on al-jazeera. understand the differences and similarities of cultures across the world so no matter when you will be using current affairs that matter to you. al-jazeera. hello there i am how the markets in this is the al-jazeera news hour live from doha coming up for you in the next 60 minutes 2 men acquits it to bank a vixen it's and one acquitted it's over kenya's westgate shopping mall attack that left almost 70 people dead. cities come under heavy bombardments and fighting between armenia and azerbaijan know their foreign ministers plan to speak with mediators separately. violence in greece after an

extreme far right party is ruled to be a criminal gang the brutally targeted migrants and opponents. of 2 scientists share the nobel prize for chemistry for developing a tool that rewrites the call of life. kenya courts has convicted 2 men for helping the attackers who stormed a shopping center in ny will be the 2013 seats are said several days and left 67 people dead from nairobi catherine sawing reports. 7 years after the westgate mall attack trial happened chief magistrate francis and i read out his verdict over 3 and a half hours to the prosecution's case he says for most. it was given

by 4 to 6 witnesses prosecution lawyers used call logs of telephone conversations between the 3 accused and the gunmen who were killed in the 4 day siege in 20132 men mohammed up to and hussein hussen were found guilty of conspiring to support their talk and having materials linked to terrorist activities in the present case i find that there is a strong link i mean where the fans don't think it was in their communication to attack us that they were involved in the us. one of the accused lieben abdullah omar was acquitted of all charges benmore has been waiting for the judgment he and a friend were driving into the basement parking of the mall when the hard the 1st blast then gunshots what's a little more ties is being lost is where i was hiding there's a security guard was right next to me was shot in the head. and i didn't realize i

was injured until. the rescue team arrived and as i was trying to get out that's when i realized i had blocked a lot that security guard was among the 67 people killed in that talk 4 gunmen stormed the up market morning and were surrounded and killed by security forces the armed group al-shabaab based in neighboring somalia sayed it's men carried out that talk some security analysts say this trial has a stake in too long if we have difficult laws the be more to allow us to expedite justice especially for to resume we need to amend to go small and make them conform with our times because the times we are ina become terrorism times the magistrate will deliver a sentencing on the 22nd of october we did so. to the prosecutors right after this ruling and they say they're happy with the conviction and will be pushing for the maximum penalty of 20 years we also expect the survivors and those who lost their loved ones to give their testimonies ahead of that sentencing the westgate mall was

reopened 5 years ago but some survivors and families of the dead remain too traumatized to visit those we talked to say they wanted justice and hope the decision by the court will help them find some way to come to terms with what happened catherine soy al-jazeera nairobi. well armenia and azerbaijan as foreign ministers plans to meet separately with officials from russia france and the u.s. international mediators have been trying to resolve the fights over nagorno-karabakh which has forced huff the disputed regions residents to flee their home their minions and azeris are accusing each other of targeting civilians these are pictures from the armenian sites that show damage from what's said to be as rich shelling in the city of stepparent and carrots and this video shows a missile attack on azerbaijan 2nd largest city of ganja these areas say

armenia has launched attacks and several of its cities resulting in more than 20 civilians it's. russia's president vladimir putin is among those calling for a ceasefire despite being a military ally of armenia he's ruled i answering the conflicts on their sides in the genome on the cumbria when the us 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 are conducted on the territory of armenia concerning fulfillment of our treaty obligations we have always fulfilled and always will fulfill our commitments within this treaty. it's my face and doris in armenia he says the talks have been weeks in the making. 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 fronts russia and the us the group that 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 will now those 2 dates have been set up and al-jazeera also understands that the foreign ministers of azerbaijan and armenia will go to these talks with one of the foreign ministers will go to geneva and the other wall will go to moscow we don't know which way around it's going to be there obviously that won't meet each other but they will meet the minsk group leaders now it's also interesting is about what 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 they haven't resolved the situation of nagorno-karabakh and turkey thinks there should be a different way forward and of course there's been no invites from the french to turkey to take part in these group talks. in greece leaders of the far right golden dawn party have been found guilty of running a criminal gang police fired tear gas at their supporters who began attacking rival protesters and police after the verdict and says verdict effectively bans golden dawn which was once greece's 3rd largest political force well the marathon trial assessed 4 cases symbol to islay 1st the killing of rapper pup last fisa us in 2013 a golden dawn supporter was found guilty along with 15 accomplices then there was the attempted murder murder of immigrant fisherman and 20125 goldens all members

