of armenia and azerbaijan will meet officials from russia france and the u.s. in the coming days it's not clear if the more insights will direct talks as face and continues over the speedy territory of nagorno karabakh. i don't know trump's senior white house advisor stephen miller has tested positive for covert 19 he joins a long list of the u.s. president's inner circle who have no contracts it's the coronavirus donald trump is being criticized for calling off the go see a sions over a new virus stimulus package talks had been underway with the democrats but the president tweeted saying he'll only pass the bill after he wins november's election

u.s. stock markets fell on hearing the news. a country which in it because he has abandoned our children we had such great provisions in the bill not that they greet all of them yet but on a path out in venue our workers need to do for america's working families and band in our fight to crush the virus which they have ignored and that we in our midst and 8 more are going to hear us alive now it's our white house correspondent kimberly holkins who joins us from washington d.c. kempley this coronavirus relief package that the president has waited sense is obviously a big political sticking point bless not forget the president has called that night seen he was discharged from hospital he's still recovering in the white house do we know how the president is at this stage because one lick it has to it's or feeds over the last couple of minutes and you could conclude that over the years that

well. i think that you know a lot of us aren't medical doctors but i think common sense prevails and would tell us that something's not 100 percent right that's for sure we know the president has covered 19 we know medical experts say he's in danger of a relapse and judging from his twitter feed which has been sporadic erratic and on a whole range of topics there are many legitimate questions about whether or not the president could be experiencing some side effects from the therapies that he is receiving we know one of the side effects is euphoria and a sense of energy and certainly that is being demonstrated almost in a level of maniacal kind of demonstration but you know again we can only as a sort of layman make these interpretations but with respect to the covert 19 negotiations that's just another example of erratic behavior because no sooner had

the president called off negotiations but then he was tweeting saying that he would in fact support and sign a stand alone bill that would allow for $1200.00 for american voters and that he would sign that right away but what he doesn't seem to understand is that this is already something that was proposed by republicans and rejected by democrats late last week so it's clear that this president is feeling frustrated he wants to get on the campaign trail he says he's going to be at the debate on the 15th however his democratic challenger joe biden says as long as the president has covered $1000.00 he doesn't think that that is safe to do so in the midst of it we know that the president has launched operation magazine called make america great again essentially this is dispatching his children to campaign in battleground states on his behalf as he continues to recover at the white house where we know the infections are continuing to rise many staff members working at home or if they're at the office they're in full personal protective equipment. you reference there we

have another presidential debates. possibly next week but in a few hours time we do have a debate that is confirmed to go ahead that's the vice presidential debates we've seen coming. and the vice president mike pence this will be quite hotly anticipated given the states of the race right now and certainly given the the health of the presidents and the age of the challenger taking on an increasing importance what will americans be looking for in this debate. well right now the advantages in the side of the democrats who are leading nationally if the election were called today winning by 16 percentage points however when it comes to this debate in the face off between kamel harris the vice presidential nominee for the democrats and mike pence the current republican vice

president the edge is a little bit smaller in favor of kummel harris 43 to 37 percent believe that couple harris will win this what we expect she's going to hammer the president on is all pandemic all the time the ledge mishandling of the pandemic by the trumpet ministration but republicans have a few tricks up their own sleeve they are going to be portraying coming to harris we're told as sort of representative of the extreme part of the republican party the most radical wing her policies reflecting that they're also potentially going to hit her hard on comments she made in the presidential contest within the room democratic party where she alleged that her running mate now joe biden was a bigot that he was racist she's going to have to try and walk those comments back now and those are difficult ones to walk back perilous whipping all of that under the rug rug to accept. the position of the running mate so these are the challenges

for come what harris but again she's experienced debater and most people believe she'll come out on top wait to see. later on the seed bank before night kimberly home in washington d.c. thank you. well let's get more now on those that has rob reynolds takes a closer a lincoln high in that debate is shaping up. amidst the head spinning events of the past week the vice presidential debate on wednesday takes on unprecedented significance this is going to be a critically important debate usually the debates are sideshows with the candidates earnestly discussing issues and tossing the occasional verbal zinger but as vice president mike pence and senator camel harris take to the stage in salt lake city the main issue is literally a matter of life or death i think there's going to be an enormous focus on the

