sex people those born with physical traits that don't fit common definitions of male and female malcolm webb went along with the census workers in the capital nairobi. james kuranda has tried to kill himself 3 times when he was born it wasn't clear to doctors or his parents if he was male or female and so he says a childhood of misery began but he says some things have since improved for intersex people here in kenya the government is now conducting a census is the 1st in africa to recognize intersex people turn it into typical males and females there was a realisation that intersex children are being killed most of these children cannot even access simple government services then there was a need. to have policies that put onto into 6 years. another group to be recognized for the 1st time in this census of people with albinism it's now listed as a disability we are excited because it will make us to count. it will make us to be seen to be kenyans it is valid it's us that we are actually our demographic but we've seen that most of the current population. the government hopes most of the data

kenyans will have to wait months to find out malcolm webb al-jazeera nairobi kenya one person has died in the u.s. after developing a severe long to see what health official suspect is linked to they think if confirmed it would be the 1st such case the patient was one of almost $200.00 people being treated for an unexplained respiratory illness after a reported use of the cigarettes the devices are used to inhale vaporize nicotine or cannabis are sometimes used as an aid to quit smoking scientists are divided on how safe they thing is this individual had significant severe respiratory illness and died while hospitalized to have been. in past years and past months reported. severe outcomes related to maybe. but with this investigation yes the 1st part of it we urge people to use caution and consider avoiding the use of such material form from video games sports has become a booming industry in many parts of the world especially in china thousands of young players are competing for millions of dollars in prize money that some are finding out there also downsides including the pressure to

malcolm webb al-jazeera nairobi kenya just ahead here on the news out it's not all fun and games we find out about the high prize money and the high pressure if any sports. played. september on al-jazeera up to gears of war and famine al-jazeera looks at the dramatic transformation emerging to the inspirational stories of for diversity p.o.b. and israel elections can mention and that's a young film a majority and sometimes another time listening post to 6 the world's media how they operate and the stories they cover do not succeed bin laden is in president dissent see join us for live coverage as to his human rights a documentary that examines the worst atrocities committed during the war in libya . september on al-jazeera. to. the taliban. just. plain. plain. now it's not just humans who are suffering in the fight over kashmir border fencing and forest fires and putting wildlife in the himalayan region of risk officer is a solid job reports now from.

official address millions more are nomadic herders cross into neighboring countries bracketing malcolm webb has more from nairobi kenya as government is conducting a census for the 6 time happens every 10 years the result may be significant for several reasons state resources are allocated to each district according to population and higher numbers of people means more money from the central government in the last census 10 years ago there were allegations of data rigging this time police say they've arrested one chief in northern kenya trying to double the numbers of people in his area. it's also significant in terms. politics in a city plays a key role in kenya's politics which are often contested on tribal lines census includes the question on people's ethnicity so the results will show which ethnic groups have grown larger which is smaller and politicians will be paying close attention to those numbers so that they can work out which groups they will aim to call for votes in the upcoming elections rights groups have expressed concerns that the census goes beyond its legal mandate of a s

or female malcolm webb reports from the capital nairobi. james kuranda has tried to kill himself 3 times when he was born it wasn't clear to doctors or his parents if he was male or female and so he says a childhood of misery began but he says some things have since improved for intersex people here in kenya the government is now conducting a census is the 1st in africa to recognize intersex people turn it into typical males and females there was a realisation that intersex children are being killed most of these children cannot even access simple government services then there was a need. to have policies the people on to into 6 years. another group to be recognized for the 1st time in this census of people with albinism it's now listed as a disability we are excited because it really makes us to count. it will make us to be seen to be kenyans it is valid it's us that we are actually a demographic valuable we've seen that most of the current population. the government hopes most of the data can be collected in 2 evenings so you. before you

expected to finalize a new deal in angola it's aimed at reducing tensions between the 2 comforts malcolm webb has more now from the ugandan capital kampala. tensions reached a head in february this year amid a sea of accusations and counter-accusations from people in the governments of rwanda and uganda that each was spying on the other followed a series of high profile murders here in uganda over the last few years that included a senior police officer as well as other government officials some people in the intelligence services here believe that the government of rwanda was responsible meanwhile some people in the government of rwanda have accused you canned of hosting and helping exiled dissidents who want to overthrow the government it's important to understand that both president 70 and president. military men who both came to power by successfully leading armed rebellion and overthrowing their predecessors and both live to some extent in fear that one day somebody will do the same thing to them today's meeting is the 2nd is being mediated by angola's president. was a meeting in july wh