were convicted there for more members for a frank guilty over attacks on communist trade unionists that happens the same year and finally mentions the ruling that golden dawn itself is a criminal organization its leader and 18 former members of parliament were among those convicts its will greece's prime minister has welcomes what he calls the ends of a traumatic cycle of public life. to remember with today's decision by the remember criminal court of appeals on the actions of colin don't at some 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 with the independent judiciary give its own answer. well theophanous exit out to last says

a reader in european politics at the university of surrey he says the verdict doesn't mean the ends of greece's right wing political movement. they do have political representation they're called the great solution they are a faction of older right wing from ations in greek politics and they captured certain sentiments of racism and immigration feelings and so on within great politics they are much lighter than golden dawn still a far right for mation but at least they don't engage in vigilante activities and and openly violent activities against immigrants now we may have sealed the fate of golden dawn with this decision this landmark decision in the court but we have definitely not down the sentiments of the far right wing

in greece so they are expressing themselves they were in parliament their their size is quite small. it's not comparable to golden dawn's parliamentary representation for example but it's still considered as part of the of the parliamentary political forces within the full political spectrum. i don't know trump and his white house opponents joe biden will give up some of the election spotlight in the coming hours vice president mike pence and the democrat seeking his job come one harris are facing off for the 1st time and there is plenty to debate after the president tested positive for corona virus and its nice spreads through his inner circle in fact dozens of top advisors staff politicians and

military officials what trump is confined to the white house has been far enough streams of angry tweets since leaving hospital monday and he's called off negotiations over a new coronavirus. simular package. see our white house correspondent kimberly hole kitty joins us from washington d.c. a lot of things moving in the last few hours can believe it of course the sense of this the president of the united states has covert 19 he is still recuperating in the white house but we've just had an update from his physician was trying to talk to be saying. yeah dr sean connelly releasing the statement that was put forward to the media by the white house press secretary kaley machinating just essentially updating the prognosis that the president continues to recover that he has been fever free now according to his doctor for 4 days he has been symptom free for 24

hours and has continued to go without needing supplemental oxygen but you raise a really valid point that so many here in the united states and around the world are asking if the president is ok what's with the tweeting that's going on because even by donald trump standards this is an almost looks like a manic episode in terms of the topics the frequency of the tweets and the tone and tenor of the to eat wheat now we do know that the president is receiving a number of experimental therapies as he continues to recover there may be side effects some medical experts have speculated including euphoria being one of them but the other question becomes will the president have a relapse we know this is possible with his underlying health conditions as well as his age now the president seems era tate in itching to get on the campaign trail instead he's dispatched his family to hold some rally type of events not the large scale rallies of the president but certainly continuing to try and campaign as he

seems to be trying to do on line but the president says he's going to make it to the next presidential debate on the 15th in miami but his challenger democratic presidential nominee joe biden is saying as long as donald trump has cope at 19 not sure that is such a good idea now one more signal that the president may be experiencing some unusual side effects as you pointed out was his sort of halt to those kovac negotiations in terms of bringing some relief to the american public that are still struggling millions out of work the president has since he halted those negotiations. suggested that he would sign a stand alone bill allowing for $1200.00 payments but what he doesn't seem to realize is that his republican negotiating team already suggested that last week and it was rejected so the president seems to be kind of laying it all out there in full public view as he looks ahead to the presidential debate of course we have the vice presidential debate this evening between kummel