president's health mr biden's health as well frankly they are the 2 oldest presidential nominees in american history a book right now with the president ill and some questions swirling about how truly ill he is it really puts into stark contrast what this debate is actually about in it used making sure that a person is ready to become president at a moment's notice in terms of substance the debate will almost certainly focus on how the trumpet ministration has handled the pandemic that puts pince who chairs the white house coronavirus task force in a difficult spot he ran the task force he was chosen by the president to do it he was responsible for those early you know statements about just flattening the curbs i mean i imagine those that are working with kind of iris in preparation for this debate are spending a lot of their time coming up with creative ways to lay this all at the feet of the

vice president and the president the style of the 2 candidates is quite different pence's stoic unflappable and unlikely to get rattled on stage he's a seasoned debater and his experience as a radio talk show host in the 1990 s. prepared him to think on his feet harris a former courtroom prosecutor has shown her ability to disconcert administration officials in senate hearings i wouldn't i wouldn't. yes i'm not. but i will repeat it with great uncertainty over whether the 2 remaining presidential debates will take place at all the showdown in salt lake city may be the last debate before election day in a campaign full of unpredictable twists robert oulds al jazeera and you can watch that debates live here on al-jazeera coverage of the vice president vice presidential debates will come from 01 g.m.c.

on thursday morning. now the former 1st lady michelle obama has attacked on the trump in a new video she was accusing him of racism and mishandling coronavirus and urged people not to waste their votes if you are a parent like me you're feeling the consequences of this president's failure to take this pandemic seriously from his constant downplaying of the importance of mask and social distancing today more americans have died from this virus than died in the wars in iraq afghanistan vietnam and korea combined take all those lives bravely sacrificed and double that that is roughly the scale of this tragedy and our commander in chief sadly has been missing in action. the belarusian opposition leaders for granted seconal sky has been put

on russia's wanted list and it's not clear when she was added to the database or exactly what she's wanted for the kremlin backs or opponents from the russian president of xander look who's been facing mass protests since being accused of rigging elections. tens of thousands of south african workers have taken part in nationwide antigovernment protests they want president zuma run force us to address job losses wage cuts and cases there's anger over missing from history the 26000000000 dollars coronavirus relief package money was meant to be spent on protective equipment for frontline workers and to help those who votes their jobs from either miller has this update from pretoria. this is the final gathering quite a few 100 protesters here in riyadh right the national treasury and this is where

they want the government's attention and they want a member of issues addressed one of the main concerns of people here are the number of tribes that have been lost in recent months. april and july about 2300000 jobs were lost in the statistics show the problem africa has an unemployment rate of 13 point one percent people also angry about corruption this is been a longstanding issue in south africa which has been further highlighted carrying the colbert 19 pantomimic government money that was supposed to be spent on the fighting the pentium in $1.00 of the was meant to be spent on personal protective equipment money that was meant for you affairs the health care services in this country instead it is alleged to have been stolen yacht tie and all. corruption we want our wages. we want our employment what's it's been

dong we've been we've been waiting for a long time and try and often like and dice of the coming product of quality of the lawyers to. watch and make them sit and send a clear signal. to the awful state of the force also has the. truth about it and you'd rather be speaking to visit the us. as a nurse by their profession i am demonstrator with the postage present budget there is nothing for us as in this is only canada given has only. been a composition is a nuisance and there's nothing for us including trees that matter how about none of them would get in there with a bus or we're here to greet people here say enough being not enough has been done more to deal with corruption with unemployment and also an ailing economy one of

the avocations here people wanted traced is that all the civil servants and teachers and nurses and people who work for the government and say that they've never received a pay rise this year the tables have been criticised by south africans who say things that they shouldn't be asking for money the people here say that should be as racist. and pakistan more than 1000000 people are struggling to recover from 2 months to have a say since floods the province of sindh says finn worst hit charlotte dallas reports. the rains began in august in the southern port city of karachi they were the heaviest in almost a seam tree they lashed the surrounding province of sindh for 2 months monsoon rains fell on already salt and ground resulting in devastating floods the wood food programme in sindh government believes that more than 1200000 people have lost more