correspondent malcolm webb joins us on the line malcolm portals to we know. we know that a tanker stuck to his journey broke down and people started collecting few then in some of the video we've seen there's a woman screaming fire then we understand that there was an explosion the police commissioner said 57 people have died but we're expecting that number to go up many are injured as well tragically this kind of incident on common lead kinds of remote areas where fuel trucks are carrying fuel supplies from east africa is the supply all of the countries in the interior and often the there is a very small very remote and if a truck breaks down or tips then it's often considered a game and for people to collect a little shoe which is a very valuable commodity for them the court the village of the leak which can often happen then extremely high risk for fire if you forgot or what they can but then of course if there's a concentration of people around that vehicle when when a spark or flame makes contact with the fuel then it can be absolutely disastrous and see

this community is left in shock at this rapid and brutal tragedy malcolm webb al-jazeera nairobi kenya more than 50000 opposition protesters of rallied in russia's capital the biggest demonstration of its kind in years they were protesting against the exclusion of some candidates from next month's local elections more than 200 people were arrested stuff reports now from moscow. this huge turnout shows that the government's crackdown is not working despite massive arrest in the past weeks more people have gathered to demand that and to police violence and asked those detained to be released what started as a local election protest has turned now into a broader movement i'm here to show all the time all for the 1st season of government against its own people alexander salafi of is the only opposition candidate who tried to run in the moscow election who is not in detention at least not at the moment before the rally we could only meet him at a public square because he's avoiding arrest by not going home he had been detained for 8 days after the previous protest all the authoritarian regi

that was malcolm webb joins us live now from monitoring the story from malcolm just walk us through the timeline of what happened to you. it was a few hours ago when the truck overturned we gather from survivors it was swerving to avoid a motorcyclist as you just said caused it to tip over then large quantities of perpetual started gushing out and that drew a crowd of people trying to gather and we've seen in some of those videos from the scene many people on their knees trying to scoop petrol off the floor with their hands and put it into jerry cans and other containers and it's important to understand in some of the small towns and rural areas where these fuel trucks pass through then extreme poverty and poverty are widespread and for somebody like a motorcycle taxi driver then managing to get a few liters of free fuel can help to feed a family or help keep children in school so it's not uncommon to see in these kind of circumstances people doing what they can to gather some fuel when it's otherwise going to go to waste understand this went on for about 20 minutes and you can see in o

outbreak then traveled 700 kilometers by bus to more anger south kivu tested positive for a bowler malcolm webb has more from nairobi. the 2 new cases a woman and the child other 1st cases in the south kivu province the woman died on tuesday and was subsequently identified positively as an abode her patient now her journey began in beni which is the epicenter of the about her outbreak which started a year ago she traveled by bus and then my boat she traveled through 2 densely populated urban centers firstly the city of goma on the north shores of lake key which has a population of about 2000000 and we 1st saw a bola cases there last month and she traveled by boat to the city because of you on the south shores of lake kivu we haven't yet seen any of polar cases there and if you travel to a remote village in south kivu province now this is more than 700 kilometers from where the outbreak started about a year ago more than 1800 people have died since then in spite of a very effective vaccine and some recently reported successes of drugs used to treat patients if they caught early enough it's clear

have appealed for blood donors this community is left in shock at this rapid and brutal tragedy malcolm webb al-jazeera nairobi kenya. on 50000 opposition protesters of rallied in russia's capital the biggest demonstration of its kind in years they were protesting against the exclusion of some candidates from next month's local elections more than 200 people were arrested sébastien reports from moscow. this huge turnout shows that the government's crackdown is not working despite massive arrest in the past weeks more people have gathered to demand that and to police violence and asked those detained to be released what started as a local election protest has turned now into a broader movement i'm here to show you the term heard. the 1st season of government against its own people alexander salafi of is the only opposition candidate who tried to run in the moscow election who is not in detention at least not at the moment before the rally we could only meet him at a public square because he's avoiding arrest by not going home he had been detained for 8 days after the previous protest or the a

have appealed for blood donors this community is left in shock at this rapid and brutal tragedy malcolm webb al-jazeera nairobi kenya. u.n. secretary general antonio terrace has condemned the car bomb attack that killed 3 united nations employees in libya the explosion in the eastern city of benghazi happened moments before a u.n. convoy passed through the area the u.n. security council has met to discuss the convoy attack and the wider situation in libya i join others in condemning in the strongest terms today's attack on the u.n. convoy in benghazi we send our deepest sympathy to the families of the victims the u.n. exists to help and protect people and attack against its representatives is an attack on the international community at large and we salute the work the un's menace doing in libya at the same time as the system secretary general said schools of libyans have been injured safely the libyan representative can i convey my country's condolences and sympathies to his country and to his people earlier libya and more laws khalifa haftar said that his forces will observe a cease fire du