a harris the democratic challenger and mike pence the current vice president we understand that couple of harris is going to hit hard on the issue of covert 19 and the trumpet administration's response mike pence going to fire back on couple of harris's record try to protect trade her as reflective of kind of the more extreme wing of the democratic party and in terms of polling well we know when it comes to a match up and who is likely to fare better the american public gives kummel harris a slight edge 43 percent believe she's going to win the debate with just $37.00 believing it will be mike pence it's all to play for can believe we'll be watching that debate viewers can follow it here on al-jazeera a bit from kimberly hall in washington d.c. thank you very much indeed. so let's talk about that vice presidential debate skinny should grant is an associate professor of political science at senator

harris's alma mater university she joins us now by skype from washington d.c. great to have you with us on the news. let's just start with this v.p. debate it's not something that many people cite the u.s. stay up late to war people in the u.s. are that keen on vice presidential debates normally but this year is a year like no others so we can assume v.p. debates will be something of an event what how important do you think this debate will be americans watching this who. i think it will be very important and i think it will be more important name usual for a couple reasons i think the 1st family harris is making history tonight being the 1st black woman nominated on a major democratic party ticket for the vice presidency and i think the fact that the president is suffering from cold it in both these candidates are the earliest

age will make this debate a little bit more important then they usually are. quite not least because the 2 candidates are well into their seventy's and the vice presidents by the american constitution so in the days to step up to the plate should anything happen to either of them let's talk about the 2 candidates they're both very skilled to baiters they both have their strengths their weaknesses starting with can't come to her as she's going into this debate as the favorites what's how do you think she's going to do you just she have any achilles heels that they need to watch out for what do you think her approach is going to be going into this. i think i had to be worried about something for senator harris i would be worried about the idea that there is not usually a frequent each exchange in the kinds of debates that she conducts most often so

when she's a senator she is asking questions when she's a prosecutor she's asking questions and so she's demonstrated a very strong ability to ask questions and so i'm interested to see what this back and forth looks like with just one person i'm sure that she has an under control but i think that if there is a weakness for her that might be a year i expect that she's going to hit hard as you mentioned on the coronavirus that plexiglas will be sitting there reminding all the viewers about the state of the pending mic the president has been reminding everybody about the state of the pandemic and so i think that would be her strength in terms of mike pence i think that we have to think about him as a person who has lots of media experience himself and who is a politician of many years and so i expect that he will be calm and measured in everything that donald trump was not and i think that to the extent that he has some weaknesses he's going to have to sell this stuff that the president has been putting forward these things about what the world is separate from what the in

ministration is saying it is an it'll be interesting to see what he can remain composed if he puts forward some things that are not necessarily based in fact well mike pence is oftentimes it is to be the polar opposite of donald trump in terms of composure and and calmness and he is a skilled debater as well we shouldn't forget that it was widely agreed that he beats and came back in 2016. in terms of the top of the debates the 1st presidential debate was of course chaos do you think we're going to see some of the same fireworks in this the pizza bait because let's not forget the coronavirus is very topic in the united states is raised a lot of tensions and theory about how it's being dealt with a can we expect the same sorts of fireworks at this debate the season. i don't think so and i don't think so for 2 reasons the 1st is that mike pence is just very different from donald trump as you mention totally even keel in much more calm than

donald trump and so i don't think that he will come with the same energy that donald trump brought and i think that kamel harris as a black woman in the united states has been in a position where she has to remain composed no matter what is coming at her most often than not and so i would imagine they're both these folks will come with some kind of gravity and work some understanding about what's happening seeking to be sure that they get policy points across instead of fighting each other about personalities. and if we look at the expectations for what's going to happen tonight come over here and from our correspondent is the front runner going into this in the same way that joe biden appears to be 16 points ahead he's the front runner front runners as we know have everything to lose and nothing to gain do you think that the democrats are in a rather precarious point in this campaign as we go in because we know that there are deep divisions the trumpet ministration is trying to paint come on joe biden