than 90 percent of their belongings and crops used to go to. 20 families live here and our village has been swept away we haven't received any tents or rations yet now we are under the open skies seeking mercy from god. residents in rule since say they feel abandoned by the government they have been worst hit most families have lost livestock nearly all their crops are ruined and 2 thirds of irrigation infrastructure is damaged that the b.b. i got. we lost everything in these flood waters our house our cattle and our belongings we hardly say anything there isn't any help from the government and we're faced with starvation and we don't have any money to rebuild our house this isn't a government declared a state of emergency in late august they say they're assessing the damage to infrastructure like roads and communications that are overwhelmed african government i strongly protested with the federal government about their epiphanies

towards this disaster i asked them several times to call international agencies and friendly countries to help at this crucial time to reach out to these poor people but there was no response. hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced some have found safety on a bank mints although there are widespread who had use of food in clean drinking water residents lack basic amenities including toilets the wood food program says it is particularly concerned with winter approaching and the 3 of water borne diseases we expect assistance continue. at least through to the end of november and drops into the middle of december at least in terms of relief support for those people who lost their homes this will be a critical. part of an ongoing effort right now in an area known as the bread basket of sin and there is little to be harvested these people rely on the

rain for their livelihoods but this year it took much more than it gave charlotte palace. and nobel prizes are being handed out this week so far the medicine and physics class agrees in awards and the chemistry that's gone to 2 women emanuel sharp on ca from france american jennifer do it now they've been honored for their ground breaking work and genome ads saying their method of making changes to the d.n.a. of cells is known as rewriting the codes of life well for philip broad with his the business editor for chemistry magazine he explains how genome editing may be able to improve our lives. this particular discovery what a way of selectively editing genomes is extremely powerful it could be and we've already seen commercial up the all of the beginnings of commercial applications in

from a few to cause there are both jennifer didn't and emanuel charpentier have spin out companies themselves chris but there are peterson members by the sciences looking specifically at pharmaceutical dismantle applications of this technology now that would not necessarily mean to you create humans he took an ethically modified humans in an lasting way to really wouldn't be and modifying them in a way that would be passed down through generations but there are lots of genetic diseases that you could potentially use this kind of technique to start to try and treat all you can use it to create model organisms so that we can specifically test out medicines much more easily more effectively and that kind of thing. coming up the sports with fire and back on that's our was made to work the night shift at the french open after the break.

it's time for the sport here's barbara hala thank you so much i took a bit of a is back in the french open semifinals for the 1st time since 2012. the checkers 7 seed laura sigman and 2 sats the 2 time wimbledon champion is aiming to win a grand slam title for the 1st time since making her comeback from a career threatening knife attack 4 years ago. the next step for kevin is australian open champion cynthia cannon the american has extended her run of success at grand slam tournaments this year after dropping the 2nd set the 4 seed

fought back to beat her composure daniel calling 64466 flags. are often adele has done most things at the french open but he's never been kept up as late as he was on shoes day night the quarter final against italy's yannick center ended just before 1 30 in the morning it's the latest ever finish at the tournaments of the defending champion was less concerned about the time and more worried about the temperature. of course is not ideal finishing much at 1 30 in the morning but the problem is the weather they cease to call to play honestly is very very called to play then is not i i know football players plays under these conditions but it's a little bit different because they are all the time we know we stop we come back. well next play diego schwartzman who beat us open champion dominic team team said he felt physically over the limit during his 5 set last start of the french open

came just 2 weeks after the austrian won his 1st grand slam title in new york. favor president and 150 says cats are his preparations for the 2022 world cup are impressive he made the comments during a brief visit to the country on tuesday and 150 played a game 7 a side with terminal organizers. a stadium one of the aid to world cup venue's the $60000.00 capacity arena is set to be completed within the next few months and will host the opening match of the turn of. there's confusion as to what caused a serious crash during the 4th stage of cycling's gerrard's italia italy's debt luke out walker man suffered multiple injuries and has been forced out of the race his team claimed he collided with a barrier that was blown over by a low flying t.v. helicopter organizers are still investigating exactly what happened the