malcolm webb al-jazeera nairobi kenya. mozambique president struck a peace deal with the leader of a former rebel movement ending years of hostilities phillippi a new city signed the agreement with. them leaves the opposition party its armed wing used to spending as part of the deal rebels for a 16 year war with the government that ended in 1902 and killed a 1000000 people. concerned about the irish border dominated boris johnson's 1st visit to northern ireland prime minister so-called irish backstop is the most contentious part of the brics it withdrawal deal between the u.k. and the e.u. mr johnson says the deal must be overhauled despite e.u. resistance from belfast. 7 grabbing the attention of the prime minister or trying to these belfast shipyard workers are set to lose their jobs their predicament just one of the challenges northern ireland's devolved government here at stormont could be addressing if it were up and running . for its johnson promise to spend no effort to make that happen it's great to be to be here i

oku was killed during an attack in april of a hospital in eastern democratic republic of congo malcolm webb reports from kenya's capital nairobi. militia attack a hospital in the city of the tempo 4 months ago and killed a doctor from cameroon who's working for the world health organization a part of its response to the about the outbreak that began in that area a year ago and military prosecutors now said that whole congolese doctor the behind the killing they paid the militia to attack and to kill the cameroonian doctor 3 of those congolese doctors have now been arrested one is still at large the military prosecutor says this is based on testimony from a doctor and from somebody from the militia now doctors in the tempo said in response to this they will go on strike from tomorrow if these doctors who have been detained are not released on bail so of course there's a lot of concern about what that will mean for the response in that area of the consequences of climate change the rise in drought conditions the lack of rain in kenya has pushed more than a 1000000 people closer to the brink o

was killed during an attack in april at a hospital in the eastern democratic republic of congo malcolm webb reports now from kenya's capital by rupie. militia attack a hospital in the city of the tempo 4 months ago and killed a doctor from cameroon who's working for the world health organization a part of its response to the about the outbreak that began in that area a year ago and military prosecutors now said that whole congolese doctor the behind the killing they paid the militia to attack and to kill the cameroonian doctor 3 of those congolese doctors have now been arrested one is still at large the military prosecutor says this is based on testimony from a doctor and from somebody from the militia now doctors in the tembo said in response to this they will go on strike from tomorrow if these doctors who have been detained are not released on bail so of course there's a lot of concern about what that will mean for the response in that area of the consequences of climate change is a rise in drought conditions the lack of rain in kenya has forced more than a 1000000 people closer to the b

malcolm webb al-jazeera nairobi kenya. well that said from me for this news hour back with another full bulletin from london stay with us. perception is a validation we believe want to be seen but in one life time we cannot see everything but we will lie on experiences of others and the legacies of previous generations. of that testimony we but you know very little. with this documentaries that open your eyes on al-jazeera. setting the discussions police in cape town have struggled to regain steadily down by examining the headlines now and a president who to russia is making a push to engage explore an abundance of world class programming designed to inform motivate and inspire but. it's almost 2nd nature and i also know what they see the world from a different perspective on al-jazeera this is a dialogue let you decide not to have children to say that it's what the stake is really human survive all everyone has a voice but a start with our community because of course this is a debate and it's a heated one this is a horrib

malcolm webb al-jazeera nairobi kenya just ahead here on the news out it's not all fun and games we find out about the high prize money and the high pressure in sports. played. september on al-jazeera up to gears of war and famine al-jazeera looks at the dramatic transformation emerging through the inspirational stories of 4 diversity p.o.p.o. israel elections can benjamin netanyahu the former majority and sometime another time listening post to 6 the world's media and how they operate and the stories they cover do not succeed bin laden is in president dissent see join us for live coverage as to his human rights a documentary that examines the worst atrocities committed during the war in libya . september on al jazeera. english can't. just. rely. now it's not just humans who are suffering in the fight over kashmir border fencing and forest fires and putting wildlife in the himalayan region of risk i was there as a sullivan job reports now from. pakistan administered side of the line of control . in a back yard scared and pushed out of its natural habitat this planting leopard represents

this community is left in shock at this rapid and brutal tragedy malcolm webb al-jazeera nairobi kenya. now in a few hours' time thousands of palestinians will gather at a mosque in occupied east jerusalem for the 1st day of the muslim holiday of. at the same time there are reports that jewish settlers planned to storm the compound hole there is central to the israeli palestinian conflict and has been a regular flashpoint as both sides lay claim to it well the jews refer to it as temple mount the al aqsa compounds western wall is the holiest site where they can pray for muslims the compound houses the dome of the rock and al aqsa mosque which represents the 3rd holiest site in islam and jordan holds custodianship of al aqsa mosque but its role has been challenged repeatedly for more and rabbani is a senior fellow at the institute for palestine studies he says there are many factors adding to israeli palestinian tensions. i think there are several issues in the background to be taken into consideration the 1st is the trump administration's open embrace of not only israeli policy underne