the left wing radicals do you think there is a danger that the democrats could get unstuck when it comes to some of these charges leveled at them. yeah i think they could be in a bit of trouble and i think to the extent they might it's going to paint come away harris as a person who is most concerned with the left that's going to create a problem for harris and for biden they need to let turnout letter a liable part of their base and so they can only argue so westerly that they are actually not liberal they're going to have to own their and i think that might create a bit of a problem but i think that we should also be skeptical of the polling we know from 26000 that folks did not turn out in the way that they told pollsters they would and so that's another reason why the democrats probably might now be thinking about taking a break here might continue to work hard on these issues because you never know how this thing might turn out you never do you never do in 2020 of course is a year foo of upsets and surprises they keep coming but we'll keep in mind that the

commission grab great to get your thoughts thank you so much for providing your analysis ahead of this crucial vice presidential debate great to be with you have. lots more still ahead so on the news are going to stand in chaos rival opposition groups far over who should take over as prime minister and in sports the los angeles lakers take a big step towards winning the n.b.a. championship for the 1st time in a decade. but there's confusion about who has taken over as kurdistan's prime minister following tax or baron off's resignation a replacement was named after parliamentary session on tuesday but a group of opposition parties says that choice is invalid's and they've nominated

their own man for the job well the uncertainty for was the unknown months of sunday's parliamentary election results and election many say was rigged stratford reports from bishkek. a group of 13 opposition parties calling themselves the coordination council the black council was formed yesterday they've come out with a statement this evening saying in days that they parliamentary session that voted for the new prime minister yesterday they described as invalid they have put their own man forward and they want of trying to organize a session of parliament to be held as a secret location so the votes can be taken on the issues. we've been standing outside the prime minister said quarters here in bishkek for a few hours quite dramatic scenes actually a lot of the the new prime minister supporters here. the

theories 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 don't want to be in power and in nominating their own person their own man that is a concern as an indication of just how rosalys this country feels at the moment the president has come out in the last hour or so president jeenbekov he's given fairly on a dying statement he said he's called on all parties to come together for negotiations but he said i'm waiting for concrete action from all parties involved certainly speaking to people here that you know it hasn't had much impact on them. germany and france 7 as fans to sanction people they blame for the poisoning of russian opposition leader alexina volley the french and german foreign ministers say moscow

has failed to provide answers over the attempted murder of all me there's a vocal critic of lots amir peretz and it's not yet clear who will be sanctions but both countries say they'll share that list with fellow e.u. members. well additional position latest atlanta taken of sky has been put on russia's wanted list it's not clear when she was added to the database or exactly what she's wanted for the kremlin backs or opponents television president alexander look who's been facing mass protests since being accused of rigging elections the nobel prize for chemistry has been awarded to 2 women. and jennifer didna the scientist develops a genome edison technique described as a tool that rewrites the codes of life lee harvey reports so-called genetic scissors can cut through plant animal and human d.n.a.

removing disease and imperfections and altering the code of life it's a discovery that's earned a menu of france and american jennifer didna this year's nobel prize in chemistry mean need clones did you did you check known as crisp or cast 9 the tool can be used to cut single genes out of a d.n.a. strand contributing to new cancer therapies in offering the possibility of curing hereditary diseases. duda says these genetic scissors are like using a word processing program to fix a typo in a document but there are lots of genetic diseases that you could potentially use this kind of technique to start to try and treat or you can use it to create a little so that we can specifically test out medicines much more easily more effectively the path from discovery to prize has taken less than a decade

a relatively short period by nobel standards committee 1st published her findings in 2011 after studying bacteria and how they fight viral infections that same year she joined forces with from the university of california berkeley in the us to recreate the bacteria as genetic scissors in a test tube the crisper technology has already been used to change the d.n.a. in the cells of mice and monkeys other organisms as well chinese scientists showed recently that they could even use the crisper technology to change genes in human embryos and scientists in philadelphia show they could use crisper to remove the d.n.a. of and integrated hiv virus from infected human cells but this new technology is not without controversy some are concerned that altering human d.n.a. could lead to questionable practices including creating so-called designer babies

together with my colleagues i have called for a global conversation about the technology that i co-invented so that we can consider all of the ethical and societal implications of a technology like this the pair are the 6th and 7th women to win a nobel prize for chemistry and today casper casts 9 is a common tool in biochemistry and molecular biology labs only imagination sets the limits for what this chemical tool that's too small to be disappointed with our ice . can be used for in the future perhaps their dream of curing genetic diseases will come true. heard in al-jazeera the sounds of come here on al-jazeera feeling abundance pakistani struggle after witnessing the reigns of washed away everything they have done in sports the canadian teenager already making history in the national hockey league.