l.a. lakers are one win away from clinching the n.b.a. championship for the 1st time in a decade the lakers beating the miami heat to take a 31 series late in the finals and the richardson reports. rise another day another game winning performance another step towards the n.b.a. championship for the wrong james in the l.a. lakers one more win against the miami heat and the title is that as the job is not done and you know we get an opportunity to get our bodies back up but only for what actual day a rest but also ok but my short disclosure today looking at a top one game 3 and you are repeating this in council would level best of 7 series up suit 2 out of buyers return from injury giving miami added hope of a 2nd strike victory le bron james said later he texted all his teammates ahead of this game to emphasize just how important the night was for the series in the balance series that. when he moved to the lake is in 2018 james was tasked with

winning the franchise whose 1st championship since kobe bryant led that same to the title in 2010 years and he ensured that objective remained in sight. davis' 3 points with less than a minute to go ended the argument to the lakers winning one or 2 to 96 to take a 31 series me. this morning after our team meeting i just. felt that i felt that but that pressure for life for me personally is where the biggest games mark rear. and. want to relate a message to my teammates i was on i was in a moment i was they sent a message or does order. we don't play the way we're supposed what about already. going to tonight and see the measure from our leader so it is

a must when. he just left it at that was. another victory on friday to put james and the lake is back at the very top of the sport on the richardson al-jazeera. major league baseball's houston astros are now one win away from reaching their 4th consecutive american league championship series they beat the oakland athletics at dodger stadium on cheers day georgia springer hit 2 home runs as the astros won 52 to take a 2 nothing lead in the best of 5 series i had the chance to sweep the a's in game 3 on wednesday as. well you know i've been up to all before and you know i mean you got to you got to put them away when you got a chance because he let them get off the mat i mean these guys they know how to win and so you know we'd like to you know when it tomorrow and you know not getting any drama in game 45. 200 runs from john carlos downturn want

enough for the new york yankees in their encounter with the tampa bay rays stanton has already had 5 home runs and 4 postseason games of the rays were still able to win this game 7 for the series is now level $11.00. at a canadian teenager is already setting new standards in the national hockey league 18 year old quentin byfield has become the highest drafted black player in n.h.l. history by field was selected with the 2nd overall pick by the l.a. kings. ok and that is all your support for that hour back to you thank you very much fara. now a pedestrian tunnel in london's king's cross train station has been turned into an art gallery and skipping commutes is an alternative view of people living elsewhere in the world jessica baldwin reports. going deeper into what life is like around

the world people are transported from here in london to africa south america asia the effects of oil mining on the people of the niger delta the photographs provided deeper perspective and understanding there a long way from the visual clichés of starving children and rural poverty british pakistani photographer hussein returned to his ancestral home after years of hearing his mother stories these countries are incredibly peaceful really rich really got us and they're not impoverished in the way that you know we have been conditioned to really think about it for me was essentially just kind of fall in love we've we've we've really in my home country carpoolers in mexico traveling to their jobs in the suburbs built in distant locations without public transportation empowering self portraits of over him the young men in namibia the traditional

colonial portrait turned on its head. the l g b t community in lagos all the photographers spent sustained periods of time with their subjects directly engaging with the communities it's art as activism this isn't about looking i'm pointing lists about saying actually look there's a point of similarity there's a point of empathy that we can all come to when we encounter different experiences different peoples different communities and societies and different individuals the london commuter will find much that is in the earlier that seems a marginalized communities homelessness and saving the environment they are all universal the passage is an encounter with empathy and understanding of different people and communities brought into focus for a global conversation jessica baldwin al-jazeera london. and that's it for the news

our keeping our knowledge of syria back after the break. stories of struggle stories of achievement. from opposite ends of europe contrasting past and stories of arab refugees seeking a new life abroad. al-jazeera world travels to austria and sweden meeting refugees and those who welcomed them. a place of refuge. and nicol still on al-jazeera.

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my nigerian on al-jazeera. team and convicted one of course is over kenya's westgate shopping mall attack that left almost 70 people dead. other than i'm how the markets and this is al jazeera mike from doha also coming up . violence in greece after an extreme far right party is ruled to be a criminal gang that brutally targeted migrants and opponents germany and france to.