have appealed for blood donors this community is left in shock at this rapid and brutal tragedy malcolm webb al-jazeera nairobi kenya. u.s. finances jeffrey epstein has been found dead in his new york prison cell is being held awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges officials say his death was an apparent suicide the f.b.i. is investigating. it brings us more now from washington. jeffrey epstein faced a maximum of 45 years in prison for the trafficking of girls as young as 14 to his homes for sex he pleaded not guilty after being denied bail last month the 66 year old had been found unconscious in a cell with marks on his neck and reportedly placed on suicide watch however there are conflicting reports as to whether he was on suicide watch when he was found hanged in his new york jail cell early saturday morning epstein worked in finance reportedly managing other people's food chains he presented himself as a billionaire and he lived an extravagant lifestyle but the source and extent of his own money is obscure his social circle was extensive and influential documents show former president

kenyans will have to wait a month to find out malcolm webb al-jazeera nairobi kenya in the us a person has died after developing a severe lung disease which health officials suspect is linked to very pink it would be the 1st such case if confirmed the patient was one of nearly 200 people being treated for an unexplained risperidone illness or to reportedly using east cigarettes the devices are used to inhale vaporized nicotine or cannabis are sometimes used as an aid to quit smoking scientists are divided on just how safe a ping actually is and this individual had significant severe respiratory illness and died while hospitalized they have been in in past years and have months reported. severe outcomes related to maybe. but with this investigation yes the 1st definite part and we urge people to use caution and consider avoiding the use of such material always ross as a clinical consultant for the national center for smoking cessation and training she said there needs to be more evidence to show that the person died due to vapor . what concerns me is that particularly in the us this see

malcolm webb. head when we come back a difference of opinion between 2 baseball players to mask role. details next. hello again our $50000000000.00 plan to build a rival to the panama canal appears to have sunk its 6 years since the president of nicaragua and a chinese billionaire an ounce of work was starting but as our correspondent john heilemann reports construction workers are nowhere to be seen you can blow it out. it was meant to be the culmination of a century of nicaraguan dreams the country's very own great canal linking the pacific and atlantic oceans when doing it by chinese billionaire handed a generous concession by the government in 2013 everyone is talking about it and we found not a stone's been late at this point there was a big ceremony to in all great the building of the canal but as you can see 6 years later there's nothing here but a dusty road. why has the canal failed to materialize the short story the billionaire lost most of his billions before work could get started but t

results might contain some surprises will be contested kenyans will have to wait months to find out malcolm webb al-jazeera nairobi kenya and here's our website. al-jazeera. on the day's news and we have around the headlines in just a moment. the headlines for you on al-jazeera they run nuclear deal is under scrutiny at this year's 7 summit france's president says they've agreed on joint action to salvage the 2015 agreement because president donald trump says he wasn't part of those discussions and u.s. president also showed no signs of backing down from the trade war with china. when they steal and take out the selection of property theft anywhere from $300000000.00 to $500000000000.00 a year and we have a total loss of over 2 trillion dollars a year for many years. in many ways it's an emergency i have no way of right now actually we're getting along very well with china right now with don i think you want to make you know much more than i do you know a lot of money and terrorists coming in but it would be really ever going to tense and china so we'll see what happens when we don't talk to chi

malcolm webb al-jazeera nairobi kenya. russia's president has all of the military to help fight wildfires in siberia nearly 30000 square kilometers of it affected a state of emergency has been declared and 5 regions some fires are common and russia botch temperatures in siberia and now about 10 degrees celsius above average and the fires have spread further than usual and a fire and an explosion at a texas or refining has injured at least $37.00 people it happened at an exxon mobil plant a houston the company says most of the engine suffered minor burns the cause of the blast is being investigated. hello again i'm elizabeth ron i'm in doha with the headlines on al-jazeera there are reports of casualties after 2 separate attacks on security forces and yemen's port city of aden the 1st explosion hit a police station while what the fighters say they attacked a military camp using an armed drone and a ballistic missile. iran's president has dismissed u.s. sanctions on its top diplomat as childish the americans say foreign mini