but. things remain pretty quiet across much of the middle east at the moment loss of hazy sunshine not quite a sunny up towards the caspian sea some think a cloud still in place here say we can still see a few shall is just around the azerbaijan pushing down to wards northern parts of iran what the weather there for tomahawk rationally thin and break more in the west sunshine than showers but the shell is still there nevertheless nature still win just picking up around the gulf so human contact we could well see a little lifted dust and sand temperatures no higher than around 35 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 angola also seeing some pretty wet weather and 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 turning a little colder and a whole wetter. corruption it is that invisible behind a wall of silence. against corruption corruption is not something to be told that this. is not the african. country his email let's destroy this wall. came in 2020 the free space award encourages the heroes who are fighting against

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their role in a shopping center attack in kenya at 7 years ago a third's was acquitted they were charged with helping al-shabaab fighters stall nairobi's westgate mall and 2030 and killing 67 people leaders of the greek far right golden dawn party had been found guilty of running a criminal group thousands of protesters gathered outside the court to hear the verdict chris far tear gas to break up the protests. the 2 candidates vying to be the next vice president of the united states are preparing for a short time in salt lake city the debate between mike pence and come harris will likely focus on president trump's health and his handling of the coronavirus pandemic. let's say with this vice presidential debates rob randall's takes a look more closely now at the candidates and how that debates 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 v.p. 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 there is. the 2 oldest presidential nominees in american history but 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 it is 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 county laris 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 ana it's tricky to repeat that question 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 the debates with full analysis sound reaction live on out to sierra our coverage starts at 100 g.m.t. on thursday morning. now iran has registered its highest number of corona virus deaths since the pandemic began his government says 239 people died in the past 24 hours with and 4000 new cases have been confirmed for the 2nd day running restrictions are again in tightened. european governments are facing anger confusion and fatigue as they grapple with brize saying corona virus infections from within countries rules vary with partial lockdowns new mask rules and tougher

punishments there are reports. not so long ago they were being applauded every evening for their lifesaving efforts now front line workers at the laptop hospital like others in madrid a staging lunchtime strikes we've covered 19 cases and deaths on the rise again they're exhausted at the at the everything in there but at the minute i'm here to represent my colleagues and our battle for better working conditions for our rights our salaries our hours to be able to have a work life balance to be able to spend time with our families. since last friday almost 5000000 people in and around madrid have in theory been under new restrictions but fines for traveling outside the area other than for an essential reason such as work study or visiting a doctor are on hold until a legal challenge is heard. in britain the opposition labor party is questioning local restrictions in parts of northern england pointing out that 19 out of 20 areas under restrictions for 2 months had reported rising infection rates the prime

minister really needs to understand that local communities are angry and frustrated so will he level with the people of bury your bolton and tell him what does he actually think the problem is here from friday pubs and restaurants across central scotland have to close for 16 days with a new 6 pm curfew elsewhere together with the scotland wide ban on visiting other households these add up to the toughest measures anywhere in the u.k. the reason we're not closing into hospitality completely is that we know the benefits in terms of reducing loneliness and isolation of giving people particularly those who live alone some where they can meet a friend for a coffee and a chat but in belgium they are shutting down all bars and cafes in the capital. brussels from thursday after a spike in infections i understand why. but i think it's a bit long for months to months have played a local service so it's

a bit sad for students at least. it's really wearing a mask outdoors is being made compulsory the national infection rates actually among europe's lowest but the country's recorded its highest daily increase in new cases since the peak in april across europe governments face a challenge how to prevent the health sector from being overwhelmed again while trying not to shut down completely new al-jazeera. see former british nationals accused of being members of an isolated cell are set to stand trial in the u.s. . and the kotsay are accused of the head saying for americans as well as citizens of the u.k. and japan they've been held in u.s. military custody since october last year and shakes alleged group within eisel will stop the beatles because of their british accents the defendants are charged with terrorism offenses related to hostage taking and killing of 4 americans as well as

citizens of great britain and japan for over a year now shaikh were held in iraq by the us military under the law of armed conflict i'm pleased to confirm that they are now in f.b.i. custody and will soon appear in federal court in the eastern district of virginia let's get more now from roslyn jordan she joins us live from washington d.c. and roslyn this will be a day to savor for the victims but it's taken 8 long years to get to this point is it not. it's taken a very long time and that's because there was real concern within the british government and certainly with the defendant's families that they could face the death penalty if they were tried in the u.s. courts however there has been an agreement reached between the u.s. justice department and british government officials that the 2 defendants will not

be facing the death penalty they will be in a courtroom in nearby virginia in the next half hour or so where they will make up what's known as their initial appearance on these charges involving the murders of the 4 americans but if the case is successful from the prosecution standpoint they will not face the death penalty as their punishment the most they could face if convicted would be life lifetime sentence in what's known as the supermax prison at florence colorado they would not be eligible for any parole any time if they were convicted and rosalind these were quite heinous crimes that they have been accused of what can we expect from this trial. well what you can expect is for us prosecutors to present evidence collected not

just by american investigators but also information that is expected to be shared by british officials who have also been involved in this case the prosecutors at wednesday's press briefing said that they wanted to bring the strongest possible case against the 2 defendants and they said that certainly having information from the british government is going to help them try to get a conviction where the man's guilt is beyond reasonable doubt so that is what we're going to expect we expect it will be rather graphic we expect that they could present the videos which members of isis had filmed showing the beheadings although this is federal court and so these trials will not be televised and certainly could at least for the families of the 4 americans who were killed at least protect them from some of the worst of the tragedy that happened to them being shared in the

public sphere ok rosalynn george and then bring us all the very latest on this case from motions in d.c. thank you very much indeed. a former u.s. police officer charged over the death of george floyd has been released on bail in this facing murder and manslaughter charges after a new ling on floyd's neck cheering his arrests in may brockman later died triggering nationwide protests chauvin was released on a $1000000.00 bond and is expected to be back in court next march and jacob blake who was shot and paralyzed during his arrest in wisconsin has been released from hospital 29 year olds is going to a spinal rehabilitation center. they as politicians say congress should reign in google amazon apple and facebook or force them to break up reasons investigations of accuse the companies of unfairly wielding their power

over prices and rules and of forcing smaller businesses into on reasonable contracts it's the most significant effort in decades against tech giants the last time was when the us government sued microsoft back in the 1990 s. proponents for change want sweeping reforms to competition rules in particular to make it harder for the big players to acquire rivals and start ups meanwhile facebook is removing a cancer page is promoting huon on a us conspiracy movements its online posts have surged this year q and on promote unfounded stories including that u.s. president donald trump is battling a child trafficking ring on by celebrities and government officials in pakistan more than $1000000.00 people are struggling to recover from 2 months of devastating floods the province of since has been the worst hit charlotte bellus

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 swollen 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 but it may be a good. idea we lost everything in these flood waters our house our cattle and our

belongings we hardly saved anything there isn't any help from the government and we're faced with starvation and we don't have any money to rebuild a 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 and for now come on i strongly protested with the federal government about their empathy 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 means 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 to systems can. at least through to the end of november and the middle of december. a decent 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 ballasts. the netherlands has been told it should give back thousands of artifacts taken from its former colonies a government commission describes the theft of the objects as unjust step vassal reports from amsterdam. the 36 karat diamond has long been one of the centerpieces of the dutch colonial collection the precious stone belong to sultanpur member of biogen mohsin on the indonesian island of borneo before it was

stolen by dutch troops and $859.00 it's one of thousands of controversial objects that a commission now says should be returned you see the backlights matter movement you see all the movements against racism slavery so i would say it's and it's just about time after so many centuries that finally we not just talk about it but do something about it for for centuries the dutch colonized the populations of current indonesia serena and the caribbean during that time not only were people oppressed but hundreds of thousands of historical and religious objects taken the private the countries of origin the chance to tell their own history. this diamond taken nearly 150 years ago has become an uncomfortable profession for the netherlands they would like to we turn but the big question is who to return it to