some surprises will be contested kenyans will have to wait months to find out image gone gone malcolm webb and al-jazeera nairobi kenya israel's military is saying its aircraft have hit iranian forces near syria's capital damascus now this after state t.v. in syria reported that government and defenses had intercepted what it called hostile targets over the capital the air strike a strikes hit a number of targets in the village of in southeast of damascus. meanwhile a car bomb has exploded in the rebel held city of it lives as strikes hit its outskirts in the government's offensive on the last major opposition stronghold in the country activists are saying one person was killed in the blast all this is part of a new push by government forces to take the area it's involved heavy strikes and advances this week in the south of the province and also in nearby hama or in other developments turkey's defense minister is saying a joint control center with the united states is operational in northern syria and this is part of a plan to create a so-called safe zone the 2 sides were locked in months

results might contain some surprises or be contested kenyans will have to wait months to find out malcolm webb al-jazeera nairobi kenya sudan's new prime minister says the country needs $8000000000.00 in foreign aid over the next 2 years to rebuild the economy after months of political turmoil abdullah doc said another $2000000000.00 of foreign reserves was required in the next 3 months to stop the currency from falling further. born from video games east sports has now become a booming industry in many parts of the world but especially so in china thousands of young players are competing for millions of dollars in prize money but some finding out there's also a downside the pressure to stay on top scott hartnell reports now from shanghai. this might look like a hobby or entertainment to many but eastport is taking off globally it's about to become a $1000000000.00 industry here in shanghai site of the international or t.i. the annual championship for online game dota to the prizes for winners totaling $33000000.00 breaking the previous record set last month but as each sport grows so are heal

accused rwandan soldiers of entering the country and killing 2 men a charge of the has denied malcolm webb has more now from kampala. president paul kagame me of rwanda and president 70 of uganda signed the agreement in angola as capital the wonder and it state that both governments should refrain from subverting or destabilizing the other and also that cross border activities should resume as soon as possible but it contains no solid commitments and in a press conference held after the signing the 2 leaders barely acknowledged each other tensions reached a head in february this year that's when rwanda closed its main border crossing with uganda to cargo and stopped rwandans from crossing into uganda both governments have accused each other of a spear knowledge some ugandan security agencies blame the rwandan government for a series of high profile murders in uganda are over the last few years that have included a senior police officer and some government officials meanwhile people in the rwandan government have blamed uganda for rounding up and arresting and torturing its citizens as well

is spread to a major city 4 cases have been confirmed in goma and hundreds have been vaccinated malcolm webb has more from kenya's capital nairobi. the head of the government of bowler response dr john jack miami has said that is a bowler outbreak could last 2 or 3 years and he said that based on an estimate that there are only managing to identify about half of the above the cases the other half remain at large with an awful able to identify them or trace the people that they've come into contact with so it's widely seen as a positive thing that the response has now been taken out of the hands of the politicians and put into the hands of the scientists don't to me and they said a change of strategy was now required and that the response needed to be moved to devolve down to the smallest units of government in the villages so that when communities are approached by government workers and health workers who are trying to trace people who are being contacted or trying to encourage people to get vaccinated then they need to be approached communities need to be approached by people with whom the

this community left in shock at this rapid and brutal tragedy malcolm webb al-jazeera nairobi kenya now thousands of palestinians are expected to gather a mosque in occupied east jerusalem for the 1st day of the muslim festival of. at the same time there are reports that jewish settlers planned to storm the compound there is central to the israeli palestinian conflict and has been a regular flashpoint as both sides lay claim to it but jews refer to it as temple mount the al aqsa compounds a western wall is the holiest site where they can pray for muslims the compound houses the derma the rock and the locks a mosque which represents the 3rd holiest site in islam jordan holds custody in ship of al aqsa mosque but its role has been challenge for peter they will have a force that joins us live now from occupied east jerusalem how you sort of talk us through what's the scene and some must now. well we're here just one of the roads leading to the old city here not but it's true slim towards lion's gate and one of the entrances to the al aqsa mosque compound as you can see thousands of people

results might contain some surprises or be contested kenyans will have to wait months to find out malcolm webb al-jazeera nairobi kenya. sudan's new prime minister says the country needs $8000000000.00 in foreign aid over the next 2 years to rebuild its economy after months of political turmoil doc said another $2000000000.00 of foreign reserves were required in the next 3 months to stop the currency from falling further talks of started with the i.m.f. and the world bank about restructuring sudan's debt was sworn in a way to head a transitional ruling body after the ousting of the president in april. one person has died in the united states after developing a severe lung disease which health officials suspect is linked to vapor in it would be the 1st such case if confirmed the patient was one of almost 200 people being treated for an unexplained respiratory illness reported use of the cigarettes the devices are used to inhale vaporized nicotine or cannabis that is sometimes used as an aid to stop smoking scientists divided or safe vaporing is this individual had significant severe respiratory

over the number of infections and that calls rwanda to briefly close its border with india see malcolm webb has more from nairobi. health officials are talking about how they can ramp up their response to the spreading outbreak now that it's in the regional capital of goma which has a population of at least $2000000.00 people and it's a joint to the neighboring city of dissent is basically want to have an area with a border running through the middle and we have a growing number of cases on the congolese side people are wondering now how this outbreak of the virus can be further stand with many people live in poor housing in cramped conditions and health responses already faced challenges throughout eastern congo being able to communicate to people also to be able to convince people that health service providers are there to help this is an area where people have a lot of skepticism about government and about all 40 following decades of conflict the lack of public services and general mistrust among the population towards those who are in power. libya's interior minister has ordered the clo

that could rise higher the truck had overturned and crowds had arrived to gather the leaking fuel malcolm webb has more now from nairobi. it's important to understand in some of the small towns and rural areas where these huge trucks pass through then extreme poverty and poverty are widespread and for somebody like a motorcycle taxi driver then managing to get a few leaders of free fuel can help to feed a family or help keep children in school so not uncommon to see in these kind of circumstances people doing what they can to gather some fuel when it's otherwise going to go to waste indian administered kashmir remains on lockdown today on friday thousands rallied in the worst unrest since the region was stripped of its autonomy dozens of people were injured when the police fired tear gas and rubber bullets protesters are occupying the arrivals area of hong kong's international airport for a 2nd day they are planning to stay there for the rest of the weekend to make people flying into the territory aware of their dispute with the government these are live pictures showing the police squaring of

have appealed for blood donors this community is left in shock at this rapid and brutal tragedy malcolm webb al-jazeera nairobi kenya. security remains tight in indian administered kashmir although some restrictions have been eased to allow people to celebrate the muslim festival but. our military forces are still patrolling the streets of the capital sragow they were deployed before new delhi revoked the autonomy of the disputed region on monday telephone and internet connections are still cut off a brief lifting of the lockdown on friday was met almost immediately with protests . a gunman has opened fire at a mosque in norway injuring at least one person the suspect is now in custody police said the body of a woman a relative of the suspect was found in a home near the mosque in oslo police described the gunman as a young white. voters government says its offer to take in 39 people pulled from the sea by a migrant rescue organization has been rejected malta was willing to take the rescued migrants but refused entry to 121 others already on board the charity's ship open arms said the decisi

people are very worried about the consequences of a strike of medical staff going ahead writes malcolm webb thank you. police have made a series of raids in south africa's largest city to seize weapons and counterfeit goods and foreigners working illegally in johannesburg were arrested from either miller has more. police have begun raids in the center of johannesburg behind us there of confiscated counterfeit goods they say this is the reason behind these raids and also to find illegal firearms so far they say they have confiscated at least 7 automatic rifles as well as hand for stills and they say it's areas like these that they are targeting in these raids will continue they say throughout a business districts in several south african cities these areas and this one in particular has a high concentration of foreign owned businesses people here say they feel targeted but the police say this isn't about targeting foreigners this is about criminality they say this is what their work is about and there isn't any special focus on foreigners but that's not how the people who are operating busin

this communities left in shock at this rapid and brutal tragedy malcolm webb al-jazeera nairobi kenya so i have for you on this news hour from london demonstrators in hong kong continue their summer of protest as hundreds occupy the territories airports kashmiris fear escalating violence in india and pakistan struggle for control over that disputed region and then in sport news of a record breaking defeat for the new zealand all blacks. jeffrey epstein has been found dead in his new york prison cell he was being held awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges officials say his death was an apparent suicide yet b.-i is investigating. the latest now from washington. jeffrey epstein faced a maximum of 45 years in prison for the trafficking of girls as young as 14 to his homes for sex he pleaded not guilty after being denied bail last month the 66 year old had been found unconscious in a cell with marks on his neck and reportedly placed on suicide watch however there are conflicting reports as to whether he was on suicide watch when he was found hanged in his new york jail cell early satur

police accused rwandan soldiers of entering the country and killing 2 men a charge rwanda denies malcolm webb has more now from kampala. tensions reached a head in february this year and made a sea of accusations and counter-accusations from people in the governments of rwanda and uganda that each was spying on the other followed a series of high profile murders here in uganda over the last few years that included a senior police officer as well as other government officials some people in the intelligence services here believe that the government of rwanda was responsible meanwhile some people in the government of rwanda have accused uganda of hosting and helping exiled dissidents who want to overthrow the government it's important to understand that both president 70 and president. military men who both came to power by successfully leading armed rebellion and overthrowing their predecessors and both live to some extent in fear that one day somebody will do the same thing to them today's meeting is the 2nd is being mediated by angola's president. was a meeting in july which both sides table