and that's the discussion that needs to be done by both the governments of the netherlands. and in asia now the dutch are officially recognizing that taking this was wrong the rex museum in amsterdam sas it's investigating the origin of $4500.00 controversial items but it hopes not all of them will be returned is or across ability that these $4500.00 objects will disappear from the museum and it's going to be quite empty. while we have a 1000000 objects so i think we'll do fine in filling our museum but of course the thing is you don't want to raise colonial history europe should be taking responsibility of what happened back then and these objects serve us to be able to address that history the government so far only plants returned objects to former dutch colonies so african countries like been in will have to wait even longer to get their stolen objects back last month activists who have carried out similar

actions in france took a statue from a dutch museum to protest against all an objects from africa the minister of culture sas european countries should formulate a common policy now over that only. i have held talks with european colleagues i think it's important that we work together because it's difficult to explain countries deal with this differently. although the dutch are the fight it about how to deal with their colonial past she does not expect much resistance against returning such objects and in doing that i believe that i can explain to everyone in the netherlands that if something is stolen we normally agree that the should be returned to the rightful owner the rightful owners may have to wait a while though before they will be reunited with their stolen possessions because the dutch government says it will look at every item carefully before sending it back step fastened al-jazeera amsterdam. still to come out with but the sport for

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sun goes down the salad bar russia is a very challenging place to work from as a journalist you're always pushing the boundaries hot of the sun from moscow we found the love of god we are the wild rambling the extra mile we are the media so we go we go there and we give them a chance to tell their story. that part of the london train stations being turned into an art gallery as jessica bolduan reports is giving commutes as an alternative view of the world. 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 drive 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 with with with women in my home country carpoolers in mexico traveling to their jobs in the suburbs built in distant locations without public transportation m powering self portraits of over him by a young man in namibia the traditional colonial portrait turned on its head. the community in lego's 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 look you know i'm pointing this about saying much we do look there's a point there's a part of empathy we can all come to when we encounter different experiences different peoples different communities and societies and different individuals the one commuter will find much that is familiar the themes of 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 time for the sport here's fara thanks very much patrick head of eyes back in the french open semifinals for the 1st time since 2012 the czech is 7 seed beat 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 up for kevin her eyes are strictly an open champion city a 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 compassion daniel call and 64466 flags. favor president says katter's preparations for the 2022 world cup are impressive it made the comments during a brief visit to the country on choose day and played a game 7 a side with tournaments organizers. a stadium one of the 8 a world cup then use 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 to look

out walk among 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 bron james and 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 the actual day of rest but also keep my sharp focus goes on today looking to hit top one game 3 and you are repeating this in council would level best of 7 series up soon 2 out of buyers return from injury giving miami added hope of

a 2nd straight 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 his 1st championship since kobe bryant led that same to the title in 2010 years and he ensured that objective remained in sight unfunny 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. the pressure of a life for me personally is. where the biggest games mark rear. and. i 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 but about already. going to tonight and see the message from our leader so it is a must when. it. 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 it's. well you know i've been up to all before and you know i mean you've got to you've got to put them away when you've got

a chance because he let him 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 downturned want to offer the new york yankees in marin counter 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 used by the l.a. kings. and that's all your support for now more later thanks for what was it for

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that in america is a region of wonder of joy tragedy and yes violence but it doesn't matter where you are you have to be able to relate to the human condition the same kind of way. i think it's a life and it's my job to shed light on how and why stories of struggle stories of achievement. from opposite ends of europe contrasting person 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 nichols told on al-jazeera. the. 7 years after the kenya mall attack guilty verdicts 100 down to 2 men for their involvement in the massacre is a vive as the trauma remains there's a security guard was right next to me was shot at the head. i'm jolly and this is al jazeera live from london also coming up international intervention to avoid a white as a.