malcolm webb al-jazeera nairobi kenya. and reminder the top stories on al-jazeera the u.s. treasury department has imposed sanctions on iran's foreign minister mohammed javid zarif they include freezing his assets in the u.s. as well as travel restrictions u.s. officials have also said they do not consider as a reef quite a significant decision maker in any future talks on the iran nuclear tail well ali is a reef warm but iran will further scale back its commitments to the tail unless europe does more to protect the agreements the foreign minister wants the remaining signatories to shield iran from u.s. sanctions and allow it to sell oil wealth and children has more well the primary reason why the administration says at least in legal terms that it is sanctioning mohammed's odds are if the iranians foreign minister is because he leads an office that cooperates with the authors of the supreme leader the ayatollah ali husseini on the day and the offices efforts to crush political dissent within the country to destroy human rights to basically support groups such as hezbollah

kenyans will have to wait months to find out malcolm webb al-jazeera nairobi kenya.still ahead on the news hour outrage in turkey and harrowing video of a woman stabbed to death by her ex-husband sparks a domestic violence debate. experts in the u.s. are investigating a mystery. vaporing and racism as its ugly head again after manchester united's defeat to crystal palace leo will explain in sports. hello in the late summer is plenty of heat and moisture to produce some pretty big thunderstorms not necessarily with tornadoes with huge amounts of rain and hail and given this arc of clouds coming out of the high ground down towards the central plains states that could be a lot of significant sandstorms was more flash flooding in the next day or so but off the atlantic seaboard this massive though it looks nothing may well turn into something more come monday distinct depression seems likely to fall when it might develop more that the word hurricane comes to mind but just keep it in the back of your mind for now we will watch it west of all this is all quiet in fact is s

malcolm webb brings us more from nairobi. reporter: 2 new cases. woman and child are the first cases in the south kivu province. the woman died on tuesday and was identified positively as an ebola patient. her journey began in the epicenter of the ebola outbreak that started a year ago. she traveled by bus, then by boat thorugh 2 densely populated urban centers. firstly, the city of goma, with a population of about 2 million. we first saw ebola cases there last year. then she traveled to the south shores of lake kivu. we have not seen any ebola cases there. then she traveled to a remote village. this is more than 700 kilometers from where the ebola outbreak started. more than 1800 people have died since then. in spite of a very effective vaccine and recent reports of success of drugs used for pati ents, it is clear the government is still struggling to control this outbreak. is at lancashire -- lancaster university. he says the threat of it spreading regionally is high. >> the situation is not different in any other part of the country. many other

have appealed for blood donors this community is left in shock at this rapid and brutal tragedy malcolm webb al-jazeera nairobi kenya. so i have for you on this news hour from london demonstrators in hong kong continue their summer of protest as hundreds occupy the territories airports kashmiris fear escalating violence in india and pakistan struggle for control over that disputed region and then in sport news of a record breaking defeat for the new zealand all blacks. jeffrey epstein has been found dead in his new york prison cell he was being held awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges officials say his death was an apparent suicide yet b.-i is investigating shopper chancy as the latest now from washington jeffrey upstream from some of 44 years in prison for the.

results might contain some surprises or be contested kenyans will have to wait months to find out malcolm webb al-jazeera nairobi kenya. all still ahead on al-jazeera england keep the ashes alive sanat will be here to tell you all about the dramatic end to the 1st test. talk to al-jazeera we're going to give to the people will be attending the minimal workshop we listen i'm supposed to explain apologize for someone it's also terrorizing we meet with global newsmakers and talk about the stories that matter is there a new leaders placed childred in this refugee camp the latest victims of the unending sectarian violence in central african republic among them are survivors of unspeakable violence 10 year olds work his mother is dead her father is gone killed because they were christian by their own muslim neighbors this is the least you home an overcrowded refugee camp of 23000 people surrounded by armed militia groups celine wants answers she says she wants to be asking the questions and so we traded places inch took the microphone will we find peace how can we make the violence stop when will i

was discovered over a year and malcolm webb has more from nairobi. the 2 new cases a woman the child of the 1st cases in the south kivu province the woman died on tuesday and was subsequently identified positively as an abode of patient now her journey began in beni which is the epicenter of the a polar outbreak which started a year ago she traveled by bus and then by boat she traveled through 2 densely populated urban centers firstly the city of goma on the north shore of lake key which i was a population of about 2000000 and we 1st saw a bowl of cases there last month and she traveled by boat to the city because of you on the south shores of lake kivu we haven't yet seen any apolo cases there and if you travel to a remote village in south kivu province now this is more than 700 kilometers from where the bowl outbreak started about a year ago more than 1800 people have died since then in spite of a very effective vaccine and some recently reported successes of drugs used to treat patients if they caught early enough it's clear that the government st

has spread to a major city 4 cases have been confirmed in goma and hundreds have been vaccinated malcolm webb has more from nairobi in kenya. the head of the government of bowler response dr john jack miami has said that it's a bowler outbreak could last 2 or 3 years and he said that based on an estimate that there are only managing to identify about half of the above the cases the other half remain largely off able to identify them or trace the people that they've come into contact with but it's widely seen as a positive thing that the response has now been taken out of the hands of the politicians and put into the hands of the scientists talk to me and they said a change of strategy was now required and that the response needed to be moved to devolve down to the smallest units of government in the villages so that when communities are approached by government workers and health workers who are trying to trace people who have been contacted or trying to encourage people to get vaccinated then they need to be approached communities need to be approached by people with whom they're familiar by

results might contain some surprises will be contested kenyans will have to wait months to find out malcolm webb al-jazeera nairobi kenya or from video games sports has become a booming industry in many parts of the world especially in china thousands of young players are competing for millions of dollars in prize money but some are finding out there are also downsides including the pressure to stay on top scot i live reports from shanghai. this might look like a hobby or entertainment to many but eastport is taking off globally it's about to become a $1000000000.00 industry here in shanghai site of the international or t.i. the annual championship for online game doctor to the prizes for winners totaling $33000000.00 breaking the previous record set last month but as each sport grows so are health concerns for these young players many are teenagers. like kyle gears dorf a 16 year old american who last month picked up $3000000.00 for coming 1st in the fortnight world cup the highest ever individual win for an east board event. the concerns are for players physical health with the hours and hours

results might contain some surprises or be contested kenyans will have to wait months to find out malcolm webb al-jazeera nairobi kenya. now one person has died in the us off to developing a severe lung disease which health officials suspect is linked of a thing it would be the 1st such case if confirmed the patient was one of almost 200 people being treated for an unexplained respiratory illness reported use of cigarettes the devices used to inhale vaporized nicotine or cannabis in a sometimes used as an aid to quit smoking that scientists are divided on how safe a thing is this individual had significant severe respiratory illness and died while hospitalized to have been. in past years and has reported. severe outcomes related to maybe. but with this investigation yes the 1st part of it we urge people to use caution and consider avoiding the use of such material. now but one from video games as a new and booming industry and china thousands of young players are competing for millions of dollars in prize money but some finding out that there is also a downside the pressure to stay on top scot

week after they travelled from a city of goma near the rwandan border to neighboring province malcolm webb has more now from nairobi. the head of the government's ebola response dr john jack miami has said that a bowl of outbreak could last 2 or 3 years and he said that based on an estimate that there are only managing to identify about half of the about the cases the other half remain at large they're not able to identify them or trace the people that come into contact with it is widely. seen as a positive thing that the response has now been taken out of the hands of the politicians and put into the hands of the scientists talk to me and they said a change of strategy was now required and that the response needed to be moved to devolve down to the smallest units of government in the villages so that when communities are approached by government workers and health workers who are trying to trace people who are being contacted or trying to encourage people to get vaccinated then they need to be approached communities need to be approached by people with whom they're familiar by people who

results might contain some surprises or be contested kenyans will have to wait months to find out malcolm webb al-jazeera nairobi kenya australia has revealed plans to ban online extremist content in the event of an attack like the one on 2 mosques in new zealand in march it involves blocking certain internet domains the government says it may also consider a law that would require digital platforms to improve the safety of their services a massacre in christchurch killed 51 people become mainstream the shooting live on facebook. the morsi government is determined to keep australians safe online and they are also determined to ensure that terror terrorists and. advocating and supporting extreme violence are not able to use the internet to publish or win support for their causes not just humans who are suffering in the fight over kashmir border fencing and forest fires and putting the wildlife in the himalayan region risk. reports now from the pakistan side of the line of control. in a backyard scared and pushed out of its natural habitat this planting leopard represents the plight of wildlife

who died on wednesday rand briefly closed its border with the d r c on thursday as a precaution malcolm webb has more from nairobi. health officials are talking about how they can ramp up their response to this spreading outbreak now that it's in the regional capital of goma which has a population of at least $2000000.00 people in its adjoined to the neighboring city of gifts any basically want to have an area with a border running through the middle and with a growing number of cases on the congolese side people are wondering now how this outbreak of the virus can be further stand with many people live in poor housing in cramped conditions and health responses already faced challenges throughout eastern congo being able to communicate to people and also to be able to convince people that health service providers are there to help this is an area where people have a lot of skepticism about government and about all 40 following decades of conflict a lack of public services and. of mistrust among the population towards those who are in power libya's interior minister has ordered the closure of